Jeremiah C. Foster @jeremiah_@mastodon.social

I'm happy to announce that all talks from #fossnorth 2021 are available at https://conf.tube, a #peertube instance. You find the playlist here:

https://conf.tube/videos/watch/playlist/b9a072ab-1c4d-4912-905c-3f68096582ca

You can also find the video links, abstracts and additional material here:

https://foss-north.se/2021/speakers-and-talks.html

#conference #videos #talks

The Netherlands is becoming increasingly dependent on a digital infrastructure that is dominated by just a small number of monopolistic companies.

The consequent security risk is recognised by the Dutch Cyber Security Council.

The FSFE calls on the Dutch government to stand firm and get a grip on their digital security & autonomy by adhering to #OpenStandards and #FreeSoftware, in line with their earlier commitment to use Free Software by Default. #PublicCode

https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210521-01.en.html

Liseberg slår upp portarna igen efter tufft år https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vast/liseberg-slar-upp-portarna-igen #bot

When making social media preview images for websites I'm always annoyed by how hard it is to test them with various online debuggers.

Now there's a very cool native app by @rafaelmardojai to do it locally!

https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.rafaelmardojai.SharePreview

The #FSFE is migrating its #IRC presence to #LiberaChat: https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210525-01.en.html

Wow, after 25 years of Unix experience, I learned that you can filter output in #less.

Press ampersand (&) and enter a regex to show only lines matching the regex.

Press ampersand (&) and then exclamation mark (!) to apply an inverse filter.

The admin dashboard has a fresh coat of paint, and is now available!

#pixelfed #admin #dashboard

Libadwaita 1.0.0-alpha.1 is out!

Start porting your application from GTK 3 and Libhandy to GTK 4 and Libadwaita now with our migration guide: https://gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/libadwaita/doc/1.0.0-alpha.1/migrating-libhandy-1-4-to-libadwaita.html

Be aware that the API is bound to change until the first beta, planned for mid-August.

Hi I'm looking for work again

Notable experience: I wrote the Mastodon documentation and I help manage Pixelfed

Resume: https://resume.abdullahtarawneh.com/

Looking for documentation, technical writing, could also do Github issue triage or junior programming, project/product management

Can be either a permanent role or a temporary contract thing

The Tor Project is hiring for two positions: a Systems Administrator and a Browser Developer. Share these opportunities with your networks:
https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/

Don't discount the idea of using stable distros like Debian or Ubuntu, I know that in the Linux community there's a lot of status associated with using "complex" distros like Arch, but you still shouldn't let that influence your choice of OS

Some people claim that instance-blocking weakens the fediverse, and undermines the point of federation.

This is the opposite of the truth.

The point of federation is that it limits the accumulation of power: no single instance can control fedi, because users can always switch instances without leaving fedi.

This is why fedi and fascism are fundamentally opposed -- and why the ability to block fascist/abusive instances is the very heart of federation's power to serve its users.

Stop Using Cloudflare

1. It is a GIANT man in the middle - MITM.
2. Their DDOS protection is not that good.
3. You are contributing to a centralized Internet.

We're excited to announce that we are participating in Google Summer of Code again this year under the umbrella of DIAL Community. 🎉

You have now until April 13 to register and submit your application! Here is all the info you need to apply:
https://hub.osc.dial.community/t/gsoc-2021-dial-open-source-center/2134

In May and June 2020 we found and removed a group of Tor exit relays that were messing with exit traffic. They left almost all exit traffic alone, and we don't know whether any users were successfully attacked.
https://blog.torproject.org/bad-exit-relays-may-june-2020