Gianf:) @gianf@fosstodon.org

Remember that I was weaving a basket and had a tiny tomato plant in a can?

I put a lettuce from the garden in the basket and gave both things to a friend as a present for her birthday 😊

Some years ago I decided that I'll always produce all the presents I give. Since then I've drawn, played songs, baked cakes, knitted socks and grown vegetables for my friends and family. Some of them started to do the same and now we have a beautiful tradition 💜

Yesterday Christine Prayon was awarded the Dieter-Hildebrandt-Prize of the City of #Munich and used the moment to criticise their switch back to proprietary systems.
She donated the prize money to the #FSFE to support #FreeSoftware and "our future" <3

https://fsfe.org/news/2019/news-20190515-02.html

@claudiom happy sinko de mayo

A week from now, we're going to Prague for 8 days and Vienna for like 1.5, and I want all of your recommendations, please?

Boost away!

DuckDuckGo announcing draft legislation "Do-Not-Track Act of 2019" and, if it were to be enacted, would require sites to respect the Do Not Track browser setting in this manner:

No third-party tracking by default.

No first-party tracking outside what the user expects.

https://spreadprivacy.com/do-not-track-act-2019/

Wow Typora, where were you all this time?

https://typora.io

#MarkDown #editor #software

As a fairly new user of mastodon and a one week member of this community I just want to say thank you guys for being just great! I am enjoying fosstodon too much!
Cheers 🐘🍻

Managed hosting is when you own and run a site, but the hosting company does the behind-the-scenes tech stuff like installation and updates.

There's a new indie company called Spacebear offering #PixelFed and #PeerTube managed hosting:

https://app.spacebear.ee

You can follow them at @tklk

There's also a well-established company called Masto.host offering #Mastodon managed hosting:

https://masto.host

You can follow them at @mastohost

(Thank you to @Hau for the tip about Spacebear )

The G7 bloc of wealthy countries just came out in favor of encryption backdoors https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/04/g7_comes_out_in.html

FreedomBox Home Server Kit for Decentralizing the Internet and keeping your privacy away from the Big brother is now in stock! https://olimex.wordpress.com/2019/04/22/freedombox-your-private-box-of-freedom-for-decentralizing-the-internet-and-keeping-your-privacy-away-from-the-big-brother/

Centralized tech platforms are "handmaidens to authoritarianism"
- Carole Cadwalladr, who exposed the illegal facebook ads around #brexit

Too much power in the hands of just a few tech platforms threatens democracy! #decentralization
https://www.ted.com/talks/carole_cadwalladr_facebook_s_role_in_brexit_and_the_threat_to_democracy

As from bluebirb:

To those who do not participate in Passover or Easter: Enjoy some pasta with some sauce. Accept The Flying Spaghetti Monster’s Noodly Appendage into your heart and mind. Then ye shall be joyous and free. R'Amen!!!

#Pastafarian

GIMP 2.10.10 now released!

Come get a fresh copy of @GIMP hot off the presses (flatpak, windows, macos builds all available).

https://www.gimp.org/news/2019/04/07/gimp-2-10-10-released/

#FOSS #photography #FreeSoftware #ArtWithOpenSource #GIMP

Ok folks, the #Fosstodon #Stickers are now ready. We have a _very_ limited number for this initial run of stickers. If we get enough interest, we will get more.

Order your stickers here: https://hub.fosstodon.org/stickers

Remember to randomly tell people you care about that you love them.

Also, drink water and take your meds.