Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

how to not fail at being a civilized human being:

don’t say yes if you don’t mean it
show up when you commit to or cancel properly
they’re not being unreasonable expecting you to be decent

Mobilizon is a tool that helps you find, create and organize events https://joinmobilizon.org/en/

Ransomware’s Dangerous New Trick Is Double-Encrypting Your Data https://www.wired.com/story/ransomware-double-encryption/

In case you missed it: the ThinkPenguin, Inc. Free Software Wireless-N Mini Router v3 (TPE-R1300) is now certified to Respect Your Freedom. Read more about the new certification: https://u.fsf.org/3bk and learn more about RYF at https://ryf.fsf.org/.

PixelDroid is a FOSS app for using PixelFed (the Fediverse's alternative to Instagram). You can follow PixelDroid at:

➡️ @PixelDroid

The official site is at https://pixeldroid.org

PixelDroid has just been released on F-Droid at https://f-droid.org/packages/org.pixeldroid.app

You can find out more about PixelFed from its site at https://pixelfed.org

You can join a PixelFed instance at https://pixelfed.org/join

#PixelDroid #PixelFed #Apps #FOSS #Fediverse #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Photography

Another happy ThinkPad. This is running Libreboot 20210517 (modified, versus what I plan to release). This laptop belongs to a good friend of mine, who sent it in for flashing.

Yes, it's today. I'm doing finishing touches. It's a testing release, but most machines are... tested!

A programme funded by the government of Kerala (a state in India) deployed 59,532 laptops with free software in school classrooms, running a distro called IT@School Ubuntu.

This might be one of the biggest deployments of GNU/Linux on the desktop!

https://kite.kerala.gov.in/KITE/index.php/welcome/ict/1

The state of software in schools and what to do about it — #LibrePlanet by @noemu https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/the-state-of-software-in-schools-and-what-to-do-about-it/

- The entire US public school system was taken over by Google, Microsoft and Apple.
- Schools have good intentions but cannot spend a lot of time to adapt, thus prioritizing short-term/quick solutions.
- Some examples of using #freeSoftware in schools.

My sister's university is subscribed to the educational suites of both Microsoft and Google. Lectures are delivered on Microsoft Teams 🤦‍♂️

I just discovered https://librespeed.org which is a free and open source internet connection speed test service. Sorry speedtest.net, nothing personal but if it's #foss I just can't resist it. Bye!

#privacy

The thing I like about having a blog: when I have an important (well, to me anyway) observation to make about one or more of the world's ills, or a wry rejoinder to an ill-conceived comment from someone else, I can iteratively refine the wording of said observation/retort to ensure it does justice to the original inspiration, rather than being stuck with whatever half-baked, incomplete, typo-ridden off-the-cuff rendering I originally posted. I'm similarly pleased with Mastodon's "re-draft".

being allowed to be an asshole is freespeech too. But youd better learn how to set up an instance yourself if you care about being able to be that

Covid-19 Was 'A Preventable Disaster,' WHO-Ordered Report Says
https://www.wbur.org/npr/996284927/covid-19-was-a-preventable-disaster-who-ordered-report-states

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