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Delta Chat
about 13 hours ago
A few things
#deltachat
apps are doing positively different from
#signal
apps - easiest onboarding ever; not depending on phone numbers or other private data - support for multiple chat profiles/identities - decentralized servers, not depending on US-based GAFAM etc. - migration from one […]
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Original post on chaos.social
https://chaos.social/@delta/115677379362500911
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Jules 🍺
15 days ago
A scathing new report has revealed that Boris Johnson’s chaotic Covid decisions and delays were responsible for the deaths of 23,000 people. And yet he’s still allowed to claim a whopping £115,000 a year, for life – just for being a former Prime Minister. [1] Enough is enough, this handout has […]
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Original post on mastodon.me.uk
https://mastodon.me.uk/@julesbl/115595818905740364
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Chris 🦑
17 days ago
I blogged about the fediverse. A short (hopefully non-technical) overview to send to my non-fedi friends and colleagues:
https://blog.sturmsucht.de/fediverse-a-new-open-and-social-web/
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Fediverse: a new open and social web
How a new network revolutionise the web by bringing old values back to social media.
https://blog.sturmsucht.de/fediverse-a-new-open-and-social-web/
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Delta Chat
18 days ago
Any data that is collected on servers will eventually leak or be abused otherwise. By design, no one can enumerate #deltachat profiles which are private and not published on any server. Conversely, #chatmail relays do not see or collect private data or metadata […]
[Original post on chaos.social]
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Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊
about 1 month ago
75 years ago today, European nations signed this Convention, so the Holocaust could not be repeated. Beware those who want this to end.
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Deltachat is our new favourite instant messenger... https://en.reset.org/decentralised-efficient-without-being-addictive-delta-chat-is-our-favourite-instant-messenger/
#deltachat
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https://en.reset.org/decentralised-efficient-without-being-addictive-delta-chat-is-our-favourite-instant-messenger/
about 1 month ago
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Delta Chat
about 1 month ago
We hereby challenge _all_ other messaging apps, FOSS or not, to provide a more convenient private onboarding experience than #deltachat 1. Install app 2. "Create new profile" 3. Enter nick name, tap "Agree and continue" 4. Tap "+" and "new contact" and […]
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Delta Chat
about 1 month ago
Great post from @Jdm2 about his getting away from WhatsApp and looking into
#deltachat
https://write.as/jdm2/deltachat-y-arcanechat-son-las-definitivas-alternativas-a-whatsapp
We also just reposted his invitation to a Puerto Rico group, because we think the way this group is instigated is […]
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Original post on chaos.social
https://chaos.social/@delta/115470422913021817
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John 🎬 A Film Nerd 🍿
about 1 month ago
UK peeps, here's a fact I learnt yesterday that you can use in arguments with your right wing friends! As we know, a lot of those on the right want us to leave the ECHR because they stop us from departing immigrants. Do you know how many times the ECHR has stepped in to stop us deporting […]
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Original post on mastodon.me.uk
https://mastodon.me.uk/@UKFilmNerd/115434521697082467
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Delta Chat
about 2 months ago
Good news! It's getting harder to keep track of new
#chatmail
relays :) Recently several public relays were added to the https://chatmail.at/relays list, in Warsaw, Helsinki, Romania and Barcelona.🧡 If you have
#deltachat
installed on mobile, you can go to any chatmail relay website in the […]
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Original post on chaos.social
https://chaos.social/@delta/115425511701875559
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Tenebris Nox
about 2 months ago
Just looking at my household finances and had missed the increase in South East Water a couple of months ago. It's a staggering 52.7% increase from what we were paying three months ago (used to be £55 a month and now £84 a month). We've actually used LESS water! It doesn't bring me any comfort […]
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Original post on mastodon.me.uk
https://mastodon.me.uk/@TenebrisNox/115349181955882393
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Prof. Sam Lawler
about 2 months ago
It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disasters, and destroy the night sky, is going to launch. A bunch of astronomers and I have sent out […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/115345346648445621
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Rhodri Marsden
3 months ago
My wife just told me about a thing where people are colouring in England flags to make them look like slices of Battenberg cake, how marvellous
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Heather Paterson
3 months ago
It appears we need to share this again...
#ECHR
#Bravermam
#Reform
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Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?
YouTube video by The Guardian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptfmAY6M6aA
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The Curse of Chalion by Louise Mcmaster Bujold is an excellent read. I can highly recommend it. 5 stars.
#louisemcmasterbujold
#bujold
#chalion
3 months ago
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Emmanuel Dubois
3 months ago
I just finished "Diplomatic Immunity" by Lois McMaster Bujold. 4.25/5, excellent book. Check out my review!
#scifi
#Vorkosigan
#bookreview
#readmorebooks
app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/519f...
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Review by manuphoto - Diplomatic Immunity
This book is more akin to the older Vorkosigan adventures. Our old friend Miles finds himself ...
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/519f458a-553f-437c-9a53-d8797cddd68b
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Ben Curthoys
3 months ago
Putting this here for when I need it
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Dan Gillmor
3 months ago
Must-read: So-called "age verification" laws are spreading. They will not protect kids. They are grossly insecure. They will be tools of censorship, surveillance, and oppression. They amount to requiring a license to speak -- and to read. We have to stop this […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/115097841493335843
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[3rd large spider found this year.] They also run really fast!
