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LibreOffice<p>With the world changing around us, many governments and organisations are trying to reduce their dependency on tech giants. Here's an update on how one German federal state is moving 30,000 PCs to LibreOffice (and longer-term, Linux): <a href="https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/03/13/updates-on-schleswig-holstein-moving-to-libreoffice/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.documentfoundation.org/bl</span><span class="invisible">og/2025/03/13/updates-on-schleswig-holstein-moving-to-libreoffice/</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a></p>
Jürgen Hubert<p>If Germans own <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hitler</span></a> - and we obviously do - then Americans definitely own <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> .</p><p>Saying: "I didn't vote for him!" Is no longer enough. Now the question is: "Do you comply, or do you resist?"</p><p>The Germans who grew up after WWII also asked these questions to the generations of their parents and grandparents... and the latter often failed to have good answers.</p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
Deniz Opal<p>Putting an end to the debate regarding if it's ok to punch a Nazi or not.</p><p>From now on it's called "A Roman High Five"</p>
Elena Rossini ⁂<p>Thanks to the magic of the Streisand effect, I just heard about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CarelessPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CarelessPeople</span></a> - a book by former Meta employee Sarah Wynn-Williams.</p><p>Apparently the company is FREAKING OUT and seeking legal ways to stop its promotion. I can see why. This article about it in the Times made my jaw drop: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/books/review/careless-people-sarah-wynn-williams.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/10/books/r</span><span class="invisible">eview/careless-people-sarah-wynn-williams.html</span></a></p><p>I will definitely order it at my local bookshop.</p><p>🔗: <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/careless-people-a-cautionary-tale-of-power-greed-and-lost-idealism/22213433" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bookshop.org/p/books/careless-</span><span class="invisible">people-a-cautionary-tale-of-power-greed-and-lost-idealism/22213433</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>books</span></a></p>
George Takei :verified: 🏳️🌈🖖🏽<p>A shameful record.</p>
Erik Jonker<p>Can't be repeated enough:<br />"Elon Musk is not engaged in an “efficiency drive”. He is not trying to save money. He is trying to cripple the state and destroy the public sector, since oligarchs of his ilk think these are by nature a waste of money and that their functions should be privatized. Media should report it as such."<br /><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/6d938875-d9c8-47b1-9116-eef577d2cb98?shareType=nongift" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/6d938875-d9c8-4</span><span class="invisible">7b1-9116-eef577d2cb98?shareType=nongift</span></a><br /><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
J. L. Westover<p>Secret Panel HERE 💦 <a href="https://tapas.io/episode/3470164" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">tapas.io/episode/3470164</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Daniel Appelquist<p>A web browser should *NEVER* be able to look inside your clipboard without an explicit user action (such as ctrl-v). Honestly, this should not be a controversial statement. Microsoft Edge is one of the browsers that ships this dangerous capability. Here is the dialog you need to hunt for to turn this API off.</p>
dillyd<p>Sidewalk ice abstracts <br><a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ice</span></a> <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/icetodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>icetodon</span></a></p>
JA Westenberg<p>Billionaires should not exist.</p>
/usr/people/flexion<p>Good morning! ☕</p><p>(Update: This is not a blasphemy mod. It was a product sold by SiliconGraphics in Germany. There is even a spec sheet for the Espressigo. Ask google if you don't believe me)</p>
Paul Hudson<p>Tell a friend to save a life:</p><p>❌ name.lowercased().contains(searchText.lowercased())<br />✅ name.localizedStandardContains(searchText)</p><p>The latter ignores case, but also ignores diacritics (cafe vs café), handles localized variants (ẞ → ss, etc), and is supported in SwiftData.</p>
Ulli Lust<p>my migration campaign on meta. <br />(addition: forgive my poor english, as some guys pointed out: You do not give Facebook the copyright to your posts. You give them a license to your content.<br />however you call it, I'd say.)</p><p> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diefraualsmensch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>diefraualsmensch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>comic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fediverse</span></a></p>
Dan Gillmor<p>I don't know how much of the new tell-all book about Meta/Facebook is true, but the company's hardline panic suggests there's plenty of meat on those bones. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/meta-wins-halt-promotion-careless-people-tell-all-book-by-former-employee-2025-03-13/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/legal/meta-wins-ha</span><span class="invisible">lt-promotion-careless-people-tell-all-book-by-former-employee-2025-03-13/</span></a></p>
Flowermob<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GOP</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>It hurts me to say this, as an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>American</span></a>, but people need to avoid the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USA</span></a> for 2 years, at least, 2027, when the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Democrats</span></a> can get a majority in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Congress</span></a> and stonewall <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a></p><p>If that doesn't happen (which would be a serious tragedy), then 4 years. And if we get a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MAGA</span></a>/ Trump president in 2029, write off this country for a generation at least</p><p>"A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>German</span></a> Thru-Hiker Has Been Detained, Deported, and Banned From the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>US</span></a> Without a Hearing: Here’s What You Need To Know" </p><p><a href="https://thetrek.co/a-german-thru-hiker-has-been-detained-deported-and-banned-from-the-us-without-a-hearing-heres-what-you-need-to-know/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thetrek.co/a-german-thru-hiker</span><span class="invisible">-has-been-detained-deported-and-banned-from-the-us-without-a-hearing-heres-what-you-need-to-know/</span></a></p>
David Zipper<p>Because of tariffs and recession fears, Americans are more likely to buy a sedan instead of a pricey SUV or truck.</p><p>But Detroit doesn’t offer any sedans. Foreign automakers do.</p><p>In Fast Company, I explained why car bloat leaves the Big Three uniquely vulnerable to Trump’s economic chaos.</p><p><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91296810/detroit-killed-the-sedan-trumps-trade-war-will-make-them-wish-they-hadnt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">fastcompany.com/91296810/detro</span><span class="invisible">it-killed-the-sedan-trumps-trade-war-will-make-them-wish-they-hadnt</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/detroit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>detroit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trade</span></a></p>
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