May Recap

Updates:

I’m planning on moving future “items of interest” to a new show all together. I will continue publishing monthly recaps to keep people up to date on what I’m up to, but news and interesting links will now be moved to a new show. Future monthly recaps will include clips from recent interviews and any follow-up considerations.

New Show Coming Soon

I’m planning on taking the links I allready compile to track important updates regularly into a (hopefully) entertaining and informative audio broadcast. The hope is that the few items that do require a visual component can be made into their own stand-alone videos. I will be producing the show on a bi-weekly (once every two weeks) basis for paid subscribers.

If you’ve found my assortment of links interesting in the past, or want to give a little to get a little, now is the best time to lock in your support and get access to the upcoming show!

Help me find a name!

I haven’t come up with a name yet, but if somebody can come up with one I like faster than I can I’ll be happy to gift them a free year. I want it to be catchier than “The Libre Solutions Network” that skill synergizes my passion for technology and freedom. This show will include all the same news and interesting links I share regularly.

This is NOT Substack exclusive, but it is premium

If you’re a keener for decentralization and eager to walk the walk the radio show is also going to be available as a Mitra subscription paid in Monero at a substantial discount. If this option gains traction, I’ll consider more supporter only posts on the fediverse.

Recent Items

Items of Interest

* 25 Years of Krita!

I don’t personally use Krita myself, but it’s incredible to see how far this open source painting program has come!

* Federation of Freedom

Fedfree is a website aimed at teaching people how to run their own servers, of various kinds, on libre operating systems e.g. Linux and BSD. It aims to do this, using libre software exclusively, teaching people about the importance of libre software and hardware as it pertains to freedom; the right to use, study, adapt, share. The right to read. Universal access to knowledge… education. Education is the goal.

I’m excited to see this relatively new resource grow!

* Blogging on a budget

This is a good overview of inexpensive ways to start self-publishing immediately.

* Linux TLDR

Another good web resource on Linux, with a bit more content.

* Browser Privacy Tests

More than you ever wanted to know to compare different browsers.

* Introducing 'innernet'

A fascinating project aimed at making private networks (innernets) work well for small communities. I am convinced that tools like this are a vital part overcoming ongoing challenges.

* Review of Reputable, Functional, and Secure Email Service

This is a great overview that lays out the thought process of comparing different mail providers.

I’m a huge fan of ‘Nobody Special’ and this is a must-watch explanation of how much of the AI hype cycle is manufactured. Taking this into consideration explains a lot of bizarre behavior by corporations and ‘influencers’.

* All credit card PIN numbers in the World leaked”

I think to the degree that PINs and passwords exist at all in the future, they need to tolerate large lengths. The security provided by a 4-digit pin is becoming vanishingly small. I would love to see institutions and services adopt different authentication methods that aren’t inherently centralized.

* No, I don’t want to fill out your contact form

A good list of reasons why contact forms are generally a bad solution.

* You Can Now Bridge Fediverse and Bluesky Accounts

I connected my accounts, the fediverse grows! This is excellent because it means that fediverse users can effectively opt-out of Bluesky’s ranking and filtering nonsense.

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