outcast :flag_bv: :metal: .no

I've finnished transcribing one of Cory Doctorow's most important talks: How to break the Internet, destroy democracy and enslave the human race (or not).

Do you care about a free and just society? Then you need to watch/read this! Software rules the world https://corydoctorow.miraheze.org/wiki/How_to_break_the_Internet,_destroy_democracy_and_enslave_the_human_race_(or_not)

PS: I'd love your help on the wiki! Read how here: https://corydoctorow.miraheze.org/wiki/Meta

PPS: Do you appreciate my work? I'd appreciate your support on my new @Liberapay, if you can! :) https://liberapay.com/forteller/

#CDwiki

Re that last boost: Mastodon is hard to get into without a guide and some focused usage.

The things that make it less toxic also make it harder to discover people to follow.

Without people, you just kind of feel like you're tooting into the void. It makes Mastodon a lonely place that you're less likely to return to. I mean, this is why Twitter and Facebook put so much energy into recommendations.

I don't think Mastodon should try to solve this problem. But let's acknowledge the hurdles.

Spread the word: the FSF tech team needs spring interns! As an intern, you work closely with FSF staff members in your area of interest, such as network administration, GNU Project support, or Web development. Apply by January 19! https://u.fsf.org/2fb

#twitter seem to have deleted an account of an eqypt human rights activist (I don't know much about them)

many are opsed. If you still have a twitter handle it's time to spread fediverse propaganda.

look here:

Recommendations!

New Audiobooks on #Librivox (to me, I just noticed them)! Free #Audiobooks!
1984
http://librivox.bookdesign.biz/book/108661

Twelve Years a Slave http://librivox.bookdesign.biz/book/7590

Walden http://librivox.bookdesign.biz/book/549

Leaves of Grass (Walt Whitman) http://librivox.bookdesign.biz/book/891

Reading this article about billionaires being worried about a class revolt made me SO FUCKING ANGRY https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/oct/26/worlds-witnessing-a-new-gilded-age-as-billionaires-wealth-swells-to-6tn

If you haven't thought of a design to celebrate #NationalPumpkinDay yet, may we suggest expressing your love of #freesoftware with a festive #GNU? https://status.fsf.org/attachment/38802

We promised transparency, buckle in, I got a lot to tell you: I am now officialy Project Manager for the Mastodon Project. Why me? Because I was already in the middle of the web pulling strings, as the situation was right now. Mind you, I am in no way alone in this, there are plenty of people who are pulling together different parts of this project, and we are looking at how to give back to those people. What about the other roles? I will publish a blog post outlining this further tomorrow. 1/3

Rate of engagement on...

Facebook: 2%
Twitter: 10%
Mastodon: 70%

Twitter responded much more to my statuses than Facebook, but Mastodon is basically spoiling me rotten.

You use SSH every day. But did you ever wonder how it came to be attributed port 22? Here's the story, straight from the horse's... well... Tatu Ylonen's mouth: https://www.ssh.com/ssh/port

And if after reading that you're wondering why FTP had 21 and Telnet 23 (leaving 22 free), you should go back to the NCP protocol that preceded TCP: http://www.pcvr.nl/tcpip/introduc.htm