Another banger from JazzEmu ❤️
"Always an honour to collaborate with other artists over on TikTok"
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Nice. "Alysa Liu became the first American woman to win an individual Olympic figure skating gold medal in nearly a quarter of a century." Her father left China as a political refugee following Tiananmen. They were targeted by spies later and she's a protester herself.
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AI generated passwords 'fundamentally weak,' experts say. Seemingly complex strings are actually highly predictable, and crackable within hours.
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Not sure why everyone is all "Andy Mountbatty-Windsword" when Nonce Andrew is right there...
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it really looks like the train in Spirited Away from Hayao Miyazaki.
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A regional train passes a railroad crossing between flooded fields in Nidderau-Eichen, near Frankfurt
Photograph: Michael Probst/AP
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Reminds me of „Spirited away“
@Strakolo I was writing this very same comment! It looks like a scene from "Spirited away"!
Ein Glück sind die Schranken geschlossen!
Safety above all.
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it really looks like the train in Spirited Away from Hayao Miyazaki.
a beautiful szenario for a model train. Saves a lot of time on landscape building.
some date!?
interesting detail here is that this is all intentional: the area is a floodplain that gets flooded naturally in periods of heavy rain or melting snow. When the rail line was constructed, the rails were built on top of a dam. Apparently that was in 1880!
Source (in German): bz-berlin.de/deutschland/hochw…
(Maybe you already know all this, but I was curious so I did a quick search for an explanation.)
Hochwasser? Egal, die Bahn fährt!
Die Auen der Nidder in Nidderau sind von Hochwasser überschwemmt. Nur eine Bahnstrecke hält sich in diesem Bereich über Wasser.Daniela Pfad (B.Z. – Die Stimme Berlins)
looks like from chihiro 😂
studio Ghibli image irl right here 🙀😹
I love how it looks, but it must be hard for people living there. (And yes I know that this general area has *historically* seen lots of flooding in the past, but I don’t think this has been normal in the last few decades, and of course, people can correct me if I’m wrong, it certainly has been getting worse since climate change)
I love how it looks, but it must be hard for people living there. (And yes I know that this general area has *historically* seen lots of flooding in the past, but I don’t think this has been normal in the last few decades, and of course, people can correct me if I’m wrong, it certainly has been getting worse since climate change)
It's like that scene from Miyazaki's "Spirited away". Wonderful.
Welcome to the Dystopia.
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"The missing files contained additional interviews with the woman who said Trump and Epstein raped her when she was 13."
"DoJ Removed Files In Which Trump Was Accused Of Rape, Epstein Data Shows"
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fingers crossed and repeating 'please don't be a milkshake duck'
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"Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is in prison for plotting a coup. Korea’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison today for insurrection. Prince Andrew was arrested today for misconduct in Jeffrey Epstein's world. It's time for America to hold Trump accountable for the same crimes."
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Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is in prison for plotting a coup. Korea’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison today for insurrection. Prince Andrew was arrested today for misconduct in Jeffrey Epstein's world. It's time for America to hold Trump accountable for the same crimes.
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This is the way.
"A South Korean court ordered life in jail on Thursday for former President Yoon Suk Yeol, after holding him guilty on charges of abuse of authority and masterminding an insurrection, stemming from his December 2024 attempt to impose martial law."
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I have no love lost for fireworks. First, there's the pollution and fires caused by them.
Lesser known is that Lunar New Year is 2 weeks of terror and death for many dogs, cats, birds and other wildlife. thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the…
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"Hang on a second ... you don't think ... you don't think it was about more than high school sports all along, do you?"
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"Here's something you can do with a few #glowsticks and plentiful amounts of #snow. I want to see your creations. 😊"
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THE HEAVENS—Expressing His confusion as to how their true calling continued to elude them, God Almighty, our Lord and Heavenly Father, was reportedly wondering Wednesday when humans would realize that the major purpose of life was to continually masturbate. “It feels good and the parts to do it are attached to your body—how much simpler […]](https://social.trom.tf/photo/preview/640/41732565 "God Wondering When Humans Will Realize Purpose Of Life Masturbating Continually
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You heard it here first. Sell all your AI stocks and put all your money on crabs.
