Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

And I’m sorry but the solution IS boring. You want people to remain people (not properly) and you want democracy in the age of the digital network? You give individuals the means of communication.

You want autocracy on a scale hitherto unseen in human history? You give it to corporations instead.

Simple. Boring. True.

https://ar.al/2020/08/07/what-is-the-small-web/

Jimmy Carr might think it's a joke – but state violence against Europe's Roma is not just one of history's darkest episodes, but a painful reality to this day.
https://newint.org/features/2021/12/07/big-story-roma-do-romani-lives-matter

[Full-time] Site Reliability Engineer at Wikimedia Foundation https://www.fossjobs.net/job/10843/site-reliability-engineer-at-wikimedia-foundation/ #jobs

This is what we've let our country become. This is what happens when we put MBAs in charge of everything, and frankly, I think we should all be ashamed.

https://www.statnews.com/2022/02/06/what-denying-blankets-to-waiting-patients-says-about-health-care/

This is depressing to think about nonfree firmware eating the world:

Uncompressed source code of Linux 5.16.7: 1.1GB

The "source" of nonfree firmware: Over 700MB and growing so it's a good percentage of the size of the ENTIRE KERNEL ITSELF.

Free firmware with actual source code? 24.5MB and not growing

Kill this bill. https://act.eff.org/action/stop-the-earn-it-act-to-save-our-privacy

Excellent article about the ongoing tragedy of land use and the decline of agricultural land and communities, featuring long time friends of my family.

https://www.agjournalonline.com/2022/02/04/solar-farm-threatens-heart-of-historic-ranch/

Our newest podcast episode is about Mastodon!

"Social networks, online life and the Fediverse" https://fromembers.libsyn.com/social-networks-online-life-and-the-fediverse

@kolektiva @subMedia #meta

How a #Cooperative Run by the Formerly Incarcerated Is Reshaping Chicago’s Food Industry

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2022/02/how-a-cooperative-run-by-the-formerly-incarcerated-is-reshaping-chicagos-food-industry.html

Hey Folks - don't forget you can still buy your FOSDEM'22 T-Shirts and Hoodies - this year we wont run out. https://fosdem.org/2022/news/2022-01-13-tshirts/

Tell the Copyright Office why automated copyright filters are a bad idea. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/02/tell-copyright-office-who-really-affected-filters

I won't come your podcasts goddamn Slack community.

And Discord will be counted as Slack.

#podcast #community #slack #discord #foss

If you've felt overly worried, even despair, about the state of our world, I've found contributing to #iNaturalist to be something helpful.
I started with plants, because that's what interests me the most, but I then started to document all sorts of species from around where we live, and it made me realise how many different species I had never noticed before. Kind of reassuring to see how teeming with life the city is - and you contribute data for scientists to monitor biodiversity. ✊ 💚

If you don't realise how utterly broken the entire US patent system is, watch this: https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=PqdB93lCqHc

MamaCash is the oldest #feminist organization in the #Netherlands, and they are #hiring an IT support & development role. 100% #remote & world wide #job.

https://www.mamacash.org/en/vacancy-it-systems-support-and-development-officer

The only thing better than Wordle? SSH Wordle! 🕹️

ssh sshwordle.daveroda.com

BBS doorgame vibes! 😍

Source: https://github.com/davidcroda/sshwordle

[Freelance] Seeking Android/Python contractors at Guardian Project https://www.fossjobs.net/job/10840/seeking-androidpython-contractors-at-guardian-project/ #jobs

When a clown moves into a palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus -- Turkish proverb

I *still* haven't found more people to host talks in the #RetroComputing devroom 😱

Anyone wants to help with some time to read out questions and do some moderation?

You don't even need a webcam, a mic will suffice!

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2022

FOSDEM 2022 is this weekend, Feb 5-6, and we can’t wait! Make sure you stop by our booth for fun GNOME info and links and join us on chat during the conference. https://stands.fosdem.org/stands/the_gnome_foundation/gnome/

@fosdem #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2022