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Do you also think that software created using taxpayers’ money should be released as #FreeSoftware?
Let's fight for it! 💪🏾
Sign our #OpenLetter! 📝
https://publiccode.eu/openletter/
[Workshop] Sysadmin 101 for new Tor relay operators! 🧅
Join us on June 4th at 19 UTC for new and prospective Tor relay and bridge operators on the basic “sysadmin fu” required to contribute to the network. Facilitated by Kushal and Gman999.
Dear #Fediverse
We need #Volunteers to organize an #Event and #Training for #EU representatives operating the official @EU_Commission accounts.
A month ago the @EDPS started a pilot for #EUVoice and #EUVideo and launched #Mastodon and #Peertube servers.
Many of you interacted, but also observed that communication can be improved. Less 
birdsite crossposting, more #accessibilty + image #captions. Knowing the culture, #fediquette and learn to love 💖 our fedi.
Protecting people fleeing the war in Ukraine is at the core of the EU's Temporary Protection Directive.
It ensures that those under its scope can access their right to immediate social and medical care.
We don’t believe surveillance will help us out of the pandemic. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/12/vaccine-passports-2021-review
LGBT rights, Poland, please boost
(Reposted from Birdside, thread)
Today, the Polish parliament will read a proposed law that makes it illegal to "promote homosexuality", including - I am not exaggerating - pretty much ANY positive talk of LGBT+ people and their rights in public settings.
And foreign media seem almost entirely silent on this.
The law was drafted a while ago, but didn't get into the Parliament for procedural reasons.
It EXPLICITLY bans e.g.:
Today we're launching the Tor Project's annual fundraising campaign.
The message is simple: privacy is a human right, and Tor helps millions of people around the world exercise that right.
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, your ongoing support makes Tor possible: https://donate.torproject.org
Privacy is a team sport. That's why we put together a free resource to help make it easier to become a digital security educator. https://sec.eff.org/
This is a secret message for our followers on #ActivityPub. We love you all! It's like the Activity.. Club?
🇳🇱
@kate Might I suggest you make a browser as great as Firefox, keep up with the updates, security issues and new features without *any* sponsoring like this for at least a few years before criticizing their approach?
It's easy to blame others without stepping in their shoes.
We designed a face mask, as a symbol of resistance against the use of #FacialRecognition in public places. Donate £20 or pledge £2 per month to PI, and get yours while stocks last!
Here is also the Polish version for the curious ones:
Nic dwa razy się nie zdarza
i nie zdarzy. Z tej przyczyny
zrodziliśmy się bez wprawy
i pomrzemy bez rutyny.
Choćbyśmy uczniami byli
najtępszymi w szkole świata,
nie będziemy repetować
żadnej zimy ani lata.
Żaden dzień się nie powtórzy,
nie ma dwóch podobnych nocy,
dwóch tych samych pocałunków,
dwóch jednakich spojrzeń w oczy.
Wczoraj, kiedy twoje imię
ktoś wymówił przy mnie głośno,
tak mi było, jakby róża
przez otwarte wpadła okno.
Dziś, kiedy jesteśmy razem,
odwróciłam twarz ku ścianie.
Róża? Jak wygląda róża?
Czy to kwiat? A może kamień?
Czemu ty się, zła godzino,
z niepotrzebnym mieszasz lękiem?
Jesteś - a więc musisz minąć.
Miniesz - a więc to jest piękne.
Uśmiechnięci, współobjęci
spróbujemy szukać zgody,
choć różnimy się od siebie
jak dwie krople czystej wody.
@freemo You've inspired me to share my favourite poem. Original is in Polish, so I'll post a translation to reach a wider audience.
"Nothing can ever happen twice.
In consequence, the sorry fact is
that we arrive here improvised
and leave without the chance to practice.
Even if there is no one dumber,
if you're the planet's biggest dunce,
you can't repeat the class in summer:
this course is only offered once.
No day copies yesterday,
no two nights will teach what bliss is
in precisely the same way,
with precisely the same kisses.
One day, perhaps some idle tongue
mentions your name by accident:
I feel as if a rose were flung
into the room, all hue and scent.
The next day, though you're here with me,
I can't help looking at the clock:
A rose? A rose? What could that be?
Is it a flower or a rock?
Why do we treat the fleeting day
with so much needless fear and sorrow?
It's in its nature not to stay:
Today is always gone tomorrow.
With smiles and kisses, we prefer
to seek accord beneath our star,
although we're different (we concur)
just as two drops of water are"
-- Wisława Szymborska, Nothing Twice (pl: Nic dwa razy)
@Hyolobrika
Indeed. So #BruceSchneier quite rightly dismisses #MobileCoin as "just plain stupid" (https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/04/wtf-signal-adds-cryptocurrency-support.html).
Now the #EFF (who has Schneier on the board), has partnered with #Signal's #MobileCoin. WTF?!
It's just another case showing EFF to be sellouts willing to promote whoever throws money their way.