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AI is already dead; we are pivoting to crabs. Within 5-6 years 80% of all jobs will be crabs. Begin hardening your dermis into a tough durable exoskeleton now or be left behind. Economic carcinization is coming
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"Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney stated Canada is a multicultural nation built by people of many backgrounds - famously remarking that Canada is defined more by its cold winters than by a single religious tradition.
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The #FDroid website has a new banner on top to remind visitors that #Google did not change course and #Android will be locked-down in under 200 days.
If you care about the freedom to control your devices and care about the privacy of you data, please contact your representative and make your voice heard.
keepandroidopen.org/ (thanks @marcprux) has the resources to guide you.
We know users will rarely visit the site so the Client(s) will get a banner soon too.
Thank you for your support!
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@_RyekDarkener_ It's not only about "your" phone, but of your friends and family too. Note that Google knows PR really well, people already relaxed and forgot about this, as media just repeated the Google texts verbatim.
Jep. And to my understanding this is officially a crime in an area where law already exists. I’m no lawyer. But I’m quite confident the case will come to court.
I’m very much struggling with the idea that our politicians do not know what happens.
I’m very much struggling with the idea that our politicians do not know what happens.
@_RyekDarkener_ Being blocked on 99% of devices for four years until we win such a court case is not the best path
@nicolaottomano Oh, that'll work. ;)
That's actually seriously unhelpful. Cool though. I'll just focus on helping anyone that wants install lineage or something. Screaming directly into a trash can is pointless anyway but if there was actually something I could say that would like suggest a step to take or law that's being broken or something I might have bothered. Clearly there's just bitching about how shit's being ruined and they don't give a shit.
I agree. So – as I said – waiting for politics may be much as waiting for godot.
I would like to have an operating system for my current – and any other – smartphone to be easy installed via otg stick. Like any other computer. A lot of this is already in place. And frankly spoken I don’t think that 95% of the current users care if they can use F-Droid or not. I like F-Droid. But sadly it is elitist currently and not mainstream.
I would like to have an operating system for my current – and any other – smartphone to be easy installed via otg stick. Like any other computer. A lot of this is already in place. And frankly spoken I don’t think that 95% of the current users care if they can use F-Droid or not. I like F-Droid. But sadly it is elitist currently and not mainstream.
Maybe a Federated Fone?
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I also wish for this. Linux drivers for legacy phone hardware, a Chromebook level of simplicity for installing or running variant UX's, maybe from a removable card or USB stick... A secure OS like Tails... Siloed apps... I don't want corporate access to any data.
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I also wish for this. Linux drivers for legacy phone hardware, a Chromebook level of simplicity for installing or running variant UX's, maybe from a removable card or USB stick... A secure OS like Tails... Siloed apps... I don't want corporate access to any data.
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@_RyekDarkener_ We'd like to know, what makes it elitist though? As we are always working on making it easier to use so it achieves mainstream usage.
@crazyeddie Is the "United States" section is not enough, we might need some better pointers.
The problem is not on your side. You are doing a tremendous job.
The problem is the majority of users. And their unwillingness to learn and to adapt.
The problem is the majority of users. And their unwillingness to learn and to adapt.
google is an integral part of the security/surveillance state. they're not susceptible to public opinion. hopefully the tech crowd will continue to develop alternatives.
The defunct email addresses in that section are depressing.
It just sends me to a place where I can report an antitrust claim. Like say google is breaking the law and needs to be investigated.
I don't know what I'd tell them they're doing wrong nor what steps should be taken. I'm especially baffled because we already let Apple do this shit.
I can't just complain about stuff on a crime reporting form. I need to be reporting something.
Wow, a crucial warning! ⚠️ It's time to be vigilant and take action to keep Android open and our privacy safe.
