Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

@th @yaelwrites As a famous Foreigner once said: "Don't stop blijven."

@bojkotiMalbona @batalanto @thornedu For what it's worth we'd like to offer TMobile as a network option when we can, it's just not possible at the moment.

@batalanto @thornedu All three US carriers collect and sell customer data, abuse privacy, and have plenty of other problematic practices, but they are the only choices for cellular networks in the US.

The goal with AweSIM and SIMple is to protect personally-identifying customer data from whatever upstream network the service happens to go over.

This model on Thingiverse for a Mason jar gumball machine was pretty simple to print and assemble and it works great. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5396111 #3dprinting

Securus buys location data from one data broker (3Cinteractive) who bought it from another broker (LocationSmart) who bought it from AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon. This abuse of customer data is why we made AweSIM. #privacy

Deputy US Marshal abused Securus phone tracking system to track personal contacts. Requested "all her [victim's] social media data, call history, text messages, and cell phone location data 24/7-365 without any restrictions". #privacy https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7bqew/us-marshal-securus-phone-location-tracked

This may not look like a rug, but it's the first step. The width and the density of the warp meant I had to measure out 1760 individual threads. The result after 5 1/2 hours was 10 warp chains ready to wind onto my loom. ⁨#weaving⁩

I guess my habit of turning off WiFi/BT on my #Librem5 with the hardware kill switch when I leave the house isn't just good for battery life: https://gizmodo.com/bluetooth-tracking-iphone-airtags-1849042375 #privacy #security

@Tay0@fosstodon.org I'm getting there!

My amazing wife gave me my anniversary present early! Check out the lines on this beautiful antique Willcox & Gibbs hand-cranked ⁨#sewing⁩ machine! It is in immaculate condition and sews well (and quietly). It is much smaller in person than you'd expect from pictures.

@sneak @purism We had a 4k screen in our past 15.6" laptop but design team deemed it unnecessary for this smaller screen. Our goal isn't to compete purely on specs and race to the bottom on price, but instead provide unique features hard to find in other laptops: hardware kill switches, ethernet, removable components that run with free software drivers, Qubes support, anti-interdiction services, and coreboot or PureBoot (Heads) boot firmware and FOSS EC firmware.

@sneak @purism Charges with either barrel or usb-c ports. I charge mine with a standard USB-C PD hub acting as a docking station most of the time, but have the option to use barrel charger if I needed the extra usb-c port and didn't have a hub.

@yaelwrites "People who like cool things."

My next ⁨#weaving⁩ project is a ~3'x5' Rep weave rug. It will be the widest project I've done and will max out my loom's width. I had to buy more heddles to handle the 880 warp ends. I also had to convert the metric pattern to Imperial, and convert to the 5/2 cotton I'm using. ⁨

Drones with tasers, what could go wrong? #thisisfine https://investor.axon.com/2022-06-02-Axon-Announces-TASER-Drone-Development-to-Address-Mass-Shootings

It was an phosh machine, it kept my data clean
It was the best Deb smartphone that I ever seen
It had M.2 Redpine, givin' me WiFis
Knockin' it out with a switch on the side
Using all free software, so the code could be shared
I wanted to GNOME, and it was already there
Cause the phone start shaking, suspend was waking
The call was taken, and devs were making it

And you, swiped it all night long
Yeah you, swiped it all night long.

Someone in chat challenged me to write a parody based on swiping the #Librem5 "all night long". Challenge accepted:

@th I very much want a draw loom, along with the space to house it. Some day.