About 1 trillion stars, located 21 million l-y away from us, and featuring a diameter 2.5 times larger than the Milky Way: this is M101, the Pinwheel Galaxy, and I can capture it, with total impunity, with a 103 mm off the shelf telescope. If this is not mind boggling, then what is?
#Astrodon #astronomy #astrophotography #nightsky #space #galaxy #outdoors
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Llerena, Extremadura, in the rain: videos.trom.tf/w/sDJEbPp1R2g1n…
We had really bad weather for almost all of March this year. In this video we stumbled upon an event called “La Matanza” in Llerena, the south of Spain, but it felt like we were at some Eastern European Christmas markets 😄 Also, @Tio hates crowds and can't indulge in cheese and wine, so these kinds of events are not for him ☺️
Tio hates crowds!
We decided to stay in Llerena for a market/festival thing. It was quite crowded in the motorhome area and even more crowded where the event was. Tio hates crowds :). But Sasha loves wine and cheese. So we had an ok time overall :). But we try our best to void the crowds.
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Extinction Rebellion may have gone quiet, but climate protest will come roaring back
The pandemic and harsh laws suffocated climate movements as we knew them. Get ready for a new kind of action, says journalist Oliver HaynesOliver Haynes (The Guardian)
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#YunoHost: the second stage is reached!
Your generosity allows us to secure the essentials for the coming year: maintaining the project's infrastructure and stirring up the coollective: yunohost.org/donate.html
Now we're collecting donations to (modestly) compensate volunteers for demanding and time-consuming tasks.
Please help us, in any way you can, to turn our dream map into reality: yunohost.org/roadmap.html
YunoHost: garden your own piece of the Internet!
YunoHost is a system that installs itself on a server and allows you to install and maintain - with very little technical knowledge - digital services (apps) that you control.yunohost.org
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Tio hates crowds! - videos.trom.tf/w/sDJEbPp1R2g1n…
We decided to stay in Llerena for a market/festival thing. It was quite crowded in the motorhome area and even more crowded where the event was. Tio hates crowds 😃. But Sasha loves wine and cheese. So we had an ok time overall 😃. But we try our best to void the crowds.
#motorhome #travel #spain #campvan #camper #vanlife
Tio hates crowds!
We decided to stay in Llerena for a market/festival thing. It was quite crowded in the motorhome area and even more crowded where the event was. Tio hates crowds :). But Sasha loves wine and cheese. So we had an ok time overall :). But we try our best to void the crowds.
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Global recycling rates have fallen for eighth year running, report finds
Researchers call for investment in ‘circular solutions’ as consumption rises faster than growth in populationDamien Gayle (The Guardian)
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And exactly as I thought instead of education and simplifying workflows purposes these companies' "AI's" will be used to generate a "better" ads experience for you. Absolutely disgusting.
While they are still available use the Ad Blockers or FreeTube App if you want to see more sane and adequate ytb like it used to be long time ago.
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#AI
#adblockers
#tblockads
#freetube
#TradeRuinsEverything
YouTube’s AI is going to start showing ads at the absolute worst time for viewers
YouTube viewers are going to start seeing ads on videos at the worst possible times thanks to Google’s Gemini AI.Michael Gwilliam (Dexerto)
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In an example shared by YouTube, a man proposes and the couple shares a kiss. YouTube then recognizes this as a “peak” moment and suggests an ad window immediately following it.
Welcome to dystopia.
A predictable one if you understand that Trade is the Origin of Most Problems. So predictable.... and 0 chances we change anything within the same system...
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Then every new container has no cookies. It's always a New Day at youtube and you start fresh each time with it not 'knowing' you.
Of course, you still need to run other things like uBlockOrigin or equivalent.
As a bonus, other websites can't follow you around either.
Painless and free.
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I posted this comment on the video itself but will paste it here in case you @Dima see it:
Very well made video Dima!
I did not understand the "solution" part. There was a guy who was planting a crop with all of the other plants, so no herbicides. But how can you harvest that on a big scale? Also how about invasive species when you dont control for that?
Also wouldnt it be better instead of 3D printing that thing for bees, with plastic, to use wood?
Great job overall!
