2026-04-11T20:03:57Z https://yabu.me Traveling OSM Salesgirl Problem ✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🇵🇸 https://yabu.me/npub1vq8sam985jhjehmprxu8qgs29rpz9xvyvl4e00dan95t6gdpl90snjcdzl https://fe.upload.disroot.org/media/3d5168bf7c180fe664778a32ba9dd100db356e5031836f0414b1ca746689d636.jpg https://fe.upload.disroot.org/media/3d5168bf7c180fe664778a32ba9dd100db356e5031836f0414b1ca746689d636.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs87u6ha22cn44jc9q8gnmjpv8faxntl0atw8mmpvy89tcp7g9wmnszypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47xsrqre Same old contrapunctus, now with she/her pronouns. 2026-03-15T06:37:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs28yd2ccpdngd2pn0nny7l99mxkcvqqrsukxdxgq0lvng2j5udkgczypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u475pmkdy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsthtx77txzcjxtszgz86cm35aqm7v2t6q65rk0rw6pdffg687g47sn6g9zy'>nevent1q…g9zy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>👈 transphobic, sexist, and racist troll account<br/><br/>#FediBlock 2026-01-16T02:00:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv5cw7vnt66t33y3t9sw54qf90dxlq9j4xny8mkja0awt67zpya5szypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47xhr54m #Fediblock recommendation - <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1vlu5u85h4r3np8mer7djq0s5kfd5sxrna06073ehzqaczdqmdsyqd7xzzu" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>≠ hippies->chipper ≠</span> (<span class="italic">npub1vlu…xzzu</span>)</a></span><br/><br/>A single glance at the profile ought to be reason enough. 😅 2026-01-05T12:18:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstjzatev74az2vyde0dy3khleqlzja20cat6q6vuah9egemadzk8czypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47g2mwjm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs057805er2x5m6k8hca56xz3gz73j56qhd6c95jru83g4qvse07gshle7cd'>nevent1q…e7cd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Obviously, nobody is against improving free software. But the mentality of &#34;use the best tool for the job [even if it&#39;s proprietary]&#34; needs to go. 2026-01-05T09:33:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs057805er2x5m6k8hca56xz3gz73j56qhd6c95jru83g4qvse07gszypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47ek2jga People: &#34;If you want people to use free software, you need to make it better!&#34;<br/><br/>Me: &#34;Free software may never be as good as monopolist software, but *we should boycott monopolist software all the same*.&#34;<br/><br/>Abusive relationships are abusive, regardless of the &#34;qualities&#34; of the abuser.<br/><br/>#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #Linux #FOSS 2026-01-05T09:25:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9erz75rz2nekenakplu6ytrakp3y9u3pyhsuyvkuwq7wjc0hw5eszypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u478ycyc8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgz4tmy3hcdj4azwfhzsgujk9rz73pds5tnuf54n3ku07grh0y0ns0nq488'>nevent1q…q488</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ha, same here 🤭<br/><br/>I hope you do leave reviews on [MapComplete](<a href="https://mapcomplete.org">https://mapcomplete.org</a>), though? The reviews go to [Mangrove Reviews](<a href="http://mangrove.reviews/">http://mangrove.reviews/</a>), which is a libre data project 🙂 2025-12-27T17:18:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfdzgmkju4uwpfwmfel2kjucm6uzujnzlj9f6yfse8mss9egh8ragzypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47nudhvv Wink wink nudge nudge <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1areh550cp8kqedtuyvesry784upsk930wu2pn5g2eaq486n5l39qdgfcch" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>OpenStreetMap</span> (<span class="italic">npub1are…fcch</span>)</a></span> @vespucci_editor@en.osm.town <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1l32vrgewgayyq78uet4gg4arpfsvy4tks5pdr9d8murdhvw8l6dsg6wy7q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Every Door OSM Editor</span> (<span class="italic">npub1l32…wy7q</span>)</a></span> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1xjemlhmw266l27zrsj6vpms0ulf8xvycl5q63hh0suajsynnlrds3effq5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>OsmAPP</span> (<span class="italic">npub1xje…ffq5</span>)</a></span> ...