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.
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.
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.
@alandvalonline 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. ..
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.
@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.
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...
@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.
@tehstu @Alonely0 @cy8aer even with sideloading, apk's needs to be installed using adb. using normal user interface enforces google's totalitarianism .... control.
Got a quick answer from EU's DMA Team, they might have a standard response due to high demand :
> Dear citizen, > > 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. ... 1/N
> 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
> 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. > > Kind regards, > The DMA Team ... 3/3
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.
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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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.
My phone runs Android, my parents' too. Google is going to prevent us from installing what we want on devices where we had been able to until now. Devices that we bought and that will still be perfectly functioning 5 years from now. Hence why this is a fight worth fighting. @fdroidorg @marcprux
@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.
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!
@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.
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....
@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.
F-Droid is the FOSS app distribution ecosystem for Android where your user freedom comes first. Discover our app store to explore the world of free and open source (FOSS) apps and [learn](https://f-droid.
We don't have representatives, we live in capitalism. All those elected to run government represent multinational industries and their federation, banks and financial institutions. We are their enemy, they are not going to listen.
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?
How does it affect degoogled Android? Will F-Droid Work on Custom ROMs? Will someone tech-savvy still be able to degoogle android and make F-Droid work? Will it be possible to flash an existing android with a custom ROM?
Or: Do I need to buy a phone with a custom ROM preinstalled? Will someone else fork AOSP and save it for custom ROMs?
So many questions. I hate the direction Google is heading to. Which Chance do have surveillance conscious people to get out of it?
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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@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.
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
@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 ?
@Fynn Android has lost its appeal to me as a target for development. I also may order a Jolla Phone at home point, but I need to be sure that my banking apps work with it.
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@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.
Introduction F-Droid works to spread reproducible builds across the free software Android ecosystem. The goal is to enable software build processes that anyo...
@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.
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.
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.
@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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@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.
Thanks for sharing the guidance. I've written to UK and EU Govs with my arguments.✊🏼 My device is a bit old to install a libre OS alternative without complicated steps. I have yet managed to remove Google services with ADB, and I strongly rely on Aurora and F-Droid to install apps I need. This act would be a hard hit.
Do I understand correctly, that Google free Android is not directly affected by this policy?
But the majority of the userbase is affected, so an app developer would loose nearly the complete userbase and this would result in many developers giving up, destroying the app market.
And this in turn will affect Google free Android.
Please elaborate, if I misunderstood!
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At this point it would be crazy to develop any Free/Libre application for Android. Don't care what Google says tomorrow, we can NOT trust Big Tech. We need to be in control of our computing resources, both at software and hardware level. PS: @EUCommission please take note. #Google #Android #Freedom #GNU
I hate to disagree here, but as an admin who deals with *many* users with phones in the wild, this is a *good* move by Google. They're *NOT* stopping you from side-loading apps. They're doing the same thing banks have started doing when people try to withdraw cash -- verifying that you're not being coached or hacked and that you *REALLY* want to do what you said. This is annoying to a very small subset of people, and *VERY* useful to a larger group. #Android #security #scams
Werd het echt zo gecommuniceerd dat het geld voor ‘omwonenden van een AZC’ was? Waarschijnlijk is toch totaal niet te bewijzen dat die algemeen(!) een hoger #inbraakrisico hebben? Lijkt me eventueel in strijd met artikel 1 GW en institutioneel racisme, inderdaad.
Mensen zullen het ontvangen bedrag niet vlug weigeren. Daar gaat het niet om, het gaat uiteraard om de bestuurders die het aanboden met oog op een AZC in de buurt. #racisme
@Fietsbel jij ziet het als racisme. Ik heb een andere invalshoek. Dat is dat er gedacht wordt dat inwoners bang zijn voor meer onveiligheid en overlast en dat die gesust moeten worden. En dat zoiets gemakkelijk kan via een bon/ geld. Daar zitten twee verkeerde aannames is: 1) dat is niet een angst die er leeft en 2) al zou die leven dan koop je die niet zo af. Dat werkt niet zo.
@Fietsbel En wanneer je nog een derde zou willen: AZC's hebben niet standaard meer overlast, dus je probeert met een maatregel die niet gaat werken een angst op te lossen die er niet is vanwege een mogelijke overlast die er niet is. Lekker gewerkt... Racisme zie ik er dus niet in. Vooringenomenheid in meerdere vormen daarentegen zéker
@hermannus Hoewel: bij stemmers van #extreemrechtse partijen leeft die angst wel en wordt al langdurig door politici zoals Baudet en Wilders aangejaagd. Politici/-ae en bestuurders van andere partijen zouden dit soort irrationele angsten juist niet moeten belonen met publiek geld. - Volgens mij zit er impliciet wel #racisme in, namelijk de aanname dat de bewoners van het specifieke (lokale) AZC meer #inbraak plegen dan de reeds aanwezige bevolking en het #inbraakrisico dus verhogen.
Dat asielzoekers crimineler zouden zijn is volstrekte onzin. Uit onderzoek van oa het WODC (Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek- en Documentatiecentrum Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid) blijkt juist dat asielzoekers minder vaak verdacht worden van criminaliteit dan vergelijkbare groepen Nederlanders.
Ik zal het maar eerlijk zeggen: Ik vind dat iedereen die D66 heeft gestemd persoonlijk excuses aan mij mag maken. En niet alleen aan mij.
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Anja (61) is na een herseninfarct arbeidsongeschikt, maar ontvangt geen uitkering. Ze is niet de enige
Bijna een half miljoen mensen die vanwege ziekte of handicap niet kunnen werken, ontvangen geen passende uitkering. Die groep zal groeien nu het nieuwe kabinet wil bezuinigen op het sociale stelsel. Het gezin van Anja en Piet ervaart al 35 jaar de gevolgen van steeds strenger wordend beleid.
@fell Hey! Yes, this one is already written (scenario only, art will be made next monday+tuesday) and will be the one for next week if nothing more important in the news interrupts this theme.
@VANTABlack2000 Thank you. Yes, I have to find a name for the young small elf blond; her codename in my sketchbook is Free-ren or FreeLibre-ren , a pun about a free libre derivation of the Frieren proprietary character.
For the Gothic Sorceress, her codename is Cepper. For "Cepper&Parrot" an anagram for "Pepper&Carrot".
Ah nice. I like seeing Free-ren as a reoccuring character. It makes a nice story between Cepper finding her using Avian Intelligence for lessons and then being in a No-AI Club with her.
@NeroBurner It's something from the Pepper&Carrot (my series with longer episodes) "Hereva world" ; and a reference to the Russell's teapot en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell'…
@doctormo @fell That's indeed a good idea Martin! The 'training on training' is a theme I haven't explored yet, and using the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephon… as a metaphor can work. I just need a good punch line or end twist. Someone suggested also a blue type of Parrot cannibal directly eating the speechbubbles of red Parrot and having after issues to speak. I have it on my note, but it was also hard to find a good end twist or punch line to transform the mechanic into something to laugh about.
@NeroBurner Thank you for reading them! And oh yes, Terry Pratchett influence is strong on my work The master. (Douglas Adams too).
The teapot moon appeared the first time on panel 1 of the episode 4 in 2024 peppercarrot.com/en/webcomic/e… , and can be seen after here and there (ep30 from the top of my mind).
J'ai le cerveau mal placer, j'ai pas vue une planète au première aperçue, par contre j'ai bien vue la référence du guide du voyageur galactique qui ma tout de suite remis dans l'axe
A la place d'une chaussure type snickers comme dans le livre, qu'on peut voir dans la série de la BBC, ils ont prit une théières anglaise pour le film.
@David Revoy @jeSuisatire neindochohh ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ - Hi David, I'm a big fan of your comics and I know they are all made by you without AI. But deep in my heart I'm also a big AI fan and like to generate images that I wouldn't be able to do on my own - am I a bad person now? Anyway, I always feel bad when I get hate comments for AI images that I have generated.
this is what I think about AI - please feel free to write your comment :)
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@David Revoy @jeSuisatire neindochohh ᘛ⁐̤ᕐᐷ - Hi David, I'm a big fan of your comics and I know they are all made by you without AI. But deep in my heart I'm also a big AI fan and like to generate images that I wouldn't be able to do on my own - am I a bad person now? Anyway, I always feel bad when I get hate comments for AI images that I have generated.
this is what I think about AI - please feel free to write your comment :)
First of all, I would like to assure you that I am completely open to and enthusiastic about #technology. I don't believe that Pandora's box can be closed again. However, #AI will change our #society forever, and I #fear that no one is aware of the real implications.
A major problem with AI is interpersonal alienation. With every #online #communication, I can no longer be sure whether I am even talking to a #human being, and if so, how much AI that person is using. AI #advertising even shows us how to score points with the perfect AI responses during #dating. You can have the other person screened by AI and then respond perfectly to their wishes and hobbies. But is the other person even real anymore, or do they just want to manipulate me for quick pleasure and then throw me away?
Even when friends show me their #artwork, it could always contain AI. The perfect vacation photos or the painted picture. Even at #school, I no longer know whether the presentation is real or generated by AI. In the past, you could copy something, but you still had to make the effort to find good material. Today, AI does all the work, and I no longer know whether the funny introduction or the punchline is even real. Assuming that this is all real and true work, then I can no longer appreciate it because I consider it to be AI. This totally alienates me from my friends.
Our #society is based on understanding and interpersonal intimacy. To find your place in society, you need #feedback but also #acceptance. But if everyone optimizes themselves to the max with the help of AI, what is there left to accept? This will make society cold and apathetic, and more than “you have tried your best” is no longer possible. If someone does have a genuine flash of inspiration or develops something groundbreaking, everyone will just shrug their shoulders because they suspect it's the next AI #hype. This makes it impossible to reveal oneself to others or to understand them, which destroys a fundamental human requirement.
Before the AI era, #art was a form of communication for which words were insufficient. #Music, in particular, has the power to touch your heart. But today, I always find myself wondering: isn't this AI music designed to trigger these emotions in me in order to manipulate me, and isn't there actually a real musician expressing their heartbreak in this #song? In future films, I won't be able to tell whether humans were involved in writing the script at all, or whether humans even wrote the #lyrics for the songs on the new album in the charts.
We will be trapped in a #matrix where it doesn't matter whether you take the red or blue pill. Either something is clearly AI, or you can't be sure how much AI is in it. We simply won't be able to tell anymore. This is exactly what is intended. People are already falling in #love with AI or having #therapy sessions with it. The corporations at the forefront of AI want precisely this #dehumanization in order to #control us more easily and turn us into mindless consumer victims. #SiliconValley #ideology seeks immortality in artificial bodies, with the future of #humanity playing only a subordinate role as a means to that end.
@scriptkiddie @jesuisatire Thank you for your words. I don't think you are a bad person: feeling empowered by AI gen and LLMs was made addictive by design by companies. It's a very consumerism approach of ordering or prompting a quick result in order to short circuit your own ability to learn or feel able to do so. (Eg. citing your words "[...] I wouldn't be able to do on my own"). Making art is "to be", not "to have". You are the art. But with AI gen only, what are you?
please please please make it so that the maker of the Avian Intelligence runs away with a huge pot of gold after his giant cauldron explodes and an angry mob chases him for swindling everyone.
Or perhaps it would be more appropriate if the parrots started talking gibberish and the giant AI pot had all its books turned into a giant letter soup that can't be fixed. That would make it a two-part comic 😅
@lp0_on_fire Yes, I hesitated with "really easy", a safer option, but I wanted something a bit more original for her way to speak. I've heard "super easy" multiple times on Youtube videos. Esp. as a catch phrase for Ryan George's Pitch Meetings series on the Screen Rant channel, a Canadian writer and actor/comedian. Maybe it's a Canadian expression?
The advantage of being on a social medium instead of in the Forgotten Realms is that you have access to both the Silence and Banish spell from level 1. The disadvantage is that casting Fireball is considered to be illegal 😞
@tbzhg Yeah, I've come across something pretty similar at a conference. What a nightmare! It's wild how confident and self-assured this type of person is. The one I met was impossible to even start a discussion with, because for him, I was a threat to the illusion of empowerment and productivity he had with AI.
hey David, I read about your RAM trouble. Something good to have, due to deadlines is a backup PC, in this case, a mini-pc. In my case, a few years ago I build myself a 'steam machine' with a mini-pc, it's for gaming but in case of need, I could use it as a temporary solution if the main PC goes down. It's an investment t, of course. Best.
@elgregor Hey, thank you for the suggestion. It can be a challenge, especially to show the difference first between a Cyber AI Parrot and a real one, side by side and establish that before doing the critic (as a part of the audience already has trouble following what was previously established on other previous episode.) But I'll note it somewhere, in case I find a way to solve this while writing. 🙂
The AI ones you draw look robotic with the panel seams, star symbols and display in place of eyes. Their speech bubbles also have star symbols and different background color. A real parrot would look real, squawk, and have normal speech bubbles. It could preen (or even swear if it's owned by a pirate mage).
The owner of the parrot could also simply state that it's just a normal parrot.
Ah, I misunderstood. Yes, both parrots should be shown so the viewer can notice differences. This could be combined with regular action though, to avoid losing one panel.
(as a part of the audience already has trouble following what was previously established on other previous episode.)
What kind of of tools or system do you use @David Revoy, or are you envisioning, to give your audience the option to follow up on the previously established content and context)?
@bitpickup @elgregor My timelines on various social media contains all of the previous episodes, with a tag so they are easy to list; and I also store them on my website: peppercarrot.com/en/webcomics/… Next way I envision: CBZ, PDF, EPUB ebooks, and printing on paper.
Official homepage of Pepper&Carrot, a free(libre) and open-source webcomic about Pepper, a young witch and her cat, Carrot. They live in a fantasy universe of potions, magic, and creatures.
Learning questions: Do you have a diaspora* account? [That question solved itself, looks like your account went down with framasphere, @mullana@pod.geraspora.de was last active like 6 years ago]
I know that @Mullana at least had one. Would you be interested (have fun) in explore options inside the fediVerse, and eventually the federatedWeb (let's call the connection to D* that as that makes more sense)? Have you tried and\or considered to create one large thread of all the chapters of an episode or season?
@bitpickup I had a Diaspora account from 2016 to 2022 but I closed it; it felt a bit of a duplicate with my Mastodon account and my blog.
For the big thread; I can't here: On Mastodon, to create a thread, you need to reply to your first post. It makes all the replies inversely chronologically posted for the timeline of my followers. Imagine: posting dozen of comics like this. This is very self-imposing on the TL of other, I'm afraid such a practice would gain me lot of 'unfollow'.
That means, you can create a profile for ever series, project even characters of yours.
Also friendica has bbCode editing and an own image gallery. If you visit the @bitpickup@tupambae.com on it's server you'll see a quite elaborated image gallery. You upload images as not public and copy paste the URL. You can embed the image where ever you want, as @utopiarte did just recently with your example how you created the muteo chapter.
Last but not least, of course just work on as of now with @davidrevoy that's your distributer for the posts from social.peppercarrot.com and the small talk with the audience..
You host the instance, you host the content, you own the data.
Don't do it! Don't tell @davidrevoy to ask politily if he could slip onto tupambae.com to look around an check out friendica. You know how they are .. du bringst uns in Teufelsküche!
@bitpickup I'm barely active on any social media besides Mastodon. (Just occasionally Instagram because of the "normal" people I know from "real life".) Drawing comics takes such a lot of time and I've recently become more active in organizing local communities. I just don't have the energy for more.
I've recently become more active in organizing local communities. I just don't have the energy for more.
In general terms I ask in the first place because of the experience of people like you.
And the interest is first of all about figuring out how the fedi can be of use and how the fedi could be implemented. Those things mostly evolve out of "learning and inventing by doing". To a certain extent a little bit like painting. Unless you do it and observe than the results, you wont be able to evolve or adjust that idea nore get new ideas.
The view point from over here (friendica), and the tools it brings to the table of the fedi are for example:
A normal profile like @requeteChe can publish a post like the following to a friendica forum page like @
I've recently become more active in organizing local communities. I just don't have the energy for more.
In general terms I ask in the first place because of the experience of people like you.
And the interest is first of all about figuring out how the fedi can be of use and how the fedi could be implemented. Those things mostly evolve out of "learning and inventing by doing". To a certain extent a little bit like painting. Unless you do it and observe than the results, you wont be able to evolve or adjust that idea nore get new ideas.
The view point from over here (friendica), and the tools it brings to the table of the fedi are for example:
This post should be available on the mastodon instance any of you are on. You should find it by simply searching for the link on your instance.
That post also shows up on diaspora: The same post on geraspora In the case of diaspora I love the layout. Way more than mastodon or even friendica. And actually in the stream or a profile, not so much the single page layout. Well, if you were to post a series of drawings as answers, depending on the sizing it could look neat too. I'm only talking about desktop, let's say standarad 1920x1080px. Diaspora has the detail that there is no editing once the post or the answer is published. That makes it a special kind of uncompromisable ledger. Also, there are no inline comments disrupting the flow.
What is neat in mastodon is that the last comment in a row of comments used as a link gives you only that string from top to bottom, no matter how many comments are in between a specific answer. What I do for example is using friendica to find comments to than jump to mastodon to see a string of content without distraction.
Creating a simple HTML stream from any of those pages or profiles: Long after joindiaspora.com went down, I realized looking at the profile from diaspora-fr.org, that's @Fla's pod, that the old entire profile of @requeteche@joindiaspora.org was for example on diaspora-fr.org, same might be true for @davidrevoy@framasphere.org, perhaps on pod.geraspora.de. I simply scrolled to the bottom of the profile, saved the page as HTML and uploaded it on an own subdomain: requeteche.tupambae.com It's not perfect, and all links point to diaspora-fr.org but it's actually kinda neat and interesting option.
Right now the friendica post about #scriptedTails, an initial idea to evolve, actually contains an image that has restricted the access to few people in one contact circle. This is the direct link. At any given moment the permission for visualization can be changed. More circles of friendica profiles or single profiles could be added or taken out of the group of profiles to see the image. Always from within the friendica fediverse of course. As mastodon doesn't have those permission capabilities, #mastodon profiles can't be added. BUT, if all restrictions are lifted, and something is changed in the post, or the post is called after a certain time, when the cache of the mastodon server has been emptied, the server tries to pull again the image and it shows up. In tests the time to update the cache varied, from server to server from a day to a week. Also, friendica can post, if the specific connector is activated, to #tumblr, #bluesky, publish via #email, and a few other web sites, as well as #wordpress.
All these details make me think and wonder what we could invent with all that for the community of independent publishers of content.
btw No idea why the typewriter GIF doesn't show up on diaspora*, some issues always appear and only by doing it the best practice and workarounds can be found.
We knew this was coming, but now the clock is running. From Privacy International:
"Yesterday the Trump Administration announced a proposed change in policy for travellers to the U.S. It applies to the powers of data collection by the Customs and Border Police (CBP)."
"If the proposed changes are adopted after the 60-day consultation, then millions of travellers to the U.S. will be forced to use a U.S. government mobile phone app, submit their social media from the last five years and email addresses used in the last ten years, including of family members. They’re also proposing the collection of DNA."
PI linked to and summarized a Federal Register entry describing the proposed requirements:
-All visitors must submit ‘their social media from the last 5 years’
-ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) applications will include ‘high value data fields’, ‘when feasible’ ‘telephone numbers used in the last five years’ -‘email addresses used in the last ten years’ -‘f
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We knew this was coming, but now the clock is running. From Privacy International:
"Yesterday the Trump Administration announced a proposed change in policy for travellers to the U.S. It applies to the powers of data collection by the Customs and Border Police (CBP)."
"If the proposed changes are adopted after the 60-day consultation, then millions of travellers to the U.S. will be forced to use a U.S. government mobile phone app, submit their social media from the last five years and email addresses used in the last ten years, including of family members. They’re also proposing the collection of DNA."
PI linked to and summarized a Federal Register entry describing the proposed requirements:
-All visitors must submit ‘their social media from the last 5 years’
-ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) applications will include ‘high value data fields’, ‘when feasible’ ‘telephone numbers used in the last five years’ -‘email addresses used in the last ten years’ -‘family number telephone numbers (sic) used in the last five years’ -biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris -business telephone numbers used in the last five years -business email addresses used in the last ten years.
Boycott Yankistan! It has always been an invasive empire of corporate and public data thieves. And since they have gone fully fascist, they have completely lost their minds.
If the Trump regime makes up an email address or a phone number or whatever as an excuse to bar entry to someone, how can that person reasonably be expected to prove the contrary?
I've been to Cuba, Vietnam and Lao, all certified authoritarian police states where a seemingly innocent question could be met by pinched lips, shaking head and fearful eyes. Not one asked for anything more than my passport So, thanks, but no thanks. Good luck with that economy. You'll need it.
well, Qatar forced travelers to install their government issued app for COVID protection during the 2022 FIFA World cup... Qatar is not the USA, but perhaps that's where they got the idea...
I used to go to the US most years, the last time was about 2018. Visited a senior manager who worked in a block overlooking the Whitehouse. On arriving at work each day she went to the window with middle finger up and shouted Fuck You. Colleagues were not all in agreement at the time... I will not go again. Even if the orange despot in imprisoned, now we know a nazi revolution can happen there almost overnight.
Sounds like there is a strong chance this goes through, and likely they will use the illegal immigration narrative as an excuse.
Hoping common sense prevails but in these modern days there isn't much of that, no matter which party you vote for, the government continues its agenda.
“Government agencies will likely need to get deep-level access to all social media platforms to gather social media intelligence. Of course they could scrape the content for each social media account for each visitor’s application. It’s more likely they’ll seek direct access to the platforms’ databases, or use third-party firms who can do this for them.”
no-one has ever gathered my PII for the purposes of giving it to an enemy government, so I'm just going to assume that anyone complying with this will be contravening the GDPR 😉
We knew this was coming, but now the clock is running. From Privacy International:
"Yesterday the Trump Administration announced a proposed change in policy for travellers to the U.S. It applies to the powers of data collection by the Customs and Border Police (CBP)."
"If the proposed changes are adopted after the 60-day consultation, then millions of travellers to the U.S. will be forced to use a U.S. government mobile phone app, submit their social media from the last five years and email addresses used in the last ten years, including of family members. They’re also proposing the collection of DNA."
PI linked to and summarized a Federal Register entry describing the proposed requirements:
-All visitors must submit ‘their social media from the last 5 years’
-ESTA (Electronic System for Travel Authorization) applications will include ‘high value data fields’, ‘when feasible’ ‘telephone numbers used in the last five years’ -‘email addresses used in the last ten years’ -‘family number telephone numbers (sic) used in the last five years’ -biometrics – face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris -business telephone numbers used in the last five years -business email addresses used in the last ten years.
"Written comments and/or suggestions regarding the item(s) contained in this notice must include the OMB Control Number 1651–0111 in the subject line and the agency name. Please submit written comments and/or suggestions in English. Please use the following method to submit comments: Email: Submit comments to: CBP_ PRA@cbp.dhs.gov."
"Millions of travellers to the US will go elsewhere" is how I read it. And the rules will start applying right before the expected influx of the FIFA World Corrup spectators and teams! Something tells me only the matches in Mexico and Canada will have people in the stadiums…
Forced to use mobile phone app? Like... mobile phone is now a requirement to enter US? Mobile phone capable of running that app? Not good. Asking for personal data of other people? That should not be legal. Nor should be the other stuff .
In the not so far future, when anyone connected to the Trump administration comes to Europe (and most other places in the world), they will have to submit to being handcuffed to a prison cell.
this data could be used to copy visitors, maybe disappear them, and then ai-impersonate them into potential 'terrorists' to accuse and retaliate against anyone in the world.
IOW, the Trump Regime plan to abduct anyone who comes anywhere near their web of influence.
And they will not stop at people who physically enter the US,
But anyone who communicates by the 'information highway' most of which is owned by Bezos and Musk and a couple others.
I’m quite content to not travel to the USA if this comes to pass. I’ve not been since Trump re-elected. I have nothing against most Americans but am not giving that amount of personal data to a foreign government. Especially one that is acting as hostile as this one is.
on the flip side, the only inbound travel will be people sad enough to remember 10 years of business telephone numbers and emails. I would fail the entrance exam because I'm too interesting! And that's a low bar, believe me! 😆
do not bring your own cell phone to the USA unless it's an absolutely clean burner phone. If they want you to have a phone with an app in it, make them buy you one at their expense.
Sounds like a mess. What happens if you use subaddressing? do you have to remember all the subaddresses you used, even though it all goes to the same email account?
...this should only exist in as parody....we, USA, are a total, unqualified, disgraceful embarrassment. That Congress - esp the MAGA-Cowards - allow this to go on makes them profoundly guilty willful, intentional involvement in this coup. US reputation is destroyed internationally...US is besieged by an unrestrained murderous gang, all under control of obviously evil peple intent on the DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA. How else is any of this explainable?
Also worth anyone wishing to visit the US within the next two years getting their ESTAs now, before the likely event that this onerous and ominous change is enacted.
Bonjour, il me semble que ce genre de dérive autoritaire s'est déjà produite par le passé, notamment pour les touristes lambda ayant des opinions politiques communistes ou ayant des proches membres de ce parti, tant ces gens terrifiaient Mr. HOOVER. Ce n'est pas une raison pour accepter l'inacceptable bien sûr mais le peuple états-unien a déjà démontré sa capacité à lutter pour faire gagner la démocratie. Courage 👍
amazing. I travelled to russia and belarus a few times for work in the past, and that was less intrusive than this (admittedly, that was probably more because they didn't have the technology yet, nor a big palantir-powered data gathering/evaluation system to make use of the stuff)
the thing I am most worried about is that once this is implemented it will not be undone later. Rarely do security measures get reversed, authorities get too comfortable. This whole thing is sick
email, social media and phone numbers for the last 5 years conclusively shows they have all been intercepted, archived and indexed for at least that long. What do you think that huge NSA data center in Utah was for?
If I was going to submit feedback it would be to enthusiastically recommend that they go ahead. The more people that are deterred from visiting the US, the better. It’ll be hard on a lot of industries and individuals, but it’ll hasten the collapse of the regime.
"Yesterday the Trump Administration announced a proposed change in policy for travellers to the U.S. It applies to the powers of data collection by the Customs and Border Police (CBP)."
Great timing
Roll on the World Cup & Olympic Games
…Should anyone turn up
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The Federal Register entry says comments are encouraged and must be submitted (no later than February 9, 2026) to be assured of consideration.
Probably a silly question (and perhaps I read the privacyinternational.org article too quickly), but how does one, as a random US citizen, provide comment?
I searched the PDF for "respon" to see if there was a URL or similar reference, but one didn't seem to be present?
I guess Amazon won't need to plan for nearly as many attendees at this year's re:Invent (one wonders the impact on other US-hosted conferences, festivals, etc.).
Looks like #CBP / #ICE is out in Italy doing a little advance work:
"US to send ICE agents to Winter Olympics, prompting Italian anger"
"The governor of Lombardy region, Attilio Fontana, sought to calm the situation, suggesting that ICE agents would be deployed in Italy to protect US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.Olympics, prompting Italian anger"
Which should be the work of the US Secret Service, last time I heard...
the "email addresses used in the last ten years" is ludicrous. I use catch-all email-addresses and hand out concocted addresses liberally. They expect me to remember every "joesblog@mydomain.example.com" address ever used?
And every family-member's phone-number used? I barely remember my wife's phone-number let alone relatives I sporadically call via the phone.
(I mean, the rest is pretty over-the-top too, so the whole "avoid the US" is good advice regardless, but some elements are nigh-impossible)
I guess it's time for me to up the rhetoric against this fascist regime we're living under. This is no longer the free country that we once had, but now it is a police state. This treatment of people visiting this country is absolute proof of this.
I mean, it's not like *this* is suddenly the reason for me not to want to visit.
Never been, never will. The act that these days they wouldn't let my trans ass in anyways is of no consequence.
I'll continue to enjoy beautiful Canada, not to mention all the places in Europe I've already visited and will again in the future. Would love to see more of the world too, the USA can eat a dick though.
I'm sure Disney and Vegas CEOs will be utterly thrilled.
FWIW (Brit here) I decided not to travel to the US while the admin is in place immediately it won - The roadmap for Project 2025 was perfectly clear a year before that.
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When I returning to the US... I'm f'ing scared too! Definitely going to be using a secondary Graphene OS phone for my stay in Thailand this summer. Not like I trust Thailand either. :blobcatnotlikethis:
i really want to come and visit the us someday but fuck no. not under these circumstances. not giving up my privacy and thus freedom of speech to enter the "freedom land" its such a shame that a whole country of incredible people, places and culture is falling further in to the grasp of fascism
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.
@mjj It's not even a symbiotic relationship, the wealthy do not provide *anything* to society. That's not quite the same as management or leaders, some form of leadership is sometimes required, but not to the point that they're accruing wealth faster than the people doing the actual work. No good person becomes wealthy except by inheritance, and then they don't stay wealthy for long. Extreme wealth inequality is unsustainable, just like a parasite infestation.
Brad Delong calls them (historically): An élite of thugs with spears assisted by tame accountants, propagandists, and bureaucrats running a force-and-fraud exploitation-extraction-and-domination grift régime (In open.substack.com/pub/braddelo… and elsewhere)
They treat people with all the classic behaviors of abusers.
Restricting movement and person-to-person connections. Muddying information and education. Constant lying. Constant violations of boundaries and consent. Financial sabotage. Medical neglect. Negging, threats, coercion, manipulation, intimidation. Belittling and dismissing.
Their actions as oppressors on the macro level, is as the actions of an individual abuser on a micro level.
My partner has long used the phrase ‘the carrion classes’…those whose living literally feeds from the blood, sweat and tears of others. They don’t make anything. They don’t do anything to help society. They just leech off of it in the most exploitative manner possible.
@axemonkey@metalhead.club That first part is definitely not what's happening. Are we building AI features? Yes, because lots of users are asking for them.
it's possible that users are asking for features! unfortunately in 2026 if you attempt to deliver a feature by any method other than chatbot, you are immediately transfigured into a donkey.
To be honest, if they say they receive that request from a lot of users I have no reason (nor do I care) to question it.
What I wonder is if they are also measuring how many they lose. I am biased but in my circle, I have seen literally everyone (I was the one last standing) switching to any other browser.
Don't know, there is a good bunch of directors over there, I'm trusting they are smarter than I am.
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Artificial intelligence could help fossil companies unlock another trillion barrels of production from existing oil wells through 2050, according to a global consultancy touting the “breakthrough” AI tool that can make it all happen.
Apparently, they also know a whole lot of people who have a different definition of "opt-out" than the rest of us, so they're just keeping the AI features opt-in.
I don't know who these people are or why the Mozilla team's leadership knows so many of them that it warps their understanding of a basic concept, but I do know that I don't want to be alone in a room with them.
Most users are asking for AI features! I mean, they haven't been able to find all the individual opt out buttons we hid deep in the technical settings, that means they consent right?
It's that obnoxious swerve into formal logic where "all users hate 'AI'" is false, because "some users love 'AI'" is true, where "some" can be just one.
Ooft, lads, that "we don't believe in opt-in because we don't know what it means" thing is a death-knell. Proper jumping in with the techbro PUA creep crowd there.
I'd say that's a pretty solid litmus test for when an OSS project has passed the point of no-return under its current governance. The project may technically remain "open-source", but the point of it being open-source in the first place has been entirely defeated.
Don't need to bother inspecting the source for malware when they're proudly blogposting their way through admitting that they've given the entire company over to the purveyors of malware-in-a-guy-fawkes-mask.
When the entire notion of consent gets reframed so much that they've torn the picture, done a serial-killer magazine montage with the text from it and, oooh, whadya know, it comes out saying "i tHe UnDeRsInEd Do HeArBy gIvE cOnCeNt FoR [eVrYtHiNg]", the source licensing becomes irrelevant. It's radioactive either way. It's just a matter of time before you start losing fingers and toes to it.
@McCovican Firefox has always been a very special open source project in many regards. It started with a dump of closed Netscape code, and the whole point of the Firefox open source project was to declutter the codebase, not to add features. The glorious days of Firefox were when every release was faster and lighter than the previous one.
there's this discipline called product management and when some users ask for something, you just do it.
Never validate any feature request against considerations like cost-benefit analysis, interest from other users, whether it would make the product worse for more people than it makes better, any of the irrelevant stuff. Doesn't matter whether it relates to product goals at all either.
If it's a really expensive thing to implement and competitors are years ahead: even better.
When they say "users" they mean the ones who use your data (remember when they started harvesting your browser activity?) for reasons... You know, like the NSA, DHS, IDF, MI6, etc.
if you look at all their social accounts, even the Mozilla AI one, and all their posts are very low engagement and when there is engagement it's mostly comments like "stop putting AI in stuff!"
I'm also one of those users who appreciate the AI features in Firefox, like many others who raised their voice here. However, I also support Mozilla's move to let users disable AI features. That being said, there is certainly no need to attack people and get personal here. This isn't X.
Elon Musk Jeff Bezos the winging twit from microsoft who wants us all to love ai, Thiel Peter Pedo nutter. and other VIP`class users. Nearly forgot Steve whatshisname from mozilla management.
We ignored the other 98.99% who keep telling us they do not want Artificial Idiots.
Because they think there are too many real ones around already.
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one could make the argument that the 1:2:7 ratio exists. One¹ very vocal user asking for AI, 2 not very vocal users asking for AI, and 7 users wanting AI and not saying anything. Fair to follow what they are saying. It's like when we see a bug, we know it's affecting more users, that just the users who speak up
However, we have hundreds of very vocal people saying they don't want AI, if double that aren't being very vocal and are voting on their polls that they don't want AI. Just imagine how big the silent majority are who don't want AI
The ratio of people not wanting AI is bigger than the people who want AI, especially when they count the silent majority in each group
One wonders why Mozilla is ignoring the actual numbers and plowing on…
¹ Number are illustrative and don't necessarily represent an accurate amount
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Slopzilla claims they are working for everybody but they keep announcing new AI slop features, but when it comes to major, exciting new Firefox features that aren't AI, they are totally silent.
He obviously didn't see the DuckDuckGo survey which showed 90% of their users dont't want AI. It's being imposed on us rather than being based up consumer market research.
Meer risico nemen op #stroomuitval omdat je zo graag datacenters & AI fabrieken wil aansluiten?
FUCK YOU
namens de honderdduizenden NLers die afhankelijk zijn van medische apparatuur die nooit mag uitvallen - en nee, voor bijvoorbeeld beademing is er geen batterijtje.
alles voor de grote bedrijven en aandeelhouders! De lobby is zo groot dat men zelfs een eigen regel in het regeerakkoord kan krijgen als men een klein bedrag in de partijkas stort. 100.000 is al genoeg blijkt. Een schijntje voor wat men er voor terugkrijgt. Democratie? Nee, de bedrijven maken de dienst uit.
Maak de lobbyregisters openbaar!! De bevolking heeft er recht op!!
Het is stiekem al in gang gezet. Vlak bij mij komen honderden woningen. Daar was geen stroom voor tot na 2030. Maar een paar maanden geleden was dat er ineens wel. En niet doordat er ineens een groter net was.
Leeuwarden ontkwam dit jaar aan een volledige stroomuitval na een idioot die met een schip met kraan ging testen hoeveel vissen je kan electrocuteren als je tegen een hoogspanningslijn vaart.
Toen was er voldoende reserve. Dat gaat straks niet meer lukken denk ik.
We made so many improvements with #HolosSocial, an ActivityPub server running on your phone. Big thanks to our beta testers who help us identify issues and suggest enhancements.
For tech folks: imagine pointing your domain with a CNAME to a relay and having your own ActivityPub identity with keys and data on your phone. The relay becomes just infrastructure, and you're free to move to another relay whenever you want.
I guess it needs the phone to be reachable from the outside via at least one IPv6 and better also at least one old IPv4 address and have it's battery-expensive radio never sleeping.
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No, the relay handles that! The app works like any other, it syncs when you come back online and uses no battery when idle. The relay provides your stable identity and keeps your profile visible 24/7. Your phone doesn't need to be reachable at all. @HolosSocial
Kabinet Schreeuwwitje 1 wilde vooral meer crisis, en slaagde daar prima in. Met veel geschreeuw en inactie: ze kregen EXPRES bijna niks voor elkaar. Maar D66 - CDA - VVD is alleen maar gevaarlijker.
Waarom wilde het vorige kabinet meer crises en vooral niks oplossen? Mensen in crisis stemmen vaker op Sterke Mannen TM, en dat was het doel. Ze hoopten op meer stemmen, van bange mensen die naar rechtse "bezems" verlangen. Maar het electorale resultaat viel tegen, door het afschrikwekkend voorbeeld van Trump. Een deel van de kiezers zag in de VS waar extreemrechts stemmen toe kan leiden.
Ik zei het:
D66 - CDA - VVD is NIET het tegendeel. Het is GEEN breuk met rechts populisme, het is alleen een breuk met schreeuwen en inactie. De aanstaande coalitie neemt de extreemrechtse agenda vrijwel volledig over.
Asielzoekers rechteloos in kampen. Regelmatig "asielstop". Oorlog aan armen ipv armoede: 6,5 miljard bezuinigen op sociale zekerheid. Opheffen IVA, "activeren" (Haags voor dwangarbeid) van doodzie
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Ik zei het
Kabinet Schreeuwwitje 1 wilde vooral meer crisis, en slaagde daar prima in. Met veel geschreeuw en inactie: ze kregen EXPRES bijna niks voor elkaar. Maar D66 - CDA - VVD is alleen maar gevaarlijker.
Waarom wilde het vorige kabinet meer crises en vooral niks oplossen? Mensen in crisis stemmen vaker op Sterke Mannen TM, en dat was het doel. Ze hoopten op meer stemmen, van bange mensen die naar rechtse "bezems" verlangen. Maar het electorale resultaat viel tegen, door het afschrikwekkend voorbeeld van Trump. Een deel van de kiezers zag in de VS waar extreemrechts stemmen toe kan leiden.
Ik zei het:
D66 - CDA - VVD is NIET het tegendeel. Het is GEEN breuk met rechts populisme, het is alleen een breuk met schreeuwen en inactie. De aanstaande coalitie neemt de extreemrechtse agenda vrijwel volledig over.
Asielzoekers rechteloos in kampen. Regelmatig "asielstop". Oorlog aan armen ipv armoede: 6,5 miljard bezuinigen op sociale zekerheid. Opheffen IVA, "activeren" (Haags voor dwangarbeid) van doodzieke arbeidsongeschikten. Halvering WW. 10 miljard bezuinigen op zorg. Mensen moeten maar thuis liggen ipv in ziekenhuis of verzorgingstehuis, want daar worden ze "minder eenzaam van". Meer macht voor verzekeraars. Niet-gecontracteerde zorg wordt totaal niet meer vergoed (waardoor vrije artsenkeuze wordt opgeheven en zorgverzekeringen zorgprofessionals verder kunnen uitknijpen). "Niet genezen maar voorkomen", wat heel leuk klinkt, maar wij gaan allemaal ooit ziek worden en doodgaan - als het aan D66-CDA-VVD ligt zonder hulp.
En al dat geld gaat naar het militair industrieel complex, en naar AI fabrieken waar handige ondernemers kunnen bedenken hoe ze meer mensen werkloos kunnen maken.
Er is nog zoveel meer shit. Schijnmaatregelen tegen stikstof. Behoud hypotheekaftrek ten koste van "scheefwoners", wiens huur verplicht wordt verhoogd door corporaties, ook al kunnen zij nergens anders heen. Verdere ondermijning van het huurrecht via flexwoningen, en woningbouwcorporaties opnieuw toestaan om allerlei andere projecten te doen dan bouwen voor mensen met weinig geld. Dit alles met grotere woningnood als gevolg. Enzovoorts.
Maar met een groot verschil. PVV, BBB, VVD en NSC riepen al die shit alleen maar, zonder het echt te realiseren. Maar, ik zei het van te voren al: D66, CDA & VVD willen dit WÉL echt uitvoeren.
Zoveel mogelijk over rechts. Maar, ik voorspel het je: GroenLinks-PvdA gaat aan belangrijke onderdelen gewoon meewerken.
Kijk zo doet men dat bij onze buren. Het is dat mijn zoon hier in NL woont naar school gaat, vrienden heeft en werkt. Anders had ik alles in het werk gesteld om te verhuizen.
Soort medische vluchteling. Omdat NL totaal incompetent is wat betreft omgaan #MEcvs #PAIS
Berlin: (hib/PK) Die Bundesregierung verspricht sich von einer gezielten Forschung schnellere Erfolge im Kampf gegen Long-Covid und die Myalgische Enzephalomyelitis/Chronisches Fatigue...
Ik hou mijn hart vast. Straks, om 19:00 uur begint het PAIS debat in de Tweede Kamer, waar wij ME patiënten al jaren om vragen.
Zoals je weet zijn er alleen al zo'n 100.000 ME patiënten, waarvan drie kwart zo ziek dat ze niet normaal kunnen werken, en een kwart zo ziek dat ze (grotendeels of helemaal) bedlegerig zijn.
Vrijwel niemand van ons heeft hulp. De zorg én het UWV negeren ons al decennia, en deden alsof het allemaal maar tussen de oren zat. Pas heel recent is het beeld eindelijk aan het kantelen, onder druk van een overweldigend aantal wetenschappers wat vast heeft gesteld dat de ziekte lichamelijk is, ernstig is, en niet geestelijk.
Maar nog steeds druppelt die kennis niet door: de meeste artsen en UWV artsen doen nog steeds alsof je een aansteller bent, weigeren behandeling, en niemand van hen krijgt er iets over in zijn opleiding. Dat heeft letterlijk dodelijke gevolgen: elk jaar zijn er mensen met ME die euthanasie krijgen, omdat de zorg ze zieker heeft gemaakt met CGT-GET behandelingen, in plaats van ze te helpen om hun symptom
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Ik hou mijn hart vast. Straks, om 19:00 uur begint het PAIS debat in de Tweede Kamer, waar wij ME patiënten al jaren om vragen.
Zoals je weet zijn er alleen al zo'n 100.000 ME patiënten, waarvan drie kwart zo ziek dat ze niet normaal kunnen werken, en een kwart zo ziek dat ze (grotendeels of helemaal) bedlegerig zijn.
Vrijwel niemand van ons heeft hulp. De zorg én het UWV negeren ons al decennia, en deden alsof het allemaal maar tussen de oren zat. Pas heel recent is het beeld eindelijk aan het kantelen, onder druk van een overweldigend aantal wetenschappers wat vast heeft gesteld dat de ziekte lichamelijk is, ernstig is, en niet geestelijk.
Maar nog steeds druppelt die kennis niet door: de meeste artsen en UWV artsen doen nog steeds alsof je een aansteller bent, weigeren behandeling, en niemand van hen krijgt er iets over in zijn opleiding. Dat heeft letterlijk dodelijke gevolgen: elk jaar zijn er mensen met ME die euthanasie krijgen, omdat de zorg ze zieker heeft gemaakt met CGT-GET behandelingen, in plaats van ze te helpen om hun symptomen te verlichten.
En dan zijn er ook nog eens heel veel andere PAIS patiënten: mensen met long covid, met scepsis, Lyme of chronische Q-koorts.
Voor hen geldt vrijwel dezelfde situatie. Hun ziekte lijkt enorm op die van ons (ik zou zelfs zeggen: het is dezelfde ziekte maar dan met een andere bacterie of virus als oorzaak. Ongeveer een derde van de long covid patiënten -de meest ernstige- hébben zelfs volgens elke diagnosestandaard óók ME.)
Er zijn kleine verschillen: een klein aantal long covid patiënten kan wél enige zorg krijgen, in de overbezette long covid poli. (Wij ME patiënten worden daar geweigerd!) Maar de financiering voor die poli was vorig jaar al op, en ze moeten nu gaan sluiten. Als er niks gebeurd.
Ook qua onderzoek, qua opleiding en qua voorlichting aan artsen en UWV medewerkers gebeurt er veel en veel te weinig, met ernstige discriminatie van patiënten, en ernstig gebrek aan behandeling van symptomen (van deze tot nu toe ongeneeslijke ziekten) tot gevolg. Vele mensen rotten letterlijk weg in hun bed, vergeten, zonder hulp en vaak in bittere armoede.
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Tot zover de ernstige situatie.
Vanavond om 7 uur is er dus eindelijk een debat over in de Kamer.
Dat is bereikt dankzij onze PAIS demonstratie, waarin 1.000 ernstig zieke patiënten zichzelf naar het Malieveld sleepten, en nog eens 1.000 online meedemonstreerden.
De demo werd (ook nog eens ongelofelijk goed) georganiseerd door de helden van Niet Hersteld, waarvan de belangrijkste mensen nota bene bedlegerig zijn: ze organiseerden dit vanuit hun bed, doodziek als ze zijn, omdat ze wel móeten. Het is hun en onze kans om te overleven. Echt mensen, mijn ogen schieten vol tranen als ik alleen al aan ze denk. Wát een moed en doorzettingsvermogen.
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Vanavond eindelijk het debat. Maar ik hou mijn hart vast.
Ten eerste omdat dit debat er komt vanwege het PAIS protest, waarin we zo ontzettend duidelijk stelden, samen met wetenschappers en anderen, dat het niet alleen om long covid gaat maar om álle PAIS, inclusief de 100.000 (vaak veel ziekere) ME patiënten. Maar toch noemt de Tweede Kamer het in de agenda nu het "Post Covid debat". Eikels!
Ten tweede hou ik mijn hart vast vanwege de timing. Ik vrees dat geen enkele journalist en vrijwel geen enkel Kamerlid interesse gaat hebben, nu toevallig net het coalitieakkoord klaar is. Ze hebben er niet eens tijd voor: iedereen is druk met het akkoord en bedenken wat de consequenties zijn.
Ten derde hou ik mijn hart vast juist vanwege wat in dat akkoord staat. De tekst zelf horen we morgen pas, maar dankzij het principe-akkoord van D66 en CDA van een paar weken geleden weten we de belangrijkste punten al.
En die zijn totaal SHIT.
Voor de hele samenleving. Maar voor PAIS patiënten extra. Wat we gaan krijgen is niet eindelijk hulp, maar het omgekeerde. Ze gaan ons nog hárder te grazen nemen.
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Dit schreef ik daar eerder over:
Het PAIS debat, een vooruitblik.
Ik hoop net als alle PAIS patiënten en hun naasten, dat er eindelijk structurele financiering voor onderzoek komt, behandelcentra voor álle PAIS, en dat het enorme kennisgebrek en het psychologiseren van PAIS in de zorg en bij het UWV serieus aangepakt wordt. Nog steeds worden patiënten met PEM zieker gemaakt met CGT-GET of SOLK behandelingen, nog steeds krijgt geen enkele arts in haar opleiding iets te horen over ME.
Maar er is helaas nóg een zeer belangrijk ding: de plannen van de aanstaande coalitie.
Die plannen gaan als het om PAIS patiënten gaat, desastreus uitpakken op drie dossiers: WIA, zorg en onderzoek.
1. WIA en andere uitkeringen
D66 en CDA hebben op dit moment in de planning om:
- de IVA (voor mensen die waarschijnlijk nooit meer beter worden) af te schaffen,
- de mensen in de WIA / WGA te "activeren" (dus inclusief de mensen die vroeger IVA hadden gekregen). "Activeren" is meestal Haags voor onbetaalde dwangarbeid, zoals dat in de Bijstand ook bestaat, maar het zou ook kunnen betekenen dat mensen gedwongen worden om reïntegratietrajecten te gaan doen. Allebei een zeer ongewenste ontwikkeling. Zelfs de meeste mensen met een milde PAIS kúnnen dit gewoon niet. Opnieuw zullen mensen zonder enige kennis van hun onzichtbare ziekte, gaan bepalen dat ze vast wel "geactiveerd" kunnen worden. Dat zullen waarschijnlijk niet eens keuringsartsen zijn. Hoe dan ook zullen het mensen zijn die niet zien wat de desastreuze PEM gevolgen één of twee dagen later zijn op patiënten.
- op Bijstand en AOW wordt ook nog eens zwaar gekort: ze worden losgekoppeld van de lonen, waardoor je wel hetzelfde geld krijgt maar dat niet meer geïndexeerd wordt: het is elk jaar minder waard. En het was al zoveel...
2. Zorg
CDA en D66 willen ook nog eens zwaar bezuinigen op de zorg. Onder andere door in principe geen nieuwe behandelingen meer te vergoeden (behalve in heel bijzondere gevallen). Dat heeft enorme gevolgen voor ons. Er zijn immers nog geen effectieve, vergoede behandelingen. Er is wereldwijd veel in beweging op dit vlak in de wetenschap. Als er straks eindelijk betere behandelingen uit gaan rollen, moeten we niet meemaken dat Nederland die weigert toe te staan / te vergoeden.
3. Onderzoek
Gesproken over onderzoek: Heel terecht zoekt het Kamerlid wat het debat aanvroeg, structurele financiering van de long covid centra. En hopelijk, hopelijk worden die ook eindelijk opengesteld voor andere PAIS, en wie weet komt er ook wat geld op tafel voor onderzoek.
Maar onderzoek wat direct door het Rijk wordt gefinancierd is maar een klein deel van het plaatje.
En het vorige punt over de zorg (dus dat D66 en CDA geen nieuwe behandelingen meer willen vergoeden) heeft ook directe gevolgen voor onderzoek. Grote gevolgen zelfs.
Onderzoek gebeurt immers vaak alleen in eerste instantie in universiteiten en ziekenhuizen. Als er middelen ontdekt worden die in principe lijken te helpen, is het meestal de farmaceutische industrie die grotere trials doet waarin de veiligheid en werkzaamheid van medicatie verder wordt onderzocht. En zonder die dure en grootscheepse onderzoeken wordt medicatie vaak niet toegelaten op de markt.
Maar juist doordat de aanstaande coalitie nieuwe behandelingen niet meer wil vergoeden, klapt deze weg dicht. Want de farmaceutische industrie gaat niet investeren in dure trials, als ze al weten dat wat er ook uitkomt, het toch vrijwel zeker niet vergoed gaat worden. Dan verdienen ze immers niks. De keuze van D66 en CDA heeft dus grote consequenties.
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De plannen zijn voor iedereen die van zorg of uitkering afhankelijk is, een ramp. Maar voor ons PAIS patiënten is het extra erg. Wij zijn immers onzichtbaar, en we hebben geen enkele hulp. Onze ziekte is omgeven door vooroordelen, en wordt door een groot deel van de zorgmedewerkers en werknemers bij uitkeringsinstanties niet erkend, door gebrek aan kennis. En we hebben de energie niet om ons hiertegen te verdedigen.
In ieders belang moeten deze plannen gestopt worden. Ze gaan letterlijk tot vele doden leiden.
Mijn vraag aan iedereen die ik ken of niet ken in de politiek: Vind je ons vervangbare mensen, minderwaardige onrendabelen die ook wel weg mogen? Of kom je voor ons op?
Maar dit is toch nog een beetje bizarder. Het is namelijk WÉL bekend wat ME, Long Covid, Lyme en andere PAIS zijn. Ernstige, lichamelijke ziekten, die je kunt diagnosticeren en deels behandelen. Er is meer dan genoeg onderzoek, wat helaas niet vertelt hoe je ons kan genezen, want dat kan niet, maar wel hoe je ons leven dragelijker kunt maken door symptomen te bestrijden. Alleen hebben we in Nederland te maken met een zeer sterke lobby van CGT-GET fanaten die de ziekte psychologiseren, doen alsof het aanstellerij is. En zowel UWV als bijna alle artsen luisteren naar hen.
En, hoe erg ik het ook vind voor mensen die andere ziekten hebben die onbekend zijn, ik zit eigenlijk totaal niet te wachten op je commentaar.
Eindelijk is er een debat over ons. Alleen al 100.000 mensen met ME, nog eens 500.000 mensen met een andere PAIS. Éindelijk hebben ze het over ons in de Kamer, en nu kom jij hier aan met je whataboutisme?
Jezes. Niet tof.
Als je het nu eens omdraait? Als je even wacht tot wij weer adem he
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Yep, ik heb ook niets anders beweerd.
Maar dit is toch nog een beetje bizarder. Het is namelijk WÉL bekend wat ME, Long Covid, Lyme en andere PAIS zijn. Ernstige, lichamelijke ziekten, die je kunt diagnosticeren en deels behandelen. Er is meer dan genoeg onderzoek, wat helaas niet vertelt hoe je ons kan genezen, want dat kan niet, maar wel hoe je ons leven dragelijker kunt maken door symptomen te bestrijden. Alleen hebben we in Nederland te maken met een zeer sterke lobby van CGT-GET fanaten die de ziekte psychologiseren, doen alsof het aanstellerij is. En zowel UWV als bijna alle artsen luisteren naar hen.
En, hoe erg ik het ook vind voor mensen die andere ziekten hebben die onbekend zijn, ik zit eigenlijk totaal niet te wachten op je commentaar.
Eindelijk is er een debat over ons. Alleen al 100.000 mensen met ME, nog eens 500.000 mensen met een andere PAIS. Éindelijk hebben ze het over ons in de Kamer, en nu kom jij hier aan met je whataboutisme?
Jezes. Niet tof.
Als je het nu eens omdraait? Als je even wacht tot wij weer adem hebben kunnen happen (deze dag gaat de meesten van ons weken PEM opleveren, alleen al door het debat te volgen online) en dan eens vraagt hoe we dat hebben gedaan, na tientallen jaren strijd eindelijk aandacht van de politiek krijgen? Dan helpen we je misschien wel graag.
"De NVWA zegt dat een individuele besmetting kan voorkomen, maar dat het belangrijk is om te weten of dit tot verspreiding leidt".
Maar natuurlijk. In wappieland denkt de Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit kennelijk dat het maar de vraag is of Nederlandse koeien niet superieur zijn aan alle andere koeien ter wereld.
Maar in de VS is een groot deel van het vee inmiddels al twee jaar besmet met vogelgriep. En er is geen enkele twijfel over, we weten al lang dat koeien elkaar besmetten, overigens net als veel andere zoogdieren waaronder helaas vrijwel alle zeezoogdieren. Er heeft oa rond Midden Amerika al een slachting plaats gevonden waarbij een groot deel van de zeeleeuwen en zeekoeien is uitgeroeid.
Voor vee is het meestal niet dodelijk, wel zijn ze besmettelijk. Bij veel andere zoogdieren verloopt vogelgriep veel heftiger, bijvoorbeeld fretten sterven er vrijwel altijd aan. Het is een vreselijke dood.
Ook voor mensen is vogelgriep meestal dodelijk. Gelukkig is het nog niet va
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💣️ Vogelgriep bij koe in Nederland 💣️
"De NVWA zegt dat een individuele besmetting kan voorkomen, maar dat het belangrijk is om te weten of dit tot verspreiding leidt".
Maar natuurlijk. In wappieland denkt de Nederlandse Voedsel- en Warenautoriteit kennelijk dat het maar de vraag is of Nederlandse koeien niet superieur zijn aan alle andere koeien ter wereld.
Maar in de VS is een groot deel van het vee inmiddels al twee jaar besmet met vogelgriep. En er is geen enkele twijfel over, we weten al lang dat koeien elkaar besmetten, overigens net als veel andere zoogdieren waaronder helaas vrijwel alle zeezoogdieren. Er heeft oa rond Midden Amerika al een slachting plaats gevonden waarbij een groot deel van de zeeleeuwen en zeekoeien is uitgeroeid.
Voor vee is het meestal niet dodelijk, wel zijn ze besmettelijk. Bij veel andere zoogdieren verloopt vogelgriep veel heftiger, bijvoorbeeld fretten sterven er vrijwel altijd aan. Het is een vreselijke dood.
Ook voor mensen is vogelgriep meestal dodelijk. Gelukkig is het nog niet vaak van mens op mens overgesprongen, maar dat is een kwestie van tijd: het virus muteert bijna net zo vaak als co rona.
De NVWA heeft antistoffen bij de Nederlandse koe aangetroffen: ze was al niet meer besmet. Daarmee heb je direct het bewijs dat de NVWA veel te weinig controleert. Ze hadden dit moeten opmerken toen de koe net besmet raakte, in plaats van achteraf.
Terwijl in Nederland regelmatig boeren klagen dat hun kippen besmet raken door wilde vogels, is het in werkelijkheid precies omgekeerd. Vogelgriep is ontstaan en verspreid door megastallen in de bioindustrie. Doordat de bioindustrie weigerde om er iets anders aan te doen dan stallen te "ruimen", blijft het zich verspreiden en uiteindelijk wilde vogels besmet (die er massaal aan sterven). En ja, nu is de natuur ook een bron geworden, maar mensen die voorstellen om de natuur dan maar af te schaffen zouden zichzelf eens moeten ruimen.
