Hardest thing I've had to write in quite some time:

about.iftas.org/2025/02/06/fun…

tl;dr - we are running out of money and will not be able to pay our bills in April. As such, unless we can secure funding by end of February, we will be closing down some services and re-examining our scope of activities.

Funding Challenges and the Future of Our Work

Over the past two years Independent Federated Trust and Safety (IFTAS) has provided crucial support to independent, decentralised social media moderators, administrators, and community managers. Ou…

^IFTAS

It's been a year since "you too could have made #curl"

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/02/06…

FOSDEM 2024: you too could have made curl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCJmAyUr1j4 This is the video recording of my talk with this title, done at February 4, 2024 10:00 in the K1.105 room at FOSDEM 2024.

^{daniel.haxx.se}

Oh nice, I just stumbled upon this old Babylon 5 Tech Manual site and it's great to see some proper old-style websites are still out there.

b5tech.org/default.htm

#Babylon5

Ira Glass on learning to create:

Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know its normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story. It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.

Via @sacha

sachachua.com/blog/2025/02/loo…

Converting an old Windows Point-Of-Sale device to Android 14 in under 10 minutes, with #noMDM needed (secure SSHD & VNC baked in)

Who'da thought 🤔

youtu.be/iJT6_4uLtg0?si=VH9N0T…

Bass OS (A14) AIO - Install and setup in under 10 minutes

This video shows us converting an old SAM4S Point of Sale device (2015) from Windows to Android 14 in under 10 minutes. I also discuss some of the options av...

^YouTube

I'm disabled & queer, living in extreme poverty. I need food, hygiene, medication, clothing, etc. Disability benefits aren't enough to ensure survival or comfort.
Donate: ko-fi.com/qpthepurplesnep
Ko-Fi supporters get regular updates.
Wish List: amazon.ca/hz/wishlist/ls/2H98Z…
💕💸

Went to my dentist appointment and got the first round of fillings. I can now smile without wanting to hide my teeth!

I have more appointments coming up that will require more bus fare.

Support QuyetPawz on Ko-fi! ❤️. ko-fi.com/qpthepurplesnep

Support QuyetPawz On Ko-fi. Ko-fi lets you support the people and causes you love with small donations

^Ko-fi

Last night – Wednesday night – was the first journey of European Sleeper’s new service from Brussels to Venice. Except it wasn’t because the Italians decided Tuesday that they sadly couldn’t let the train into Italy, without giving any reason. So it only travelled as far as Innsbruck. ÖBB agreed to take passengers onwards which likely will cost European Sleeper dearly.

Details in Dutch (I hope it
stays free): telegraaf.nl/nieuws/2130911382…

Nederlandse nachttrein naar Venetië valt in duigen: ’We mogen plots de grens niet over’

Italië zit een nieuwe nachttrein door Nederland dwars. Woensdag vertrekt de nieuwe lijn van het Nederlandse European Sleeper vanuit Brussel naar Venetië, maar daags ervoor belden de Italianen dat er toch geen ruimte is. „Er kwam stoom uit onze oren.”

^{onze correspondent (De Telegraaf)}

#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 15 updated (10 RB) and 1 added apps:

* Perceived Stress Scale: Take the test to find out how stressed you are 🛡️

Number of apps in the repo: 1242
RB status: 422 apps (34%) (1 app failed RB today, will hopefully be brought back soon)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repository

IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. 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}

On the little server I have running here at home, I'm now helping @internetarchive back up US Government websites and data.

You can help, too:

1. Download and run the ArchiveTeam Warrior
2. Set the selected project to "usgovernment" (or select US Government from the available projects in the web interface)

I'm running Warrior as a container with podman, but there are various other ways to run it.

More details at wiki.archiveteam.org/

Fediverse friends, I'm looking to collect tips, advice and resources related to the following...

• Trusted news sources
• Social media not controlled / influenced by corporations, billionaires or governments
• Guides on self-hosting
• Private & secure communication tools/apps
• Guides on digital security, privacy and "OpSec"
• Ways to support your community (e.g. mutual aid, donations, etc...)
• Anything else really

I will be adding them to this guide I've published and already started compiling (shellsharks.com/surviving-the-…). I've seen a lot of these things flying around in the wake of... well everything, and I've wanted to centralize it all in one place. For myself and for anyone else out there. Honestly I don't think there can be TOO many of these types of things. This info needs to be disseminated to everyone and made redundant.

Please forward anything you know about or have saved to me so I can add! Feel free to boost so others can contribute if they feel like it.

Most importantly, stay safe out there!

#askfedi #fedihelp

Surviving the Brave New World

It's a dangerous world, learn to protect and educate yourself.

