Republicans are using kids as a smokescreen for what Big Tech lobbyists want: a national surveillance program to harvest our data with zero protections for people and their privacy.
We must fight this dangerous expansion of surveillance technology.
Pangea Chat as a new Silver Member, 3 new Project Hydra MSCs and a big Element Call update! This and more happened This Week in Matrix!
matrix.org/blog/2026/03...
I am. But there are three things at play here regarding ICE collecting private data. Quick rundown on the issue, why you should be paying attention, and what I'm doing about it:
Ok Bluesky, let’s give this a go: I found this postcard in the back of a photo frame I bought at a London thrift shop.
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
Thinking about the 'AI coding is like everyone has a team of junior engineers' thing. It's wrong, I think, unless your junior engineers are terrible and you are a terrible senior engineer. Yes, it means thinking more about design and less about typing, but
I wrote a thing about how decentralization and democracy don't just go hand in hand. They're necessary components of the same system. For there to be true democracy there must be true decentralization.
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/17/t...
Our team explains Thundermail and Thunderbird Pro
(what are they? why develop them?), the values behind them, and why the core desktop and mobile apps will never be behind a paywall. Read more and get the facts beneath the hype: blog.thunderbird.net/2025/04/thun...
#Thunderbird #OpenSource #Email
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS IN CASE OF ICE: CONOCE TUS DERECHOS EN CASO DE ENCUENTRO CON ICE:
DO NOT OPEN YOUR DOOR. ICE cannot enter your home without a warrant signed by a judge. Tell the agents to show you the warrant by sliding it under the door. NO ABRAS TU PUERTA. ICE no puede entrar a tu casa sin una orden firmada por un juez. Diles a los agentes que te muestren la orden deslizándola debajo de la puerta.
ASK THEM TO LEAVE. If ICE doesn't have a warrant, tell them you do not consent for them to enter your home and ask them to leave. At work, ICE cannot enter employee-only areas without permission. 2 PÍDALES QUE SE VAYAN. Si ICE no tiene una orden judicial, diles que no das tu consentimiento para que entren a tu casa y pídeles que se vayan. En el trabajo, ICE no puede ingresar a áreas exclusivas para empleados sin permiso.
REMAIN SILENT. You have the right to remain silent. If the agents ask you questions, tell them, "I wish to remain silent." PERMANECE EN SILENCIO. Tienes derecho a permanecer en silencio. Si los agentes te hacen preguntas, diles: "Deseo permanecer en silencio".
It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too.
EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them.
Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)
The people who think they are good at everything because they are good at coding are also bad at coding.
We've got some exciting job openings at #Thunderbird! We're hiring for a Sr. UX Design Specialist, A #Rust /C++ Software Engineer for the desktop app, and......a Senior #iOS Engineer to help us bring Thunderbird to your iPhone and iPad!
Help us spread the word!
www.mozilla.org/careers/list...
@matrix.org could probably use a list too!
US senators urge @deptofdefense.bsky.social to expand the use of the @matrix.org open standard in light of the #SaltTyphoon attack on the US telephone network.
I don't frequently release beta versions of my packages, but I would love some testing of django-render-block v0.10b1 if anyone uses it! It fixes a couple of major bugs (better exception handling and multi-extends templates).
See github.com/clokep/djang...
I was invited to join the Matrix Spec Core Team -- the technical stewards of the Matrix protocol.
patrick.cloke.us/posts/2024/0...
Performance fixes in Synapse, a public release for Circles, and recovery keys in Element X. That, and more happened this week in Matrix!
matrix.org/blog/2024/02...
One of the things I enjoyed improving on Synapse was the URL preview capability. I was curious how much it improved over the past several years so did some experiments:
patrick.cloke.us/posts/2024/0...
Overview of a Matrix protocol change I made called intentional mentions: patrick.cloke.us/posts/2023/1...
Matrix presence explained: patrick.cloke.us/posts/2023/1...
Published from notes when implementing multi-device support for presence in Synapse.
Was surprised to be listening to the Talk Python podcast and hear a shout out to github.com/clokep/djang...! Listen at talkpython.fm/episodes/sho...
Handling GitHub Notifications: patrick.cloke.us/posts/2023/1...
Republished from an internal discussion with coworkers on handling an overwhelming amount of GitHub notifications.
Celery architecture breakdown: patrick.cloke.us/posts/2023/0...
Wrote this >6 months ago and never hit publish since I always wanted to polish it a bit more. Today I figured it was good enough.
Matrix at IETF117, Commune's revival, a new Matrix Swift SDK… that and much more happened this week in Matrix!
https://matrix.org/blog/2023/07/21/this-week-in-matrix-2023-07-28/
Third Room Tech Preview 2: Creator Update is here! Matrix is more than messaging: TP2 shows how to build decentralised multiparty spatial apps for 3D/XR with Matrix & WebSG: our brand new API for spatial scripting! 🎉🥽🎉 https://matrix.org/blog/2023/06/07/introducing-third-room-tp-2-the-creator-update
The Matrix Logo
Work on pseudonymous identities, a tailor-made matrix client, and a community event at the Chaos Computer Camp. That and more happened this week in Matrix
https://matrix.org/blog/2023/05/12/this-week-in-matrix-2023-05-12
I published a post on @matrix.org push rules & notifications: https://patrick.cloke.us/posts/2023/05/08/matrix-push-rules-notifications/
(Based on some information I put together for folks at Element)
