keverets @keverets@librem.one

@z428 Funny you should ask :) - we use BigBlueButton & Jitsi Meet, Rocket.Chat, NextCloud + OnlyOffice, and Mailcow - I just wrote this up for people's reference : ) - https://tech.oeru.org/working-home

Notice: http://exple.tive.org/blarg/2020/03/18/notice/

I feel like reminding people that we've just passed the 1 year anniversary of a Fox News host telling the world he doesn't wash his hands because germs don't exist since he can't see them.

https://www.indy100.com/article/pete-hegseth-germs-wash-hands-fox-news-friends-jedediah-bila-8773971

For the past 18 months or so, I've had the privilege of participating in a pilot of Rocket.Chat by GC - Government Canada. Their IT folk are taking their Digital Nations ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_9 ) ambitions seriously... Interestingly, their thousands of users *prefer* Rocket.Chat over Slack & MSFT Teams.

RT @scottygb@twitter.activitypub.actor
This is actually valuable advice, and I reckon applies to Twitter as well.

Given that we're in a time where toilet paper people are going "oh my goodness I have to buy up all the toilet paper before SOMEONE ELSE buys it!" I think it's time we had a full and frank discussion about bidets, bum sprayers and other more effective ways of keeping yourself clean.

The truth is that of all the most common methods around to clean your bum, toilet paper is the most expensive, uncomfortable, unhygienic and environmentally unfriendly. Alternatives follow in next toot.

@cypnk

I want to live in a world where "what if the internet goes down" is like "what if the freeway is closed". We should still be able to network with our families, neighbors, and communities, and I think it's a mistake to depend on the Internet for those things.

Working on SSB has been really eye-opening to see how much we can do with software that's DIY / P2P / E2E / friend2friend, and I'm really optimistic that we can build and organize small friendly networks that never truly go down. ❤

Schools need to slam the brakes on surveillance and think about what kind of dystopia they’re creating for their students. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/02/schools-are-pushing-boundaries-surveillance-technologies

The #Debian project joins the fediverse by running a #Pleroma, #pixelfed, #Peertube and #WriteFreely instance 🎉
https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianSocial

Someone is trying to build a #language learning app like #duolingo, but it's free software. Maybe you want to help out?: https://github.com/kantord/LibreLingo https://librelingo.app/ #librelingo

🔄 @WhySharksMatter@twitter.com

> Ever since it was brought to my attention that you can say “Covid-19” to the tune of “Come on, Eileen,” I’ve been unable to read it any other way

https://twitter.com/WhySharksMatter/status/1235323054986792963

🐘

If an advertiser seems to be tracking you across multiple websites without your permission, Privacy Badger can automatically block that advertiser from loading any more content in your browser. https://www.eff.org/privacybadger

And that's what a solar panel washer looks like

Turns out I've been "practicing social distancing" for years without even realizing it was a thing!
https://xkcd.com/2276/

Security scandal around #WhatsApp shows the need for decentralised #FreeSoftware messengers, #OpenStandards in communication, and digital sovereignty

https://fsfe.org/news/2020/news-20200228-01.html #publiccode #FreeYourAndroid

Not being on Facebook doesn't mean that you are free from their surveillance and tracking!
"We could all do with a little less Facebook in our lives"
Read our blog post and share your experience on our forum:
https://community.e.foundation/t/we-could-all-do-with-a-little-facebook-in-our-lives/12462

#nofacebookday #internationaldaywithoutfacebook

Collabora Office is here, and it brings the power LibreOffice to Android & iOS https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/02/collabora-office-libreoffice-for-android-ios

#OpenSource #LibreOffice #Android

The Smithsonian announced today that they have released 2.8 million images into the public domain (CC0 license). In celebration of this I made a bot you can follow that will post one random image from the set every 8 hours:

@si

For more on the imageset, see here: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/smithsonian-releases-28-million-images-public-domain-180974263/?no-cache

The dual boot option for the Cosmo was officially launched yesterday. The Debian distro seems to work, at least up to the point where I try to install anything. Or goes into suspend mode. I'll be able to see what this is capable of Real Soon Now. cc @mhoye

No one likes my novelty ringtone, an audio recording of a phone on vibrate sitting on a hard surface.
https://xkcd.com/2272/