Michael Chernov @VikingKong@fosstodon.org

There are many #Mastodon apps available, you can see an official listing here:

https://joinmastodon.org/apps

You can also follow the app makers on Mastodon:

Mast - @JPEG

Mastalab - @tom79

Subway Tooter (in Japanese) - @SubwayTooter

Toot! - @tootapp

Tusky - @Tusky

#MastoTips

"I feel naked without a weapon," I mutter.
My host at the alien conference looks at me with all its eyes.
"You do not have your predator ancestor's weapons?"
"A gun, or stone axe?" I try to laugh.
"No, your natural weapons: endurance and patience."
"Um. No."
"Then you are naked."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

Do you want to completely change the Linux Desktop environment forever?

Help me and other 3 developers build Akira, the first and only Native Vector Graphic Tool for UX Designers.

Regain your independence from proprietary apps, help us make Akira happen!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alecaddd/akira-the-linux-design-tool
#linux #design #sketch #figma #opensource #kickstarter #help

Best way to move instances on #Mastodon:

On your OLD account:

1. Export your follows, mutes and blocks: go to Settings, then Data Export, then download the CSV files (you do NOT need to request an archive to do this!)

2. Set your old account to redirect to the new one: go to Settings, then Edit Profile, then "Move To A Different Account" (at bottom of screen)

On your NEW account:

3. Upload your follows, mutes and blocks: go to Settings, then Import, then upload the CSV files

#MastoHints

I've discovered that the #fediverse is easily accessible from a country [anon] which is extremely restrictive towards social media...

@torproject , maybe the #fediverse can help people looking for private tor bridges using a hashtag? #getbridges maybe?

Then people who have access to Gmail etc can get the bridge list on behalf of others and DM the list to them... Not perfect, but better than nothing. #freespeech #freeinternet #getbridges

Swedes! Poles! Germans! Luxembourgers! The world is depending on you to save the internet from the EU! (PLEASE RT!)

https://boingboing.net/2019/01/14/we-need-you.html

#Article13 #Article11 #CopyrightDirective #FixCopyright

Wow. Just wow. If you’re using #GoDaddy it might be time to re-think that.

https://www.igorkromin.net/index.php/2019/01/13/godaddy-is-sneakily-injecting-javascript-into-your-website-and-how-to-stop-it/

Whoever made this is a genius.

"Yalp Store lets you download apps directly from Google Play Store as apk files. It can search for updates of installed apps and lets you search for other apps. Yalp saves downloaded apks to your default download folder."

Yalp is available from F-Droid.

You can use the Play Store without a Google account but you cannot download paid apps. Yalp also handles the updates too.

#fuckgoogle

#Manyverse is an Android app for the #Scuttlebutt social network:

https://www.manyver.se

Unlike traditional social networks, Scuttlebutt has no servers. Members store all their personal data on their own computer or phone, and connect directly to their friends' devices in order to update statuses. Scuttlebutt also works offline.

It's currently available on @fdroidorg and Google Play. (Note it's still in beta and many features are missing.)

#AlternativesAtoZ #SSB #OffTheGrid #SocialNetworks

Get started with Joplin, a note-taking app https://red.ht/2H7Ukmz #gnu #Linux

years ago, someone might've said "but what if facebook, twitter, google, and your favorite news sites couldn't afford to operate anymore?" as an argument against adblocking.
These days, that's actually a fairly big part of why I block ads in the first place.

at this stage I really just don't have any patience for any of the arguments about whether or not adblocking is "ethical."
I'm going to block as many ads as I can. No, you can't stop me. No, if you try, I'll just leave and use some other website. No, it's not theft. No, I don't give a shit. Get off my lawn.

“Sometimes we don’t do things we want to do so others won’t know we want to do them.”

— The Village by M. Night Shyamalan

#movies

Adblocking isn't unethical. Covering your website in trackers, spying on users, and compromising their security to make a buck is.

For MS OneNote lovers - implementation on linux:
https://github.com/patrikx3/onenote

AWS gives open source the middle finger.

https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/09/aws-gives-open-source-the-middle-finger/

Speaking of search engines, what's everyones experience with the French standalone search engine Qwant?

* https://lite.qwant.com
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwant

"DuckDuckGo denies using fingerprinting to track its users" – https://betanews.com/2019/01/07/duckduckgo-fingerprinting-accusation/ #Privacy

There's 10 types of people.

* Those who understand binary
* Those who don't understand binary
* Those who didn't expect a base 3 joke.