<br/><br/>Time to #GiveUpGitHub like #CoMaps, #MapComplete, and now #Dillo ! Libre software projects should be leading everyone to a freer world - not using proprietary platforms themselves!<br/><br/><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@dillo/115638740210574430">https://fosstodon.org/@dillo/115638740210574430</a><br/><br/>#FreeSoftware #OpenSource #FOSS #decentralization<br/>#contraLibre 2025-12-02T11:01:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspa6h8q770l3ynk9wpnl4hweu0kkn5fcdeh9jtv0p7ns566x4qa5szypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47c54r80 Just heard about the latest *centralized* \* Discord replacement, and my first reaction was...<br/><br/>&gt; Programmers not NIH&#39;ing new clients or entire protocols, and improving existing #XMPP clients which are Almost There™ instead challenge (impossible)<br/><br/><br/>FFS people, help improve [Movim](<a href="https://movim.eu/">https://movim.eu/</a>) instead! <br/>🫩<br/><br/>\* Like, have we learned *absolutely nothing* from #Discord, #Twitter, #Reddit, #YouTube, #Telegram, etc? The common factor is #centralization...Centralization Guarantees Enshittification.© 😐<br/><br/>#contraXMPP #FreeSoftware (also mistakenly called #FOSS #OpenSource and #FLOSS) 2025-11-30T18:41:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0yrqhh0hxs7yavgmz0whe4j70pu4qyq596d3p3tnuc6stmjhp3dszypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u4772607m There&#39;s a #MiniDebConf next month in #Mumbai, and I&#39;ll be giving a 30-minute talk about &#34;Āzād (Libre) Maps and Why You Should Use Them&#34;. (As you may have guessed, my subject is #OpenStreetMap and #SoftwareFreedom 🙂)<br/><br/><a href="https://pleroma.debian.social/objects/4f4fb2e9-476d-4a0e-8d73-604ee3b55aa9">https://pleroma.debian.social/objects/4f4fb2e9-476d-4a0e-8d73-604ee3b55aa9</a><br/><br/>There will also be an #OSM mapping party to learn how to contribute, and to have fun improving the map together!<br/><br/>(My participation is made possible thanks to a travel grant I receive from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub10dcl95j7hyqr520ae765q5rwyrcemmhsfck5039w44s85w0wtl2s5pul8g" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>FOSS United</span> (<span class="italic">npub10dc…ul8g</span>)</a></span> - thank you!)<br/><br/>#India #NaviMumbai #Linux <br/>#OsmMumbai #OsmIndia<br/>#FreeSoftware #FreeData #Libre <br/>(sometimes misleadingly called #FOSS #Libre #OpenSource or #OpenData 🙂)<br/>#contraMaps 2025-11-25T15:25:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstdgrfyp9ajs994gmmdkp6p4tl04v37e6pe3lw0rugghq5ccfreagzypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u4703987c Something I always notice in #Mumbai is that women clearly feel much safer here than, say, in #Delhi. The statistics on crime against women back this up too.<br/><br/>What brings about this difference? Only when we identify the cause can we hope to remedy the problem.<br/><br/>The few women I asked and the few web searches I tried couldn&#39;t give a definitive answer...so now I turn to Fedi. What do y&#39;all think?<br/><br/>#India #Feminism 2025-10-20T18:29:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqgq92ket8hkjeq8cpduldp7vhvhvgzehuu264v4xdmtt5yhpv09czypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47tj8pzm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstc4822wf97wl5u7jg8ryx356nzk4tr52fqz8mh6rjl9u5kdvrttc3ydtwz'>nevent1q…dtwz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I use #XMPP as my primary medium of communication, be it chat or audio/video calls.<br/><br/>I ask non-geek contacts to install #Quicksy ([Quicksy website](<a href="https://quicksy.im">https://quicksy.im</a>)) or #Prāv ([Prāv website](<a href="https://prav.app">https://prav.app</a>)). If they are averse to phone number registration, I suggest regular [XMPP clients and servers](<a href="https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html#installing-a-client">https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html#installing-a-client</a>). There&#39;s also the [paid hosting and self-hosting](<a href="https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html#select-a-server">https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html#select-a-server</a>)<br/> route, and unlike #Matrix it&#39;s actually easy and economical to do.