^shellsharks

Markdown's Big Brother: Say Hello to AsciiDoc

Link: git-tower.com/blog/asciidoc-qu…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…

Markdown's Big Brother: Say Hello to AsciiDoc

Learn how AsciiDoc combines simplicity with advanced features. Create documentation that stands out, saves time, and ensures clarity.

^{Marvin Blome (Git Tower)}

The new 1Password Community is live! 🎉

We listened to your feedback and rebuilt the 1Password Community with a dedicated developer space so that you can:

- Quickly troubleshoot issues via developer docs and discussion forums.
- Share projects and integrations with other developers and 1Password customers.
- Join the SDK User Group to connect with other developers building secrets management integrations.

Learn more 👉 blog.1password.com/1password-c…

“A Luddite Criticism of Open Source” at FluConf

On February 1st I had the privilege of getting to speak at the first Fluconf about Open Source and why that whole movement might not do as much good for as as we might want it to. It’s not that Open Source is “bad” but that it is sometimes presented as a solution to sociopolitical issues it is not capable (nor even trying) to fix.

The talk description was:

“People interested in Fluconf will also be interested in Open Source or to be more precise Free/Libre Open Source Software. Everyone has been using Open Source for many years but many from this community have shifted to trying to run their personal infrastructures on non-proprietary pieces of software and some even hardware.

This is already an important shift towards freeing ourselves and each other from corporate dominance but is it really doing enough? Are our licenses protecting the values we actually care about?

Coming from a luddite background I want to dive into a a bit of a critical reading of the values that we use codified mostly as licenses: Are they really enough? Which aspects are they missing and why? And what are the consequences of those omissions?

I’ll try to end up looking at mechanisms of integrating luddist principles in software projects. Can they offer additional safeguards?

This sessions doesn’t claim to have all the answers. But hopefully some good questions and a few ideas of where to go.”

I embedded a copy of the video on Youtube but you can also watch it on Archive.org for less tracking and everything.

youtube.com/watch?v=_Ew_MlA5Hb…

Liked it? Take a second to support tante on Patreon!

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

#fluconf #luddism #openSource

Just a reminder, especially in this wild time we live in. DO NOT INSTALL WORK MDM ON YOUR PERSONAL DEVICE.
If your work requires Microsoft Intune or similar MDM, to get email/teams/slack. don't accept it. It opens your device up for them to access private data and disable/delete your phone (even if they say they wont, they can)

blog.cdemi.io/never-accept-an-…

#privacy #android #iphone #work #email #outlook #microsoft

Never accept an MDM policy on your personal phone

In this new age of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), employees can bring personally owned devices (laptops, tablets, smartphones, etc...) to their workplace, and to use those devices to access privileged company information and applications.

^{Christopher Demicoli (blog.cdemi.io)}

Developer applies at @ubuntu, goes through extensive hiring filters and many interviews, gets an offer in hand, accepts the offer, quits their job, only for Canonical to retract the offer.

Don't work for Canonical.

#Ubuntu #Linux

reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1i…

Wikipedia is looking for brave #php developers to help their mission. It's #remote

Staff"
job-boards.greenhouse.io/wikim…

Senior:
grnh.se/58ef55971us

#getfedihired
/added the second link/

It is once again time to give thanks to Brian Fox, the Black American programmer that has given us BASH and echo! Thank you for your INCREDIBLE contributions to open source software, Unix, and Linux. It literally would not be the same without you. BASH is still absolutely foundational to all computing today. Happy Black History Month to an absolute icon!

#bash #bashscript #echo #foss #linux #unix #BlackHistoryMonth #gnu

Operatives working for Elon Musk have gained unprecedented access to a swath of U.S. government departments
— including agencies responsible for managing data on millions of federal employees and a system that handles $6 trillion in payments to Americans.

During the past two weeks, Musk’s group of representatives
— a presidential advisory board within the Trump administration known as the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE
— have taken control of top federal departments and datasets,
despite questions about their security clearances,
their cybersecurity practices,
and the legality of Musk’s activities.

Whether a feat or a coup (which depends entirely on your point of view),
a small group of mostly young, private-sector employees from Musk’s businesses and associates
— many with no prior government experience
— can now view and, in some cases,
control the federal government’s most sensitive data held on millions of Americans and the nation’s closest allies.

The access by Musk’s DOGE team represents the widest-known compromise of federal government-held data by a private group of individuals — and little has gotten in their way
techcrunch.com/2025/02/05/the-…

The biggest breach of US government data is under way | TechCrunch

Elon Musk's DOGE has taken control and accessed large swathes of Americans' private information held by the U.S. federal government.

