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Humans are a bunch of ants. They are great at creating rockets and all sort of tech. But can be total idiots at the same time.
Mixing religion with "we are all one and have to take care of each other" is like shitting on a cake. It really is not necessary. It is obvious we are all one. Reality showed us that in so many ways. That's powerful! Not your stupid silly religion or holidays.
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910W of solar panels. 3.500Wh of battery storage. 2 completely independent power systems. And yet they can connect to each other and we can switch between them in seconds.
We can also charge from the car alternator or the shore power.
We use a Bluetti AC180 and two EcoWorthy 12V 100Ah batteries. Plus a Bluetti Charger 1.
Insane system but it works wonders!
As a side note this is my first video with the Osmo Pocket 3 camera I just bought. The quality of this camera is really great, especially combined with the DJI Mic Mini. I love it. Makes ma want to make more videos. Especially for TROM. So let's see...
910W of solar panels. 3.500Wh of battery storage. 2 completely independent power systems. And yet they can connect to each other and we can switch between them in seconds.
We can also charge from the car alternator or the shore power.
We use a Bluetti AC180 and two EcoWorthy 12V 100Ah batteries. Plus a Bluetti Charger 1.
Insane system but it works wonders!
As a side note this is my first video with the Osmo Pocket 3 camera I just bought. The quality of this camera is really great, especially combined with the DJI Mic Mini. I love it. Makes ma want to make more videos. Especially for TROM. So let's see...
910W of solar panels. 3.500Wh of battery storage. 2 completely independent power systems. And yet they can connect to each other and we can switch between them in seconds.
We can also charge from the car alternator or the shore power.
We use a Bluetti AC180 and two EcoWorthy 12V 100Ah batteries. Plus a Bluetti Charger 1.
Thank you Ondine for becoming our new TROM supporter tromsite.com/donate/ - it is so motivating to see new people supporting TROM. Makes you want to put more effort into it, create new things, etc.!
If we get 12 more people to donate 5€ a month we can do these:
We will start a video series for TROM, similar to the books' content. We will bring back TROMnews because the world needs a good news website. We will increase the TROM Files storage space to 20GB for all.
EDIT: I decided to delete the fundraiser. I do not want to ask money for this. I will buy it myself so to not put any pressure on me for making any videos or pressure on anyone else to donate. It is ok.
For the past 1-2 years I have been massively struggling in terms of "what to do". I want to DO, I want to say a lot of things like I've been saying for the past decade via videos and books, but I want to have a different approach to things. I would like to find the positive, scientific, smart approach.
We have so much shit in our world: wars, inequality, stupid people, AI slop, consumerism, it is fucking overwhelming. And it is so tempting to get angry at
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EDIT: I decided to delete the fundraiser. I do not want to ask money for this. I will buy it myself so to not put any pressure on me for making any videos or pressure on anyone else to donate. It is ok.
For the past 1-2 years I have been massively struggling in terms of "what to do". I want to DO, I want to say a lot of things like I've been saying for the past decade via videos and books, but I want to have a different approach to things. I would like to find the positive, scientific, smart approach.
We have so much shit in our world: wars, inequality, stupid people, AI slop, consumerism, it is fucking overwhelming. And it is so tempting to get angry at all of this and shout angrily at the world. And this is what I felt like doing. But maybe I can approach things from a more positive perspective. Something different!
Anyway, besides managing our TROM projects I would like to create more content and I am playing around with video.
Listen, most of the time you do not need a special equipment to start something. You wanna run? You do not need running shoes! You wanna make videos, make them with what you have! The content matters.
BUT.
My camera is my Pixel 6a and in low light (inside the motorhome where I plan to shoot) it is potato quality. I tried and tried and I do not like it at all. Plus I cannot see the screen when recording so I do not know when the phone stops recording, which it does very often due to overheating. So I gave up filming a bunch of times.
Anyway, it is a pain for me to record. To give it a try...
Sold my kayak and want to buy something with the money.
My family gifted me an inflatable kayak a few years ago. But lately we did not use it much and since we live in a motorhome we cannot take it with us. I managed to sell it for 180€ and I was thinking to convert that into getting something for me that can be useful. To regift the gift.
So then I found this really great camera: Osmo Pocket 3.
The camera.
I was not aware of this camera format up until a few weeks ago. I watched so many reviews. Basically it is a great camera that films super well in low light. It is small and so easy to use. Has a lot of accessories and features that can make the recording so easy. Like it can track you, has an amazing lavmic, it is so small and can even be connected with the computer and used as a webcam.
Anyway, I really like this camera and I think it can help me give it a try at making videos.
