Sam Howell @syntax@social.privacytools.io

Dear #foss developers, you encounter an open source project and feel enticed to check out their community. Discord is mentioned as the only place where the discussions take place.

Your reaction?

A - Great, I already have an account anyway.
B - Ok, I'd be willing to join if the project is interesting enough.
C - Not ok, I will not be part of those discussions.
D - Other (see comment)

Boosts appreciated (research for blog post).

Are you extremely bored - or deeply motivated to improve Codeberg? We have a number of open issues that should be
- ☑️ checked if still valid / reproducible / relevant (feel free to comment your opinion!)
- 🔍 check if already reported upstream
- 📝 be reported upstream if not and
- 🔗 in any case linked with the issue url in the Codeberg issue

If you got some free cycles, have a look at https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Community/issues?q=&type=all&sort=&state=open&labels=338%2c-11356%2c-18282&milestone=0&assignee=0 and see if you can assist in cleaning this up!

Thank you.

#SummerCleanup #CommunityMaintenance

My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books. @washingtonpost called it "a political cyberthriller, vigorous, bold and savvy about the limits of revolution and resistance."

Get signed books from @darkdel: https://www.darkdel.com/store/p1840/Available_Now%3A_Attack_Surface.html

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Despite our plans for a gradual transition, FSF staff and GNU volunteers are no longer in control of the #fsf and #gnu channels on the Freenode network. Please find us at libera.chat instead.

G7: 'Mount Recyclemore' of leaders made from electronic waste in Cornwall

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-57406136

#electronicwaste #politics #arts #recycle #g7

📣 NEW: TODAY's essential reading on #onlinesafetybill authored by our very own Heather Burns and Sahdya Darr.

Read this blog if you want to know how an increasingly authoritarian Government is planning to silence conversations they don’t want you to hear. Legal migration is at the top of their list.

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/is-government-preparing-to-censor-discussions-about-migration/

I taught an art class in April and the most important thing I told the class was:

If you think your drawing "has to" be "good" in order for you to be "allowed" to draw, if you're afraid of making bad drawings, you're never gonna finish a drawing and never get good.

Give yourself permission to draw without worrying about quality. Don't even ask "is this good", ask: Am I enjoying it? Am I learning from it? Am I finishing things?

It applies to writing, music, game design, etc. as well

🙄 I've opted out (again)

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/04/tories-nhs-data-grab-pandemic

Just published Google lawsuit evidence indicates that like always retained users' location data, even if disabled in user interface, to the extent that its own employees flashed LineageOS on their phones to avoid tracking. Full thread on https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1398353211220807682

#privacy #google

RT @privacyint@twitter.com

The European Court of Human Rights' judgment on the 10 Human Rights Organisations case is due on 25 May. We sat down with whistleblower @Snowden@twitter.com last year to discuss what this case means for surveillance not only in the UK, but around the world. 🧵/1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4LpJxyD6Ew

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/privacyint/status/1395041048771039238