<br/><br/>I also wrote a [user&#39;s guide to XMPP](<a href="https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html">https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html</a>).<br/><br/>Down with proprietary and centralized platforms! ✊ Say no to #Discord #Telegram #WhatsApp and #Signal. 2025-10-16T01:27:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgx0hz3e7ensax3cxd07vdxyjpscqvhe6e52thgkasctcxfxjel7czypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47s5hykw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstre262rmh8yesh0p2cp96d0wp23lkt682w0eu47qtsetn7jsanfgd00dng'>nevent1q…0dng</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As before, instead of sincere and direct answers, I get hostility. (Is it something about these hashtags that draws out the worst of Fedi?)<br/><br/>I gather from your response that there&#39;s no legitimate technical or moderation issue in this situation. Thanks for clearing that up, I guess, even if unintentionally.<br/><br/>And thanks for calling my problems &#34;whining&#34;! 🤦‍♀️ Seems to be the way of the world - &#34;*My* problems are Problems™, *your* problems are merely Whining.&#34; I hope you never have to face that yourself.<br/><br/>FYI, I used more than one hashtag, so you might want to specify which one you don&#39;t want me to use.<br/><br/>(And thanks for introducing me to a use of &#34;incandescently&#34; I wasn&#39;t familiar with.) 2025-10-09T07:26:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqp5tpslz5vwhan22r3phk70czmf78fvm9kgthdmvndxwmf0vsw6gzypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47v0lfj7 Let&#39;s try this again.<br/><br/>Server A users are not posting or boosting anything that is objectionable to Server B.<br/><br/>But Server A is federating with servers Server B does not like. [1]<br/><br/>*How does this affect Server B in any way?* Or, why would Server B cite this as a reason to defederate from Server A?<br/><br/>Is it merely a case of [association fallacy](<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_fallacy">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_fallacy</a>)? (&#34;Server A federates with Bad Servers, therefore Server A must be a Bad Server.&#34;)<br/><br/>Or are there any legitimate problems Server A is causing for Server B?<br/><br/>[1] Usually because they find defederating to be too extreme for most situations, with too much collateral damage to innocent bystanders...so they use other means to block bad users.<br/><br/>*EDIT: removed FediBlock hashtag*<br/><br/>#Fediverse #ActivityPub #FediHelp 2025-10-09T07:01:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgzp8dszdkwu4a9f3gph59yuv9j58au402mlwzwnm0k69072t6s4czypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47tf0r24 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv96tlpxx862snmw5af8j5eu2hga2w9fp52hglesh786ysqkr9amc5tny6t'>nevent1q…ny6t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I use #XMPP as my sole means of communication (public channels, private groups, private messages, and calls), and consider it to have better foundations than #Signal, #Telegram, and the rest.<br/><br/>For most people, I recommend #Quicksy or #Prāv, which use phone numbers for easy onboarding. <br/><br/>More privacy-conscious people can choose clients and servers which don&#39;t require phone numbers. Technical people can self-host private servers using #Snikket, or use paid hosting.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve written a guide for new XMPP users here -<br/><a href="https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html">https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html</a> 2025-09-27T15:54:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst3kftg8mjeu48sr0aj0yr87wtlhwuhwexu4vavysu3jsxu2vqwhgzypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47f6pv9y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp7xkgwfnsvn78s52f4fukn7lpkr5wyrwrx0a72zap2x2jl27fjnsrdnyan'>nevent1q…nyan</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Pushing free software/data and decentralized platforms, and boycotting proprietary software/data and centralized platforms, is not a &#34;philosophical&#34; matter. Or even an &#34;ethical&#34; one. And it&#39;s not opposed to &#34;pragmatism&#34;.<br/><br/>To choose proprietary software/data and centralized platforms is to choose to get backstabbed and exploited. It&#39;s *inevitable*. History has proven it *time and time again.