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Free Software Foundation

Are you still stuck using proprietary software to talk to your coworkers and loved ones? Jitsi Meet respects your freedom and privacy, and FSF associate members can spread that freedom by using the new FSF instance: u.fsf.org/33h Join today: u.fsf.org/63

Claudio Segovia

@fsf
¿Sigues atascado usando software propietario para hablar con tus compañeros de trabajo y seres queridos? Jitsi Meet respeta su libertad y privacidad, y los miembros asociados de la FSF pueden difundir esa libertad utilizando la nueva instancia de la FSF: u.fsf.org/33h Únase hoy: u.fsf.org/63

Free Software Foundation

Have you ever considered the work that goes into sending an email to @gnu.org? The FSF tech team makes sure millions of emails get delivered each year, and has taken the time to explain the road your email travels in freedom. u.fsf.org/3gz

censored for “transphobia”

@ademalsasa @fsf i think FSF’s mail server is gnu.org, and they screwed the pooch in recent years. I can no longer email FSF because the server became so persnickety that it reject legit msgs.

Free Software Foundation

The "Respects Your Freedom" certification program encourages the creation and sale of hardware that will do as much as possible to respect your freedom and your privacy, and will ensure that you have control over your device. u.fsf.org/3g0

Free Software Foundation

Are you still stuck using proprietary software to talk to your coworkers and loved ones? Jitsi Meet respects your freedom and privacy, and FSF associate members can spread that freedom by using the new FSF instance: u.fsf.org/33h Join today: u.fsf.org/63

Free Software Foundation

The Free Software Awards winners were announced during this year's #LibrePlanet. Paul Eggert was this year's winner of the Award for the Advancement of Free Software. Read the full announcement at u.fsf.org/3iw

Free Software Foundation

The right to repair is crucial for a free future, this is illustrated in our animated video "Fight to Repair." Join our campaign and inform others on the state of #RightToRepair in your country. #FightToRepair fsf.org/ftr

Linux in a Bit 🐧

@fsf
@comma_ai should be a more well known thing, shouldn't it...

Free Software Foundation

The Freedom Ladder campaign aims to support those on a gradual journey to freedom and never resting until all their devices are freed. Share your story today and read others' stories via u.fsf.org/3ho

Free Software Foundation

Assigning your copyright to the Free Software Foundation helps defend the GPL and keep software free. Thanks to Qifan Wang, Andrei Tropin, and Niklas Eklund for assigning their copyright to the FSF! #GNU #Emacs Learn more at u.fsf.org/3ht #CopyrightAssignments

Free Software Foundation

The right to repair is crucial for a free future, this is illustrated in our animated video "Fight to Repair." Join our campaign and inform others on the state of #RightToRepair in your country. #FightToRepair fsf.org/ftr

Free Software Foundation

Zara was worried about her digital freedom, but found a way out. Follow her *Escape to Freedom* in a new animated video from the Free Software Foundation (FSF). #UserFreedom #EscapetoFreedom u.fsf.org/escape-to-freedom

Free Software Foundation

Help us give a big #ThankGNU to Steven Hay, Antoine Mercadal, Deborah Jackson, Hideki Igarashi, and John Rakestraw for their generous donation. Contributions such as these help the #fsf fight for freedom! Check out u.fsf.org/3hq for a full list of 2022 donors.

Free Software Foundation

Interested to know what the FSF's Licensing & Compliance team has been up to in the past few months? FSF's licensing & compliance associate, Craig Topham, gives his report in a new article, hot off the press! Read it at: u.fsf.org/3mk Support #UserFreedom

Free Software Foundation

Ok, we are wrapping up now. Thanks to everyone who attended and participated in "Mastodon Hour" (and, yes, we hear those who have suggested other names, and will take your feedback into consideration, but for today, that is what we called it...) ✌️

Free Software Foundation

Hiya folks, we are getting some questions about GNU Social. You can follow FSF at status.fsf.org/fsf

Free Software Foundation

It's the end of the hour. Any final thoughts re: "Helping others find their reason to support free software" or the other topics? #UserFreedom

Free Software Foundation

Two of the FSF staff's favorite ways to unwind are NetHack and racing each other in typing speed games. That isn't even a joke.

Free Software Foundation

Does anyone have any ideas for how to better "Help others find their reason to support free software?" (The theme of our spring fundraiser, which ends EOD today.)

Or, are there any campaigns the FSF is currently doing that you think do a good job of "helping others find their reason to use/support free software?"

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@fsf Point at macos or windows abuses of user privacy, trust, and wallet.

Oh..... clumsy....

@fsf There are lots of enthusiasts who like to customize their systems down to the core which only free software can do efficiently.

But the thing is they are most likely already using GNU/Linux and so campaigning to them is not really worthwhile

Free Software Foundation

Welcome, welcome, WELCOME to Mastodon Hour!!! This was first announced on fsf.org/blogs/community/flock- and is our very first time hosting such an event. During this time, you may communicate via reply to our toots, mention us in a new thread, or direct message, and we will be available to respond in real-time.

Image of FSF's Mastodon Channel with some stars around the things you can do.
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Blender Dumbass ( J.Y.Amihud )

@fsf How's Richard Stallman? Is he feeling good? Just sort of care a little for the man.

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@fsf I really enjoyed the last bulletin's piece on the phrase "industry standard" in education.
Pretty much all universities in the United States are bad about forcing you to use proprietary software under the "industry" guise. When you enroll, the first thing you're told is, "install this, that, the other, don't ask questions; it doesn't matter that it infringes on your freedom because we got a good deal on licenses. What does freedom even mean anyway? Don't you want to get hired?"

Will 🌹🏴

@fsf sorry to have missed this. Do you have any guides on your approach to twitter, "Choqok, KDE's microblogging client, Nitter, a free front-end mirror to Twitter, and Nitter's RSS feed feature," so that other free software companies can do the same?

Free Software Foundation

The hour is upon us! It's Mastodon Hour time (16:00 EDT [20:00 UTC]), where the campaigns team will be making ourselves available to discuss certain topics in real time. Read more at: u.fsf.org/3mb Flock on over right now for a chat!

bandali

Hey @fsf, this is a neat way to help spread the word about the Fediverse, as well as helping folks find their reason(s) for supporting free/libre software. 🙂

I use #freesoftware because it's the only kind of software that makes sense to me and helps empower people and give them #userfreedom, and I support free software and participate in its development because I would like others to have and be able to enjoy in their lives the same computing freedoms that I've been fortunate to have in mine.

Free Software Foundation

It is the **final day** of the biannual fundraiser. We are currently at $58,139. Fun fact: not a prime number, but its binary equivalent is 1110001100011011. **You** can help us achieve our goal (binary number of 10000010110111000)! u.fsf.org/3m4 #UserFreedom

hacknorris

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