Er is namelijk gewoon een vaccin wat pluimvee voor een belangrijk deel beschermt. Maar... dat wordt nog altijd niet ingezet, uit vrees dat wappies dan minder vlees kopen.
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Stop alsjeblieft direct met rauwmelkse kazen, ongepasteuriseerde melk van de boer of rauw vlees producten zoals filet americain. Je wil echt geen vogelgriep krijgen, en de melk van deze koe is dus gewoon verkocht toen ze besmet was.
En de NVWA? Die organisatie is niet alleen maar kapot bezuinigd, het is gewoon ook een vreselijke club die al decennia in opspraak is omdat ze vooral de belangen van de bio industrie behartigt, in plaats van die van burgers en dieren.
"Hoi, hier Eric van de redactie van Doorbraak. Zouden we het stukje dat je gisteren hier schreef over de SDF/Rojava mogen overnemen op onze website Doorbraak. eu?"
Grymt aan Doorbraak:
"Als je eerst eindelijk je excuses maakt voor dit ontzettend kloterige stukje, graag.
Mag je ook nog even de accounts van @Grutjes deblokkeren, die je blokkeerde nadat het blog je beleefd verzocht om in gesprek te gaan over die bizarre aantijgingen. Oh en als je toch eindelijk eens verantwoording neemt mag je ook nog even sorry zeggen tegen Anja Meulenbelt wiens foto je zonder toestemming te vragen van de website van Grutjes hebt gejat om boven je aanval te zetten.
Groetjes, de 3 vrouwen en 1 man, waaronder 2 moslims, die protesteerden tegen Pegida en daarom volgens jullie "paternalistische, om niet te zeggen racistische, witte do-gooders" zouden zijn."
Het extreem-rechtse actiegroepje Pegida heeft aangegeven morgen te willen gaan demonstreren voor de deur bij de eveneens extreem-rechtse Al Fourqaan moskee in Eindhoven. Morgen begint ook de ramadan.
Wat een eikels zijn jullie toch, Doorbraak. En het is zo ontzettend onnodig. Je had dit gewoon kunnen uitpraten, zelfs na je belachelijke persoonlijke aanval, zelfs nadat je ervoor koos om niet Pegida maar de activisten tégen Pegida aan te vallen.
In plaats daarvan dit totaal laffe gedrag. Je strijdmakkers in de rug aanvallen en wegduiken. En waarom? De enige reden die ik er voor kan bedenken is dat je zo kan laten zien aan de wereld dat je nog woker dan woke bent. Als je degene kunt aanvallen die naast je staat te vechten, in plaats van degene waarmee we zouden moeten vechten, dan ben je vast nog meer incrowd dan die kameraad, dan ben je vast moreel superieur en moeten mensen naar je luisteren.
Ik vind het een vreemd verzoek. Doorbraak is een podium voor linkse geluiden. Waarom vraag je ze om een artikel te verwijderen van iemand, in plaats van onder het artikel je mening te geven zodat iedereen zelf kan concluderen of het stuk recht doet aan de werkelijkheid?
"paternalistische, om niet te zeggen racistische, witte do-gooders met hun bloemen" Het is inderdaad niet respectvol om denigrerend over prive personen te spreken. Ik zou me ook geraakt voelen als ik terugkom van een actie en ik lees dit over mezelf. Als witte man met 7 vinkjes probeer ik trouwens te voorkomen dat ik op de vorm reageer in plaats van op de inhoud. Hoe lelijk die vorm ook is, het kan nooit discriminatie zijn!
Je vraagt of laster van een links iemand wel okay is voor mij. Daarmee suggereer je dat het doorbraak-artikel laster bevat. Als ik deze definitie nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laster lees, denk ik: het stuk bevat geen laster. Er wordt niet iemand bij naam genoemd en het artikel heeft niet als doel om iemand zwart te maken maar om onderbouwde argumenten te geven tegen bepaalde solidariteitsdemo's.
Ja, "paternalistische, om niet te zeggen racistische, witte do-gooders met hun bloemen" blijft respectloos
Sorry Danie, maar dit is het soort formalistische klets wat mensen ook bezigen die roepen dat alles mag als de wet het maar niet verbiedt.
Degene die ze belasteren is oa de kartrekker van Grutjes, waar ze nota bene jarenlang artikelen van overnamen, en heel veel mensen weten dus prima over wie het gaat. Het artikel heeft overduidelijk wél de bedoeling om mensen zwart te maken, en van onderbouwde argumenten kun je ook niet spreken als je weet dat de mensen die ze "paternalistische, om niet te zeggen racistische, witte do-gooders" noemen, voor 3/4 vrouw zijn, voor 50% moslim en dan is één van de twee "witten" ook nog het kind van een geïllegaliseerde. Daar komt nog eens bovenop dat Doorbraak eerder zelf een zeer soortgelijke actie heeft gedaan bij een salafistische moskee. Dus jezes, wat nou onderbouwde argumenten.
Dat het clubje sindsdien elk gesprek weigert tekent haar.
Oh godverdomme het gaat zo ontzettend mis in Noord-Syrië. Damascus valt daar de Koerden aan.
Na een eerdere reeks aanvallen door Damascus, sloot de Koerdische SDF afgelopen weekend nog een staakt het vuren met Damascus, waarbij de Koerden heel veel opgaven om de vrede te bewaren. - bijvoorbeeld Kobani, waar duizenden Koerden zich destijds dood hebben gevochten om ISIS buiten te houden. Desondanks hebben ze het nu prijs moeten geven aan een president die nota bene zelf Jihadist was. - Ook heeft Damascus de SDF gedwongen om alle olievelden en veel gebied aan ze cadeau te doen, om oorlog te voorkomen. De SDF heeft dat gedaan.
Maar op dit moment verscheurt Damascus het verdrag al, en valt het Syrische leger en allerlei (vaak jihadistische en/of aan Turkije gelinkte) milities de Koerden vol aan. En Turkije klapt in zijn handen.
De VS roept nu wel dat Damascus moet stoppen met de SDF aan te vallen, maar dat lijkt vooral praat voor de bühne.
Er zitten tienduizenden IS strijders gevangen in SDF gebied. De SDF heeft Islamitische Staat destijds overwo
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Oh godverdomme het gaat zo ontzettend mis in Noord-Syrië. Damascus valt daar de Koerden aan.
Na een eerdere reeks aanvallen door Damascus, sloot de Koerdische SDF afgelopen weekend nog een staakt het vuren met Damascus, waarbij de Koerden heel veel opgaven om de vrede te bewaren. - bijvoorbeeld Kobani, waar duizenden Koerden zich destijds dood hebben gevochten om ISIS buiten te houden. Desondanks hebben ze het nu prijs moeten geven aan een president die nota bene zelf Jihadist was. - Ook heeft Damascus de SDF gedwongen om alle olievelden en veel gebied aan ze cadeau te doen, om oorlog te voorkomen. De SDF heeft dat gedaan.
Maar op dit moment verscheurt Damascus het verdrag al, en valt het Syrische leger en allerlei (vaak jihadistische en/of aan Turkije gelinkte) milities de Koerden vol aan. En Turkije klapt in zijn handen.
De VS roept nu wel dat Damascus moet stoppen met de SDF aan te vallen, maar dat lijkt vooral praat voor de bühne.
Er zitten tienduizenden IS strijders gevangen in SDF gebied. De SDF heeft Islamitische Staat destijds overwonnen en gevangen genomen, en vraagt al jaren om steun om deze (vaak Europese!) extremisten te kunnen berechten. Die steun kwam nooit.
Afgelopen middag heeft Damascus volgens de Koerden aanvallen uitgevoerd op twee Koerdische gevangenissen waar jihadisten vast zitten. Bij één van de gevangenissen is vrijwel iedereen ontsnapt als gevolg daarvan. De SDF heeft de in de buurt gelegerde bondgenoot Amerika gevraagd om bijstand om de gevangenen niet te laten ontsnappen, maar dat heeft de VS genegeerd.
Damascus beweert uiteraard precies het omgekeerde. President Ahmed al-Sharaa claimt dat de Koerden zonder aanleiding ISIS gevangenen heeft los gelaten, als chantagemiddel om zelfstandig te blijven.
Waarom daar dan zwaar bij gevochten is tussen het leger van Damascus en de SDF, verklaart Damascus niet, evenmin als waarom het Syrische leger ineens op die plek aanwezig was, waar ze volgens het staakt-het-vuren niets te zoeken hadden. In gewone mensenwoorden: Al-Sharaa liegt.
Wat er wel aan de hand is, is dit:
- Al-Sharaa (Damascus) wil goede betrekkingen met Erdogan (Turkije), en Erdogan haat Koerden.
- De SDF heeft een paar maanden geleden een deal gemaakt met Damascus, waar in staat dat de SDF op zal gaan in het nationale Syrische leger. Damascus en SDF interpreteren dit verdrag echter tegengesteld. De SDF gaat uit van democratisering en decentralisering. Ze wil dat het leger en het land als een federatie van gelijke, semi-autonome regio's wordt bestuurd, waarin elke bevolkingsgroep vertegenwoordigd wordt, vrouwen gelijke rechten hebben, enzovoorts. Al-Sharaa wil het omgekeerde, hij wil macht en totale onderwerping.
- Damascus is bezig met een veroveringsoorlog. Ze wil het Koerdische gebied inpikken en elke vorm van zelfbestuur afschaffen. Turkije biedt Damascus militaire steun.
- In een poging om in elk geval oorlog te voorkomen, boog het SDF door zeer belangrijke gebieden prijs te geven. Nu valt Damascus alsnog aan.
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Bij de Tweede Kamer is op dit moment een Koerdische demonstratie bezig. Onze media liggen weer eens op 1 oor, dus er is nog niets over te vinden, behalve filmpjes van Nederlandse Koerden.
Ik spreek geen Koerdisch, en op vlaggen na zie ik geen spandoeken in de video's, maar ik neem aan dat ze om steun vragen van de Nederlandse regering. Als ik de totale lafbekkerij rond Groenland zie van Van Wezel, heb ik echter weinig hoop...
Heel veel sterkte aan iedereen die om de Koerdische zaak geeft, en om de sterk door anarchisme beïnvloede democratische praktijk in Koerdisch gebied.
Hier dreigen duizenden te sterven, en honderdduizenden opnieuw te moeten gaan vluchten. Hier dreigt iets heel bijzonders verloren te gaan. Of beter gezegd: zwaar beschadigd te raken. Want dat een veroveringsoorlog, als die ook de komende dagen door Damascus en Ankara wordt doorgezet, een zeer grote ramp is, dat is duidelijk. Maar dat de ideeën rond Rojava en vrijheid in Noord Syrië zullen blijven opvlammen en realisatie zullen blijven eisen, dat is even duidelijk.
Steun de Koerden, en trap niet in de praatjes van mensen die beweren dat de Koerden hun eigen grootste vijand hebben losgelaten, omdat ze een (voormalige?) jihadist wilden pesten. Iedereen kan zien dat dat totaal onlogisch is.
*) Sorry voor de simplificaties. De SDF bestaat bijvoorbeeld helemaal niet alleen uit Koerden, en in "het Koerdische gebied" zijn de verschillende etnische bevolkingsgroepen (en trouwens ook vrouwen en mannen) gelijk vertegenwoordigd in het bestuur - het is dus absoluut niet alleen maar Koerdisch. Om het een beetje kort en behapbaar te houden voor mensen die de situatie niet goed kennen, heb ik fors versimpeld. Lees voor details vooral verder bij gespecialiseerde journalist Frederike Geerdink.
