Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org
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Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.
Joined Mar 2020
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WARNING: When 20-something techs from silicon valley tell you they understand the future of the fediverse… block them.
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NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is looking for help from Citizen Scientists in the continuing search for Exo-planets, planets beyond our Solar System. Whether you have your own telescope, or want to use a computer or smart-phone, you can help
https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/exoplanet-watch/about-exoplanet-watch/overview/ #NASA #science
How many of those reporting have been here for a significant amount of time?
This just looks creepy.
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Right time right place with a Samsung Galaxy S7 #landscape #LandscapePhotrography #chile
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There are so many great vantage points to capture Mount Rainier but I think Tipsoo Lake is my Favorite.
"Tipsoo and Rainier"
https://1-mark-kiver.pixels.com/featured/tipsoo-and-rainier-mark-kiver.html
#mountains #MountRainier #Nature #Sunset #MtRainier #WashingtonStateBeauty #AyearforArt #WallArt #Homedecor #Photography #Photographylovers #PNW #PacificNorthwest
I don't feel the need for this sort of thing I am capable of tracking interactions manually.
So is this something that has to be installed on an instance by instance basis, in which case those instances MUST make it clear this is installed (cue cookie banner) so people can choose another instance if they don't want tracking.
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Something Strange Is Happening on the Sun, and We've Never Seen It Before.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7bm83/something-strange-is-happening-on-the-sun-and-weve-never-seen-it-before #sun
#astronomy
This bill started out fine, but is beginning to get more draconian, if they don't provide safeguards for smaller players then as instance owners, we could be held responsible for any content.
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🇬🇧 Users in the UK will no longer be able to share or see images of migrants crossing the Channel in small boats.
Under a new #OnlineSafetyBill amendment, online platforms will have to proactively remove such content.
Read more from @openrightsgroup: https://edri.org/our-work/the-uk-will-treat-online-images-of-immigrants-crossing-the-channel-as-a-criminal-offence/
I am using nextcloud, I did have dropbox it kept harassing me and telling me I was near a limit, this was due to me sharing with someone else. I didn't get how to actually fix the issue so just dumped it.
Nice thing about @disroot hosting @nextcloud is that you can get help via a quick e-mail if needed. It also easy to add extra storage space as needed.
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Intro: I'm a software engineer (oracle, pl/sql, apex, js, forms), geek, like dogs, beer and metal. Left-leaning, liberal, anti-fash. Meet Luna. 😍 #dogsofmastodon #introduction
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Paul, FOSS advocates in US K-12 public schools often end up as pariahs (unsupported by research) or money-saving heroes.
Don't confuse "Gaggle" with "Google." It's not a typo, Gaggle is a separate company that's been around for a long time filtering and "protecting" students from themselves and other bad actors.
School districts choose Gaggle to assist them in monitoring students emails for suicide prevention, drugs, plots, etc.
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To continue...
Google Workspace for Education and Microsoft 365, or Apple, are so deeply adhered to in K-12 school leadership, there's no escaping the ecosystem chosen. Often, they mix all three in a chaotic jumble that leave educators and students falling between the cracks in Single Sign-On, file sharing, and account management.
If you work or study in public schools, you'll end up using a top-down controlled system that offers no privacy and is designed for surveillance.
@cbail
I came across a term a few years ago. This was 'Thunderclap' the idea was simple, at a set agreed time / date everyone posts amessage to promote a particular cause or event. The result is a lot of social media, websites all display the same or similar content as part of posts or scheduled content.
So very similar to a real clap of thunder where it just happens.
Perhaps we need something similar with things like this.
If you have this video available to download then others can also upload to their own peertube and other video sharing services, and get it out that way too.
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Trying to convince a friend to join Mastodon? Show them this video: https://tilvids.com/w/wx2iLhD3pTipbKFJKLyx5t
1. Google should not be allowed to do this in the first place
2. What is stopping schools simply promoting alternatives e.g promote duckduckgo, nextcloud etc
3. Don't schools also have a duty of care towards promoting children and young people? Does this monitoring conflict with that?
4. If you choose to use google you are choosing to be followed around, i should have the right to not be followed around and monitored.
We can't apply critical thinking to what we use for online platforms unless we know the choices.
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I would like the official US National Park Service account to come to Mastodon
- Website blog
- https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/about-me-n7gz
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Interested in Technology, Science, Chemistry, Education, Fediverse, GNU/Linux and free software.
Joined Mar 2020
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