Siddharth Shah @siddharth05h4h@librem.one

Facebook Isn’t Just Allowing Lies, It’s Prioritizing Them
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/opinion/facebook-political-ads.html

Facebook can, by tinkering with its rules for political ads, give itself a special, unregulated power over elections. Just that possibility gives Facebook political leverage and politicians reasons to want leverage over Facebook. The nation’s dominant social network is creating the kind of monopoly influence over politics that the framers of the Sherman antitrust law were concerned about. #bigtech #libremone

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

That explains the back pains

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

Scritches

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/

I like how these are coming out :D #MastoArt

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

can everyone say "hi Captain"

iPad doodles of ocs😊

I mean, if you're going to evaluate a #Linux distro, might as well be thorough.

Decent scan and colour versions of yesterday's otter drawing.

Day #30 ~ Catch

#inktober2019 #inktober

Merry Bootember yall

#art #mastoart #smashbros