Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

So I don’t use Chrome but I have Ungoogled Chromium (https://codeberg.org/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium) as certain things only work under Chrom(ium) and I only just realised Google requires a Google account to install extensions.

Wow.

Hint: You can bypass this restriction using this the Ungoogled Extension Installer: https://github.com/UnnoTed/Ungoogled-Chromium-Extension-Installer

The lengths we have to go to in order to protect our privacy from basic everyday things is ridiculous. We need fundamental change. Surveillance capitalism needs to die.

Four Horsemen of Apocalypse:

- Google
- Amazon
- Microsoft
- Facebook

China just delivered moon rocks back to Earth, marking the first time in 44 years that lunar samples have been brought back to our planet. It also lays the foundation for even bigger lunar missions ahead. https://bit.ly/34jeF17 https://twitter.com/techreview/status/1339297562961080325 #Tech #MIT #China #Earth #Planet

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RT Chris Martz 🇺🇸
Snow is really comin’ down here. Was rain all morning, but the snow train has arrived!!!
https://twitter.com/ChrisMartzWX/status/1338535510449516549

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i regret to inform you all that i have found a picture of the ultimate gaming setup

Learn the science before you follow it: Fact-checking Justin Trudeau on climate change https://financialpost.com/opinion/learn-the-science-before-you-follow-it-fact-checking-justin-trudeau-on-climate-change?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1608129809 https://twitter.com/nationalpost/status/1339219605097689088 #Climate #Science

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This is the most detailed 3D map of the Milk Way ever made.

This new data set could help scientists unravel many mysteries about the universe’s expansion and the solar system’s future. https://bit.ly/3mlxgjz https://twitter.com/techreview/status/1339268855349252099 #Tech #MIT

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@stux
This is really so.

If we combined nuclear with solar, hydro, and wind, no more fossil fuels at all.

A reminder that our weekly Small Tech / Small Web live stream, Small is Beautiful, is tomorrow (Thursday) at 5PM Irish time (UTC).

You can join us in the studio to ask live questions or join the conversation so have your webcam and headphones ready.

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

#SmallIsBeautiful

A really important step toward always more #OpenScience taken by #cern. 👏👏👏

https://home.cern/news/press-release/knowledge-sharing/cern-announces-new-open-data-policy-support-open-science

https://tooting.ch/media/quxkfZtjCNUJ9Jcf_7s

So I got fed up of having to change my text scale every time I plugged my laptop into and unplugged it from my external display so I managed to hack a little udev triggered script that does it automatically.

In case it helps anyone else:

https://gist.github.com/aral/9cf2eee6d7e13556b6aed2bb118d3c8b

#elementaryOS

@silmathoron glad to find a new friend here at Mastodon.

@zleap

Linux Mint 20.1 "Ulyssa" Beta is now Available for Download #linux #mint #linuxmint
https://www.debugpoint.com/2020/12/linux-mint-20-1-beta/