Important thread by @jasonhickel about the inequality of the distribution of labour, the disproportionate extraction of value from the global south that facilitates the Imperial Mode of Living in the North.

Hickel is one of the leading scholars behind the #degrowth movement and his work is often enlightening.

This thread is no different.

threadreaderapp.com/thread/181…

Thread by @jasonhickel on Thread Reader App

@jasonhickel: In this new paper we calculate the unequal exchange of labour between the global North and global South. The results are quite staggering. You'll want to look at this... 🧵 nature.com/articles/s4146… Fi...…

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We've signed an open letter to the European Commission in support for @EC_NGI

Their funding has enabled us and many other FLOSS projects to develop and maintain great software, from which everybody benefits.

However, their own funding is probably cut next year, which would have a big negative impact to FLOSS projects.

Read more at:
f-droid.org/2024/07/23/ngi-fun…

Open letter in support of Next Generation Internet | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository

Next Generation Internet (NGI) funding hasenabled substantial development of F-Droid - with the support of NGI grantsvia NLnet, F-Droid is now better at prot...

^f-droid.org

My friend @mchua has died.

caringbridge.org/site/f77db139…

I wrote about them last year: harihareswara.net/posts/2023/a…

It hurts a lot. I am bereft.

This is a photo from a fun evening we had together last year. I am grateful for the joy we shared and it feels incomprehensible that we will never share joy again.

I got several questions on what's new with Version 7 of the Ray-ban Meta Smart glasses. The URL of the release notes follows: These features and improvements will become available starting the week of July 31, 2024.

Respond without 'Hey Meta'
Now you can make another request to your glasses after the first one without needing to say ‘Hey Meta’ again. Your glasses and mic will stay on and listen for a brief period after each request is complete. This feature will be on by default but you can turn it off from the Settings menu in the Meta View app.

Stay on track with the games in Paris
Get real-time info on the Paris Olympics, including medal counts, event times, results and athlete bios. You can also ask questions about your favorite athletes and games from past events. For example, ask “Hey Meta, which country is leading the gold medal in gymnastics?”

Improved Apple Music search
We are adding a setting to make it easier to recognize previously unrecognized tracks and enhance your Apple Music experience. To turn this on, go to Settings in the Meta View app, select Apple Music and turn on Improved Music Search.

Share photos to your Instagram Story hands-free
The feature is now supported in French and Italian in addition to English. Your glasses can capture and share photos completely hands-free to your Instagram Story. From the Meta View app, go to Settings, then tap Communication and connect your Instagram account. To share, say “Hey Meta, share a photo to my Instagram Story” or “Hey Meta, share my last photo to Instagram.”

Share to Facebook Stories from Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses
You can share photos you capture with Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses to Facebook Stories. To share to Facebook Stories, make sure you’ve turned on voice interactions and connected your Facebook profile to the Meta View app.

Improvements
Bug fixes and performance improvements.

Early Access program
These features and improvements are available in the Early Access program.

Skip saying “look and” when you make a request to Meta AI
Early Access users can now say “Hey Meta” and ask Meta AI about what they see without saying “look and.”

| meta.com/help/smart-glasses/ar…

Techy people!

If you want to use Mastodon through a command line or a text-based interface, try the client Toot:

➡️ toot.bezdomni.net

(NOTE: This has no connection to the mobile apps Toot! or Tooot. They just have similar names.)

#Mastodon #CLI #TUI

We’re growing our product team!

Are you an #iOS Developer who wants to lead our official #Mastodon iOS #App?

This is a remote full-time position and requires an overlap with the CET timezone.

Ideally:

1. You are a senior iOS Developer comfortable with a mature codebase
2. Proficient in #Swift and #Apple Frameworks (UIKit, SwiftUI, Combine)
3. Prior experience with social media networks is a big plus!

For more info/to apply:
jobs.ashbyhq.com/mastodon/bc91…

#FediHire #GetFediHired #hiring #mastodev

iOS Developer (m/f/d)

We're looking for a full-time remote iOS Developer to work on our official Mastodon iOS app.

^{jobs.ashbyhq.com}

An earthquake in the Apple community: AppleVis is shutting down. A huge loss for us in the disability community.

applevis.com/blog/end-era-mess…

A ver, Nacho, usemos la lógica. Sánchez y Maduro tienen problemas más importantes que perseguirte.
Pero ojo con Zapatero. Ese no tiene nada mejor que hacer que ir a por ti.

