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#XMPP + #Google Summer of Code 2023
Two XMPP projects have been accepted!
It's #Moxxy: https://codeberg.org/moxxy/moxxy
and @dino: https://dino.im/
#GSoC Page: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2023/organizations/xmpp-standards-foundation
XSF blog post: https://xmpp.org/community/gsoc-2023/
#GSoC2023 #interoperability #standards #federation
Two XMPP projects have been accepted!
It's #Moxxy: https://codeberg.org/moxxy/moxxy
and @dino: https://dino.im/
#GSoC Page: https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2023/organizations/xmpp-standards-foundation
XSF blog post: https://xmpp.org/community/gsoc-2023/
#GSoC2023 #interoperability #standards #federation
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I've never felt more positive about Ed Sheeran. He definitely gets copyright right.
"Copyright was designed to benefit the middlemen and gatekeepers, such as the record labels, over the artists themselves. That’s why the labels have a long history of never paying artists. ... modern copyright is stifling rather than incentivizing music creation — directly in contrast to what we’re told it’s supposed to be doing"
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/08/ed-sheeran-once-again-demonstrates-how-modern-copyright-is-destroying-rather-than-helping-musicians/
#Copyright #EdSheeran
"Copyright was designed to benefit the middlemen and gatekeepers, such as the record labels, over the artists themselves. That’s why the labels have a long history of never paying artists. ... modern copyright is stifling rather than incentivizing music creation — directly in contrast to what we’re told it’s supposed to be doing"
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/05/08/ed-sheeran-once-again-demonstrates-how-modern-copyright-is-destroying-rather-than-helping-musicians/
#Copyright #EdSheeran
Ed Sheeran, Once Again, Demonstrates How Modern Copyright Is Destroying, Rather Than Helping Musicians
To hear the recording industry tell the story, copyright is the only thing protecting musicians from poverty and despair. Of course, that’s always been a myth. Copyright was designed to benefit the…Techdirt
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20 US lawmakers prod 22 data brokers to explain their data practices in new letters to:
Acxiom
AtData
Babel Street
CoreLogic Solutions
Epsilon Data Management
Equifax
Experian
Gravy Analytics
Intelius
Kochava
LiveRamp
Mylife
Oracle America
PeopleConnect
Placer.ai
RELX
Safegraph
Spokeo
Thomson Reuters
TransUnion
Verisk Analytics
Whitepages
#uspol #privacy #DataBrokers
📄https://d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/05_10_2023_Acxiom_Data_Brokers_Letter_1cbb81da32.pdf?updated_at=2023-05-10T16:19:56.031Z
📰https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/10/lawmakers-press-data-brokers-to-reveal-how-they-buy-sell-information.html
Acxiom
AtData
Babel Street
CoreLogic Solutions
Epsilon Data Management
Equifax
Experian
Gravy Analytics
Intelius
Kochava
LiveRamp
Mylife
Oracle America
PeopleConnect
Placer.ai
RELX
Safegraph
Spokeo
Thomson Reuters
TransUnion
Verisk Analytics
Whitepages
#uspol #privacy #DataBrokers
📄https://d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/05_10_2023_Acxiom_Data_Brokers_Letter_1cbb81da32.pdf?updated_at=2023-05-10T16:19:56.031Z
📰https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/10/lawmakers-press-data-brokers-to-reveal-how-they-buy-sell-information.html
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The sponsors of the EARN IT Act and the STOP CSAM Act have made it clear they want to surveil user messages. We can still stop these bills, if there’s enough public pushback. The Senate is listening. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/dangerous-earn-it-bill-advances-out-committee-several-senators-offer-objections
Dangerous EARN IT Bill Advances Out of Committee, but Several Senators Offer Objections
Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted, for a third time, to advance the dangerous EARN IT bill (S. 1207)—a law that could lead to suspicionless scans of every online message, photo, and hosted file.Electronic Frontier Foundation
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maybe even cheaper. You can purchase for price of grad student part time labor
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Did you know that the hardware database #hNode has detailed instructions on how to identify the hardware in your computer? Use the commands to see what's in your computer and whether or not it is compatible with #freesoftware https://u.fsf.org/3ui https://u.fsf.org/3uh
hardware - h-node.org
free software project with the aim of collecting information about the hardware that works with a fully free operating systemu.fsf.org
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As an alternative to the completely useless "UX/UI", I propose:
Pixels vs Process
Both are important & nuanced! Pixels are the specifics of what you see: layout, fonts, color scheme and icons. Process is more how the user flows through the product: user needs, navigation model, how many new concepts does your app invent, or how errors are handled or recovered.
