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@ai6yr when I said that the Shopify CEO sucks and doesn't care about Nazis:

"Shopify says risk of fraud, not Nazi swastika, was reason for Kanye West store takedown
An internal message obtained by The Logic outlines Shopify’s rationale for deleting Kanye West’s online store"
thelogic.co/news/shopify-takes…


Shopify says risk of fraud, not Nazi swastika, was reason for Kanye West store takedown - The Logic

After initial silence, commerce company says the rap star violated its terms
Murad Hemmadi (The Logic Inc.)
@AI6YR Ben
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IzzyOnDroid ✅

Recht hast Du! Anzeige ist raus. Äh, ich meine, mein längst überfälliger Mitgliedsantrag; habe den "Mindestbeitrag" mal verdoppelt. Dauerspende (Liberapay) läuft eh schon länger, und auch trotzdem weiter. Machen wir das zu einem Streisand-Effekt! @Codeberg macht da einen großartigen Job, das gehört unterstützt.

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#standWithCodeberg


Streisand-Effekt – Wikipedia

Autoren der Wikimedia-Projekte (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)
#standwithcodeberg @Codeberg

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Some countries are willing to stand up for what's right:

Report: The US threatened to cut aid to South Africa unless it withdrew its case of genocide against Israel, & South Africa's foreign minister said, "No chance”.

"Standing by our principles sometimes has consequences, but we remain firm that this is important for the world & the rule of law" ~Ronald Lamola

palestinechronicle.com/no-chan…

#SouthAfrica #ICJ #GazaGenocideNotWar #USBullying #USAid #USPol .

South Africa’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ronald Lamola

'No Chance' - South Africa Remains Firm on ICJ Case despite Trump’s Actions - Palestine Chronicle

South Africa’s Minister of Foreign Affairs said there was “no chance” of withdrawing the ICJ case against Israel despite the US's actions. 
admin (Palestine Chronicle)
#uspol #southafrica #icj #gazagenocidenotwar #USAID #usbullying

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I will speak at #fossnorth in Gothenburg in April 14-15:

What comes after world domination?

Open Source has in many ways already won. It is used in every product by every company, to very a large degree. But we are not done. We can improve: we can take this further, we can make our projects better, we can enhance our communities and make sure it is done sustainably. The future is ours.

foss-north.se/news/daniel-sten…

Daniel Stenberg to speak at foss-north 2025 - foss-north

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#fossnorth

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You gotta be a real fucking nazi if you think now is a better time than a year ago to purchase ad space on Elon Musk’s X

macrumors.com/2025/02/12/apple….

MacRumors: “Apple this month started advertising on X for the first time in more than a year. The company had stopped advertising on the social media platform in November 2023 following controversial remarks made by its owner Elon Musk.”

Apple Resumes Advertising on X

Apple this month started advertising on X for the first time in more than a year. The company had stopped advertising on the social media platform in...
Joe Rossignol (MacRumors.com)
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Given recent events, I want to move my digital life out of the United States ASAP. I'm looking at @Tutanota as a replacement mail and calendar service. But I'm confused about whether I can import mail from Gmail or not:

tuta.com/support/general#mail-… says I can do it, and doesn't mention any restrictions.

tuta.com/support/paid#import says "Email import is not yet possible".

tuta.com/blog/tuta-release-upd… says I can import mail, but only on the plan that costs €8 a month (but I don't need 500GB of email storage; the €3/month plan is the one I'd go for).

What's the story? Can it be done, or not quite yet?


Tuta update: Say hello to security, productivity, and ease of use! | Tuta

It’s only six weeks into 2025, and Tuta’s team has released some amazing new features, with more exciting ones coming soon. Let’s take a look!
Tuta
@Tuta

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At FOSDEM we could showcase our work, drown in enthusiasm, gather in smaller committee to discuss what works or what should work differently.

