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Read all about our exciting story and get a sneak peak at the next chapter with @ryanleesipes , Product and Business Development Manager for Thunderbird, who just celebrated his 6th work anniversary! 🎉

Ryan takes us from 2012, when Thunderbird was transitioned to community support, to plans for long, bright future. You'll laugh, cry, and cheer as you read - and maybe even help us bring Thunderbird and e-mail privacy everywhere! 💙

https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/11/the-untold-history-of-thunderbird/

#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Mozilla

An Untold History of Thunderbird

WHY was Thunderbird 115 called "Supernova?" What caused the press to declare Thunderbird dead back in 2012? And how did we turn the ship around? Ryan Sipes answers these questions and much more in his personal recollection of Thunderbird's history.

The Thunderbird Blog
Israeli officials have explicitly stated that they plan mass murder, mass hunger, mass thirst and mass sickness in Gaza. And annexation: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/24/israel-gaza-world-leaders-un-genocide-palestinians None of those is a part of legitimate self-defense against HAMAS.
Israel is clear about its intentions in Gaza – world leaders cannot plead ignorance of what is coming

The UN is warning of a ‘risk of genocide’ against Palestinians. Future pleas of ‘If I knew then what I know now’ will not cut it, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

The Guardian
Signal tests usernames so you can avoid sharing your phone number

Signal is publicly testing adding usernames to user accounts so they don’t have to share their phone number to connect via the encrypted messaging service.

The Verge
Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM https://9to5google.com/2023/11/02/google-chrome-web-integrity-api/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Chrome not proceeding with Web Integrity API deemed by many to be DRM

Back in July, Google's work on a Web Integrity API emerged and many equated it to DRM. The company announced today it's not proceeding...

9to5Google
X valued at $19 billion in share plan for employees

A year after Elon Musk bought the company formerly known as Twitter, he has confirmed that the business is worth 55 percent less than his $44 billion purchase price.

The Verge
Yes, Private Eye is a UK-based satirical magazine. But when it matters, they often stop being funny and start telling it like it is. And in the current climate, this front-page splash was a brave move. 👏🏽

Our quantum-resistant protocol upgrade, PQXDH, is now “the first machine-checked post-quantum security proof of a real-world cryptographic protocol.”

Thanks to the researchers who did this important formal verification! Read more from them here👇

https://cryspen.com/post/pqxdh/

Cryspen | An Analysis of Signal's PQXDH

A comprehensive, machine-checked, post-quantum security proof of the Signal PQXDH protocol.

Tunisia detains cartoonist over drawings mocking prime minister: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/tunisia-arrests-cartoonist-over-drawings-mocking-prime-minister-2023-09-21/ For a decade, Tunisia enjoyed hard-won human rights and democracy, but the authoritarian president has abolished them completely.
Tunisia detains cartoonist over drawings mocking prime minister

Tunisia's public prosecutor on Thursday detained the cartoonist Tawfiq Omrane over drawings mocking the prime minister, Omrane's lawyer said, fuelling concern among free speech advocates.

Reuters
This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes break traffic laws while riding, yet 66% of people do so when driving. And if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @CarltonReid
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carltonreid/2019/05/10/cyclists-break-far-fewer-road-rules-than-motorists-finds-new-video-study/
Cyclists Break Far Fewer Road Rules Than Motorists, Finds New Video Study

Busting the myth of the "scofflaw cyclist" Danish Road Directorate studies reveal that while 66% of motorists routinely break road traffic laws only 5% of cyclists do so. Law breaking by cyclists is higher where there is no cycle-specific infrastructure.

Forbes