Matt Panhans @mpanhans@librem.one
Economist. Antitrust policy; industrial organization; history of economics
xmpp: mattp@sendero.snikket.chat
Joined Mar 2020
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@mpanhans @carlrichell Hi, this research could point to who… https://github.com/upper-up/meta-lobbying-and-other-findings
@M0CUV Oh wow! I had not seen that. Thanks for sharing.
@carlrichell Do you have an idea of who is behind the push for these laws? It seemed odd that so many jurisdictions happened to take up this legislation at the same moment. There must be some group or organization pushing this but I never understood who or why.
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Happy π Day! And Albert Einstein was born #OTD 147 years ago!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi
Isaac Newton used infinite series to compute π to 15 digits, later writing "I am ashamed to tell you to how many figures I carried these computations".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi#cite_note-Newton-60
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
Einstein at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1630
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Mastodon, you are a influence...
Since I joined I have ditched most subscription stuff like Spotify, Amazon and Netflix.
Made the swap to Linux.
Started painting.
Now I am considering whether or not I could be a Person Who Bikes Places.
Another good place to use #opensource software: election voting systems. Lower cost than proprietary systems and can be independently verified to do what it is supposed to.
https://calmatters.org/commentary/2026/02/counting-votes-california-open-source/
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Historians, do you have a preferred resource for digital access to historical newspapers? I have library access to a limited version of ProQuest, but it is missing a lot; other newspapers have been digitized, but access is sold by genealogy sites of varying shadiness and opaque pricing #history #econhist #economichistory #socialhistory #histodons
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Manet's famous painting Un Bar aux Folies-Bergère never appealed to me. But now I realize its genius and my spine tingles every time I see it.
The perspective looks all wrong. You're staring straight at this barmaid, but her reflection in the mirror is way off to right. Even worse, her reflection is facing a guy who doesn't appear in the main view!
But in 2000, a researcher showed this perspective is actually possible!!! To prove it, he did a photographic reconstruction of this scene. Check it out in my next post.
This blow my mind.
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@tinker @signalapp Totally agree, they seem to care quite little about Linux and even less about Mobile Linux :(
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It's the first sunday of March and it's Digital Independence Day again.
If you would like to spend some minutes to install an independent messaging app and get a cool indie messaging address, you might have a look at:
https://imday.de/en/
And don't panic: It's easier than you might expect.
@pojntfx That makes more sense!
@pojntfx last time I checked it wasn’t on flathub yet, thanks for this tip. Have been excited to test
@danslerush @mariafarrell @robin This article had a big impact on me when it came out. Good recommendation
The music video for Sunrise is now out! https://youtu.be/K91x9mz04Qg?si=9Nie0WCPF1GEKoM-
Finally got my music organized on Jellyfin, and now using Finamp to play my own music on the go. I've cancelled my Spotify subscription, and am going to take that money and buy an album each month from Bandcamp. For this month, I bought the new single "Sunrise" by Logan Metz. @jellyfin @endDRM #EndDRM #newmusicmonday #newmusic https://loganmetz.bandcamp.com/album/sunrise-overrated-single
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🐧 Just dropped the 2026 Linux tier list, but instead of ranking best to worst, I'm showing which distro fits YOUR journey.
Beginner? Intermediate? Advanced? This tells you exactly where to start (and where NOT to start)
https://youtu.be/6ip-S5QyzuI
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WhatsApp can access virtually all of it 3 billion users’ purportedly ‘private’ communications,” according to a lawsuit filed against Meta. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72183413/1/dawson-v-meta-platforms-inc/
@allpurposemat Nice write up! I would have recommended starting with phosh. It's quite a bit more polished than the Gnome Mobile experience at the moment.
@davidgerard Such a pity, it used to be such an outstanding company.
Economist. Antitrust policy; industrial organization; history of economics
xmpp: mattp@sendero.snikket.chat
Joined Mar 2020
