We're fighting to make browsing fairer! Introducing our new issue tracker to document challenges where platforms put Firefox at a disadvantage 🌐

We're committed to a level playing field for all. Thanks to
@owa for their support.

blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/202…

Platform Tilt: Documenting the Uneven Playing Field for an Independent Browser Like Firefox - Open Policy & Advocacy

Browsers are the principal gateway connecting people to the open Internet, acting as their agent and shaping their experience. The central role of browsers has long motivated us to build ...

^{Mozilla (Open Policy & Advocacy)}

A Zulip bridge, an encryption tutorial, and users' delight. That, and much more happened this week in Matrix!

matrix.org/blog/2024/01/19/thi…

Mark your calendars! Next Thursday at 18:00 UTC is our FIRST Office Hours of 2024, and our guest is UX Developer @emitche ! We'll be talking about planned updates to the Message Context Menu, accessibility, and of course, your questions about the design process! Find out where to send your questions and how to join us in the blog post. 💙 🙌

blog.thunderbird.net/2024/01/j…

January 2024 Thunderbird Community Office Hours: How To Join Us!

Join us and UX Engineer Elizabeth Mitchell for our January 2024 Thunderbird Office Hours. We'll share upcoming changes to the Context Menu, why we're making them, and answer your questions.

^{Monica Ayhens-Madon (The Thunderbird Blog)}

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 6 updated and 2 added apps:

* Digital Calculator: neumorphic themed digital calculator with keyboard and dark mode support
* monocles browser: web browser that respects your privacy

apt.izzysoft.de/magisk had 2 Magisk modules updated.

Enjoy your #free #android #apps with #FDroid and the #IzzySoftRepo

IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with F-Droid. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).

^{IzzyOnDroid App Repo}

I’m so excited for this year’s Ability Summit. There’s some truly groundbreaking work happening here in the #accessibility space and we can’t wait to share it.

abilitysummit.event.microsoft.…

The GNOME Africa community is organizing a prep Bootcamp for anyone who plans to apply for GSoC and Outreachy internships! Get a headstart on technical skills, project knowledge, and more.

This online event runs from Jan 22- Feb 2 and you can join by registering today: events.gnome.org/event/244/

#GNOME #GNOMEAfrica #GSoC #Outreachy

PureOS Puts You In Control Over Your Privacy, Data, Device, and Security the Way an OS Should Be!

PureOS is a non-Android OS that will put you in control of your smartphone, tablet PC, laptop, sever, or any other device supported by PureOS.

puri.sm/posts/purism-and-linux…

Purism and Linux 6.5 to 6.7 – Purism

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.

^{Purism SPC}

RIP the man who was the absolute incarnation of XKCD's "one random dude holding up the entire internet". You may never have heard of David Mills, but your entire goddamn world depends on what he did.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_…

We have just issued the first #release of #sshd-openpgp-auth and #ssh-openpgp-auth.

Using this server and client-side tooling it is possible to manage the #authentication of #SSH host keys with the help of an #OpenPGP certificate as trust anchor.

crates.io/crates/sshd-openpgp-…

crates.io/crates/ssh-openpgp-a…

Many thanks to @wiktor for the great collaboration and #NLnet / #NGIAssure for funding this work!

#DNS #KeyOxide #KnownHosts #OpenSSH #Rustlang #Software #WebKeyDirectory #WebOfTrust #WKD #WoT

Reno commissioner who insisted on religious invocations at county meetings walks out when Satanist gives opening prayer (video)
boingboing.net/2024/01/18/reno…

#OfInterest #Culture

Satanist gives opening prayer at county meeting

Satanist gives opening prayer to Nevada's Washoe County Commissioner Clara Andriola, eliciting shock and outrage. Hail Satan!

^{Mark Frauenfelder (Happy Mutants, LLC.)}

The updated #curl #http3 backends map.

What do you mean complicated? 😀

‼️Online gaming shouldn't come at the cost of your privacy.‼️

#RiotGames is extending their #Vanguard anti-cheat software to #LeagueofLegends

Should you be worried as it requires kernel-mode access to your device? 😲

👉 Read more: tuta.com/blog/Riot-requires-ke…

Understanding Law as Code course introduces the idea that governments ought to develop an official version of legal texts that can be used by machines.

🔴 What are the benefits?
🟡 Which tools to use?
🟢 Ethical principles to consider?

Sign up & learn 👉 europa.eu/!Dbw6MQ

Oh yes. I almost gave up, but finally it works now. Our new #Ecovacs robot vacuum cleaner is connected to #HomeAssistant.
🎉
✅ it show current state
✅ it show last cleaning state including a map of cleaning
✅ it can be commanded

Next step is to set up an automation for regular cleaning.

"Do you have any notion of the volume of ejaculate we’ve scrubbed from your great-great-great-grandmother’s chaise longue?"