Here's our wrap up post, and if you couldn't make it to Brussels you can still catch up with the talks in the thread below

matrix.org/blog/2025/02/fosdem…

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FOSDEM 2025 Wrap Up

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
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📹 The Whys and Hows of MatrixRTC

In this conversation, the community talks with Florian, manager of the VoIP team at Element. How does matrixRTC works, will we get SIP bridges, and what does the future hold?

youtube.com/watch?v=7U2Djae7at…


Fringe Event 25 — matrixRTC

A casual conversation with Florian (Element VoIP team manager) and Robin (Element VoIP team) around MatrixRTC
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The Matrix.org Foundation

📹 Encryption is hard and my users don't care

Here David from Workadventure explains what his use case is for E2EE, and why it can get in the way. A great conversation about whether he should use E2EE in the first plain ensues.

youtu.be/Y8u2RECmKx4


Fringe Event 25 – Encryption

In this conversation, David from Workadventure tells us about the friction caused by E2EE and how it works against his project.Hugh and Rich from the Encrypt...
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The Matrix.org Foundation

📹 The Matrix State of The Union

Our traditional devroom opening talk to get everyone to speed.

youtube.com/watch?v=1NQeE_Rm6a…


FOSDEM25 — Matrix State of The Union

A quick update on all the latest progress on core Matrix development from the project founders. Areas of focus include:* State Resolution improvements* Matri...
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The Matrix.org Foundation

📹 The road to mainstream Matrix

Matthew discusses where Matrix shines and where it falls short. Buckle up for a history session from the early days to present and beyond

youtube.com/watch?v=lkCKhP1jxd…


FOSDEM 2025 - The Road To Mainstream Matrix

Matthew's Main Track Talk in Janson at FOSDEM 2025: The Road To Mainstream Matrix.(This Week in) Matrix🐘 https://mastodon.matrix.org/@matrix🤝 https://www.l...
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The Matrix.org Foundation

📹 Getting the Rust SDK running on Wasm

The Rust programming language is often hailed as a perfect companion to Wasm, leading many to wonder: why aren’t matrix clients like Element Web fully leveraging the Rust SDK? Why does the JavaScript SDK remain the optimal choice for building Matrix-based webapps?

youtube.com/watch?v=NuqD_Xz06c…


FOSDEM25 – Getting the Rust SDK running on webassembly

The Rust programming language is often hailed as a perfect companion to WebAssembly (Wasm), leading many to wonder: why aren’t matrix clients like Element We...
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The Matrix.org Foundation

📹 Demystifying Federation in Matrix

Step into the TARDIS as we go on a deep-dive to explain how federation in Matrix works. We'll cover the protocol, its robustness qualities and how it relates to CRDTs, all whilst operating safely in Byzantine environments far larger than consensus-based blockchains.

To aid in our journey, interactive visualisations backed by real homeservers are used to explain core concepts via TARDIS and other tooling.

youtube.com/watch?v=qeUP-uNKpn…


FOSDEM25 – Demystifying Federation in Matrix

Step into the TARDIS as we go on a deep-dive to explain how federation in Matrix works. We'll cover the protocol, its robustness qualities and how it relates...
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The Matrix.org Foundation

📹 State of Synapse: where we're at, Matrix 2.0, and the future

A dive into the state of Synapse, including what we've been up to, what Synapse even is and who it's for, and the challenges we're facing. We'll also talk about the recent efforts to support Matrix 2.0 and pushing the Matrix protocol further, how we're using Rust to fix performance bottlenecks, and where we're going in the future.

youtu.be/Xoyyb7VSRFY


FOSDEM25 – State of Synapse: where we're at, Matrix 2.0, and the future

A dive into the state of Synapse, including what we've been up to, what Synapse even is and who it's for, and the challenges we're facing. We'll also talk ab...
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The Matrix.org Foundation

📹 How Ubuntu Entered the Matrix

Ubuntu has recently adopted Matrix for instant messaging. This talk explains how we went through the process of moving from many different messaging platforms to Matrix, and how we ensure our users have the best experience on Matrix.

youtu.be/7V0v7O8LDCs


FOSDEM25 – How Ubuntu Entered the Matrix

Ubuntu has recently adopted Matrix for instant messaging. This talk explains how we went through the process of moving from many different messaging platform...
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The Matrix.org Foundation

📹 Robrix: a pure Rust multi-platform Matrix Client and more

Robrix is a new up-and-coming Matrix client for power users, written from scratch in Rust to demonstrate and drive the featureset of Project Robius, a multi-platform app dev framework.

