Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

The oldest and largest pod in the Diaspora social network is shutting down; here's some info on why, and what you can do to get your data out.

Read the article here: https://fedinews.com/2022/03/joindiaspora-com-shuts-down/

#fediverse #mastodon #news #fedinews #diaspora #joindiaspora

It's hard to believe it's been a year since I replaced my personal computer with a #Librem5 and laptop dock. In this post I talk about my impressions, the docks I've tried, and using my Librem 5 as a tablet. https://puri.sm/posts/my-first-year-of-librem-5-convergence/

This is a must watch/read from Ole Olson of the Isthmus Engineering and Manufacturing Cooperative

https://geo.coop/articles/isthmus-engineering-case-study-worker-co-op-governance

Well, shit.

https://outerlimitsradioshow.com/2022/03/07/why-is-mayor-engen-replacing-missoula-police-with-private-security/

The preponderance of wilfully ignorant, entitled people without compassion on the centralised corporate-owned social media makes me despair for our species' future.

@lordbowlich @dazinism @priryo Streaming is a fundamentally fucked idea and I don't have faith in anyone building something new that doesn't understand this from the start. Streaming is just a rebranding of DRM, sold as a way to solve nonexistent problems. It's a con the record industry used to take people's personal libraries away from them and put them under complete control of capital. There is no problem with downloading media once and saving it. Continually redownloading it is pointless.

I do hope this whole war gets a few CIO types starting to scratch their heads and wonder "hmm, will the people running The Cloud always be on the same side of a global cyber and sanctions war as us?"

Particularly if those CIOs live in Europe or Asia-Pacific.

It's one thing to instantly lose access to foreign funds and globalised supply chains. Those were always externalities you knew you were exposed to, right?

It's another to instantly lose access to your internal corporate data.

If anyone on the Fedisphere wants to run their own Rocket.Chat instance (I recommend it, particularly for #FOSS communities and businesses), I just finished this comprehensive howto (with an accompanying video!): https://tech.oeru.org/install-rocketchat-4-ubuntu-2004-docker-compose Feedback always welcome!

New article out from Minsun Ji:

Raising the Floor of the Platform Economy: Co-ops, Unions, and the Struggle to Transform Technology

https://nonprofitquarterly.org/raising-the-floor-of-the-platform-economy-co-ops-unions-and-the-struggle-to-transform-technology/

Some good news!

https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ab48n/rei-workers-in-nyc-vote-to-unionize-in-landslide-election

RT @fkarlitschek
I'm happy that http://Rocket.Chat is now part of the Nextcloud ecosystem. Another great chat app additionaly to Nextcloud Talk https://nextcloud.com/blog/rocket-chat-nextcloud-integration/

Hmm - so Bandcamp (the only place I buy music) has just been acquired by Epic Games. .. .

Tomorrow: Two bills to regulate social media are making their way through the Georgia legislature. Join Electronic Frontier Alliance @ef_georgia for a discussion on what they would mean for your speech and privacy online. https://www.eff.org/event/georgia-legislative-proposals-regulate-social-media

Be on the lookout in your neighborhood for ShotSpotter microphones that are collecting data that can be used by police and courts. Usually placed in minority communities. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=shotspotter&t=brave&iax=images&ia=images

#Facebook now blocking content from #RT and #Sputnik for users in #EU:

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/facebook-owner-meta-will-block-access-russias-rt-sputnik-eu-2022-02-28/