Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

@zleap Yep. From what I understand because they’re not paying them and overloading them. Aren’t conservative governments great?

Well, I hadn’t realised when we moved to Kilkenny that we’d be moving to a developing country. None of the GPs in the city are accepting any new patients. So I guess if you want modern medical care, don’t move to Kilkenny.

#Ireland #Kilkenny

@downey @zleap @lightweight @alcinnz @fsfe @conservancy
our Open Culture work becomes censored and we're framed as pirates with our own work!

Punished for doing good and being pro-Open Culture artists.

We can't afford to get this wrong.

That's why we need smart pro-Open Culture attorneys on our side.

The Open Rally Computer (formerly the Baja Pro) Motorcycle Rally Computer Goes Open Source https://squeet.me/objects/962c3e10b2692fe1c9ea201b5b80ac3036d3979f

The PinePhone Isn’t a Consumer Ready Device Yet (And That’s Okay!) https://peertube.co.uk/videos/watch/410c7a5d-221e-4f6f-a841-c285ee0d5162

@zleap where i live its difficult to generate any less waste because most of my current waste output is forced by upstream.

we have glass jars and the like, but it's not possible to take them and get them refilled with beans. you have to buy packaged pinto beans and then bin the plastic. maybe the plastic is recyclable (sometimes it's wax paper or something that isn't) but it would involve even less energy to just refill a jar. but it's literally not an option.

@zleap permaculture is basically community gardening at scale. there's usually a tended personal garden region and then plants are sort of mixed in where they feel like growing for the rest of it.

there's been some fascinating research works where they had areas that were fully recycling the black water from human waste in to inedible planters.

what to do about this food crisis
teach people to permaculture
no, bad

Teach everything you know.

Even if it's already been taught 100 times before.

The experiences you've had and the way you word things will be different than the 100 times before.

Because of that, there are people that it will just click for them.

Because you taught it.

@icedquinn

School is the only thing keeping adults from being dumber than they already are... and they are pretty damn dumb most of the time.

That said I'd be all about including survival skills in school along side traditional subjects. I also think we need a major reform on how we teach kids in the first place.

@zleap

'This deception must end now': Facebook gets letter from 500 health professionals demanding data on COVID misinformation https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/11/05/facebook-covid-misinformation-doctors-letter/6275730001/

It's time for an announcement. I am one of the co-developers of the Yggdrasil screen reader project, which aims to improve Linux accessibility, one step at a time. And, since I'm sure a fair few of you are now trying to figure out how to pronounce Yggdrasil ... we're changing its name. Your help would be greatly appreciated in helping us decide the new name, so join the discussion! https://github.com/yggdrasil-sr/yggdrasil-prototype/discussions/5

Still thinking about submitting a talk proposal for #librepanet? Check out last year's videos for inspiration: https://u.fsf.org/pt-2021. The CfS closes on December 1st!

Thinking about submitting to #libreplanet? There's still plenty of time. We want to hear what you have to say about #freesoftware, licensing, ethical technology, #drm and more! https://my.fsf.org/lp-call-for-sessions

@zleap we used to have 2-3, but they all ran out of business a long time ago. We're a small market, just 10 million ppl + 5 million Slovaks who also understand Czech.
But this one was non-profit. We distributed it free of charge to IT managers in organizations to kinda lobby for open source.