@Alonely0 @tehstu @cy8aer Note that Obtainium, Aurora and other app stores will have the same issues on 99.9999% of devices if Google goes ahead. Regarding "secure", do read f-droid.org/docs/Inclusion_How… too.
Inclusion How-To | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
This page documents how a new application gets included in the main F-Droid repository. It includes the technical details that a submitter should be aware of...f-droid.org
@tehstu @cy8aer yeah, it's a technical discussion, sorry I assumed more than I should have (it's an xkcd 2501 situation, look it up lol). However, I have to say that relying on GitHub releases is not that bad of a deal with an app store like Obtainium, which streamlines app updates. It's actually a quite secure model since it comes as straight from the developer as it possibly can.
How will this effect LineageOS and other android alternatives?
@TTFKA_Tay0 To be fair, they are not alternatives, they use the same code, and are at the mercy of Google when it comes to releasing such code. Otherwise, once installed, Lineage and other Android distributions can give the freedom back to their users to install what they want.
Got a quick answer from EU's DMA Team, they might have a standard response due to high demand :
> Dear citizen,
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> Thank you for contacting us and sharing your concerns regarding the impact of Google’s plans to introduce a developer verification process on Android. We appreciate that you have chosen to contact us, as we welcome feedback from interested parties.
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> As you may be aware, the Digital Markets Act (‘DMA’) obliges gatekeepers like Google to effectively allow the distribution of apps on their operating system through third party app stores or the web. At the same time, the DMA also permits Google to introduce strictly necessary and proportionate measures to ensure that third-party software apps or app stores do not endanger the integrity of the hardware or operating system or to enable end users to effectively protect security.
... 2/3
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> We have taken note of your concerns and, while we cannot comment on ongoing dialogue with gatekeepers, these considerations will form part of our assessment of the justifications for the verification process provided by Google.
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> Kind regards,
> The DMA Team
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> Kind regards,
> The DMA Team
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As said by #FDroid team, keep sending emails, requests and letters to regulators ! They **need** these requests to have any leverage on lawmakers.
Yes, standard text. Maybe we should encourage people to mention that not being able to install software on a device can't be a necessary and proportionate measure to begin with.
We received the same email back despite specifying it is certainly disproportionate.
That is... Dissapointing to say the least.
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Can you give me a link where you contacted in the EU and how? I am a bit overwhelmed on where to report my concerns.
Can you give me a link where you contacted in the EU and how? I am a bit overwhelmed on where to report my concerns.
@v_d_richards @Preuk keepandroidopen.org/ ?
Keep Android Open
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Thanks for the link
I still have problems to understand what happens with apps like those of fossify, or DuckDuckGo for example, that i downloaded and maintain over F-Droid, but that are also available on Playstore and thus should be under the "verified" category.
These should still work but not the F-Droid Store App itself so i need to update via a website manually???
I am not an IT person. I genuelly have problems understanding this, despite having read the infos i found so far.
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@v_d_richards If signed by the developer (reproducible) and the developer has submitted to the Google pressure, the app will work fine.
If signed by F-Droid, we think they will not work at all, not even our Client, so we will not be able to provide updates.
For those apps already on Play you will submit to Google's rules and use Play, right?
For those not on Play... good luck tracking the APK, if the developer bowed down.
I hated Google before, but do more every day.
I had hoped that if Apps and their developers took it on them to do the verification shit, loading and maintaining at least such apps from other places than PlayStore would be possible in Android.
The users are trapped:
Banking Apps and some others don' t work with Custom Roms.
Open Source from free places will no longer work on G-Android.
The only solution is havingntwo devices which is expensive af.
I.hate.Google.so.much.
I guess it's relevant that I'm in the US and the "regulating agency" here is just one of Trump's goons.
Si china puede hacer un clon de Android, ¿Acaso no puede hacerlo Europa?
¿Para cuando un Linux para dispositivos móviles?
¿hasta cuando seguiremos siendo vasallos de las multinacionales norteamericanas?
¿Para cuando nuestra delcaración de Soberania Digital?
¡Sin Soberania Digital no hay libertad, independencia ni democrácia!