*<br/><br/>**Free software, free data, and decentralized platforms are the ONLY sane and pragmatic choice.** <br/><br/>Proprietary software/data and centralized services are a trap. Have you taken the bait? And are you encouraging others (through network effect) to do the same? 👀 2025-09-27T12:39:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp7xkgwfnsvn78s52f4fukn7lpkr5wyrwrx0a72zap2x2jl27fjnszypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u475frw4f I know many people who are aware of the importance of #FreedomRespecting software, data, and culture - and the related issues of digital sovereignty and privacy.<br/><br/>Paradoxically, a lot of these people also participate in, or even maintain, communities hosted on #nonfree / #proprietary / #restricted or #centralized platforms like #Telegram, #Discord, #WhatsApp, #Signal, #Instagram, #Facebook, #Twitter, #LinkedIn, #Bluesky, #GitHub, and others.<br/><br/>To state the obvious, each community which chooses a proprietary platform - or bridges to it - is also **giving another reason for others to be on that platform.** It&#39;s *reinforcing network effect.*<br/><br/>Conversely, if these communities chose to move to free platforms, their members would be forced to move as well. In other words, these communities have *the opportunity to push for change on a massive scale.*<br/><br/>Sure, you have to reach out to people on proprietary platforms, if that&#39;s where the majority are. But you **cannot** be stopping there - you **must** have a strategy to move people away from proprietary platforms to free platforms.<br/><br/>To give the example of #OpenStreetMap -<br/>* I announce events on free platforms sooner<br/>* I remind people on proprietary platforms that they should join the free platforms to get notified earlier<br/>* After each event, we invite people to our #XMPP channel, which is not bridged to any other platform.<br/>* All organizational talk takes place on our XMPP channel, which is not bridged to any other platform.<br/>* I minimize my participation on proprietary platforms, and communities which bridge to them. The bulk of my activity happens on free platforms.<br/>* I have never submitted data to Mapillary or KartaView, because their clients and servers are proprietary. All my contributions go to #WikimediaCommons and #Panoramax.<br/><br/>So to the people who are choosing - and therefore promoting - proprietary platforms, I ask...<br/><br/>**How do you think things are going to change, if everyone keeps choosing what is easiest for them, and keeps choosing, supporting, and promoting proprietary platforms?**<br/><br/>**What part are *you* playing in making things better? Or are you just going to go with the flow of the world, even if you know it to be wrong?**<br/><br/>They don&#39;t like answering these questions.<br/><br/>Instead, I invite them to find the integrity and courage to answer them.<br/><br/>Or, to find the integrity and courage to make the obvious change and do the obvious right thing.<br/><br/>People hate it when I bring this up. Sorry, but my conscience dictates that I speak up for what is right. Silence is complicity, and it gets us nowhere.<br/><br/>#FreeSoftware #Libre #OpenSource #OpenData 2025-09-27T10:29:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf079zgqm6zyxt879na785z587zkd5qves83lw9m2lr45stx697ngzypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47kxs6e4 My favorite #IndiaFOSS 2025 moments -<br/><br/>Third place - singing a bit of &#34;Trial By Jury&#34; to a bewildered <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fschs6p8lqnx3xxhhwwj3wutmjkta4vcuhruxa37ejjduy87vp8qhpjmgv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>NLBRT on OSM</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fsc…jmgv</span>)</a></span> before the start of the #Prav meeting, after he remarked that the seats looked like a court of law. (Likewise, singing a bit of &#34;Gute Nacht&#34; from &#34;Winterreise&#34; for Urbec later.)