Mastodawn

If you're on mastodon.social, you might want to move your account to a different server:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server

The Fediverse is protected from takeover as long as we are spread out on many servers. If one server dominates, takeovers become easier.

Mastodon.social is currently 25.5% of the active Fediverse. This proportion is way too large and seems to be increasing.

Larger servers also tend to have worse moderation and are harder to defederate, threatening safety.

#FediTips #Fediverse

Mastodon.social is not a good way to join Mastodon. If you’re already on it, you might want to move your account to a different Mastodon server. | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

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Fuse Views 1d ago

Low Quality Facts 2d ago

Please stop sharing this picture of JD Vance. The Vice President is not happy that it's going viral. JD's wife told reporters he is so upset that he hasn't left the couch all day. He's so distraught that he won't even let her go in the room.

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Catalin Cimpanu 2d ago

US House bans WhatsApp on Congress devices

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/23/whatsapp-house-congress-staffers-messaging-app

Scoop: WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices

The House's cybersecurity office deemed the messaging app "high risk" due to its treatment of user data.

Axios

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Mark Holtom (aka Kingbeard)2d ago

A scene of modern Britain

Fuse Views 2d ago

Meta just doesn't understand the concepts of privacy and security.

Headline:
●WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices

•Andy Stone, a spokesperson for WhatsApp parent company Meta, said ...
"We know members and their staffs regularly use WhatsApp and we ... "

Let me stop you right there, Andy.

The very fact that Meta can, and does, use WhatsApp as spyware is the reason why you can say that.

Meta tracks the locations and contacts (and more) of all WhatsApp users, WHICH IS WHY IT MUST NEVER BE INSTALLED ON ANY GOVERNMENT DEVICE!

Join Signal.

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/23/whatsapp-house-congress-staffers-messaging-app

#privacy
#Signal
#Meta
#WhatsApp
#EFF

Scoop: WhatsApp banned on House staffers' devices

The House's cybersecurity office deemed the messaging app "high risk" due to its treatment of user data.

Axios

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Sue is Walking the Earth 🌱5d ago

10/10 no notes

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Qasim Rashid, Esq.5d ago

As Trump attacks students who dare speak up for basic justice for Palestine, a student at the University of Florida Law School named Preston Damsky wrote a paper arguing that the Constitution only applies to white people & Jews and non-whites should be “abolished by any means necessary.”

A Trump-nominated judge named John L. Badalamenti who teaches the class gave Damsky the highest grade and awarded him the Book prize.

University of Florida Law School defended the decision as “free speech.”

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GrapheneOS 5d ago

Many companies and individuals are trying to mislead people about the future of GrapheneOS to promote their insecure products and services. GrapheneOS is not going anywhere. We've made it clear we're shipping Android 16 soon and that the supported devices will remain supported.

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TracketPacer 🚀Jun 7

happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

remember to bring plenty of water, snacks, & sunscreen to the parade ok

Fuse Views May 29

I need some advice from any #Linux gurus out there, please.

I'm using an aged laptop (with Mint) and to preserve what's left of the battery, I wish to limit its charge to around 50% of rated capacity. (It's always on AC power.)

There's a Flatpak app called "TLP-UI" which is a "TLP configuration utility".

However, the size of this app is "783MB to download, 2.6GB of disk space required". (Yep, you read that correctly - HUGE!)

com.github.d4nj1.tlpui

With only one review, and an enormous (apparent) filesize, it looks kinda dodgy to me.

Thoughts, anyone?
Alternate solutions?