Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Hot taker: “the problem w/ open source is…”

Me: no, it’s time and money

HT: ok but what abo…

Me: no, it’s time and money. Everyone is telling you it’s time and money.

HT: surely it’s…

Me: what is motivating you to pretend it’s something other than time and money?…

I recently decided to go all-in on trying to have a "writing career" without giving in to monopolistic corporations like Amazon and Google.

I'm selling my fiction directly to fans, Patreon-style, instead of putting myself thru the endless stress of subbing to magazines.

Check it out!
https://newsletter.eleanorkonik.com/the-laundress/

I'm using open-source software, no cookies or trackers. The only "middleman" is the credit card processor (stripe).

I'm really proud of myself.

For Microsoft, it's all about cultivating total dependence among its users: https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/microsoft-edge-protocol-competition.html There's nothing admirable about their approach. They jealously guard their ability to frame most computer users' every interaction with the digital world. Despicable.

"If trillions of dollars can be found to sort out the banking crisis or the Covid pandemic in a few weeks, then it can surely be found to help countries transition into a low carbon world..." #COP26
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/13/heres-the-truth-our-leaders-at-cop26-have-failed-us-the-rest-is-spin

Open source solar power for anyone - A new book teaches how to build your own solar power system at any budget

See https://opensource.com/article/21/11/open-source-solar-power

#technology #solarpower #environment #DIY #tocatchthesun

World’s #militaries avoiding scrutiny over #emissions | #GreenhouseGasEmissions | The Guardian

The elephant in the room.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/11/worlds-militaries-avoiding-scrutiny-over-emissions

#Environment #FossilFuels #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Cop26

@lightweight @alcinnz Many years ago at OSCON Danese Cooper gave a talk with a phrase I have (with permission) reused since with these types of folks: copyleft is the only viable license strategy if you need to ensure 'evergreen openness'.

They never talk about #FOSS, because there's no money in that for them, even though it would definitely be the better thing for non-profits. Instead they take money from the big proprietary players to keep non-profits hooked into the surveillance capitalism/data-as-hostage game.

For anyone who's heard of TechSoup (supposedly helping non-profits make better use of/get better value from technology) - this is the sort of shit they're shovelling down the non-profit sector's throat: https://email.connectingup.org/t/ViewEmail/i/CACB9E037E53D3802540EF23F30FEDED/21386AD034D32EE474AF8F7A76570606 I'm really not a fan. Not one bit.

Nextcloud cares about privacy and data sovereignty. Who owns and controls our documents, photos, chat logs, and calendar items matters, and we think it should be you!

Own your data! Learn more about migration options.

https://nextcloud.com/blog/easy-migration-to-nextcloud-from-insecure-and-privacy-unfriendly-platforms-now-available/

How to Set Up Your Own Self-Hosted Open-Source Secure (Access) Email Server with Mailcow

See https://lifehacker.com/how-to-set-up-your-own-secure-email-server-1848026797

#technology #privacy #email #mailcow #opensource

“America's CLOUD Act, … would require those companies to hand over data to the US Government. ‘While both Microsoft and Amazon are … building local data centres, which means data they hold will ‘reside’ in NZ, data residency is not data sovereignty.’”

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/challenge-to-bring-home-nz-data-from-overseas-owned-clouds

This is what happens when MBAs get put in charge of everything in society.

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2021/11/mckinsey-the-force-multiplier-for-the-opioid-crisis-goes-all-in-with-anti-public-health-messaging-on-covid.html

Apple's talking about sideloading this week to shift the discussion away from App Store competition. If it had to compete with other secure iPhone app stores (like ones dedicated to gaming) it would have to lower its fees and improve its policies. It's about control not security.

How #GDPR stops #discrimination and protects #equalities | #OpenRightsGroup

The#UK #Government is looking to scrap GDPR now that we’ve left the #EU.

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/how-gdpr-stops-discrimination-and-protects-equalities/

#Brexit

Hard to belive but Nextcloud is the most popular collaboration software in Germany. Ahead of Microsoft, Google, Dropbox and many others. This is the result of a voting of over 60.000 IT professionals. https://nextcloud.com/blog/first-in-germany-again/

A planned lithium mine in Nevada is moving forward despite local resistance.

https://earthnewsreport.com/2021/11/08/plans-to-dig-the-biggest-lithium-mine-in-the-us-face-mounting-opposition/

#Cop26: #world on track for disastrous heating of more than 2.4C, says key report | Cop26 | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/09/cop26-sets-course-for-disastrous-heating-of-more-than-24c-says-key-report

#Environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange

And this was motivated by discussions with someone who runs (as I understand it) a "FOSS Advocacy" foundation that actively chooses (& defends the choice) to run proprietary software over viable FOSS alternatives because this person refuses to either learn enough to run the FOSS or involve someone who can.

To me this fully undermines the purpose of the organisation & demonstrates its fundamental lack of viability: it doesn't have the right skill set to be fit for purpose.