#SeaGL2026 starts tomorrow at 9am PDT (16:00 UTC). Doors open at 8am.
See you @ UW or online! The matrix space is already open for all.

https://seagl.org/attend

#linux #free #libre #open #opensource #FLOSS #FOSS #OSS #oshw #security #privacy #freedom

A quotation from Adlai Stevenson

The conformists abominate thought. Thinking implies disagreement and disagreement implies non-conformity and non-conformity implies heresy and heresy implies disloyalty. So obviously thinking must be stopped. This is the routine. But I say to you that bawling is not a substitute for thinking and that reason is not the subversion but the salvation of freedom.

Adlai Stevenson II (1900–1965) American politician, diplomat, statesman
Speech (1954-03-22), “The Educated Citizen,” Senior Class Banquet, Dillon Gymnasium, Princeton University

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #adlaistevenson #conformity #demagoguery #disagreement #disloyalty #emotion #freethought #freedom #freedomofthought #heresy #heterodoxy #reason #subversion #thinking #thought

A quotation from Orwell

The relative freedom which we enjoy depends on public opinion. The law is no protection. Governments make laws, but whether they are carried out, and how the police behave, depends on the general temper in the country. If large numbers of people are interested in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it; if public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted, even if laws exist to protect them.

George Orwell (1903–1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-12-07), “Freedom of the Park,” Tribune newspaper

More about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/3041/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #orwell #georgeorwell #breakingthelaw #freespeech #freedom #freedomofspeech #law #legalsystem #publicinterest #publicopinion

A quotation from Felix Frankfurter

This Court sits to interpret, in appropriate judicial controversies, a Constitution which, in its Bill of Rights, formulates the conditions of a democracy. But democracy is the least static form of society. Its basis is reason, not authority. Formulas embodying vague and uncritical generalizations offer tempting opportunities to evade the need for continuous thought. But so long as men want freedom, they resist this temptation.

Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) American jurist, teacher; US Supreme Court Justice (1939–62)
Pennekamp v. Florida, 328 U.S. 331, 350–351 (1946)
[concurring]

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #felixfrankfurter #abstraction #oversimplification #generalization #authority #formula #billofrights #Constitution #democracy #dynamics #freedom #generalization #judicialsystem #justice #reason #rubric #SCOTUS #thoughtfulness

WhatsApp keeps doing it: every a couple of months you wake up and suddenly you can't access your chats anymore, not possible to read important saved notes, etc. you are welcomed with this screen that forces you to update the app, you might be in vacations with expensive roaming data or very bad connectivity or if you are unlucky enough you might be in a country where the app store is not accessible, your data is not YOUR data in WhatsApp, and the reality is: you can lose it at any time they want to take it away from you

On the other side, ArcaneChat users can sleep without worries at night knowing that when they wake up they can keep accessing all their chats, messages and being able to search and use mini-apps, even while offline

With ArcaneChat you really own your data, it is in your pockets, not in the cloud of some corporation you have to beg access to

#ArcaneChat #autonomy #Europe #European #eu #privacy #encryption #WhatsApp #Meta #freedom #opensource #security #digitalindependence #diday #chat #messenger

📢 #MFIA Media & #Freedom of Information Access Clinic at #Yale Law

“A major victory for MFIA and government transparency! MFIA secured a settlement committing the State Department to an independent audit of its FOIA processing and steps to address its backlog․ Congratulations to the stu…”

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A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

Our ancestors, in the ages that are gone, really believed that by force you could convince a man. You cannot change the conclusion of the brain by torture; nor by social ostracism. But I will tell you what you can do by these, and what you have done. You can make hypocrites by the million. You can make a man say that he has changed his mind; but he remains of the same opinion still. Put fetters all over him; crush his feet in iron boots; stretch him to the last gasp upon the holy rack; burn him, if you please, but his ashes will be of the same opinion still.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833–1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator
Lecture (1877-01-31) “The Liberty of Man, Woman, and Child,” Case Hall, Boston

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #robertgreeningersoll #belief #bruteforce #changeofmind #convictions #force #freedom #freedomofconscience #freedomofthought #heresy #hypocrisy #hypocrites #inquisition #liberty #opinion #ostracism #thoughtcontrol #torture #religiousintolerance #religiouspersecution

A quotation from Franklin Roosevelt

An old English judge once said: “Necessitous men are not free men.” Liberty requires opportunity to make a living — a living decent according to the standard of the time, a living which gives man not only enough to live by, but something to live for.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman; US President (1933–45)
Speech (1936-06-27), Acceptance for Renomination for President, Democratic National Convention, Philadelphia

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklinroosevelt #agency #compulsion #consent #contract #desperation #distress #exploitation #freedom #liberty #necessity #need #populism #takeadvantage #urgency

#ThoughtProvoker

In #IT we excel at inventing names of trends and hypes that don't cover the load..

