You know, to be able to take a hot shower in a 5.5 meters long home, is quite something. And to have the comfort to do it in a way that feels like just a normal house. For us it was very important to get a motorhome that has a proper bathroom. But we had to also fix a bunch of things with this bathroom...
We will release a new TROMjaro ISO soonish. I know I know Manjaro pushed a lot of updates lately and we lag behind but we are almost done with our TROMhome earthship :) - been super busy with that. And once that is done, I think next week, all of the TROM projects will get constant love :)
We went to Cyprus in January to join a research of Marine protected area. It's the only nesting site for Green Turtles in whole European Union. And surprisingly large and wild area. Hopefully it will stay like that for many years to come
It is a delight to see people registering to our Friendica almost daily.
And yes these are not bots. Since we "force" anyone who register to tell us why they want to be part of our network (to filter out the bots), I can tell that those who register are not garbage pieces of "AI", but real and interesting humans who are also interested in our TROM project.
Just wonderful! :)
Our platform is a home for anyone who wants to join, granted they don't use it to abuse others or only use it as an ad platform to promote whatever they sell. So basic decency ;).
Everyone on this instance should take a look at all the services tromsite offers if you haven't already. It's really quite remarkable. tromsite.com/tools/
We are getting it ready for our South of Spain adventures, and overall to start the "journey". I managed to seal the entire roof to make sure it is as water proof as possible, we added 2 more solar panels and these days will add one more (so it will be a total of 650W of solar power - huge); and finally we put our satellite internet so we have unlimited internet everywhere basically, allowing me to work on our TROM projects :).
We spend our time near a river, in nature. But have worked pretty much every day on the motorhome. Lots of little things to do.
The view is amazing!
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Some motorhome updates :)
We are getting it ready for our South of Spain adventures, and overall to start the "journey". I managed to seal the entire roof to make sure it is as water proof as possible, we added 2 more solar panels and these days will add one more (so it will be a total of 650W of solar power - huge); and finally we put our satellite internet so we have unlimited internet everywhere basically, allowing me to work on our TROM projects :).
We spend our time near a river, in nature. But have worked pretty much every day on the motorhome. Lots of little things to do.
The view is amazing!
I did not have the time or motivation to film too much but we will make more videos about our TROMhome adventures. I plan to paint the motorhome this year and put some big stickers on it about our projects. I hope to also volunteer a bit in the offline world and make videos about.
Lots to do. Don't forget we post on our Peertube here.
As for the TROM projects I will give them some love starting this next month, maybe towards the end of it. Lots of ideas, and lots to do. Having unlimited internet anywhere is absolutely fantastic for me.
Many thanks to my parents who decided to pay for half a year for our Internet. Considering it is terribly expensive, it is a HUGE help. Much appreciated!
We do not have many clothes and stuff, but this tiny motorhome has a lot of storage space so we could fit more than we thought. We also love our top bed - spacious and does not take any space from the living area. 😃
Thank you Johnathon for becoming our 91 supporter!! tromsite.com/donate - A reminder: we need 200 people to donate 5 Euros a month to keep our projects sustainable! Thanks!
How much food can we store in this tiny 5.5 meters long motorhome? Despite being so small, we can store food for (maybe) weeks in this tiny house. Our fridge is small but actually super spacious, and Sasha managed to organize the food really well and compact 😃. On top of that this is the only motorhome that we've seen with an oven, which is super great!
Honestly, this is the worst open letter I've ever read. It lacks maturity and professionalism. It's full of snarky comments and a tone that doesn't encourage an adult conversation. He had the chance to show Meta is the one acting like a child, but instead he made himself sound like one. And that's sad.
this reads like somebody with maturity issues wrote it. Also at least export the thing into a pdf first, the squiggly lines and text cursor are still visible
More importantly, Zuckerberg didn’t build Facebook because he believed in anything, at least not anything good - initially the project was to rate college girls on their appearances
Op 16 januari roepen we publieke organisaties op om samen de eerste stap te zetten door alternatieven te gaan gebruiken voor Big Tech sociale media platformen.
@paul_e_cooley unfortunately, intentionally or accidentally. Dan is following Elon's 'move fast and break things' mentality.
He's doing great things for fediverse visibility... but being a one man show leads to getting your ego involved or missing things (like Loops' egregious rights over-reach in its TOS).
Dan's done a lot of good... I just hope he can avoid an Icarus-style crash and burn that could undo a lot of that good. ..
I believe texts get better when we step aside for a few cycles and not let ourselves be driven by the highness of attention. Zuckerberg has never been what you describe. There is no grassroots moral origin we could jumpstart in the back of his memory. It is historically evident that Facebook, later meta has frequently chosen the unethical paths when they had choice to. There is no ancient ideal to appeal to. No renaissance can happen.
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great letter! Rooting for you all the way!! A couple of years after I started NadaMoo, I got a cold call from the retired director of sales for Ben and Jerry’s. “Your product has ‘legs’” he said, “and I want to help.” No threats from lawyers followed. Because Ben and Jerry got it right: equity, sustainability and community can be the pillars of successful businesses. They were not in my niche market, but they still cared about the people in my niche market.
