My next review was for one of my favorite places in the city, Mohingā in Humānyūnpur. I had to cut a few details from my draft to fit into Mangrove Reviews’ 999 character limit.

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My first review was Mr. Littīwālā in Mandāwalī, but I unwittingly submitted it as an anonymous review. Hopefully everyone can see it’s me from the writing style

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Inviting the #Fediverse to join another #Jabber / #XMPP channel I co-moderate - the Personal Protective Equipment channel. #PPE

Protect yourself from hazardous substances, #pollution, diseases ( #CovidIsNotOver !), #surveillance, police oppression, and other threats. Or maybe just look cool and cyberpunk.

Discuss cloth #masks, surgical masks, filtering facepiece (FFP) #respirators, reusable #elastomeric respirators (half-face or full-face), source control, powered air purifying respirators (PAPRs), and more!

Discussion of #EyeProtection, #HearingProtection, #HeadProtection and similar also welcome!

You can join without a client or an account. Just visit chat.queer-spark.org/#/guest?join=ppe@conference.queer-spark.org

But for the best experience, I recommend using a proper client. The easiest way is to install Quicksy or Prāv, if you don’t mind using your phone number.

Otherwise, install one or more of the following, and use them to register an account on conversations.im (see providers.xmpp.net or compliance.conversations.im/old for more server recommendations) -

• Monocles Chat, Cheogram, or Conversations on modern Android devices. (They’re paid on app stores, free of cost on F-Droid)
• Yaxim or Bruno on old/low-end Android devices
• Monal or Siskin on iOS
• Gajim on Linux, Windows, and Mac
• Monal on Mac
• Movim or ConverseJS in the browser
• Poezio or Profanity in the terminal
• Convo on KaiOS/JioPhone

…once you’re set up, open this link to join the channel - invite.joinjabber.org/#ppe@conference.queer-spark.org?join

If you’re new to Jabber/XMPP (e.g. coming from #WhatsApp #Matrix #IRC #Signal #Telegram #Discord etc), you may like to read The Quick and Easy Guide to Jabber/XMPP

Another public #Jabber / #XMPP channel I co-moderate is the #LGBT / #LGBTQ / #LGBTQIA channel -

https://invite.joinjabber.org/#lgbt@conference.queer-spark.org?join

@maskedwitch - one of the most compassionate people I know of - runs this server and co-moderates all channels on it.

If you're new to XMPP (e.g. coming from #WhatsApp #Matrix #IRC #Signal #Telegram #Discord etc), this guide has everything you need to get started -
https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html

@dgar Love the variety of synonyms for "died"

Lessons to be learned -
• Boycott #proprietary software - use #FreedomRespecting software (a.k.a. #Libre / #OpenSource / #FreeSoftware) which is free of corporate control, and
• Boycott #centralized services - use #federated services so you aren't locked into one service.

#XMPP is still around, and thriving.
https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html

Anyone here into #bowling ? There's a #Jabber / #XMPP channel for people who enjoy bowling (10 pin, candle pin, duck pin, etc) at all skill levels!

https://xmpp.link/#bowling@muc.xmpp.earth?join

As before, if you're new to XMPP, this guide has everything you need to get started.
https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/the-quick-and-easy-guide-to-xmpp.html

@simon Ideally, one would #SelfHost, on one's own terms. And if one moves to Codeberg (which uses #FreedomRespecting Forgejo), one still has the benefit of easily being able to move to a self-hosted Forgejo later. That's not so easy with GitHub and its mountain of proprietary features.

Thus, self-hosting is best. Community-run instances like @Codeberg and @disroot come second. And #proprietary platforms are a plague.

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Also, #FreeSoftware, #Libre / #OpenSource /mukt/āzād/swatantra software...all describe the effect on _the software_...that the software is freed from being private property. (We could even call it #Anarchist software )

That's good, but I'm more interested in describing the effect of such software on its _users_...hence, #FreedomRespecting software.

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But I expect "#FreedomRespecting software" to provoke the question, "How can software be freedom-respecting?" A bit like hearing "Nonviolent Communication" sparks the question, "How can communication be nonviolent? Is there also such a thing as violent communication?" and potentially engages you in learning.

We're not always there to explain or provoke questions ourselves, so something that may do so automatically is desirable...

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@fsf Great little resource to see what hardware is comptible with #FreedomRespecting Software.

From what we could gather the trend is towards there being less and less good hardware available? Yes? How unfortunate.

That's indeed the experience we've seen in Australia, its on steroids.