Addis Standard is one of the few, if not the only, Ethiopian news outlets that always holds the government accountable. They did this through imprisonments, raids, and more. Your favorite journalist here on the fediverse, @ZekuZelalem started his career at Addis Standard.

And on April 17 federal police raided them, harassed their staff, and confiscated their devices. Their statement👇🏼

COVID.gov now redirects to site promoting unproven “lab leak”
The site previously hosted links to resources on Long COVID, vaccines, and testing.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/04…

🕐Z #NowPlaying in 20 minutes, 2 hours of relaxing #NewAge, #ambient, and #meditationmusic on the repeat of Northern Lights: The New Age Show with Kelly Sapergia. More information is at ksapergia.net/northernlights/. Tune in either by visiting theglobalvoice.info and clicking on the Listen Live link, or go directly to theglobalvoice.info:8443/broad… #TGVRadio 📻🎶🎙️🌌🌈🫣🫰🩵🪬🫶🔁

It used to be possible to buy #Deutschlandticket for just a few days at the end of each calendar month for a fraction of monthly price. This feature was now removed from the HVV switch app. 😞

According to the FAQ, they might even stop offering pro-rata for the first month of subscription for people not living in Hamburg.

travel-dealz.de/news/hvv-switc…

Koukám, že #ČEZ od dubna úplně změnil podmínky pro produkt "elektřina pro soláry" a vzhledem k tomu, že mi v červenci skončí stávající smlouva, tak už se pravděpodobně nevyplatí s tímto produktem dále pokračovat. Budu tedy u ČEZu končit a začínám tak hledat nějaký rozumný produkt jinde. Solárníci, doporučíte někdo něco z vlastní zkušenosti? Celkem se mi líbí #DeltaGreen deltagreen.cz/

Hey @NVAccess do you know anybody that got executable applications and python to run on this? I can’t tell how far they are, but it is Lennox under the hood, but is trying to be an open source version of Windows. ReactOS 0.4.15 released | ReactOS Project reactos.org/project-news/react… #Windows #OpenSource
in reply to Robert Kingett

Hi Robert, good question & one I don't know offhand (if anyone does, please share!) Looking on reactos.org/faq/#can-i-install… I found "Can I install ReactOS and run any software compatible with Windows on it?
Probably yes. However we highly recommend to check first if your favourite app runs in ReactOS. ReactOS is still an on-going project and not all the apps and drivers runs perfect on it."

Are any of our #FOSS / #Linux friends involved in #ReactOS able to share experiences please?

Trump replaces government web sites with Covid information with previously debunked claims re lab leak theories.
#COVID nytimes.com/2025/04/18/science…

Python now ships with 15,000 lines of verified cryptographic code from HACL*, covering all default hash and HMAC algorithms. The integration was seamless and automated, aiming to eliminate bugs like the 2022 SHA3 CVE. A major milestone for verified crypto in mainstream software.

jonathan.protzenko.fr/2025/04/…

#Python #CyberSecurity #Cryptography #AppSec

It was only a matter of time - a contracted, approved grant to the Internet Archive was cut with no warning.

sfstandard.com/2025/04/17/doge…

Welcome Brian Chrzanowski as #curl commit author 1366: github.com/curl/curl/pull/1674… (thanks to Calvin Ruocco who made the PR)
#curl
in reply to Adrian Roselli, pH0

More info:
“Government IT whistleblower calls out DOGE, says he was threatened at home”
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…

PDF of sworn declaration with screen shots:
whistlebloweraid.org/wp-conten…

🔐 Take Back Control of Your Privacy, Security, and Data Rights with the Librem 5 Supported by PureOS!

The Librem 5 by Purism is security and privacy-focused smartphone for today’s digital world.

The Librem 5 isn’t just another smartphone—it’s a privacy and security statement.

Powered by PureOS, a 100% free/libre and open-source Linux operating system that supports a private and secure app ecosystem.

puri.sm/products/librem-5/

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 10 updated and 1 added apps:

* XMLForge: a simple and powerful XML formatter & attribute reordering tool 🛡️

4 #Magisk modules have been updated at apt.izzysoft.de/magisk

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:

Congratulations to our member Natalie for winning our LibreOffice Impress Template-a-Thon! Thank you to @dff for helping organize the Document Freedom Day events across the globe, and thank you @libreoffice for providing OSC with prize material! The swag was more than worth the international-shipping wait. 🤩

Natalie has chosen only to display the back of the sweater on social media, but we can assure you that the front is just as fire. 😎

Surely nothing will go wrong with this... nothing dystopian or privacy harming about this at all.

If your open source project is using Discord as its real-time chat, support, and/or development communication platform *please* reconsider:

gizmodo.com/discord-begins-tes…

Hold on. Here's a new internet-draft that is supposed to *supersede* the pending not yet published HTTP cookie spec update, the 6265bis document.

ietf.org/archive/id/draft-anne…

I have not yet quite figured out the differences. The trend of "programmatic" descriptions of syntax continues in here, and it makes me sad.

#Synology upcoming Plus Series #NAS #storage #systems will restrict full functionality to users who install the company's self-branded hard drives. While third-party drives will still work for basic storage, critical features including drive health monitoring, volume-wide deduplication, lifespan analysis, and automatic firmware updates will be disabled tomshardware.com/pc-components…

World Password Day is coming - are you ready?

Join tech experts from Tuta, Wire, and Bitwarden for a free webinar and learn how to strengthen your digital security. 🛡️💡

When? April 29th
Time? 4:00 - 5:00 CET

👉 Sign up here : join.next.edudip.com/en/webina…

@bitwarden

#WorldPasswordDay #Tuta #Wire #Bitwarden

in reply to storm1

@storm1 Hey! A different platform called Edudip. join.next.edudip.com/en/webina…
in reply to storm1

@storm1 Hey :) A different platfom called Edudip. join.next.edudip.com/en/webina…

Hey @Tutanota , how are you doing with the drive? When you expect it to be available? 💪
mastodon.social/@Tutanota/1123…


👏🎉 The Tuta Drive is in progress! 🎉 👏

Our cryptography team recently met up with the cryptography team from the University Wuppertal to continue working on the very exciting post-quantum secure cloud storage and file sharing!

For more info: tuta.com/blog/pqdrive-project


@Tuta

Our mascot Roc is bringing our community a special delivery: a heartwarming wallpaper from illustrator Michaela Martin to brighten up your desktop, laptop, and even your phone. In other words, all the places you can find Thunderbird!

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Community

thunderbird.net/thunderbird/wa…

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