#ResponsibleAI, #EthicalAI and a bunch of other flavors. Responsible for what? In which ethical way?

Terms similar to #DigitalTransformation. Well-meant perhaps, but in practice just another fad. Why? Transformation to what? For whom exactly? Well, in reality it boils down to cost-savings and profit maximisation. Business as usual.

Same with #AI. And add to that "world domination" where it comes to its techbro-fascist owners and their #EpsteinClass.

Technological innovation just ain't the same as societal progress, never was. Yet we treat it as if they are equivalent. Why not put things in simpler terms:

🌈 #BeneficialAI

The kind that supports people's daily needs, and is respective of the intrinsic values of #Humanity and #Freedom that we hold dear.

Simply put: AI that serves #Humankind.

Get out of your comfort zone, don't sacrifice freedom for short-term convenience

#ArcaneChat #decentralization #freedom #security #WhatsApp #Telegram #Signal

There is no democracy in Ukraine.... There are no elections. Zelensky remains the leader under martial law as long as the war continues.

What hope does Zelensky have? If he surrenders, he's a dead man. The Russians would likely kill him as a war criminal. And what hope do the people of Ukraine have that he would actually end this war? What hope do they have that he would lift martial law from them and restore their freedoms?

#Ukraine #democracy #freedom

A quotation from Felix Frankfurter

The nonsectarian or secular public school was the means of reconciling freedom in general with religious freedom. The sharp confinement of the public schools to secular education was a recognition of the need of a democratic society to educate its children, insofar as the State undertook to do so, in an atmosphere free from pressures in a realm in which pressures are most resisted and where conflicts are most easily and most bitterly engendered. Designed to serve as perhaps the most powerful agency for promoting cohesion among a heterogeneous democratic people, the public school must keep scrupulously free from entanglement in the strife of sects.

Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) American jurist, teacher; US Supreme Court Justice (1939–62)
McCollum v. Board of Education 333 U.S. 216–217 (1948)
[concurring]

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #felixfrankfurter #education #firstamendment #freedom #freedomofreligion #nonsectarian #religiousfreedom #school #SCOTUS #sectarianism #secular #seculargovernment

So #Telegram is now sharing your messages with a 3rd party #AI service when you use certain features in the app

over the years Telegram has become worse and worse, right now it looks like a crypto-scam lottery-something, with ads in-chat and requiring you to buy premium for basic features

centralized platforms are bound to enshitification, it is a time trap, don't fall for it, choose #decentralization, choose #autonomy, choose #freedom

#ArcaneChat #Europe #genai #llm #android #Eu

📢 #MFIA Media & #Freedom of Information Access Clinic at #Yale Law

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Applications will be reviewed beginning S…”

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A quotation from Eric Hoffer

There is also this: when we renounce the self and become part of a compact whole, we not only renounce personal advantage but are also rid of personal responsibility. There is no telling to what extremes of cruelty and ruthlessness a man will go when he is freed from the fears, hesitations, doubts and the vague stirrings of decency that go with individual judgement. When we lose our individual independence in the corporateness of a mass movement, we find a new freedom — freedom to hate, bully, lie, torture, murder and betray without shame and remorse. Herein undoubtedly lies part of the attractiveness of a mass movement.

Eric Hoffer (1902–1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements, Part 3, ch. 14, § 77 (3.14.77) (1951)

More about this quote: wist.info/hoffer-eric/36599/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #truebeliever #cruelty #freedom #group #hatred #ideology #individual #irresponsibility #judgment #license #mob #movement #personalresponsibility #regret #remorse #responsibility #ruthlessness #selfimage #shame #shamelessness #remorse #guilt

A quotation from Felix Frankfurter

The history of liberty is the history of the observances of procedural safeguards.

Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) American jurist, teacher; US Supreme Court Justice (1939–62)
McNabb v. United States, 318 U.S. 332, 347 (1943) [majority opinion]

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #felixfrankfurter #scotus #freedom #law #legalprotection #legalrights #liberty #procedure #process #ruleoflaw

If you have friends who are on #Bluesky that care about #HumanRights and #freedom, invite them to follow us: https://u.fsf.org/4cc #FSF

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📢 #MFIA Media & #Freedom of Information Access Clinic at #Yale Law

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A quotation from Jean Kerr

The most important thing about me is that I am a Catholic. It’s a superstructure within which you can work, like a sonnet. A good director tells the actors where to move exactly; then they’re free to act. I’m grateful for that discipline, and I’ve never had a crisis of conscience.

Jean Kerr (1922–2003) American author and playwright [b. Bridget Jean Collins]
Quoted in (1961-04-14) “Show Business: BROADWAY,” Time Magazine

More about this quote: wist.info/kerr-jean/30768/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #jeankerr #Catholic #discipline #framework #freedom #guidelines #moralcode #religion

You have the right to demand freedom from your government: https://u.fsf.org/contacting-government #FSF #Freedom

I watched the 2hr video this morning. Things are *so so so bad*, it is unbelievable. #LG is just exemplaric of what happens all over the place. In the video a whole network of complicit corporations is exposed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA

CC @EUCommission See toot above ☝️ .. Speed up regulation and enforcement please, before it is too late.

