Not too surprising Mastodon isn't using a FOSS crowdfunding solution, since they refuse to leave Microsoft GitHub, but one has to wonder why they aren't pursuing one of the Microsoft GitHub funding solutions.
#FOSS
A new US law makes it easier for #copyright #trolls to terrorise people with claims of alleged infringement - https://walledculture.org/a-new-us-law-makes-it-easier-for-copyright-trolls-to-terrorise-people-with-claims-of-alleged-infringement/ this is going to be bad, not least because so few people know about it...
@Codeberg Everybody who can afford it, be sure to donate to Codeberg, a non profit git forge hoster who are also developing the FLOSS #Forgejo #Gitea fork with future #Federation capability through #F3
https://forum.forgefriends.org/t/about-the-friendly-forge-format-f3/681
Lot's of love <3
Mysterious root CA TrustCor dropped by Mozilla and Microsoft. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/30/trustcor-internet-authority-mozilla/
Off call w activist group arrested for peaceful action. Again, phones taken by forensics, accounts/chats compromised
Frontliners, ask if you truly need to take your phone & not a burner, cheap SIM. If yes
- Backup to local encrypted storage, stash
- Strong lockscreen passphrase
- Check disk encryption active, incl any MicroSD
- Disable USB debugging
- Logout platforms before action
- *Fully power off* before arrest
- Don't say "I won't give you access". Say nada
Abandon device/SIM if returned
Fkn A. SIS has agreed to issue a public apology & pay $40k compensation & $26,400 in legal costs to investigative journalist Nicky Hager over the unlawful capture of call logs from his phone. "This is an impt result for journalism. Our intelligence services are given substantial powers for use to protect NZ from harm. Those powers cannot be used to go after a journalist’s sources just bc the govt does not like what that journalist is saying" - F.Geiringer, Hager's lawyer https://thespinoff.co.nz/live-updates/30-11-2022/nicky-hager-wins-apology-and-40000-compensation-from-nz-spy-agency
40k users, 50k projects. We're providing service to so many, this was unbelievable four years ago when #Codeberg was founded.
Thank you for supporting our mission. Together we fight the monopoly of proprietary platforms, and work towards a future where websites are hosted by non-profit associations and federate with each other.
Learn how to help: https://docs.codeberg.org/improving-codeberg/
Big thanks to: #Gitea + #Forgejo, #Debian #GNU/#Linux and all these nice people in the #FLOSS community. You rock! 💙
I've released version 2.0.0 of my RSS to ActivityPub converter! This now provides functionality I'd hacked in to https://rss.friend.camp - it requires OAuth 2.0 authorization for someone to create a new AP account for an RSS feed.
I used to run this service "in the open" but was overwhelmed by spammers. Now the admin of a Mastodon (or Pleroma or any federated server that is an OAuth 2 provider) can provide this converter as a service solely to members of their instance.
https://github.com/dariusk/rss-to-activitypub/releases/tag/v2.0.0
#Canada Steals Cultural Works From The Public By Extending Copyright Terms - https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/29/canada-steals-cultural-works-from-the-public-by-extending-copyright-terms/ yup - this is the real #copyright theft...
FYI: There's an #Indigenous people server now as of last week, indg.club.
Big thanks to @roag505. And, @aerynlynne made new #emojis.
Big #polluters given almost €100bn in free carbon permits by #EU | #CarbonTax | The Guardian
The EU is culpable for prolonging its dependence on polluting industries though various #subsidies.
#Environment #Politics #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #FossilFuels
Can We Trust Corporate Media Outlets to Report on the Laws Set to Govern Them?
https://truthout.org/articles/can-we-trust-corporate-media-outlets-to-report-on-the-laws-set-to-govern-them/
Short answer: no.
Purdue Students and Faculty Say No to War Criminals on Campus
https://truthout.org/articles/purdue-students-and-faculty-say-no-to-war-criminals-on-campus/
News of this event will show up in the Lafayette, Indiana paper the day after the protest probably slanted in Mitch Daniels' favor.
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa