Notices by kropot :acab: (kropot@anticapitalist.party)

VM Brasseur: Freedom isn't Free

Deb: What do you wish people knew about free software?

VMB: As with any other freedom, this kind does not come for free. I'm not talking about paying maintainers, though that seems to be what everyone else is fixated on of late. Freedoms are not won through money. Freedoms are won through the time of every free software developer. Unlike money, when time is spent it's gone forever; there's no chance to earn more later.

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https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2018/dec/21/vmbblog/

https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption

As of today, #Bitcoin uses more energy than the country of Peru and a little less than Hong Kong.

And most of the network is powered by Chinese coal plants.

:burning_poop: <— actual image of a BTC

:drake_dislike: pressuring people into riding a bike everywhere they go
:drake_like: pressuring your city and urban planning to make it easy for people to not use there car
:hs_spin: burning down capitalism and wage slavery that's forcing people to commute until the end of there lives

Are they any discussion going on about implementing #GPG for the #fediverse ? Could it be done ?

As of now, the admin can read our DMs, but maybe we could have a solution to that ?

#infosec #askmasto :pacmaninky:

Did I understand correctly that key base is a centralized identity provider ? How is that good ?

https://indieweb.org/POSSE

Publics On Site Syndicate Elsewhere

POSSE is an abbreviation for Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere, a content publishing model that starts with posting content on your own domain first, then syndicating out copies to 3rd party services with permashortlinks back to the original on your site.

It's a key part of why and how the IndieWeb movement is different from just monoculture solutions.

Evolution of Facebook's privacy of your data, from 2005 to 2010 onwards.

So, in 2008 a crisis happened.

Since, the world's 1% share of the wealth has evolved.

It has gained 10%.

http://postscarcitymagazine.com/

Post-Scarcity Anarchism: A journal of social ecology is a DIY publication by various artists, activists, and writers inspired by Murray Bookchin.

#solarpunk #anarchism

A list of demands by the striking prisonners of the #august21 #PrisonStrike #usa

The Strike is still going strong! Follow @iwoc to have updates and more, simple, ways to help! :black_bloc_blob:

#august21 #prisonStrike

So I was looking up stuff to learn about, and machine learning was a buzzword I heard a lot but didn't really understand. Turns out it's really math and linear algebra, not super sentient computers.

A good video series about that ⤵️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aircAruvnKk

#machineLearning #AI #DeepLearning

#EndPrisonSlavery #PrisonStrike

Dance like no one is watching.
Encrypt like everyone is.

Quack

JoinFunkwhale - https://join.funkwhale.audio/

I'm leaving birdsite in a progressive way, but i'd like to follow some #freesoftware #french #solarpunk #anarchist #travel account/people. Any recommendations? Also, general news bots/account?

Do the boop