"connecting people"? Facebook was created to predate on women and use their data without their consent!!! it was NEVER about connecting people, it was always about misogyny, ego and money.
Been a while. I’ve mostly been posting on the Fedi, but I feel like this is a rather important topic that requires attention.
Recently @dansup has been posting a bunch about loops.video, a federated alternative to Instagram/ TikTok.
Well, Facebook started as a sexist platform for rating female college students without consent. There is nothing you can expect from such an "inventor".
I may not be an economist, but generally when they gush about innovations that selflessly want to connect people, they’re generally talking about marketing more than edenic community…no offense to the love-machine of laissez-faire of course
»You've confirmed what we've been saying all along - that big tech is more interested in protecting their walled gardens than fostering genuine innovation.«
All along? Here's what you said, last September:
»Meta approached the fediverse in the proper way They didn't acquire Mastodon Instead they worked with fedi projects big and small regarding interop Meta isn't the enemy«
w.r.t the Social Web Foundation, I'm glad we have some formal organization to help steward the protocol
See, it's easy to get caught up on Meta's participation while forgetting the impact just a few people made on the social network landscape
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When facebook started afaik it was not about connecting people, it was about rating women. (so I highly doubt Zuck ever wanted to "make the internet better" and I wouldn't open a door to this guy under any circumstances.) That aside the open letter of course is nice.
Awesome, but the one catch here is that he probably didn't develop (with other people, not alone) Facebook for idealistic reasons. It's more likely that he wanted to get laid, and help other horny college dudes get laid. The original Facebook has been credibly accused of being a stalking app, and I find that very easy to believe. Nothing he's done has indicated to me that he actually gives a shit about users, and nothing he says has any meaning for me without evidence to back it up.
I noticed something similar a year or so ago. Any time I would share photos of my kids with family members or whatever, I would create a public share link to the album on my Nextcloud server, with an expiration date, and then share that link on Facebook. All of a sudden one day I started noticing that the posts would get deleted a few minutes after I posted them, then they started blocking me from posting the links outright.
To be honest I would be really surprised if this was on purpose and not a malfunction of their spam filters. Pixelfed isn't in the same ballpark as Instagram, struggling to think how having a company policy to filter out its links would be worth the bad publicity - for basically no reason.
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When Facebook started it was not about "connecting people", it was about rating girls' fuckability on campus. Zuck has always been a misogynistic arsehole.
When money and power get in the head of the people they becomes another persons, puppets of administration dramas. How unhappy happens when you must down the knees to your enemy ? Play your game! Do your best ! The Big Brother watches everything.He do not known do other thing. Do not be romantic ! Be smart !
Since I am being asked these days about this and see others wondering, we can setup instances of Mastodon, Friendica, Pixelfed, Peertube and a lot more for a cost, in order to support our trade-freeprojects and instances.
We do it via WebApe.site - prices range from 30 Euros a month. We do everything: set up any instance, update, and all that. No need to worry about any of it.
We finished renovating our motorhome and we want to present it in detail. In this first part we are showcasing what security measures we have taken to protect thieves from stealing our motorhome, or even breaking in.
We added a device to disconnect the car battery, a steering wheel lock, even some straps to lock the doors together.
We finished renovating our motorhome and we want to present it in detail. In this first part we are showcasing what security measures we have taken to protect thieves from stealing our motorhome, or even breaking in.
We added a device to disconnect the car battery, a steering wheel lock, even some straps to lock the doors together.
The last documentary in our series about understanding the Israel/Palestine/Gaza situation: Life and Death in Gaza - videoneat.com/documentaries/26…
Surreal documentary that at times feels like it is a movie because such things should not happen in the real world....the people in Gaza have been massacred by the Israeli military. Yes what Hamas did was terrible, but the same way that we cannot find an excuse for Hamas' terrorism, we cannot find an excuse for Israel's terrorism.
Sure "democracy"....a way for the "majority" to decide ha?!
Yet we live in a world where the ones with a lot of financial power always decide. They own the messengers, social platforms, streaming platforms, newspapers, TV stations, they give money to politicians, bribe, abuse, and so forth....
It may be hard to accept, but there is no democracy. And never was. No one voted to go to war in Ukraine, in Gaza, in Afghanistan. No one voted for the use of fossil fuels instead of renewable energies. No one votes for the prices of medicine, if we should do space missions, build a park, or basically anything else.
People vote to elect a handful of tribe leaders, after a fierce battle of influence over these voters, to then have these leaders do as they please once they are elected. And some of these leaders can't even do shit since the rich control the world anyway.
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Sure "democracy"....a way for the "majority" to decide ha?!
Yet we live in a world where the ones with a lot of financial power always decide. They own the messengers, social platforms, streaming platforms, newspapers, TV stations, they give money to politicians, bribe, abuse, and so forth....
It may be hard to accept, but there is no democracy. And never was. No one voted to go to war in Ukraine, in Gaza, in Afghanistan. No one voted for the use of fossil fuels instead of renewable energies. No one votes for the prices of medicine, if we should do space missions, build a park, or basically anything else.
People vote to elect a handful of tribe leaders, after a fierce battle of influence over these voters, to then have these leaders do as they please once they are elected. And some of these leaders can't even do shit since the rich control the world anyway.
And now that we talk about democracy, in principle it is a bad idea for most decisions that need to be taken by the experts in the field. Of course we should not have a vote about how to deal with cancer screenings, surgeries, building bridges, or most of these things.
Instead of floating these fantasy ideas around we should keep it simple and reasonable: all people need access to a basic life without any strings attached. Then they can have some autonomy and get involved into all sorts of things. Become engineers, doctors, write for Wikipedia, do open source software, volunteer and so forth. Free people from this primitive trade society, and let them grow. Like creating a fertile soil to be able to grow flowers.
That's what we need. Therefore basic and good services, regardless of the party or leaders. Good healthcare, housing for all, access to education and food, access to free transport, and our basic needs. The rest will emerge out of this good environment.
You saying, "That's what we need. [...] basic and good services, >>regardless of the party or leaders<<," combined with your rejection of capitalist democracy without suggesting an alternative version of democracy makes you sound very fascistic. I don't know what the question "how do you sound" is supposed to mean. I sound fine.
Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/ FASH-iz-əm) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement,[1][2][3] characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy
I support a society in which every single human individual is being taken care of without any strings attached. So no: you get housing, food, whatever you need, ONLY if you do this or that. That's what I support and talk about since 2011 via tromsite.com/
Regardless if I know or not how this can be achieve
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You mean my posts sounds as if I support this?
Fascism (/ˈfæʃɪzəm/ FASH-iz-əm) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement,[1][2][3] characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy
I support a society in which every single human individual is being taken care of without any strings attached. So no: you get housing, food, whatever you need, ONLY if you do this or that. That's what I support and talk about since 2011 via tromsite.com/
Regardless if I know or not how this can be achieved, I think it is a humane way of organizing our society.
We have more houses, more food, stuff, and resources than anyone needs. We could create a paradise on this planet if it weren't for this trade-based society (call it capitalism if you want) which restricts the access to these resources, and makes people into hoarders, competitive, and overall terrible beings.
As for how do you sound, you sound angry to me "You're sounding like a fucking fascist right now". Not a good way to start a conversation.
The 3rd documentary about the Israel/Palestine conflict: Surviving October 7th: We Will Dance Again - videoneat.com/documentaries/26…
What Hamas has done is absolutely atrocious and bares no excuse. Zero!
There is no excuse in executing and torturing innocent people who have nothing to do with the conflict at the top.
I honestly could not relax for the whole duration of this documentary. It blows a hole in your soul. So tense, so terrible. But a must to watch for everyone.
The 3rd documentary about the Israel/Palestine conflict: Surviving October 7th: We Will Dance Again - videoneat.com/documentaries/26…
What Hamas has done is absolutely atrocious and bares no excuse. Zero!
There is no excuse in executing and torturing innocent people who have nothing to do with the conflict at the top.
I honestly could not relax for the whole duration of this documentary. It blows a hole in your soul. So tense, so terrible. But a must to watch for everyone.
YEAR: 2024 | LENGTH: 1 part (89 minutes) | SOURCE: BBC
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A harrowing glimpse into the brutal assault on partygoers at the Nova Music Festival – one of the sites in Israel attacked by Hamas on 7 October 2023. The human cost of the violence in Israel that day and the war that has followed in Gaza have been catastrophic.
This film focuses on events at Nova, with a minute-by-minute account showing how a rave celebrating life turned into a massacre. In the evening of 6 October, thousands of partygoers – Israelis and foreign nationals – started to gather for the music festival in the Negev Desert. At 6.30am on 7 October, with the party approaching its climax, some thought the rockets that started appearing overhead were fireworks. Others didn’t notice. Using the testimony of survivors, CCTV and mobile phone footage, the film shares the very telling personal stories of those who lived and those who died as confusion turned into fear and then chaos when Hamas arrived and began to slaughter anyone in sight.
Incredible documentary showcasing how Israel is treating these humans from WestBank like worthless animals. How not to want to join some "terrorist" groups and revenge on Israel when you are treated like that?!
Incredible documentary showcasing how Israel is treating these humans from WestBank like worthless animals. How not to want to join some "terrorist" groups and revenge on Israel when you are treated like that?!
A young Palestinian activist named Basel Adra has been resisting the forced displacement of his people by Israel’s military in Masafer Yatta, a region in the West Bank, since he was a child. He records the gradual destruction of his homeland, where Israeli soldiers are tearing down homes and evicting their inhabitants. He befriends Yuval, an Israeli journalist who helps him in his struggle. They form an unexpected bond, but their friendship is challenged by the huge gap between their living conditions: Basel faces constant oppression and violence, while Yuval enjoys freedom and security.
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