Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

@zleap @Hawkeye @TonyStark I'm more concerned about Jared's access to information he was never cleared for.

6 reasons the Fediverse is better than regular social media
https://slashdev.space/posts/2021-01-18-reasons-the-fediverse-is-better

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German laptop retailer fined $12.7M under GDPR for employee surveillance
https://www.complianceweek.com/regulatory-enforcement/german-laptop-retailer-fined-127m-under-gdpr-for-employee-surveillance/29911.article

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Great website to stay up to date with #libre #audio #visual software!

https://libreav.org/updates

Amazon.com and 'Big Five' publishers accused of ebook price-fixing

Class action lawsuit filed in US claims the houses have colluded with the online giant to keep prices artificially high
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/15/amazoncom-and-big-five-publishers-accused-of-ebook-price-fixing

I feel like I need more cheese in my life. Not that I dont have enough cheese in my life already, but it could use more.

Now is the time for world leaders to step up and address this global #ClimateCrisis.
https://act.gp/35P0Wjo

[ https://tweets.newsbots.eu/Greenpeace/status/1350871770224594948 — #bot]

If you're using Mastodon on a computer, did you know you can control it entirely through your keyboard?

✅ Press "?" to see the complete list of keyboard shortcuts on Mastodon

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#MastoTips #FediTips #Mastodon #KeyboardShortcuts

They use Zoom but also CryptPad...

@cjd

So confused. :)

Joe Biden introduces science team, says it will be at `forefront' of his administration https://abc11.com/politics/joe-biden-introduces-science-team-says-it-will-be-at-%60forefront-of-his-administration/9718457/ #politicsgovernmentjoebidenscience

A government has to full fill freedom of speech, not a social platform! Any platform can create it's own rules and ban users for not complying as simple as that..

It's not that you don't have "free speech", people/platform just don't wanna listen to your shit if you get banned.

LibreOffice 7.1 is just around the corner! It's due to be released in early February – and before then, you can help our QA (Quality Assurance) community to test it and make sure it's rock-solid: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.1

@ewm There is another one #GoatCounter . Small, easy-to-use and GDPR compliant. https://www.goatcounter.com/

Nor was FB forced to spend vast fortunes lobbying against privacy rules that would limit its targeting ability.

People who want to kill CDA230, take note. Facebook agrees with you: they want a rule that forces its rivals to spend money they don't have on moderation.

If you want to hurt FB, look for the things that it lobbies AGAINST: privacy regulations and antitrust enforcement.

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Wine 6.0 Released
https://source.winehq.org/git/wine.git/blob/wine-6.0:/ANNOUNCE

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Join us and our guests live on Small Is Beautiful today (in just under an hour and a half) to talk about ways we can prevent the Googleification of schools. How can we encourage free and open ethical alternatives instead of normalising surveillance capitalism for the next generation?

(Have your webcam/mic/headphones ready if you want to join the stream or ask a question. We’ll give out the studio URL during the stream.)

https://small-tech.org/events/small-is-beautiful

#SmallIsBeautiful #Education #Technology