#Freedom #Democracy #technology #privacy #security #SurveillanceCapitalism #TechnoFascism

📢 #MFIA Media & #Freedom of Information Access Clinic at #Yale Law

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@futurebird

Also it is clear that #Youtube recommendation algorithm serves completely different realities to different people. Sometimes suddenly the algorithm (by accident, or on purpose) leaks some blatant misinformation or alt-right/fascist video's into my browser viewport.

The example in the snapshot I encountered yesterday, and is one that is easy to detect. I watch pro-Ukraine channels, and this guy is a clear Russian hack.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Diesen

It shows how dangerous Youtube is for #freedom and #democracy, esp. where more and more people turn away from TV and regular #news channels to get fully 'informed' by #SocialMedia.

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Misinformation in my recommendations. A video thumnail reading "Ukraine is closer to collapse than you think" by a Russian hack called Glenn Diesen.

A quotation from Abraham Fortas

Any departure from absolute regimentation may cause trouble. Any variation from the majority’s opinion may inspire fear. Any word spoken, in class, in the lunchroom, or on the campus, that deviates from the view of another person may start an argument or cause a disturbance. But our Constitution says we must take this risk, and our history says that it is this sort of hazardous freedom — this kind of openness — that is the basis of our national strength and of the independence and vigor of Americans who grow up and live in this relatively permissive, often disputatious, society.

Abraham Fortas (1910–1982) American academic, jurist, lawyer; US Supreme Court Justice (1965–69)
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503, 508 (1969) [majority opinion]

More about this quote: wist.info/fortas-abe/13226/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abefortas #America #argument #belief #Constitution #control #debate #disagreement #dissent #disturbance #firstamendment #freespeech #freedom #freedomofexpression #freedomofspeech #heterodoxy #majority #openness #opinion #popularopinion #SCOTUS #troublemaking #protest

A quotation from Bertrand Russell

Children, like grown-ups, enjoy the sense of achievement derived from mastering a difficulty, but this requires a consistency of effort of which few are capable without some outside encouragement. The capacity for consistent self-direction is one of the most valuable that a human being can possess. It is practically unknown in young children, and is never developed either by a very rigid discipline or by complete freedom.

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Education and the Social Order [Education and the Modern World], ch. 2 “The Negative Theory of Education” (1932)

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#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bertrandrussell #achievement #application #childrearing #childraising #children #control #discipline #effort #encouragement #freedom

Centralized platforms will never be the solution for privacy and autonomy, it is crazy but all that multi-millions-dollar backed apps can't bring you as far in terms of #autonomy, #resilience and #freedom as #ArcaneChat does

#decentralization #european #europe #e2ee

📢 #MFIA Media & #Freedom of Information Access Clinic at #Yale Law

“The MFIA Clinic is proud to be part of this important lawsuit challenging the sale of privileged access to the President’s official statements․

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@joyoftech

JUSTICE: HOW TO KILL META!
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The legal math on media is broken. The punitive measures are not effective deterrents.

If you look at the numbers, Meta does harmful things, apologizes, pays a pittance, and still comes out ahead financially.

Zuckerberg sold out his users data to Cambridge Analytica, influencing the US election. Then he appeared before Congress like a contrite little schoolboy - "Oops! I didn't mean to accidentally cut multibillion dollar deals and sell out Facebook users. Honest mistake. I promise not to do it again ( unless the price is right! )"
Because of the math, he still came out ahead.

I left Meta's platforms a long time ago.

People who are not savvy, are locked into the Facebook walled garden, because of the Network Effect. ( "I can't leave Facebook. All my friends are on Facebook!" )

Having liberated ourselves, it is our duty to liberate others, who are still trapped, to give them their right to privacy.

Here's a plan of action:

1) Place ads on Facebook, explaining the benefits of #Mastodon
( https://joinmastodon.org/ )

1.1) Freedom from Meta's censorship and algorithms.

1.2) A community owned, open social media platform.

2) When a user clicks, guide them through exporting their data from Facebook, and deleting their Facebook account.

3) Give them an optional questionnaire, asking about their interests, and match them with the right Mastodon instance.

4) If they skip the optional questionnaire, pick a random Mastodon instance for them.

5) Give them an option to enter into a Facebook migration registry.

6) Help them set up a Mastodon account and import their data.

7) If they opted into the migrant registry, reconnect them with their former Facebook connections, who also joined the registry. Like a reunion in Heaven with your loved ones. ☺️

#FaceBook #Meta #instagram #WhatsApp #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Mastodon #Technology #Tech #Justice
#FuckZuck #FOSS #Linux #OpenSource #Freedom #Liberty
#Law #USA

One US company – Digital Identity, Inc. – controls 271 TLDs (~42% of all TLDs).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_Digital

This is fine.

