Hello students of #LiDA103,
I am here as a volunteer facilitator in case you need non-technical help. I'm also here as a researcher to observe how this course works. You can find more info about my background and research here: https://bit.ly/2IsGk6o Enjoy the course!

**Dave Lane** · May 08, 2018, 23:07

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**Wayne Mackintosh 🇳🇿🐧** @mackiwg · May 08, 2018, 23:07

Hi Dan, welcome to the OERu family on Mastodon. We're grateful for your generous gift of time to support the #lida103 learning community.

**Dave Lane** · May 08, 2018, 23:11

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**Wayne Mackintosh 🇳🇿🐧** @mackiwg · May 08, 2018, 23:11

State of the Commons report just published in time for #LiDA103 https://stateof.creativecommons.org/ Timely resource for our course.

**Dave Lane** @lightweight · Apr 29, 2018, 22:24

**Dave Lane** @lightweight · Apr 29, 2018, 22:24

Just a heads up for everyone - I'll be doing an upgrade of this Mastodon instance (at mastodon.oeru.org) in the next day or so, so the site will be down for a few minutes (and perhaps a bit longer).

**Dave Lane** · Apr 24, 2018, 01:08

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**Erik Moeller** @eloquence@social.coop · Apr 24, 2018, 01:08

If you're into working with humans, free software & cryptography, and you love the idea of helping news organizations break their biggest stories based on submissions by whistleblowers, you may want to come work with me! New opening at Freedom of the Press Foundation just went up - boosts appreciated:

https://freedom.press/jobs/job-opening-newsroom-support-engineer-securedrop/

#nonprofitjobs #securedrop

**Dave Lane** · Apr 15, 2018, 08:50

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**Sergio Lopez** @slp@mstdn.io · Apr 15, 2018, 08:50

This makes me angry:

I run my own mail server in a VPS. Its IP address is NOT blacklisted, and I have both SPF and DKIM properly configured. I do NOT send bulk mail.

But still, Gmail classifies my personal emails as SPAM.

Same email with same exactly same contents, sent through PoBox SMTP server goes to INBOX. Directly from VPS, goes to SPAM. No explanations, no public blacklist. It looks like they just don't want people going "indie". Sigh.

**Dave Lane** @lightweight · Apr 20, 2018, 00:25

**Dave Lane** @lightweight · Apr 20, 2018, 00:25

So, do you all think this is legit? Is Open v Closed the replacement for Left v Right? https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21702750-farewell-left-versus-right-contest-matters-now-open-against-closed-new

**Dave Lane** · Apr 16, 2018, 16:12

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**☕🏴☠️ Crazypedia ☕🏴☠️** @crazypedia@toot.chat · Apr 16, 2018, 16:12

whipped up some Creative Commons emoji for mastodon! Images taken from the CC downloads page here > https://creativecommons.org/about/downloads

:cc: the Creative Commons icon
:cc_by: Attribute work
:cc_sa: Share Alike
:cc_remix: Allow remixing
:cc_share: Share
:cc_nd: No Derivatives
:cc_ncus: Non-Commercial Dollar
:cc_nceu: Non-Commercial Euro
:cc_ncjp: Non-Commercial Yen
:cc_pd: Public Domain
:cc_zero: Creative Commons Zero

Learn how to use the licenses here! https://creativecommons.org/licenses/

**Dave Lane** @lightweight · Apr 16, 2018, 02:49

**Dave Lane** @lightweight · Apr 16, 2018, 02:49

Wow, just found that we can create our own fully open source timzone-aware polls (like Doodle polls) using the OERu's NextCloud instance and the Polls "app" - https://apps.nextcloud.com/apps/polls and https://github.com/nextcloud/polls Very cool!

**Dave Lane** @lightweight · Mar 29, 2018, 04:38

**Dave Lane** @lightweight · Mar 29, 2018, 04:38

Ooo - if you haven't seen it, this is quite useful in working out Mastodon's rules of social engagement... https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-Mastodon/User-guide.md #lida101 #lida102

**Dave Lane** @lightweight · Mar 23, 2018, 00:41

**Dave Lane** @lightweight · Mar 23, 2018, 00:41

Cool! The lead developer of Mastodon has just published this video explaining what Mastodon is... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPSbNdBmWKE #lida101

**Dave Lane** · Mar 22, 2018, 00:34

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**Sebastian Panakal** @sebastianpanakal · Mar 22, 2018, 00:34

Women of Wiki, Calicut, Kerala, India arranged #LiDA101 a campaign to introduce stay at home mothers to LiDA, https://mastodon.oeru.org/media/0Y9duDLgTfQcPL2zruw

**Dave Lane** @lightweight · Mar 15, 2018, 10:54

**Dave Lane** @lightweight · Mar 15, 2018, 10:54

If folks in #lida101 have been having difficulty receiving validation or password recovery emails from forums.oeru.org, please try again. I have just reconfigured the email service to use a more robust outgoing email provider. Let me know if any of you still have issues!

**Dave Lane** @lightweight · Mar 15, 2018, 03:27

**Dave Lane** @lightweight · Mar 15, 2018, 03:27

Refreshing after many months of dormancy - prior to the launch of #LiDA101

**Dave Lane** @lightweight · Mar 15, 2018, 03:26

**Dave Lane** @lightweight · Mar 15, 2018, 03:26

I'm delighted to see this part of the "fediverse" burst into life! Like the coming of a digital spring... #lida101photo #lida101 https://mastodon.oeru.org/media/epqJqgvF_BNeB88Ya6w

**Dave Lane** @lightweight · Mar 11, 2018, 21:21

**Dave Lane** @lightweight · Mar 11, 2018, 21:21

After almost 3 years of work, it's very exciting to see #LiDA101 just about to get underway, with a remarkably diverse set of learners!

**Dave Lane** @lightweight · Jan 11, 2018, 03:01

**Dave Lane** @lightweight · Jan 11, 2018, 03:01

Yet another test to make sure we've got working limits! #lida104 #lida103