#Journelly 1.1 is now available on the App Store

Now available in 11 languages, delivering the first round of feature requests and bug fixes.

Check out the release blog post: https://lmno.lol/alvaro/journelly-1-1-released

"MediaWiki has the most overwrought, over-engineered, over-complex syntax known to man. You might as well just write directly in OOXML and zip it up, along with your self-respect" (https://rldane.space/why-i-love-markdown.html by @rl_dane)

Not terribly far off-base

(and yes, #plaintext is incredibly long-lived)

I'm ocasionally asked if #Journelly would ever come to #Android. I'm open to the idea.

Please register your interest by emailing: journelly + android @ xenodium.com

If you haven't heard about Journelly, here's a blog post https://xenodium.com/journelly-like-tweeting-but-for-your-eyes-only

Please boost for visibility

OOPS

Wired: The Company Behind the Signal Clone Mike Waltz Used Has Direct Access to User Chats

A new analysis of TM Signal’s source code appears to show that the app sends users’ message logs in plaintext. At least one top Trump administration official used the app.

https://www.wired.com/story/tm-signal-telemessage-plaintext-message-archive/?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_050725&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&utm_content=WIR_Daily_050725&bxid=67a55b07e0b7ef5c690d6cda&cndid=86140256&hasha=7213f5fc65db9d9e956ca66e659c1114&hashc=7d14e354e23b1d1b8a5f8095df3a496f14420a0f662aa69dcbdbd4c05c69f5f1&esrc=MARTECH_ORDERFORM&utm_term=WIR_Daily_Active

The #Signal Clone Mike #Waltz Was Caught Using Has Direct Access to User Chats

A new analysis of TM Signal's source code appears to show that the app sends users' message logs in #plaintext. At least one top #Trump administration official used the app.
#privacy #security #tmsignal

https://www.wired.com/story/tm-signal-telemessage-plaintext-message-archive/

My iOS app made it to the App Store, please help me get the word out and boost

Journelly: like tweeting but for your eyes only (offline / powered by plain text)

https://lmno.lol/alvaro/journelly-like-tweeting-but-for-your-eyes-only

Plain text emails are awesome.

Be awesome.

https://useplaintext.email

Factors:
1. Accessibility. Not everyone has really fast (or stable) internet.
2. Environmental. There's no reason to use more computing power than necessary for the task at hand. It's wasteful. Very few people need the fancy features advanced text editors introduce.
3. Interoperability. Text files I write and send are readable *everywhere.* Try loading up Google Docs on a 1024x768 screen with a 256MB RAM Pentium 3. You'll be lucky if Google Docs even loads.
4. Privacy. A text file is easy to protect. GPG is the most straightforward. It remains small, and there's no way middle-men can read it. Google Docs? Google has root and they're not encrypted from them. So, good luck.
5. Account requirements. Text files require no accounts anywhere. All you need it an Internet connection and a DNS server that'll point your computer the right way. SaaS requires that you also have up-to-date software, a powerful computer, and that you register an account with them to access files shared with you.
6. Storage space. A text file takes kilobytes. A .docx file takes megabytes. My daily journal, which granted has some meta-data but is still plain text, is nearing on 580kb after three years of diligent, detailed journaling. I can't help but doubt that Word would even open a .docx file that large if formatted natively. (Thousands of headings, links, timestamps, etc.)
6. Feature-set. Plain text lets you do enough for 99% of all tasks. Yes, it's not as pretty, but within the bounds of putting characters into a file, you have complete freedom. Proprietary services, on the other hand, have a very very rich feature-set, most of which is irrelevant for 99% of users. The drawback of this is that every user is forced to load these rarely-used functions onto their own computer when the applications load up. That's wasteful, and likely cost the world hundreds of millions in unnecessary energy expenditure already.

TL;DR: Use plain text unless you absolutely positively can't help it. It's seriously better in every way.

#plaintext #emacs #txt #notepad #bloat #bloatware #saas #googledocs #msword #microsoftword #rant

RE: https://fed.bajsicki.com/notes/a6uy06mot0

Love iA writer app, but it is only for Apple.

Found https://typora.io/ which is as excellent and available for Linux too and Free!!!

Plain text files for the win.

Hi folks. Please help get the word out!

https://lmno.lol, my blogging service, is now generally available. No invite needed!

No #tracking #ads #paywall or #bloat

#privacy first, read anywhere (even #terminal), #markdown, bring your own #editor

My blog https://lmno.lol/alvaro

I hope LMNO gets you blogging in 2025!

Please help me get the word out

Found this awesome tool to edit #PlainText files in any browser. https://browserpad.org/