solilo guy @dirk@computerfairi.es

@dirk I stand corrected, #Threema is not #opensource, only its client app.

The server structure is still proprietary, so to paraphrase @schmittlauch , it's more of a less shady #Telegram with better crypto but comparably centralized and closed server going-ons :/

Oh je, harter Lockdown in #Berlin und Online-Unterricht für die Kinder per…?
#Nextcloud und #Kopano!
Komplett #opensource!

Wenigstens darüber kein Kopfzerbrechen… 🙏 🙏​ 🙏​​

The main news about #ChrisPratt heavily trending on Twitter this weekend was *not* that #Marvel #Comics revealed his #MCU signature role #Starlord to be #bisexual/#pan, nor that people were now wondering how the actor, who used to frequent an anti-LGBTQIA* church, would react.

The scandal is that #Twitter silenced these queer voices and deliberately twisted the facts to:
“Chris Pratt is trending because he had a nice birthday tribute to his lovely wifey”. 🤮​

#GuardiansOfTheFediverse

You know It had to happen:
#Google reCAPTCH-Ads!

Next up: “Please select all images with crunchy bacon and free parking.”

Dare to ask, miracles do happen!

$RichCulturalOrganization: So we talked it over and as I said we didn’t have a budget, but we’re willing to learn, and so – we'd like to offer you $peanuts minus 50€, would that be okay for you?

Me: 🤯​🎄​🎁​

$RichCulturalOrganization: Unfortunately, there’s no budget for this, but we feel like we might change that in the future. Maybe we can help with task X and Y. I’ll consult with the team and get back to you.

Me: [grumbles aside] the administrator gets paid on this, the guy building the website gets paid, the comics journalists writing the interview questions gets paid – but the actual _content provider_ is supposed to do his_her work for fun ☠️​🌀​⚡​🤬​

$RichCulturalOrganization: Hey, would you like to participate in this cool comics website?

We just need you to do X, Y and Z; and we need unlimited int'l rights for publishing everything online and stuff. What do you think? 😎​

Me: Sounds cool, but, y'know, as full-time comics artist, and in these trying times, I have to ask: Is there a budget for me doing all this?

I think a fixed sum of $peanuts would be appropriate, what do you think? 🤔​

1990’s: it takes at least a minute for your 56k modem to connect and then load the website before you’re on the landing page.

2020’s: it takes at least a minute to deactivate all ‘legitimate interest’ cookies and find all hidden buttons before you’re on the landing page.

Yay #progress :/

#SurveillanceCapitalism

Aaand the final incarnation of my mountains:

removed all paper and rubber cement and used fine brushes for outlines, rocks and structures. White ink for rivers in the valley.

Usually, this stage ruins everything, so although it doesn't capture the essence of this place, it's no disaster, either.

(I think I will add some digital structures later on in the computer phase, to make it a bit more iridescent...)

But for the moment, that's it!
Whew!

5/5
#art #comic #comics #drawing #makingcomics