I suggest Bitwarden for those ready to migrate
LastPass’ free tier will become a lot less useful next month
https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/16/22285531/lastpass-free-tier-mobile-computer-device-premium-family
"Own a Newspaper for $1 per Month." An interesting story about a growing experiment in cooperative local journalism.
https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/november-december-2020/own-a-newspaper-for-1-per-month/
Are you subscribed to our YouTube? We’re live streaming, posting demos, and more. Check it out: https://youtube.com/c/elementaryinc
I love the #replyall podcast, but... FUCK the latest 171 episode.
Paraphrasing: "I hate that Twitter can decide who gets banned, I wish people made different social platforms where there is no central power like that".
Yes, I live in a fediverse bubble. But surely, with just a tiny bit of research, they could have found the fediverse, right? At least, Mastodon?
Now they leave it hanging as all other article: "Twitter sucks, but what can we do? No good alternatives"
Small is Beautiful
Next live stream: Free and Open Education with Pine64 and elementary OS
https://small-tech.org/events/small-is-beautiful/
We’ll be joined by Nicolas Vivant, CIO of the city of Fontaine, who oversaw the deployment of 200+ elementary OS PCs and Debian servers in schools. Our other guests are Cassidy James Blaede (elementary OS), Lukasz Erecinski (Pine64), and Pernille Tranberg (Data Ethics EU).
Thursday, Jan 14, 2021 – 5PM Cork (UTC +0) / 12PM NY (UTC -5) / 9AM SF (UTC -8)
Putting out a request: do you work for the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries? There’s a rare CD-ROM I’m looking for for research purposes, and it appears the only copy held in North America is in that library. Any help is appreciated. https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/9910761664802121
US federal government employee? You can donate to the FSF through the Combined Federal Campaign workplace giving program -- Go to https://givecfc.org and search for the FSF's ID, 63210.
The Fairphone 3+ is our fairest smartphone yet. With a design that's more #sustainable and makes a bigger positive #impact. 💙🌍
But what's it like to use this phone, or swap its modules? 👀🤙
Head on over to our #Youtube channel for the answers: https://youtu.be/5f8c9JB-5tM💡🌱
My favorite new Xmas song this year is “Holidays” by Josie Dunne.
US federal government employee? You can donate to the FSF through the Combined Federal Campaign workplace giving program -- Go to https://givecfc.org and search for the FSF's ID, 63210.
Fizzy Water Fans: If, hypothetically, you owned a Carbonating Device from a Popular At-Home Fizzy Beverages Company that has, at times, been "somewhat to extremely problematic", I am here to tell you that this company in Wisconsin will refill your CO2 canisters by mail:
A huge and excellent list of google alternatives:
https://degoogle.jmoore.dev/
If anyone has more feel free to add!
The Markup: "The High Privacy Cost of a 'Free' Website"
https://themarkup.org/blacklight/2020/09/22/blacklight-tracking-advertisers-digital-privacy-sensitive-websites
Very interesting read
Economist. Antitrust policy; industrial organization; history of economics
xmpp: mattp@sendero.snikket.chat