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You want to see a funny and interesting @PeerTube channel? See videos.trom.tf/c/big_world_sma…

Sasha is hilarious but also very brave. She hikes by herself with a huge backpack through the mountains.

Worth featuring her channel :) wherever :)

#peertube #nature #travel #world #hiking #videos

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Videos for my blog: https://www.bigworldsmallsasha.com/

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#PeerTube #world #nature #travel #videos #hiking @PeerTube

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Psychiatry’s playbook is about to get torn up | Science Quickly Podcast

I have been saying for over a decade now that this "mental disorders" business is indeed a lot of business and not much science. You cannot categorize people like that and put them into boxes like ADHD, Depression, Bipolar, etc.. People's mental states are far more complex.

But it works well to have these labels in our trade-based society where everything needs to be in boxes, so that insurance companies, drug companies, or companies who employ people can "understand" that Jen is depressed, will prescribe her some pills through an insurance company, and Jen can get some paid leave.

Yet in the process no one understood what made Jen feel that way or how to fix her problems. Maybe she has little money, little time, maybe she is stress that her rent increased or her brain is a mush because her phone is consuming her life with ads and data collection. Trades trades trades

Psychiatry’s playbook is about to get torn up | Science Quickly Podcast

Now Jen can anesthetize herself with some prescribed medicine, and can get back to her life soon.

So WOW now finally the people in charge of the bible of mental disorders, DSM, are starting to see through their thin diagnosis practice and say perhaps things need to change since you cannot do any medical test to see if someone has ADHD, or is depressed or whatever...

How about (I know wild idea) when people have problems we try to understand what causes these problems and try to help them!? Housing, access to free healthcare, access to a fucking life that is not about being a worker!

I wrote a book all about this tromsite.com/trombooks/#flipbo… and a smaller one too tromsite.com/trombooks/#flipbo…

And had a great chat with a psychologist and psychiatrist -

TROMcast: Mental Disorders

Help the fucking people and stop pretending that we can fit in these narrow boxes.

#psychology #psychiatry #mentalillness #mentaldisorders #adhd #depression #trom #tromsite #dsm

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2021-02-27 15:22:13

TROMcast: Mental Disorders

Our guests today are:
Joanna Moncrieff:
She is a practicing psychiatrist and a part-time academic and author. Her work is focused on the use, misuse and misrepresentation of psychiatric drugs. For 10 years Joanna was a consultant for a psychiatric rehabilitation inpatient unit, helping people with severe and long-lasting mental health problems. For the last 3 years Joanna has been based in various community mental health services in North East London. She teaches and does research at the University College London.
Joanna is one of the founding members and the co-chair person of the Critical Psychiatry Network, which consists of a group of psychiatrists from around the world who are skeptical of the idea that mental disorders are simply brain diseases and of the dominance of the pharmaceutical industry.
joannamoncrieff.com/about/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna_M…
Lucy Johnstone:
She is a UK clinical psychologist, trainer, speaker and writer, and a long-standing critic of the biomedical model of psychiatry. Lucy has authored a number of books, articles and chapters on topics such as psychiatric diagnosis, formulation, the psychological effects of ECT, and the role of trauma in breakdown.
She is currently convening a group of leading UK clinical psychologists and mental health experts who are working to develop an evidence-based and conceptually coherent alternative to the current diagnostic systems.
adisorder4everyone.com/bio/luc…
Useful links:
The Power Threat Meaning Framework website: bps.org.uk/power-threat-meanin…
A straight talking introduction to the Power Threat Meaning Framework: pccs-books.co.uk/products/a-st…
A straight talking introduction to psychiatric diagnosis: pccs-books.co.uk/products/sti-…
A disorder for everyone! www.adisorder4everyone.com
Mad in the UK www.madintheuk.com
joannamoncrieff.com/
pccs-books.co.uk/products/a-st…
amazon.co.uk/Bitterest-Pills-T…
amazon.co.uk/Myth-Chemical-Cur…

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You might enjoy this excelent (and funny) talk of Jon Rappoport who exactly talks about this topic.

youtube.com/watch?v=_noA7-qY26…

Mind Control | Jon Rappoport

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

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I just watch a bit but is this about some space conspiracy? What is this about really?

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I think the overall congress was about some "secret space program", but this talk had really nothing to do with it. It is about the invention of mental illness, as described in the DSM, for the purpose of profit making and control. Furthermore, it is about the denial of paranormal phenomena by mainstream psychology and how they are really trying to medicate people out of it. It is a fascinating talk if you are able to keep an open mind...

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it is about the denial of paranormal phenomena by mainstream psychology

I will have to give this a pass then. If there is anything para-normal it is either "we do not know what this is" and leave it as that, or it can be explained with science and thus is nothing "para" about it.

What I am talking about, and what psychologists and psychiatrists are recommending is to be more honest about the labeling of human behavior in this simplistic DSM way, and focus on what makes people struggle mentally. Sure may be that the pharmaceutical industry is enjoying the livestock approach where they sell pills for these mental disorders and they push for the labeling, but the focus is on the positive side to understand that these behaviors are complex and need help more than just some pills.

It is sad and terrible to combine this valid criticism of the current diagnosis of mental disorders with "paranormal" and all sort of conspiracies.

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in reply to Tio 1 week ago

Psychic phenomena tend to be dismissed, but only by today's western culture.

That psychiatric medicine "medicate[s] people out of it" fits with what a friend once told me, namely that the medicine he had to take closed his "third eye".

The Power Threat Meaning Framework makes sense. But as long as therapies are covered by insurances one will need at least an assessment by the doctor that one has to be treated.

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I very much doubt that there is a suppression of seeing a different reality via the Psychiatric field, other than seeing how this trade based society consumes us and makes us idiots and depressed.

