Notices by Lohan G (lohang@mastodon.social), page 2

Love books, don't lock them! Keep books free. Eliminate #DRM!

#idad2019 #idad

I reactivated my Facebook account today to check a couple of 'must-see' posts that I couldn't see otherwise. It was beyond creepy to see it telling me that I 'might know' a person I met offline, and offline only. The only way they could have tracked us together was through our phones. Our phones were at the same location for couple of weeks. I think we took taxis using the same mobile app, separately. That is all. I've never used Facebook from my phone.

@lightweight @strypey not only his instance, all the other GS instances/accounts I've subscribed to are now inaccessible from here. Examples I just checked include @fsf@status.fsf.org @rms@gnusocial.no etc...

I am going on a social media hiatus. Please use email or phone to contact me if there's anything urgent. See you next month :)

Fascinating stuff.

Wrong conclusion btw

https://twitter.com/DGPurser/status/1155951318533492736?s=20

RT @DGPurser@twitter.com

A graphics designer filmed his son and then added various special effects. Simply amazing!

This is why not everything you see on the internet is real.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DGPurser/status/1155951318533492736

Amnesty declares Writer Shakthika a Prisoner of Conscience

#ShakthikaSathkumara #FreeShakthika #ReleaseShakthika #SriLanka #FoE

RT @RepublicNext@twitter.com

Amnesty International has declared Sri Lankan short story writer Shakthika Sathkumara a Prisoner of Conscience and urged the government to release him. #lka https://www.republicnext.com/free-speech/amnesty-declares-writer-shakthika-a-prisoner-of-conscience/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/RepublicNext/status/1156088315298353152

"The World Says No to Surveillance"

https://twitter.com/41Strange/status/1154868388394459136?s=20

RT @41Strange@twitter.com

Snow Leopard startled at new camera in her enclosure

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/41Strange/status/1154868388394459136

Happy #SysAdminDay to all!

Special thanks and applauds to all those who make the #fediverse run smoothly :)

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U.S. Now Requiring Social Media Details From All Visa Applicants

http://time.com/5599444/u-s-now-requiring-social-media-details-from-all-visa-applicants/

"The #AntiMuslimViolence is a product of systematic communal propaganda by the government, opposition, the security forces and the police following the suicide bomb attacks on three churches and hotels that killed 250 innocent persons on April 21."
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/05/14/sril-m14.html

#lka

Dear all, please take backups of all evidence shared by people from around the country. Download an archive of your social media content (Twitter, Facebook etc too). Do not count on the companies to protect your evidence.

#SriLanka #AntiMuslimRiots #EasterSundayAttacksLK

#NowWatching Mediastan: A Wikileaks Road Movie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n0Yu7bYF9E 'Due to the extraordinary circumstances surrounding the arrests of Julian #Assange and Chelsea #Manning, Sixteen Films and Journeyman Pictures are providing a time-limited free access to the #Wikileaks road movie Mediastan.'

I think Dialog (My mobile ISP) has blocked port 587! This prevents sending email via SMTP. This is not acceptable. Don't tell me to change to a different port.

To tell you the truth again, not an iota of this ongoing censorship is acceptable.

#SriLanka #censorship

Spying on users as a service disguised as fight against "fake news" https://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-whatsapp/whatsapp-launches-fact-check-service-to-fight-fake-news-during-india-polls-idUSKCN1RE0H8

'In an unprecedented move, police in Sri Lanka, made use of an international agreement to imprison a multiple award-winning Sinhala writer for publishing a work of fiction on social media' : http://www.jdslanka.org/index.php/news-features/media/873-sri-lanka-un-treaty-invoked-to-imprison-award-winning-writer #SriLanka #ShakthikaSathkumara #freedomofexpression

*sigh* I really would like to see someone writing a free software input system for Android that supports the Wijesekara keyboard layout. It is nearly impossible to type with "Singlish" and similar kind of keyboards.

Question: How do you type #Sinhala in Android?

#Article13 : EU passes copyright directive which will lead to a more censored internet https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/2019/03/eu-passes-new-copyright-law-which-will-lead-to-a-more-censored-internet/

*sigh*

web pages are extremely printer-unfriendly these days

Just a reminder about that weird odour in the room :

You reek of hypocrisy when you claim to be an "Internet freedom / press freedom activist" and don't utter a single word in defense of #Wikileaks, #Assange and #Manning

#HandsOffChelsea #FreeChelseaManning #FreeAssange #Unity4J