Pixels are a snapshot, Process is a flow through time.
(but, tbh, I realize this has no chance, I'm just ranting a bit)
#UX #Design
Pixels vs Process
Both are important & nuanced! Pixels are the specifics of what you see: layout, fonts, color scheme and icons. Process is more how the user flows through the product: user needs, navigation model, how many new concepts does your app invent, or how errors are handled or recovered.
Pixels are a snapshot, Process is a flow through time.
(but, tbh, I realize this has no chance, I'm just ranting a bit)
#UX #Design
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where is the xmpp-server-in-a-box thing because matrix is getting very cozy with the kind of people who have no problem attacking citizens
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Agreed #yunohost is an excellent solution, it has email in a box as well😀
https://yunohost.org
@Jacky Alciné
Agreed #yunohost is an excellent solution, it has email in a box as well😀
https://yunohost.org
@Jacky Alciné
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@Jacky Alciné
There is also #snikket which can be self-hosted but also offers free hosting while in beta https://snikket.org/hosting/
What makes it different is it uses a web admin panel which makes it really easy to send invites, manage users, groups etc
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There is also #snikket which can be self-hosted but also offers free hosting while in beta https://snikket.org/hosting/
What makes it different is it uses a web admin panel which makes it really easy to send invites, manage users, groups etc
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Snikket Hosting
Snikket is a fully open-source personal messaging server that allows groups of people such as family, friends, clubs and organisations to have their own private communication space.snikket.org
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Github down? I hadn’t noticed.
Might be a good time to check out Codeberg.
https://codeberg.org
Bonus: You can follow them on the fediverse at @Codeberg
#github #githubDown #codeberg #git #dev
Might be a good time to check out Codeberg.
https://codeberg.org
Bonus: You can follow them on the fediverse at @Codeberg
#github #githubDown #codeberg #git #dev
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I will probably get slammed for this but a remote storage is just a remote storage. The main difference is that GitHub is repackaging your code and offering it as their product.
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Misskey and its clones reminds me of MySpace
It does many things, and the UI is packed with distracting elements like the current date represented in progress bars (lol why tho?)
I wish them all the best, maybe I'm old, but I like the simplicity of Mastodon
It does many things, and the UI is packed with distracting elements like the current date represented in progress bars (lol why tho?)
I wish them all the best, maybe I'm old, but I like the simplicity of Mastodon
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You can simplify the layout (there are three modes, with the simplest being a basic reverse chronological timeline).
All the dates and stuff are "widgets", of which there are more!, that are removed in the simplified view.
Calckey has a high degree of customisability it seems.
All the dates and stuff are "widgets", of which there are more!, that are removed in the simplified view.
Calckey has a high degree of customisability it seems.
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No, you aren't old, I'm older 😀 I personally like all the whistle and bells there, all the fancy stuff. That's a nice addition to the more "focused" systems.
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6 new reserves created in Brazil.
"#Indigenous people are guaranteed exclusive use of natural resources on these lands, viewed by scientists as a bulwark against Amazon deforestation - a major challenge in the fight against climate change."
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230428-brazil-s-lula-decrees-six-new-indigenous-reserves
#brazil #amazon #climate #jungle #rainforest #environment #southAmerica #humanRights
"#Indigenous people are guaranteed exclusive use of natural resources on these lands, viewed by scientists as a bulwark against Amazon deforestation - a major challenge in the fight against climate change."
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230428-brazil-s-lula-decrees-six-new-indigenous-reserves
#brazil #amazon #climate #jungle #rainforest #environment #southAmerica #humanRights
'A new history': Brazil's Lula decrees six Indigenous reserves
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday decreed six new Indigenous reserves, including a vast Amazon territory, after a freeze in such expansion under his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.France 24
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@kainoa Hi Panos, would it makes sense for the Calckey devs to do a writeup on how they're implemented Quote Posts, on somewhere like the FEP repo (https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep ), so that we can point implementers at it?
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@kainoa @FloatingGhost @akkoma
Possibly invite #Akkoma devs too then, as they've implemented their quote functionality working exactly as described by Panos, and they've built it on top of the Mastodon API (with Pleroma + Akkoma API extensions).
