@mario @lnx I'm unsure why this would be the case when other media (like avatars) work, so I will look into this in a bit. But, the planned shutdown of this server โ€” and PTIO overall because of issues with the domain name, a rebrand is imminent but we can't change the domain on federated services like this, which is super unfortunate โ€” have been announced numerous times now; I'd highly recommend switching instances after this media issue is resolved!

Ah, I'm so glad Apple has convinced me to buy not one, not two, but three laptops in a single year. Fantastic.

Time to watch another hours-long Apple infomercial, I suppose.

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Another day, another Mastodon account ๐Ÿคช

Do you think the tiny apartment family in the Apple Event are all paid Apple employees, or tiny corporate slaves?

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@diabeticus @DatGuyChrisss hold on a second now, Iโ€™d never be wishing for his healthy recovery, if you catch my drift ๐Ÿ™ƒ

I certainly hope Trump has COVID for as short a time as possible.

Safing (safing.io) is developing Portmaster, a FOSS kernel-level firewall application for Windows & Linux with various privacy features; as well as SPN, a multi-hop privacy network currently in closed beta.

Safing has been a long term sponsor of the PrivacyTools project on OpenCollective :)

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Exciting news! The fine folks at Safing launched an AMA on our Subreddit and will be fielding your questions over this weekend! Check it out, live now at reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/co

Another day, another unscheduled downtime...

Hey Iโ€™ve been nominated for @hackernoon@twitter.comโ€™s Security Advocate of the Year for my work w/ @privacytoolsIO@twitter.com ๐ŸŽ‰ Throw some votes my way @ noonies.tech/award/security-ad ๐Ÿ˜„

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Mozilla Google budget screaming 

Something is just wrong here... Mozilla just extended its deal with Google (making it the numero uno search engine) for something like 400 million dollars PER YEAR. For the next three years.

That is 1.2 BILLION dollars from 2020 to 2023.

If you cannot run a freaking NON-PROFIT on 400 MILLION dollars PER YEAR that means:

a) You are paying your executives too much.
b) You don't know how to manage a non-profit.
c) All of the above.
Source: zdnet.com/article/sources-mozi

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The Mozilla layoff is terrible - not only for the former workers, but also the web at large.

If we are concerned about the future of a more private & secure web, without a monopoly - we might want to double-down on our support of Mozilla to ensure that more people keep their jobs.

Being vocal about the direction of #Firefox & #Mozilla to appropriate channels is surely needed - less Google & more innovation.

Let's work to oust any leadership without the vision we all need for a better web.

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