Retropikzel @retropikzel@librem.one

Amazon announces "Cyberpunk dystopian mass-suveillance as a service".

Hundreds to thousands of activists are entering and blocking the coal mines in Germany, where big parts of Europes CO2 emissions come from!
These pictures need to go around the world! We're *this* close to disaster!

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/garzweiler-klima-protest-bilder-1.4495128

Have you heard about Silicon Valley’s unpaid research and development department? It’s called the EU.

https://ar.al/2019/06/22/have-you-heard-about-silicon-valleys-unpaid-research-and-development-department-its-called-the-eu/

Who should you thank for Facebook’s Libra?

• “One of the UK’s leading privacy researchers”
• University College London
• The DECODE project

And, if you’re an EU citizen who pays their taxes,

• You.

Surprised? Don’t be.

Let me just be more explicit: if your software cannot be used by nazis then your software is not free software.

This is not the correct place to fight hate speech. Block the instances. Report hate speech to the authorities. Settle it using the existing legal frameworks to do so, and if they are insufficient, then write to your lawmakers.

But if you support free software, it is not the place to address this issue, by definition.

"Ireland to ban new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2030".

#Europe #Ireland #ClimateChange #ClimateActionPlan

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-48668791

Link to their released Climate Action Plan (PDF) [ https://static.rasset.ie/documents/news/2019/06/climate-action-plan.pdf ]

@LilFluff

Fun Fact:

The MSWord .doc file format basically originated as a raw memory snapshot.

As in, whenever you clicked "save" you were pretty much just doing a core dump.

That tells you what kind of mindset the MSOffice team operates under.

Switch is o bit heavy, so here's a lighter one

password generators are shit because they have to rely on the random number generators in your computers and software that the NSA obviously controls

the most secure password generator is putting a cat on your keyboard because nobody knows what the hell those devils think, not even the NSA

No, this isn't Photoshop. This is the Arctic right now.

Sea ice levels over great swathes of the Arctic ocean are at historic lows (in the 40-year-long satellite record) for this time of year.

(Photo via @RasmusTonboe@twitter.com )

#ThisIsNotADrill

idlewords.com/2019/06/the_new_…

> Google CEO Sundar Pichai argued that it is “vital for companies to give people clear, individual choices around how their data is used.” Like all Times opinion pieces, his editorial included multiple Google tracking scripts served without the reader’s knowledge or consent. Had he wanted to, Mr. Pichai could have learned down to the second when a particular reader had read his assurance that Google “stayed focused on the products and features that make privacy a reality.”

@tom The 1990s never actually ended, we are stuck in a timeloop to protect us from the effects of Y2k

Cern! 👍 Bravo! 👏

Engadget: CERN turns to open source software as Microsoft increases its fees.
https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/13/cern-microsoft-alternatives-project-open-source-software/

So... "Facebooks cryptocurrency project is backed by Uber, VISA, Paypal and Mastercard".

There is basically not a single word in that sentence I don't dislike intensely

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/06/13/facebook-blockchain-uber-payments-firms-reportedly-sign-onto-project.html

@liw “The Ferengi are hailing us.”
“Onscreen.”
“Uh… we can't, they're using a proprietary codec and the licence isn't compatible with Federation law.”
“Can we install it anyway? Under one of the diplomacy directives.”
“Nnnooo, looks like we'd need to upgrade the ship's processing core. Or maybe downgrade. Possibly both.”
“Ah screw it, just open fire.”

RT @ASpittel@twitter.com

Following non-coders is so confusing. Couple definitions for some words you may see pop up on your time line:

📕 library: a place with books
📈 graph: a chart
🗺 map: used for navigation
🐍 python: snake
📚 heap: a pile of things
🌲 tree: a tall plant
🐞 bug: an insect

@ben @Louisa

when one grid’s misaligned
with another behind
that’s a moiré

supper mario maker

You should convince people of free software values, not to say the right words