Humanity @Blort@social.tchncs.de

I have been experiencing an inverse Dunning-Kruger effect over the last few years. I have realized that literally everyone is better than me at something, and so I am much better off collaborating with them than trying to work on my own.

The most exhaustive list I've so seen so far of all the reasons not to use #Signal if you're looking for a chat app that respects and secures your privacy:
https://github.com/privacytoolsIO/privacytools.io/issues/779

March 31st is World Backup Day!

Don't forget to backup your data.

The final vote on the EU #CopyrightDirective directive is this week! Don’t let link taxes and mandatory filters destroy the Internet. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/03/european-copyright-directive-what-it-and-why-has-it-drawn-more-controversy-any

RT @netzpolitik@twitter.com

More than 100.000 people took to the streets in 50 cities in Germany to protest against Uploadfilters and for an updated copyright-regime. It’s incredible, these are the biggest protests for an open internet ever! Stop #artikel13 in the European Parliament!

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/netzpolitik/status/1109493717965172736

I would pay cold hard cash to see an actual youtube-esque series on peertube.

The dystopia is here, it's just not evenly distributed.

Ernie’s mistake by Will Burke https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/183396984004/backfromrlyeh-ernies-mistake-by-will-burke

Please #StopUsingMedium. It’s really annoying and makes me not read your content, no matter how good it is. Not specific for this author. This a general statement.

9 years ago this month, Eben Moglen delivered the oration that started it all: "Freedom in the Cloud."

This speech inspired the #FreedomBox project. Part history of the web and part call to action, this speech continues to orient our community today. It's worth revisiting each year.

Video: https://peertube.mastodon.host/videos/watch/2d7f1421-2e64-4756-9d90-c75860e3c378

Transcript: https://www.softwarefreedom.org/events/2010/isoc-ny/FreedomInTheCloud-transcript.html

I find it absurd when people accuse #SciHub of "stealing" from journal publishers. It is the publishers who are stealing, from the scholars who write, peer review and edit the journals without pay, from universities and their libraries who have to pay to so their researchers can publish papers *and* to get access to them, and from the public who fund all this, through public funding, tuition fees and so on.

Facebook wants up to 30% of fan subscriptions vs Patreon’s 5%

https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/26/facebook-vs-patreon/

Fuck Facebook. Do not use this

Hey, y'all-- Facebook recently announced they're launching a "Patreon killer" service.

Regardless of your thoughts on Patreon, FB's alternative is TERRIBLE!

⚠️ 30% gross revenue fee
⚠️ Automatic LIFETIME IP rights to ANYTHING you put on the service
even if you quit!
⚠️ FB wants to give discounts and freebies whenever they like, w/o creator approval, and then deduct it from creator revenue
⚠️ FB will also control WHO sees your content and how many views you have

https://boingboing.net/2019/02/26/facebook-patreon.html

okay first day (night?) at amazon and i shit you not i was given monopoly money with jeff bezos' face on it as a reward for staying a bit late

RT @jason_kint

OMG. It’s worse than even I thought. https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-give-apps-sensitive-personal-information-then-they-tell-facebook-11550851636

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1099009974171242496