Subscriptions are getting much easier to manage thanks to the new FTC "Click to Cancel" rule that blocks companies from deceptive or malicious tactics that keep customers from canceling.

appleinsider.com/articles/24/1…

FTC 'Click to Cancel' rule makes canceling subscriptions as easy as starting them

^{Wesley Hilliard (AppleInsider)}

When Québecois journalists learn to speak just one indigenous language, then they just might have a semblance of a reason to criticize our Governor General

cbc.ca/news/politics/gov-gen-s…

#QCPoli #CdnPoli

I just released reproducible-apk-tools v0.3.0

github.com/obfusk/reproducible…

Mostly small improvements, e.g. the AXML parser now supports offset16/compact/sparse ResTable type/entry, no major changes. I have not yet found a test case for FLAG_SPARSE, so support is untested and help is appreciated!

NB: this release changes the license from GPLv3+ to AGPLv3+.

Release v0.3.0 · obfusk/reproducible-apk-tools

• change license from GPLv3+ to AGPLv3+. • binres.py: support offset16, compact, FLAG_SPARSE (untested) etc. • binres.py: small fixes, warn "please file an issue" for untested/notimplemented code. ...

^GitHub

Welcome to the RB family, NeoStumbler 🥳

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/xyz.m…

NeoStumbler lets you collect locations of Wi-Fi networks, cell towers and Bluetooth beacons to geolocation services that are API compatible with Mozilla Location Services (as e.g. used in microG)

Thanks for your help, jaakko!

#reproducibleBuilds #IzzyOnDroid

„NeoStumbler“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

Application for collecting wireless networks to geolocation services

^{IzzyOnDroid App Repo}

When Frances Perkins was a little girl, she asked her parents why nice people could be poor. Her father told her not to worry about those things, and that poor people were poor because they were lazy and drank.

Eventually, she went to Mount Holyoke College, and majored in physics. In her final semester, she took a class in American economic history and toured the mills along the Connecticut River to see working conditions. She was horrified.

Eventually, instead of teaching until she married, she earned a masters degree in social work from Columbia University. In 1910, Perkins became Executive Secretary of the New York City Consumers League.

She campaigned for sanitary regulations for bakeries, fire protection for factories, and legislation to limit the working hours for women and children in factories to 54 hours per week. She worked mainly in New York State’s capital, Albany. Here, she made friends with politicians, and learned how to lobby.

On March 25th, 1911, Frances was having tea with friends when they heard fire engines. They ran to see what was happening, and witnessed one of the worst workplace disasters in US history. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was devastating, killing 146 people, mostly young women and girls.

Frances watched as fire escapes collapsed and fireman ladders couldn’t reach the women trapped by the flames. She watched 47 workers leap to their deaths from the 8th and 9th floors.

Poignantly, just a year before these same women and girls had fought for and won the 54 hour work week and other benefits that Frances had championed.

These women weren’t just tragic victims, they were heroes of the labor force. Frances at that moment resolved to make sure their deaths meant something.

A committee to study reforms in safety in factories was formed, and Perkins became the secretary. The group took on not only fire safety, but all other health issues they could think of. Perkins, by that time a respected expert witness, helped draft the most comprehensive set of laws regarding workplace health and safety in the country. Other states started copying New York’s new laws to protect workers.

Perkins continued to work in New York for decades, until she was asked by President Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 to serve as Secretary of Labor. She told him only if he agreed with her goals: 40-hour work week, minimum wage, unemployment and worker’s compensation, abolition of child labor, federal aid to the states for unemployment, Social Security, a revitalized federal employment service, and universal health insurance. He agreed. Similar to what she had worked for in New York, her successes became the New Deal, and changed the country and its workers forever.

So while you may not know her name, you certainly know her legacy.

- Via: People You May Not Know, But Probably Should #labour #labor

Доступна платформа совместной разработки Forgejo 9.0, перешедшая на лицензию GPLv3

Опубликован выпуск платформы совместной разработки Forgejo 9.0, позволяющей развернуть на своих серверах систему для совместной работы с репозиториями Git, напоминающую по решаемым задачам GitHub, Bitbucket и Gitlab. Forgejo является форком проекта Gitea, который в свою очередь ответвился от платформы Gogs. Отделение Forgejo произошло в 2022 году после попыток коммерциализации Gitea и перехода управления в руки коммерческой компании. Проект Forgejo придерживается принципов независимого управления и подконтрольности сообществу. На использование Forgejo перешёл Git-хостинг Codeberg.org. Код проекта написан на языке Go и распространяется под лицензией MIT.

opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?…

KALENDÁŘ 2025
Moji milí sledující. Už podruhé se pouštím do akce, která mi přináší dost starostí, ale také hodně radosti. Kalendář mohl vzniknout jen díky vám a vašemu zájmu.
V anketě jste rozhodli, že po červených utažských skalách z minulého roku, to letos bude mix severoamerických přírodních krás.
Cena kalendáře je 350,- Kč. Zahrnuje výrobu kalendáře, pevnou přepravní obálku, zabalení a cenu poštovného v ČR.
Nejedná se o výdělečný podnik, cena kryje náklady.

Vlákno🧵👇

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Symbolische steun voor ontruimde Wondelmeersen vanuit het Lappersfortbos
#Ecologie #Gent #Brugge #Bos #Activisme

uitgezonderd.org/symbolische-s…

Amazon signs three deals to help develop small modular nuclear reactors in the US, with Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund leading a $500M Series C-1 for X-energy (Diana Olick/CNBC)

cnbc.com/2024/10/16/amazon-goe…
techmeme.com/241016/p30#a24101…

Amazon goes nuclear, to invest more than $500 million to develop small modular reactors

Amazon is the latest large tech company to buy into nuclear power to fuel the growing demands from data centers.

^{Diana Olick (CNBC)}

Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus review: thin design, spacious 15.6" screen, great performance, Quick Insert key, and solid battery life, but average speakers (Daniel Thorp-Lancaster/Wired)

wired.com/review/samsung-galax…
techmeme.com/241016/p29#a24101…

Samsung Galaxy Chromebook Plus review: thin design, spacious 15.6'' screen, great performance, Quick Insert key, and solid battery life, but average speakers

By Daniel Thorp-Lancaster / Wired. View the full context on Techmeme.

^Techmeme

There was a lot of news the other day about passkeys and portability - fidoalliance.org/fido-alliance… - that says in part:

"Until now, there has been no standard for the secure movement of credentials, and often the movement of passwords or other credentials has been done in the clear."

This is true, but... there is also still no standard for any of that. The specs are mostly empty placeholders.

fidoalliance.org/specs/cx/cxp-…

fidoalliance.org/specs/cx/cxf-…

Solid Mitch Hedberg energy here.

We’re celebrating 20 years of Thunderbird this year! It’s been an incredible journey for our users, the dedicated team of contributors who have worked on it and of course our amazing open-source community who has been there every step of the way. 🎉 To mark this occasion, check out this beautiful video by @freehive and see how Thunderbird is ready for the next 20 years.

#Thunderbird #OpenSource