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@apicultor Everything we do is transparent and public, eg. floss.social/@fdroidorg/116086…
@Alonely0 @cy8aer Older apps were added when reproducibility wasn't achievable. For this reason today only about 22% of apps that we host are signed by their developer. This number will increase with time as we push for reproducibility at inclusion time. Also, switching from one signer to another is an annoying process that users need to take manually, for security reasons.
Have you addressed the points made by the creator of #Wireguard regarding the security of your build infra?
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Supply chain security is super-duper underrated. Thanks for the spotlight, Jia Tan!
wireguard inclusion policy violation (auto-updates w/o explicit user consent) (#3110) · Issues · F-Droid / Data · GitLab
Per https://f-droid.org/en/docs/Inclusion_Policy/ The software must not download additional executable binary files (e.g. addons, auto-updates, etc.) without explicit user consent....GitLab
@apicultor If you have questions why not drop by and ask directly? f-droid.org/about/#contact Posts from 2021 and half-truths on forums won't give you the information you need.
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Contacted the Department of Justice and the US Federal Trade Commission with a request of acknowledgement from both. 👌
@nathanael @GrapheneOS Custom Android distros are not affected because they care about the freedom of their users.
not sure i get what you're saying. we shouldn't support grapheneos cause they are not affected?!
Support These Projects
These projects are working to provide much-needed competition in the mobile hardware space.
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@nathanael @GrapheneOS We should be allies in the Android ecosystem (specially during these days) but they choose to be frenemies for some reason.
Fun fact: We talked with more GOS users at FOSDEM than stock Android users. 🤔
because they decided to be enemies you don't list them? this is childish. they might have an opinion you don't like. so what? get over it. saying this:
These projects are working to provide much-needed competition in the mobile hardware space.
and not listing grapheneos makes you the bad guys in my book...
There ist no freedom in capitalism.
: pour ma part, j'ai un fairphone 4 avec e/os installé, avec F-droid dedans depuis quelques années déjà et cette info ne me surprend nullement.
Thank you for your amazing work. For me its time to switch to Linux in under 200 days.
You have to know how to make a report correctly. It's not for average doomscroller.
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@shuvashish76Add Keep Android Open notice by offa · Pull Request #606 · offa/android-foss
A list of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for Android – saving Freedom and Privacy. - Add Keep Android Open notice by offa · Pull Request #606 · offa/android-fossGitHub
If Google doesn't want to play nice, I suppose we have options...
Huawei HarmonyOS: harmonyos.com/en/
Samsung TizenOS: samsungtizenos.com/
Perhaps an Android exodus would scare Google enough to backtrack on its registration agenda.
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Does anyone know how this affects phones that already have F-Droid and apps from there installed?
Will some Android/Google Update make them stop working all of a sudden? Or not let me update them anymore? Or will this affect only future Android versions?
@v_d_richards No info on that, no info on anything actually.
I think it is useless to keep android open. As long as google controls it, it is a sinking ship.
Much better to move to other alternatives like Jolla or other linuxbased options and rebuild from scratch.
its a good thing actually as the main thing it affects is intimate partner violence stalking and really low hanging fruit malware. you can literally still sideload, you just cant distribute apks anonymously. you can still modify a phone to remove the restriction, just not without the owner noticing, which is the actual point. this is completely out of touch with the reality of the android malware ecosystem, the harm it causes and why they are actually doing this.
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@IzzyOnDroid it is really surprising that the @EUCommission is okay with Google locking down our devices, digital sovereignty what-what?
will this affect lineage phones? (or any other roms)
Directly or indirectly?
@techlore techlore you are so handsome and smart, how can we contact representatives in Europe? Is there another action other than sending emails? I feel I am putting a target on me for sending emails to politicians. If the email ever goes through because tuta or proton are banned by some.
Ugh, looks like I might be using /e/OS sooner than expected.