The camera is 2 years old and I am buying it second hand. But it is still expensive for me. It costs around 300€ without the lavmic and a few accessories. I have the kayak money and if I get any support here I could buy it. I will buy it eventually regardless, but I was thinking to make this campaign in case anyone wants to help.
Unfortunately the donations I get from TROM are barely enough to keep me afloat, else I would not ask for this.
I am also not going to promise I will make some videos for TROM like I have planned, but something I will make with this camera for TROM.
Huge post.
That's all. If anyone can help thank you a lot and I much appreciate you. I am trying to keep myself sane and the TROM projects relevant.
In the meantime I am working on stuff for TROM and when I get the money to get the camera, I will get it and try to make some videos.
This year somehow my volunteering projects are going very slow. Yet many things happening in a different direction.
1 - From Today 10 of my series will be broadcasted as Season 1 Series on ECOFLIX. That's the funny AI banner they made, and they just published first Episode - watch.ecoflix.com/programs/be-… Ecoflix - is a Non Profit Streaming platform, in the style of Netflix, but all of the revenue , 100% of it goes into Nature and Wildlife conservation. I am also not getting paid by them. Anyway I am quite happy to have my series there, as it's a place for people which already have interest in nature conservation. And also although there are subscriptions, you can watch everything for free there.
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This year somehow my volunteering projects are going very slow. Yet many things happening in a different direction.
1 - From Today 10 of my series will be broadcasted as Season 1 Series on ECOFLIX. That's the funny AI banner they made, and they just published first Episode - watch.ecoflix.com/programs/be-… Ecoflix - is a Non Profit Streaming platform, in the style of Netflix, but all of the revenue , 100% of it goes into Nature and Wildlife conservation. I am also not getting paid by them. Anyway I am quite happy to have my series there, as it's a place for people which already have interest in nature conservation. And also although there are subscriptions, you can watch everything for free there.
2 - We just got back from Climate Pact Conference in EU Commission in Brussels. We were traveling on a night train from Vienna to Brussels. 1100 km, yet it's the most green way to travel. I wish I would take trains much often going to the projects, but unfortunately the prices are insane for the min Europe. Return tickets for 2 persons costed us 650 euro! And it was standard cabin, not lux! It's 16 hours drive in one direction. Ryanair would cost us 100 euro. And only because organizers paid for our travel and wanted to choose the most green method we were able to take train. It's a shame to be honest, when there is such price difference. Regardless of how much I love earth and planet, if I have to pay myself I would taken airplane. Trains in Europe should be properly subsidized and offer affordable prices.
Anyway in EU Parliament we played a concert with the sound of the whales and dolphins we've been recording throughout last few years. + On a large screen I was showing many BBTA videos from our expeditions, and shoots of cetaceans and also shoots from Grind in Faroe Islands. I spoke about Ocean conservation, Cetaceans, threats to them, their conservation and what anyone can do. The were issues with the sound, they haven't done proper live stream and many things went wrong, but at the end we delivered the message and many people were touched by it. That's the most important. I will try to make a short video when I get some video files fro organizers.
3 - On 9th April in Montenegro there will be a movie night with 3 of my videos which I filmed with ngo DMAD in Turkey. They will be presentation about Cetaceans, their work and show 3 of mine videos
Ecoflix should stop making these AI-thumbnails because is quite ridiculous :)). You already make very good thumbnails maybe tell them to use them...they are real not AI generated.
100% about trains and generally public transport. No way people will use them when they are several times more expensive than planes. And planes need a lot of fuel, airports, security, etc.. In terms of resources a lot more expensive, but not money....such a shame.
But anyway great to see you do these things too. Although I have little hope in these gov organizations at least maybe you get some eyeballs to see you stuff and maybe make new connections that can help you in the future. Would really like to see a video about your presentation.
Great about Montenegro too!
Also I see a bit more support on Patreon? Even if it is a tiny bit, if it grows maybe it is a good sign. Very far from what you would need to even pay for a bus ticket probably :D but maybe if you continue bit by bit you'll get more support. It is fucking hard but who knows...
Yeah, these AI thumbs are ridiculous :) I actually specially made thumb for each episode, as they require that, but then they changed them :)
I also don't have any hope for this GOV organizations, especially after the conference , but even before. It's just talking and discussing and talking and again discussing, and then symposium and few online meetings.
Yeah, I would love to see video from presentation tambien :) but they fucked up live stream :( It was the most important part for me, to have such video. ANyway I am waiting if they could get some footage for me, as they had video guy there as well.
