Sam Howell @syntax@social.privacytools.io

A Cypherpunk's Manifesto

https://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html

In case you missed it: End-to-End Encrypted Email Support

"What’s New in Thunderbird 78 | The Thunderbird Blog" https://blog.thunderbird.net/2020/07/whats-new-in-thunderbird-78/

Got online learning resources to share with your fellow FOSS folk? Swing by our chat today at 2pm ET/6pm UTC on freenode, #conservancy where we'll be talking about FOSS learning and learning FOSS, including tools for adults and for kids. https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2020/jul/29/virtualchat2/

Hey devs, please use semantic html. This is important!

When listing things, use ul/li! When writing things, use p! When adding navigation, use nav! When putting the main part of your website inside a div, use main! Please use h1, h2, h3 for your titles! Don't use table for layout, they are for data!

Screen readers users have shortcuts to jump to all those parts of your website instead of reading it from top to bottom. But it only works with semantic html. So please help them!

An IGF Workshop on decentralization and regulatory approaches to opening up big platforms, which I am a panelist at, is confirmed:
https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-ws-290-unlocking-the-internet-stakeholder-perspectives-of-interope

I am there very specifically to talk about #Fediverse and give perspective on how this federated social network deals with problems like hate speech, bad actors, etc; and to talk about what a sane and practicable plan for opening up the social walled gardens could be.

I would love to pick your brains on all of this. Will ask specifics soon.

Microsoft is about to shut off its ebook DRM servers: "The books will stop working" https://boingboing.net/2019/06/28/jun-17-2004.html

The CEOs of Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon tried to shift the narrative about whether their companies are monopolies. But their statements don’t match reality. Read more here: https://protonmail.com/blog/tech-ceos-hearing/