Arjen P. de Vries @arjenpdevries@mastodon.social

@arjenpdevries

Posted the KEXP OCs live show on masto yesterday. :)

Dwyer is one of the unsung gods of the guitar.

http://bit.ly/2yRM3Pd

Every Data Scientist should read Weapons of Distruction by Cathy O’Neil. She warns for the fact that mathematics is misused to turn subjectivity in Big Data into objective facts. She has many examples that will frighten you.

~1 million Creative Commons images on 500px.com are dissapearing tomorrow!

If you have the resources please install the Archiveteam's Warrior program and select the 500px project! https://www.archiveteam.org/index.php?title=ArchiveTeam_Warrior

irc is #500pieces on efnet

thank you (boosts very appreciated)

Blog post: Why ActivityPub is the future https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/06/why-activitypub-is-the-future/

I just learned by accident that the UT will remove the email address that I used on about 200 research papers per end of July! 😠

Our alumni get a lifetime email address. Not so for the staff members apparently. #fail

The Decentralized Web: Interesting write-up by Neha Narula and Chelsea Barabas from MIT.

https://dci.mit.edu/decentralizedweb

.@mhall119 is developing an ethical alternative to #MeetUp called #GetTogether.

There's already a flagship site up and running:

https://gettogether.community/

The dev is working on #ActivityPub support and is requesting feedback on what more needs to be done:

https://github.com/GetTogetherComm/GetTogether/issues/60

If you're interested in helping federate GetTogether, join the discussion at the link above.

#Alternatives

Encrypted remote backups using SSHFS and LUKS: https://ruderich.org/simon/notes/encrypted-remote-backups

I've been using this technique for years and can confirm it's robust and reliable.

#InfoSec

New blog post: How to implement a basic ActivityPub server https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/06/how-to-implement-a-basic-activitypub-server/

It's #FollowFriday so time for some #alternatives to follow:

@funkwhale FunkWhale: Open source federated alternative to GrooveShark and SoundCloud

@prismo Prismo: Federated open source alternative to Reddit, in development.

@Fairphone and @WeAreFairphone Fairphone: Makers of fairtrade modular smartphones

@kevinbeynon Libreture: eBook storage site and comprehensive list of non-DRM eBook publishers.

@clickblaster ClickBlaster: Endless clickbait!

#FF #FFed #Recommendations

Lo and behold! Look at these follow suggestions from :

- @peterapers (Peter Apers)
- @utoday (U-Today)
- @Erik (Erik Kemp)
- @interactief (Inter-Actief)
- @doina (Doina Bucur)
- @arjen (Arjen de Vries, aka @arjenpdevries)
- @kivi (KIVI Students Twente)
- @petri (Information Specialist EEMCS Petri de Willigen)
- @A3T (Aerobotic Tech Team Twente)
- @mvankeulen (Maurice van Keulen)

#FollowFriday #ff

The Intercept is looking for #tech whistleblowers:

"In partnership with European news organizations, we are soliciting information on the mishandling of digital personal information."

https://theintercept.com/2018/06/21/the-intercept-welcomes-tech-whistleblowers-as-part-of-a-global-partnership/

https://mastodon.social/media/Ro-Kg1sOpFNH8a7d5G0

New leak consists of 1.2 million documents which mostly cover the years 2016 and 2017. They offer an account of the meltdown experienced by Mossack Fonseca in the wake of the unprecedented investigation that brought its practices to light.
https://www.occrp.org/en/panamapapers/inside-the-fall-of-mossack-fonseca

Investigation of these new documents has enabled journalists to tie many loose ends, to uncover even more wrongdoing, and to reveal new twists and turns in what was once a hermetically closed world of offshore dealings.

#PanamaPapers

Two years after the original Panama Papers leaks, the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung has received a fresh trove of leaked documents from Mossack Fonseca, the now-defunct Panamanian law firm.
https://www.occrp.org/en/panamapapers/

To analyze and report on the new data, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has once again organized a collaborative investigation which includes the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and its partner centers

#PanamaPapers

So folks, the #article13 and #linktax proposals will be going soon to the EU parlaiment, and if they pass they will become a serious problem for the #Fediverse:
* To automatically filter copyrighted materials, even badly, you need a way to reference those materials. Even our largest instances probably can't afford access!
* Our instances will not be able to afford licenses to link to news sites under the new #LinkTax rules.
Go make some noise at: https://saveyourinternet.eu/
(@gargron)

Show your support against monopolist YouTube misbehavior.

Follow @blender from Mastodon.

Background story:
https://www.blender.org/media-exposure/youtube-blocks-blender-videos-worldwide/

Excellent #ActivityPub usecase: decentralize but connect.