@priyadarsan

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The word "democracy" has been poisoned by people who love dictatorship. BIg Journalism poisoned its own well. We need to talk up "local/community news and information" if we want people to care about saving both.

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/dont-dwell-on-democracy-and-other-new-findings-about-how-to-market-local-news/

Don’t dwell on “democracy,” and other new findings about how to market local news

"Here’s the paradox: 93% of people believe reliable local news is necessary for democracy, yet many of these same people react negatively to explicit 'democracy' messaging."

Nieman Lab

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Thank you very much.

#xmpp #prosody #diasp.in #durare #poddery

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diasp.in provides instant messaging service open for everyone seeking privacy for their day to day communication needs. We provide verifiable privacy through Free Software XMPP apps like Monocles Chat, Monal or Dino.  Users of our service can talk to users of any XMPP service like prav.app, quicksy.im or poddery.com. . . Website: https://diasp.in.

Join us for #DebianTrixie release party on 9th August, 2025 in #Noida, #India.

More details at https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyTrixie/India/Noida

Credits for the poster: @kishy

See you there!

VS Achuthanandan’s vision powered Kerala’s free and open software revolution.
Achuthanandan’s deep-rooted communist ideology found a natural and powerful ally in the FOSS philosophy.
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2025/Jul/23/vs-achuthanandans-vision-powered-keralas-free-and-open-software-revolution

This article talks about the early days of #FreeSoftware adoption in schools across #kerala

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx209zl0l8no

#vs #FreeSoftware #foss #OpenSource

VS Achuthanandan’s vision powered Kerala’s free and open software revolution

KOCHI: While V S Achuthanandan is primarily remembered for his long and impactful political career, his legacy also profoundly shaped Kerala’s engagement with t

The New Indian Express

Good software is not enough for mass adoption: one also needs good marketing! To that end, Prav has been sending volunteers to various events and conferences (in India, for now) to spread awareness about #Prav and #XMPP.
This fund will help us provide financial assistance for food, accommodation, and/or travel costs to volunteers who need it, as well as possibly a small amount to print stickers and flyers for distribution.

Please contribute, spread the word / volunteer!

https://prav.app/donate/event-bursaries/

Don't want to get rid of your laptop just because Microsoft told you to?
Join us on Saturday June 7th at 3:00 PM for a #linux install party. Please call or email us if you want to volunteer. Thanks.

Happy to discover another email client for mobile gnu/linux!

https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/mobile-config-thunderbird

#Geary was very brittle (crashes often, was not working with gnome online accounts and was missing pgp support) so one more option is nice!

#thunderbird #mobian #postmarketos #debian #freesoftware

postmarketOS / mobile-config-thunderbird · GitLab

Mobile and privacy friendly configuration for Thunderbird (distro-independent)

GitLab

'Nazism has nothing to do with race and nationality. It appeals to a certain type of mind. It is also, to an immense extent, the disease of a generation—the generation which was either young or unborn at the end of the last war. This is as true of Englishmen, Frenchmen, and Americans as of Germans. It is the disease of the so-called “lost generation.”'

-- Dorothy Thompson, from "Who Goes Nazi?" (1941)

https://harpers.org/archive/1941/08/who-goes-nazi/

Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson

Harper's Magazine