Friendicahttps://social.trom.tf/profile/tromTROM's timelineUpdates from TROM on social.trom.tfhttps://social.trom.tf/photo/profile/trom.png?ts=16580024272024-03-19T08:30:38Zhttps://social.trom.tf/profile/tromhttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://social.trom.tf/profile/tromtromtrom@social.trom.tfThis project argues that trade is the origin of most problems: from climate change to slavery, waste and pollution, corruption, crime, you name it. And if we understand the cause, we have a chance to come up with realistic solutions. We backup up these claims via documentaries, books and videos that are freely available for everyone.tromTROMThis project argues that trade is the origin of most problems: from climate change to slavery, waste and pollution, corruption, crime, you name it. And if we understand the cause, we have a chance to come up with realistic solutions. We backup up these claims via documentaries, books and videos that are freely available for everyone.http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://social.trom.tf/objects/dbc8dc44-1865-f659-a657-af2670959626New note by trom<p>Since there are still some people who donate regularly via <a href="https://www.patreon.com/trom" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.patreon.com/trom</a> or <a href="https://liberapay.com/TROM/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://liberapay.com/TROM/</a> for our project, we have added that amount of money to our 200 for TROM campaign, as "people" supporting us. In a way that would be around 76 people out of 200 that we need. <a href="https://www.tromsite.com/donate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.tromsite.com/donate/</a></p><p>Not bad. Almost 40% of the support that we need.</p><p>If we'll reach 100% then TROM will be sustainable indefinitely.</p><p><a href="https://social.trom.tf/search?tag=tromlive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tromlive</span></a></p>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-03-17T12:50:01Z2024-03-17T12:50:01Zhttps://social.trom.tf/objects/dbc8dc44-1865-f659-a657-af2670959626#contextpublichttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://social.trom.tf/objects/dbc8dc44-1565-f6e2-a934-1fa749495263New note by tromThank you Wilf for becoming the 77th supporter for TROM! <a href="https://www.tromsite.com/donate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.tromsite.com/donate/</a> - little by little we may be able to achieve the goal. <a href="https://social.trom.tf/search?tag=tromlive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tromlive</span></a>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-03-17T12:31:37Z2024-03-17T12:31:37Zhttps://social.trom.tf/objects/dbc8dc44-1565-f6e2-a934-1fa749495263#contextpublichttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://social.trom.tf/objects/dbc8dc44-1765-f647-a724-fae952227154New note by trom<p>The plastic industry knowingly pushed recycling myth for decades, new report finds <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-plastic-industry-knowingly-pushed-recycling-myth-for-decades-new-report-finds" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-…</a></p><p>Of course...one must be very skeptical when the companies producing plastic are so keen about "recycling". Of course they like these programs even if they do not work (which is the case today) since it allows them to produce more plastic and make more profits.</p><p>Recycling is only relevant when there is not a huge incentive to produce waste in the first place.</p><p><a href="https://social.trom.tf/search?tag=TradeRuinsEverything" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TradeRuinsEverything</span></a> <a href="https://social.trom.tf/search?tag=capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.trom.tf/search?tag=recycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>recycle</span></a> <a href="https://social.trom.tf/search?tag=recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>recycling</span></a> <a href="https://social.trom.tf/search?tag=greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>greenwashing</span></a></p>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-03-17T01:30:15Z2024-03-17T01:30:15Zhttps://social.trom.tf/objects/dbc8dc44-1765-f647-a724-fae952227154#contextpublichttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://social.trom.tf/objects/dbc8dc44-1365-f5ed-7868-8ab625448102New note by trom<p>Massive THANK YOU to the anonymous donation that covers all of our backups for another year! Massive thank you! <a href="https://www.tromsite.com/trom-backup/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.tromsite.com/trom-backup/</a></p><p>This for sure boosts the confidence around TROM, that there are some people out there who can help out when TROM is in need. Hopefully more updates to come the following weeks about the new video series!</p><p>Many thanks!</p><p><a href="https://social.trom.tf/search?tag=tromlive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tromlive</span></a></p>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-03-16T19:05:28Z2024-03-16T19:05:28Zhttps://social.trom.tf/objects/dbc8dc44-1365-f5ed-7868-8ab625448102#contextpublichttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://social.trom.tf/objects/dbc8dc44-ec9fd2d1-1215e4aae5594c6dNew note by trom<p><strong>Hello dear people,</strong></p><p>Let's keep it very brief.</p><p><span><strong>Please help us pay for our yearly backups.</strong></span></p><p>Every year we have to pay for a 4TB backup plan. This means, everything we have (from our documentaries and videos, to our books, or our websites) are all backed-up in a safe and encrypted place. This also includes our TROM.tf services, some 2TB of files, most of which are yours, the ones using TROM.tf. Your Nextcloud files, your Peertube videos, your encrypted Matrix conversations and so forth.</p><p>Thus, I ask you, to please consider helping us pay for this, since we are so low on money.</p><p>It only costs 300 Euros and we have to pay it in 2 weeks.</p><p><strong>The campaign is here >>> <a href="https://www.tromsite.com/trom-backup/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.tromsite.com/trom-backup/</a></strong></p><p><span><strong>This is a new newsletter system!</strong></span></p><p>For the first time ever we are able to run our own newsletter system. In the beginning we've used MailChimp or other trade-based services, to then move to a Wordpress plugin solution that never worked well. This is the real deal and it makes everything so much better: from sending this newsletters to managing whatever lists we need. Therefore keep in mind that we are now sending the newsletters from <a href="https://newsletter.tromsite.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">newsletter.tromsite.com/</a></p><p>If you want to unsubscribe simply use the Unsubscribe button at the footer of this email.</p><p><span><strong>A new video series in the making. We hope....</strong></span></p><p>Starting the next month I plan to work on a new video series that should run indefinitely (I hope). It may take some time before I start to make and then post the videos, but I am convinced that I have to do this. I will give you more information once I am close to that moment.</p><p>I still feel like I have more energy in me to put up a fight, despite the fact that I do not get enough financial support <a href="https://www.tromsite.com/donate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.tromsite.com/donate/</a> to help me focus fully on TROM. I will have to spend more of my energy trying to trade and make some money in order to support myself and the project, and that kills me inside little by little. But this is a war for me, a war with this trade-based society. And I will get harmed, and I will have to give up on some projects if I cannot get enough support, but I will continue one way or another.</p><p>Much respect for those who are still interested in what we do at TROM and to those who can afford to support us.</p><p>Cheers,</p><p>Tio</p><p>Unsubscribe <a href="https://newsletter.tromsite.com/subscription/ad18c734-7c51-4086-9880-5d28c472ec7a/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://newsletter.tromsite.com/subscription/ad18c734-7c51-4086-9880-5d28c472ec7a/</a> View in browser <a href="https://newsletter.tromsite.com/campaign/ad18c734-7c51-4086-9880-5d28c472ec7a/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://newsletter.tromsite.com/campaign/ad18c734-7c51-4086-9880-5d28c472ec7a/</a></p><p> <img src="https://newsletter.tromsite.com/campaign/ad18c734-7c51-4086-9880-5d28c472ec7a/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/px.png" alt="Image/photo"></p><hr><p><a href="https://newsletter.tromsite.com/archive/backups-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">newsletter.tromsite.com/archiv…</a></p>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-03-16T11:00:00Z2024-03-16T11:00:00Zhttps://social.trom.tf/objects/dbc8dc44-ec9fd2d1-1215e4aae5594c6d#contextpublichttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://social.trom.tf/objects/dbc8dc44-1365-f50b-3a76-523789096584New note by trom<p>We are now using the wonderful <a href="https://listmonk.app/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">listmonk.app/</a> for our TROM Newsletter. Open Source and awesome! A proper self hosted Newsletter system. You can subscribe here <a href="https://newsletter.tromsite.com/subscription/form" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">newsletter.tromsite.com/subscr…</a></p><p>That being said we have removed the email notifications when new posts are created for all of our websites: tromjaro.com, videoneat.com, directory.trade-free.org, and so forth. This was done because the plugin we were using was discontinued for security reasons, but also because it is not a great idea to send emails like that, from a Wordpress website. And on top of this very very few people were using this feature.