3 months ago
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Sam Bowne :donor:
4 months ago
Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold | ScienceDaily
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250822073807.htm
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Scientists found the missing nutrients bees need — Colonies grew 15-fold
Scientists have developed a breakthrough food supplement that could help save honeybees from devastating declines. By engineering yeast to produce six essential sterols found in pollen, researchers provided bees with a nutritionally complete diet that boosted reproduction up to 15-fold. Unlike commercial substitutes that lack key nutrients, this supplement mimics natural pollen’s sterol profile, giving bees the equivalent of a balanced diet.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250822073807.htm
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Charles Castleberry
4 months ago
I’m probably laughing harder at this than it deserves. But, still… 😂
#caturday
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Ben Werdmuller
4 months ago
"Yes, you read that right. A law supposedly designed to protect children now requires victims of sexual assault to submit government IDs to access support communities." […]
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Original post on werd.social
https://werd.social/@ben/114973662446665572
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Eatsbluecrayon
5 months ago
That's 5D-educational chess.
#fuckgenai
#chatgpt
#genaisuckscameldong
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Emil Jacobs - Collectifission
6 months ago
Although specific for the UK, I doubt these numbers differ much between countries. The market has always been an ideological construct, to benefit a small clique.
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Eugen Rochko
5 months ago
Please report any account that tells you that you need to verify your
#mastodon
account to continue using it through a private message. It is a scam. We do not require identity verification. Real staff accounts either have a special role badge on their profile or are verified through the […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/114842986093658657
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stux⚡
5 months ago
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George Monbiot
5 months ago
Funny. I would have expected the "Free Speech Union" and the other self-proclaimed defenders of free expression to be all over this. But 🦗🦗🦗 How strange.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-arre...
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UK arrests 83-year-old priest for backing Palestine Action and opposing Gaza genocide
Outrage after retired priest arrested for supporting Palestine Action amid UK crackdown on pro-Palestine activism
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-arrests-83-year-old-priest-backing-palestine-action-and-condemning-israels-genocide-gaza
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George Monbiot
5 months ago
Just received news that 27 people have been arrested in Parliament Square under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action". This is real police state behaviour.
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Tim Hergert
5 months ago
#terrypratchett
#melonhusk
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Dr. Maddkap, Werepsychologist
5 months ago
I’m done with trickle-down economics. I’m inventing piñata economics. That’s where we beat rich people with sticks until money falls out of them.
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Jules 🍺
6 months ago
I just signed the petition “Ban Bottom Trawling in 41 English Marine Protected Areas: Pledge Your Support” and wanted to see if you could help by adding your name. Our goal is to reach 15,000 signatures and we need more support. You can read more and sign the petition here […]
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Original post on mastodon.me.uk
https://mastodon.me.uk/@julesbl/114710476549793889
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The bumblebees love the poppies in my garden. They go round and round, buzzing like little racing cars. So cute.
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6 months ago
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Björn Staschen
6 months ago
Really, @EUCommission? It's great that you are here on Mastodon, but why not show it proudly instead of linking out only to those Big-Tech-Silos? @_elena, me and other people at
#pubconf25
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hought, you should change that please. Will you?
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It's that time of year again. Put my hot water bottle in the freezer during the day and then take it to bed at night wrapped in a towel. Nice and cooling.
6 months ago
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Eugen Rochko
6 months ago
Apparently, if you have facebook or Instagram installed on your phone,
#meta
was able to track your browsing habits and link them to your real identity even if you never logged in on the web, used incognito mode or a VPN. I hope Meta gets hit with every fine in the book […]
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Original post on mastodon.social
https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/114661991523456008
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Viss
6 months ago
the ritual has begun
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Zach Weinersmith
6 months ago
Luke: Master Yoda, is the dark side more powerful? Yoda: No, not more powerful. Faster, yes. Stronger, yes. Resurrect the dead and time travel, it can. All jedis defeated it has. Kicked my ass it did. Live alone in hiding on swamp planet, I do. [Yoda stares in distance, lost in thought]
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The poppies have gone a bit mad this year.
6 months ago
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Cadmus 🌲
6 months ago
These days I'm resonating with this quote from Terry Pratchett' "I Shall Wear Midnight": -Your power is only rumour and lies, she thought. You bore your way into people when they are uncertain and weak and worried and frightened, and they think their enemy is other people when their enemy is […]
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Original post on ai6yr.org
https://m.ai6yr.org/@camless/114610547512907983
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elle mundy
6 months ago
who called it crispr and not gene hackman
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Christine Burns MBE 🏳️⚧️📚⧖
7 months ago
Right now, mainland Britain has got almost enough wind and solar power to meet our electricity demand. Add in the power from nuclear and a small dash of gas (used solely to maintain enough mechanical inertia to stabilise the grid) and we are having to export 4 […]
[Original post on mastodon.green]
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Joplin
7 months ago
🎤 On the move? Try voice typing in the Joplin mobile app and take notes without touching the keyboard! 📺 Watch now 👉
https://youtu.be/cb2qdnEIhdA
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Richie
7 months ago
This.
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Osma A 🇫🇮🇺🇦
8 months ago
Bluesky didn't reach a federated stage where you could choose a service provider in a free country before they started to censor people based on authoritarian demands.
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Rhodri Marsden
8 months ago
Gentrification has seen the Muffin Man priced out of the area
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Tenebris Nox
8 months ago
This seems to have been part of a wider series of police arrests. Very worrying escalation of state control in UK. https://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/news/quakers-condemn-police-raid-on-westminster-meeting-house
#politics
#ukpolitics
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Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
https://www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-events/news/quakers-condemn-police-raid-on-westminster-meeting-house
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