Google is bringing AMP to Gmail not for your convenience or to increase speed, but to change your mailbox into a platform for marketers. Better switch to an email service that respects your right to privacy. π
https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/amp-email-bad-idea/
To be clear: a surveillance funded internet is awful. But a pay-to-play internet that only the wealth benefit from by extracting rent from the poor expressing themselves in public? That's worse in many ways.
Let's not forget that the goal is to make a free, private, inclusive internet. Not to let Brendan Eich and his cronies make you buy their new cryptocurrency to not see adds in his reskinned open source browser.
Brave is pure methyl mercury. Avoid it wherever possible
We're really pleased that Welsh Government recognises the crucial importance of digital technology for Wales (https://lnkd.in/e-rTHEi) But.... π€
We think we can go one better. We want Wales to be an open-source, Creative Commons country ππππ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
We'd like to create a manifesto for Wales to benefit from the power of open source. If you're with us, please let us know
RT @GreenpeaceUK
We're blockading @BP_plc's London offices because they're acting as if the #ClimateEmergency isn't happening. Instead, BP is investing billions in new oil and fueling the crisis that will harm billions #BPShutdown
Three conclusions to draw from #Google denying #Huawei access to software & the importance #FreeSoftware has for technology users, public bodies, and businesses alike: https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20190520-01.html
Developers Can Make Use of #GCC9, #QEMU4, #Wireshark3 using @opensuse Tumbleweed from this week's snapshots - http://bit.ly/2W3CAPr
We won! The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the Investigatory Powers Tribunal is subject to judicial review before the High Court. The Court's judgment is a major endorsement and affirmation of the rule of law in the UK. https://privacyinternational.org/press-release/2897/privacy-international-wins-historic-victory-uk-supreme-court https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1128592876097691649/photo/1
Say hello to Telephant!
I've written a little Mastodon client for the Desktop - called Telephant - and am currently looking for beta testers!
Want to help out and don't mind compiling the app yourself? (Don't worry it's fairly straight forward and I've added detailed instructions to the README!)
Join me here:
https://github.com/muesli/telephant
Looking forward to hearing your feedback!
@purism Thx for this blog post. I would really appreciate it if you put a notice into Librem social that it is a fork of Tusky. Here is our opencollective in case you want to support the Tusky team https://opencollective.com/tusky
#Tusky 7
opened @fdroidorg merge request β
uploaded to GitHub β
uploaded to Google Play β
uploaded to Amazon β
Government working to bring major e-sports event to Wales https://nation.cymru/news/todays-senedd-roundup-government-working-to-bring-major-e-sports-event-to-wales/