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Yeah, no....this is too fucking hot. You can feel a hot breeze of air outside as if the earth turned on the oven.

This is how streets look like in a small town while cloudy:

Imagine that most big cities are way worse and way hotter. Also imagine that instead of cars we had trees. It would make a massive difference. But our society is not built for humans, it is built for cars, stuff to consume, etc..

We know how to deal with the climate change, we know how to design better cities and create a paradise on earth for everyone. But there is no incentive to do so in a society where trade is the main driving force.

#TradeRuinsEverything #climatechange #weather #summer

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After many months we are bringing back our TROM.tf Search! search.trom.tf/ thanks to Danny!

But with a twist. Instead of hosting a SearX instance we are using a script that checks the best and most reliable instances and uses them randomly for every search. It is a meta-search engine. This way we make sure it is reliable and our IP will never get blocked by google and the rest.

For those who do not know, SearX is itself a sort of meta-search engine, pulling results from google, DDG, yahoo and more, removing the ads and trackers, and basically allowing you to search without those viruses.

So, we are finally back!

To add it to Firefox simply right click the URL after the page loads, and then add the TROM Search as a search engine. From Firefox's settings make sure you select it to be as default for your browser.

#searx #searxng #search #foss #opensource #tromtf #trom

in reply to gnate

We have tested it on mobile/desktop with Firefox and other browsers based on it, and browsers based on chromium such as Cromite. All works fine.
in reply to Tio

@tio
Works very well, after allowing cross-domain XMLHttpRequests.

Thanks!

@Tio


TROMjaro is alive and well. And we keep it up to date and relevant - tromjaro.com - I love our Linux distro! :) I love when it is stable and just works. And we also ship with so many tweaks you can simply use it. No ads, no trackers, all apps available in Linux from one single place - click and install. I love it. A very positive project indeed :)

#tromjaro #linux #foss #opensource #operatingsystem

in reply to Tio

This is probably slightly besides the point, but I absolutely love your collection of backgrounds :)

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Although not much since we are also severely underfunded, TROM is donating 10 Euros a month to Yunohost donate.yunohost.org/ and is encouraging you to do the same if you use Yunohost and can afford. Let's hope more people support these projects.

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Funny how everyone thinks everyone uses Whatsapp. Almost as if it is a default messaging app for phones. Pisses me off. I have a hard time trying to explain to people that I do not use it, I use Signal. They look at me as if I am a weirdo. But fuck them :D - if anyone wants to contact me, use Signal. It is a shame that an ad company, facebook who owns whatsapp, has become the default messaging platform for most humans on this planet.

But well, ad companies like google, tiktok, and the like are used for all sorts of online means by everyone.

Sad. And we should not accept this situation.

#signal #messenger #facebook

in reply to Tio

When contacting someone I use SMS/RCS, and I'm simply not responding to Whatsapp direct messages, or maybe one day later. This sends a strong message (pun).

But I still need Whatsapp, and Fb Messenger above all, because groups are there, less known friends are there, and because sometimes conversations start with Facebook stories.

in reply to Tio

For me, the problem is not the advertising companies, but the state. They have a specific interest in the location of my body and my activities there. Simply share articles with WhatsApp users about how the state murders people with metadata, for example via air strikes or drones.

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We will change our IPs for our projects' websites, except trom.tf. There will be downtimes. Today/Tomorrow. You can always check the status at status.tromsite.com/

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I have added more photos to my gallery :) tiotrom.com/photos/

Here are a few of them:

While kayaking I took this photo. I love how the rock looks like floating on the water.

Holding a 20 million years old spider:

This is the wonderful Moon and the stars:

And the wonderful Sun:

All of the photos are made with a Pixel 4a. And very little tweaks.

#photography #nature #sun #moon #sky #astrophotography #amber #europe



A bit of redesign of my website - tiotrom.com/

Didn't check on mobile. Will tweak it for mobile later.


NEW BLOG POST:

Home

Read it on my website (recommended):

tiotrom.com/

Or read it here:


This entry was edited (1 month ago)

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Thank you @emacs.ch/users/unisoft for becoming our new 200 for TROM supporter tromsite.com/donate/ ! And for the other donations you sent to TROM. Thank you! #200fortrom

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Now that I got my driving license, after 8 months of torture, I can plan ahead.

Ideally for the next 2 or so months I will work a few days a week in cleaning to make some money for the motorhome, then try to finish the 2 articles/videos/books I am working on right now, Culture Cancer and one about Tests in general, this idea that you can test people to see if they can drive, be doctors, or whatever. This livestock-mentality that in many cases may be full of bullshit. Oh and the one about The Internet.

I am so happy and relieved to get over this bullshit driving license thing. Now I can focus on something else. I will push on TROMing :) for sure. May be very slow for these next months since we are busy with the "making money for a motorhome" project, but TROM is not just here to stay, it is here to become more than it is today. We have lots to talk about and lots to do with the project. I wrote quite a bit for the Culture Cancer and gathered quite a bit of info about the other books/articles/videos, whatever they end up in the end.

#trom

#trom

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Oh wow I passed the driving exam and I finally got my driving license. After 8 months...fucking hell I want to never hear about driving schools in my life. I am so relieved. And so much to learn from this experience about how trade has its influence everywhere. Now, focus on other things! Finally!
in reply to Tio

Wait till you hear about the annual license renewal exam...

which I just made up to mess with you :P
(I hope there's no such thing there)

in reply to 0xd9a 🏴‍☠️️

Yah that would be something....actually it is funny in a way that they are so draconian about getting a license, but when you renew it you have to simple do some paperwork. Even when you are 80 years old you can drive without anyone checking on you if you are still capable of.


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in reply to Rokosun

Oh man it is so awful you'll see when I'll make that video/article how insane it is. 0 people with a driving license would pass this exam I am 100% sure. I've seen a video with a driving instructor from somewhere else taking an exam simulation in the area where we also do, and he was also confused and would have failed haha. So yah will see tomorrow how it goes, but regardless I need a fucking break from this shit.


@PeerTube How can the admin manually trigger the auto-transcriptions for older videos? I cannot find anything in the Peertube docs about it.
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Hi !

When on the admin video list page (Admin > Overview > Videos), you can generate captions for all videos (by max. batch of 100 videos).

in reply to PeerTube

aaaa ok ok I see now. Awesome! Maybe add that to your Docs somewhere. Thank you!

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We now have 6 servers dedicated to transcoding/transcribing our Peertube videos videos.trom.tf - thanks to @Alexio who is providing 4 of them! Peertube is now a complete replacement for Youtube and I will make sure to push it a lot more in terms of use and promotion! We need to get people to use it, else without content, it won't go anywhere....

Feel free to use our instance!

#peertube #youtube #video #opensource #foss

in reply to Dirk

Oh you should for sure post on our instance. The "thematic" we "impose" is to say that we pretty much accept those kind of videos, but the rest that do not fit, we are going to be more lose about and allow them. For sure your videos can be posted on our instance. So feel free to join!
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Account request was just submitted 🙂


Now our Peertube supports auto-transcriptions and the result so far is scary amazing- Check out this video - videos.trom.tf/w/3gyrosqUEkwKj…

This can be super useful for many people. Amazing!

#peertube



You know how some people complain about the stability of Linux for desktops and how, you know, it may not be reliable, especially Arch. What about Manjaro + Arch. How about a system based on Arch but with Manjaro's repos + the Chaotic AUR repo?

Well stable as a mountain! Using TROMjaro for many years now and despite doing a lot of updates, all works perfectly fine. Long gone are the days of being afraid to do the updates. This is my experience.

I 100% rely on my laptop for a lot of daily use uses. I need it to work! And it does!

So happy about that.

#opensource #foss #tromjaro #arch #manjaro #chaoticaur #tromjaro


The trade-free app of the day:

HOME

tromjaro.com/

A Trade-Free operating system based on Manjaro Linux Designed for your brain, but you can install it on a computer.No more ads and trackers consuming you, no ‘free’ trials, noContinue readingHOME



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Please for any questions about our TROM Social contact/tag trom@social.trom.tf

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@PeerTube is doing fantastic! Awesome job - I cannot wait to test the auto transcription feature ;)


:peertube: #PeerTube 6.2 is out 🎉

This release brings automatic video #transcription using #Whisper (also supported in PeerTube runners too), a new comment policy "requires approval first", auto-tagging/labelling of videos and comments based on specific rules and a comment moderation page for video publishers 🎉

joinpeertube.org/news/release-…

You can support our work by making a donation to #Framasoft, the non profit that develops #PeerTube 🥰

support.joinpeertube.org



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Just an image....saying so much...

#gaza #israel #war #trump #politics #wars

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Here's a terribly depressing documentary - videoneat.com/documentaries/26…

About how boats with immigrants are sent back, capsized, and so on, just to prevent them from reaching Europe. Treating people like pigs used for consumption. Like meat.

But don't worry we have laws in place to prevent this....

#immigration #migrants #greece #europe


Newly added documentary on VideoNeat.com:

Dead Calm: Killing in the Med?

Are masked men responsible for people dying as they try to cross the Mediterranean? This film reveals the dark secret hidden behind the beauty of Greece’s holiday islands.

Watch it here:

videoneat.com/documentaries/26…


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in reply to Roma

Yes...if people want to be scared or terrified, and pissed off, at least be at reality. Fucking awful situation....
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@esh

I generally agree with the sentiment that reality is far more interesting than fiction, but horror movies are different tho. Only reason I'm able to enjoy watching horror movies is 'cause I know it's just acting and that the people are safe, but if you show me footage of actual people dying that will make me depressed 💀

Horror is one of those rare genres that's better enjoyed as fiction 😅 'cause real horror is just sad and depressing, none of this shit should be happening 😞

@Roma