<br/><br/>Second place - going to the Open Knowledge Initiative table and showing them my libre data work, including [my Wikimedia Commons uploads](<a href="https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AListFiles%2FContrapunctus-1&amp;ilshowall=1">https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AListFiles%2FContrapunctus-1&amp;ilshowall=1</a>), so as to request full time work that involves improving the commons. They gave me a contact...and a spiral notebook! I thanked them and declined it because I don&#39;t write on paper at all, but they insisted, so I gave it to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1u03pmhv750nezsklhheysgtyuq43e3fnmne3xg7jstku2j3r54rsym9p0k" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>disaster2life</span> (<span class="italic">npub1u03…9p0k</span>)</a></span> who is also an open data contributor, and who I know to write on paper.<br/><br/>First place - making a joke which caused @libreinator to roll around on the ground in laughter for a proper minute. 2025-09-22T16:01:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgx2cwv85dnql95d8msypv6aw5e7962c3vvkx7xssv4j8tflykumqzypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47nh5qcd I kinda want a full-face #elastomeric #respirator...it will probably draw even more stares than the half-mask, but it feels good to be insulated from &#34;the outside&#34;, and I kinda want the same for my eyes. I also like the idea of applying a dark film to the visor (as documented by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1rvzmpuat5uuldemvdjggcdx8ah7hzznupe3memmzau3lpqgwf79qacay8v" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>:anne_triangle: Δ-44203.1 'Carbon' :neobot_floof:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1rvz…ay8v</span>)</a></span> on its blog) to hide more of my face.<br/><br/>But I imagine it will be a total PITA to don and doff for drinking water, or eating something, or talking to people...<br/><br/>Surely someone somewhere has tried to make a hydration port for these things?<br/><br/>And what about a little microphone which connects to a Bluetooth speaker to improve communication? (The speaker could be anywhere outside the mask e.g. worn near the neck or chest...)<br/><br/>EDIT: someone privately mentioned that there are respirators with drinking tubes and voice emitters (those were terms I wasn&#39;t aware of!), and mentioned the MSA Millennium series. Thanks!<br/><br/>I since noticed that the 3M Ultimate FX and 3M Scott respirators have these features too. (For anyone who needed that information.) 2025-09-04T19:16:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgdnpw6ur3kcw7n5mtvv0v6z02unvdyqw39nrm085r5swjemtxu5qzypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u473cs33m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswm0tlfh50c5zq2eu3e8ssgljqk5hwhrs98r2hxgxtjm06s2ad7ksmes4qp'>nevent1q…s4qp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s always a question of whether the project has the courage to push people to a better direction, or whether it&#39;s just going to go with the flow of whatever people are doing. (Packaged as &#34;we have to be where the people are.&#34;)<br/><br/>You make an #XMPP channel, make it the sole official chat medium, and help onboard people...and people will use XMPP.<br/><br/>The more the people and projects who do this, the sooner we bring the world to the standard, reliable, modern, and silo-free chat protocol.<br/><br/>(And the more the people who use it, the more funding and developer love the protocol and the implementations will get.) 2025-08-16T14:08:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst4558d52tepdgvcxn6ee7u9h4scglhtsx7zp2wys45m8h5n5yr4qzypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47kd299a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgxmpaqhq8jfqvxqdrgrrkq2lze5xsce6s00wryuxaf09e0m0fucqmkek4y'>nevent1q…ek4y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Uh oh...avoid it if possible? Please be safe 👀🙏 2025-08-15T03:18:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfercrckdv6nassj8wddrs94ny044mmyfeudvjnez4aw0teyzhneczypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47f4mw5x <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1kwarc5z9lwhen05uknd2nuwhhthd4ws0cku3t9j3rchm0fcd6luslse0nj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>GrapheneOS</span> (<span class="italic">npub1kwa…e0nj</span>)</a></span> I like how this #Matrix issue has never been a problem with #XMPP. 😅<br/><br/><a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/115012285317476330">https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/115012285317476330</a><br/><br/>For anyone looking to take a look (or another look) at XMPP, I wrote the [The Quick and Easy Guide to Jabber/XMPP](<a href="https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html">https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html</a>) for new users.