Brendan Abolivier @babolivier@mastodon.social

BIG NEWS: Huge welcome to @gitchat@twitter.com, who are entering Matrix!! Gitter is moving from @gitlab@twitter.com to @element_hq@twitter.com & building the ultimate Matrix bridge, showcasing how a large chat app can natively talk Matrix, while bringing Gitter goodness to Element! 🚀🌉🎉 https://matrix.org/blog/2020/09/30/welcoming-gitter-to-matrix

I made a thing! 🎉
https://github.com/nileshtrivedi/better

It's a browser extension that recommends "better" alternative products and services via in-page popups, based on community-curated lists. Available for all Chromium and Firefox-based browsers.

We live in times where the distributions costs are hampering the adoption of higher-quality (which could mean security, privacy, ethics, local etc) products. I am hoping that this extension can eventually be managed by orgs like IFF, EFF or FSF.

Here we are, a new Synapse release candidate for you. v1.14.0rc1 contains OpenID Connect support, improved cache tuning and room version 6. Check it out and help us test. https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.14.0rc1

New blog post! It's a quick overview over the different keys involved in #matrix 's new cross signing. https://jcg.re/blog/quick-overview-matrix-cross-signing/

https://matrix.org/open-tech-meetup/ is live now! Join us!

Zoom acquired Keybase today.

Keybase helped me to identify a trend in the software industry: using a pretty UI to cover up the disruption of an open ecosystem with a closed, centralized replacement. Keybase seemed cool on the face of it - making encryption easier is a laudible goal, and PGP certainly could use the improvement. But, thanks to Keybase, now I ask different questions upfront.

Beware the Keybase formula:

1. Integrates with an existing, open ecosystem
2. May have open-source clients, but server is closed source and does not federate
3. Pretty UI and good marketing
4. VC funded

Great introduction to #matrixorg by @babolivier 😀 https://brendan.abolivier.bzh/enter-the-matrix/

I need a ride to Leipzig from either Brussels or Frankfurt tonight for #36c3. Missed my train in London but getting another one. I'll be at Bruxelles Midi at 18:02 or Frankfurt Hbf at 21:31. This is anoa from @matrix
#matrix btw :)

Boosts greatly appreciated!

Amnesty International calls Google and Facebook a threat to human rights. We believe that centralization of power in hands of #GAFAM is indeed extremely dangerous. #privacy #decentralization matter for a free society!
https://gizmodo.com/amnesty-international-google-and-facebook-are-a-threat-1839982963

Remember, one of the many benefits of speaking Welsh is that you can walk faster than non-Welsh speakers.
(Via CPS Homes on FB)

Free antivirus

Good morning #mozfest! We're here for the final day, come and see us on the 6th floor and see Matrix running on a Nintendo 3DS 🎮 #matrix #mozfest19

Get the latest news from This Week in Matrix! https://matrix.org/blog/2019/10/26/this-week-in-matrix-2019-10-26 - it's time to dig out your 3DS and start chatting, because the miitrix client is out now! #decentralisation #3ds #twim #matrix