It’s not.

And that’s why the Small Web will be using Web Numbers.

https://ar.al/2025/06/25/web-numbers/

And you should seriously be thinking about this and at least have a contingency plan given what happened this week with the fascist US government designating Autistici/Inventati – an anti-fascist Italian .org providing internet support to activists – as terrorists, sanctioning them, and knocking them off the Internet.

https://www.telesurenglish.net/u-s-designates-palestine-action-masar-badil-and-autistici-inventati-as-terrorist-groups/

If you’re serious about sovereignty, @EUCommission, you should be at DEFCON 1. And if your sovereignty plans don’t include decentralisation across the board, we are well and truly fucked.

This doesn’t just concern domains. If you’re an anti-fascist or anti-genocide org or group, the fascist US government can designate you a terrorist group and sanction you thereby cutting you off from banking, hosting, and almost all other infrastructure providers with zero due process in the EU.

PS. In case you’re wondering, this is the full list of TLDs controlled by Digital Identity, Inc.:

Business
• .limited
• .ltd
• .management
• .network
• .partners
• .sarl
• .services
• .solutions
• .ventures
• .support
• .associates
• .business
• .careers
• .center
• .consulting
• .company
• .enterprises
• .gmbh (company with limited liability, German legal entity)
• .group
• .industries
• .international
• .企业 (enterprise)

Education
• .academy
• .church
• .education
• .institute
• .mba
• .school
• .schule (school)
• .university
• .degree

Entertainment
• .bingo
• .bet
• .casino
• .dating
• .dog
• .events
• .games
• .movie
• .lotto
• .show
• .singles
• .theater
• .actor
• .band
• .dance
• .live
• .poker
• .rocks
• .studio
• .video
• .游戏 (games)
• .娱乐 (entertainment)

Financial
• .accountants
• .capital
• .cash
• .claims
• .credit
• .creditcard
• .estate
• .exchange
• .finance
• .financial
• .fund
• .global
• .holdings
• .insure
• .investments
• .llc
• .loans
• .money
• .report
• .tax

Fun Domains
• .cool
• .exposed
• .fail
• .black
• .red
• .gripe
• .jetzt (now in German)
• .ninja
• .blue
• .pink
• .wtf (WTF means usually "what the fuck" in internet slang)
• .life
• .green
• .pet

Healthcare
• .care
• .clinic
• .dental
• .dentist
• .doctor
• .healthcare
• .hospital
• .rehab
• .rip
• .surgery
• .vet
• .vision

Home and Construction
• .plumbing
• .lighting
• .repair
• .tools
• .cleaning
• .builders
• .construction
• .contractors
• .works
• .glass
• .parts
• .pro
• .supplies
• .supply
• .tires

Legal
• .legal
• .attorney
• .lawyer

News and Information
• .bio
• .chat
• .directory
• .fyi (for your information)
• .info
• .memorial
• .tips
• .reviews
• .news
• .media
• .today

Photography
• .camera
• .equipment
• .gallery
• .graphics
• .photography
• .photos
• .pictures

Political and Military
• .democrat
• .republican
• .vote
• .army
• .airforce
• .voto
• .navy
• .family

Real Estate
• .apartments
• .camp
• .community
• .condos
• .farm
• .house
• .immo
• .land
• .lease
• .maison
• .properties
• .rentals
• .villas
• .haus (house)
• .mortgage
• .immobilien (property)

Sports and Fitness
• .bike
• .coach
• .football
• .golf
• .hockey
• .pro
• .run
• .soccer
• .team
• .tennis
• .training
• .ski
• .futbol
• .rocks
• .expert
• .guru
• .fan
• .fitness

Style and Fashion
• .boutique
• .clothing
• .diamonds
• .florist
• .furniture
• .gold
• .jewelry
• .salon
• .shoes
• .style
• .toys
• .watch
• .moda (people/organizations interested in fashion and style)

Technology
• .codes
• .computer
• .domains
• .systems
• .technology
• .engineer
• .engineering
• .energy
• .mobi
• .solar
• .software
• .网站 (web)
• .移动 (mobile)

Travel and Geography
• .travel
• .city
• .cruises
• .flights
• .guide
• .holiday
• .asia
• .irish
• .place
• .reise (travel)
• .viajes (trip)
• .tours
• .town
• .vacations
• .reisen (travel, plural or verb)
• .voyage
• .cab
• .limo
• .zone
• .world
• .taxi

Shopping and Retail
• .bargains
• .cards
• .cheap
• .coupons
• .deals
• .delivery
• .direct
• .discount
• .express
• .gifts
• .gratis (free)
• .plus
• .shopping
• .tienda (store)
• .sale
• .promo
• .kaufen (buy)
• .market
• .auction
• .forsale
• .商店 (shop/store)

