Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

My Mastodon Posts June 2020

- Graphics Tools Poll https://floss.social/@ademalsasa/104322353322133383
- List of Distros Officials https://floss.social/@ademalsasa/104309257301275277
- Graphics Tools List https://floss.social/@ademalsasa/104341045707458765
- User Friendly Resources https://floss.social/@ademalsasa/104303641285042714
- Awesome Free Software https://floss.social/@ademalsasa/104352228377420642
- Peertube Guide for YouTubers https://floss.social/@ademalsasa/104235340156599605
- Librehost Overview of Mine https://floss.social/@ademalsasa/104034618932368527
- Libre Speed Test https://floss.social/@ademalsasa/104019444489789834
- Alternative World vs Gafam https://floss.social/@ademalsasa/104001452551058243

#freesw #foss #mastodon

15,000-year-old viruses discovered in Tibetan glacier ice https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/15-000-year-old-viruses-discovered-in-tibetan-glacier-ice

@zleap

Onboarding is the process of making it as easy as possible to join something.

So, for example, if you have a clearly written website aimed at beginners that explains how a social network works, where you can sign up etc, that's onboarding.

It just means helping people to get on board a platform or app!

When I wrote the Universal Declaration of Cyborg Rights, I wanted to get people thinking about the kind of constitutional protections we would need to protect personhood in the digital and networked age.

I didn’t think we’d need them so soon. I thought we had more time.

But where do you even begin to get legislators to understand and act on such a thing in the here and now?

Watch:

https://ind.ie/excuse-me/

Read:

https://cyborgrights.eu/

https://ar.al/2019/05/02/slavery-2.0-and-how-to-avoid-it-a-practical-guide-for-cyborgs/

BookWyrm is a Fediverse alternative to GoodReads.

They've just opened their onboarding site at:

https://joinbookwyrm.com

("Onboarding" is when you make it as easy as possible for people to join something.)

BookWyrm and its instances are currently still in beta testing, but you can join now if you want to try it out. Instances marked as "closed" mean you can join but you have to request an invitation.

#FediTips #Fediverse #GoodReads #BookWyrm

Solche Bilder die einem zeigen wie winzig klein man sein kann, finde ich unheimlich gut #sonne #mond #erde

How social media became a deadly trap for a minority group in Pakistan https://restofworld.org/2021/facebook-pakistan-ahmadis/

✔ Periodic overview of recently added #ActivityPub projects

• Fediverse-Action - post to Fediverse when code on GitHub is changed
• YouTube 2 PeerTube - mirror YouTube channels to #PeerTube
• gemifedi - Gemini frontend to Fediverse
• BirdSiteLIVE - Twitter to ActivityPub bridge
• ligh7hau5 - Matrix to Fediverse client / bridge
• tootgroup.py - Emulate group accounts on #Mastodon
• yt2pt - Set of scripts to quickly import your YouTube channel to PeerTube
• corpus-activity-streams - Activity Streams 2.0 vocabulary data and alternative docs

For all tools visit:
- fediverse.party/en/tools
- git.feneas.org/feneas/fedivers…

@zleap They're warning you that privacy is not allowed.

@zleap That's not blocking them, is just avoiding them to install cookies or storage at your computer.

Doing that, you are kinda a new user to them each time.

@zleap They're probably related, but I think the ones we have around here are more closely related to tree squirrels.

This is the iNat observation for the California Ground Squirrel I saw, just before I startled it trying to move closer for a better photo:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89734843

And a few minutes of wiki-walking turns up that ground squirrels as a group do include chipmunks, so I guess the better answer is that they overlap, but this particular one wasn't a chipmunk!

I'm currently writing a #guide on how to set up your own #Fediverse instance using a #Hetzner cloud, getting a domain from #Contabo and using #YunoHost.

This guide will be directed at total beginners, with no prior knowledge necessary.

I really like writing guides. 🙂

Only two weeks until #debian release 11.

Incomplete release notes: https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/releasenotes.en.html

Add your release party to the currently empty list: https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyBullseye


Source: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2021/07/msg00003.html

Do we have too many Linux distros, and is it really an issue? https://tilvids.com/videos/watch/25608a5f-a2bf-4513-95cb-e9295dd59b73

Recent talk on direction of #mastodon are not what's most relevant for our #fediverse future.

Decisions of an individual #foss project are theirs to make. More important is where fedi as a whole is headed to.

A "Tragedy of the Commons" is at play. #TheFediverseChallenge is to remain relevant and healthy far into the future.

Individualism only gets us so far, but for Mastodon and other federated projects their choices are understandable.

But only teamplayers will win!

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/the-fediverse-challenge/1968