Mastodawn

DavidPBaril Mar 11

Google Android Lockdown - Protest!

Sign the Change.org petition!
https://c.org/d9G5xgRPKC

#keepandroidopen #android #opensource @fsf

Sign the Petition

Stop Google from limiting APK file usage

Change.org

DavidPBaril Mar 11

gokayburuc Mar 11

Google will require all apps on certified Android devices, including sideloaded ones, to come from verified developers starting March 2026. Developers view this as a power grab and launched the "Keep Android Open" movement. Enforcement begins September 2026 in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand, with more regions later.

#keepandroidopen #google #googleplay #android #app #cybersecurity

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/keep_android_open_movement/

'Keep Android Open' movement fights back against Google sideloading restrictions

: Petition seeks to rally community opposition and alert regulators

The Register

DavidPBaril Mar 9

Highly recommend **Can Canada Regain Its Digital Sovereignty? | TVO Today Live**
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLxJf1QbBQQ) panel discussion on
#digitalsovreignty from
@TVOntario.

Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic) and enshittification get honourable mentions but the panelists failed to mention the remedies of
(1) Strengthening anti-monopoly regulations and enforcement, and
(2) Legislation to require interoperability for social media platforms.

Can Canada Regain Its Digital Sovereignty? | TVO Today Live

YouTube

DavidPBaril Jan 5, 2025

Planned power outage in #Almonte / #MississippiMills #ON tomorrow 5 Jan 2025, 9 a.m.

Ref. https://d8bkcndcv6jca.cloudfront.net/?c=PlannedOutagesExternal&o=PlannedOutagesExt

Hydro One Storm Centre

DavidPBaril Dec 6, 2024

I've decided that there is no point in waiting for the rest of the world to catch up and realize that the fediverse is the best way for users to control their own social networks. (I'm talking to you #almonteONCA!)

I've had a few people enthuse to me recently about Bluesky and I've been referring them to... https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/#tie-yourself-to-a-federated-mast/

Any suggestions on how to instigate local social networks welcome.

Pluralistic: Bluesky and enshittification (02 Nov 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

DavidPBaril Dec 6, 2024

Every once in a while #AlmonteONCA painter, Rosemary Leach, writes something that is just as extraordinary and beautiful as her paintings.

https://millstonenews.com/ancient-technologies/

Ancient Technologies | The Millstone

DavidPBaril Nov 25, 2024

Just out of curiosity....

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-social-media-users-wont-headline.html

Social media users probably won't read beyond this headline, researchers say

Congratulations. Reading this far into the story is a feat not many will accomplish, especially if shared on Facebook, according to a team led by Penn State researchers.

Phys.org

DavidPBaril Nov 14, 2024

How to instigate a hashtag for local community in Almonte, Ontario (CANADA)? Almonte is one of the historic town names in the amalgamated municipality of Mississippi Mills (the others being, Pakenham and Ramsay Township).
#almonteONCA