As promised, here is an interview with @ryanleesipes from #Thunderbird, on the whole #Mozilla and #Firefox terms of use situation.
We talk about why this had to happen, how Thunderbird will handle their own Terms of Use, what's happening at Mozilla, and what's changing.
youtube.com/watch?v=ctg5QzSt5t…
Clarifying what's happening at Mozilla: an Interview with Ryan Sipes from Thunderbird
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Зеленский: Ожидаю доклада украинской делегации, работавшей в Саудовской Аравии
Украина настроена работать максимально быстро с партнерами, заявил президентТатьяна Ланчуковская (LIGA.net)
This weekend, talking to a guy who does IT at a Dutch bank.
Me: So everything runs on Azure or AWS these days?
He: Yes
Me: So they can see all the data.
He: No it's on separate servers, on EU soil. That was a thing before we decided to go ahead with this.
Me: So... They can see all the data.
He: No it's encrypted and threw some acronyms at me.
Me: So, you download the data, decrypt it, and work on it?
He: No that's done on the servers.
Me: So... They can see all the data.
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Nova massa de ar frio vai manter a sequência de dias agradáveis
Segunda incursão de ar frio da semana chega ao Rio Grande do Sul nesta quinta e vai manter a sequência de dias agradáveis.MetSul.com (MetSul Meteorologia)
Unlocked: I might have accidentally destroyed an entire publishing house!
At the end of 2023 I released a book "20 GOTO 10" via the publisher Unbound. (4.4 stars on Amazon!) It sold tens of thousands of copies, and yet, I was not paid for any of them. I waited. Politely emailed. Looked past their emails of "any day now" and waited some more.
Last year, I filed a legal case. The week after, they sent an email to all their authors claiming "issues" with payment.
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A few weeks ago, I escalated my case to the County Court. Today, they sent an email saying "We will shortly be announcing that Unbound (United Authors Publishing Limited) has gone into Administration." In short - they took my royalties, paid themselves, ran, and started a new company to absolve themselves of the responsibilities and the debt.
Guess what? The same people are in charge!
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Ugh, that sucks. And while I can't imagine what it's like for the authors, it's very dispiriting for me as a consumer.
I have a copy of "20 GOTO 10" (thank you for that, btw, it's wonderful) as well as two other books from Unbound. And until your post I had slight warm fuzzies from the thought that I was helping small, independent authors via a small, self-publishing site.
I'm rather gutted to learn that probably none of the money I've spent with Unbound has ever gone to the creators of the works.
Overcoming barriers to Open Source procurement in the European Union
The EU has just started a review of European public procurement rules, and have asked for input on potential changes to the rules.Open Source Initiative
Over 110,000 Medieval Manuscripts May Have Been Copied by Women - Medievalists.net
A new study reveals medieval women copied over 110,000 manuscripts—far more than once believed.Medievalists.net
Over 70% of French people concerned war could spread to other countries neighbouring Russia
Over 70% of French people are concerned that the war could spread to other countries neighbouring Russia.Mariya Yemets (Ukrainska Pravda)
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Only Good-Looking Person In Office Mingles With Hideous Coworkers Like Missionary Among Lepers
CHICAGO—Showing a graciousness and magnanimity that the rest of the world has denied these pariahs and rejects, Jordan Hall, the only good-looking person in the office, was reportedly mingling Wednesday with his hideous coworkers like a missionary am…The Onion Staff (The Onion)
It is now time to Rocq out with the Coq out
mathstodon.xyz/@gadmm/11414960…
Guillaume Munch-Maccagnoni (@gadmm@mathstodon.xyz)
https://rocq-prover.org/releases/9.0 "Rocq 9.0 This page describes Rocq version 9.0, released on March 12th, 2025. Go here for a list of all releases. This is the first release of Rocq, version 9.Mathstodon
Today I learned that the CEO of a major social network was born in 1991.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I am just going to sit here quietly and watch the last of my remaining bones turn to dust and blow away.
*sigh*
#socialMedia
ЗМІ: президент Польщі розблокує призначення кількох послів, яке тяглось рік
Польський президент Анджей Дуда пішов назустріч уряду в питанні призначення кількох послів, що він блокував протягом останнього року на тлі конфлікту.Європейська правда
Rylands BlogVotes For Women! Making Light Of The Fight
The first blog in our series for International Women’s Day.Rylands Blog
The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring
404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily search it and draw connections between people.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
Of course, the thought is stil there, I will do it again soon... sometime, maybe, sort of...
Врожай вас вразить: що треба зробити з цибулею-сівком перед посадкою вже в березні
Розповідаємо, який важливий етап перед висаджуванням цибулі часто пропускають городникиНаталія Дума (News.Telegraf)
I'm currently trying to put together another #Owncast newsletter and I'm looking for a streamer, project, or event to put in the "featured" column. Please reach out to me if you know someone doing something cool and would like to see them get some recognition.