Patreon - yes, but it's still I got only 47 euro a month :) In average I spent 300 euro per 1 video, that's only my expenses if I count all the videos I did last year and divided on all the money I spent. That's also excluding food and other small things, mainly just transport and nightstay. And even that in most of the cases I am trying to get very very cheap, like staying at friends, asking for NGO's to provide stay and food etc. Normally price would be much more.
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Yeah, these AI thumbs are ridiculous :) I actually specially made thumb for each episode, as they require that, but then they changed them :)
I also don't have any hope for this GOV organizations, especially after the conference , but even before. It's just talking and discussing and talking and again discussing, and then symposium and few online meetings.
Yeah, I would love to see video from presentation tambien :) but they fucked up live stream :( It was the most important part for me, to have such video. ANyway I am waiting if they could get some footage for me, as they had video guy there as well.
Patreon - yes, but it's still I got only 47 euro a month :) In average I spent 300 euro per 1 video, that's only my expenses if I count all the videos I did last year and divided on all the money I spent. That's also excluding food and other small things, mainly just transport and nightstay. And even that in most of the cases I am trying to get very very cheap, like staying at friends, asking for NGO's to provide stay and food etc. Normally price would be much more.
I really hope to get more supporters, but that' on the verge of impossible :)
Also man I've red your post yesterday, sorry to hear that, i was thinking to comment something, but then at the end not sure what else I can say. Just keep going and hopefully your father will become better. Also your health man. Take care
The biggest evidence that our trade-based society is fucked is the fact that people like you are struggling to find enough donations, not even covering the cost of making these videos. People who do good things for the world are constantly disincentiviced to keep doing these. And speaking of incentives, that train ticket price is absolutely insane, can't think of a bigger incentive to make people choose airplane over trains.
Yah this AI shit drives me insane...views views views, but how about the quality of them. If people are not bothered by fake thumbnails or videos then their "viewer quality" is already pointless.
Sad to see this but well....
And these conferences are like that and I feel EU is a master of talking and not doing anything.
And I was thinking you must spend even more per 1 video since you have to travel a lot. But 300 is also 9 times more than you get on Patreon...I hope you can get more but for that you have to sustain yourself for the foreseeable future. Until there are more people getting to know your work and decide to support you. The endless struggle.....
Yah about my situation is fine...not much to say for me either for now. Am trying to record some videos these next weeks see if I can do that and hope that my parents will be ok.
The usual Manjaro Stable updates. Manjaro Drama. As aside note, we are aware of the drama unfolding inside the Manjaro’s teams. Frankly it proves how trade ruins pretty much everything. Very easy to predict.
Manjaro depends on Arch. Arch on the Linux Kernel and GNU. Plus on Desktop Environments like Gnome, XFCE, etc.. So?
Manjaro's decisions are bad. I tried to talk to them, to help, etc.. for years. Nothing worked. Therefore: TROMjaro. As simple as that.
I am of course grateful for the open source and the linux community. But only for the trade-free part of it. No "business" shit and deceiving people into buying their stuff. That is disgusting and it ruins all projects as you can see.
Also, if the post is in english maybe would be good to translate your message into english so I dont have to do it...
For the past months life was not easy for me. Many health issues or concerns, mainly with my father that also affects my mother and us. He had another stroke a month or so ago. Had difficulty talking and moving his fingers. Now he has recovered more or less.
But the entire experience has traumatized us a bit especially since my parents retired and went back to Romania, where the healthcare system is a world apart from Spain, where they worked for the past 2 decades.
In Romania it is a hassle...especially in small towns. Understaffed hospitals, nurses that get their diplomas just by paying some money...very bad. You have to go to the private clinics that want to suck every penny out of you. Call this doctor, call this relative, call more people, make appointments...is a total disaster.
I cannot even start to explain to you.
But basically now my father has a ton of health issues that need to be managed with many pills and he walks a thin line between fainting often and having his kidneys destroyed, or having another strok
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Family problems.
For the past months life was not easy for me. Many health issues or concerns, mainly with my father that also affects my mother and us. He had another stroke a month or so ago. Had difficulty talking and moving his fingers. Now he has recovered more or less.
But the entire experience has traumatized us a bit especially since my parents retired and went back to Romania, where the healthcare system is a world apart from Spain, where they worked for the past 2 decades.
In Romania it is a hassle...especially in small towns. Understaffed hospitals, nurses that get their diplomas just by paying some money...very bad. You have to go to the private clinics that want to suck every penny out of you. Call this doctor, call this relative, call more people, make appointments...is a total disaster.
I cannot even start to explain to you.
But basically now my father has a ton of health issues that need to be managed with many pills and he walks a thin line between fainting often and having his kidneys destroyed, or having another stroke or a heart attack. My mother is a 24/7 caretaker for him and is very hard for her.