Just a thought...
Possibly invite #Akkoma devs too then, as they've implemented their quote functionality working exactly as described by Panos, and they've built it on top of the Mastodon API (with Pleroma + Akkoma API extensions).
Just a thought...
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We planned to add that support. We will first fix all bugs on our latest release and bring small improvements.
Then we will work on the Calckey support.
PS: We won't apply for the 150$ bounty.
Then we will work on the Calckey support.
PS: We won't apply for the 150$ bounty.
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This will be amazing. Already the best mastodon app for android (by far) - adding calckey support will just move it to top for *key instances as well.
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First (mostly) working cut of the filter UI for #relatica so too stoked not to share it. This shows several things. First, multiple filters. Second, can choose to hide it behind a warning card or make it disappear entirely (the red bar which will be an empty widget when run in release mode). Third, you can see that posts by certain people are filtered (by content in the post) but others from that same person are not. Fourth, filtering on domains and even wildcards (the *graph.social). Lastly, posts hidden behind a warning card can toggle it back hidden with the additional "hide" button on the upper-right of the card. Still have some rough edges but the whole system before I can push out the next version but client-side filtering is now wired up and ready to go. #relatica #friendica
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I do realize now that my code that goes from whatever this gets handed back to me as to something the user can edit breaks under this scenario. I think the span properties are being ripped out...have to add that to the bug report 😀.
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Lookin' very good! Friendica can handle the Markdown, but Diaspora still can't handle BBCode (based on my experiences in that direction).
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“According to a recent poll, more than 70 percent of Britons under the age of 50 are indifferent to the coronation. Even so, a staggering 250 million pounds ($315m) of magicked-up taxpayer money will be spent on this single day even as thousands of nurses, doctors, teachers and other key public workers have been told for months there is no money in the coffers to offer them a meaningful pay rise.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/5/5/with-charles-iii-coronation-colonialism-is-coming-home-to-roost
#monarchy #uk #inequality #letThemEatCake
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/5/5/with-charles-iii-coronation-colonialism-is-coming-home-to-roost
#monarchy #uk #inequality #letThemEatCake
With Charles III coronation, colonialism is coming home to roost
From a plundered economy to a police force ready to crush protests, Britain today looks like its colonies once did.Priyamvada Gopal (Al Jazeera)
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Today I got introduced to the phenomenon ”YT videos which are basically some guy reading some other guy’s blog posts out loud and having takes on them” and I’m sorry but we have officially finished this internet now. We should burn it down and build a new one
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Human Rights Watch said the arrests were "something you would expect to see in Moscow not London". #NotMyKing https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65507435
Anti-monarchy group Republic's chief arrested at Coronation protest
Graham Smith, the head of anti-monarchy group Republic, was detained in Trafalgar Square.By Adam Durbin & Daniel Sandford (BBC News)
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Making #Krita brushes – 5th video just released! Here's the playlist for the whole series.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNjBqr_ciXycZ5DgqJEn7g6K_cBKDg4Vw
#DigitalBrushes #DigitalArt #KritaArtist #DigitalArtist
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNjBqr_ciXycZ5DgqJEn7g6K_cBKDg4Vw
#DigitalBrushes #DigitalArt #KritaArtist #DigitalArtist
THE BRUSH EDITOR 🖌
If you want to learn how to CREATE or MODIFY your brushes, this is your playlist.YouTube
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"The Luddites did what every science fiction writer does: they took a technology and imagined all the different ways it could be used – who it could be used for and whom it could be used against. They demanded the creation of a parallel universe in which the left fork was taken, rather than the right." - @pluralistic
https://locusmag.com/2022/01/cory-doctorow-science-fiction-is-a-luddite-literature/
"Democratizing access to the means of production isn’t intrinsically anti-labor – it’s only bad for workers when the bounty of automation is disproportionally allocated to a small number of capital owners, and not workers."
#scifi #venturecommunism #coop #cooperative
https://locusmag.com/2022/01/cory-doctorow-science-fiction-is-a-luddite-literature/
"Democratizing access to the means of production isn’t intrinsically anti-labor – it’s only bad for workers when the bounty of automation is disproportionally allocated to a small number of capital owners, and not workers."
