Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

Google Chrome is going to start blocking HTTP downloads.

This is what we get when authorities start taking over software: blocking connectivity disguised as security features.

A download being malicious has nothing to do with HTTP.

Stop pretending to be good, Google. Stop pretending to be secure, Google. Stop pretending you want a secure internet, Google.

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The wave of Newcomers we've been receiving in GNOME is very diverse in some ways, and it's made me very happy. Yet I've noticed that few people of color stick around for more than GSoC/Outreachy, and I wonder why that is. Is there a lack of opportunity? A general lack of time for open source work among those demographics? What could we be doing better?

I'm really interested in this, because I would love to see more people like me involved.

I've been struggling with this myself, so I thought I'd repeat it for other people that might be dealing with the same thing:

Not every hobby needs to be a project. Not everything needs to be a whole *thing* with a goal and an endpoint. It's okay to not finish something. It's okay to pick up something for a bit, explore it, start making something, and then drop it without making any "progress".

Productivity is capitalist bullshit that doesn't need to infect your free time too. Have some fun

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel died 50 years ago. He was asked if he had a message for the young. “Let them remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Let them be sure that every deed counts, that every word is power, and that we all can do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments. Above all, let them remember…to build a life as if it were a work of art.”
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I once noticed a park on google maps with a racist slur as a placename, so I changed it back to it's real name. (It's easy to do) Had to do it a few times, over a couple of weeks, until the other person gave up.

Just got an update from google maps: three years later, it's been viewed 500,000 times. That's 500,000 people who didn't have to see a slur, when they were looking for a park.

And that's another example of anti-racism

to quantum theory.

Einstein immediately recognized Bose’ genius, translated the work into German & made sure it was published. Bose ideas led to Bose-Einstein statistics which continue to be studied in quantum mechanics. #science #history
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Tobacco companies to be billed for cleaning up cigarette butts in Spain - Ruling is part of a package of measures designed to reduce waste and increase recyclingTobacco companies are to be forced to foot the bill for cleaning up the millions of cigarette ends that smokers discard every year under new environmental regulations in Spain.The ruling, which comes into force this... #theguardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/03/tobacco-companies-cleaning-up-cigarette-butts-spain

@Gargron to put on the product design hat: Don't give users the feature they want from another product.

Gather their requirements, assess the feasibility, and see what you can do without compromising your own product to the extent that you will lose users.

Serve user needs and don't turn the product into a horse designed by a committee.

⚠️🌧️🌊 #MetOffice have issued a Yellow Warning for Rain, 7pm Tue - 3am Wed, and Natural Resources Wales have also issued a Yellow “Be Aware” Advisory for risk of #flooding, for much of #Conwy and #Gwynedd counties.

Background: Rainfall is expected to continue through Tuesday and become heavier overnight. 15-25mm could widely fall in Conwy and Gwynedd in 3-4 hours, and some places over high ground could see as much as 40-50mm of rainfall in total.

#severeweather #WeatherWarning