Good Idea: Get the facts right about our current situation

https://www.gapminder.org/

At Gapminder you can quiz yourself about different topics like Ocean health, Global warming or other urgent issues and make sure your outlook on these issues is based on truth.

Many issues in life have improved more than we think.

https://ourworldindata.org/much-better-awful-can-be-better

But at the same time, there are still many issues that need dire attention! Make sure you know where you want to spend your energy!

🙏 to one of our ministers for the gapminder submission

Rassemblement Familial

Netanyahu disbands his inner war cabinet, Israeli official says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the six-member war cabinet, an Israeli official said on Monday, in a widely expected move that came after the departure from government of the centrist former general Benny Gantz.

Netanyahu is now expected to hold consultations about the Gaza war with a small group of ministers, including Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer who had been in the war cabinet. read more

Current rate of warming compared to the worst mass extinction events
https://redd.it/1dhlfx6
@failures_of_capitalism

Song of the Day 🥖🚫: https://song.link/d/1920366117

TIL that the longest musical performance in history is being held in a church in Germany, and it's set to last 639 years. The piece, "As Slow As Possible" by John Cage, began in 2001 and will end in 2640. [source, comments]

Anti-corporate graffiti spotted in Wynyard, Tasmania

Good idea: Use Free Open Source Apps

(post about Android, following https://f-droid.org/en/about/ )


Recommended F-Droid client
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.looker.droidify/


Basic must have for privacy:

- NETGUARD - Firewall
https://f-droid.org/packages/eu.faircode.netguard/ (or AFWall+ if you gave ROOT)
- Check URLs and remove tracking before opening
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.trianguloy.urlchecker/
- Remove metadata from images before sharing
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.jarsilio.android.scrambledeggsif/ or https://f-droid.org/packages/de.kaffeemitkoffein.imagepipe/


Contacts and Calendar sync DavX5

https://f-droid.org/packages/at.bitfire.davdroid/

You can set up a NextCloud account to use as a server to seamlessly sync your contacts, calendar, tasks...
https://nextcloud.com/sign-up/ or look up online. There are plenty of free providers. I use https://woelkli.com/en


This app lets you open chats in whatsapp (...) so you don't have to share your whole contact list with whatsapp (...)
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.vinaygopinath.launchchat/


Browsers

- Mull (Firefox fork)
https://f-droid.org/packages/us.spotco.fennec_dos/
- Repository app to find all "good" browsers
https://f-droid.org/packages/de.marmaro.krt.ffupdater/


Maps and navigation

- OSMAnd+
https://f-droid.org/packages/net.osmand.plus/
- OrganicMaps
https://f-droid.org/packages/app.organicmaps/
- Google maps web wrapper
https://f-droid.org/packages/us.spotco.maps/
- Contribute to openmaps
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.westnordost.streetcomplete/
- GPS data
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.vonglasow.michael.satstat/


APPs

- K9 Email client
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.fsck.k9/
- Gallery
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.fossify.gallery/
- Calendar
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.fossify.calendar/
- Podcast
https://f-droid.org/packages/de.danoeh.antennapod/
- Youtube
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/
- Password manager - BitWarden
https://bitwarden.com/download/ --> scroll down to F-Droid and add the repository to the FDroid client
- AEGIS - OTP / 2FA
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.beemdevelopment.aegis/
- Fitness tracker
https://f-droid.org/packages/de.tadris.fitness/
- Menstruation tracker (fully offline)
https://bloodyhealth.gitlab.io/
- Barcode scanner
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.atharok.barcodescanner/
- VLC video player
https://f-droid.org/packages/org.videolan.vlc/
- Book tracker
https://f-droid.org/packages/software.mdev.bookstracker/
- Useful tools - Trail sense
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.kylecorry.trail_sense/
- Phone sensors
https://f-droid.org/packages/de.rwth_aachen.phyphox/
- Aurora store (gplay store client for ungoogled phones)
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.aurora.store/
- Telegram - https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.telegram.messenger
- System maintenance - SD Maid
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/eu.darken.sdmse
- Terminal
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.termux/
- Medito - Meditation app
https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/meditofoundation.medito


Games

- Shattered Pixel dungeon
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.shatteredpixel.shatteredpixeldungeon/
- Mindustry (factorio-like)
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/io.anuke.mindustry/
-unciv (Civilization like, tile-round based strategy)
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.unciv.app/

- Emulator
https://archive.newpipe.net/fdroid/repo


And a friendly reminder to use the search bar to discover new FOSS apps :)

🙏 If you have other FOSS apps that everyone should know, write them in the comments!