This talk covers the general architecture and features of Robrix, the author's experience developing apps in Rust and the challenges encountered, and how Robrix's needs have driven the development of ecosystem components.

youtu.be/v_FkjnxSmv8


FOSDEM25 – Robrix: a pure Rust multi-platform Matrix Client and more

Robrix is a new up-and-coming Matrix client for power users, written from scratch in Rust to demonstrate and drive the featureset of Project Robius, a multi-...
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The Matrix.org Foundation

📹 MatrixRTC: Building Real-Time Applications on Matrix

MatrixRTC is poised to become the foundation for real-time applications built on the Matrix protocol, unlocking new possibilities for secure, extensible communication. This session dives into the latest developments in MatrixRTC, focusing on the final pieces of its proposed specification and showcasing how it enables a broad range of real-time applications.

youtu.be/X8yAwFq9nAU


FOSDEM25 – MatrixRTC: Building Real-Time Applications on Matrix

MatrixRTC is poised to become the foundation for real-time applications built on the Matrix protocol, unlocking new possibilities for secure, extensible comm...
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Woefdram

Please consider hosting videos on other places than just #YouTube.

#Google is making it increasingly difficult to view their videos in ways that don't make you choke on their surveillance, ads and cookies. I will *never* load a video directly from YouTube, and I know I'm not the only one.

Please consider posting them on #PeerTube and sync that to YT for the people who still don't understand how evil Google is.

#BigTech

#google #peertube #youtube #bigtech

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As Europe and Ukraine grapple with the stark reality that Trump has abandoned them, this is a good time to read this interview I gave in early January. Everything I outlined is coming to pass.
america2.news/elon-musk-wants-…

Elon Musk Wants a New World Order

European governments are becoming increasingly alarmed at Elon Musk's interference in their internal affairs. Is Musk's plan for world domination likely to succeed, or make him into a global pariah?
Dave Troy (America 2.0)

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Folks who break the DRM on their #Kindle books, this is going to make that a lot harder: nsinteger.com/@zacwest/1139915…

This is fine for those of us who don't buy from Amazon anymore, but if you have a standing library with them, make sure you get it all downloaded so you can break it. It's frustrating because you can't bulk download - I keep finding titles I own but missed grabbing somehow - but you have until Feb 26th to get them all.

(1/2)

#books #bookstodon #DRM #Calibre

Zac West

2025-02-12 15:07:12

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Amazon is removing the ability to download purchased Kindle content, which is the only way to read it on my Kobo or elsewhere. What this means is I will no longer be purchasing (“a license to”–ick) any books by the mostly independent authors who exclusively publish there; just cancelled preorders.
Starting February 26, 2025, the "Download & Transfer via USB" option will no longer be available. You can still send Kindle books to your Wi-Fi enabled devices by selecting the "Deliver or Remove from Device" option. Learn more about managing downloads

#books #DRM #calibre #bookstodon #kindle
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Aral Balkan

Here’s what the assholes attacking Codeberg to try and make it unsuable don’t understand:

It doesn’t matter.

I can’t push to Codeberg right now? So fucking what?

You think I’m going to go running back to Github because you’ve temporarily inconvenienced me?

You think I give a couple of hundred euros to Codeberg every year to demand perfect service?

I support them by hosting my code there and by donating to them because I believe in what they do and because I want to see them succeed and to support alternatives to the likes of toxic trillion-dollar corporations like Microsoft.

So go ahead, take them off the web for as long as you can. When you’re bored, or out of money, or whatever, I’ll still be there, on Codeberg, happily supporting a local and ethical alternative to your US/Silicon Valley/Big Tech bullshit.

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uspoli, leopards eating faces

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Codeberg, racism

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#codeberg

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#XSF Summit 27

We published a small summary on XMPP Summit 27 with reference to more details from @alex !

xmpp.org/2025/02/xmpp-summit-2…

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization #standard

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XMPP

XMPP - The universal messaging standard
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#opensource #Jabber #chat #interoperability #decentralization #standard #xsf #rtc @Marid de Uill

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The #XMPP Newsletter for January 2025 is out!

