Arvid Marklund @avd18@mastodon.social
Unlicenced psychologist. Fond of decentralized internet and freedom loving open source software.
#deletefacebook Today is the day.
From now on my only social media account is on 
This has made me do a think
I very strongly believe the future of the web is people taking back control their space rather than relying on the convenience of using the services of corporate structures.
These places time and time again have proven they do not have our interest at heart and exploit our desire for convenience for their gain.
We gotta flip the script and stop expecting places who have never had our interests in mind to change.
We can do better. We don't need them.
I love it when people toot that they are ditching facebook, twitter, instagram, google and the like. I've ditched android by switching to #UbuntuTouch. It's great. Join me.
Congratulations to the folks @Framasoft for reaching the first crowdfunding goal for #PeerTube (a free, federated video platform they're developing).
Want to break free of the shackles of the likes of YouTube and Vimeo? Then check it out: https://www.kisskissbankbank.com/en/projects/peertube-a-free-and-federated-video-platform/
10 kg of postcards have arrived!!
We ship them gratis within EU.
Want a 100 pack for free? Just write delivery address at mail@iday.im
Five requests so far, so we have still plenty.
Source is on https://gitlab.com/iday-july-7/sticker-bay/blob/master/stickerpack-2-iday
modify it at wish -we finance printing worldwide!
On July 7 get your privacy back!
Independence Day https://iday.im
#DeleteGoogle #DeleteFacebook #DeleteTwitter #DeleteWhatsapp #DeleteInstagram #spyware #FuckOffGoogle #joinpeertube #fediverse #iday
Protest against #Article11 and #Article13 in Berlin on Sunday: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/06/wednesday-eu-committee-voted-break-internet-sunday-berliners-take-streets-say-no
Hi! Does anybody know of an activity tracker (wearable) with enough quality to be used for research purposes that takes privacy and security seriously? Local or decentralized data storage option, option to delete data etc. #privacy #security #quantifiedself #research #ppd
Back at my old gym. Nothing fancy. Love it. #friskis #friskisochsvettis #workout
Perhaps worse is that when people attempt to research their own biases, and find opposing views, they often default to Google/Bing.
Folks: Google and their friends will show you results you'll click on, probably preferring results that display google ads. That means they'll pick results you'll _agree with_ because that's a really strong cognitive bias. Google will lie and reassure you to win clicks. You cannot challenge your own beliefs with Google: they won't let you.
Ah, niceeee:
>> Fairphone Open is an alternative, open source version of Fairphone OS, built by Fairphone, that puts transparency and ownership in the spotlight. It comes stripped from proprietary applications (like the Google Mobile Services) and can be modified by people who feel like doing so.
The Fairphone Open edition is a pure Android experience, without the integrated Google Mobile Services (Google apps, Play store, etc.). <<
Bern, the capital of Switzerland, is moving its schools to Nextcloud! This means that 10.000 students will enjoy a free, decentralized and open cloud in the future. A great win for #Nextcloud and #FreeSoftware in general. https://nextcloud.com/blog/next-big-open-source-win-capital-of-switzerland-moves-schools-to-nextcloud/
Facebook already has huge amounts of data on users. Before it's proven it can actually protect our data, it wants to collect even more through an inside look into your dating life. We're skeptical. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/technology/facebook-dating-tinder-match.html
*gasp* Facebook weakened WhatsApp encryption so they could open it up for businesses by selling user data and making a profit
Oh wait, no. That’s not surprising at all
Although I like XMPP, and Conversations is pretty good these days with default end-to-end encryption, I reckon that the future of messaging apps has to be peer to peer. That's the only way to stop bogus bureaucrats trying to prevent people from communicating. A government which fears people chatting is a pretty good indicator of its lack of legitimacy.
Philosophy Bro, one of my fav sites, put together a website for suggested alternatives to any centralized social media you might not feel comfortable being on anymore.
(via @linen)
There are some really freaking cool people i'd never virtually meet had I not joined the fediverse.
Thank you all for being awesome. For every minor negative encounter I've had on here there have been literally hundreds of positive connections.
I'm still blown away that such a healthy social network exists.
New article up on https://pixls.us!
How to create camera noise profiles for darktable
https://pixls.us/articles/how-to-create-camera-noise-profiles-for-darktable/
Andreas Schneider walks through producing a noise profile for your camera to use in darktable (with their Profiled Denoise module). It's not as hard as you might think it is! :)
#FOSS #FreeSoftware #artwithopensource #darktable #photography
Such a good feeling to finally get this cleaned up. Bye bye instagram!
#deleteGoogle ✅
#deleteSkype ✅
#deleteMicrosoft ✅
#deleteLinkedin ✅
#deleteWhatsapp ✅
#deleteFacebook ✅
#deleteInstagram ✅
If you see ?utm_source and a bunch of other gibberish at the end of a shared URL, go ahead and just take off everything starting with the ?
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