Also, if you have upcoming events to advertise, let me know!
Please boost for visibility.
Pixels and Puppets Owncast
Podcast, Tech, Gaming, and sometimes, for no easily explainable reason, puppets! Presented by Operation: PuppetPixels and Puppets Owncast
Check this out..
@mirlo is killing it right now, and working hard to do the important (but un-shiny) work of making a site for #Musicians that anyone can host **inexpensively**
This is the endgame for the #Fediverse - thousands of indie sites, not mega instances - but it’ll take this kind of work to pull it off.
Good job, guys. I’m super jealous of you rn.
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Two different projects, but yes. I believe #Mirlo is working on Federation: github.com/funmusicplace/mirlo…
Today, we celebrate Mirlo 🎉
My project, #Bandwagon federates with ActivityPub, but is still missing other important features that Mirlo supports (like paid album sales)
The good thing is that we’re all converging on a similar point, and that will be a huge win for indie artists and labels everywhere.
Integrate ActivityPub · Issue #146 · funmusicplace/mirlo
I wonder if this would be the way to do activity-pub-express at the easiest level, though it seems to be primarily based around a mongo database.GitHub
It's amazing what both #Mirlo and #Bandwagon have achieved in the last few months. Big up yourselves! ❤️
(Not to forget #TheIndieBeat of course)
Google announces Gemini Robotics for building general purpose robots
Google DeepMind today announced Gemini Robotics to bring “AI into the physical world,” with new models able to “perform a wider range...Abner Li (9to5Google)
Bluesky To Sell Your Content To AI Data Miners
So it begins. Hidden in Jay Graber's recent charm offensive is this innocuously framed initiative: Bluesky is weighing a proposal that gives users consent over how their data is used for AI (techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/blue…)
Not so fast.
1) Shows they are planning on doing content deals with AI companies.
2) Seems like it is Opt-out vs. Opt-in (see below).
3) It is just a voluntary robots.txt file
h/t @Lydie tech.lgbt/@Lydie/1141490233448…
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Bluesky is weighing a proposal that gives users consent over how their data is used for AI | TechCrunch
Speaking at the SXSW conference in Austin on Monday, Bluesky CEO Jay Graber said the social network has been working on a framework for user consent overSarah Perez (TechCrunch)
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in reply to Nick @ The Linux Experiment • • •Great video! I just feel the whole thing has been very poorly communicated. What @ryanleesipes is doing here Mozilla should have been doing from the very beginning. We're a fairly big Firefox redistributor and there has been no communication towards us. And it does make people nervous here.
BTW is there any particular reason why the video is only 720p on PeerTube and 1080p on YouTube?
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in reply to Jiří Eischmann • • •Jiří Eischmann
in reply to auser • • •Nick @ The Linux Experiment
in reply to Jiří Eischmann • • •Jiří Eischmann
in reply to Nick @ The Linux Experiment • • •@ryanleesipes
Nick @ The Linux Experiment
in reply to Jiří Eischmann • • •sebulon
in reply to Nick @ The Linux Experiment • • •@sesivany It's awesome of you to upload to PeerTube, I love that! ❤️
If it's not too much to ask, could you also post PeerTube links in your posts going forward? Because I didn't even know you did that.
Nick @ The Linux Experiment
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in reply to Nick @ The Linux Experiment • • •Amy
in reply to Nick @ The Linux Experiment • • •argv minus one
in reply to Nick @ The Linux Experiment • • •“Why this had to happen”? Well, that's certainly ominous and gaslight-y (because no, it didn't have to happen).
Will #Mozilla next be asserting the right to scrape and sell the contents of our emails as well?
#Thunderbird
Nick @ The Linux Experiment
in reply to argv minus one • • •argv minus one
in reply to Nick @ The Linux Experiment • • •Quoth the ToU announcement:
> the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) defines “sale” as the “selling, renting, releasing, disclosing, disseminating, making available, transferring, or otherwise communicating orally, in writing, or by electronic or other means, a consumer’s personal information by [a] business to another business or a third party” in exchange for “monetary” or “other valuable consideration.”
Mozilla is not supposed to be doing any of that!
@ryanleesipes
John
in reply to Nick @ The Linux Experiment • • •@argv_minus_one FWIW, these changes make Firefox not really a viable option anymore in the current political environment, independent of whether the changes "had to happen."
Such a big change should merit reconsideration of the contract with google rather than the drastic widening of TOS on behalf of all users (esp considering one of the first things I do is disable google as the default search engine).
Darohan
in reply to Nick @ The Linux Experiment • • •James
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