I am dead, thank you 😂

mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-note…

"We respect every woman’s right to sensually lick her menses off the finger of a mysterious power bottom."

A Note from the Cleaning Staff to the Residents of Saltburn

Dear Young Masters, Mistresses, and Distinguished Guests, Over countless generations, it has been our honor to wait upon the lords and ladies of Sa...

^{McSweeney's Internet Tendency}

This Week in Self-Hosted (19 January 2024)

The latest news (ft. @matrix and @plex), software updates and launches (ft. @doncow #Immich, #Paperless, #PiAlert, and others), a spotlight on #wgeasy, upcoming events, and more in this week's self-hosted recap!

selfh.st/newsletter/2024-01-19…

#selfhost #selfhosted #selfhosting #homelab #homeserver #opensource #newsletter

This Week in Self-Hosted (19 January 2024)

Self-hosted news, software updates, launches, and a spotlight on wg-easy, a WireGuard management container with a web interface

^{Ethan Sholly (selfh.st)}

Občanka v mobilu začíná zítra už teď je ale ke stažení na Google Play. 💪

20. ledna naběhne zákonná povinnost pro centrální úřady přijímat eDoklady. Dobrovolně je mohou začít přijímat i další úřady, soukromé firmy nebo i fyzické osoby. Další státní subjekty pak mají jasně stanovené termíny, od kterých musí eDoklady brát. Doufáme ale, že to stihnou i dřív! Třeba policie v terénu prý stihne už duben. (1/4)

Han tardado, pero como era de esperar, la AEPD declara que el uso de Google Analitycs incumple RGPD.

Resolución de la AEPD sobre el uso de Google Analitycs en sitios web
meneame.net/story/resolucion-a…

CNBC- Purism Manufactures the Liberty Phone in the USA with Made in the USA Electronics for a Secure Supply Chain!

No Surveillance or Data Mining, the Way a Smartphone Should Be.

puri.sm/posts/purism-leads-in-…

Purism Leads in USA-Made Phones – Purism

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.

^{Purism SPC}

Připomínáme, že už zítra se koná brněnské #MastoPivo. Tentokrát společně s @openalt.
Pokud chcete pokecat s ostatními i jinak než skrze tooty, dorazte! Kam? Tady 👇

18:00 19.1., Před zrcadlem, Jaselská 17, Brno, mapy.cz/s/hezerelale

Mapy.cz

Nejpoužívanější mapový portál v ČR s celou řadou tématických map - základní, turistickou, cyklistickou, dopravní a plno dalších. Nabízí možnost reálného leteckého, panoramatického nebo 3D pohledu.

^Mapy.cz

I opened a discussion at the OpenSSL project about QUIC related questions we have in our curl implementation.

This may be feature we overlooked. Or this may point to things missing.

I hope an open discussion may help other users of the API to navigate this in the future.

github.com/openssl/openssl/dis…

OpenSSL QUIC usage in curl · openssl/openssl · Discussion #23339

With curl/curl#12734 we have an experimental PR that adds HTTP/3 support to curl using the OpenSSL's own QUIC implementation. It has shortcomings which may be the result of us missing features in t...

^GitHub

I like initiatives like this. Great to see folks exploring different ways for us all to organize. Things are the way they are because they got that way. There is so much we can change about how we see and structure our lives for value and meaning.

darkmatterlabs.notion.site/Bey…

Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, and databases.

A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team

^Notion

1/3 🚨The EU AI Act is set to give a green light to public #FacialRecognition & biometric categorisation - going against the mandate of @europarl_en.

This endorsement of dystopian #BiometricMassSurveillance is unprecedented in the EU.

Read our take here: reclaimyourface.eu/eu-ai-act-w…

We just refined the user facing "download" page to include instant #chatmail onboarding instructions get.delta.chat

Did you know there also are first independent #chatmail setups from friendly third parties, eg mehl.cloud and mailchat.pl/ all nicely interoperable and fast?

#chatmail actively develops here github.com/deltachat/chatmail/… ....

Delta Chat: Get Delta Chat

Changelogs Desktop Android iOS Core The desktop versions do not require Delta Chat to be installed on a phone. Minimal requirements: Android 4.1 Jelly Bean or iOS 12, iPhone 5s or iPad 5/Air/Mini 2...

^{get.delta.chat}

Currently reading on shortcomings of the 'individualism'/'collectivism' dichotomy:

Wong, Y. J., Wang, S.-Y., & Klann, E. M. (2018). The emperor with no clothes: A critique of collectivism and individualism. Archives of Scientific Psychology, 6(1), 251–260. doi.org/10.1037/arc0000059

Recommendations for further literature on how societies formerly subjected to European colonization form majority of supposedly 'collectivist' countries?

#Collectivism #Individualism #Postcolonialism #CulturalStudies