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We got our motorhome stuck for the first time! videos.trom.tf/w/bxTbZkK2TYaUY…
But it happened in a super beautiful place, Cerro Masatrigo, and a very nice local man came to our rescue.
I also did a nice little hike called Sendero Fortaleza de Lares to get an even better view of this area in Extremadura (around the middle of Spain).
#vanlife #nature #hiking #travel #Spain #Europe
Getting stuck in the most beautiful place
Masatrigo looks like a volcano, but it is just a beautifully shaped hill with a roundabout around it. It looks so cool from afar, and the entire area is actually super beautiful. But it has been raining in Spain for many weeks and the soil/grass was very wet. We parked in a not so very steep place, but it was enough to get us totally stuck.Luckily a very nice old man came to our rescue.
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I found a very interesting YouTube channel of a homeless English-speaking Japanese man. Why did it interest me? Because I always thought that without electricity and water, etc., without a home in short. A van or an apartment. It's very difficult. This man shows a different kind of life. There are a lot of YouTubers who live in a car or a van or a cabin without electricity, but very few homeless people (by choice. Mentally stable) who have to rely on electrical outlets in cafes and libraries, Public showers and finding a place every night to pitch a tent.
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We need help with our 200 for TROM Campaign - tromsite.com/donate/ - we have a bit over 40% of the needed support. We only accept 5€ a month donations to not have to rely on a few individuals donating more money. We need to make this sustainable.
Unfortunately the support over the past months has dropped a little bit. So if you can, please support us.
On the same page you can see what you are supporting. We hope this year to bring new projects to TROM, although it is terribly difficult to do so when you can't even get the minimum support needed to run the current projects.
We have been resilient since 2011 so we will not give up, but the ones who see value in such projects need to support them at least a little bit in order for these projects to survive.
Many thanks to those who keep on supporting us!
#trom #tromsite #foss #opensource #donate #documentary #documentaries #volunteer #trom.tf
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A deserted fun park where we stayed for many days - videos.trom.tf/w/xyEUcN6iuYSdJ…
Isla del Zujar is probably a popular place in the summer, but off season it is totally deserted. And no phone service at all. But we had plenty of solar power and satellite internet so we could stay for many days there. It was very relaxing, quiet, dark, and some hiking places near by. So nice!
#motorhome #hike #vanlife #travel
A deserted fun park where we stayed for many days
Isla del Zujar is probably a popular place in the summer, but off season it is totally deserted. And no phone service at all. But we had plenty of solar power and satellite internet so we could sta...videos.trom.tf
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#YunoHost: taking care of the ones that would be intimidated by self-hosting
We've just released the new YunoHost documentation engine to make it easier to get started with the solution: doc.yunohost.org/
To this end, we're planning to dedicate some time to update and clarify the documentation. Your support is invaluable in animating this process: yunohost.org/donate.html
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If anyone can afford to support @YunoHost I highly recommend forum.yunohost.org/t/donation-… - even small donations count.
Direct link - yunohost.org/donate.html
I personally donate 10 Euros a month, despite our projects being underfunded and us providing a lot of services for free.
But hey I use Yunohost a lot and they deserve some help!
#yunohost #foss #selfhosting #opensource
YunoHost: garden your own piece of the Internet!
YunoHost is a system that installs itself on a server and allows you to install and maintain - with very little technical knowledge - digital services (apps) that you control.yunohost.org
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@lohang TY for sharing, I am looking to set up my own fediverse instance and I wanted to give #YunoHost a try… it’s great to know you are so happy with it!
How I got here: @_elena boosted @tio ‘s message, @yunohost you have a lot of friends 💙
(ah btw, I donated regardless of how things will turn out for me, as I want to support #SelfHosting 🙏)
@Lohan Gunaweera @Tio @Davide Eynard (+mala) @Elena Rossini ⁂
FYI We have set up a little (group) forum a while ago regarding to run federated social web software on your yunohost.
As it's running on hubzilla it might depend on your ActivityPub platform to work as expected.
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in reply to Tio • • •A 103 mm refracting telescope (lenses), a combination of several filters (broad- and narrowband), an automatic equatorial mount to track the object for longer exposure times, and an astro-dedicated monochrome camera.
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