What makes "Psychic phenomena" remain in the realm of fantasy is their lack of scientific validity.

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Amina Jojo

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@Tio
I too don't think this is deliberate. If you ask me it's just an unconscious outcome of a misled approach to what is known as "mental disorders". Mental processes are described as electricity in the brain, fuelled by neurotransmitters. That's one reason why mental illnesses are treated with pharmaceuticals.

Psychic Phenomena can be validated, and have been for a long time. Take for example Rupert Sheldrake's experiments with phone calls, a more recent validation which you can read about here: sheldrake.org/research/telepat… I must add that I haven't read this particular text, but know about these experiments from one of Sheldrake's books.

The question why it is dismissed remains open. I think one reason is that it seems to contradict today's common sense. Belief systems are tough. Research in this field is a reputation killer.

A Filmed Experiment on Telephone Telepathy with the Nolan Sisters

Watch the Video Journal of the Society for Psychical Research 68, 168-172 by Rupert Sheldrake, Hugo Godwin and Simon Rockell PDF Introduction Apparent telepathy in connection with telephone calls is common.

^{Rupert Sheldrake – Author and Biologist}

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Man this is depressing indeed....Telepathy?! Really?! I thought we have moved past that... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telepath…

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What makes "Psychic phenomena" remain in the realm of fantasy is their lack of scientific validity.

If you are interested in looking past your prejudices, I recommend to you the books of Dean Radin, especially his latest piece called The Science of Magic. (I got to know him through Jon Rappoport, by the way.)

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If you are interested in reality I recommend you look into what science is and how it works - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science

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@Tio
Wikipedia is common sense. I haven't read it, because I think I know the main argument, and would have used it myself some time ago. It's how I was educated in school and at home. If there is something in the article you want me to answer to, please tell me.

Apart from that I recommend thinking about Sheldrake's experiment, and what it would mean if it wasn't fake.

Not having seen the Rappaport video (@-jonny-), to me it is clear that the recognition of psychic phenomena would have an impact on how mental illnesses are percieved and treated, apart from the diagnosis issue.

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A variety of tests have been performed to demonstrate telepathy, but there is no scientific evidence that the power exists.[9][83][84][85] A panel commissioned by the United States National Research Council to study paranormal claims concluded that "despite a 130-year record of scientific research on such matters, our committee could find no scientific justification for the existence of phenomena such as extrasensory perception, mental telepathy or 'mind over matter' exercises... Evaluation of a large body of the best available evidence simply does not support the contention that these phenomena exist."[86] The scientific community considers parapsychology a pseudoscience.[87][88][89][90] There is no known mechanism for telepathy.[91]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telepath…

Case closed. There is nothing we can talk about if there is science and experiments showing this obvious thing is nonsense. I would like you to kindly accept that and move on. Am definitely not interested to talk about telepathy in 2026 no more than talking about witches.

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@Amina Jojo I'd say that is definitely the case. It is interesting to note that the view of mental illness in tribal societies is completely different. In fact they don't see it as illness at all but some kind of communication from the spirit realm. There is an article about that topic I read some time ago I can recommend. It is linked to the concept of the dark night of the soul.

The Shamanic View of Mental Illness

This African Shaman believes there's a better way to approach mental illness.

^UPLIFT

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Seeing these states of mind as something different than a "mental disorder" is normal, specially in different cultures, but that does not make wishful thinking and fantasies become reality. There is no such thing as "spirit". Only perhaps as a metaphor. You are your brain, and that is cells (neurons).

I can't believe I have to explain these....

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@Tio
Thank you. So this is what you're referring to. All I know is that there is controversy among scientists about the topic. Sheldrake is a biologist, and his approach in the case I linked to you is simple, and scientific, and there are others, too.

And no, I'm not my brain.

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Well....you are your brain. And if you get a stroke, you will see how brain damage = losing your abilities to move, think, talk, etc.. Unfortunately this is the case as blunt as it is.

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@-jonny-
Thank you for linking the article about Shamanism, and referring to "the dark night of the soul". Rappoport is also bookmarked.

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@Tio My friend, I really don't feel the urge to argue with you, since it is very hard to argue with someone who obviously has some kind of superiority complex. Believing your truth is the only one out there is arrogant at best (or fascist at worst). Keep your materialistic world view if it suits you. I have nothing against it. In fact I have been there myself. My opinion about paranormal phenomena though is not based on a Wikipedia article (which btw is not a very reliable and far from scientific source to quote). It is based on personal experience.

Which concludes this topic for me. I guess the only thing we have in common is our love for free software. That's okay.

Have a nice day.

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It is fortunately not my own worldview, but a scientific worldview. Wikipedia is merely a summary of that, but choose any scientific literature you want about that topic. Don't let yourself be fooled by you. We need science for a reason, to not fall into these personal "beliefs".

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Talking to you reminds me talking to a religious fundamentalist. They also are not willing to look beyond the dogma. You will understand what I mean when you learn to distinguish science from scientism.

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Quite an irony for you to say that when you are talking about a total nonsense that has been debunked by scientists via the scientific method for hundreds of years now, and by scientists from all around the world. You need to understand what science is. Experiments, replication from independent organizations, measurements, etc.. Not some dude who makes a youtube video or some book written by who-knows-who.

But man such an irony for you to associate me with a religious fundamentalist. I wish you could see the astonishing stupidity you have soaked yourself into. But you won't. As it usually is with those who are "awake" and "against science" or "scientism" as they call it. What a joke.

Let's move on. You go live in your make-belief fantasy and I live in a scientific reality. And we can ignore each other. I think that would be better for both of us.

