Brad Fonseca @bradfonseca@mastodon.sdf.org

I urge other artists to back up their data not just on a blog or on mastodon, but to keep a damn good file/drive/physical of it that you know will not leave you if something goes wrong. Do the best you can to protect your work and your creations so that you can share it and work on it in the future. It's so important. I love u, keep at it, im so proud of you

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Can’t we just have bloody break for a year or ten? Work on cleaner energy, mopping up the plastic gyres....? A wee break for us all to catch our breath?

How to stop Android from tracking location | Why privacy matters even if you have nothing to hide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgMDHXrlFS0

On this day, January 1st 1804, Haïtians led by Jean-Jacques Dessalines declared the independence and the sovereignty of Haïti from France.

Nan jou sa a, 1ye janvye 1804, Ayisyen ki te dirije pa Jean-Jacques Dessalines te deklare endepandans la ak souvrènte Ayiti soti nan Lafrans.

They fought for their freedom and for the end of slavery. They won, against overwhelming odds.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiti

This was a really great short film. 10 minutes long. It's from 2013 but it came up on my automatic playlist. [Youtube Link] https://youtu.be/Gj1MqHgFnmE

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#gnu year #gnu editor
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For 2020 I'm going to do my best to use #emacs as my editor and will do my best to leave as much as I can of the Apple.Amazon.Facebook.Google. clubs behind

This is a friendly reminder that when two people on the fediverse have a disagreement, you don't *have* to express your opinion about it in their mentions, use the opportunity to make a loosely-related political point, or join a spiralling public drama about it.

It can be hard to break the habits we formed on platforms where techbros have monetised our negative emotions, divisions, and innate desire to belong. But your activist energy can be better directed, and your mental health will benefit.

Hey everyone! Now that we're two decades past it, let's have a heart to heart chat about the Y2K bug.

Some of you might not be old enough to remember the panic articles and news stories surrounding this, and some of us were old enough that we've forgotten the details, but the gist was this: many commercial computer applications, such as bank and medical record software, used to be written to store dates with a 2-digit year, and assumed that everything took place between 1900 and 1999.