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There have been rumours… what a terrible blow to indie authors in the UK who’ve been treated so badly! #publishing #bookstodon #unbound @bookstodon Authors await overdue payments as publisher Unbound goes into administration | Books | The Guardian theguardian.com/books/2025/mar…
in reply to Sarah Matthews

So, very sadly this has become an almighty scandal as after setting up a new company, Boundless, and reassuring authors that they’ll get paid their royalties a letter has been sent out to say that’s not going to happen after all! The stories I’ve read from authors and former employees over the past 24 hours have been appalling. I’ve been a huge fan of Backlisted podcast over the years which is how I heard about Unbound as they started off recording from the Unbound London office and one of the presenters is an Unbound founder, and although the podcast has not been connected with Unbound for 5 years now I feel they have benefited from the goodwill of the Backlisted listeners . I honestly thought Unbound were one of the better publishing ventures out there because of the association. How wrong I was #bookstodon #publishing #backlisted #Unbound

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in reply to Sarah Matthews

Read a letter from authors affected by the collapse of Unbound in The Bookseller this week:“What Unbound’s demise has shown, to a quite alarming degree, is how little tangible, active advocacy is available to authors in this situation … As authors, all we expected was for our books to be published in line with Unbound’s stated mission – and for their sales and profits to be honestly and accurately reported. Readers simply expected the bare minimum any customer expects from any business; delivery of the product they had paid for.”
#unbound #Boundless #publishing #bookstodon
thebookseller.com/comment/the-…

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🚨 Content Creators, Beware! 🚨

The YouTube channel VSTProStudio (youtube.com/@VSTProStudio/vide…) appears to have uploaded numerous allegedly stolen tutorial videos—and has even falsely claimed copyright on some of our content.

Stay vigilant and protect your work! ⚠️ #CopyrightInfringement #YouTube



May I present, the Internet. Blinks just like on the show. (IT Crowd, search Moss The Internet box if you are not familiar)


Wir suchen für meine Abteilung einen Product Owner Netzsicherheit (idealerweise für #Oldenburg )! Wir entwickeln Leittechnik für Stadtwerke - die zentrale Steuersoftware für Strom-, Gas-, Wasser- und Fernwärme-Netzwerke.

Bei Netzsicherheit geht es um Berechnungen, um die Sicherheit eines Stromnetzes zu gewährleisten - also was für echte #Mathematik -Nerds!

Bei Fragen zu der Stelle könnt Ihr euch bei mir melden!

#GetFediHired #JobAlert #JobSearch #Hiring #SCADA #Energy
kisters.eu/de/job-vacancy/prod…



21 March 1936 | A French Jewish girl, Gitla Smutek, was born in Paris.

She arrived at #Auschwitz on 29 September 1942 in a transport of 1,004 Jews deported from Drancy. She was among the 698 people murdered after selection in gas chambers.

in reply to Auschwitz Memorial




#WeDistribute has a great write-up on how to stream to #Peertube and #Owncast
And has a section for incorporating chat into your stream.. which I might do.
#stream #streamer
wedistribute.org/2024/05/strea…














I own an embarrassingly large number of Topre keyboards, typing right now on one I just got this week. This is beyond insanity.
theverge.com/keyboards/633344/…
in reply to Paul Haddad

Tell me a good Topre keyboard to buy so I don't buy this $3600 one. Please help.
in reply to John Gruber

Topre is fine, I have two, but I prefer Gateron KS-33 low-profile switches now. Try Keychron or Nuphy.




PSA to all people organizing #resistance against authoritarians.

This is what I think should be your primary method (see the GIF).

Stop reacting to your opponents, make your opponents react to you.

Mass is great and you can't make it without organizing a lively community, but it should not be the end goal.

This is from my experience. I was one of the core organizers of youth protests in Lithuania in ~2004 when we successfully impeached our authoritarian-leaning russian-financed president.




New Privacy Guides article 🔒🇪🇺
by @jonah :

With the political changes
happening in the United States right now,

You might be seeking Europe-based tech alternatives to trust your data with.

Moreover, if you are an organization dealing with data from Europeans, it could be wise to start the move for GDPR compliance now, in the eventuality the EU–US Data Privacy Framework it relies on were to change...

Whatever the reason,
you can check some of Privacy Guides' recommendations in this excellent article-list by Jonah: privacyguides.org/articles/202…

#PrivacyGuides #Privacy #USpol #EUpol #EU #GDPR #Encryption #E2EE



To people who use #HomeAssistant, do you need #NodeRed to get the most out of it? Found this guide to setting up HomeAssistant in #Docker that helped me get both installed, but Node-Red's interface is pretty much unusable with a #ScreenReader, and I'm thinking of uninstalling it.
#SelfHosting #SelfHosted #RaspberryPi #RaspberryPi500 #RPi #RPi500 #Linux #Stormux #ArchLinuxARM
@selfhosting @selfhost @selfhosted
in reply to Lanie Molinar Carmelo

not anymore. The interface for automations used to basically be a choice of YAML or having a massively incapable automation GUI. Node Red was really a stop-gap but it’s not needed as you can do pretty much everything in the native automation GUI now.



You know shit has hit the fan when random tech platforms advertise themselves as "made in Europe"

(for two decades, the #1 thing to do for any European tech startup that managed to gather a bit of money was to incorporate in Delaware and open an office in either NYC or SF, so they could pretend to be good cornfed Kansas boys or whatever)

#1


Bei Wirecard waren es 1,9 Mrd., Stich!

heise.de/news/Diskrepanz-in-Ge…



Ich werde wohl zum Jahreswechsel bei #Köln sehr viele kleine (80 cm) Birnen- und Apfelbäume abzugeben haben.

Es handelt sich um seltene bis sehr seltene, robuste, alte, überwiegend lokale Sorten, die alle mal zu großen "landschaftsprägenden" Bäumen heranwachsen wollen. Ideal für Guerrilla-Pflanzung als Landstraßenbegleitgrün, auf dem Friedhof, etc.

Ihr könnt Euch ja schonmal überlegen, ob ihr für sowas ein Plätzchen findet.

#Landschaftspflege #GuerillaGardening #Naturschutz #garten

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As mountain glaciers melt, risk of catastrophic flash floods rises for millions − World Day for Glaciers carries a reminder
theconversation.com/as-mountai…
#ClimateDiary