<br/><br/>There are plenty of active communities on XMPP, you can find them on search.jabber.network/tags 2025-08-14T10:59:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswpp7y35a6fnmvjq3a7mlwcg3jss0y4je7f6mg97hr4tcmxawdujgzypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47vxgd3g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspnmf9ca98sf32s42hkuy2epj8vhnwm8wy5n3m3fn7wgc5k8jxguqlchaju'>nevent1q…haju</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Lucky...my cat doesn&#39;t sleep with me at all 🥲 2025-08-09T18:25:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdz0nugxe6xrt36z20s0dylfmjdkemlt8g2ddtsgzp48sew7rfwsszypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47mtwd7q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf8gfrp2tqk8m3dhqar27h58v7zhusa5txfsku626sgx7qwv3ccsgauzj8p'>nevent1q…zj8p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> <img src="https://fe.upload.disroot.org/media/8bc1522946de98ec3a91d114c76ffc3be50c374c1db4a0c27cfb6b8ace3b9b6a.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-08-08T06:33:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8dvh7ljsce4rrddmtsftjj4243lkx0fprka4kfcylrwjqnc7zu6gzypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47t7x4gy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxnjgq75hf7c3slnznkna37dp93w6cx65qrpd5xl3lqg78460gq2gkuh43f'>nevent1q…h43f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Even on the night before the party, we were agonizing over the perpetual question - what editor to teach to newcomers?<br/><br/>And after the workshop and the latest mapping party, I think I have a new and improved idea.<br/><br/>1. We always introduce #CoMaps (and earlier Organic Maps) to newcomers, focusing on it as a means of using OSM. But we avoid using its editor - offline data can be confusing and (in the presence of concurrent editors) can more easily lead to duplication.<br/><br/>But if we want people to recommend CoMaps to other, less technical people...they may want the latter to be able to add places without installing another app.<br/><br/>2. I have long admired StreetComplete&#39;s gamified interface, but always figured that it would cause issues in a mapping party.<br/><br/>But perhaps we can incorporate it after all? The people it is most likely to cause issues for are the #Vespucci users, and they are experienced enough (and Vespucci&#39;s tooling is good enough) to handle upload conflicts.<br/><br/>Another issue is that if a user adds some data using a #StreetComplete layer, it takes time for quests to appear for it.<br/><br/>3. #MapComplete is good because it puts together the things people coming from Google Maps often expect from OSM - map data, photos, and ratings+reviews. The questions and the photo-taking may also add some variety and fun, and the photos also help other mappers verify the data and add details.<br/><br/>So here&#39;s the new idea -<br/>1. We practice adding 1-3 POIs with CoMaps. There may be duplication, but that&#39;s okay, we (the organizers) will clean it up later as we usually do.<br/>2. Then, we add 5-10 POIs with MapComplete.<br/>3. Finally, we try out StreetComplete to add more details to the streets and POIs. We will use SC&#39;s team mode to divide quests between people on the same team.<br/><br/>I&#39;ll test the viability of this process soon.<br/><br/>(Vespucci will go back to being an editor for regular participants.)<br/><br/>#OpenStreetMap #OSM #contraMaps 2025-07-30T07:20:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxnjgq75hf7c3slnznkna37dp93w6cx65qrpd5xl3lqg78460gq2gzypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47ytmjh8 Some postmortem notes about our 19th mapping party...<br/><br/><a href="https://en.osm.town/@OSMIndia/114933115184001431">https://en.osm.town/@OSMIndia/114933115184001431</a><br/><br/>On a positive note, I think this was a productive party. 8 out of 10 participants were experienced mappers, and I&#39;m happy with the data we added to the market. 👍<br/><br/>On the other hand, there were hardly any people from Noida - clearly, the publicity needs more work 😐 <br/><br/>One participant recommended posting on Luma, so I guess we&#39;ll be trying that.