Notices by Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh: (cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family), page 3

Working on an update to Clairvoyant to work better with phones… on my phone. 🤯️ GNOME Builder doesn’t quite fit on the screen, but GNOME Text Editor is actually pretty lovely on mobile.

#GNOME #Linux #LinuxMobile #postmarketOS

Can I make a wallpaper that I can distribute that supports the light and dark styles on GNOME? Like, just a single file, add it to GNOME Settings, and it will do the right thing?

If not, as a third-party app developer, could I distribute an app that can set light/dark style wallpapers, and will they show up nicely in Settings?

If not, what needs to happen in GNOME Settings to make that a possibility? I *really* want to make some nice wallpapers to easily set. :)

#GNOME cc @alexm

Nice little write-up about the @EndlessOS 5 beta announcement. :)

https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/12/endless_os_5/

#EndlessOS #KeepAllKidsLearning #Linux #OpenSource

Apparently a cyberattack took my home state’s largest school district offline for a few days, canceling classes & requiring kids to make the days up similar to snow days. It makes me wonder: what if the district had something like the offline learning content we provide with @EndlessOS & #EndlessKey? Kids could at least continue to access supplementary material, even if they were home for logistical reasons.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/2023/01/11/des-moines-public-schools-dmps-cyberattack-class-cancelations-calendar-school-year/69796855007/

#EdTech #KeepAllKidsLearning #Iowa #education

In the flurry of December, the holidays, and the new year, I totally missed some updates from the Ubuntu Summit!

1. @linuxlads released their live recording from the summit! I asked a few questions in the room to spur on discussion. :)

https://linuxlads.com/episodes/season-7-episode-18/

2. My talk is live on the Ubuntu YouTube channel! I'll get my slides up on my website soon, but here you go:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8dX46J7W8g

#UbuntuSummit #Linux #OpenSource #Ubuntu

@gabmus framing it as "censorship" is just playing straight into the problem.

Having a list of known-factually-inaccurate web sources in your software, or something like NewsGuard integration, is a start. Don't "censor" something a user subscribes to, but maybe point out when it's known to be untrustworthy. Just like you'd report a security error on a site; in the end, you're aiming to keep the user safe.

Oh now “they” are “putting RNA in our food supply” 😒

Okay this is interesting: he's telling his buddy that he uses an RSS reader (I think?) to aggregate from thousands of news sources. He says he reads the headlines and then reads some of the "trustworthy" articles to get more information.

Clearly, he's subscribed to some whacko stuff. If you're designing an RSS or news reader, consider this guy and how you could help bring him back to reality or help prevent his radicalization in the first place.

#RSS #TechIsPolitical #EthicalDesign

There’s an old guy chatting with his buddy at this coffee shop spouting conspiracy theory after conspiracy theory as fact and it is terrifying because:

• I don’t really have a good way to combat it, and don’t want the confrontation
• It reminds me of how confidently bullshit ML models are at spouting things they heard with no critical thinking
• He keeps referring to “they” as in “they are controlling the weather,” “they want you to think…” etc. BUT WHO ARE THEY??