#voluntary — Public Fediverse posts

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/aug/21/baby-foods-uk-too-much-sugar. "Almost a quarter of popular branded #baby #foods sold in #UK #supermarkets still contain excessive amounts of #sugar, a year after the #Government introduced #voluntary #industry #guidelines." Voluntary guidelines be damned! Time for compulsory ones - the #food #industry obviously doesn't care about #child #health, only about its #profits!

#Ukraine is trying to get #deserters to rejoin the #war by allowing them to choose a preferred unit and position, though placement is not guaranteed.

The #voluntary return program aims to get 10,000 AWOL #troops to rejoin by #September 20.

https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-coax-thousands-awol-troops-70-units-commander-deplyment-2026-8

@MissGayle
It’s disingenuous of you to bring in a non-sequitur (Epstein affair) into this conversation.

If the purpose of someone who, for whatever reason, decides to stand up an #instance on the #fedi is to make it a financially viable enterprise, then good luck to them because they are likely to fail. There is no #BusinessCase to support this.

It is my observation that most, if not all, instances are stood up from the perspective of idealism. The ideal that an internet #Agora can and should flourish in order to put #Grifting and #Toxic platforms out of business (along with all other Fedi ideals I commented on earlier). It is entirely #voluntary, i.e. not remunerated.

The fedi will live or die by the good nature of its hosts and supporters.

ERGO: #Donate what you can, when you can, to you host instance folks. The #InternetAgora depends on it. If you cannot afford it, support the #Fediverse and praise its lofty goals in your loudest voice.

#voluntary : done of one's own free will

- French: volontaire

- German: freiwillig

- Italian: volontario

- Portuguese: voluntário

- Spanish: voluntario

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Lessons Learnt in the Fediverse

So, I got blocked many times because I was honestly asking if I could publish ads to the Fediverse. It seems like the community's responses are more towards: "No". Okay. I'll try to do some opt-in/voluntary support without the need for me to push ads. Ads are annoying. It's contradictory that I use an ad blocker DNS resolver, but at the same time, I'm considering pushing ads, lol.

#fediverse #mastodon #ads #community #ethics #tech #opensource #support #voluntary #digital #life #privacy #internet #irony #lesson #growth #socialmedia #web #discovery

But #communism must be #voluntary, freely desired, and accepted; for were it instead to be imposed, it would produce the most monstrous #tyranny which would result in a return to #bourgeois individualism.

Errico Malatesta, Errico Malatesta: His Life and Ideas

#quote #quotes #anarchocommunism

#voluntary : done of his or its own accord

- French: volontaire

- German: freiwillig

- Italian: volontario

- Portuguese: voluntário

- Spanish: voluntario

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#voluntary : done of his or its own accord

- French: volontaire

- German: freiwillig

- Italian: volontario

- Portuguese: voluntário

- Spanish: voluntario

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#today will be various bits of work for my #voluntary groups, and some #research for my PhD I hope, and maybe a quick pass over #visualising the new 1GB of temperature (and RH%) #data from my home from last heating season...

#Germany has brought back a new type of #conscription. Young men and women aged 18 will get a letter requesting consideration to serve in the #military.

#Men will be required to show up for a physical examination by 2027.

This will all be #voluntary... Unless not enough volunteers are found.

The German #Bundeswehr ist aiming for 460k military personnel by 2029 (260k active soldiers, 200k reserves).

@berniethewordsmith The main way to respect #privacy is to avoid #scanning #private, end-to-end encrypted content at scale. Focus on:
- #Voluntary and opt-in tools for local scanning.

- #Serverside checks only for data that’s already leaving the private domain.

- #Cryptographic #protocols that verify matches without exposing the rest of users’ data.

#voluntary : done of his or its own accord

- French: volontaire

- German: freiwillig

- Italian: volontario

- Portuguese: voluntário

- Spanish: voluntario

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/1 Eliminating staff in private sector following on heels of layoffs and firings in federal government - In an email to staff #LATimes says it’s offering #voluntary #buyouts to all staff who have been there for more than two years. https://bsky.app/profile/maxtani.bsky.social/post/3lhcyt5m2622u #media #journalism

#voluntary : done of his or its own accord

- French: volontaire

- German: freiwillig

- Italian: volontario

- Portuguese: voluntário

- Spanish: voluntario

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#voluntary : done of his or its own accord

- French: volontaire

- German: freiwillig

- Italian: volontario

- Portuguese: voluntário

- Spanish: voluntario

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"We must believe in free will… we have no choice." — Isaac Singer — — — #IsaacSinger #quote #quotes #quip #oxymoron #freewill #choice #inevitable #voluntary #predetermined #discretion #humorous #humor

UK software security #voluntary code of practice earns mixed reviews
https://www.databreachtoday.com/uk-software-security-code-practices-earns-mixed-reviews-a-26054

“I support a system in which the president would appoint a justice every 2 yrs to spend 18 yrs in active service on the #SupremeCourt.

“3rd, I’m calling for a binding #CodeOfConduct for the Supreme Court. This is common sense. The court’s current #voluntary #ethics code is weak & #SelfEnforced. Justices should be required to disclose gifts, refrain from public political activity & recuse themselves from cases in which they or their spouses have financial or other #ConflictsOfInterest.

#SCOTUS

Voluntary Thinking
Awareness of one's own thinking is a prerequisite for voluntary thinking.

