Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

a sweet little video about leaving youtube for #peertube and the #fediverse by @craftykat just made the front page of hacker news: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28585817

#Uptime is 20+ years...

From the tech boom to tech backlash, our understanding of the digital has become both deeply personal and deeply political. Two major #TheGlassRoom exhibitions tackling these themes are taking place in The Netherlands, in #Leeuwarden and #Amsterdam https://theglassroom.org/netherlands/

Please stop closing forums and moving people to Discord
https://kotaku.com/please-stop-closing-forums-and-moving-people-to-discord-1847684851

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@zleap Fedora just had an epic bikeshedding to officially rename to Fedora Linux.

A new visualisation from #TheGlassRoom explores how data collected from sexual and reproductive health apps are stored, sold and used in areas like behavioural influencing. The animation is also available in German and Dutch - watch it here: https://vimeo.com/587782063

I just noticed https://getfedora.org/ doesn't have the word "Linux" anywhere on the front page.

Hello here are some friends I met on the [watchredditdie discord](https://discord.gg/jXjTetpvNB). Since we have a critical mass of fediverse people there I think it's a good nexus for outreach and evacuation from discord.

@zleap is the source of the #YearOfTheFediverse tag and banner

@category_mirrory is a fan of category theory and math<->language metaphors such as homomorphism<->metaphor.

@jlj hosts nfld and is an expert in diodes and lateral thinking.

@nar is a big aether buff who is very short on time.

@Liberonscien likes tracing where restaurants get their ingredients.

Australian Govt to revoke citizenship based on “confidential information”
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/legal-experts-have-criticised-the-government-s-proposed-amendments-to-visa-and-citizenship-laws/0287a0ce-229d-44f6-b3bb-4e86bcc46d5f

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The cooperative economy is more resilient during tough economic times than the investor-owned economy, but still currently smaller. That's at least partly because of how challenging it is to find the funding and infrastructure support new co-ops need to get rolling. A new wave of "patient capital" funds now offer a potential solution, claiming their agreements are more reciprocal, and protect founder ownership:
https://calmfund.com/shared-earnings-agreement

#CalmFund #SharedEarningsAgreement #PatientCapital

If Software Is Funded from a Public Source, Its Code Should Be Open Source - Glyn Moody @ Linux Journal: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/if-software-funded-public-source-its-code-should-be-open-source

Last month the Netherlands passed #RouterFreedom into law: all ISPs must let customers choose their own Internet hardware and still provide tech support at no extra cost. That little box is your home-internet gatekeeper, and now in NL it can work for you https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210805-01.en.html