Justin ! @just1602@kolektiva.social

GSoC student Dhanuka worked on improvements to Libsecret, a library for storing and retrieving passwords, during their internship. Learn more about the project and outcomes in this final report: https://dnuka.github.io/gsoc21-final-report.html

#GSoC #OpenSource

Intern Nishit worked on the Tracker project during #GSoC2021. Learn more about Nishit's work and experience in their final report: https://www.nishitpatel.tech/gsoc'21/2021/08/21/gsoc-final-submission.html

#GSoC #OpenSource

RT @runwithskizzers@twitter.com

People are amazing. This guy made a bot to overwhelm that horrible tx site and when it banned his IP after 300ish entries, he made an iPhone work around that anyone can use https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMRAVmKbX/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/runwithskizzers/status/1433400482396004354

RSS is not dead, but Google sure tries to make it so.

Would you be an early adopter of a Kolektiva (or larger "anarchist fediverse") IRC chatroom, if such a thing existed?

Useful Computer Software for Everyone

Sharing is very appreciated.

LibreOffice
https://libreoffice.org

Gimp
https://gimp.org

Inkscape
https://inkscape.org

Scribus
https://scribus.net

Blender
https://blender.org

Firefox
https://firefox.org

Signal
https://signal.org

Nextcloud
https://nextcloud.com

Thunderbird
https://thunderbird.net

#FLOSS #Download

We made a survey to help us figure out how to best make content that everyone is interested in seeing and finds valuable. It would mean a lot if you could fill it out! Andddd u have a chance at winning some free submedia merch if ya fill it out! http://sub.media/survey

Prisoners' Justice Day, August 10, 2021: a day to remember all those who have died in prison as well as a moment to highlight the conditions inmates face on a daily basis. #abolishprisons #prisoners

For more on the prison industrial complex:
https://sub.media/video/trouble-20-inside-out/

We're very excited to announce that along with our comrades at @antimidia we're currently in production for a feature-length documentary about #Facebook, the cybernetic nightmare that it has unleashed upon the world... and what we can do about it.

⏰ Time to update: Tor Browser 10.5.4 is now available for Windows, macOS, Linux. Tor Browser 10.5.4 updates Firefox to 78.13.0esr and includes important security updates to Firefox.
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1054

Tails 4.21 is out:
https://tails.boum.org/news/version_4.21

some of the changes are:

Updates
- Tor Browser to 10.5.4.
- Thunderbird to 78.12

Bugfix
- Prevent Tails Installer from deleting a Persistent Storage when doing a manual upgrade and choosing Cancel in the confirmation dialog.

For more details, read our changelog:
https://gitlab.tails.boum.org/tails/tails/-/blob/master/debian/changelog

Today marks seven years since a Ferguson police officer murdered Michael Brown, sparking a revolt that set the template for uprisings from Baltimore to Minneapolis.

https://cwc.im/lootingback

Thank you to all who have risked their freedom in the ongoing struggle against police. 🏴

#PeerTube V3.3.0 is out!

I am sure @Framasoft should release a blog post soon. Be patient if you want to get more informations about what is inside!

But you can have a quick peek on #Github:
https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v3.3.0

Thanks for everyone involved in the enhancement of @peertube! You rock everyone!

#FOSS #OpenSource #Videos #Fediverse #FreeSoftware #P2P #Decentralization

Anarchist News: **From Embers: Fairy Creek**

" Fairy Creek Jul 19, 2021 A discussion with an anarchist participant in the Fairy Creek blockades on so-called Vancouver Island. Further reading: Five Months of Direct Action... (No More City) The Return of the War in the Woods? (BC Blackout) Desert (The Anarchist Library) Tags: From EmberspodcastFairy CreekCanadavancouver"

https://anarchistnews.org/content/embers-fairy-creek

#anarchism #bot