Go believe in whatever you want, the world is a mess anyway it won't make any difference, we are already in the Idiocracy era.

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Go believe in whatever you want

How generous of you. Finally! Thank you.

I have just one last question. You seem to have the need to lecture me about what “science” is. Like a religious person that wants to convince me how and why his religion is better. Why is that? (I’m asking because I hold a scientific degree for over a decade now and am well aware about its benefits and its limitations)

I never said I am “anti science”. Far away from it! The scientific method is an incredibly valuable tool (even for paranormal phenomena). And since I am 100% certain about that I don’t have the need to convince anyone.

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I am far from lecturing you, all I am saying is that you go against what is scientifically proven at this moment in regards to that "paranormal phenomena". You make extraordinary claims, and you need ofc extraordinary evidence. Don't take it with me, the random fedi guy, go do some science with your scientific background and prove that these "paranormal phenomena" are actually scientifically valid. Until then they are not. If you want to accept it or not, it is a different question....

When something is scientifically proven to be factual we have no choice but to accept it. And so would I if these "paranormal phenomena" will be scientifically valid.

We can't solve this issue here. Go do the science.

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As I already said. The science is there and has been there for decades now. If you are interested you are invited to inform yourself (and no I don't mean Wikipedia ^^ ). If not, that's also okay. Fortunately everybody has the freedom to believe what he or she wants. I don't do missionary work nor do I care if you believe me or not. I just thought you might be interested in the talk I posted at the beginning. That's it.

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There is a reason why you make "is" italic in "The science is there" because even you probably understand that the "paranormal phenomena" is not accepted by the scientific consensus. Nothing scientifically proven. It is floating around circles of people who proclaim is something scientific about it, while in fact they lack any scientific proof to make it science.

I can't help you I'm afraid..."paranormal phenomena" is fantasy. Until it is proven to be anything scientific about these phenomena we can leave it as that....try to be humble and accept this reality.

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That's wonderful. Keep it that way.

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I will keep it scientific yes. Try to be more humble. The world does not have to bend to your liking, at times you have to accept uncomfortable truths. This is how you grow and learn.

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You took the words right out of my mouth.

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But I cannot see you being humble or scientific. And I hope you may be one day. On the other hand I am simply reflecting the scientific understanding and my "humbleness" is that I do not pretend to have discovered anything "para" normal, outside science.

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That's because you don't know me Tio. Actually, you don't know anything about me. You are merely projecting your prejudices onto me based upon some text I've written. But I must admit it was really funny, so I guess I have to thank you for making me laugh.

Now, if you had read what I wrote earlier, you would have noticed that my opinion is based on personal experience. Not on pretending, not wishful thinking, and certainly not on a Wikipedia article. But you chose to put something in my mouth that came right out of your imagination. That's not "humbleness", that is pure ignorance paired with arrogance.

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Instead of playing games with me, if I misunderstood you, correct me. Else we waste our time. The fact that you dismiss Wikipedia so fast is a telling sign as well. You "came to me", I merely posted something important about the way these mental "disorders" are dealt with in today's livestock society. And you started to talk about paranormal phenomena.

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"When something is scientifically proven to be factual we have no choice but to accept it."

This is tantamount to not only saying "trust the science", but also a gross misunderstanding of what "science" itself is.

At the end of the day, "science", may be likened to a philosophical branch that begins with a premise of
"We don't know sh*t"
(regarding THE "truth"),
which then progresses to,
"in an attempt to know sh*t, we're gonna fook around to try to find out and record our results."
BUT, it doesn't stop there, because the whole reason to "f around and find out" paired with recording results is two fold:
A. The first assumption, "we don't know sh*t"
B. So that others can then also "f around and find out if the conclusions drawn from our previous attempt(s) still seem solid"

"When something is scientifically proven to be factual we have no choice but to accept it."

This is tantamount to not only saying "trust the science", but also a gross misunderstanding of what "science" itself is.

The part B. is crucial, because implicated in that is the fact that
SCIENCE DOESN'T TRUST THE SCIENCE.
"scientific fact" ≠ Truth
and NO WHERE in the sciences has "scientific fact" EVER meant anything more than "we f'd around to try to find out and sh*t still SEEMS solid"
In FACT, one can find SCIENTIFIC records of previous "scientific facts" having been discarded, changed, or otherwise revised throughout virtually all scientific history.

"Psychology", in many respects, then does in FACT become a "Pseudo Science" in many regards.
Why?
Well for one, not in the DSM, nor much of anywhere in the "(academic/mainstream) sciences" is one going to find a cold hard "scientific" definition of "consciousness."

Or, as I often like to say,
"I may perhaps forever find myself perplexed by how, to the tune of billions, people came to accept as both experts and leaders, those that could not explain to them what consciousness is, yet had the audacity to sell them life insurance."

Next, "Psychology" frequently bypasses the part B. of the "scientific philosophy" by making assertions while leaving no repeatable observable record of how one may go about to
"f around and find out if our prior results still seem solid".

People like to detach "science" from "philosophy" for some reason, and it's a grave error, because as noted, SCIENCE IS A BRANCH OF PHILOSOPHY.
Similarly in grave error, people mistake "science" as some sort of establishment of "truth", when the fact is that more than an "establishment of truth", it's simply a philosophical approach to "seeking truth". Further, because science is merely "truth seeking" as opposed to "truth establishing", SCIENCE DOESN'T TRUST THE SCIENCE (never has, never will).

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Oh man one more...

Science is the best tool we have. Period. And yes science always changes and improves. But what is today scientifically valid it is the best we have and the truth-est truth. And that can change.

All of this philosophical talk is a lot of poop drops. Let's keep it to the point.

