Signal is blocked in several countries but you can set up a proxy server to help people access Signal no matter where they live. Here’s how:

https://signal.org/blog/proxy-please

Thank you for helping keep Signal available for everyone who needs it.

To share your proxies use #SignalProxy

We're aware of reports that access to Signal has been blocked in some countries. As a reminder, Signal's built-in censorship circumvention feature might be able to help if your connection is affected:

Signal Settings > Privacy > Advanced > Censorship circumvention (on)

I'd like to know about and follow more artists on the fediverse, so let's do an Art Share!

RULES:
1.- Share in the replies your art, music, animations, whatever creative medium you do, and introduce yourself on it
2.- Keep it Safe For Work
3.- Though it's not obligatory, please consider adding ALT Text to your works!
4.- Boost this post so it reaches more people and artists!

I'll go first, I'm Anubi, and I do various pixel art works!

#ArtShare #MastoArt #FediArt #Art

A lot of the time our hopes for funding critical FLOSS infrastructure has been benevolent billionaires: Google or Meta or Mark Shuttleworth or whoever is supposed to pay for things to happen.
Then lately we have seen some government grant programs which are ... fine but come with strings and issues attached that I don't want to get into here. Also they tend to focus on the server side and security and whatnot.

It kinda does not scale for each individual to pay for all the projects: 1 EUR Patreon for this lib here, 5 bucks for that application there ... Things get unwieldy and expensive and leads to people not doing it at all.

Here's a dumb idea I had a few days ago while running: Set up an org that's focused on supporting FLOSS end-user apps/environments. Like browsers, maybe a Wordpress fork to get that out of the hands of the "AI" people. You can become a member with a monthly "subscription". Like your Netflix/Spotify/etc. The organization distributes funds in a transparent way with a long-term focus (easier said than done, I know). And no, you can't and shouldn't enforce this, FLOSS should also be available to people who can't pay, that is important. But by collecting like 10 or 15 bucks by a whole bunch of people you could build a bit of a fund that's not at the whim of one state, one billionaire or something.

Probably stupid.

We’re growing our product team!

Are you an #iOS Developer who wants to lead our official #Mastodon iOS #App?

This is a remote full-time position and requires an overlap with the CET timezone.

Ideally:

1. You are a senior iOS Developer comfortable with a mature codebase
2. Proficient in #Swift and #Apple Frameworks (UIKit, SwiftUI, Combine)
3. Prior experience with social media networks is a big plus!

For more info/to apply:
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