#voluntary #thinking #metacongition #yourcore #mindfulness #mentalhealth #philosophy

Request and volunteer help with personal tasks for neurodivergent adults who have no access to support https://bighelpers.yooco.org/ #neurodivergent #autism #adhd #audhd #voluntary #mentalhealth

#Devon #UK #voluntary and #community sector!
Devon Community Foundation have streamlined their small #grants application process - open now
https://devoncf.com/grants/small-grants/

In March, a small #nonprofit in #BritishColumbia cut 10 cheques worth approximately $5,500 each & hand delivered them to as many #FirstNations on southern #VancouverIsland. The money, collected in the second half of 2023, is the first annual installment of #voluntary #rents paid by residents & business owners who live & work on the First Nations’ homelands.

The #SouthIslandReciprocityTrust is the brainchild of Craig Candler.

https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-voluntary-rent-first-nations

#Indigenous #Reconciliation #NativeBC #PNW

On May 7 #BCgovernment #MinistryOfForests announced the launch of a new #Forest Operations #Map (FOM) portal where #BritishColumbians can now access & comment on proposed operations, including #cutblocks & #roads, after amendments to Forest & Range Practices Act #FRPA.

Though the majority of #forestry companies in #BritishColumbia have committed to presenting their proposed operations in the #FOMportal, the project is currently #voluntary, the press release stated.

https://www.cheknews.ca/new-forestry-app-aims-for-transparency-with-proposed-operations-1204857/?amp

Dear Friends of a good thing,

How many options do we need? Obviously more than 1,2,3 for democracy. However for OS appearance, #Free #software? How many is enough? Can we go back to simplified, less is more? I am not a retro nut. I like new 2.

For example: 🧮

Practically no one wants to go back to the abacus for calculations, or the slide-rule. So black and white #appearance is great as an #option. I tried it. Liked it. ​:blobcatthx:​

Then this #morning ... Spent 45 minutes trying to get the #colour back. As it was befuddling my pre-breakfast #mind grog.

It is like an American #supermarket. Too many notes. Too much #choice. Mostly in every #aisle/shelf. All #junk food #similarities. Use a little #restraint. Not interested in searching help and countless obscure menus just to #revert. I have whinging and grumbling to fume about ... ​:ablobcatlurk:​ Yep, we might not even know or use the revert option. ​:ablobcatbouncefast:​

#Voluntary #simplicity. Where is the #option slider? Oh dear, have I given someone another layer of #complexity to add? This is the way ... ​:ablobcatcoffee:​

#Colorado #legalsettlement would raise #care and #housing #standards for #Incarcerated #trans #women.

A #Consentdecree, would establish two new #voluntary #housingunits for #incarcerated #trans #women, making #Colorado the first state to offer a separate unit, according to #attorneys in the #case

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Colorado #Police #Incarceration

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colorado-lawsuit-settlement-trans-women-inmates/

Voluntary Paywall

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2010/10/voluntary-paywall/

Almost a year ago, I postulated a way to turn the tables on the News International paywall.

After playing around for a bit, I discovered that it was easy to block The Times from reading a blog, but I couldn't find an easy way to disable the paywall on receipt of payment.

So, I've set up a voluntary paywall.  It's in the sidebar - and looks something like this...

This was partly a way for me to play with the Google Checkout API - which is surprisingly easy to integrate and works flawlessly on mobile. It's also partly a way to earn some money.  I did consider flattr which - while cool - doesn't seem to have much momentum behind it yet.  I know that PayPal has some great APIs, but I find them to be overkill for what I need.

How Is This Different From A "Donate" Button?

It is, granted, a question of semantics.  I run a business - I'm not asking for handouts or donations.  You are paying my business in return for reading this blog.

I'm pretty sure this is an original idea.  At the very least, I've conquered the SEO for "voluntary paywall".

How? Why? What?

Ideally, I'd like people to name their own price for what they think this blog is worth.  Unfortunately, as Cory Doctorow and I found out - that's not that easy to do yet.

Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK

@doctorow

Thanks to all who replied to my #GoogleCheckout request with suggestions for kludging variable price (esp @edent http://tinyurl.com/33j73rr) ❤️ 2💬 0🔁 015:29 - Fri 22 October 2010

I don't claim this blog to be the best thing since sliced-bread.  At best, I reckon it's slightly more coherent than the hideous cloaca that is Richard Littlejohn.

There's also a good deal of technical content which, if my blog stats are anything to go by, is still interesting to the geeks of the world.

Occasionally I get linked to by some big names like Reddit, or Wired, or Boing Boing, or The Guardian, or any of the other fabulous blogs out there.  It's a bit like getting name-checked by a celebrity; I know it shouldn't mean much - but it does put a smile on my face.

Overall, as I reach the third anniversary of this blog, I'm pretty happy with it.  If you're happy with it, chuck a few coppers in the box.  It won't make me rich, it may not even pay for the hosting costs, but it will let me know you enjoy what I do.

As ever, I'm happy to answer questions on how this paywall works, how you can set one up yourself, what the fees are, etc.  Just leave a comment.

Bootnote

A big round of applause to Philip Oakley - who has just become my first paying customer.  I guess that means I can stick "Professional Blogger" on my CV now...

#blog #googleCheckout #meta #payment #paywall #voluntary