On this week’s page of Bicycle Boy, Poet is spotted by an old ‘friend’. :)
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http://bicycleboy.net | #webcomic #MastoArt
Y'know while I was away from Mastodon for a bit, I co-founded an Association that is trying to help comic creators. We're almost 400 members strong now - so if you're reading this and you're a fellow creator, you can read our Code of Conduct and Mission Statement below, then join us here: https://discord.gg/sKDrf8Q
re: Guilty/Onions (Img text)
Q: What's the kindest thing a stranger has done or said to you?
A: Oh God! I can't even tell this story and not cry.
I used to manage an LGBT bookstore, when bookstores were still a thing. One night, a caller says he thinks he might be gay and is considering self-harm. We were not a crisis center!
But as long as we're talking, he's safe, right?
So I talk to this guy and I answer questions, and I try to be encouraging and I'm maybe sounding a little frantic and I'm definitely ignoring the 4--5 customers in the store, and this angel of a woman puts her hand on my shoulder and asks for the phone.
"My turn, she says".
And SHE, this 50-something lesbian talks to this stranger on the phone. And a LINE FORMS BEHIND HER. Every csutomer in the store knows that call, knows that feeling, and eveyr person takes a turn talking to that man.
That story comforts me so much to this day.
Finally – FNTI*#CryptoParty!
This Saturday, June 12th 2021, 4 pm CEST
online via BigBlueBotton
https://lecture.senfcall.de/ren-met-lbg-d81
Our #privacy is such a beauty, let's come together and learn how to protect it.
For women, enbies, trans* and inter* people only.
If like me you find yourself struggling in these trying times, know that you‘ll always have a room in my magnificent Elven Castle, waiting for you to get some rest. ✨
#art #comic #comics #creativetoot #drawing #makingcomics #mastoart #panelpreview #penandink
Ich freue mich total. Eine #Mobilizon-Instanz für Berlin geht an den Start.
Die Einweihung wird auf einer Kundgebung am 18.6. im Görli zelebriert!
#SharingIsCaring Kommt rum! Das ganze ist draußen mit Maske und Abstand.
Die Kungebung ist in Solidarität mit den Künstler*innen in der Pandemie (die ja in Hartz IV gedrängt werden) und gegen die Geschäftsmodelle der großen Tech-Unternehmen (die unsere Privatsphäre durchdringen).
https://mobilize.berlin/events/9dda7834-89f5-4009-a089-646d6a60e36e
RT @KetanJ0@twitter.com
Please allow me to re-share my rough sketch of some advanced carbon capture technology
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In a final step, the user took #SailfishOS X, same as before, and changed just a few lines in /etc/connman/main.conf
(removed all the FallbackTimeservers, Ipv4StatusUrl and Ipv6StatusUrl configuration)…
...and it does not connect *anywhere*.
Completely empty list of external connections.
Thing of #beauty.
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Further results:
- #UbuntuTouch – connections every several minutes to a few Canonical and ubports servers – probably tuneable, but behaving like this out of the box.
- #SailfishOS X – connects to some NTP servers, to ip4.jolla.com (detection of WIFI capture portals) and some AWS server, exchanges a few bytes and stops; repeats the same process after ~12 hours (probably network clock synchronization).
This is even less than #GrapheneOS‘ default connections.
Interesting thread in the #SailfishOS forum where a user set up the following experiment:
They flashed an Xperia X phone with different OSes, left them idle without running any apps and then saw how often and where the OS is connecting to by default (tcpdumps).
Results:
- #Android 8.1 from vendor – an expected catastrophe: within one minute, it „connected everywhere“.
Read on for #UbuntuTouch, #SailfishOS, and #grapheneos
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https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/privacy-and-security-of-sailfishos/6028/42
So the European Parliament decides to adopt privatized Internet censorship -in the name of opposing "terrorist content- without a fuckin vote.
Any country can ask any company to take down any content in *ONE HOUR* if it is "terrorist content".
Hungary, Poland, will love that. Maybe if you call to burn EU Democracy, you'll be taken down too?
Anyone still believes #EU is relevant? that EU Parliament is "democratic"? That any of this is just and fair?
Oscars 2021 – a mixed bag
• Chloe Zhao first woman of color Best Director winner 🎉
• Black actors only win for supporting roles not leads 😡
• My Octopus Teacher best documentary 🌈
• Ja Ja Ding Dong was robbed 🐳
Interesting news regarding #SailfishOS in this morning's community meeting.
#Jolla is thinking about allowing the community to buy and install the OS's commercial parts (like the Android layer) on top of community ports, e.g. for the #PinePhone or the @Fairphone ).
Maybe that dream of a hackable Linux-based OS on repairable, ethically sourced hardware could finally come true! \o/
Hallo #MastoArt,
Bock beim #GINCO, dem Inklusiven Deutschen #Comicpreis der Independent-Szene mitzumachen? Bewerben könnt ihr euch noch bis zum 01.05.
Die Teilnahmebedingungen findet ihr auf der Website: https://www.ginco-award.de/de/teilnahme.html
A few links on the topic, all in German:
Renate's original call for help:
https://bibliogram.art/p/CMt6-4ABgNB
A portrait of the library in the taz:
https://taz.de/Die-Berliner-Comicbibliothek-Renate/!5256584/
DLF Kultur radio segment:
https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/comicbibliothek-renate-vor-dem-aus-in-frankreich-bekaeme.2156.de.html?dram:article_id=495749
I'm shocked that #Berlin's foremost #comics underground institution, the Renate Comics Library, can only pay its rent for two more months due to the pandemic.
This is an essential place for the Berlin comics scene for over 30 yrs now. I've been to the monthly meetups countless times and I've given workshops there - it's a priceless incubator for art and friendship.
If you can afford it, please consider donating to save this gem:
IBAN: DE16 1001 0010 0004 2961 03
Paypal: 24h@renatecomics.de
Very pleased to see that Mastodon already have the intention to block FLOC in a coming update.
#mastodon #floc #fediverse
https://mastodon.social/@mastohost/106069491679821561
Berlin-based comic artist (he/him, white) trapped in a tech bubble.
Tooting for help in 🇬🇧 / 🇩🇪 about comics, infosec, queerness, and Elves.