Nacho Cano dice que su imputación es un "montaje de la banda de Sánchez, Maduro y Zapatero"
eldiario.es/cultura/nacho-cano…

Nacho Cano dice que su imputación es un "montaje de la banda de Sánchez, Maduro y Zapatero"

El productor musical ha difundido un vídeo en el que vuelve a defender que es víctima de una operación contra él por apoyar Isabel Díaz Ayuso

^{Laura García Higueras (ElDiario.es)}

🇨🇭 Welcome to the party!! 🇨🇭

Innovation will start booming with Switzerland mandating government software to be open source.

Public money for public code, forever! 🤘

#OpenSource #Transparency #DigitalSovereignty

zdnet.com/article/switzerland-…

Switzerland federal government requires releasing its software as open source

The United States remains reluctant to work with open source, but European countries are bolder.

^{Steven Vaughan-Nichols (ZDNET)}

IEEE's MAC address allocations have a weird pricing structure.

If you want to buy a 12 (aka 4096 addresses), that's $855 one time (or $0.20 per MAC address).

However you can buy 20 bits of space (1Mil addresses) for $2,030 one time !, and 24 bits (16Mil) for $3,375 one time !

I somewhat question the desire to buy 4096 MAC addresses when 1 million is only around 2x the price.

MA-L - IEEE Standards Association

This product was previously referred to as an OUI (Organizationally Unique Identifier) and is still referred to as such in many standards.

^{IEEE SA}

#DoctorWho x #StarTrek
Friendship is universal

#FriendshipDay

youtu.be/eu3s6ee7wLE?si=fY1iD-…

Doctor Who x Star Trek | Friendship is Universal | Doctor Who

Star Trek and Doctor Who come together for the inaugural #IntergalacticFriendshipDay on July 30th 2024. Read more here: https://www.doctorwho.tv/news-and-fea...

^YouTube

#QT dair-community.social/@timnitG… this is why I spent most of 2019 traveling the world talking about the harm inflicted in marginalized spaces when white folx refuse to acknowledge their complicity and allegiance to white supremacy and anti-Blackness

When white LGBTQ+ folx aren’t able to step outside whiteness, Black and brown folx must ignore their shared marginalized experiences in order to protect themselves from your racism and you become the “enemy”

Amazon is expanding its one- to two-day delivery to rural areas in the US, using hyper-efficient warehouses, contracted drivers, and mom-and-pop shops (Wall Street Journal)

wsj.com/business/amazon-pushes…
techmeme.com/240730/p20#a24073…

Amazon is expanding its one- to two-day delivery capabilities to US rural areas, using hyper-efficient warehouses, contracted drivers, and mom-and-pop shops

From Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.

^Techmeme

Auf der Suche nach Hörstoff hab ich bei Uve Teschner gelesen, dass er von Cory Doctorow "Red Team Blues" eingesprochen hat, um dann festzustellen, dass der Link zu Audible nicht mehr funktioniert.

Und die CD-Fassung bei Amazon nicht lieferbar ist.

Kann es vielleicht sein, dass Herr Doctorow nicht möchte, dass seine Sachen über Audible laufen?

uveteschner.de/hoerbuecher-hoe…

Cory Doctorow "Red Team Blues. Vom Jäger zum Gejagten" - Uve Teschner

Der IT-Experte und Ermittler Marty Hench wird vom Jäger zum Gejagten im packenden Hörbuch "Red Team Blues" von Cory Doctorow.

^{Elisa (Uve Teschner)}

Here is a brand new ad for friend, an "AI" hardware product.

I can't speak to the merits of the product from an ad or a teaser site.

But on scifi, I am expert. And I think it's absolutely wild they're going full Black Mirror here. It invites so many questions.

Do they MEAN to go Black Mirror? Do they KNOW they're going Black Mirror?

Is this a wink and a nod? Is this a consequence of the ~Cerebral Valley~ echo chamber? I am very, very curious!

youtube.com/watch?v=O_Q1hoEhfk…

Friend Reveal Trailer

not imaginary. preorder now at friend.com.

^YouTube