Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Microsoft is about to shut off its ebook DRM servers: "The books will stop working" https://boingboing.net/2019/06/28/jun-17-2004.html

Thanks to #outsourcing, #England's #TestAndTrace system is in chaos | Allyson Pollock | Opinion | The Guardian

This is what happens when you try to get private companies to do what #government should do.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/31/outsourcing-england-test-trace-nhs-private

Customers are asking us about the recent GRUB2 vulnerability so I wrote a quick post explaining how it works and why @purism hardware isn't affected. For even more details, check out Dan Goodin's excellent Ars Technica article I link in my post.

https://puri.sm/posts/why-the-grub2-secure-boot-flaw-doesnt-affect-purism-computers/

Seattle, WA: Youth Led Anti-ICE Action Report Back https://itsgoingdown.org/seattle-wa-youth-led-anti-ice-action-report-back/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Good to know that no matter who wins the upcoming election, I'll probably be arrested for my politics.

https://twitter.com/carterforva/status/1288221642968236032

"Joe Biden just issued a statement calling for the arrest of anarchists, simply for BEING anarchists, which is very explicitly not illegal."

A Record Number of Environmentalists Were Murdered in 2019
https://earther.gizmodo.com/a-record-number-of-environmentalists-were-murdered-in-2-1844543894 #climatechange #climatecrisis

#Food #waste increases in #UK as #coronavirus restrictions ease | #Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/29/food-waste-increases-in-uk-as-coronavirus-restrictions-ease

#Pandemic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakhch%C4%81l

TIL ancient #persian engineering is so fucking smart, they managed to store ice.
Year-round.
In the desert.
2400 years ago.

And to top it all off, passively powered. 🤯

Did you know most file managers on Linux support a ".hidden" file in your home directory?

It works pretty much as gitignore does: it hides everything that you list in this file, one file/dir per line.

https://fosspost.org/tutorials/hide-files-folders-linux-file-manager

Just to be clear: The ruling *absolutely* changes your ability to transfer data between the EU and U.S. using MS services. Giving any US citizen access to private data of EU citizens is illegal now under the #GDPR.
https://blogs.microsoft.com/eupolicy/2020/07/16/assuring-customers-about-cross-border-data-flows/

RT @JimMFelton@twitter.com

2020 is gearing up for one hell of a climax

What's the last thing you want to do when you've just lost your job & everything feels precarious & we're in a recession? Start a business!! (At best, only 20% of those last more than 2 years in NZ - miserable odds)

Can I get a "Hell. no."?

NZ National are tone deaf and without vision.

There appears to be a sketchy "cooperative" social network being set up in your country. blossom.social. It appears to be the work of one guy looking to profit off the movement.

This bit in the Terms and Conditions is a big red flag (and not the good kind of red flag):

"The Co-Operative Social Network and all affiliated branding, logos and other related materials are the intellectual property of Tadgh Quill-Manley..."

The falsehoods of anti-AGPL propaganda

https://drewdevault.com/2020/07/27/Anti-AGPL-propaganda.html

#blog