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Foundational corner stones aren't poop drops mate.
And saying "science is the BEST tool we have" is itself, scientifically, a bit of a stretch. Is it "a" tool, yes. Far as it being "the best"....
May we remember Goddell....
math.uni-hamburg.de/home/khoms…

And as already prior noted, one may have fun in attempts to bring their "scientific facts" regarding what consciousness is.
*and if one can't establish that cornerstone, where's that leave the "psychological sciences"?*

My intent here, more than arguing for or against things "paranormal", Rapport, Wikipedia, etc.
was simply to try to help keep arguments and/or debates from one way or another stretching outside their own boundaries.
Such said, in a look to placating appeals to "scientific fact"; the further work on Goddell has been offered for standing FACT on current and running "scientific facts".

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"mate" if is not science what is? Tell me a better method to find out what is happening in the world? And by that I mean how we discover stuff, know stuff. If science cannot explain something, neither can you.

Am so tired of these para-people with their own theories, thinking they are above the scientific method.

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I deleted 2 nonsense comments that are spamming already about the utter nonsense of paranormal and spirits. Go talk to other people about this crap. Don't spam my thread.

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I am extremely proud of these books that I wrote (all are trade-free of course):

Language tromsite.com/trombooks/#flipbo…

Some 600 pages. I put so much effort into this wow....and the design, was really difficult to design a book about language. The subject was super complex but I am so so happy with how it ended up.

The Money Game and Beyond tromsite.com/trombooks/#flipbo…

370 p

I am extremely proud of these books that I wrote (all are trade-free of course):

Language tromsite.com/trombooks/#flipbo…

Some 600 pages. I put so much effort into this wow....and the design, was really difficult to design a book about language. The subject was super complex but I am so so happy with how it ended up.

The Money Game and Beyond tromsite.com/trombooks/#flipbo…

370 pages of understanding in detail how money came to be. I looked at so many isms that tried to organize our society. This was the bedrock of my understanding of our society.

The Origin of Most Problems tromsite.com/trombooks/#flipbo…

Over a THOUSAND pages long. Comic-book style design with superheroes and characters. By far the most difficult book I ever wrote or ever write probably. This made me have a complete understanding of what this global society is made of. I even created a mega search engine to showcase how a few companies own most stuff - unfortunately I had to discontinue it since it was impossible to update....but yah this book is the achievement of my life :D

The Evolution of Purpose and the Purpose of Evolution tromsite.com/trombooks/#flipbo…

This one is a unique book in terms of the subject. Also smaller than the rest around 70 pages. The title is the core of the book and the design was also difficult and unique.

Human Machine tromsite.com/trombooks/#flipbo…

Some 300 pages and still relevant today. I looked at how the machines humans invented stack against the human machine itself. Difficult book.

Earth tromsite.com/trombooks/#flipbo…

Some 200 pages of pure joy. This one I really loved writing and designing.

I wrote more see here - tromsite.com/trombooks/ and I would love to write more, even if I am sure today is nearly impossible to make anyone read them. People have no patience plus they use these tiny screens (phones) so reading them in this digital format heavily reliant on a landscape design....is a no no for most.

Sad. But maybe I will publish my next content in the same format if I won't be comfortable with making videos.

Anyway, thank you past me for spending so many years creating these. They are really valuable books and they completely changed the way I see the world.

#book #books #trom #tromsite #capitalism #communism #anarchy #money #trade #earth #nature #reading #evolution #lanuage

#Capitalism #book #money #nature #Books #Communism #reading #trom #tromsite #Evolution #trade #earth #anarchy #lanuage

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nice! where to read?

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I posted the links to every book in the post. Click and read ;)

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How much compact thought you express!

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Rokosun

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@Tio

I have read "The Origin of most problems" book, and have read most of "The Money game and beyond" book but I unfortunately didn't finish it. Now I'm not much of a reader or anything, but both of those books were really fucking impressive and I remember feeling such joy and excitement reading those. I also read the "The ugliness of beauty" book which was a shorter one. I can only imagine the amount of effort you must've put into creating these books man, you not only had to research about these topics and write the books but you also designed them in such a beautiful manner. That is genuinely an achievement and something to be proud of 🙂

And personally I think perhaps I should start reading more books and such, there are some problems like my eye strain issues and such which hold me back but I realize that getting into a habit of reading will do me good long term.

And about the device.... I read these on an old tablet device that I had with a 10 inch 720p

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in reply to Rokosun 2 weeks ago

Thank you so much man! Means a lot!

I would like to know what other format than video would be better suited for new TROM content? I understand that these books may be hard to read unless you do it on a laptop of decent screen. But on the other hand these books allow me to fully express myself via the design.

So tricky...

But if you have ideas let me know.

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@Tio

Making video content would be an obvious choice these days but I understand it can be a lot of work. A middle ground between the two might be Audio books or a podcast style format, however this can be limiting if you wanna include some visuals. I think technically it's possible to include some attachments along with your audio but if your content is predominantly visual then yeah this might not be the best option.

BTW, I will also say that one other advantage of the podcast format in particular is that it's one of the only media that isn't controlled by a single big tech platform and their algorithms. I think Spotify and Apple podcasts have tried to make it their walled garden but failed, almost every podcast is available through RSS feeds even today.

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in reply to Rokosun 2 weeks ago

For me podcasts do not work in terms of creating them. Maybe if you have a cool voice and clear, may be more interesting. But this is not for me. I am also a very visual person and the way I designed our books was a great way to express myself.

Will see....

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Yeah I understand about the voice, if I think about it I would also get very self conscious about my voice if I were to sit in front of a mike to record a podcast lol 😅 And about you being a visual person, yeah that's what I was thinking how you expressed yourself so clearly with some simple figure drawings in your last blog post - that made me realize that this is your thing haha 😄 So audio won't help you with that.....

