Dr David Clubb @davidoclubb@toot.wales

Reminder that you don't need to use link shorteners like bit.ly etc on Mastodon.

All links on Mastodon count for 23 characters no matter how long or short they actually are.

More #MastoTips:
https://mastodon.at/@switchingsocial/tagged/mastotips

#Mastodon #LinkShorteners

Bore da, Wolfie dw i 👋

This is probably too advanced a question for me as I literally just started learning #welsh #cymraeg but I want to put my pronouns in my profile and have no idea what they would be in Welsh!

#funkwhale's new donation platform is now up and running 🎉

Simply visit https://funkwhale.audio/support-us to donate anonymously by credit card or SEPA transfer, or to become a voting member of our collective.

Many thanks to the people who contributed to and tested this 🤗

If you want to read more about the changes and motivations, please check out https://blog.funkwhale.audio/~/Announcements/blog-post-week-2019-33-new-donation-and-membership-platform

(Also note that
our Open Collective page will remain available if you prefer to support us here)

nEWYDDION YN WYCH! dA IAWN cAERDYDD! :)
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/cardiff-council-welsh-names-streets-16767295

On this episode of Libre Lounge, Chris and Serge announce their new projects DataShards, a collaborative secure communication system!

https://librelounge.org/episodes/26-announcing-datashards.html

Hello, I am learning Welsh because I think it's a beautiful language. Is anyone interested in talking to me on DM so I can practice? I'm not very advanced yet, so the conversations would be pretty basic. But we could also just talk. Diolch :) https://www.reddit.com/r/cymru/comments/crdrne/hello_i_am_learning_welsh_because_i_think_its_a/?utm_source=ifttt - coldbutgold

⚠️ WE SHIPPED IT! 🎉

You can now follow remote profiles on Pixelfed instances that have enabled the feature.

1. Search the full url (ie: https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed)

2. Click the follow button on the results page

3. You will start seeing posts from that account on your home timeline

#pixelfed

New to #Mastodon and don't know who to follow? We've done some research to get you started! Pro Mastodonians, do you agree with our top picks? #privacy

https://blog.etesync.com/privacy-focused-mastodon-profiles-worth-following/

Plaid Cymru, the Greens and the Liberal Democrats 'to announce election pact next week' https://nation.cymru/news/plaid-cymru-the-greens-and-the-liberal-democrats-to-announce-election-pact-next-week/

In #Diffu, markdown parser convert simple pasted url to a lightweight and static block coming from Open Graph data.
And only then, it lets reader load widget (and its eventual tracker) from original site.
So reader privacy is respected, giving him the choice to load or not external code 😊

Shwmae pawb, os na unrhyw un yma yn yr iwerddon (Waterford) sy'n siarad Cymraeg? Practice and pints? 😄

Location Tagging is ready to ship!

🚀 📍

Well, I've done my small part in this, planting 3500 trees in a neglected corner of Pen Llyn!

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/wales-heart-major-international-project-16690148?fbclid=IwAR1iWgvNI8pv2mVBVG6m22gVpHqUiXHo1CZkjELm3CGEQ_NsKiesSGk9LqQ

BREXIT - The Tories are conditioning us to accept the breakup of Britain - TruePublica https://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/brexit-the-tories-are-conditioning-us-to-accept-the-breakup-of-britain/

An official report for the Dutch government concluded:

“(Microsoft Office) systematically collects data on a large scale ... covertly, without informing people. … Microsoft does not offer any choice with regard to the amount of data, or possibility to switch off the collection.”

Don't use Microsoft Office, use LibreOffice instead 👍

It's free, open and you can get it here:

https://libreoffice.org

You can follow them on here:

@libreoffice

#MicrosoftOffice #Alternatives #LibreOffice