Ewan Keepers @ewankeep@octodon.social
Nerd, Linux fan (Debian & Xubuntu,) Car-free - rides a recumbent trike, Atheist-Humanist, Pro-Science, LGBTQ+, Ecology & books
@ewankeep@joindiaspora.com
@paul this! So very much this!
This is missing from these discussions all the time, perhaps because it's one of the less obvious (but more sinister) issues with the Microfacegoopple.
Everyone should at one point or another run Mozilla Lightbeam:
https://addons.mozilla.org/pl/firefox/addon/lightbeam/
Hey, fediverse! Listen up. You'll like this, I promise.
Yesterday I was on Norwegian national radio, talking about how the "monopoly" of Facebook over the public discourse is dangerous and that politicians need to step in.
My sollution? Enforce federation!
That way the free market of social networks can work and the network effect will no longer be a "social DRM" locking people in.
Based on this text (norwegian): https://nrkbeta.no/2016/12/19/samfunnet-trenger-alternativer-til-facebook/
It's available in Norway here: https://radio.nrk.no/serie/her-og-naa-hovedsending/DMTN01007218/11-04-2018#t=42m15s
Hey here's something about the Fediverse that some people don't take into account:
I see on "hacker" "news" that there is currently discussion about Scuttlebutt and the very clever opinion is that oh no, distributed social is worse than FB/Twitter because nothing is stopping BigScaryCorp from scooping up all your public posts.
Ignoring the fact that you can very easily have a locked account or even one that has public AND non-public posts... 1/
Have you ever had one of those moments where you're like lifting the flaps of a box of raisins and you realize that the entire cardboard box construction from concept to manufacturing is a product of the massive wave of commercializing and mass production of packaged food products aimed at post-ww2 housewives trying to single-handedly maintain middle to upperclass living standards without the historically necessary assistance of hired help?
Against the Grain - Early states like determinate grain crops, like wheat and rice, that are harvested all at once. They make thing easy for tax collectors. Indeterminate roots and tubers are especially hard to tax, unless you send your tax collectors out to dig them up, but even then, they are easy to hide in the ground and stay fresh for several years.
Just started a new book. Really good so far! The author starts by deconstructing the commonly taught 'progression' of pre-state to state power by taking a look at the newer and more complex picture of how cities and agriculture gave rise to oppression, state power, and the patriarchy.
Against the Grain; A Deep History of the Earliest States by James C. Scott
https://www.amazon.com/Against-Grain-History-Earliest-States/dp/0300182910
#books #history #agriculture #civilization #feminism #anti-state
Better than Spencer Wells Pandora's Seed!
I'll be trying out Nextcloud for the next month, really curious how usable it is, especially regarding synchronization with mobile devices and photo management.
I need more folks to follow with concurrent interests to mine. Anyone got suggestions? Fitness, outdoors stuff, art, reading, making, crafts, textiles, fibers, etc. #introductions
Temple of Heaven Gunpowder green tea has an amber liquid and tastes smokey and a bit grassy and minty. For gunpowder green tea water temp should be between 158-176F/70-80C. I brew it for 2 mins. If you want less caffeine, throw out the first brew but drink the second. This tea makes a good ice tea.
Temple of Heaven China Green Tea Special Gunpowder. $8/lb from my local Middle Eastern deli and grocery store. This loose leaf tea is made with tightly rolled 'pearls' of tea which was thought to looked like Gunpowder. A no nonsense everyday green tea. Blends well with peppermint mint to make Moroccan Mint.
#tea
GNU/Linux shutdown Command Explained with Examples
Anyone know a kid-friendly #mastodon instance?
whipped up some Creative Commons emoji for mastodon! Images taken from the CC downloads page here > https://creativecommons.org/about/downloads
the Creative Commons icon
Attribute work
Share Alike
Allow remixing
Share
No Derivatives
Non-Commercial Dollar
Non-Commercial Euro
Non-Commercial Yen
Public Domain
Creative Commons Zero
Learn how to use the licenses here! https://creativecommons.org/licenses/
Just found out about f-droid and installed it!
Cool. Any must-have apps?
@127
I also like pedometer in Fdroid. It's simple. Always runs in the background but is light on resources. No gps or data collection.
@127
RadioDroid - internet radio. My favorite station is Swiss public domain radio classical (they also have jazz.) Also good for BBC radio and various public radio stations in the US
OsmAnd - open source map. You can download and use the maps offline. I use it way more than Google maps
If you want to enable a new kind of Internet I suggest you get yourself to the 2018 #DWebSummit at the @internetarchive
The 2016 event was a watershed moment. Both @matrixdotorg and @ipfsbot launched there amidst a rich tapestry of technology, philosophy, ethics, and activism.
I'm going to work with my IA friends to make sure that more #platformcoop will be on offer. In 2016 Maira Sutton from Shareable was there, hoping for a lot more.
Sign up at https://decentralizedweb.net/
Love that my favorite Android Masto app, #Tusky, is open source. Love the fact that #Pinafore and #Halcyon exist as alternative web UIs. Love that #Pleroma is coming along well as an alternative #ActivityPub server. Love that the sex worker community on #Switter is actively working on building open source tech that works for their use case. Love to see instances like #OpenSocialAfrica and vis.social.
Y'all inspire me that this open source/free software thing may actually work out in the end. :)
@gingerroot
I was in the Carpenters union a while back. I'd suggest contacting a union in your area and asking questions. They may have organizers who can help point you in the right direction. Some unions will cover more than one trade, too. The IWW has been willing to work with food service workers in our town, for example. Good luck!