<br/><br/>Also, if you like my work, please [support me on Liberapay](<a href="http://liberapay.com/contrapunctus/">http://liberapay.com/contrapunctus/</a>). I&#39;m unemployed, and rely on the community&#39;s support for my contributions.<br/><br/>#OpenStreetMap #OSM #contraMaps 2025-07-30T07:17:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrg6ckqlptcqqu3j9tewms937732msvm6u350g2qwdr0ae6rpazkczypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47x6z7ae Went to Noida Sector 18 yesterday to scout the venue for our upcoming mapping party.<br/><br/>I rely on the community&#39;s donations to make ends meet, so if you like my contributions, [support me on Liberapay!](<a href="https://liberapay.com/contrapunctus">https://liberapay.com/contrapunctus</a>)<br/><br/>First order of things was finding a place which could seat 10-15 people. There was a park with stone bleachers for seating, but it was in a terrible state. I mentally toyed with the idea of bringing a broom and sweeping the thing before we sit on it.<br/><br/>Fortunately, I found there was a pedestrianized street outside the park with lots of benches, including a big one that could seat around 15 people - perfect for us.<br/><br/>The pedestrian street was separated from nearby streets by rows of bollards. As I added these bollards, I was about to tag them as `bollard=fixed` on autopilot, when I realized that I was witnessing *my first example of rising bollards in India.*<br/><br/>In another first, a young man saw my OpenStreetMap India T-shirt and asked me *about OpenStreetMap*, rather than the far more common and paranoid question of &#34;What are you doing?&#34; or &#34;Where (read: which government department) are you from?&#34;<br/><br/>He was a software developer who needed map data for a project, and was weighing the differences between Google Maps and OSM. I invited him to the mapping party, and we exchanged phone numbers.<br/><br/>Later, I evaluated the nearby eateries, and finally ended up getting dinner at the DLF Mall of India - in the process adding many eateries in the area, and adding details for the mall&#39;s food court.<br/><br/>Here&#39;s my changeset for the day, made using #Vespucci. Took me around 90 minutes of active mapping. <br/>[Noida Sector 18 - add park details, 4 benches, 4 bollards, 5 restaurants, 9 fast food, cafe, pub, 2 shops, 6 fast food details, food court, ATM, 5 building levels, building, building part, police booth](<a href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/169417873">https://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/169417873</a>).<br/><br/>#contraMaps<br/>#OpenStreetMap #OSM<br/>#FreeData #LibreData #OpenData<br/>#FreeSoftware #FOSS #OpenSource #Libre #FreedomRespecting #India #Delhi #Noida<br/> <img src="https://fe.upload.disroot.org/media/93151a3f064fd1a8ff033f9df339dd1cefe60239d6854e431e9a357220fdd59d.png"> <br/> <img src="https://fe.upload.disroot.org/media/b47e90bfa0736ff1519364c05b0c1602bea7cfc483e3b97b71c9f955ca573c09.png"> <br/> 2025-07-25T07:26:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs08n7du4wyzxpc0cqexc5u3sh6jj3v2dnyn42xaswm4nryvjw532czypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47y3evq0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswcyfddcg5vhwcsvjp7u2lz5e6ktut72wwr43r8j9xfnry7uum2xgn4nccr'>nevent1q…nccr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think Prāv (which is a fork of Quicksy) was interested in working on that.<br/><br/>But you&#39;re missing the point - XMPP gives you *freedom of service providers*. You don&#39;t *have* to use Quicksy or Prāv, not even to talk to Quicksy or Prāv users. You could use any of the many public servers, or host your own to have even stronger guarantees than Signal. 2025-06-07T11:55:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrz6kt42ejyn0k3zrprwg3mms3jzzepsedney929c79q2elt04urqzypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47ddslcd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsylv9yze3jav2n6mjywkqqf3s79q6vytjtxu43673xy245ygmyjwglzq5ed'>nevent1q…q5ed</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Look into #XMPP.