I live in China. We don't have representatives to contact. Even Google doesn't provide service to users here directly. Please do NOT show the useless header to users from China. I love F-Droid and FOSS in general but the header would be useless and annoying.
i just want big brother not watching everyone's every move, holy hell.
i only use ggle services because of how popular they are, while minimizing what ggle i use
i only use ggle services because of how popular they are, while minimizing what ggle i use
@Framasoft est- ce que çà concerne uniquement l'Os Android "Google"? Ou est-ce que ce sera valable pour toures les version Android " degoogleisées" comme lineageOs ou /e/os par exemple ?
super chiant ce Google qui vérouile tout.
But I thought “open always wins.” 🤦♂️
@Alonely0 @cy8aer Since you brought up the signature model, Google Play requires devs keep the signing keys with them, F-Droid just offers it as an option. F-Droid offers using only the upstream signature if the app is reproducible. f-droid.org/docs/Reproducible_…
Also, how the APK signing keys are managed has nothing to do with Android Developer Verification or Keep Android Open.
Reproducible Builds | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
Introduction F-Droid works to spread reproducible builds across the free software Android ecosystem. The goal is to enable software build processes that anyo...f-droid.org
@cy8aer please reach out to them, we're all in this fight together to keep Android open, including the AOSP source code, device trees, etc. Google is grabbing all the power it can these days, given all the anti-trust enforcement against them these days. The competition lawyers are in charge there now.
@zetabeta I'm optimistic because competition authorities around the world are paying close attention and trying a wide range of strategies to open up the mobile ecosystems.
Good to know that Google are keeping their track about "Apple-izing" themselves.
They just waited until there were absolutely zero competitor to close the whole thing.
Time to degoogleize all mobile OSes 😮💨
This is the reason why i removed some of my apps from Play Store and i only develop with frameworks that allow creating apps that work with linux-first phones like Pinephone
I believe it's essential to defend our freedom and privacy on Android. It's concerning to see how options for users are being restricted. We all deserve control over our devices and protection of our data. Supporting initiatives like this is an important step toward a more open future.
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Thank you for the information and links at keepandroidopen.org/
Got a relatively generic and neutral but friendly response.
I'm still unsure whether this contributes a drop to filling the ocean... 🤔
Keep Android Open
Advocating for Android as a free, open platform for everyone to build apps on.keepandroidopen.org
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Yes, standard text. Maybe we should encourage people to mention that not being able to install software on a device can't be a necessary and proportionate measure to begin with.
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@fdroidorg @marcprux I've really appreciated F-Droid lately. I'm setting up a new Lenovo Tab3 running 5.0.1 - 99% of my apps have been sideloaded APKs. Google doesn't support it, so no updates but they don't keep trying to "improve" my experience either.
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> We know users will rarely visit the site so the Client(s) will get a banner soon too.
The new release of Neo Store (published today) already has it. And our website has it as well: izzyondroid.org/
@liquidparasyte apparently they have already backed down and will people bypass it so i dont even understand what the issue is lol
@fisk @liquidparasyte Maybe we were lost in translation? Google did not back down, they appear to double down and continue on track... The "advanced flow" was never shown to anyone, also even if that will exist it will not be by September 2026 but at a later unannounced date.
What @crazyeddie is trying to say: standing up for openness, freedom, and the right to choose your own tools only makes sense in a society where openness, freedom, rights or even rational discourse still have any meaning at all. The US is probably no longer such a society.
something for the @EUCommission. I'd be surprised if this did not violate the DSA/DMA. Can we maybe get a _quick_ solution, not some hardly sufficient fines which will only get paid after years in the courts while the harm continues?
Hi Hello what it means : « Clippy would never block your application freedom and claim it's to protect you from malware. » at the end of the petition ?
No one *wanted* to see what Google was up to. I.e. autoredirects in G Maps, Youtube playback failures were ramped up to unusability. This is no surprise.
Who actually didn‘t see that was already living inside G-defined boundaries, i.E. having a G account, using Youtube via G-controlled browser, using Maps via G app, …
Remains a mystery to me why people use a OS/browser made by the major advertising predator, known mainly for working against humans.
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