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We extended the shutting down of our TROM.tf Matrix chat from 4th of May to 14th of May so that people have time to migrate their accounts. For more info see - trom.tf/chat/

Please migrate!

#matrix #synapse

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IMPORTANT!

We will remove our Matrix server in a week time (4th of May). Here's why?

In short: the service has become hard to manage and bots (likely) have taken advantage of our kindness spamming other rooms/users. Because of that our hosting provider wanted to shut down our entire TROM.tf server. Hard to deal with all that and with a huge 300GB database. On top of this anyone can make an account with matrix.org or other instances.

Full explanation and solutions here - trom.tf/chat/

#trom #tromsite

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Why 99% of Glass Eels are Gone and How We Can Save Them? - videos.trom.tf/w/rXaJVsRtHBJGE…

Yet another example of people doing a lot of hard work, for free, and for a good cause. Imagine if more could be involved to do such acts. We need to take care of people, in order for people to not destroy the environment, each other, and to have time to restore what was destroyed.

Help people, to help the world.

#volunteer #netherlands #nature #ubi #bebravetoact


Why 99% of Glass Eels are Gone and How We Can Save Them?


Our trip to Netherlands to save Glass Eeels. We joined project RAVON in a few days research of glass eels in Zeeland area.

To volunteer and more info about the project - ravon.nl/
Underwater footage by Arthur de Bruin arthurdebruin.com/

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Praying For Armageddon - videoneat.com/documentaries/26…

A must watch documentary especially now when the biggest cult in the world (Christianity) is celebrating their fantasy story about the creator of the universe. See how this cult is infiltrating politics and influencing decisions that affect all of us.

Terrible.

Us, as humans, have a lot to celebrate if we look at the reality around us. Evolution, DNA, stars, the universe. We are all part of the same real and amazing story. Time to let go of these silly fantasies.

#religion #jews #christianity #easter #cult #documentary

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in reply to Tio

@tio

You could have saved a lot of typing by simply writing "We hate Jews".

@trom

@Tio @TROM

JR Wilson doesn't like this.

in reply to Serge from Babka

I do not hates "jews". I am simply saying that religion is a cult. Regardless of the flavor. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult


Our chat.trom.tf (Matrix/Synapse) has become very difficult to manage - growing database, not an easy way to prevent bots from registering, or others from abusing our service.

For now we have closed the registrations and only accept them via requests. We have 460 users but we are thinking to perhaps shut down the entire service this year.

Too much work considering anyone can make trade-free accounts with matrix.org or other providers....

We will keep everyone informed about our future plans.

#foss #synapse #matrix #chat #trom #tromtf

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@tio Nextcloud Talk is a great Software, but there aren't good security options on it, the conversations are saved in clear text on backend.

If you have some tips for this point, I would pleased to see it ;)

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in reply to P_L.yml

I understand. I hope they can add encryption to the chats...but on the other hand if anyone gains access to our server and is able to read that "text file" in the backend, we are screwed anyway since we host a lot of services on or trom.tf. Including Friendica which is not encrypted....

So yes, I do prefer an encrypted chat, but things must be put into perspective. Our Nextcloud instance at trom.tf already provides encrypted files/folders for all users, so at least we have that.



The usual updates plus: We have removed the package qt6gtk2-git and replaced with qt6gtk2. The git version was maintained by someone who was calling himself a “Russian troll” And the project was archived anyway.

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How you can try to fix this world, realistically.


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Hunt for the Oldest DNA


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videos.trom.tf/videos/embed/mh…


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YEAR: 2024 | LENGTH: 1 part (59 minutes) | SOURCE: BBC

description:

For decades, scientists have tried to unlock the secrets of ancient DNA. But life’s genetic blueprint is incredibly fragile, and researchers have struggled to find genetic material in fossils that has survived for millions of years. Then, one maverick scientist had the controversial idea of looking for DNA not in fossils or frozen ancient tissue – but in the soil.

This film follows the scientists deciphering the oldest DNA ever found and revealing for the first time the genes of long-extinct creatures that once thrived in warm, lush Arctic landscapes.

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Debut of Māra in Be Brave To Act video! Few weeks ago we were sailing alongside French Mediterranean Coast and participated in Cetaceans Research Expedition organized by MIRACETI . It also was a proper training for us to become experienced Cetaceans Observers.


What It’s REALLY Like on a Dolphin Research Expedition


Mara first time ever joined Dolphin research expedition in France together with NGO Miraceti.
If you want join such expedition go to : ttps://miraceti.org/

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Thanks to my Patreons :
Cherry Summerfield
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in reply to Tio

They have some funds and grants. But also part of the funding comes from volunteers who joins their missions or go trough the training. Normally you have to pay, but since we were making video we paid only for the food on board.
in reply to Dima

Ok maybe it is good to include these things into the video so people understand how to join just by watching your videos.
in reply to Tio

There is link under the video, and Mara at the end saying if you want to know more or join, there is a link
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Ya I know it is a link, I clicked it, it was in french. Could not figure it out how they make money or if these volunteers have to pay to participate. All Im saying is that for your videos would be useful to include some basic info about this - because both I and Sasha were wondering after seeing the video if you guys had to pay for the training for example.
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friendica (DFRN) - Link to source
Dima
Yes, whenever we saw some plastic we were taking it out.

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The Sickness-Society: either you are well and functional — or sick and dysfunctional - madintheuk.com/2025/03/the-sic…

Psychology is like recycling, you think it is working, but it is not. Never addresses the core problem. So easy to put people into categories and call them "sick". Works well for a livestock society. Best excuse to never touch the system in both cases. Continue recycling...continue labeling people as mentally ill. And let the system survive....

Truth is the opposite. It is this trade-based society that makes people mentally sick, and if we want to change that we have to change the society, not adjust the people to it.

Very good and on point article!

#psychology #mentaldisorders #capitalism #society

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Thank you Nicholas and "pssst limited" for donating 10 Euros each to TROM. Much appreciated! For one time donations see tromsite.com/donate/#onetime

Many thanks to those supporting us financially!

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Some pictures from Dolphin Research Expedition last week in France. T
Video about this adventure will be out next week

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in reply to Dima

By the way when you post on Friendica I suggest you add relevant tags so others can discover your posts.
in reply to Dima

Nice! Great to see Mara getting involved too! 😀


Just another Stable release so that we keep our ISO up to date. Some packages were rebuilt to make sure they are working fine.


Just another Stable release so that we keep our ISO up to date. Some packages were rebuilt to make sure they are working fine.


Our Gofundme for backing up all of our projects has been completed! Thank you Raimondas for the latest donation and to the rest who have donated! gofundme.com/f/paying-for-the-…

All paid now!

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search.trom.tf/ was moved to our secondary server to avoid future problems with the hosting that warned us against recently about a kind of "abuse" - We think might have been the search engine that probes the searx instance list when doing a search. Will see.

But for now the TROM Search works as usual only that it has been moved to a different server.

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UPDATE: Officially the problem has been "fixed". But lets see....we will look for another provider and in case we will be forced to move, we should be able to do so in a day or two.

Our TROM.tf server was flagged by the hosting company as "Abuse: NetscanOutLevel: scansnarf-ng detected Netscan from: We have indications that there was an attack from your server." - and we have a few hours to fix the issue else they are going to shut down the server....

Please be aware of that since the websites may go down and we may have to move to another hosting provider...

This is very bad news but unaware what it can be. Please keep an eye on status.tromsite.com

We will try to update there in case anything happens.

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in reply to TROM

We have accepted your statement on the issue. The ticket has now been closed.

Lets see...maybe it was fixed. Lets hope so...