#EtonCollege, one of the bastions of privileged elite in England, has produced 20 prime ministers, including the catastrophic #DavidCameron and #BorisJohnson
The UK press rarely reports on why such dysfunctional and corrupt people are products of this system, but other journalists are more forensic https://www-spiegel-de.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.spiegel.de/international/europe/how-eton-college-perpetuates-problems-in-the-uk-a-1280694-amp.html
The forty-second edition of my weekly collection of #LinuxPhone news (@PINE64 #PinePhone, @purism #Librem5 and such), #LinBits, is out!
https://linmob.net/2021/04/18/linbits41-weekly-linux-phone-news-week15.html
#Phosh and #Squeekboard, @manjarolinux, @danctnix and @opensuse see new releases, #PINE64 show more PinePhone accessories and more!
Much-loved music venue launches ambitious new venture. https://nation.cymru/culture/much-loved-music-venue-launches-ambitious-new-venture/
I just felt the urge to confirm that #Pamac is now actually working fine #LinuxPhones like the #PinePhone, and guess what, it is!
Will be added to #LINMOBapps soon!
Hackers develop open source firmware for the PinePhone modem, use it to make phone calls - Linux Smartphones
This is astronomically good news. Thank you to all involved so far. Blob free modem firmware! ๐ฎ๐
While it might not be possible to replace a proprietary phone with a #pinephone, it can still be used for various particular tasks. And this is important, since proprietary systems often track and register everything you do (even w/ wifi off). So, instead of repeating the "it's-not-ready-yet" sentiment, one could view the current PP as a pretty capable _partial_ replacement - w/ some additional features, at that!
(A partial replacement is still not for everyone, I'm aware of that. But still.)
@martijnbraam @linmob
Thank you very much, finally a working Authenticator ;)
Install #Numberstation on #Pinephone #postmarketOS:
# install dependencies:
sudo apk add ninja
sudo apk add meson
sudo apk add libhandy1
sudo apk add libhandy1-dev
sudo apk add cmake
sudo apk add py3-keyring
sudo spk add py3-otp
# clone repo
git clone https://git.sr.ht/~martijnbraam/numberstation
# cd into folder
cd numberstation
# build and install
meson build && ninja -C build && sudo ninja -C build install
@tagomago @rysiek In Firefox, you can disable cookies for specific sites. See the screenshot. This will get rid of the cookie consent dialogue. To get rid of the "Login to Youtube", add this as a custom uBlock filter
youtube.com##ytd-popup-container
youtube.com##ytd-consent-bump-lightbox.style-scope
www.youtube.com##.opened
It's not a bug-free solution though. It'll get rid of all the popups, but links where the start time is specified will be played from the beginning.
Don't be fooled: Google's latest announcement on third-party cookies doesn't mean it will stop tracking you. Weโve built a new site to tell you whether or not you are a test subject in Googleโs latest tracking experiment: https://amifloced.org/
An independent Scotland could turn to Denmark for inspiration | Scotland | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/17/scotland-norway-denmark-independent
Surely some thoughts in this for #indywales, too
"Github no longer supports this web browser."
Gitlab loops you on a "checking your browser" web page.
Good job, W3C.
Welcome back to days of Internet Explorer, but there are three Internet Explorers: the one Google makes, the one Google feeds, and the one Google stole which was in turn stolen from KDE.
If you don't use one of these, whether your browser can support standards is of no substance.
Web is like those public toilets which you look at then go, "I'd rather go into the woods.".
Clean up the web
From 16 Apr: Brexit sparks ยฃ1 trillion UK assets switch to EU: study - UK banks and insurers have shifted more than ยฃ1.0 trillion to the European Union in response to Brexit, a study published Friday (16 April) found. https://www.euractiv.com/section/uk-europe/news/brexit-sparks-1-trillion-uk-assets-switch-to-eu-study/ #banking-sector #brexit #city-of-london #financial-markets
SNP: indy ref by 2023
The Scottish National Party, currently dominant in polling for the next election, promises a new #independence referendum by 2023. #Brexit effect has increased the probability of success of the referendum https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/scottish-nationalists-pledge-independence-referendum-by-end-2023-2021-04-16/
I like how #Google now displays the cookie/tracking consent banner *full-page*, blocking any and all functionality of their search.
This means that for the bit more privacy conscious among us, who up until now just used private browsing mode Google search is effectively unusable.
Meanwhile, #DuckDuckGo and other privacy-conscious search engines have no cookie/tracking consent banner.
Google tried to be smart and push users to "just agree", instead they're pushing more users away. ๐
#Feminist. Physicist. Anti-racist ๐ฆธโโ๐พ He/Him
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ, https://afallen.cymru
๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ, https://iwa.wales
๐๐ถ๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐ป, http://bit.ly/2s9BHmE
๐ฃ๐ถ๐
๐ฒ๐น๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฑ, https://tinyurl.com/y7rkvyll