</p><p>All of our websites have a "follow" page where you can follow them via RSS or the fediverse.</p><p><a href="https://social.trom.tf/search?tag=tromlive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tromlive</span></a></p>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-03-16T03:00:10Z2024-03-16T03:00:10Zhttps://social.trom.tf/objects/dbc8dc44-1365-f50b-3a76-523789096584#contextpublichttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://social.trom.tf/objects/dbc8dc44-1665-ef25-a171-9fb986844593New note by trom<p>Thank you Wojmir for the 10 Euros donation! Let us remind you that we desperately need help to fund our backups for all of our projects. We need to raise 300 Euros in less than 2 weeks. <a href="https://www.tromsite.com/trom-backup/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.tromsite.com/trom-backup/</a></p><p><img src="https://social.trom.tf/photo/869402234165ef24ddc8665264510722-1.png" alt="" title=""> <a href="https://social.trom.tf/photos/trom/image/869402234165ef24ddc8665264510722">https://social.trom.tf/photos/trom/image/869402234165ef24ddc8665264510722</a></p><p>To keep on doing trade-free things in a trade-based world is a fight that requires a lot of struggles, almost like swimming against a tsunami. But what is the alternative? Give up and not do anything? That's by far the easiest solution since the water current will push you into the "normal" direction. But for now we are still trying with TROM. We have reached many thousands of minds and with very little funding required. Thus, if you think TROM is still relevant, consider to support it since I (Tio) cannot push it all by myself.</p><p>Big thanks to the few people who are still supporting TROM, financially or not.</p><p><a href="https://social.trom.tf/search?tag=tromlive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tromlive</span></a> <a href="https://social.trom.tf/search?tag=foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://social.trom.tf/search?tag=opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://social.trom.tf/search?tag=privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.trom.tf/search?tag=funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>funding</span></a></p>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-03-11T15:39:13Z2024-03-11T15:39:31Zhttps://social.trom.tf/objects/dbc8dc44-1665-ef25-a171-9fb986844593#contextpublichttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://social.trom.tf/objects/dbc8dc44-4565-eb0d-344f-a2b140698971New note by trom<p><a href="https://tromnews.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TROMnews</a> is finally able to update automatically all of the sources! I have debugged and reported the issue to the developers and they pushed a fix. I had to manually update most sources, daily, for the past 2 or so weeks, which was a pain in the ass. Now everything works automagically.</p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.trom.tf/profile/tio" class="u-url mention">@<span>Tio</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://social.trom.tf/search?tag=news" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://social.trom.tf/search?tag=tromlive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tromlive</span></a></p>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-03-08T13:05:56Z2024-03-08T13:05:56Zhttps://social.trom.tf/objects/dbc8dc44-4565-eb0d-344f-a2b140698971#contextpublichttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notehttps://social.trom.tf/objects/dbc8dc44-1165-ea73-a713-7dc060564493New note by trom<p>Thank you Matthew Bass for becoming the 43rd TROM Supporter! <a href="https://www.tromsite.com/donate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.tromsite.com/donate/</a> - we still need some 160 more to donate 5 Euros a month but maybe little by little we will reach our goal!</p><p><a href="https://social.trom.tf/search?tag=tromlive" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>tromlive</span></a></p>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2024-03-08T02:10:47Z2024-03-08T02:10:47Zhttps://social.trom.tf/objects/dbc8dc44-1165-ea73-a713-7dc060564493#contextpublic