Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Do we have too many Linux distros, and is it really an issue? https://tilvids.com/videos/watch/25608a5f-a2bf-4513-95cb-e9295dd59b73

Recent talk on direction of #mastodon are not what's most relevant for our #fediverse future.

Decisions of an individual #foss project are theirs to make. More important is where fedi as a whole is headed to.

A "Tragedy of the Commons" is at play. #TheFediverseChallenge is to remain relevant and healthy far into the future.

Individualism only gets us so far, but for Mastodon and other federated projects their choices are understandable.

But only teamplayers will win!

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/the-fediverse-challenge/1968

Good evening!

We are currently starting to organize our next General Assembly. It allows us to have discussions about the bigger topics around the project and the community and elections for our committees will take place. Get involved, leave your comment, step up for the elections and help us improving #Funkwhale in the future!

For any questions or feedback, just reply in the comments or visit our Forum: https://forum.funkwhale.audio/d/36-general-assembly-organization

@zleap Creepy and interesting read, thanks for sharing.

The Retrocomputing Archive
http://www.retroarchive.org/

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FBI probe shows nitrate amount in Beirut blast was a fraction of shipment
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/fbi-probe-shows-amount-chemicals-beirut-blast-was-fraction-original-shipment-2021-07-30/

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Hello, fediverse! We are Tenacity, one of the most prominent forks of Audacity for the time being.

I'm not sure what I'll do with this account yet, but you're more than free to follow it and find out for yourself. :)

In LibreOffice 7.2, due in August, Calc can filter by color in Autofilter (both cell background color and text color). Importing from and exporting to OOXML is also supported. Feature implemented by Samuel Mehbrodt at Allotropia – https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/7.2

Today (last Friday of July) is the System Administrator Appreciation Day. Don't forget your backups, and show your appreciation to your local #sysadmin :-) If you want to know more about DSA, the Debian System Administrator team, you can have a look at their webpage https://dsa.debian.org/ - Thanks DSA for taking care of the Debian infrastructure!

🚨Urgent Indigenous Autistic Need 🚨

Zach is a medically complex autistic Ojibwe and Ponca youth, he depends heavily on his phone for communication and engagement with the world around him. His phone is broken, and his mother (also autistic, disabled and Deaf) has no way to obtain one. $300 will get him what he needs, refurbished and unlocked. Any boosts or assistance are beyond appreciated!

@mutualaid #mutualaid #indigenous

PP: vivacious1313@gmail.com
Venmo: SuzEQ13
Cashapp: $WCAFARMPAY

An in-depth article by Nature on what we know about the SARS-CoV-2 virus and what makes the Delta variant so much more infectious.

"What has emerged from 19 months of work, backed by decades of coronavirus research, is a blow-by-blow account of how SARS-CoV-2 invades human cells"

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02039-y

#SARSCoV2 #CoronaViruses #COVID19 #Viruses #Research

In the past 48 hours I've seen "If you use a tiling window manager you're probably a racist toxic fossbro", "if you support FOSS you're likely a liberal or a toxic fossbro", "If you use emacs you're part of the problem" and uh...

Can we just stop putting people in bins based on what tools they use and, more likely, what they had available to them when they first learned how to interact with tech?

Y'all stressing me out because I've seen these funny little takes go viral and become zeitgeist material.

Brain-Computer Implants Will Let Corporations Mine Your Thoughts for Cash, Researchers Warn https://gizmodo.com/brain-computer-implants-will-let-corporations-mine-your-1847343508

I found Skype is allowed to be called "Skype for iPhone" so maybe "Mastodon for iPhone" will work and save me this headache. Still thinking about a subtitle though.