Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

my kid just figured out how to put a full debian install on his school-issued locked-down chromebook. the first thing he did was install firefox which lets him bypass the school content blocker system (they did this as a browser extension rather than an OS-level firewall, oops). second thing was to put ublock origin on it, since somehow the school locked all the students out of installing ad blockers. (I know, right?)

anyway he's pretty stoked about it and wanting to learn more. he likes learning thru videos; can anyone recommend a video series for command-line basics? he's got some basic programming experience in Lua and knows HTML but has only very rudimentary shell exposure.

the paid app gives you less info than the free one

Who would have guessed

IMO the only reason to use #RadarScope instead of #Wx is the mping reports

"More generally, I believe that #opensource development should return to its roots as a #freesoftware movement guided by moral principles. Doing so would help the open source community set better boundaries, which would in turn improve software quality, funding, and working conditions. Without a moral center to give developers a spine, they’ll continue to race to the bottom to please corporate interests."

https://www.haskellforall.com/2021/12/funding-isnt-problem-with-open-source.html

This a great trend. #Apple
is going to sell replacements parts to anybody officially. #Dell
goes one step further and wants to buy old parts back and remarket them. I want more of this.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/12/dells-concept-luna-pc-disassembles-easily-so-you-can-reuse-its-parts/

More on the project: https://moja.global/

For those tracking the #DMA in Europe this week, a minor win but frustrating loss as Device Neutrality makes it in, but #OpenSource standards & interoperability did not, keeping the door open for unchecked #SurveillanceCapitalism from big tech.

More early reporting from @fsfe here:

https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20211215-01.html

Climate Justice as a Core Competency among Internet Practitioners - Michelle Thorn @ Branch Mag: https://branch.climateaction.tech/issues/issue-3/internet-practionioners-climate-justice/

@aaronpk Pretty sure moving to the proprietary walled garden GitHub where a project's data has no escape route fails at least 7/11 of the #IndieWeb principles.

❌ Own your data
❌ Make what you need
❌ Use what you make
❌ Open source your stuff
❌ Modularity
❌ Longevity
❌ Plurality

I only subscribe to the Chronicle of Philanthropy newsletter for the cringe. 😂

The rich people are feeling emotionally drained! They're trying to fix the world and people just keep asking them for checks!

More relevant than ever

#KamalaHarris Avoids #Bluetooth, Uses #WiredHeadset & Why All Heads Of State Should Follow Her

Wireless ear pieces seem to have been a feature in recent years though I never used them. They seem to be prone to vulnerability and also consume resources such as lithium batteries.

https://www.indiatimes.com/technology/news/kamala-harris-bluetooth-headphone-556665.html

https://climateandcapitalism.com/2018/03/02/china-mieville-the-limits-of-utopia/

China Mieville: "We need utopias. That’s almost a given in activism. If an alternative to this world were inconceivable, how could we change it?

"But utopia has its limits: utopia can be toxic.

"What price hopelessness, indeed? But what price hope?"

Chrome continues to be the only major browser without meaningful built-in tracking protection. Web extensions need more freedom to operate on their own, which means first-class access to browser APIs and persistent memory. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/googles-manifest-v3-still-hurts-privacy-security-innovation

Reminder: the E2E encryption in WhatsApp and iMessage is backdoored, and cannot be trusted:

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/whatsapp-imessage-facebook-apple-fbi-privacy-1261816/

Bugs across globe are evolving to eat #plastic, study finds | Plastics | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/14/bugs-across-globe-are-evolving-to-eat-plastic-study-finds

#Nature #Evolution #Waste #Ecology #Bacteria #Biology

Experimenting with communications options for a new team. Set up a #Matrix homeserver, a #Snikket server, and a #Mattermost instance to compare/contrast with my #Rocket.chat experience.