Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

'This deception must end now': Facebook gets letter from 500 health professionals demanding data on COVID misinformation https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/11/05/facebook-covid-misinformation-doctors-letter/6275730001/

It's time for an announcement. I am one of the co-developers of the Yggdrasil screen reader project, which aims to improve Linux accessibility, one step at a time. And, since I'm sure a fair few of you are now trying to figure out how to pronounce Yggdrasil ... we're changing its name. Your help would be greatly appreciated in helping us decide the new name, so join the discussion! https://github.com/yggdrasil-sr/yggdrasil-prototype/discussions/5

Still thinking about submitting a talk proposal for #librepanet? Check out last year's videos for inspiration: https://u.fsf.org/pt-2021. The CfS closes on December 1st!

Thinking about submitting to #libreplanet? There's still plenty of time. We want to hear what you have to say about #freesoftware, licensing, ethical technology, #drm and more! https://my.fsf.org/lp-call-for-sessions

@zleap we used to have 2-3, but they all ran out of business a long time ago. We're a small market, just 10 million ppl + 5 million Slovaks who also understand Czech.
But this one was non-profit. We distributed it free of charge to IT managers in organizations to kinda lobby for open source.

@zleap

Yes, and because only names registered on QOTO's social component are considered reserved on our other services even if you dont plan to use the social side as your main account its usually a good idea to register an account here just to reserve your name on nextcloud for the future.

@momo

Former South African President Frederik Willem de Klerk, the last leader under apartheid and key actor in the country’s transition to democracy, has died, his foundation has announced.

He was 85.

Former South Africa President FW de Klerk dies aged 85 | News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/11/11/former-south-africa-president-de-klerk-dies-at-age-85

@zleap To be fair schools dont get funding to be soup kitchens. I'm all for feeding kids who are in poverty, I think thats important. But we cant blame school administrators for that, blame the country/state for not funding schools to provide free food to the kids.

@zleap That would be cool. Yea id support a patch with that feature if you wanted to submit it. Or anyone. Otherwise I can consider implementing it myself when I have some time. Depends on how things go in Egypt while im there.

We now have, not 1, not 2, but 3 (!) open positions for working with us at #SoftwareHeritage, both tech- and management-profiles. Check it out and apply at: https://www.softwareheritage.org/jobs/

@zleap@qoto.org @piggo@piggo.space debian is very bad at handling package dependencies, so inexperienced users can easily end up breaking their systems by accidentally uninstalling packages when they just want to install some software or do a system upgrade

it’s part of why i never recommend debian-based distros

RT @tregenza@twitter.com

I have just been suspended by the college. They say I broke the code of conduct but having been shown the conduct they can't say how I broke it https://twitter.com/tregenza/status/1458728698153164804

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/tregenza/status/1458789456652218371

3d printer nerds; what do you do with your failed/broken prints? Is there like, someone I can send them to that can grind them down and recycle them into filament?