Food and Beverage
• .cafe
• .catering
• .coffee
• .kitchen
• .pizza
• .recipes
• .restaurant
• .vin (wine)
• .wine
• .fish
• .pub

Marketing and Communications
• .agency
• .digital
• .email
• .marketing
• .media
• .productions
• .social
• .studio

#USA #US #fascism #AutisticiInventati #TLDs #ICAAN #EU #antifascism #tech #technology #freedom #democracy

📢 #MFIA Media & #Freedom of Information Access Clinic at #Yale Law

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Centralized platforms will never be the solution, it's crazy but all that multi-million-dollar backed apps can't bring you as far in terms of #autonomy, #resilience and #freedom as #ArcaneChat does

#decentralization #digitalindependence #european #europe #openSource #privacy

You have the right to demand freedom from your government: https://u.fsf.org/contacting-government #FSF #Freedom

You have the right to demand freedom from your government: https://u.fsf.org/contacting-government #FSF #Freedom

this is really super cool:

https://likebutter.app/blog/butterbox-deltachat

quite some other projects try to solve "offline communications" by using Bluetooth but I think this is very unpractical for anything that is not looking like an IRC or SMS app

but if people setup local interconnected wifi hotspots and build a mesh network in the cities/towns then you can have a something much more interesting while not draining everyone's battery

enabling people to do things like this and becoming truly resilient and autonomous

things like this you can never do with centralized messengers like #WhatsApp, #Telegram, #Signal, etc. if you really care about digital independence, centralized alternatives are just NOT an option at all

#mesh_network #mesh #offlinefirst #deltachat #autonomy #privacy #security #freedom #resilience #decentralization #opensource #europe #european #digitalindependence #diday #butterbox

🎉Big Win Against Big Tech🎉

Apple's lawsuit against the EU failed. Apple is still regulated under the DMA and must enable interoperability.

This is great news for #software #freedom and #open #source. ❤️

#FOSS

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DMA & EU stars VS Apple logo

You have the right to demand freedom from your government: https://u.fsf.org/contacting-government #FSF #Freedom

How can people see shit like this and not think "fuck this authoritarian shite"?

#freedom #freespeech #TransTyranny

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I’m trans but – sorry, Germany – no one should go to jail for misgendering As Berlin introduces pro-trans laws that will make deadnaming an offence punishable with prison or a €10,000 fine, barrister Robin Moira White says it will only make life harder for people like her Friday 01 November 2024 15:02 GMT

You have the right to demand freedom from your government: https://u.fsf.org/contacting-government #FSF #Freedom

#Polycule is a portmanteau of #polyamory and #molecule.

Polycule is an analog to the way that atomic #bonds connect the #atoms in a #molecule.

We love more = we connect more!
#P2P #Passion #Heart #Infinite #Love = #Freedom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycule

#Heart / #Infinite #Love Combination

A #Symbol for the way to #peace...?

#Mastodon as a group of #loving #individuals that #connect #members & #fans of #groups together?

#Talking to #machines all day doesn't work.

We need better humans?

We have enough #Tech / #SmallTech?

A lighter AND deeper #human #relationship towards solving all #wars & arguments?

#Passion together to build back warmth, then #freedom?

(Not sex / romance, true #passion together)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycule

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heart / infinity combination symbol

FOSS Meetup in #London on Saturday was a success, we ultimately had 9 people attend that day.

That you so much to those who attended, and also those who helped with outreach. I am aiming to run another one sometime in October, but this time with more infrastructure.

Also again, thanks to the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) for managing to get the sticker package to us on short notice.

If anyone lives in/near #London and is passionate about #FOSS and #Freedom and would like to help build a community, please do reach out, the more the merrier.

Picture of the meetup attached, lots of stickers!

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Photo looking downwards onto a round wooden table in a pub environment, on which some pint glass es are visible (some empty, some half-full) as well as some FSFE informative leaflets and stickers. The table is surrounded by ~8 people, who are not visible in frame apart f rom some arms and legs, as the camera is looking down. One person's hand is reaching into the sticker pile. There are so many stickers sprawled over the table that they have taken over ~80% of the table. The stickers are loosely grouped into a few sections: the overwhelming majority are FSFE stickers, while nearer the camera there are also some w ith the logos of XMPP, Snikket and OMEMO.

You have the right to demand freedom from your government: https://u.fsf.org/contacting-government #FSF #Freedom

A quotation from Diderot

And his hands would plait the priest’s entrails,
For want of a rope, to strangle kings.
 
[Et ses mains ourdiraient les entrailles du prêtre,
Au défaut d’un cordon pour étrangler les rois.]

Denis Diderot (1713-1784) French editor, philosopher
Poem (1772), “Les Éleuthéromanes”

Much more about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/diderot-denis/6524/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #diderot #denisdiderot #authority #Christianity #church #clergy #freedom #king #liberty #monarchy #priest #priesthood #rebellion #revolution #royalty #strangulation #tyranny

@elsua54 @sturmsucht

2/ We are still waiting on a '#system' to solve humanity...
We waiting for a #machine
We waiting for a #software etc

of which work -only- humans can do with humans!

