Matt Panhans @mpanhans@librem.one

Upcoming Instagram changes warn users to accept activity tracking to "Help keep Instagram free of charge" 🙄 #deleteInstagram

All undergraduates of #Duke University are told to #quarantine due to #covid19 outbreak caused by recruitment parties.

Effective immediately, students must stay in place until at least Sunday March 21. More than 180 positive #coronavirus cases have been reported. Suspension or dismissal will be the penalty.

Total #virus cases in North #Carolina is 887,595 with 11,716 deaths

The only game harder than Dark Souls

Interesting - putting a value on the contribution of FOSS developers... TL;DL -> $100s of billions contributed to the economy. https://www.zdnet.com/video/open-source-developers-contribute-hundreds-of-billions-of-dollars-to-the-economy/

Important call for experimentation from @democracypolicy:

Alternative Voting Methods | Democracy Policy Network - https://democracypolicy.network/agenda/open-country/open-government/alternative-voting-methods

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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

Oh you know just a video of some birds playing basketball

Are you subscribed to our YouTube? We’re live streaming, posting demos, and more. Check it out: https://youtube.com/c/elementaryinc

Acapella group doing Windows noises

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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)

#SmallIsBeautiful

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.

https://songwhip.com/josie-dunne/holidays