Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

I eventually want to make a "pirate" internet community. Like pirate radios and stuff like that, except it's not "pirate" because I'm not invading any spectrum or anything, I'm just running a hidden service.

Well, I guess it would be "pirate" in the sense that it is not being under any regulations...

Old school blog/BBS/Gallery/IRC and hopefully gopher support too at some point. If only I wasn't this lazy...

Far-left activists claim responsibility for Tesla factory site fire in Germany
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/may/26/far-left-activists-claim-responsibility-tesla-factory-fire-germany

RT @JolyonRubs@twitter.com

Pass it on.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/JolyonRubs/status/1396860399304200192

Bose reports data breach following ransomware attack
https://www.itsecurityguru.org/2021/05/25/bose-reports-data-breach-following-ransomware-attack/

OOOoooh, DOOM mapping tutorials!
http://ramp.teamouse.net

I haven't made a proper map in maybe 25 years.

Hi, I'm new here. I'm a software developer who writes Haskell professionally and I have a strong interest in p2p technologies from both a technical and a political perspective.

I'm also a gardener who practices permaculture and natural farming principles and techniques.

#introduction #permaculture #gardening #haskell #p2p

Tech Companies Want Schools to Use COVID Relief Money on Surveillance Tools https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkbpz7/tech-companies-want-schools-to-use-covid-relief-money-on-surveillance-tools

New BIND 9 maintenance releases:

BIND 9.11.32 - https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.11.32/RELEASE-NOTES-bind-9.11.32.html

BIND 9.16.16 - https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.16.16/RELEASE-NOTES-bind-9.16.16.html

@trox @fribbledom That’s kind of a sad story actually. IRC used to be decentralized, until EFnet (the “eris-free” network) declared they would decide who got to run servers, and only chose servers they controlled. This protection racket grew until everyone gave up, stopped trying to fix the issues with federating with untrusted servers, and all joined EFnet, pretending that it was not going to be a problem. Since then, EFnet’s abuses have forced several people to create their own IRC networks, but they have always been centralized, only federating with a cluster of centrally controlled servers. Freenode is one of those networks. Subsequently, Freenode’s abuses forced several people to create the OFTC (the “open and free technology community”) network, which is also centralized.

http://www.irc.org/history_docs/TheGreatSplit.html http://www.irc.org/history.html https://oftc.net/

how to not fail at being a civilized human being:

don’t say yes if you don’t mean it
show up when you commit to or cancel properly
they’re not being unreasonable expecting you to be decent

Mobilizon is a tool that helps you find, create and organize events https://joinmobilizon.org/en/

Ransomware’s Dangerous New Trick Is Double-Encrypting Your Data https://www.wired.com/story/ransomware-double-encryption/

In case you missed it: the ThinkPenguin, Inc. Free Software Wireless-N Mini Router v3 (TPE-R1300) is now certified to Respect Your Freedom. Read more about the new certification: https://u.fsf.org/3bk and learn more about RYF at https://ryf.fsf.org/.

PixelDroid is a FOSS app for using PixelFed (the Fediverse's alternative to Instagram). You can follow PixelDroid at:

➡️ @PixelDroid

The official site is at https://pixeldroid.org

PixelDroid has just been released on F-Droid at https://f-droid.org/packages/org.pixeldroid.app

You can find out more about PixelFed from its site at https://pixelfed.org

You can join a PixelFed instance at https://pixelfed.org/join

#PixelDroid #PixelFed #Apps #FOSS #Fediverse #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Photography

Another happy ThinkPad. This is running Libreboot 20210517 (modified, versus what I plan to release). This laptop belongs to a good friend of mine, who sent it in for flashing.

Yes, it's today. I'm doing finishing touches. It's a testing release, but most machines are... tested!

A programme funded by the government of Kerala (a state in India) deployed 59,532 laptops with free software in school classrooms, running a distro called IT@School Ubuntu.

This might be one of the biggest deployments of GNU/Linux on the desktop!

https://kite.kerala.gov.in/KITE/index.php/welcome/ict/1

The state of software in schools and what to do about it — #LibrePlanet by @noemu https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/the-state-of-software-in-schools-and-what-to-do-about-it/

- The entire US public school system was taken over by Google, Microsoft and Apple.
- Schools have good intentions but cannot spend a lot of time to adapt, thus prioritizing short-term/quick solutions.
- Some examples of using #freeSoftware in schools.

My sister's university is subscribed to the educational suites of both Microsoft and Google. Lectures are delivered on Microsoft Teams 🤦‍♂️

I just discovered https://librespeed.org which is a free and open source internet connection speed test service. Sorry speedtest.net, nothing personal but if it's #foss I just can't resist it. Bye!

#privacy