Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Something I really like about Forgejo is how seriously they are taking software freedom.
- They use Forgejo itself as their git forge, not GitHub
- No reliance or linking to proprietary corporate services such as Patreon, Twitter, Facebook etc. They use Mastodon and Liberapay.
- No Dockerhub, their OCI images are on Codeberg.
- No Discord! (really hate how many FOSS projects use it)
- Their documentation does not recommend proprietary developer tools such as VSCode or Sublime Text.
- They recently switched to a copyleft license

Very refreshing, considering how many other popular git forges are either proprietary or "open-core"

#Forgejo #Codeberg #FOSS #Git #GitHub

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 users will not be able to uninstall the controversial “Recall” feature, despite earlier reports suggesting otherwise. Recall, part of the Copilot+ suite announced in May, automatically captures screenshots of user activity on the operating system including sensitive information such as passwords or financial data https://digitalmarketreports.com/news/25091/microsoft-recall-feature-on-windows-11-not-removable-after-all/ Do yourself a favor and get rid of Windows from your life—enough of these greedy companies. #privacy #security

Moving closer to usable cameras. https://gitlab.com/megapixels-org/Megapixels/-/merge_requests/29

Breaking News: Water is Wet!

https://archive.is/SLMtR

when you let money into politics — or when you fail to either break or nationalize monopoly — you get government of the sociopaths, by the sociopaths, for the sociopaths.

The mosquitos in our dense Massachusetts neighborhood are very intense. It's not *obvious* where they are breeding, but a very plausible hypothesis is in the same clogged gutters that the neighborhood birds use as bird baths.

Getting up there to clean the gutters is not at all straightforward, though.

I feel like a topic that should be discussed but that I never hear about is user-serviceable housing.

@ttpphd By democratizing environmental destruction, AI finally allows any one of us to pollute on the level of a billionaire with a private jet

Hearing an Amazon delivery truck's backup noise on Labor Day is a crime. You don't need that thing today. Let that person not piss in a bottle for one day.

@waldoj
My work is connected to plastics recycling. It does happen, but what's useful for recycling is pure truckloads of all the same type and color of plastic.
Which means mostly post-industrial waste: the leftovers from a manufacturing plant. Or you can do stuff like collect all the clear stretch-wrap from retail shipping and compress that and recycle it.
But post-consumer is hard because it tends to be many different kinds mixed together. Sorting them all out is necessary and expensive.

So I see the org that runs NaNoWriMo is coming out in support of "AI" theft, just in time for Labour Day. And they're dressing it up as defense of marginalised folks, which is even more rancid.

Guess I'm not doing NaNo this year, OR highlighting the organization, OR ever trusting that org again.

I have an old laptop with an unusable screen. It has 2GB of RAM. I don't really need another desktop computer, so I want to turn it into a home server.

Things I'd like a server for: an instance of #Friendica or #Streams, host my own website, an IMAP server, a Euphoria/#Heim instance (https://github.com/CylonicRaider/heim).

Friendica's hardware specs say 2GB is the minimum for full functionality.

I want to do all these things, but maybe on different servers.

What should I do?

(boosts welcome)

Happy #LaborDay! In this piece from 2020, our staff investigates #bossware– tech that bosses use to surveil and control their workers, and how to protect yourself.https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/06/inside-invasive-secretive-bossware-tracking-workers

We have begun work on the first episode of InterRebellium which we hope to release this fall. We’re beyond stoked to be making these connections and collaborating with anarchists around the globe for this project.

We’re still looking for collaborators with videography skills in all of the countries so please don’t stop sharing within your trusted networks or if this sounds like you get in touch through crew [at] sub [dot] media or on any of our social media accounts.

This project seeks to tell the story and examine the lessons learned from the global wave of uprisings from late 2018 through 2020. We hope to interview participants in these struggles to elevate the voices most qualified to tell these stories. It’s our hope that by spreading this knowledge on a global platform and to a new generation of militants we can be better prepared for the next one.

With the money raised we have already purchased some gear for comrades on location and in the diaspora of the country of the first episode and they will be filming some interviews this week. In the meantime we’ll be compiling footage.

We want to say a huge Thank You to everyone who liked, shared and donated already. Without you this project simply would not be possible.

Privacy isn't just a feature, it's a right. The Librem 5: A secure smartphone that puts you in control. No tracking, no data mining, just pure freedom. #Librem5 #PrivacyFirst
https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/

I’m a 18‐year‐old transgirl from Eastern Germany. My parents are right‐wing extremists and have a problem with trans people. I am currently staying with my grandma, but she wants me out by 8 September latest.

I am going to stay with a friend from 9 to 10 September, but I still need a place to crash from 8 to 9 September, and also a more permanent solution for the time after. I am not bound to any particular place, but I would like to stay in Germany for now.

I am also looking for a job in IT, preferably in systems operations. I have been working with Linux in my free time for a few years now and I am really into NixOS. CV upon request.

#aid
#MutualAidRequest
#mutualaid
#mutualaidboost

Interesting - RNZ's apparent advertorial for 'Kami' - educational software that's just got US VC funding - include the statement from a founder that their software's 'available for all platforms'... I see a lot of Google & Microsoft. All proprietary. Just signed up for a look & am told to install a browser extension for 'Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge'... is FF supported I wonder? All platforms? Hmmm. All the investment by edtech providers in integration with #bigtech... and nothing else.