<br/><br/>Projects like [Quicksy](<a href="https://quicksy.im">https://quicksy.im</a>) and [Prāv](<a href="https://prav.app">https://prav.app</a>) use phone numbers and allow easy onboarding and contact discovery. Unlike Signal, there&#39;s no lock-in - you can choose other servers which don&#39;t need a phone number, or host your own server (for which see [Snikket](<a href="https://snikket.org/">https://snikket.org/</a>), which allows for easy hosting of a private server, and provides rebranded clients and easy invitation-based onboarding), and still talk to Quicksy/Prāv users.<br/><br/>Servers on the XMPP network are also smaller and less convenient targets for backdoors, corporate takeovers, lawsuits, DDoS attacks, etc than the centralized servers of Signal etc. And since you can self-host it, you can actually trust that the server is running the code it has published.<br/><br/>For more information, please read [The Quick and Easy Guide to XMPP](<a href="https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html">https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html</a>). And if anybody is thinking of sharing any OMEMO FUD from a certain Signal fanboy...read this first. <br/><a href="http://moparisthebest.com/against-silos-signal/">http://moparisthebest.com/against-silos-signal/</a> 2025-06-07T10:14:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv2pu6fzmaugsrymqg7zqkawc79vcnuc4f4e4kmxng842w7hymq2czypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47y897fa Begging all #Mastodon users to please move to #Pleroma, #Akkoma, #Misskey, #Sharkey, #Hubzilla, #Mitra...anything that supports emoji reactions. 🙏<br/><br/>I want to 😆 at your jokes. But all I can do is &#34;like&#34;.<br/><br/>I want to 🫂 you when you need it. But all I can do is &#34;like&#34;.<br/><br/>I want to express sadness. 😢 But all I can do is &#34;like&#34;.<br/><br/>I want to go beyond &#34;like&#34;, and say that I ❤️ something. But all I can do is &#34;like&#34;.<br/><br/>(I could always reply with the emoji, but that&#39;s so noisy and intrusive...let&#39;s use replies for actual replies, and reactions for the reactions, shall we?)<br/><br/>#Fediverse 2025-06-04T04:13:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsym9hst0meaurvyx0mtxn580wtvn5egt3tk82r7e4k4ea7uaq2mmszypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u479wh6a2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsydjhflkmxdx9kxtg9dtmt5kw05lughn8y7v46gs6dy2jsr4a6stsy8taam'>nevent1q…taam</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah. IIRC <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1kx0l7mpaeyfvn35wm50p4dq735zu6hfgujymhnjhwwh6uk7952mq76hnqj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Pirate Praveen</span> (<span class="italic">npub1kx0…hnqj</span>)</a></span> has one too and uses XMPP on a daily basis - bet he can help here 🙂 2025-06-04T00:45:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst6r7cg35n307yy576n378n6xnufhha2ekxy0u73n34mwrj72mzaczypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47ydung9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs00w057h80mztwt3r70duu8wv9xvcypk03rqegydwhwm8fkjurqnqemt7xr'>nevent1q…t7xr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I asked in the Cheogram/jmp.chat channel; quoting the response -<br/><br/>&gt; sounds like they are on Librem5? Chatty may work, but dino or <a href="https://app.cheogram.com">https://app.cheogram.com</a> is probably better especially if they want voice calls which I don&#39;t think Chatty has 2025-06-04T00:36:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs845f2yjuxryr7nsurqyszpp37zphqmruee2aada9q0aq8824whjczypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47y4k80c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9vsda7uqmzkjc580vt99yf8qxkmg20l3v3vpfr2ja0k2fean6ghq543pu6'>nevent1q…3pu6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah 😆 [Cheogram](<a href="https://cheogram.com/">https://cheogram.com/</a>) is an XMPP client for Android - a much-enhanced fork of the popular Android client [Conversations](<a href="https://conversations.im">https://conversations.im</a>). 2025-06-04T00:26:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswkkhmactxxdev9z9sedgzcp6snt2e74mg9e8u5zlfkrgcytnlcvczypsq7rhv57j27txlvyvmsupzpg5vyg5es3n7h9aahkvk30fp58u47asygxz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst6dvvn2jr85kzt26yrrvgn0wzjl9zu4tlyc0fvyknrksmjl6qc3g56ky5s'>nevent1q…ky5s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You may be interested in <a href="https://jmp.chat/">https://jmp.chat/</a> 🤔 (run by the developers of Cheogram) 2025-06-04T00:22:13Z