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EmacsConf 2019 has issued its call for proposals! The conference will be held virtually on November 2nd. They're also looking for suggestions on how to run this year's conference using 100% free software, so please have a look! https://u.fsf.org/2vv

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your timeline has been blessed by the Raccoon Who Is Allowed To Drive A Car But Doesn't, please boost them to ensure good public transit accessibility in 2020

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#GNU #Emacs manuals autographed by RMS are back in stock! Get your GNU Emacs Manual, 18th Edition, v. 26.1, today at the GNU store! https://u.fsf.org/2ny https://status.fsf.org/attachment/1271392

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One of our earliest recommended, fully free distributions of GNU/Linux is seeking a new maintainer. If you'd like to help out with gNewSense, please get in touch with its development community: https://u.fsf.org/2vw

qyliss

If you’re not in my particular niche communities, you might not know about the community that exists around old ThinkPad laptops. But I’m going to tell you about it, because I think it’s awesome!ThinkPad laptops from years…

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solariiknight drak

Yep. Also, the person is projecting his hatred for atheists and wishing harm to them.

switchingsocial

Just working on the Google Fonts alternatives page.

-Does anyone know a good tutorial on using system fonts on a website?

-Also, can you recommend a website for downloading free open licensed fonts?

#GoogleFonts #Alternatives

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Reforms to software idea patents do not make them any less unjust. Take action today: contact your local congresspeople and urge them to vote against the STRONGER Patents Act: https://u.fsf.org/2vt

hund

Can we please stop using this proprietary US based service for libre software projects now?

"GitHub starts blocking developers in countries facing US trade sanctions"
https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-starts-blocking-developers-in-countries-facing-us-trade-sanctions/

arunisaac codesections

Some similar interesting ideas: https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/10/how-to-build-a-low-tech-internet/

arunisaac cwebber

This is interesting and gives me an idea. Could we do something similar for email? Instead of giving people our actual email address (real object) to send us email, we give them a random (so it's unforgeable) newly generated alias ad…

xrevan86 debugninja

@debugninja The fediverse is older than those by far, so maybe it's the other way around :-).

arunisaac drak

I was looking for this too, thanks! Since I couldn't figure out git's credential system, I used to work around this by running `git send-email' in emacs' term mode, and using an `insert-password' elisp function I wrote to insert the password into the term buffer.