No machine does the people work to develop people (it's not just about Mastodon developing software).

We have to learn what #freedom is and give it to others measurably better.

Mini-Conclusion

Even the #devs and #admins for #freedoms are not working on #pioneering people - just #software!

Amazing right?

Ironic

A website details the blocked websites in #Ukraine.... is itself blocked by #Cloudflare.

An archived copy of the page shows that the government of Ukraine has blocked 48,698 websites, and that number could be greater now.

Should a government be afraid of its people thinking for themselves?

Blocked: https://uablocklist.com/

Archived: https://archive.is/g0J9Y

#censorship #InternetFreedom #freedom

Discarded trash from #SpaceX will slam into the #moon, possibly on Wednesday.

I found this story on a banned website. #Ukraine has blocked many, but it can be viewed in the USA.

https://life.ru/p/1906519

More about the #censorship:

http://john1126.com/779

#freedom #InternetFreedom

YouTube's Information Control for #Ukraine

"YouTube does not disclose the details of its algorithm"

But #YouTube does admit to blocking content to Ukrainians. Can a man not be trusted to form his own opinions?

Harvard studied the impact of YouTube's #censorship: "Comment activity on banned channels dropped sharply to near zero immediately after the ban, indicating that the ban was, in fact, successful in preventing exposure to these channels."

source: https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/information-control-on-youtube-during-russias-invasion-of-ukraine/

#freedom

This video appears to show a young Ukrainian man being captured by his own government, to be drafted into the war against Russia (what they call #conscription).

It's a war they do not want, but their government forces them to fight. Most Ukrainian men want their government to make peace with Russia.

video source:
https://southfront.press/the-neverending-draft-how-kyiv-buys-time-with-soldiers-lives/

#Ukraine #Russia #war #freedom

A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

Will we ever learn to use reason instead of force in the world, and will people ever be wise enough to refuse to follow bad leaders or to take away the freedom of other people?

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) First Lady of the US (1933–1945), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1939-10-16), “My Day”

More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/60…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #conflict #following #force #freedom #future #hope #leaders #leadership #liberty #oppression #progress #reason #tyranny #war #WorldWar2 #ww2 #wwii

A quotation from Montesquieu

The gods […] have attached to liberty almost as many misfortunes as to servitude.
 
[Les dieux […] ont attaché à la liberté presque autant de malheurs qu’à la servitude.]

Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
Essay (1724-02), “Dialogue of Sulla and Eucrates [Dialogue de Sylla et d’Eucrate] [Sulla], Mercure de France [tr. Carrithers / Stewart (2020)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/85165/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #freedom #liberty #servitude #tyranny

Because of recent ToS of #codeberg, I have to write few words.

I am from Iran. For years, we've been blocked by the US sanctions. These sanctions didn't hurt the regime much. But it does hurt me people greatly. The US isn't shy about doing whatever they want with other nations for their benefits or in the name of fighting terrorism.

#cryptocurrency has been a way for us to trade with parties abroad without any government, America or our own, being able to censor the money transfer.

Imagine, if one day the US government puts a sanction on the whole Europe, what will citizens of each side could do?

That's the power the traditional money system gives to the governments. If a US citizen wants to give me money for a job, or vice versa, what right does our governments have to prevent us from doing so? Why the governments have to interfere with every single thing their citizen does?

#Iran #US #IranWar #crypto #bitcoincash #bch #foss #USsanctions #USsanction #sanction #freedom #digitalfreedom #financialfreedom

For the past three decades, #BigTech have been secretly, continuously, systematically tracking all aspects of our personal lives, and they have been exploiting that data to extract more and more profits. To the delight of many technology fanciers, all these nefarious acts are now #AI powered. It is only during this period of exploration that IT had its first billionaire.

We Americans have tacitly accepted this invasive surveillance, in exchange for essential modern goods and services, like toilets that flush automatically after shitting and shit-posting on social media in the wee small hour of the morning. So long as the two parties involved have the “meeting of the minds”, this process counts as a “fair exchange” under law.

It is now evident that our federal #government is using those same #surveillance technologies and procedures to monitor, control, manipulate, and oppress us. Regardless of our nonchalance, this process is "government overreach" in violation of our constitutional rights to privacy.

Why so dramatic a difference between these two forms of privacy violation that employ the same technologies and procedures?

• The first form of privacy violation is a private act that induces us to waste our time and money, individually and collectively.
• The second form of privacy violation is a governmental action that erodes our individual #freedom and our collective #democracy.

But we #American citizens are equally unperturbed by both forms of #privacy violation.

@evgandr @argv_minus_one

4 "Hell no. Saving the planet is a job of entities who pollunated the planet — governments and corporations, not mine. I obviously may participate in clownery like using paper straws to save fucking nothing, but I will not, "

This is the attitude I mean. Well said and what needs reconsidering. Please.

