JayT @JayT@fosstodon.org

Wow, y'all have blown up the tag for #pinephone... it's not too far off the mark for the "trending now"s for the entire Mastodon network!

We're delighted to have joined the World Wide Web Consortium (@w3c), contributing to global standards with privacy in mind as part of our mission to raise the standard of trust online.

https://www.w3.org/

A hardy welcome to all of our new friends from India. We hope you like it here!

"Why Twitter's rival Mastodon was trending in India"

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50343054

#PinebookPro preorders are LIVE! This time around, pick your poison: ANSI or ISO keyboard!

ISO: https://store.pine64.org/?product=14%e2%80%b3-pinebook-pro-linux-laptop-64gb-emmc-iso-keyboard-estimated-dispatch-in-october-2019

ANSI: https://store.pine64.org/?product=14%e2%80%b3-pinebook-pro-linux-laptop-ansi-us-keyboard-estimated-dispatch-in-december-2019

I've tried a lot of software because of Fosstodon that I probably wouldn't have if I didn't see so many others using it. It's been a good experience. Out of everything I've tried since joining here, I think Tiny Tiny RSS is my favorite. The powerful filters let me easily see the news I care about.

You choose the web you want

Fourth weekly @kde #PlasmaMobile update: New notifications, polished network settings, and various updates in the KTrip, AngelFish, Calindori : Read more at https://www.plasma-mobile.org/2019/10/25/Plasma-Mobile-Weekly-update-4.html

Just wanted to "reassure" you, Mastodon has no stock, sells no ads, and has no single company to be "in trouble". Twitter might be tanking, but we're all doing just fine here.

"Twitter is in trouble. Its stock just plummeted 20%"

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/24/tech/twitter-third-quarter-earnings/index.html

You've been waiting patiently and here it is - a "past year" filter for DuckDuckGo search results! Previously the maximum time length was one month - we've now upped that to 12

Looking pretty darn good! 👍👍

Mastodon 3.0

In this exciting new release: Moving accounts, trending hashtags, private servers and more!

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/10/mastodon-3.0/

#Mastodon #Updates

"Adobe is cutting off users in Venezuela due to US sanctions" Another example how dangerous it is to rely on proprietary and rented software. This can't happen to you if you build your business on top of #FreeSoftware which is the only software you really own. https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/7/20904030/adobe-venezuela-photoshop-behance-us-sanctions

You can use Nitrokey with Mastodon for two-factor authentication already. https://infosec-handbook.eu/blog/mastodon-security/#s1

I know there are a lot of #Python experts on the fediverse. Does anyone have great sources about the #Falcon Web Framework that I can use in my university #research project? (aside from the official website, the docs, the Github project)

Thanks for your help! ❤️

Linux updates are awesome jlelse.blog/thoughts/2019/10/linux-updates/

This week KDE extends its advanced text editor, Kate, with custom tools; let's you easily switch audio from one device to another; allows you to know immediately when there's network trouble; and much more!

https://pointieststick.com/2019/09/21/this-week-in-kde-a-metric-avalanche-of-amazing-things/

WordPress funding and market dominance: https://www.manton.org/2019/09/20/wordpress-funding-and.html

According to the-federation.info the #fediverse has crossed 3 million registered users (and this is excluding Gab)

Moving Firefox to a faster 4-week release cycle https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/09/moving-firefox-to-a-faster-4-week-release-cycle/