ML2 @mathlover@social.cleverlibre.org

@mathlover
Yes! It's called a progressive web app, and will be big when it's accepted by Apple.

I've been feeling antsy all day, but now I took out a piece of paper and started doodling and it's helping

“This threatens to change the web from a hyperlinked collection of resources (that can be audited, selectively fetched, or even replaced), to opaque all-or-nothing ‘blobs’ (like PDFs or SWFs),”
https://archive.is/5VNe1

Yea this is such a horrible slippery slope if we go down this path, forcing app developers to be moderators of all systems in the wild their app may be capable of connecting to simply because it speaks the right protocol.

This is dangerous.

@mathlover @chris @Demosthenes @Gargron

Holy crap, google is apparently taking down all/most fediverse apps from google play on the grounds that that some servers in the fediverse engage in hate speech. At least three apps I know of anyway and I'd imagine the others will follow soon under the exact same reasoning.} Seems to be the case with Husky, Fedilab, and "subway" tooter.

this is a scary precedent if google play is going to ban any apps that can in any way be used to access content with hate speech. So what about a forum client, do they take that down just because there is a forum somewhere on the internet posting hate speech?

This is particularly worrisome because for most people Google Play is the only way they understand to install apps at all.

Picture attached of one of the notices received by fedilab.

https://toot.fedilab.app/@fedilab/104761140268193772

https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/104763960269049818

@fedilab @tateisu #fediverse #mastoadmin #freespeech #censorship

Mastodon is 20x more addictive than Twitter for me. How do you all handle it???

@freemo
If you are getting traction and are politically savvy, you might reach out to American politicians and discuss the anti-competitive angle of it. They're under a lot of political pressure right now
@chris

Apparently my post has been directly linked from Engadget now too. Coooool

https://www.engadget.com/google-pulls-fediverse-android-apps-160433088.html

#fediverse #mastoadmin

@ivesen

They started covering the bigger cities in Germany, but there are fairly strict privacy laws there and too many people started complaining.

Google had to manually censor individual buildings and eventually gave up entirely. The few cities covered in Germany still show image data from 2008.

Keep getting loud. Public pressure works. There are people protesting to the Postmater General right now.

Call your Congressperson. Call your 2 Senators. Congressional Switchboard: 202- 224-3121. Tell them to fund the Post Office. The Postal Service is not a tool of any political party and it must not be treated as such.
#ProtectOurVotes

The Postal Service will stop removing mailboxes. The agency said it would stop removing the boxes nationally until after the election.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/14/people-are-freaking-out-about-mailbox-removals-postal-service-says-its-routine/?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-high_uspsstates-230pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory-ans

Your voice matters. Your choices matter. Sharing your feelings, on privacy, in a compassionate way will help turn the tide to create a better internet.

A perfect internet? Never.

That should not be our goal. Perfection is subjective and the enemy of success.

A better internet? Absolutely!

Let your network know that you've decided to switch to services that do not invade your privacy. Do so without making them feel dumb or that it's a nonsensical conspiracy.

#together #web #infosec #privacy

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.

Thousands of arrests and a good dose of police brutality in Belarus during the protests.

As a EU citizen, I would like the EU to support the people of Belarus against Lukashenko's dictatorship. ✌️

#FreeBelarus

If anyone knows more about the nature and dynamics of the protests right now, you are more than welcome to share some insight.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/12/belarus-protesters-and-police-clash-for-third-night-as-eu-threatens-sanctions

[Photo: Women show support for detained and injured protesters in Minsk, by Natalia Fedosenko/Tass | the Guardian]

Totally addicted to this ink now!

#Calligraphy #Handwriting #Copperplate

Omg the sheen even comes up on my needlepoint modified spencerian pen. I have never been able to get an ink to sheen with this pen before!

This ink is teal base with red sheen but the teal is so dark its almost black. So depending on thr angle you hold the paper it looks like its black or a reflective reddish.

I think i officially have a new favorite ink brand!

#calligraphy #handwriting #inks #ink

#climatechange