The Paris Agreement Isn't Enough to Stop the Seas From Devouring Our Coasts
https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-paris-agreement-isnt-enough-to-stop-the-seas-from-d-1839614695 #climatechange #climatecrisis
When ‘Big Brother’ Isn’t Scary Enough
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/opinion/surveillance-big-brother.html
As surveillance technology grows more complex, it outpaces public understanding of the threats it poses. The future of surveillance looks far more expansive and invasive than the Big Brother metaphor can capture. Where we’re headed, we’re going to need better metaphors — ones that accurately capture the diffuse, discriminatory and often secretive nature of both government and private surveillance. #bigtech
We did it! We came together as a community and met our fundraising goal to defend software freedom from patent litigation.
💙
Next up comes the hard part - winning this lawsuit and setting precedent. Stay tuned for updates as we progress forward
https://secure.givelively.org/donate/gnome-foundation-inc/gnome-patent-troll-defense-fund
The Real Reason Facebook Won’t Fact-Check Political Ads
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/02/opinion/facebook-zuckerberg-political-ads.html #bigtech #libremone
Ring (the Amazon surveillance device) used video captured on Halloween for PR
https://mashable.com/article/ring-halloween-surveillance/?europe=true
In celebration of Día de Muertos, check out these awesome elementary logo rendition contributed by community member @calo0012@twitter.com! And while you’re at it, pick a new seasonal wallpaper from his app Fondo, available on AppCenter. https://appcenter.elementary.io/com.github.calo001.fondo/
As promised, here are the details and screenshots for October’s updates. 🎉 As of today, elementary OS supports Flatpak out of the box—check the link for all the details. And thanks to our friends at @System76@twitter.com for sponsoring this month’s updates and post! https://blog.elementary.io/updates-for-october-2019/
Every breath you take, every move you make, every bond you break, every step you take they'll be watching you.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/11/google-buys-fitbit-for-2-1-billion/
You ask, we deliver: New dark theme, hitting enter confirms dialogs & more. Spread the word! 😀 #TutanotaUpdate
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/dark-theme
Want to feel really scared for #Halloween? Check out how many millions of people were affected by data breaches in the last five months alone: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/data-breach-report 👻👻👻🎃🧙♀️ #halloween2019
The #Librem5 software team were hard at work last month making changes to calls, messaging, settings, the software store, libhandy, the shell and compositor, virtual keyboard, kernel and much more.
Read the full update on our blog https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-september-2019-software-update/
Look at those great community contributed keyboard layouts to support additional languages :)