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Is it weird that I am smitten by the idea of . By boyfriend thinks it hilarious that I, a non-techy, want to learn

My mind is blow by how well this new task management system is working for me: I write my tasks on an index card. I manually prioritize them. They get done.

I am grateful for this instance. I am also aware that what present as cis-male voices (like me), seem the most common. What can we do to make this instance more welcoming? What can we do to invite/amplify more femme, women, and trans people into the digital security space?

number one impression of on my phone is: omg my battery is lasting so much longer! My number two is that omg a pop-socket will fundamentally change how you use a phone.

I keep seeing Twitter users complaining about things Mastodon has fixed.

โœ… Chronological timeline
โœ… Likes/follows not shared on timeline
โœ… Better moderation

Come on over! All thatโ€™s missing is you

Why libraries are the greatest places on earth:

- books
- free!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- quiet, so quiet, so peaceful is heaven
- people leave you alone
- also movies and computers and things
- staff literally know everything and want you to know everything thanks
- you can stay the whole time they're open and not have to pay anything at all
- you can get lost in the big ones and that's cool
- mmm smells of wisdom

Harassment is not an internet problem or a blogger problem.

This is bigger than that. Itโ€™s a tech problem, itโ€™s a societal problem.

We need to fix it everywhere, not just online.

What is the best rom for a Pixel phone? I can't decide between Lineage, Copperhead, and Graphene...

Good podcast episode on how and other right wingers craft a clown persona to manipulate pca.st/thedaily

As someone of English descent, unlearning imagining how the British have ruled as proper is the wake up call, the work ahead.

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There is actually nothing surprising about how the nation (and specifically ruling class) that brought us despots like Queen Victoria, Winston Churchill, and Margaret Thatcher now faces as it's next PM.

I am getting this error running ddclient on my raspberry pi. I am a noob and don't understand how to fix it :(

This is a fairly comprehensive post explaining what "the fediverse" is. It does a good job explaining the grey area between the ActivityPub protocol, the different platforms, and the communities.

blog.diogo.site/posts/what-is-

Written by @diogo

A month ago the idea I'd be close to de-googling myself, much less do anything useful on a command terminal seemed impossible. Today I set up a working nextcloud server on my own!

I spent this evening meeting tenant organizers with my boss who are up against a landlord that is negligent to the point of not caring if their building catches fire. As the saying goes: the enemy doesn't arrive by boat; he arrives by limousine

Happy to become a monthly donor to this instance! Thank you for explaining the costs @jonah! I have learned so much since arriving here. :) liberapay.com/privacytools.io/

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