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in reply to Snopes (website mirror)

Isn't SpaceXMania's so-called "satire" always written from a far-right POV, and doesn't it have real consequences? 🤷🏽‍♂️
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After many months we are bringing back our TROM.tf Search! search.trom.tf/ thanks to Danny!

But with a twist. Instead of hosting a SearX instance we are using a script that checks the best and most reliable instances and uses them randomly for every search. It is a meta-search engine. This way we make sure it is reliable and our IP will never get blocked by google and the rest.

For those who do not know, SearX is itself a sort of meta-search engine, pulling results from google, DDG, yahoo and more, removing the ads and trackers, and basically allowing you to search without those viruses.

So, we are finally back!

To add it to Firefox simply right click the URL after the page loads, and then add the TROM Search as a search engine. From Firefox's settings make sure you select it to be as default for your browser.

#searx #searxng #search #foss #opensource #tromtf #trom

in reply to gnate

We have tested it on mobile/desktop with Firefox and other browsers based on it, and browsers based on chromium such as Cromite. All works fine.
in reply to Tio

@tio
Works very well, after allowing cross-domain XMLHttpRequests.

Thanks!

@Tio





TROMjaro is alive and well. And we keep it up to date and relevant - tromjaro.com - I love our Linux distro! :) I love when it is stable and just works. And we also ship with so many tweaks you can simply use it. No ads, no trackers, all apps available in Linux from one single place - click and install. I love it. A very positive project indeed :)

#tromjaro #linux #foss #opensource #operatingsystem

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in reply to Tio

This is probably slightly besides the point, but I absolutely love your collection of backgrounds :)


The usual Manjaro Stable update plus we disabled one more of the Firefox’s terrible settings, one that allows advertisers to track you a little bit better.



Although not much since we are also severely underfunded, TROM is donating 10 Euros a month to Yunohost donate.yunohost.org/ and is encouraging you to do the same if you use Yunohost and can afford. Let's hope more people support these projects.

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Funny how everyone thinks everyone uses Whatsapp. Almost as if it is a default messaging app for phones. Pisses me off. I have a hard time trying to explain to people that I do not use it, I use Signal. They look at me as if I am a weirdo. But fuck them :D - if anyone wants to contact me, use Signal. It is a shame that an ad company, facebook who owns whatsapp, has become the default messaging platform for most humans on this planet.

But well, ad companies like google, tiktok, and the like are used for all sorts of online means by everyone.

Sad. And we should not accept this situation.

#signal #messenger #facebook

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in reply to Tio

When contacting someone I use SMS/RCS, and I'm simply not responding to Whatsapp direct messages, or maybe one day later. This sends a strong message (pun).

But I still need Whatsapp, and Fb Messenger above all, because groups are there, less known friends are there, and because sometimes conversations start with Facebook stories.

in reply to Tio

For me, the problem is not the advertising companies, but the state. They have a specific interest in the location of my body and my activities there. Simply share articles with WhatsApp users about how the state murders people with metadata, for example via air strikes or drones.


We will change our IPs for our projects' websites, except trom.tf. There will be downtimes. Today/Tomorrow. You can always check the status at status.tromsite.com/

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I have added more photos to my gallery :) tiotrom.com/photos/

Here are a few of them:

While kayaking I took this photo. I love how the rock looks like floating on the water.

Holding a 20 million years old spider:

This is the wonderful Moon and the stars:

And the wonderful Sun:

All of the photos are made with a Pixel 4a. And very little tweaks.

#photography #nature #sun #moon #sky #astrophotography #amber #europe

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Rocky Branch Bluegrass Band


Our local independent bookstore, Morgenstern's, celebrated its 3rd "birthday" yesterday with a day full of fun. We stopped by yesterday evening to hear the Rocky Branch Bluegrass Band perform.
in reply to Cobie

This birthday band event looks like fun. Long live independent bookstores!
in reply to Lany

Yes - yay for independent bookstores! Ron Charles is a big proponent of them. Here in Harpenden, we have Harpenden Books.