#scifi #venturecommunism #coop #cooperative
Cory Doctorow: Science Fiction is a Luddite Literature
From 1811-1816, a secret society styling themselves “the Luddites” smashed textile machinery in the mills of England. Today, we use “Luddite” as a pejorative referring to backwards, anti-technology…Locus Online
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Kaidan 0.9 has been released! It adds support for OMEMO 2, Automatic Trust Management (ATM), XMPP Providers, Message Reactions and much more: https://www.kaidan.im/2023/05/05/kaidan-0.9.0/
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India bans Element – the flagship client for the Matrix network: https://element.io/blog/india-bans-flagship-client-for-the-matrix-network/
#linux #foss #matrix #element #india #ban
#linux #foss #matrix #element #india #ban
India bans flagship client for the Matrix network
Element is one of 14 messaging apps blocked by the Central Indian Government which - we believe from media reports - relates to Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.Denise Almeida (Element Blog)
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per the article...
''banning Element because it gives access to the Matrix network is the equivalent to blocking Google Chrome because it gives people access to the web...''
Yep. Just goes to show those in power are out of touch and have a hard time wrapping their heads around newer technologies.
''banning Element because it gives access to the Matrix network is the equivalent to blocking Google Chrome because it gives people access to the web...''
Yep. Just goes to show those in power are out of touch and have a hard time wrapping their heads around newer technologies.
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In ONE HOUR I'll be joined on the picket line by one Hasan Piker for an irl stream as the #WritersStrike continues. Come cheer us on at twitch.tv/HasanAbi and learn a thing or two about this historic action!
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Please donate to @dansup!
He's developing three important Fediverse projects:
1. @pixelfed
2. https://fedidb.org
3. https://fediverse.info
All these tools are critical to the future of the Fediverse.
In particular, #Pixelfed will be released on iOS and Android by the end of the month -- which will give people who use #Instagram an easy way to migrate to the Fediverse.
Dan does a lot! Let's show him appreciation and love!
DONATE HERE:
https://www.patreon.com/dansup
@fediversenews
He's developing three important Fediverse projects:
1. @pixelfed
2. https://fedidb.org
3. https://fediverse.info
All these tools are critical to the future of the Fediverse.
In particular, #Pixelfed will be released on iOS and Android by the end of the month -- which will give people who use #Instagram an easy way to migrate to the Fediverse.
Dan does a lot! Let's show him appreciation and love!
DONATE HERE:
https://www.patreon.com/dansup
@fediversenews
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I think it's fair to say that anyone who believes in Democracy and free speech really needs to be supporting #Fediverse projects right now.
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Shopify to cut 20% of its workforce, beats quarterly revenue estimates: https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/shopify-reports-first-quarter-revenue-above-estimates-2023-05-04/
#market #shopify #layoff
#market #shopify #layoff
Shopify soars on return to core business, surprise profit
Shopify Inc (SHOP.TO), on Thursday posted a surprise first-quarter profit and announced plans to lay off 20% of its staff while allaying investor concerns by exiting its logistics arm, sending its shares surging about 28%.Reuters
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Hey everyone — If you are getting crypto spam messages from off server today please remember to REPORT them to our/your Mod team - then BLOCK the account(s). 🚫
This is a fluid situation and I’ll post again if further action is taken here at #MstdnGames.
Thanks!
This is a fluid situation and I’ll post again if further action is taken here at #MstdnGames.
Thanks!
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Two massive gravity batteries are nearing completion in the US and China
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/two-massive-gravity-batteries-are-nearing-completion-in-the-us-and-china
#greentech #renewables #interestingengineering
#greentech #renewables #interestingengineering
Two massive gravity batteries are nearing completion in the US and China
Gravity batteries help to solve the unpredictability element when it comes to energy sources like solar and wind.Jijo Malayil (Interesting Engineering)
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Nobody tricked anybody- it were a solution—we just need to make A WORK and find another solution! Are you working on it?
Em (is looking for work) :official_verified:
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If you are in the USA, fill this please! 🇺🇸✔️
Pretty please!! 🥺👆👆👆👆👇👇👇👇
https://act.eff.org/action/the-earn-it-act-is-back-seeking-to-scan-us-all/
The “Earn It” Act is Back, Seeking To Scan Us All
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in reply to Electronic Frontier Foundation • • •Next time you think "end to end encryption" at least think about who's controlling those ends. You're not controlling one of them, and soon you may not control the other either. So you're doing E2E encryption... but to what end?
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