Reiner Herrmann @reinerh@layer8.space

Some big news to round off the trifecta of our IRC gateways: our matrix bridge is now available! You can connect to foo:http://libera.chat where #foo is the channel.

A big thanks to @matrix for their support - we know a lot of our communities view Matrix access as a big deal!

Libera is a week old, and we've come strong out the blocks. Thank you to our 20,000 users for your support, enthusiasm, and patience.

I've written a little about our first week and some of the projects we host here: https://libera.chat/news/one-week-of-libera-chat

~kline

#irc #liberachat

Spaces are here!! Come read all about MSC1772 and its various friends, children and ancestors and the shape of things to come :) 🎉🍾🚀🛰🔭🦑 https://matrix.org/blog/2021/05/17/the-matrix-space-beta

@torproject Very disappointing that the Tor project now also promotes environmental destruction.

"#Cryptocurrency is one of the worst inventions of the 21st century. (...) It has failed to be a useful currency, invented a new class of internet abuse, further enriched the rich, wasted staggering amounts of electricity, hastened climate change, ruined hundreds of otherwise promising projects, provided a climate for hundreds of scams to flourish, created shortages and price hikes for consumer hardware, and injected perverse incentives into technology everywhere (...)"

https://drewdevault.com/2021/04/26/Cryptocurrency-is-a-disaster.html

First virtual Bug Squashing Party in Salzburg/Austria April 24-25 2021 https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2021/04/msg00010.html

Today we're kicking off the #GNU Assembly!

https://gnu.tools

This is a new umbrella for GNU people seeking transparent decision-making and built around consensus. It's the result of a decade of struggle to make #GNU inclusive, transparent, and community-driven.

#GNU contributors: consider joining!

#FreeSoftware activists: help us spread the word!

DebConf21 to be held online https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2021/04/msg00000.html

utopian future in the 1980s: flying cars
utopian future in the 2020s: no cars

i've spent the last 6 months mad about nfts. and i guess i finally got mad enough to write it all down. ->

https://everestpipkin.medium.com/but-the-environmental-issues-with-cryptoart-1128ef72e6a3

Finally! We are proud to announce: The Nitrokey 3 family with NFC, USB-C, Rust, Common Criteria EAL 6+... 😍

*Now available for pre-orders*

https://www.nitrokey.com/news/2021/new-nitrokey-3-nfc-usb-c-rust-common-criteria-eal-6

#nitrokey #nitrokey3 #itsecurity #securitykey #cybersecurity #madeingermany #techstartups #digitallife #opensource #opensourcehardware #openhardware

Anonymität, Dezentralisierung und Angriffe auf Monopole sind unterstützenswerte Ziele. ABER: Wer Bitcoin hält, damit handelt oder gar Mining betreibt, darf mir getrost entfolgen. Ihr verschwendet rücksichtslos Ressourcen und seid damit Teil des Problems.

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