Meer lezen:
1. Laatste artikel van Frederike Geerdink, van afgelopen zondag, over het staakt het vuren wat nu al geschonden wordt: substack.com/inbox/post/184982…
3. Video's van de Koerdische demonstratie die op dit moment op het Binnenhof bezig is: edit: sorry, die laatste blijken niet openbaar te zijn dus ik kan er niet naar linken.
Ik vloek met je mee. Waarom.moeten altijd weer de radicale democratische krachten geopolitiek het onderspit delven. Waarom weer, voor de zoveelste keer, worden de Koerden genaaid. Het is om helemaal gek van te worden. Mijn solidariteit hebben ze, onvoorwaardelijk. Ga de straat op, steun ze, sta naast ze.
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A woman FINALLY touched him. Also, he spelled INCEL wrong.
(Jake Lang, a neo nazi convicted for attacking police with a baseball bat, but pardoned by Troempfff, thought he could conquer Minneapolis with a few bad ideas and just a few fellow nazi's. He was brought down by a woman, and chased away by hundreds of people fed up with the Maga cult.
He would probably have suffered a fate better suited to creeps like him, were it not for one of the people protesting him, who protected him from physical harm. His protector happened to be a black man.
I'm sure he could learn something from the fact that he was no match for the "weaker se x", and the fact he needed a black man to survive despite his fake ICE armor. I'm also quite sure he could learn from that, but he won't.
So let it be us who take the lesson: These people are very well suited to chasing through the streets, and we are very well suited to motivating them to do so.)
@lady_alys Important! I don't think people have social media accounts and their posts in public or as private messages on their minds: they can be used to target them. Fediverse is better, but better still, do not use your RL name, don't give out phone numbers, addresses - use an email address, that cannot be directly linked to you, if you want to use social media & messengers. Also, NO pictures / videos in protests, that could help to identify those people. @monkey @Grutjes
Could you please try to approach fascism as a human being in solidarity with its victims, rather than as a consumer who can simply order something else in the store?
The verification is not the problem, the welcoming is. Bsky allows ICE to have an account with just the same argument as "if nazi Germany declared that it's legal to kill Jews, there's nothing wrong with it."
Bluesky has a moderation policy saying just that. They will ban illegal content, but they allow the ICE Gestapo, Vance and other fascists to be on Bsky, despite countless users reporting them.
I like Mastodon, but I am actually grateful that not all of the Fediverse is a twitter clone. I wish Friendica was better developed so we had a serious alternative for facebook as well.
The verification is not the problem, the welcoming is. Bsky allows ICE to have an account with just the same argument as "if nazi Germany declared that it's legal to kill Jews, there's nothing wrong with it."
Bluesky has a moderation policy saying just that. They will ban illegal content, but they allow the ICE Gestapo, Vance and other fascists to be on Bsky, despite countless users reporting them.
@hakendran Meine Frage an Dich war erstmal nur, ob Du das bereits mitbekommen hast. Welcoming und endorsing sind ja auch zwei verschiedene Dinge. Nur soviel dazu: #ICE ist nicht irgend eine US-Behoerde, aber das weisst Du ja - Du nennst die Dinge ja auch beim Namen. Sehr viele der (auch US-)Kommentatoren, die noch alle ihre Tassen im Schrank haben, nennen ICE mittlerweile T****s SS/GeStaPo und ich kann dem nicht mehr widersprechen. Verifizieren und Aufnehmen (statt vom Hof jagen) kommt bereits ebenso gebueckt rueber, wie all die anderen Tech-Oligarchen, die sich im orangenen Desppoten-Darm-Des-Donald eingenistet haben. Aber das Offensichtliche mal beiseite: Die entscheidende Einschaetzung von bsky findet in meinen Augen ohnehin eher bei Jonathan Haidt statt. Ich moechte leidenschaftlich die aktuelle Folge von #HardFork dazu empfehlen. So lange
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@hakendran Meine Frage an Dich war erstmal nur, ob Du das bereits mitbekommen hast. Welcoming und endorsing sind ja auch zwei verschiedene Dinge. Nur soviel dazu: #ICE ist nicht irgend eine US-Behoerde, aber das weisst Du ja - Du nennst die Dinge ja auch beim Namen. Sehr viele der (auch US-)Kommentatoren, die noch alle ihre Tassen im Schrank haben, nennen ICE mittlerweile T****s SS/GeStaPo und ich kann dem nicht mehr widersprechen. Verifizieren und Aufnehmen (statt vom Hof jagen) kommt bereits ebenso gebueckt rueber, wie all die anderen Tech-Oligarchen, die sich im orangenen Desppoten-Darm-Des-Donald eingenistet haben. Aber das Offensichtliche mal beiseite: Die entscheidende Einschaetzung von bsky findet in meinen Augen ohnehin eher bei Jonathan Haidt statt. Ich moechte leidenschaftlich die aktuelle Folge von #HardFork dazu empfehlen. So lange bsky per Algorithmus die Monetarisierung vorantreibt, um am Ende xitter einzuholen und dabei halt auch nur die Faschsiten unterstuetzt, wie alle anderen Milliardaere auch, ist bsky eben keine Alternative zu xitter. Und ich denke, das ist alles, was der OP hat ausdruecken wollen.
Exactly. It's not about verifcation at all. It's about verifying and then, despite knowing who they are, welcoming. Bsky will moderate, but they will allow Gestapo.
True. But (like you, I guess) I think that we should not shrug our shoulders about fascism because there's so much of it. This is a new low, which luckily people still find important.
Mastodon is a (very good) twitter clone, not a facebook clone. I wish we had better developed facebook alternatives in the Fediverse, but Friendica still has a lot of problems, barely any users and doesn't have enough (if any) active developers.
BlueSky was always doomed because they are centralized and therefore forced to essentially pick a side in every conflict.
Twitter is also centralized, but they're (now) centralized around a strong leader that a lot of people like. He still gets himself in occasional hot water with public opinion ("fuck yourself in the face" drama explosion). His leadership is not sustainable though, once he's gone there's no committee that can hope to get the same popular deference that he has.
BlueSky's situation is worse because there's no leader who people might look up to as there is in Twitter, Gab, or TruthSocial. They have a committee that has to make decisions and then when they make a decision, ~half of their base is going to hate them for it. And this will just repeat until all of their users have left.
Every twitter-like centralized platform is fragile in this sense, and the fediverse is anti-fragile because it thrives on diversity of opinion.
I never-ever read @cjd proposing that someone or something is "fascist", unlike you flag-waving activists and anarchists who wear their home-made tights and cape and shit into bed.
Your "protests" are clown shows, you throw yourselves at harms way because you lost your most basic instincts such as survival, and you transed yourselves out of the gene pool.
@ninesigns I don't know, but I know that in Poland (I live in this swamp (hiding Jews from the Nazis ended with the execution of the entire family... And still American films about the Holocaust are problematic (Like omitting the Roma...)
In short... Bastards don't obey the law, but you have to, because... Because they need to have power over you
That's my point. Bsky can easily moderate ICE into oblivion, it's a concious choice to not do that. But even if ICE did not violate TOS, the TOS is simply wrong.
Well they are a vulture capital financed centralised (no matter what the ads say) social network.
Prove me wrong btw, and setup a full blue sky instance that links with the main blue sky network.
Oops.
Mastodon is either use your credit card with a number of providers that offer Mastodon instances, or some fiddling with DNS, let's encrypt, and some docker containers.
See a difference.
It's the difference between certain European e-truck makers (were you can simply buy the
Yeah I can see that. I understand where you are coming from. But this isn't Twitter. We generally talk in good faith. When you attack neutral positions with as much vigor as you attack hostile positions - it ... well, it's bad for a variety of reasons that I think you probably don't need me to explain.
@Callalily Friendica takes too long to accept or give you some numbers as password/login... And yes, even though they approved me, somehow I couldn't get in... Seriously, friendica is a nightmare in this respect...
I'm sorry, I shouldn't have reacted the way I did. There are two reasons why I got annoyed by your reaction. The first reason is that my point is not about verifying. It's about Bsky welcoming ICE even after they verified them, knowing it was really them.
@Gryficowa @karadoc I think you all jump too quickly to conclusions... I despise ICE and everything it stands for as much as any of you. I am just saying that I'd prefed to be able to differentiate what is a verified source from an account that might just be a couple of ICE fanboys. I could also be wrong, but we could at the very least have a conversation and discuss about it. I have a different opinion about who's the problem on the fediverse.
The second reason is not your fault, so that's why I shouldn't have reacted like that. Sorry I did.
You were one of many people that reacted as though it is no problem that Bsky allows ICE an account. I think it's quite stupid not to see why allowing them on Bsky is a problem, but you are responsible for your own words and not for dozens of others.
Bluesky known for censoring LGBT organizations, journalists who revealed corruptions and people who are critics of government in Turkey.
Here's HumanRightsWatch open letter to social media companies which mentions about it (while not sent directly to Bluesky). hrw.org/news/2025/05/08/joint-…
We the undersigned civil society organizations urge your companies to uphold the right to freedom of expression of your users in Türkiye and resist Turkish state censorship that restricts expression protected under international human rights law.
A few of their press releases say that, sure. But in practice, with the feature set and moderation decisions, it's basically Twitter from five years ago, with all the positive and negative things that implies.
Thanks for the many boosts & comments! It's important people know that Bsky app collaborates with ICE & other fascists by allowing them accounts, even after they verified them.
(Verification is not a problem. Not deleting their account afterwards is!)
Now some people take the opportunity to tell everyone they are not surprised. I understand, neither am I. You probably warned for this to happen, just like me.
But I'm not sure how telling everyone you're not surprised is helping anyone.
Maybe the important thing is not whether it's surprising, but how bad it is. 🧵
If someone says it's totally OK if ICE is on Bsky, please don't hold back.
People who say that ICE should be able to have an account on social media (or anywhere) as long as they obey the TOS, are the same people who think it was totally OK for nazi's to commit the Holocaust, as nazi law didn't say it was illegal to murder Jews.
It's centrists like that who brought us to this point, and I deeply hate them for it. 🧵
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But if someone expresses shock that Bsky allows ICE in... I think that's actually a GOOD thing.
At least it shows they care. Hopefully they'll conclude they're better off organizing themselves at decentral, non commercial social media like the Fediverse. Organize to resist fascism & surveillance capitalism at the same time.
However, telling them you're NOT surprised, maybe even telling them how smart you are compared to them, isn't going to win more people over, is it?
We need each other.
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agreed on the first post of this two-part thread and also the second. It is not okay for ICE to be on Bsky, but it is for those who saw it coming not very surprising, but then again if someone's shocked by it happening then that's a good sign that at least they're realising now and "lol I knew that'd happen" is not a great way to respond
We can't all have always known all there is to know about everything
I understand where you're coming from, but this reasoning seems too full of unintended consequences to me. if ICE were to set up an account on some fediverse server, or even set up its own fediverse server, what would your response be, aside from presumably blocking it? would you leave the fediverse over it, and call out anyone else who didn't do likewise?
This is exactly the point in which the Fediverse is far better than Bsky (Bsky is decentralised in their marketing but not in reality)
If ICE would make an account on for example BadlyModeratedMastodonServer.social, and they would not get kicked off by the server moderators, almost all other servers would defederate from that server. Just like we defederated from Trumps truth.social (which was built upon mastodon)
@lxo Taking responsibility and ousting nazis as a community, in stead of behaving like an individual consumer.