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I love all of these books 🙂 Crazy the amount of work you put into them, you should be very proud. I know I am ❤️

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Thank you so much!

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If you make @Technology Connections go nuclear about the shithole this society has become, then it means this society is really in a terrible shape

Watch till the end. This video is more than just solar panels for sure ;)

And if you are at it, maybe remember we made a documentary all about the terminally ill state of our society, over here tromsite.com/documentaries/tro…

#society #money #technology #trom #tromsite

#money #technology #trom #tromsite #society @Technology Connections

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Wow I wasn't expecting that ending, he said things the way they needed to be said. Everything he said in that video is just the absolute truth of our reality and honestly if that doesn't make your blood boil with anger I don't know what's wrong with you..... I have huge respect towards him for doing this 🤍

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Seabirds Are Crashing Into Cities - This is Why

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A Year of Volunteering — What Worked, What Failed, and Why We Kept Going - videos.trom.tf/w/hDMxqAZJVm5ZC…

Kudos to @Dima and Mara for doing this important work. Hopefully you can continue for the many years to come.

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#activism #bbta #volunteer #nature #restoration

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A Year of Volunteering — What Worked, What Failed, and Why We Kept Going

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Thank you Dima and Mara for all your amazing work. This channel is like a beacon of hope, always inspiring to see people volunteering for such projects 🤍

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Thank you, great to hear that !

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We Pulled Plastic From a River - And Made New Products

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Here I follow the journey of river trash — from collecting it out of the water, to sorting it, and finally transforming the recovered plastic into new products.

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I’ve been meaning to write this blog for well over a year, and finally managed to get it done:
bigworldsmallsasha.com/2025/12…

It's about my whole journey of writing and publishing my book (all the sweat and tears it took + how much I earned in the end), as well as a few other updates about what I've been doing over the past few years and where we'll likely head next.

Thanks to everyone who's been there for me throughout this journey! I appreciate you all 💛

My Book Release – and Other Ultra-belated Updates

I released my book in 2024 but never got around to writing a blog about it, so here it is— (better late than never, right?) In a nutshell, the book explains my story of traveling around the world for the past 15 or so years with little money (and it …

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Hey Sasha, I just wanted to let you know that I got back your book and started reading it again from where I left off last time.... I finished part 1, it was amazing and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it! At that point I got so into it that I wanted to continue reading, but I decided to take a pause to let myself work on something with @Tio - I'm making some progress on my work but too slow for my liking lol 😅 Anyway, I hope to get back to your book and start reading the next part soon 🙃

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Thanks @Rokosun very sweet of you 😊 I hope you enjoy it, don't feel pressured to read it tho haha. Good luck with your work!
Oh and if you found any more typos please let me know, you're so good at that! 😀

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I don't feel pressured to read it, no worries 😄 In my experience once I start reading it then I can get really into it and get through many pages, but I am not a fast reader tho so I will take my time with it - which is why I'm taking these breaks when I feel like I have other things to work on, mostly because I want to avoid eye strain.

And yeah I will let you know if I spot any typos for sure, it becomes easy to miss tho when you get really into the book and start enjoying it 😄

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Thanks @Rokosun sounds good 😊

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How We Catch Owls at Night

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Nobody Talks About This. But Raptors Are Dying Every Day - videos.trom.tf/w/atoW9hxs4viTN…

This film follows my volunteer work with a raptor conservation team. Many Saker Falcons, eagles and other raptors die from electrocution on unprotected power poles. In the field, we search for carcasses, collect data, and identify dangerous poles so they can be isolated. There is also a rescue center and an experimental aviary testing safer designs. This is how science can protect wildlife.

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The Internet is a shithole

What drained me of power over the past years is this constant fight of debullshitting the Internet experience for me and others.

You always have to use an AdBlocker, VPNs to circumvent all sort of censorship - and for that matter change the location often else you still get blocked; find proper news sources then find their RSS, add to an RSS reader, try to read locally if these websites allow you to....else go visit their bullshit websites.

Youtube is still by far the biggest, or the only in most cases, video platform. Now even with an adblocker the youtube experience sucks - they autoplay videos, insert shorts into your face, make you click things you don't want, and now insert AI generated video description for videos.. So you have to use an app for youtube that removes these piles of poop. But these apps are constantly blocked and won't work all of the time...

I don't even want to think about search which has become a pile of nonsense. Full of fake AI websites and now when pretty much all search engines introduced AI summaries...makes searching a painful exper

What drained me of power over the past years is this constant fight of debullshitting the Internet experience for me and others.

Even Reddit, which can still feel like a "community" of people posting stuff from time to time, is a garbage. Full of fake posts and bots, and no way you can use RSS to follow subreddits. Login to see some content....endless scroll....all a bazaar.

I have to fight with "free" Wordpress plugins that insert ads into your dashboard, I have to block AI Summaries in searches, I have to keep Freetube up to date and often when videos do not work there, open in Youtube. I have to read my news in a semi-broken RSS reader since some cannot fetch all of the news, I have to install a custom OS on my phone then block ads there too, but now some banking apps do not work....a constant loop of poop, to protect yourself and your sanity, because everyone is there to fucking slice you open for a view, a click, a like...

Always always a fight against this destruction of the internet even tho all I fucking want is to read some reliable science news, watch some educational videos from time to time, and post some content or search for content. What the actual fuck....

I know why this is: TRADE. Same reason why the offline world is a shithole full of destruction, garbage, less nature, all about consuming and shops. This is what happens when humans have a primary goal of trading. Same online, these platforms are about trading, your attention, data, currency in return for a service. So it is a normal "enshitification" of the online too.

