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The MOVE Fire

This is a personal recollection on the Move fire on May 13, 1985 Philadelphia police fired thousands of rounds at the MOVE house, city officials approved dropping an explosive device on the roof, the resulting fire was allowed to burn, 11 people—including five children—died, and 61 homes were destroyed. Philadelphia City Council later called it a “brutal attack carried out by the City of Philadelphia on its own citizens” and acknowledged that no individual faced criminal consequences for the bombing. One timeline correction worth preserving for the BHP record: the major previous MOVE-police confrontation was August 8, 1978, about seven years before the bombing, not a year or two earlier. Officer James Ramp was killed, other police and firefighters were wounded, nine MOVE members were later convicted, and television cameras recorded police beating Delbert Africa during his arrest. The 1985 MOVE Commission later specifically criticized city planners for failing to adequately use lessons from that 1978 confrontation. And that actually strengthens the point you’re making: 1985 did not happen without precedent or institutional memory. There had already been a deadly confrontation with MOVE, years of conflict, negotiations and police involvement before Osage Avenue.

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Katherine Johnson — Mathematics to the Moon

Katherine Johnson’s mathematical calculations helped guide some of America’s most important early space missions while she confronted the racial and gender barriers faced by Black women in twentieth-century America.

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DivestOS

DivestOS
DivestOS homescreen on a Fairphone 4
DivestOS homescreen on a Fairphone 4
DeveloperTavi[1]
OS familyAndroid (Linux)
Working stateDiscontinued[2]
Source modelOpen source
Initial release31 December 2014; 11 years ago (2014-12-31)
Final releaseDecember 18th 2024 Update[3] / 18 December 2024; 21 months ago (2024-12-18)
Repositorygitlab.com/divested-mobile
Marketing targetPrivacy/Security-focused operating system replacement for Android devices
Update methodOver-the-air (OTA) or locally
Package manager
Supported platformsARM
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
LicenseGPL
Official website"DivestOS". Archived from the original on 19 December 2024. Retrieved 5 April 2025.

DivestOS is a discontinued open source Android-based operating system. It was a soft fork of LineageOS that aimed to increase security and privacy with support for end-of-life devices.[4] It removed many proprietary blobs and pre-installed open source apps.[5]

DivestOS builds were signed with release-keys so bootloaders may be re-locked on supported devices.[a] An automated CVE patcher was used to patch the kernels against many known vulnerabilities.[6]

DivestOS includes few default applications. F-Droid was included, as well as Hypatia, a "real-time malware scanner" and Carrion, a robocall blocker.[6]

History

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The DivestOS project began in 2014, with the first properly signed builds being released in 2015.[7]

Public release of DivestOS was announced on F-Droid forums in June 2020.[5]

In December 2024, Tavi announced the discontinuation of DivestOS, its apps (notably the Firefox-based browser Mull) and XMPP Chatrooms. Whilst the mobile operating system was discontinued, the announcement elaborated that non-mobile Divest projects would continue to receive maintenance.[2]

Supported devices

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DivestOS primarily supported devices that had been supported by LineageOS, with additional end of life devices receiving extended support. The entire list of officially supported devices was available on the DivestOS website.[8]

Reception

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In February 2022, TechTracker.in said DivestOS is one of few custom ROMs focusing on security and privacy, with monthly and incremental updates.[9]

GNU/Linux.ch Linux and Freie Software News called DivestOS "relatively new and ambitious" and said it supports many devices, both newer and older.[10]

DevsJournal called DivestOS 18.1 one of the best custom ROMs for the OnePlus One phone.[11]

DivestOS' Hypatia malware scanner for Android, and how to use their F-Droid repository, was reviewed by Gadget Hacks in March 2021.[12]

In March 2023, the 2022 Free Software Foundation Award for Outstanding New Free Software Contributor went to Tad (SkewedZeppelin), chief developer of the DivestOS project.[13][14]

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References and notes

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  1. ^ "About Me". divested.dev. Retrieved 9 October 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ^ a b "Anniversary and Final Update". divested.dev. Retrieved 23 December 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  3. ^ "Project News". divestos.org. Retrieved 11 December 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ^ "About". divestos.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  5. ^ a b "DivestOS: long term device support with enhanced privacy and security". F-Droid Forum. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  6. ^ a b "DivestOS Mobile". divestos.org. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  7. ^ "History - DivestOS Mobile". divestos.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Devices - DivestOS Mobile". divestos.org. Archived from the original on 17 January 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  9. ^ "DivestOS - best Android OS custom rom for privacy and security". Tech Tracker. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Freie Fahrt für freie Androiden!". 23 December 2021. Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Best Custom ROMs for OnePlus One (Bacon) - DevsJournal". 26 July 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  12. ^ "4 New & Noteworthy Indie Android Apps of the Week — March 26 Edition". Gadget Hacks. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Free Software Awards winners announced: Eli Zaretskii, Tad (SkewedZeppelin), GNU Jami — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software". www.fsf.org. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  14. ^ Dee, Katie (20 March 2023). "The recipients of the 2022 Free Software Awards have been announced". SD Times. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  1. ^ Not all Android devices support relocking the bootloader with a third party operating system installed.
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DivestOS

DivestOS is a discontinued open source Android-based operating system. It was a soft fork of LineageOS that aimed to increase security and privacy with support for end-of-life devices. It removed many proprietary blobs and pre-installed open source apps. DivestOS builds were signed with release-keys so bootloaders may be re-locked on supported devices. An automated CVE patcher was used to patch the kernels against many known vulnerabilities. DivestOS includes few default applications. F-Droid was included, as well as Hypatia, a "real-time malware scanner" and Carrion, a robocall blocker.

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Firefox for Android

Firefox for Android is a web browser developed by Mozilla for Android smartphones and tablet computers. As with its desktop version, it uses the Gecko layout engine, and supports features such as synchronization with Firefox Sync, and add-ons. The initial version of Firefox for Android was codenamed Fennec and branded Firefox for mobile; it initially supported Maemo and Android before supporting MeeGo and Firefox OS as well. Support for Maemo was later dropped. In 2020, a redesigned version of Firefox for Android (codenamed Fenix, and also branded as Firefox Daylight) was released, which introduced a new internal architecture and user interface inspired by Firefox Focus, new privacy features, and switching to curated WebExtensions for add-ons.

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Honor (company)

Honor Device Co., Ltd., commonly known as Honor (Chinese: 荣耀; pinyin: Róngyào), is a Chinese consumer electronics company majority-owned by Shenzhen Zhixin New Information Technology Co. Ltd. It was formerly a subsidiary of Huawei, which sold the brand in November 2020. Honor develops smartphones, tablet computers, wearable devices and mobile device software.

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Greenwood / Black Wall Street

Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.

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