Anyway, this entire situation has a big impact on me since I feel sorry for my mother mostly. She has to deal with a lot. My father has some brain damage and maybe because of that he does not seem to be that affected by the entire situation.
My health problems.
I also had to deal with health issues. Lower right abdominal pain since June last year. Comes and goes, and feels kinda bad. A combo of someone twisting your right testicle + punching you in the gut + having a mild food poisoning. Not fun.
Luckily I have access to a very good and trade-free healthcare system here in Spain. But my problems seem complicated. They thought it is inguinal hernia. I was sent to the surgeon to be told it is not a hernia. I was sent to the urologist to check my testicles. Not much was found. Maybe is a muscle or bone issue. I will be sent to see a specialist but can take up to a year for that. I have another appointment with the hernia surgeon next month for more checkups...and I can insist to go to a gastroenterologist the following months.
I am fine I think. But all of this time I have also thought about what bad things I may have. What if I have cancer for example? That is a stressful thought. I think it is for sure something to do with a muscle/bone since I can kinda feel that when I do some movement, but it does not explain all of the pain I am having. Of course cancer is rare for my age, but cancer is also a deadly motherfucker. Honestly I do not seem to have any symptoms that point in that direction but I had these thoughts before I went for these checkups. I think it is normal to get worried about these things...
Currently I am not too stressed but it is something I had to deal with and still have to deal with....
Motivational problems.
It is already hard to motivate yourself in this shithole society to do anything good or interesting. I tried and tried and I will try more. I was fantasizing about buying this DJI Pocket 3 camera with a good mic and start to make videos for TROM.
My only camera is my Pixel 6a which is shit in low light and I was planning to film inside the motorhome at night when it is more quiet...
I watched pretty much every review about this little camera. I think because I also liked to be distracted by that to not think about my health issues or my parents.... But it seems like a really great and useful camera, tho I know is not the camera that matters, is to be motivated and do something that matters.
In any case I'd love to be able to transform the drafts I wrote recently into videos. We will see. I may make a donation campaign for that Pocket 3 to buy it second hand.
I did have some sparks of wonder these past days when I felt alive again planning some amazing videos, cool project ideas, etc.. Just like back in the days when I was active. It seems I still have that inside. That is good.
Money problems.
I have around 1.300€. Monthly I barely get around 380€ from donations a month and from Webape.site around 330€. I have to pay for our servers around 100-150€ a month and for Webape around 130€. Maybe I am left with 400 or so euros. Now try to live with that every month....
The savings I have are getting lower each month. I would like to have 1.000€ put aside in case something bad happens with the motorhome and needs fixing, since it is my only home.
The gas is now so expensive that it makes me not want to drive anywhere. Change the oil, filters, do the car inspection twice a year, insurance, etc...add up to quite a bit of money too.
Not fun.
But it is the best alternative for me, so it is what it is.
Luckily I share the costs with Sasha or at times she pays for these big expenses...else idk what I would do.
(we cleaned the trash again - feels good to see a nature place without garbage)
Future?
These days we will go for a little adventure somewhere in Spain around some mountains and lakes. In 2-3 weeks we will come back to Estartit. I have a doctor appointment and Sasha will go for a big adventure on her on in May and June. I am very happy for her. She is one of the most humans of humans. She loves nature and she goes to meet nature. No matter what :). I wish I had the same drive.
But in this time when she will be gone I will try to perhaps make some videos for TROM. Something that seems impossible to reach but at least I will try.
I am deeply concerned about the situation with my parents. Any day can become worse. Today my father fainted in the kitchen and lightly hit his head on the floor. My mother got very scared because she thought could have been another stroke. She lives in a sort of terror all the time. Idk what will happen if my father would have another stroke and won't be able to walk or who knows what....I may have to go there and help them.
That would destroy my soul but I would always help my parents when they need help.
The future for me is unstable. I will try to do my best to stay calm and happy. My health issues may not be too bad, but is indeed uncomfortable to live with that pain. The money situation was always bad for me, so will see how it goes. And if I may not do anything new for TROM, so be it.
But I am not done trying. I will try more. There is a lot of wonder out there to be wondering about. The night sky, the other worlds, the amazing creatures here, the atoms and cells. Life is finite anyway, it only matters how you live it. You may die in your 90s or 30s...you never know. All you can do is make the best out of now. And that is hard, but keep trying.
Sorry to hear about the health issues man, I hope the situation improves..... I can understand how it feels like to deal with a bad healthcare system, so I also feel very sorry for your mother.
