Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

Someone asked me, "Why use 3rd party apps when an official Mastodon app exists?"

It comes down to this: being open source, Mastodon is built for choice.

Some people like vanilla ice cream. Others like strawberry or chocolate.

Well, some people like vanilla Mastodon. Others like strawberry @icecubesapp or chocolate @ivory.

The fact Mastodon allows 3rd party apps is one large reason it's better than Twitter.

It's nice that we all get to choose our preferred flavour of the Fediverse!

Remember how all the data stored locally from Signal Desktop is completely unencrypted?

Since the developers clearly aren't interested in changing this, I've written a shell script that makes it a breeze to encrypt and decrypt your Signal Desktop data using VeraCrypt.

It will also create a launcher for you (an .app on MacOS and a shell script on Linux) to automatically mount the encrypted storage before launching Signal, and automatically unmount it when exiting.

Just run the launcher instead of the app, and pretend that the password prompt is a Signal feature :)

https://github.com/n0kovo/Signal-Desktop-Encrypter

#signal #signaldesktop #signalmessenger #opsec #privacy #privacymatters #encryption #cryptography #cypherpunks #cypherpunk @signalapp

Some of the best things in life are totally Free. Here’s another great example especially for young people in USA who recently had some books banned in their neck of the woods:

https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/nyc-libraries-are-offering-free-digital-library-cards-to-people-across-the-u-s-041322

#JohnMastodon #IAmMastodon #TwitterMigration #FreeAccessToBooks #UnbanTheBanned

@SrRochardBunson @bleakfuture @ShaunBurch

Time for the poll that keeps coming into my head whenever I see the name #GeorgeSantos:

Friends of #Mastodon and the #Fediverse, who are you MOST LIKELY to believe is an actual living being that exists in real life?

There have been 39 mass shootings in America in the first 3 weeks of 2023.

That number was 36 yesterday.

End the filibuster. Pass gun control. Now.

@dhstokyo @AlliFlowers @LibertyForward1 anything Palin and Chewie wants is not something that intelligent people want

BREAKING: Senior FBI official who led 2016 investigation finding no link between Trump and Russia, Charles McGonigal, has now been arrested for taking and laundering money for Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.

The Kremlin infiltration of America goes VERY deep.

‘OpenCore’ tool that lets users run macOS Ventura on unsupported Macs is now available https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/24/opencore-macos-ventura-unsupported-macs/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Republicans want to throw women, doctors, and pharmacists in jail for the crime of letting women control their own bodies.
https://www.startribune.com/south-dakota-gov-noem-threatens-charges-for-abortion-pills/600246087/

BREAKING: #GeorgeSantos finally admits the 500K loan to his campaign was NOT a personal loan.

Santos has all but admitted to breaking campaign finance law. RESIGN.

Parts of the state don't have access to clean drinking #water but of course #Mississippi has money for #surveillance in schools & colleges https://reason.com/2023/01/19/mississippi-bill-would-mandate-surveillance-cameras-in-schools-and-colleges/

@AlliFlowers Its like the “AI Cold War”

Can we reinvestigate serial sexual predator and purjurer #BrettKavanaugh?

Long Covid Is Keeping Significant Numbers of People Out of Work, Study Finds - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/health/long-covid-work.html

An analysis of workers’ compensation claims in New York found that 71 percent of claimants with long Covid needed continuing medical treatment or were unable to work for six months or more.

USA

Version 1.0.10 is out. @icecubesapp

Go download Ivory right now. There is a free trial. You will love it. Go get it right now. #Ivory #DothePremier #iOS #Apps

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6444602274