Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Historic Moment as WHO Approves Malaria Vaccine for #Africa.
https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00079786.html

The latest revelations mark the beginning of the end for the House of Zuckerberg | Carole Cadwalladr https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/10/latest-revelations-mark-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-house-of-zuckerberg

Free the Nipple: A History of a Hidden Movement https://hyperallergic.com/681937/free-the-nipple-a-history-of-a-hidden-movement/

World War I German military bicycle brought from Germany in Tanganyika, present day Tanzania, which was used by German's soldiers to engage British's soldiers in Kenya.

German machine still intact, I need something like this today.

In a life of no smartphones, no alarms, no notifications, no reminders, no forced schedules but only letters, emails and regular phone calls - there, that's where i see myself five years from now.

End the madness.

Recently, there has been misinformation about #Mozilla's browser #Firefox claiming that a new feature called #FirefoxSuggest would send any address bar inputs to advertising companies by default.

This is not true.

In reality, all sponsored suggestions are given offline by default, meaning that no additional user data is sent anywhere. Online suggestions are strictly opt-in.

Please do not spread false information.

🔗 https://support.mozilla.org/kb/navigate-web-faster-firefox-suggest
🔗 https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/rev/d488f68d845a87cc107612b667951152c34fb116/browser/components/urlbar/UrlbarPrefs.jsm#543
🔗 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1727907

Facebook: Nick Clegg avoids questions on whistleblower Haugen’s testimony https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/10/facebook-nick-clegg-frances-haugen-us-capitol-attack

There have been many reports lately that Facebook is blocking links to https://joinmastodon.org

If you are still on Facebook, please keep spreading the word about Mastodon and the Fediverse.

If https://joinmastodon.org doesn't work, try posting a link to a reliable instance people can join. There are so many instances, Facebook cannot block all of them from being mentioned.

That Facebook are even doing this implies the Fediverse is on their radar, which is quite an achievement in itself!

#FediTips #Fediverse #MastoTips #Mastodon #Facebook #DeleteFacebook #Alternatives

elementary OS 6.0 | Review From and openSUSE User
A biased review of elementary OS 6.0 Odin by an openSUSE user.
https://cubiclenate.com/2021/08/26/elementary-os-6-review-from-and-opensuse-user/
#ElementaryOS #Flatpak #Linux #Review

@zleap

Thanks, good read. I'll look into the methods they use and see if there is something we can do.

@noelle

I am sick and tired of constantly reviewing settings in web browsers to see if they have snuck in some new tracking mechanism that I get to disable because "your privacy is important to us".

I am sick and tired of all the black UX that goes into this, like opt out instead of opt in, or at least providing top level choices like, say, Fuck NO I'd NEVER EVER Like You To Track ANYTHING Now And In Every Perceivable Future. Like sync'ing every setting in your profile except tracking related settings, because hey that way you might by mistake opt out of tracking on another installation where you really wanted to be tracked. The list goes on and on.

Browsers are critical infrastructure and clearly an open source stamp on them fails in itself to provide any meaningful shield towards capitalist subversion.

I'd like a browser with a license that explicitly rules out *any* kind of commercial entity or interest contributing or directing development.

#surveillancecapitalism