You just to thinking I mean taking away / stopping things, instead of simply making friends much more / doing the people-work together towards #freedom / #friendships.

RE: https://floss.social/@doctormo/116927739358578223

Ah, finally, they’re saying the quiet parts out loud:

“Sure, the social angle of working on open source is important and often a very motivating part of the project, but in the end that’s a side benefit, not the _point_ of the project.” – Linus Torvalds

https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-%3Dwi4zC%2BZe8e%2Bp3tMv8TtG_80KzsZ1syL9anBtmEh5Z40vg@mail.gmail.com/

Now do you understand what I mean when I say “free” as in “freedom” versus “open” as in “open for business?”

#FOSS #freeSoftware #openSource #freedom

@TerminalTilt

There's angry, there's disappointed, then there's hurt and betrayed, and then a parsec further along the same vector is the unnamed emotion I'm feeling now, watching the creator of the #freedom-championing OS I've used for a quarter century effortlessly, nonchalantly, and self-righteously side with the oppressor.
And not only side with them, but act like any objection is foolhardy, gauche, and a waste of time.

💢😓

A quotation from Horace

There was a stag, once, who could always defeat a stallion
And drive him out of their pasture — until, tired of losing,
The horse begged help of man, and got a bridle in return.
He beat the stag, all right, and he laughed — but then the rider
Stayed on his back, and the bit stayed in his mouth.
Give up your freedom, more worried about poverty than something
Greater than any sum of gold, and become a slave and stay
A slave forever, unable to live on only enough.
 
[Cervus equum pugna melior communibus herbis
pellebat, donec minor in certamine longo
imploravit opes hominis frenumque recepit;
sed postquam victor violins discessit ab hoste,
non equitem dorso, non frenum depulit ore.
Sic qui pauperiem veritus potiore metallis
libertate caret, dominum vehet improbus atque
serviet aeternum, quia parvo nesciet uti.]

Horace (65–8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Epistles [Epistularum, Letters], Book 1, ep. 10 “To Aristius Fuscus,” l. 34ff (1.10.34-41) (20 BC) [tr. Raffel (1983)]

More about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/horace/80424/

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #horace #avarice #bit #bridle #control #economy #enough #fear #financialsecurity #freedom #frugality #greed #impoverishment #insecurity #liberty #master #poverty #selfsufficiency #servility #sufficiency #worry

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no amount is too small!

💜 join our contributors 👉 https://arcanechat.me/#contribute

#ArcaneChat #freedom #privacy #security #encryption #autonomy #digitalindependence #opensource #decentralization #europe #european

Today, in lieu of scheduled celebrations of a US that is held hostage by forces bent on dismantling democracy, I am re-posting an essay I wrote in September 2024, prior to the last election, about the considerable repair work that American democracy needs to protect itself from tyrants.

https://netsettlement.blogspot.com/2024/09/repairing-democracy.html

#politics #USPolitics #4th #july4th #FourthOfJuly #US250 #US250th #Democracy #Freedom #Constitution #SCOTUS #ElectoralCollege #Gerrymandering #voting #impeachment #CitizensUnited #Rights #Corporations #Marriage #Abortion #Pardons #DEI #Religion

A quotation from Lincoln

It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the motherland; but something in the Declaration giving liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but hope to the world for all future time. It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in that Declaration of Independence.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) American lawyer, politician, US President (1861-65)
Speech (1861-02-22), Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

More about this quote: wist.info/lincoln-abraham/2474…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #lincoln #abelincoln #abrahamlincoln #DeclarationofIndependence #equalopportunity #freedom #humanrights #humanity #liberty #revolution

A quotation from Thomas Jefferson

We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable; that all men are created equal & independant, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent & inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these ends, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any form of government shall become destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, & to institute new government, laying it’s foundation on such principles & organising it’s powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety & happiness.

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) American political philosopher, polymath, statesman, US President (1801-09)
Document (1776-06), “Declaration of Independence” (original rough draft)

More about this quote: wist.info/jefferson-thomas/520…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasjefferson #civilrights #consentofthegoverned #createdequal #DeclarationofIndependence #equality #freedom #government #happiness #humanity #independence #liberty #life #pursuitofhappiness #reform #revolution #rights #safety #selfgovernment

A quotation from Salman Rushdie

The creative act requires not only freedom but also this assumption of freedom. If the creative artist worries if he will still be free tomorrow, then he will not be free today. If he is afraid of the consequences of his choice of subject or of his manner of treatment of it, then his choices will not be determined by his talent, but by fear. If we are not confident of our freedom, then we are not free.

Salman Rushdie (b. 1947) Indian novelist
Speech (2012-05-06), Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture, PEN World Voices Festival, New York City

More about this quote: wist.info/rushdie-salman/84768…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #salmanrushdie #pen #art #artist #censorship #creation #creativity #fear #freedom #selfcensorship #subjectmatter #worry #writer #writing

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Salman Rushdie quotation

A quotation from Adlai Stevenson

A hungry man is not a free man.

Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965) American diplomat, statesman
Speech (1952-09-06), “Farm Policy,” National Plowing Contest, Kasson, Minnesota

More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-adlai-ewin…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #adlaistevenson #anxiety #freedom #hunger #Maslow #need #priority #worry #poverty #poor

What features do you miss in Mastui? Because you do use Mastui right?

#masrui #tui #features #mastodon #freedom

10 more days until our #CfP is closed.

Remember we moved our dates and #SeaGL2026 is now happening October 23rd and 24th. Same location.

Visit: https://seagl.org for details

#linux #opensource #FLOSS #FOSS #OSS #ophw #community #tech #seattle #freedom

@geethap2007 I might be in the same position as you in some way & not sure what it helps ...

Without people building upon lots of people we're stuck... if going towards #freedom / #cooperation etc.

I don't know how we're all going to win this mostly alone; from making music to helping lyrics that say / fix whatever a lot better.

Has helped in talking to you so I guess it's a start.

But do think more on it.

(this is not a dating request but trying work together to mean something more?)...

“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”
‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬ ‭NIVUK‬‬
#bible #freedom

🏩🌞🥳🎊🎉🪅🤠💛🩷💜🌐🌏💛💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FREE BROTHERS!*& SISTERS!*& TREASURED FRIENDS WHAT IS JUNETEENTH?🤔🤓🇺🇲🌎🇺🇸🌐💜💁🏿‍♀️*IT is a federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States!*{OH!*HAPPY DAYS!}*& It marks the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans in Galveston!*Texas!*finally received word that they were free!*over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation!*HALLELUJAH!*& AMEN!🙏🙏🏻🙏🏿👉

#Juneteenth #Freedom #Let #Praises #Ring #God #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #Love #One #Another

🏩🌞🥳🎊🎉🪅🤠💛🩷💜🌐🌏💛💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FREE BROTHERS!*& SISTERS!*& TREASURED FRIENDS Happy Juneteenth!🎂🥳🎊🎉🫂🪅🤠🇺🇲🌎🌐🩷💁‍♀️*& WHAT IS JUNETEENTH?👉

#Happy #Juneteenth #Freedom #For #All #Alleluia #Let #Praises #Ring #Our #songs #of #adoration #We #Sing #Worship #Honor #Thanksgiving #God #Heavenly #Father #Grace #Blessed #Savior #The #Son #Jesus #Christ #Light #Holy #Spirit #DEVOTIONAL #World #People #Pray #Believe #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Goodness #Kindness #Gentleness #Understanding #Unity #Love #One #Another

🏩🌞🥳🎊🎉🪅🤠💛🩷💜🌐🌏💛💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FREE BROTHERS!*& SISTERS TREASURED FRIENDS GOOD FRIDAY MORNING!🌞👉

#Happy #Juneteenth #Freedom #For #All #Alleluia #Let #Praises #Ring #Our #songs #of #adoration #We #Sing #Worship #Honor #Thanksgiving #God #Heavenly #Father #Grace #Blessed #Savior #The #Son #Jesus #Christ #Light #Holy #Spirit #FRIDAY #DEVOTIONAL #World #Pray #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Hospitality #Gentleness #Understanding #Everyone #Unity #Love #One #Another

🏩🌞🥳🎊🎉🪅🤠💛🩷💜🌐🌏💛💁🏼‍♀️*DEAR BELOVED FREE BROTHERS!*& SISTERS TREASURED FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD GOOD FRIDAY MORNING!🌞👉

#Happy #Juneteenth #Freedom #For #All #Alleluia #Let #Praises #Ring #Our #songs #of #adoration #We #Sing #Worship #Honor #Thanksgiving #God #Heavenly #Father #Grace #Blessed #Savior #The #Son #Jesus #Christ #Light #Holy #Spirit #FRIDAY #DEVOTIONAL #World #People #Pray #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Hospitality #Helping #Others #Gentleness #Unity #Love #One #Another

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A gorgeous painting of two pretty young girls in pastel dresses walking in a beautiful multi colorful field of flowers and there are words in white bold print saying ~ ("WISHING ALL YOU DEAR FRIENDS ACROSS THE WORLD!*A FULL OF GOD'S LOVE DAY!*AMEN!")

Federal Right To #Privacy Act

The Solution: A Comprehensive Privacy Bill

The bill imposes hard limits on #surveillance , hidden collection, #coercive “consent,” brokered data trafficking, and government circumvention of what should be a lawful process balancing #freedom with evidence of wrongdoing. It restores rule-based protections people can understand and courts can enforce.

https://righttoprivacyact.github.io/

Anyone who tells you to trust authority is your enemy and the servant of your slaver.

#Authority #Patronage #Freedom