leinir @leinir@computerfairi.es
weirdo free/libre open source software person, member of the KDE community since forever, who loves squeaky, slinky and fuzzy things - they/them
Joined Sep 2018
So you know how one of @kde@mastodon.technology's goals is privacy, right? Well, turns out we've been doing a (very tiny) bit of (very extremely unintended) phoning home for a while, and as of now, that doesn't happen any longer. Here's some words i wrote about that :) https://kath-leinir.blogspot.com/2021/05/kdes-author-avatars-and-not-phoning-home.html
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This is an insanely good and thoughtful post exploring the underlying dynamics at play with people trying to exclude kink from pride:
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Hot take: lot of thumbs down on Chronicles of Riddick is cause the West is full of racist cop & US military stans that didn't like sympathetic POC prisoners & Muslims coexisting peacefully w/other religions in the space-Middle East when US was demonizing them to make war there.
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Introducing the first ever @kde + LMMS #PlasmaMobile Sound Competition 🎶! Get your sounds on to Plasma Mobile, win KDE goodies and have your music 🎸 promoted to tens of thousands of users!
Check out the rules at
https://community.kde.org/Promo/Plasma_Mobile_Audio_Competition
Submit your sounds to:
https://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=332
🎷🎻🎵
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ukpol, voter ID, ERS petition
The Electoral Reform Society is administering a petition against the UK government's plans to require photo ID (your responsibility and cost) for all voters.
As in the US, there's no justification for this other than disenfranchisement of people less likely to vote Conservative.
https://action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/35710/petition/1
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UK pol - please respond to a consultation
The Tories want to cut funding for university arts by 50%. This will lead to many university arts and music departments shutting and then posh people can go back to hoarding all cultural capital. Working class musicians will keep making music forever, but they'll do so without the benefits of access to higher education. Effectively, access to some art forms will be severely limited for people who aren't ruling class.
There's a consultation on this, which you can do today or tomorrow. https://survey.officeforstudents.org.uk/s/RecurrentFundingConsultation2021-22/
For more information, see this post from the Musicians Union: https://musiciansunion.org.uk/news/mu-expresses-horror-at-proposed-halving-of-funding-for-music-at-he-in-england
The consultation form is long and confusing - it's fine to only respond to the sections about arts cuts and leave the rest blank.
Please do respond to the consultation, or at least spare a boost! This will be catastrophic for arts if it goes through.
Peruse is a comic book reader that also comes with creator, and if you like that idea, here's another: It just had its first release (beta for now) in a few years :) https://twitter.com/PeruseByKDE/status/1384507501484417024 @kde@mastodon.technology #floss #comics #books
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"Why are you even protesting?"
300 black lives not ended by police brutality, that's why. It would have been worth it for even one.
RT @SociologistRay@twitter.com
“municipalities where BLM protests have been held experienced as much as a 20 percent decrease in killings by police, resulting in an estimated 300 fewer deaths nationwide in 2014–2019.”
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/SociologistRay/status/1381059720530788355
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Over the past 15 years of using #XMPP, I've seen many messengers come and go. People complain about the hassle of switching messengers, but many express a preference for the "simplicity" of gated gardens.... Do they count the cost of switching as well?
A truly sustainable messenger can only be a decentralized protocol, not just an app.
Learn how to join:
- https://joinjabber.org
Optional: but if you think about setting up your own server:
- https://sr.ht/~xamanu/xmpp-server
- https://snikket.org/service/quickstart
So, i heard you like comics and other books, with some links in them that you can choose, between different bits of those adventures, so they kind of become your own? Oh, you like choosing your own adventure? Well, do i have an exciting blog post for you! ;) https://kath-leinir.blogspot.com/2021/04/advanced-comic-book-linking.html @kde@mastodon.technology #floss
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This is just a feeler for now, but would people be interested in helping organize a Free Culture conference online?
If so, could you drop me a line?
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KDE e.V. is hiring 2 positions for environmental sustainability project https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-community/2021q2/006846.html
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We've got 100+ original #Pinebook laptops running #manjarolinux with #kdecommunity KDE Plasma to donate to a worthy cause. We're looking for a suitable nonprofit.
Help us help others.
Take a Moment - but actually, a human moment, as a base unit of time, that we can use when writing software. No, really! :) https://kath-leinir.blogspot.com/2021/04/take-moment.html @kde@mastodon.technology #floss
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My new novel, NON-PLAYER CHARACTER, is now live on Kickstarter!
Support a portal fantasy adventure with all-queer main characters where a TTRPG group of nerds in their 30s are transported to the world of their game.
Rewards include a playable TTRPG!
Boosts extremely welcome.
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hello fediverse
if you have like, two minutes, please consider filling out this survey i have to do for school
it's about how many books you read. don't worry if you don't read books very much, that's actually one of the things we're looking for
it's a google form. sorry
Do you like comic books? And digital ones? How about ones with translations and stuff? Well, do i have a blog post for you! ;) https://kath-leinir.blogspot.com/2021/03/advanced-comic-book-formatting.html @kde@mastodon.technology #floss #comics
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#PinePhone: Do you really want #Linux phones
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Hey all! If I were to run a #PinePhone #Photography #Challenge or #Competition, would anyone be interested?
If there were enough interest, I'd even be willing to run it as a weekly challenge.
The rules would be simple:
* Photos must be of the subject described
* Photos must be taken on a PinePhone
* No editing is allowed (with the exception of rotation)
* One entry per person, per week
An example of a subject may be something like "Your Best Friend", which could be your pet dog, a selfie, your partners hand, or your best drinking buddy downing a cold glass of beer.
Or maybe "Minor annoyances", which could mean a misaligned kitchen tile, a parking ticket, or a hole in your sock.
Basically, I'd host a place to upload the pictures, and everyone could vote on them, with the winner either getting the recognition for the fun of it, or if I can find a way of doing it, a prize for coming out on top.
Any takers?
@linmob @PINE64 @talkpine
@LinuxLounge
The general idea is to promote the #Pine64 PinePhone, and perhaps gain it a little more attention as a fun device. Also, bringing more attention to the #camera and #megapixels app, which I would like to see get a little love ☺️
If there were enough interest, I'd even be willing to run it as a weekly challenge.
The rules would be simple:
* Photos must be of the subject described
* Photos must be taken on a PinePhone
* No editing is allowed (with the exception of rotation)
* One entry per person, per week
An example of a subject may be something like "Your Best Friend", which could be your pet dog, a selfie, your partners hand, or your best drinking buddy downing a cold glass of beer.
Or maybe "Minor annoyances", which could mean a misaligned kitchen tile, a parking ticket, or a hole in your sock.
Basically, I'd host a place to upload the pictures, and everyone could vote on them, with the winner either getting the recognition for the fun of it, or if I can find a way of doing it, a prize for coming out on top.
Any takers?
@linmob @PINE64 @talkpine
@LinuxLounge
The general idea is to promote the #Pine64 PinePhone, and perhaps gain it a little more attention as a fun device. Also, bringing more attention to the #camera and #megapixels app, which I would like to see get a little love ☺️
Also, on a vaguely related note (Peruse runs on this thing! ;) - my video about the PinePhone is relevant again, as they just opened for preorders of the beta version of what will eventually become the consumer PinePhone, based on Plasma Mobile on Manjaro :) https://youtu.be/SOlcVXvqJi0 to see the video, or https://pine64.com/product-category/pinephone/ if you already know that it's usd200 well spent ;)
weirdo free/libre open source software person, member of the KDE community since forever, who loves squeaky, slinky and fuzzy things - they/them
Joined Sep 2018