At least I have Friendica, Peertube, Nextcloud, Linux (TROMjaro) and the like, that allow me to still use the Internet in a sane way.

But man...such a shithole the Internet has become. I can't even imagine how "normal" people use it without adblockers, with relying on youtube, facebook, tiktok and such platforms....must be hell in the brain for these people.

I used to LOVE the Internet back in the days. It was like a park where you met interesting things and people. Now is like a metrostation full of ads and merchants, where everyone is in a rush to go somewhere else.

#enshitification #enshitiffication #internet #fedi #youtube #facebook #tiktok #reddit #alternatives #friendica #peertube

#Friendica #internet #alternatives #PeerTube #Reddit #tiktok #Facebook #YouTube #fedi #enshitification #enshitiffication

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Exactly my feeling these days with the modern internet. I was updating my adblocker recently and had to disable it for a moment and then I forgot to re-enable it back and oh my fucking god.. I had to witness what the modern internet looks like without constanly blocking the shit flow of pop-ups, ads, banners and ai chat windows, fucking hell. I totally agree, I dunno how people use it these days without blocking anything, total disaster. I would be pissed off after a minute of using that shit.

There's this "joke" website to mock on the "modern internet experience" that for long time I giggled about: how-i-experience-web-today.com… but we went even waaay beyond that already I think 😵‍💫

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I noticed people who watch youtube and have ads playing. I was shocked by the fact that they simply have accepted that. I would throw my phone into the bin if that was the case. Ads after ads after ads.

how-i-experience-web-today.com this website is really on point I swear!!

What a fucking shitshow the internet has become....but I am not surprised at all, I was sure it will become like this. If the incentive is to trade, then profit, data collection, restricted content and more ads are a normal practice...

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as a regular user, my experience is better. I don't "fight" that much, but use alternatives. And install alternatives for others.

Some examples how I do it differently:
- Adblocker (never used) -> Brave browser
- RSS reader -> Inoreader (paid service)
- Censorship -> I have not experienced it somehow
- Wordpress -> Drupal (a truly open source, clean without ads, non commercial experience, but has no templates YET, so it was very time and knowledge intensive to build websites with, but things are changing, and they are creating a 'template marketplace', it means commercializing 💰 a little bit, more info inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=WNEyg3U… (starts from 14:25), but it is reducing time needed to build a website. You may find some interesting things in this talk. What they are showing in this talk, is all new for me as well, despite me using Drupal since forever. They are completely reimagining how Drupal worked, or copying wordpress (and

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P.S.
"Censorship -> I have not experienced it somehow"
Remembered few exceptions. Once I opened facebook (usually I never use it) and wrote a post about dangers of AI and it immediately disappeared, so I thought facebook was censoring it (and there are endless news stories about big tech censoring alternatives: facebook deleting info about linux or pixelfed, or x censoring info about signal or mastodon etc.). So yea, I had some little experience with big tech and immediately they censored.

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I used Drupal in the past. Yes could be a good alternative to WP. As for Brave as far as I know they insert trackers and are also adding other AI-like features and bloat. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(w…

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@mindaugas

Re Youtube, I use #Freetube to avoid ads, autoplay, algoradicalization etc

Downside, it often breaks & you have to wait until the devs find a solution to Youtube's sabotage

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Watch party fans: avoid disruption from ads in streaming films by using FIREFOX + UBLOCK ORIGIN for practically everything (YouTube, Tubi, Prime, Plex, Fawesome, Mometu etc) FREETUBE for YouTube on Linux, Mac or Windows https://freetubeapp.

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I read a lot about 21st century science but a lot happened in the 20th century in science (oh wow how much happened) and Jacques Fresco left a list of books about things I can't find in popular books and in scientific articles so I decided to use AI to my advantage I downloaded for example the book (i find in this list: frescofoundation.org/library) Engineers Dreams of Ley Willy or Flatow, Ira - They All Laughed (Excellent book on the story and the important details about the greatest inventions in history) form annas-archive.org I converted it to a TXT file (about 800kb) I uploaded it to the artificial intelligence service I use (Lumo) and asked it to summarize each chapter for me and then instead of reading a 150-page book (which scares away 99% of people), you read an web like article that summarizes the book for you and if one chapter is very interesting to you, you can request an extension on that chapter from Lump or go to a PDF file and read the 8-page chapter for example. I want t... Show more...

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I wont tryst an LLM to make a summary of a book honestly... Yes these LLMs can find you some good materials, but is up to you to read/watch them, dont let these LLMs summarize for you content...I would hate if my books were red like that by people to be honest, since they are made the way they are to construct a point...a summary by an AI is, in my view, a bad idea.

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Yeah this whole situation is very relatable, I always try to find new ways to block ads and get rid of these BS as much as possible. But now I feel like soon I'll also have to fight my own devices and OS just to install the apps I want to, now that Google is planning to drop support for 3rd party app stores like f-droid - this shit is honestly insane and I'm sure will kill many adblockers and 3rd party YouTube apps which block ads, along with a bunch of good FOSS projects.....

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Yah true...forgot about that incoming shitsunami

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in reply to Tio 2 months ago

I use Brave (sue me), but also Youtube Enhancer, which gives back a lot of control, uBlock Origin, and a nifty Youtube extension called 'Remove Youtube Suggestions'. Apart from the odd lockup, I never see anything except the videos I choose any more.
It's making me think I should pay for an account, but $11 is too much. $3 maybe.

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Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory

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For trade reasons the Internet has become a marketplace (trade currency, attention, data). Therefore monopolies have formed, owning and controlling search, major platforms, and apps.

On the other had the other marketers want their websites/content to rank higher, to get more views, show more ads, make more money. So shitty websites and content for the sake of that.

