Since it has been a while since my last post, and I effectively moved my old identity into "dead name" territory, I will re-introduce myself. My name is Holly Sparkles. For the most part, I go by hollyberries. My username is 25% a homage to a friend (navyberries, rest in peace), 50% because of Holly in Red Dwarf, and 25% because like a holly bush, I'm sometimes prickly and also have berries.

My name is also pseudonym, and it will remain that way. I am a huge believer in digital privacy so I will keep identifiable information as vague possible in my posts.

My mission? Privacy, free software and freedom of information for every human being as a fundamental right.

“Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.”
― Aaron Swartz

I entered the fight for digital freedom in 1999 when I was petitioning for Napster and later petitioning my school to adopt Mandrake Linux instead of Windows. Neither endeavour was successful, and yet its been almost 25 years and I haven't stopped fighting. I'm not gonna. 💋