And don't worry too much about your abdominal pain, very unlikely to be cancer - also keep in mind that today more people survive cancer than ever before, so it's not as scary as it used to be. I hope you can get a proper diagnosis soon. I'm at least happy for you that you have access to a good healthcare system there in Spain.
And the motivation thing really hit home for me man, I also feel like it these days. Maybe I should just let myself go and do something interesting to get engaged, or perhaps just write something and talk to like minded people - maybe that's what I'm missing, since you are also not writing/making stuff like you used to. We can have a call to just chat about things, maybe that would help..... Either way I'll keep trying to get more engaged with stuff.
Thanks Roko! Yeah no now I am not worried about cancer but is something that crossed my mind. Next month I have appointments with 2 different specialists so that is great. We may figure this out.
We will have a chat soon ;). I need to try and get myself to do something for TROM that is "creative" these next weeks. I have some plans and I have worked on some stuff recently. But I am always distracted by problems...
I am very happy you are still around the project and I think that we could continue to work on cool stuff still. And new stuff too. Would be great to get busy with relevant shit again. And I have a feeling we will.
These motherfuckers put some weird screws on this electrical heater so you cannot open it unless you have a very specific screw driver. Absolutely criminal behavior. But I understand it. You have to trade in this world in order to survive and thrive, and so these tactics can create advantages for you: the heater breaks, people buy a new one. Done. More profit.
If we can't change the incentive we cannot change these behaviors.
These motherfuckers put some weird screws on this electrical heater so you cannot open it unless you have a very specific screw driver. Absolutely criminal behavior. But I understand it. You have to trade in this world in order to survive and thrive, and so these tactics can create advantages for you: the heater breaks, people buy a new one. Done. More profit.
If we can't change the incentive we cannot change these behaviors.
These motherfuckers put some weird screws on this electrical heater so you cannot open it unless you have a very specific screw driver. Absolutely criminal behavior. But I understand it. You have to trade in this world in order to survive and thrive, and so these tactics can create advantages for you: the heater breaks, people buy a new one. Done. More profit.
yeah, I had similar issue last week, trying to open a laptop, also had to buy overpriced screwdriver just to be able to do it. Exactly it should be illegal to put such screwheads.
In Chennai, a megacity of over 11 million people, floods and cyclones are becoming more frequent. We came here to help plant urban forests, restore lakes, and rewild parts of the city — using nature to reduce flooding and protect communities. But when the cyclone Ditwah arrived, the city was put to the test.
In Chennai, a megacity of over 11 million people, floods and cyclones are becoming more frequent. We came here to help plant urban forests, restore lakes, and rewild parts of the city — using nature to reduce flooding and protect communities. But when the cyclone Ditwah arrived, the city was put to the test.
In Chennai, a megacity of over 11 million people, floods and cyclones are becoming more frequent. We came here to help plant urban forests, restore lakes, and rewild parts of the city — using nature to reduce flooding and protect communities. But when the cyclone Ditwah arrived, the city was put to the test.
This channel documents real conservation work around the world. Thanks to my Patreons : Cherry Summerfield Steve Potts Matthias Crommelinck Eric Forsmark Max Bo Jesse Ludwig RANDI
Hezbollah fired a rocket straight into an Israeli school killing 168 children and 2 teachers! They wanted to target an Israeli military base and due to outdated information they hit that school....
The entire world condemns it!
Now Israel says it has the right to destroy Hezbollah and everyone in Lebanon who stays in their way.
The hypocrisy of US and Israel is insane..... How is this different from Russia attacking Ukraine?! By all accounts this feels worse.....
These lunatics in power don't have any ethics or morality, all they know is to kill people. And NEVER EVER forget about Netenyahu's corruption trials and Trump's connection with Epstein, there is an allegation of them starting the war to distract people from these issues....
One of my favorites from Beuda, Spain, on a spectacularly clear night. The brightest dot is Jupiter.
Wouldn't it be amazing if people focused on the things that connect us- the stars, the universe, the creation of atoms, the Earth, life, evolution, the interconnectedness of it all- rather than on the silly beliefs that separate us, or on the self-centered desires for wealth and power brought about by a corrupt system run by lunatics..
War should be considered a complete absurdity, a failure of the human species. A shameful, primitive practice. A loss from the very start.
So long as there are wars we cannot consider ourselves an intelligent species. We've gotten so far in understanding the universe and advancing technology, yet we've gotten nowhere in applying that understanding to our society as a whole. We remain a tribal, primitive society, only now with more powerful weapons and more violence. What a shame. . . . . . #war #notowar #nowar #stars #astrophotography #nature #universe #jupiter #nightsky
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