^{Zack Whittaker (TechCrunch)}

Google Ends Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Hiring Goals
https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-ends-diversity-equity-inclusion-dei-hiring-goals?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into PCMag's Top Stories @pcmag-s-top-stories-PCMag

Huge thanks to Steven Scott and Shaun Preece for having me on @doubletap to talk about Tapestry and accessibility. It's an important aspect of our development work and it's always great to talk to these guys.

Can check the interview out on YouTube here - youtu.be/V7hPHxKrjp0

#TapestryApp

Tapestry Combines Social Media, Podcasts & YouTube In One App

In this episode of Double Tap, hosts Steven Scott and Shaun Preece discuss the launch of Tapestry, a new app designed to consolidate social media feeds, podc...

^YouTube

While Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African American woman in space, still has her bio available on NASA's site, the linked "Honoring African Americans in Space," article for Black History Month is gone.

We are losing crucial parts of our story.

nasa.gov/former-astronaut-mae-…

Hahaha, netter Versuch: "die Nachricht wurde von einem vertrauenswürdigen Absender gesendet." Glaube ich sofort. Der kennt nicht einmal meinen Namen, der vertrauenswürdige Absender.

Im Footer dann auch der übliche Hinweis: "Bitte beachten Sie: ADAC wird Sie niemals per E-Mail nach sensiblen Daten fragen." Da diese Mail allerdings genau das tut… Ihr wisst Bescheid, ja? 😉

Seid wachsam, Kreditkarten-Scam im Umlauf wie es scheint.

#scam #mail #kreditkarte

Hello nerds!

We've just created the first release candidate for #GoToSocial v0.18.0!

Adventurous admins can find the release candidate and upgrade instructions here:

github.com/superseriousbusines…

Please read the migration notes carefully for instructions on how to upgrade to this version. This version contains several very long migrations so you will need to be patient when upgrading, and backup your database first!!

Thanks for reading!

Release highlights:

• Status edit support: one of our most-requested features! You can now edit your own statuses, and see instance edit history from other accounts too (if your instance has them stored).
• Push notifications: probably the second most-requested feature! GoToSocial can now send push notifications to clients via their configured push providers.
  You may need to uninstall / reinstall client applications, or log out and back in again, for this feature to work. (And if you're using Tusky, make sure you've got ntfy installed).
• Global instance css customization: admins can now apply custom CSS across their entire instance via the settings panel.
• Domain permission subscriptions: it's now possible to configure your instance to subscribe to CSV, JSON, or plaintext lists of domain permissions.
  Each night, your instance will fetch and automatically create domain permissions (or permission drafts) based on what it finds in a subscribed list.
  See the domain permission subscription documentation for more information.
• Trusted-proxies helper: instances with improperly configured trusted-proxies settings will now show a warning on the homepage, so admins can make sure their instance is configured correctly.
• Better outbox sorting: messages from GoToSocial are now delivered more quickly to people you mention, so conversations across instances should feel snappier.
• Log in button: there's now a login button in the top right of the instance homepage, which leads to a helpful page about clients, with a link to the settings panel. Should make things less confusing for new users!
• Granular stats controls: with the instance-stats-mode setting, admins can now choose if and how their instance serves stats via the nodeinfo endpoints. Existing behavior from v0.17.0 is the default.
• Maintenance router will now be used while your instance is starting up / running migrations. It serves a nice status page informing visitors to wait while migrations complete. Less admin anxiety! Stuff is working!

Release v0.18.0-rc1 · superseriousbusiness/gotosocial

Here's the first release candidate of GoToSocial v0.18.0! Please read the migration notes carefully for instructions on how to upgrade to this version. This version contains several very long migra...

^GitHub

Been using Text Editor for adjusting what I paste, but Buffer seems like a better tool for that. Tried it for a couple of days and it's dandy.

flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.git…

#gnome #apps

Install Buffer on Linux | Flathub

Embrace ephemeral text

^Flathub

Today's wikipedia article is Ambiguity (disambiguation)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambiguit…

#wikipedia

✉️ Mail-hosting na vlastní doméně obvykle stojí nějaké peníze, dá se sehnat ale i za symbolickou cenu (zkouším základní verzi u #Forpsi, kde nabízejí celkem 5 schránek, každá jen 1 Gb místa).

Ale že #Seznam_cz nabízí *neomezený* profi mail-hosting na vlastní doméně zcela *zdarma*, je krajně podezřelé. Kde je háček? Důvěřovali byste tomu?
#mailhosting #webhosting
emailprofi.cz/

Firemní e-mail od Seznamu

Email Profi nabízí prestižní e-maily na vlastní doméně ve známém prostředí Seznam Emailu s nepřetržitou podporou v češtině.

^{Firemní e-mail od Seznamu}