Thus the Internet is a load of poop nowadays. Hard to find what you are looking for.

So now these monopolies are inserting these AI chatbots into search. They seem very convenient for people. Go straight to an answer. And the monopolies do not care that these chatbots lie a lot.

Happy business everyone!

Trade is the root of most problems. As I've been saying for many years now.

#TradeRuinsEverything #trade #ai #chatbots #chatgpt #gemini #bbc #study

#gemini #AI #Chatbots #bbc #trade #study #TradeRuinsEverything #chatgpt

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I read it as "...Internet is a LOOP of poop nowadays." and I stand by it now 🤣 Can't agree more, AI is just an overhyped, desperate attempt of those monopolies to find a point of growth to keep their bussiness going in the neverending for-profit race. Nothing else can be expected from the society that has been built on trade 😔

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:)) LOOP of POOP is even better!

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3 months ago

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While AI bubble keeps growing ridiculously high, disturbing news are coming from NASA.. Imagine investing at least a portion of those enourmous money into researching the reality and world we all live in.. into something that actually may help to make our lives better as science did many times already.

latimes.com/science/story/2025…

#nasa #jpl #layoffs #aibubble #ai #TradeRuinsEverything #trade-free

JPL may not recover from its budgeting woes

After four rounds of layoffs in two years that cut a quarter of its employees, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory now faces a daunting task: reclaiming its place at the vanguard of exploration and innovation.

^{Noah Haggerty (Los Angeles Times)}

#AI #nasa #JPL #trade-free #TradeRuinsEverything #aibubble

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Awful indeed...but well for Idiocracy to come into effect we also need to destroy science...so...

Instead of putting 10 times more resources into science, this is happening...

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Yeah.. bonkers society 😔

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This had to be pointed out, yeah ridiculous way of spending money..... So sad to see this.... 😮‍💨

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By-catch of sharks is a huge problem. Industrial fishing and especially bottom trawling is not only completely destroying seafloor and underwater habitat but also created so many unneeded and useless death of thousands of sea creatures. I don't even understand how it is legal.
In this episode we went to Albania to the "Sharklab" laboratory which conducting numerous studies on sharks, but also work in shark conservation and protection.

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The Hidden Cost of Seafood

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Hungary Boats

We've joined Plastic Cup in Tisza river in Hungary. 15 teams on a boats made out of trash for 5 days going down the river. But it's not about speed, it's about collecting trash. Team which collects the most trash wins the race.
In this video we share our experience of joining this competition first time, our struggles and accomplishments.
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August started quite busy. First of all I've been in France in town Chamonix, that's next to the Mont Blanc - highest peak in EU.

We were at the glacier to have interview with a scientist which study glaciers but also create music with the sounds of the glaciers. That's for the documentary of 101 project inspiration101.org/ I am filming now

To be on a glacier was quite depressive :( Every year it shrinks so much.

Right after France we went to Hungary, where we spent the whole week in an super intense but amazing event. Trash boat race :)We build boat out o

August started quite busy. First of all I've been in France in town Chamonix, that's next to the Mont Blanc - highest peak in EU.

To be on a glacier was quite depressive :( Every year it shrinks so much.

Right after France we went to Hungary, where we spent the whole week in an super intense but amazing event. Trash boat race :)We build boat out of trash and were sailing for 5 days on the Tisza river. petkupa.hu/hu_HU/

that's the boat we have build :)We struggle a lot, but at the end 15 teams collected 8.5tonnes of garbage. INSANE!The bad thing ,I was flipped over on a canoe, my phone, my main camera and my small camera like a go pro went underwater. Phone now don't really charge, I will have to have a new one, super fortunately my main camera is all good and working, it's just microphone have some problem, but hopefully I will get trough it. BUT my mini camera (like a gopro) drown underwater :( with all footage.... SO I will have to buy a new one.

At the end it was quite expensive trip because of the lost and damaged gear and phone. But no regrets, all was worth it. (that's just from 1 day)After Hungary I had to rush to Germany, was driving almost 900km to the charity event .Again that's for 101 documentary, I was filming Aaron who collects musical instruments and send them to kids in Africa.

All of these instruments were donated :

Now I ma finally home, but still have to do few more projects in AugustIt's already 3rd time where I need to visit a project of Bald Ibisies, - Human led migration of birds. They teach birds to follow micro plane and they just started migration today, I hope in the next few days I will be able to catch them up and spend few days

I need to visit Albania to finish a project about Bycatch of sharks. Have some communication problems, but I hope I also will manage it at the first part of September.And I planned to visit one more project in Austria - Bird of Pray camp, hope to volunteer there for at least few days. + I need to edit videos, and documentary...super busy times.. Also autumn looks the same. So it's all good. All for the nature and wildlife...

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in reply to Dima 6 months ago

Man you are crazy active. All my respect for what you guys are doing. Lots of interesting stuff! Sucks about the gear....I may have a spare phone but only available in a week or so...idk if you are interested. But yah super cool stuff you are doing!

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thanks,
My sister changes her Iphones every 2 years :) And I used one of her old iphone for 5 years now, (this bastards now stopped OS updates, and some apps not working anymore, although the phone was perfectly fine, before I drop it in the water)

She is sending me one of her "old" (2-3 year old) Iphone now. Although I don't like them, and prefer to buy a fairphone instead, but for this I don't need to pay anything, and it's re-using and therefore I think any used phone is in any case much better and sustainable solution than any "new" one.

And yeah we've been super busy, a bit too much, also a lot of stuff planned till November now.

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in reply to Dima 5 months ago

hilarious about your sister i remember you always saying that she has a phone for you..endless supply....i also didnt buy a phone for me since 2015. People give me phones and I install these trade-free androids to put a new life into them.

