Matt Panhans @mpanhans@librem.one

Happy Birthday to the LVFS

9 years ago today I wrote 4 little PHP scripts and pushed it to OpenShift which was the beginning of the LVFS. We've since rewritten it in Python, switched the deployment from "sudo git pull" on the server under my stairs at home (literally) to deploying onto AWS with Terraform.

In 9 years we've onboarded over 140 vendors, shipped ~110 million firmware files and added support for ~85 firmware update protocols for ~1600 different devices. I'm pretty happy with that.

I left Adobe years ago, but many still use it.

In light of recent scandals, we felt it was time to make a video on Adobe's massively exploitive history and what to do against big tech companies like Adobe. Watch it now!
https://youtu.be/sOX8x5Fy6AA

Patreon screws me over, says a big Apple did it and ran away.

Patreon has two billing models, monthly (bills on the first of the month, or whenever they get around to it) and daily (charges you the moment you sign up.) For several years now, they have...
https://jwz.org/b/ykXg

BREAKING: Republicans seize on 2010 Walz video in which he admits to occasionally going to Jiffy Lube rather than changing own oil.

"The nice thing about buying food for a man is, you don't have to laugh at his jokes."

Preston Sturges’ SULLIVAN’S TRAVELS (1941) is now streaming on Prime and nowhere else (without a VOD rental).

#FilmMastodon #TCMParty

1 year ago I ditched my Macbook, bought a Framework laptop, and moved to Linux for professional UX design work. In this article, I explain as simply as possible:
- Why I switched to Linux
- How you can do the same.

I cover design-specific concerns like:
- How to use Apple devices like the Magic Mouse in Linux
- Which design tools are available and how to install them
- How to find help if you get stuck

https://www.chris-wood.design/resources/linux-for-ux-designers
#Design #UXDesign #UIDesign #Linux #MacOS #FrameworkLaptop

As a Blind person i never thought i would be on social media savoring photos. But the communal Mastodon alt text game is so strong that sweet, poetic or silly descriptions abound on my timeline. Thanks to legions of people who take time to write a meaningful description of the ephemera they post, i learn so much about insects, plants, buildings, memes — all dispatches from a dimension of the world that i otherwise wouldn't experience. If you're wondering whether anybody reads these things: YES.

Two-thirds of the $310 million that Kamala Harris raised last month came from first-time donors, according to the campaign.

All set up for #FOSSY24!

Come talk to us about #postmarketOS, #linuxmobile, or #systemd!

Much is being made of the fact that Philly will be Harris”s first stop on her tour with her running mate. While that may bode well for Shapiro, you know who else is from Pennsylvania?

RAIN (1932) w/ Joan Crawford and Walter Huston is now on Prime Video and Kanopy.

This is the 90th anniversary restoration, released on Blu-ray in 2022 — a vast improvement over public domain transfers streaming elsewhere.

#FilmMastodon #TCMparty #JoanCrawford

Deals on Kindles may seem attractive, but don't forget Amazon is one of the most devoted peddlers of DRM. We prefer books we can loan to our friends, free of restriction and prying eyes. Read more about how to live DRM-free: https://u.fsf.org/1aj #EndDRM #DRM #BoycottAmazon #Amazon

🥳 On this day, 10 years ago, we launched Signal on iPhone, which existed on Android as RedPhone and TextSecure 🎂

📞 Back then, Signal was only an encrypted voice calling app using the ZRTP protocol with short-authentication strings.

💬 It’s only 6 months later, that Signal Protocol-based encrypted messaging would launch.

https://www.wired.com/2014/07/free-encrypted-calling-finally-comes-to-the-iphone/

WOW - online course on using crochet to make "Topologically nontrivial, visually pleasing yarn sculptures" https://momath.org/onlinecrochet/