Read about the latest XMPP universe updates and the latest updates on our #standards!

xmpp.org/2025/02/the-xmpp-news…

Enjoy reading! 📰 ☕ :xmpp:

#jabber #chat #interoperability #rtc
#opensource #decentralization

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XMPP

XMPP - The universal messaging standard
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#xmpp #opensource #Jabber #chat #interoperability #decentralization #standards #rtc
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647,961 downloads of #LibreOffice 25.2 since we released it last week! More stats here: blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource #freesoftware

LibreOffice 25.2: The first week, in statistics - The Document Foundation Blog

One week ago, we announced LibreOffice 25.2, our brand new major release. It’s packed with new features, and has many improvements to compatibility and performance too.
Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
#FreeSoftware #foss #opensource #libreoffice

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@RaccoonForFriendica version 0.4.1-beta11 has been released yesterday and is available for testing.

Its "latest and greatest" are:
- tags in post headers in your timeline (if that post is included due to you following one orore hashtags);
- new post detail layout which makes it easier to view relationships between posts and replies and load more replies on demand.

The initial depth of nesting (higher values imply loading will be less performant, lower values imply you'll see more often the "load more replies" button due to threads being partially downloaded).

It is the best I can do with the current Mastodon APIs but it looks ok-ish and, which is more important to the user who asked for this feature I guess, it makes it easier to follow conversations.

Let me know what you think, and if I accidentally broke anything and in the meantime, as usual, #livefasteattrash

#friendica #friendicadev #androidapp #androiddev #fediverseapp #raccoonforfriendica #kotlin #multiplatform #kmp #compose #cmp #opensource #foss #procyonproject

#friendica #foss #opensource #kotlin #androiddev #Compose #raccoonforfriendica #androidapp #multiplatform #friendicadev #CMP #kmp #FediverseApp #livefasteattrash #procyonproject @RaccoonForFriendica

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Jupiter Rowland

@Peter Vágner Aside note:

As far as I know, you can only send posts to a Friendica forum with an exclamation mark to have them forwarded to all members. But you cannot do that with comments, not in a conversation whose (start) post did not go to that forum.

On Friendica and all its descendants, a reply is never a stand-alone post. It's always a comment on another post.

Thus, mentioning a Friendica forum in a comment with an exclamation mark is futile.

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Friendica #FediTips

#friendica #FediTips #fedimeta #FediverseMeta #longpost #CWFediverseMeta #CWLongPost #CWFediMeta #CWLong #Long @Peter Vágner

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Ok, not a lot to brag about here except a whole range of bugfixes, but I performed the #curl release dance again.

See you at 10:00 CET on the live-stream.

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/02/13…


curl 8.12.1

This is a quick follow-up patch release due to the number of ugly regressions in the 8.12.0 release. Release presentation Live-streamed on twitch as always at 10:00 CET on the release day.
daniel.haxx.se
#curl

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PhotoView Android 1.0.3 has been released.

🌇 PhotoView is an ImageView component that enables zoom functionality through diverse touch gestures for Android.

github.com/GetStream/photoview…


GitHub - GetStream/photoview-android: 🌇 PhotoView is an ImageView component that enables zoom functionality through diverse touch gestures for Android.

🌇 PhotoView is an ImageView component that enables zoom functionality through diverse touch gestures for Android. - GetStream/photoview-android
GitHub

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The Tech Doctor Podcast: From Braille ‘n Speak To BT Speak
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In this episode of the Tech Doctor podcast, the Tech Doctors welcome special guest Nicole Bond and Tim Noonan.

Nicole and Tim were Braille ’n Speak users who enthusiastically explained why they loved the Braille ’n Speak. Nicole got her Braille ’n Speak at age 7 and used it through college. Tim used the Braille ’n Speak both on the job and in his personal life.

Robert, also a Braille ’n Speak user provided some historical context and talked about his role as a Braille ’n Speak beta tester.

Allison, Robert, Tim and Nicole are all now BT Speak users. They explain how the BT Speak has filled the void that was left during the many years when there was no Braille ’n Speak like device available.
They also looked at how far the BT Speak has come in a little less than a year. Tim demonstrated some examples of how the BT Speak is evolving to meet the needs of its users. In a future update, the BT Speak will offer a One Handed Mode for people who need it. There will be a new much advanced way of managing multiple files in the editor and the famous Braille ’n Speak Append Mode is coming to the BT Speak.
As exciting as all of this is, at only one year old, the BT Speak is just getting started. The Tech Doctors will report new developments as they unfold. Stay tuned. We will be back.

From Braille ‘n Speak To BT Speak « The Tech Doctor Blog and Podcast

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