Notices by neil 🍄 (neil@social.coop), page 65

I'd like a libre software Swype alternative.

Seize the means of prediction.

I miss this little guy.. don't see him round so much anymore.

https://social.coop/media/wvWysfTnYiEpJy-TAbY

Aside from keeping patched and up-to-date, what are your tips and techniques for staying secure on Android device?

#qotd #android #security

"Kite is a DIY kit that empowers you (and everyone) to build a smartphone, irrespective of skill level. A screwdriver is required, but no other tools."

I love that these more homebrew phone/laptop projects are springing up, usually with a power to the people ethos which is cool. From a longevity perspective though, long term software and spare parts support is important, and sometimes hard for small projects.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2070436562/kite

How to build a new world in the shell of the old. Solidarity economy and dual power.

"As hierarchical society gives way to genuine democracy, it is the institutions we organise and experiment with today that will
become the replacements."

http://unevenearth.org/2018/04/how-to-build-a-new-world-in-the-shell-of-the-old/

Good piece on the lineage back to #Bookchin of the ideas and structures of the Kurdish resistance.

"Rather than advocating the abolition of the state through an uprising of the proletariat, he suggested that by developing alternative institutions in the form of popular assemblies and neighborhood committees - and notably by taking part in municipal elections - the power of the state could be 'hollowed out' from below, eventually making it superfluous."

https://roarmag.org/essays/bookchin-kurdish-struggle-ocalan-rojava/

#ocalan #pkk

This is why I only use & support Free & Open Source Software in my personal life. This man is going to prison. Prison.

"A California man who built a sizable business out of recycling electronic waste is headed to federal prison for 15 months after a federal appeals court in Miami rejected his claim that the “restore disks” he made to extend the lives of computers had no financial value, instead ruling that he had infringed Microsoft’s products to the tune of $700,000."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/true-crime/wp/2018/04/24/recycling-innovator-eric-lundgren-loses-appeal-on-computer-restore-discs-must-serve-15-month-prison-term/?noredirect=on

Seriously. Fuck Microsoft. Fuck the justice system that allowed this.

The man was actually (and hopefully will continue) making a difference as it relates to ewaste, built-in obsolescence, et al.

#Ewaste #FOSS #Lundgren

If you're into working with humans, free software & cryptography, and you love the idea of helping news organizations break their biggest stories based on submissions by whistleblowers, you may want to come work with me! New opening at Freedom of the Press Foundation just went up - boosts appreciated:

https://freedom.press/jobs/job-opening-newsroom-support-engineer-securedrop/

#nonprofitjobs #securedrop

Time to choose the next book for the #socialcoop #readinggroup. Eight titles were randomly selected from our list -- you can find them, and vote, here: https://www.loomio.org/d/jkmWTu13/readings-selection
#selfeducation #共育　

The Emergency Committee for Rojava:

A Call to Defend #Rojava

an open letter:
http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/04/23/a-call-to-defend-rojava/

supported by
- Noam #Chomsky
- David #Graeber
- Debbie Bookchin (journalist and daughter of Murray #Bookchin)

...to just name my fav. ones from that list

sadly their call is missing agitation for #directAction that involves more then begging the authority

(great interview with Debbie #bookchin:
https://mastodon.social/@paulfree14/99480253671806659 )

Me IRL

Lenovo banned bootloader unlocking after LineageOS release • r/LineageOS

They are also censoring everything on social networks, their own forums, don’t respond to any request. Even post on Lenovo reddit is not visible...

https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/8dw1uv/lenovo_banned_bootloader_unlocking_after/