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@tio
It's unfortunate you can't put these trade-free Androids on an iPhone, otherwise it's a really good phone hardware wise.

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6 months ago

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6 months ago

All money raised!

Thank you so much I have ordered this laptop es.wallapop.com/item/lenovo-th…

Does not look the best but perhaps it works just fine. Lets see when I get it. Should be next week. I will close the campaign for now since the money raised will cover the cost of the laptop, fees, and transport.

Thank you so so much for your help!

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6 months ago

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6 months ago

My laptop broke...cannot charge anymore and I cannot fix it.

Long story short I spent so many hours trying to fix it, and I decided it is cheaper and better to buy a used and cheap Thinkpad...

I have made a Gofundme in case anyone can help out gofund.me/b8bc330a

I have to run a lot of projects and this laptop is really important for me. Without it I am fucked.

Planned Obsolescence, this is what is happening with so many products. Not meant to last or be repaired...really awful....

But I have no choice need to urgently get another laptop...

#plannedobsolescence #trom #gofundme #thinkpad #laptop #repair

#Laptop #trom #thinkpad #repair #plannedobsolescence #GoFundMe

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in reply to Tio 6 months ago

Sorry to hear about one more victim of programmed obsolescence with no fixing solution. That's one of the reasons why I've decided to support the Framework company by buying one of their laptops.
Good luck and enjoy your Thinkpad.

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in reply to www-gem 6 months ago

I wish I had the money to buy a framework laptop. But they are too expensive at the moment.

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in reply to Tio 6 months ago

You may get a discount when they release a new model. I understand that it'll still be more expensive because they are new. It's unfortunately difficult to find them in used condition, though they have few ones on their website sometimes. But again, nothing comparable to an old Thinkpad.
Anyway my intention is not to force anyone to buy from them. I just think it's a good option when you can afford it. Enjoy your machine and long life to it ! :)

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#FreeSchool <---> Hashtag

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Donation Laptop + gift ideas...

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#fediverse #gift #donations #Solutions #PayItForward #gifteconomy #giftcard

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7 months ago

Capture the Atlas project published their anual collection of the Milky Way photos from the enthusiatic photographers from all around the world 😍 Look at this beauty!

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Capture the Atlas is a project that is aiming to provide guidance, knowledge and adventures to the photographers around the world to elevate their picture-taking skills, travel the jaw-dropping locations on Earth, build long lasting communities and friendships to learn, being amazed and grow together.

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2025 Milky Way Photographer of the Year - Capture the Atlas

The 2025 Milky Way photographer of the year. Discover the best Milky Way images taken around the world in 2025!

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Yah but first u send it to me ya? haha I am still waiting for some astrophotos from you! :)

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@Tio for sure, friend! Haha, I know, I’m slow, but you’ll be the first to see them 😜

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Extinction Rebellion may have gone quiet, but climate protest will come roaring back | Oliver Haynes - theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Yes....I noticed that too. You know there were many loud people and projects for the past decade or so. Some protesting, some proposing radical alternatives to this so called "capitalist" society. Meaning this trade-based society. They are all kinda gone now...

I am one of them. Since 2011 I scream and scream and scream. And do all sorts of projects.

But the truth is that we are like trying to grow a crop in the middle of Times Square. There is no fertile soil, only concrete and people trying to stop you doing it.

There is no help for me to create and maintain the so many projects I do. There is no support for the so many good-willing people out there who want to protect nature, do good deeds, amazing projects, open source, and so on. NOTHING.

We have to fend for

Extinction Rebellion may have gone quiet, but climate protest will come roaring back | Oliver Haynes - theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I am one of them. Since 2011 I scream and scream and scream. And do all sorts of projects.

But the truth is that we are like trying to grow a crop in the middle of Times Square. There is no fertile soil, only concrete and people trying to stop you doing it.

We have to fend for ourselves - to find ways to trade and stay alive, while doing these things. There is no way forward like that.

We are bound to perish.

I keep on surviving, surprisingly enough, with more projects than I started in 2011. But my reach is hundreds of times less than it was in 2011. I have to trade at times to make some money, I have to stress over not having enough to make it, I have to do a ton of work that should be done by 10 people normally.

The financial support is bleeding out, the interest I feel is not even present that much.

It all sounds very pessimistic but it is the truth. However I am still not giving up. I have new ideas and approaches.

And I know there are MANY MANY people out there who still keep the flame of revolting and activism alive, and all they need is a bit of fertile soil to thrive. But to get that fertile soil, the help, is really hard. And perhaps that is where the focus should be.

Maybe TROM will start to focus on that bit...

Will see.

If you are one of us, don't despair. You are for sure not alone. Maybe new projects and forms of activism will arise out of the stagnant frustration and anger that so many have layered within.

A system in which its members cannot even have the time and means to protest or propose/work on alternatives, is an abusive system. It only wants for "it" to survive, as it is the only way for its members to stay afloat. Therefore humans have to trade in the trade system, to survive. That is the forced incentive. Anything else can only temporarily survive.

The trade game has to go.

STEPS:

Provide the basic needs as trade-free: healthcare, education, communication, food, shelter, etc..
Provide a Universal Basic Income to everyone, no strings attached.

This is how we allow people to focus on what they see as important. To have time to get informed and inform others. To get involved, to help, to thrive.

Nothing else will work!

FIRST: HELP THE PEOPLE!

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Extinction Rebellion may have gone quiet, but climate protest will come roaring back

The pandemic and harsh laws suffocated climate movements as we knew them. Get ready for a new kind of action, says journalist Oliver Haynes

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Sounds like you could benefit from connecting with @DarkOptimism

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