The #XMPP standards foundation (XSF) has applied to Google Summer of Code 2022.
GSoC pays people a stipend to contribute to open source projects over the summer
It used to be just for students, but AFAIK it's now open to anyone.
I've added one-on-one Audio/Video calls to #ConverseJS as a project idea. I'm stepping up to be mentor for this project.
If web/JavaScript is not your thing, there are also other projects in Go, Vala, C++ and Java
https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Google_Summer_of_Code_2022#Support_Audio%2FVideo_calls_in_Converse
It’s staggering the speed at which the narrative is being allowed to collapse.
A read up from @mobian developers on the kind of malware we've been targeted by last week.
Turns out, it's designed to also target devices outside @PINE64 #PinePhone ecosystem.
https://blog.mobian-project.org/posts/2022/02/11/pinephone-malware-analysis/
So the main reason I wrote the Visual Voicemail App for mainline linux phones is because my mother leave voicemails if she can't get a hold of me to check up on me and gets worried if I don't call her back.
I'm glad to share that my mom can still do that since I switched to a #librem5
(and yes, I did call her back both times!)
The new postmarketOS v21.12 SP2 service pack is out! This release finally brings MMS to stable with chatty 0.6 and the latest #sxmo and #phosh.
Read more on https://postmarketos.org/blog/2022/02/11/v21.12.2-release/
Macron has deployed armored police vehicles to block the Freedom Convoy from Paris
https://nttr.stream/JackPosobiec/status/1492170792666345472#m
If want to get rid of Google in your life, @kyle's post is what you need to read! Purism is a sound alternative to Big Tech!
https://puri.sm/posts/i-finally-fired-google/
Open debate by Canadian Doctors about the failure of Canadian government policy. The pro-government scientists refused to show up.
Dr Paul Alexander was just talking about how lockdowns hurt the poorest Canadians the worst.
https://odysee.com/@LauraLynnTT:9/DoctorsReadytoDebateTheScience:8
"Business software providers are abusing software licenses to lock customers into their own cloud infrastructure which “means that other, smaller cloud infrastructure providers cannot compete."
RT @BertuzLuca@twitter.com
The EU Parliament's interoperability obligations for messaging services and social media in the #DMA have raised a few eyebrows in terms of feasibility. I discussed the matter with @AmandineLePape@twitter.com, COO @element_hq@twitter.com and initiator of @matrixdotorg@twitter.com.
https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/podcast/dma-the-interoperability-question/
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BertuzLuca/status/1492120043173339136
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