You don't need to leave the Fediverse if one server goes bad. You can isolate nazi's and cut their server from the global community, protecting everyone in it.
I guess you will also agree on why your earlier messaging was problematic: it sounded like the issue was that they could get an account, and could get it verified, but these same affordances would be available to them with pretty much any ActivityPub-compatible server software, whether operated by themselves or even by some third parties.
the key difference, as you pointed out in response to my question, and which I advise you to focus your messaging on, is on how the server operators and the community would or could respond.
another IMHO problematic messaging weakness in the choice of use of the cartoon, is that it brings to (my?) mind the frequent nazi bar argument, that could lead people to react by leaving the space to the incoming fascists, instead of standing strong there and isolating them or pushing their hateful behaviors out. that association may be a "me" overreaction, because that argument's defeatism and manipulative nature often trigger me, and you hopefully didn't mean any of that, but it may be something to keep in mind
Sorry, I don't think my "messaging is problematic"
1. You want answers from me about Fediverse, but my thread was not about Fediverse but about Bsky. I'm fine with a short continuation into new territory, changing the subject a bit, but it's not problematic that my 1st post was not about the subject YOU want to talk about.
2. No, of course most activity pub servers would not allow ICE to make AND KEEP an account. Servers that do should be defederated instantly, otherwise yes, nazi bar.
I guess and hope we agree on the idea that moderaters should kick ICE out immediately, if they would make an account on a server.
This, by the way, is the goal of the "nazi bar argument" as well. The goal is not to make space for nazi's, the goal is to not accept them at your table.
@lostgen @wtwagg @FediThing What do you mean by that? I can block anyone I want on Bluesky. I can even find lists of accounts, maintained by activists I trust, of accounts to block. If I request, they’re all blocked from me, as are new entrants to the list. . If BS weakens the block function in any way, I’m gone. But I see no sign of that happening.
@spradlig @lostgen @wtwagg It's not just about you hiding stuff from your feed, it's about stopping the hatred being spread to other people's feeds and radicalising them.
Even though ICE has the most blocks, it's still only a minority of people blocking them overall. They are free to spread their lies to most people, and some of those people will believe the lies.
Also, even seeing the account itself not being banned from the platform while other accounts are banned gives ICE a sense of respectability, like it's something normal to have a government agency murdering people and kidnapping them.
It’s not clear how many Iranians inside Iran support former crown prince Reza Pahlavi — but he’s definitely Israel’s favorite. theintercept.com/2026/01/13/ir…
The master. (Douglas Adams too).
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Ryek Darkener
Unknown parent • • •I’m very much struggling with the idea that our politicians do not know what happens.
F-Droid
in reply to Ryek Darkener • • •derptron
Unknown parent • • •Ryek Darkener
in reply to F-Droid • • •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.
Thlosh
in reply to F-Droid • • •Al & Val's Modern Homesteading
in reply to F-Droid • • •Maximummium Overacticans
in reply to Al & Val's Modern Homesteading • • •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.
..
F-Droid
in reply to Ryek Darkener • • •F-Droid
in reply to derptron • • •Ryek Darkener
in reply to F-Droid • • •The problem is the majority of users. And their unwillingness to learn and to adapt.
Archilochus
in reply to F-Droid • • •Resuna
in reply to F-Droid • • •@crazyeddie
The defunct email addresses in that section are depressing.
derptron
in reply to F-Droid • • •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.
Alonely0 🦀 🇪🇺
Unknown parent • • •ALT43
in reply to F-Droid • • •F-Droid
Unknown parent • • •Inclusion How-To | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
f-droid.orgAlonely0 🦀 🇪🇺
Unknown parent • • •manoel
Unknown parent • • •zetabeta
Unknown parent • • •even with sideloading, apk's needs to be installed using adb. using normal user interface enforces google's totalitarianism .... control.
Alonely0 🦀 🇪🇺
in reply to F-Droid • • •Preuk
in reply to F-Droid • • •Got a quick answer from EU's DMA Team, they might have a standard response due to high demand :
> Dear citizen,
>
> 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.
... 1/N
Preuk
in reply to Preuk • • •... 2/3
Preuk
in reply to Preuk • • •>
> Kind regards,
> The DMA Team
... 3/3
Preuk
in reply to Preuk • • •F-Droid
in reply to Preuk • • •Viktoria D. Richards/Uddelhexe
in reply to Preuk • • •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.
F-Droid
in reply to Viktoria D. Richards/Uddelhexe • • •Keep Android Open
keepandroidopen.orgViktoria D. Richards/Uddelhexe
in reply to F-Droid • • •@Preuk
Thanks for the link
Viktoria D. Richards/Uddelhexe
in reply to F-Droid • • •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.
F-Droid
in reply to Viktoria D. Richards/Uddelhexe • • •@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.
Viktoria D. Richards/Uddelhexe
in reply to F-Droid • • •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.
Kilgore Trout
Unknown parent • • •Google is going to prevent us from installing what we want on devices where we had been able to until now.
Devices that we bought and that will still be perfectly functioning 5 years from now.
Hence why this is a fight worth fighting.
@fdroidorg @marcprux
derptron
Unknown parent • • •F-Droid
Unknown parent • • •Roberto Plà
in reply to F-Droid • • •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!
jmjm
in reply to F-Droid • • •Apicultor 🐝
in reply to F-Droid • • •Did you secure your build environment yet? Why must you re-sign everything instead of using signed artifacts from developers?
Until then, #Obtainium.
@marcprux
F-Droid
in reply to Apicultor 🐝 • • •@apicultor Everything we do is transparent and public, eg. floss.social/@fdroidorg/116086…
F-Droid
2026-02-17 14:53:10
Apicultor 🐝
in reply to F-Droid • • •Have you addressed the points made by the creator of #Wireguard regarding the security of your build infra?
gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-…
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
GitLabF-Droid
in reply to Apicultor 🐝 • • •About | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
f-droid.orgDenizen 🇫🇮
in reply to F-Droid • • •Jean-Paul Lepine
in reply to F-Droid • • •Sören
in reply to F-Droid • • •yianiris
in reply to F-Droid • • •We don't have representatives, we live in capitalism. All those elected to run government represent multinational industries and their federation, banks and financial institutions. We are their enemy, they are not going to listen.
Unless....
We force them to listen
@fdroidorg @marcprux
paradox
in reply to F-Droid • • •FLOSSbOxIN
in reply to F-Droid • • •Viktoria D. Richards/Uddelhexe
in reply to F-Droid • • •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?
F-Droid
in reply to Viktoria D. Richards/Uddelhexe • • •Elischeva91
in reply to F-Droid • • •@F-Droid @Viktoria D. Richards/Uddelhexe
How does it affect degoogled Android? Will F-Droid Work on Custom ROMs? Will someone tech-savvy still be able to degoogle android and make F-Droid work? Will it be possible to flash an existing android with a custom ROM?
Or: Do I need to buy a phone with a custom ROM preinstalled? Will someone else fork AOSP and save it for custom ROMs?
So many questions. I hate the direction Google is heading to. Which Chance do have surveillance conscious people to get out of it?
h4890
in reply to F-Droid • • •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.
six million ways to die
in reply to F-Droid • • •Chuckles
Unknown parent • • •Simx72
in reply to F-Droid • • •will this affect lineage phones? (or any other roms)
Directly or indirectly?
F-Droid
in reply to Simx72 • • •Day
in reply to F-Droid • • •Techlore
in reply to Day • • •Day
in reply to Techlore • • •Dawn Tåke 🌙
in reply to F-Droid • • •oldherl
in reply to F-Droid • • •F-Droid
in reply to oldherl • • •F-Droid
in reply to oldherl • • •Keep Android Open
keepandroidopen.orgHans-Christoph Steiner
in reply to oldherl • • •Added the information of the Chinese Mainland by boypu123 · Pull Request #122 · keepandroidopen/keepandroidopen.github.io
GitHubInaba
in reply to F-Droid • • •i only use ggle services because of how popular they are, while minimizing what ggle i use
F-Droid
Unknown parent • • •Faut l'fer
in reply to F-Droid • • •F-Droid
Unknown parent • • •@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. 🤔
Marcus
in reply to F-Droid • • •Brad Koehn
in reply to F-Droid • • •F-Droid
in reply to Brad Koehn • • •#Google when talking in court against #EpicGames: "we are open"
Google when talking with #FLOSS devs: "not for you"
Marc
Unknown parent • • •Marc Prud'hommeaux
Unknown parent • • •Hans-Christoph Steiner
Unknown parent • • •@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
f-droid.orgHans-Christoph Steiner
Unknown parent • • •Hans-Christoph Steiner
Unknown parent • • •Alex Rock
in reply to F-Droid • • •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 😮💨
Page Asgardius
in reply to F-Droid • • •ZZyphraxis
in reply to F-Droid • • •paet 🇪🇺
in reply to F-Droid • • •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
keepandroidopen.orgF-Droid
in reply to paet 🇪🇺 • • •@paet floss.social/@fdroidorg/116086…
F-Droid
2026-02-17 16:47:19
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in reply to Hans-Christoph Steiner • • •Pete the Gopher Keeper
in reply to F-Droid • • •*_jߍyrope
Unknown parent • • •Izzy
in reply to F-Droid • • •> 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/
IzzyOnDroid
izzyondroid.orgsix million ways to die
Unknown parent • • •F-Droid
in reply to six million ways to die • • •es0mhi
in reply to F-Droid • • •@crazyeddie
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.
grob (teeth era) 🇺🇦🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
in reply to F-Droid • • •Gaël Duval - /e/OS & Murena
Unknown parent • • •Doune
in reply to F-Droid • • •F-Droid
in reply to Doune • • •@Doune floss.social/@fdroidorg/116119…
RE: floss.social/users/fdroidorg/s…
Elosha
Unknown parent • • •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.
Juan A. Zamarripa [E.]
in reply to F-Droid • • •#ThanksForSharing
Here's the direct link to the petition: change.org/p/stop-google-from-…
🖖!
Stop Google from limiting APK file usage
Brian Wahl (Change.org)Romifla
in reply to F-Droid • • •My device is a bit old to install a libre OS alternative without complicated steps. I have yet managed to remove Google services with ADB, and I strongly rely on Aurora and F-Droid to install apps I need. This act would be a hard hit.
Blackoverflow
in reply to F-Droid • • •Do I understand correctly, that Google free Android is not directly affected by this policy?
But the majority of the userbase is affected, so an app developer would loose nearly the complete userbase and this would result in many developers giving up, destroying the app market.
And this in turn will affect Google free Android.
Please elaborate, if I misunderstood!
F-Droid
in reply to Blackoverflow • • •@blackoverflow Yes, if you're tech-savvy you'll figure a good device to flash your favorite custom Android distro that favors user freedom.
But the other 3.9 billion stock users... they are at the mercy of Google, if you want to recommend them a good app from #FDroid they are blocked.
F-Droid
Unknown parent • • •Juan Manuel Gozalo
in reply to F-Droid • • •Luis Falcon
in reply to F-Droid • • •PS: @EUCommission please take note.
#Google #Android #Freedom #GNU
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DFX4509B (Joshua Mason)
in reply to F-Droid • • •Michael T Babcock
in reply to F-Droid • • •They're *NOT* stopping you from side-loading apps. They're doing the same thing banks have started doing when people try to withdraw cash -- verifying that you're not being coached or hacked and that you *REALLY* want to do what you said.
This is annoying to a very small subset of people, and *VERY* useful to a larger group.
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