ML2 @mathlover@social.cleverlibre.org

Installing an adblocker is the gateway drug into anti-consumerism, which is in turn the gateway drug into anti-capitalism.

Tell all your friends how to install adblockers.

Unsurprisingly, Apple have hit back at the "right to repair" movement with another attempt to drive third party repair out of business. A software lock that binds the screen to the phone motherboard and requires a tool for pairing that they have no intention of making available outside Apple.

Much as I hate legislative approaches to these problems, I think we're at the point where we need to offer consumer electronics manufacturers two options:

1. Provide service manuals and software tooling to third party repairers and end-users.

2. Keep it locked up and be accountable for the cradle-to-grave lifecycle and recycling of the product, including the costs of obtaining broken devices from consumers and providing public accounts for the recycling of every single component to a high standard.

For those taking option 2, a large print label "SINGLE USE DISPOSABLE DEVICE" on a third of the product sounds like a fair consumer warning, too.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5qbxj/the-iphone-13-screen-is-a-repair-nightmare-that-could-destroy-repair-shops-forever

August Macke, In der Tempelhalle (1914)

#abstract https://artvee.com/dl/in-der-tempelhalle/

Random acquaintance who is into wine testing, hiking, paintball and parenthood suddenly sharing pictures of bitcoin-branded ice cubes in coffee.

Do these cycles never end?

I grew up in an uber-conservative environment, and one thing that was impressed upon me was that men are interested in women because of sex, women are interested in men because of love.

What a load of BS—teenage me learned lessons.

Wir müssen die #Chatkontrolle Stoppen!
„Die Chatkontrolle ist als fundamental fehlgeleitete Technologie grundsätzlich abzulehnen“ so der CCC
Mehr zu den Hintergründe findet ihr hier:
https://www.ccc.de/de/updates/2022/eu-kommission-will-alle-chatnachrichten-durchleuchten

To anyone else in the immersive web space who's gotten curious about the Fediverse after joining Mastodon, I'd encourage you to check out what the folks are doing over at Immers Space (https://web.immers.space/). @webxr

Seeing a lot of #Python folks lately on Fedi and idk what changed but I love to see it. 😊

A wild Thunderbird has appeared!

Hello #fediverse

A lot of people are saying LGBT people are taking away other people rights but we aren’t the ones taking away your freedom to do what you want with your uterus #roevwade

OK who can help take Matt Mullenweg up on his offer to bring #Tumblr up to full #indieweb standards? cc: @humanetech

Not a joke: this is a very real opportunity... #openweb

The makers of @pixelfed, the Fediverse photo sharing platform, have just created a slick new guide to the Fediverse at:

https://fediverse.info

It's got a list of Fedi projects, a list of mobile apps for Fedi platforms and an opt-in directory of people to follow.

The directory is particularly interesting as it works very differently to FediFollows or Trunk. You add hashtags to your profile plus a special extra hashtag #Fedi22, then submit your profile to the site, and it will become searchable for the tags in your profile.

(And, yes, Mastodon is part of the Fediverse, see here for details: https://mstdn.social/@feditips/108215973331591896)

#FediverseInfo #Fediverse #FediTips #MastoTips

At first, the left-leaning government of #Spain seemed to be in serious danger of losing its majority in parliament when news came out about representatives from #Catalunya and the #BasqueCountry having been targeted by the #Pegasus #spyware.
Now it turns out that the current prime minister #PedroSanchez and his defense minister also had been targeted.
This needs to be investigated properly as Spain has never really purged the state from supporters of #Franco's #fascism. #alertafascista

Spain detects Pegasus spyware on PM, defence minister’s phones

Monday’s announcement followed intense pressure on the government to explain itself after digital rights group Citizen Lab said more than 60 people linked to the Catalan separatist movement had been targets of Pegasus.

The Israel-based NSO Group, which owns Pegasus, claims the software is only sold to governments to target criminals and terrorists, with the green light of Israeli authorities.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/2/spain-detects-pegasus-spyware-on-pm-defence-ministers-phones

#Pegasus

An actual Ukrainian stamp, featuring a drawing of a soldier presenting the middle finger to the Russian cruiser Moskva.