In other news, I think I'm going to try my hand at film review. Not as a regular thing, but there's one movie that's just... A so-bad-it's-good gem that not a lot people know ahout.

**⚧JⒶNE⚧** @polarisfm@librem.one · Oct 12, 2019, 22:25

**⚧JⒶNE⚧** @polarisfm@librem.one · Oct 12, 2019, 22:25

Oct 12, 2019, 22:25

⚧JⒶNE⚧ @polarisfm@librem.one

Hey, EU friends, is blocking a third party client considered anti-competitive there...? 🤔

**⚧JⒶNE⚧** @polarisfm@librem.one · Oct 12, 2019, 22:24

**⚧JⒶNE⚧** @polarisfm@librem.one · Oct 12, 2019, 22:24

Oct 12, 2019, 22:24

⚧JⒶNE⚧ @polarisfm@librem.one

If you would like to support the development of Invidious and have some extra cash, go to: https://liberapay.com/omarroth.

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**⚧JⒶNE⚧** @polarisfm@librem.one · Oct 12, 2019, 22:24

**⚧JⒶNE⚧** @polarisfm@librem.one · Oct 12, 2019, 22:24

Oct 12, 2019, 22:24

⚧JⒶNE⚧ @polarisfm@librem.one

For proof, here is the developer's Patreon page as of 12 October, 2019. Linking through the Wayback Machine to avoid Cloudflare: https://web.archive.org/web/20191012222327/https://www.patreon.com/omarroth

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**⚧JⒶNE⚧** @polarisfm@librem.one · Oct 12, 2019, 22:22

**⚧JⒶNE⚧** @polarisfm@librem.one · Oct 12, 2019, 22:22

Oct 12, 2019, 22:22

⚧JⒶNE⚧ @polarisfm@librem.one

I would also like to point out that the developer's Patreon has been mysteriously cited as "in violation of community guidelines." Apparently, making a libre client program to the world's most prominent video sharing platform is against Patreon's "community guidelines." They should just be transparent and say they suspended it for preventing the flow of money into Google's wallet.

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**⚧JⒶNE⚧** @polarisfm@librem.one · Oct 12, 2019, 22:17

**⚧JⒶNE⚧** @polarisfm@librem.one · Oct 12, 2019, 22:17

Oct 12, 2019, 22:17

⚧JⒶNE⚧ @polarisfm@librem.one

For more information on this purge, check out @amolith@masto.nixnet.xyz's https://nixnet.xyz/invidious, a grave yard for his former Invidious instance. They've done the same to many more folks. Godspeed, everyone

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**⚧JⒶNE⚧** @polarisfm@librem.one · Oct 12, 2019, 22:15

**⚧JⒶNE⚧** @polarisfm@librem.one · Oct 12, 2019, 22:15

Oct 12, 2019, 22:15

⚧JⒶNE⚧ @polarisfm@librem.one

Hey folks. In honor of the Great Invidious Purge affecting most (if not all) instances I will be starting up my own Invidious instance.

"You can stop me, but you can't stop us all... After all, we're all alike."

Fuck you, Google.

Yours truly,
Jane Doe

**⚧JⒶNE⚧** · Oct 04, 2019, 10:57

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**switching.software** @switchingsoftware@mstdn.swiso.org · Oct 04, 2019, 10:57

Oct 04, 2019, 10:57

switching.software @switchingsoftware@mstdn.swiso.org

Hi Fediverse 👋

let me sum up the situation around #switchingsocial

Around September 20th, the original (anonymous) author of switching.social shut down its website and all related Social Media accounts, including mastodon 🤔

This info reached me (@tobias ) the next day via my German version @swisode .

As there hasn't been any sign of life since then, I restored the website and created this new account. Right now I'm out of spare time to work on it, but that'll change in a few weeks 🙂

**⚧JⒶNE⚧** · Oct 08, 2019, 15:59

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**GNU Propaganda** @gnupropaganda@fosstodon.org · Oct 08, 2019, 15:59

Oct 08, 2019, 15:59

GNU Propaganda @gnupropaganda@fosstodon.org

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**⚧JⒶNE⚧** · Oct 07, 2019, 22:25

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**GNU Propaganda** @gnupropaganda@fosstodon.org · Oct 07, 2019, 22:25

Oct 07, 2019, 22:25

GNU Propaganda @gnupropaganda@fosstodon.org

In response to the President Trump (USA)'s executive order blocking all commercial and non-commercial property transactions with Venezuela, Adobe has begun cancelling accounts belonging to Venezuelans.

Regardless of this being a continued embargo, this is a lesson to be learned to never trust software which makes it obligatory to register an account in order to use the features of that software.

[https://helpx.adobe.com/la/x-productkb/policy-pricing/executive-order-venezuela.html]

**⚧JⒶNE⚧** @polarisfm@librem.one · Oct 07, 2019, 23:20

**⚧JⒶNE⚧** @polarisfm@librem.one · Oct 07, 2019, 23:20

Oct 07, 2019, 23:20

⚧JⒶNE⚧ @polarisfm@librem.one

My website will be down for a bit.

**⚧JⒶNE⚧** · Oct 07, 2019, 16:34

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**Skeleton** @socialskeleton@cryptids.online · Oct 07, 2019, 16:34

Oct 07, 2019, 16:34

Skeleton @socialskeleton@cryptids.online

Really enjoying my mandatory cyber security training

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**⚧JⒶNE⚧** · Oct 07, 2019, 17:53

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**codesections** @codesections@fosstodon.org · Oct 07, 2019, 17:53

Oct 07, 2019, 17:53

codesections @codesections@fosstodon.org

Re: GNU/ RMS-adjacent

**⚧JⒶNE⚧** · Oct 07, 2019, 15:00

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**Electronic Frontier Foundation** @eff@mastodon.social · Oct 07, 2019, 15:00

Oct 07, 2019, 15:00

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff@mastodon.social

Backdoors into encrypted communications won't just be used by "good" governments. Authoritarian regimes will spy on dissidents, and say they're fighting terrorism. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/10/open-letter-governments-us-uk-and-australia-facebook-all-out-attack-encryption

**⚧JⒶNE⚧** · Oct 07, 2019, 13:21

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**codesections** @codesections@fosstodon.org · Oct 07, 2019, 13:21

Oct 07, 2019, 13:21

codesections @codesections@fosstodon.org

> FSF is now working with GNU leadership on a shared understanding of the relationship for the future. As part of that, we invite comments from free software community members at fsf-and-gnu@fsf.org.

https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-and-gnu