@dosnostalgic I don't know why does anyone use the windows in the first place when it is well known long time abusing of users from such proprietorial systems like this. Everyone should invest/donate only to free systems. #freedom #freesoftware #foss
Je me souviens 
@ManyRoads@mstdn.socialJust finished a chat and thought I'd share these statements:
"Systems rise and fall, but people—acting with courage, love, and quiet defiance—are what really shape the world."
"It’s not about grand gestures; it’s about millions of small, deliberate acts of strength, love, and resistance."
From: blenderdumbass . org
I shall complain a little bit on a stance from EFF and how I think they should be pushing harder. Not so long ago Australia decided to ban any platform where users can upload things, to anybody who is younger than 16 years. This is an ageist, paternalistic atrocity and has to be fought with viciousness. Yet EFF seem to only understand the ...
Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/eff_is_not_opposing_age_verification_hard_enough
#Naked at Little Congwong Beach.
@Black_Flag@syzito.xyzOn this day in 1871 the Paris Commune began. It would last just over two months and many thousands of Communards would pay for desiring their freedom with their lives. Many others, such as the anarchist Louise Michel, would be sentenced to exile in French Polynesia.
From: blenderdumbass . org
With all the progress that has been done with liberating the digital space there is a sense of self defeating, depression. A kind of defense mechanism of sorts. As if the people settled for something and gave up trying to do anything else. Which in itself causing lack of morale, lack of vision, and with i...
Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/the_incels_of_computing:_the_depressive_defense_mechanisms_of_free_software
It's funny how my first reaction to the cycling path being clearly marked as blocked because of roadworks is:
But can't I pass anyway?
sadly it seemed like this time it was really not a good idea.
@ErikUden This is not a minor issue. #Mastodon was all about #freedom. Now the number of arbitrary rules I have to obey makes this platform a hostile environment. Arguing with readability while the inferior #UX stems from deliberate developer decisions is quite ridiculous. Forcing me to repeat myself is a red line I hope you do not dare to cross.
Sad enough the #fediverse has become what it was trying to fight against.
@zbrando @morrick @ueeu You’re not wrong.
But, looking ahead, we can do so much better than the commercial domain name system.
Commercial domain names are a gold standard example of artificial scarcity. A domain name registrar cost next to nothing to operate. It’s tiny rows of text in a database. It could easily be free to own your own domain name – a huge part of what constitutes identity – on the Internet.
In fact, a non-commercial service has been operational for 24 years. It would be trivial to regulate that browsers in the EU implement support for it and work together with, say, @letsencrypt to ensure it can handle TLS.
That would be an amazing addition to the commons and a future-proof way forward that we could lead on with next to no investment.
"The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty."
James Madison
It’s crucial to separate open as in open for business (to enclose) from free as in freedom. The former is not about freedom but privatisation.
From: blenderdumbass . org
People often point out various grammatical errors in texts people write. As if having better attention to words makes the argument presented more or less valid. So I suppose I'm gonna rant about this.
Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/stupid_correct_english
Donate your flash drives to Flash Drives for Freedom to counter the regime in North Korea:
From: blenderdumbass . org
It is estimated that by 2030 the child-surveillance industry will grow to $500 billion. An industry that capitalizes on bogus fears and causes anxiety in parents and children ( for different reasons ). And an industry that is both directly and indirectly causing the privacy nightmare that we are experiencing. On many levels...
Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/_500_billion_industry_that_causes_not_only_the_loss_of_freedom_but_also_increases_anxiety
From: blenderdumbass . org
People are free to speak not because it is useful, but because they are free to make sounds with their mouths. People are free to write not because it is useful, but because they are free to move their hands around, or use tools, some of which make lines on pieces of paper.
Read or listen: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/lets_discuss_moderation__misinformation__censorship_and_freedom_of_speech
These years Americans are free to choose from benign incompetence, malevolent incompetence, or feckless incompetence. That's how the votes fall. Amusingly enough, the #YOB (Yuge Orange Buffoon) checks all three boxes, though mostly the malign box.
"This is nothing new. Operating on Tor for over 12 years, we knew going in that we would have infrastructure in xx-eyes countries and be subject to potential sniffing.
I'll let you in on a little secret. The time people spend obsessing about hiding from the government puts you in a de facto state of servitude to them. They do not require any form of operation psychological or physical space. Most people have created their own psyop.
If all of this bothers you, cut your fibre line and live in a cave."
—Some Redditor who is almost certainly unknown to me, who has either chosen or been chosen to delete their account since; posted on September 11th the same year Biden was elected, at just after 1 AM UTC, of all the days and of all the times it could've been…
I needed to read that, especially now and especially in light of recent events, and I cannot possibly be alone in that regard.
