I am delighted to launch the 'Libre Tech Shop' - a unique shop for products that respect your freedom to learn, hack, extend and do things yourself.
Check out the online shop at:
The background story behind this launch:
https://abhas.io/libretechshop/
Here - you'll be able to buy liberated computers, hackable mechanical keyboards, private and secure home automation solutions, wireless routers, spare parts and much more.
@ademalsasa MASTODON MAIL
Imagine... Mastodon with mail embedded !
My post here for this suggestion / reality...!
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/108521437249228849
#Mastodon #Mail #Email #XMPP #ActivityPub #Fediverse #SMTP #IMAP
@strypey What would you phrase it as, more accurately?
(in regards to https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/111892692258067692)
@strypey Yes! I agree and have tried to saw that to many a parent...
Like "if you agree x, y, z things (money etc) then how much would you say they are worth, as the government has GDP and other measurements of it's people so why not you (if you're not against them in a big way?)
People are more likely to notice this when it comes to sex work. But we don't tend to notice that we sell ourselves into part-time slavery just as much when we flip burgers or driver an Uber. We don't notice that these jobs can be just as exploitive as sex work, or even more so.
Self-ownership is not enough. We need to go further and make a radical claim; that we are not for sale *or* for rent. That we are not property of any kind, and neither is data about us.
(2/2)
"We need to own our own data."
#HelenStarr, 2024
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Nycso_OQes0&t=4730
Kind of, but no. Because that still implicitly accepts the framing of personal data as property. It's a digital extension of the propertarian notion that civil liberties are grounded in each person's ownership of their own body and mind.
Rather than abolish slavery, this just makes us all self-owning slaves.
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@AnarchistArt Not sure what to do other than change minds from home mostly.
Neighborhoods aren't as friendly or accessible as Internet's chances of safety in communication and numbers of people.
I just would like to point out that
none of the accounts I was forced to create for job applications so far had any options for multi-factor authentication or for deleting the account.
And all of the accounts I was forced
to create for job applications so far required to enter very sensitive information that was completely unnecessary to require.
Don’t. Do. This.
Please. Stop.
Natural Pyramid games - The game humans play in life as a sub-game inside humanity... (slavery kinda of)...
Welcome to the pyramid game - The game humans play in life as a sub-game inside humanity... (slavery kinda of)...
Bees and ants even enslave their own kind or milk other species.. they too are animals living in colony situations...
So perhaps very similar to that of The Animal Kingdom; a pyramid-like hierarchy or similar chain is there AND the added pyramid within human system.
Humans have some choice but seems like it's much of the same that to use others, get ahead or make sure of your survival by suppressing others. (actually does make sense else people start kicking you out and don't expect anything else to save you!)
So then it can seem better you're on top or commanding the chain / pyramid or else you might find yourself the one losing out and at the bottom.
But what you have to do to get there or keep our position is basically the main part of the bad itself.
A cruel world and consistent suffering dynamic is indeed.
And those who choose not to dominate at all, seem to get dominated / left out / less heard of...
Comments welcome.
#Mastodon Payments - a needed concept... New payment System for Fedi people...
#Mastodon Payments - a needed concept...
New payment System for Fediverse
people
If you want to imagine a new world then let's do some "World Building" together and cook something... via DM if need be.
Somehow to exchange something in addition to those giving freely... some people will not see giving love as real or credible or permanent enough to putting food on table etc... which is fair... so let's have it all!
I say both and many ways to give / give back / take...
what can you dream up? ☁️
@undefined @Tutanota @tyil Usually payment is a problem to in itself between ourselves.
Like email being without bank-like Gmail taxing us while using our personal data.
#FediFinance #Fediverse #exchange #finance #money #currency #email
15min chess kills time well...
10min chess kills time well...
some growing of plants outside
or growing a relationship
growing a person's experience over the internet
(because it's all trying to find another way more than money).
Not saying 0 money but that game is literally like playing those low-chance games
(and not growing people's mentality otherwise)
Chess maybe gives a few answers but that also should be more co-operative chess or forgiving playing 'life together' not at the cost of each other (which makes people pay more than needed or not sharing space) at the same time as governments taxing and extracting from our lives...
[no Chess emoji, so Chess ASCII it is!]
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Change RELATIONSHIP WITH MONEY...?
Change RELATIONSHIP WITH MONEY...?
If all roads and relationships started with money and lead back to money... then that would explain why people are circular... and not just stupid or ignorant or those words... We didn't change money also and got comfortable in it's war / cheapening life as we chip into big pot that go off to #war.
It maybe explains also why people do repeated habits to cope with being taxed and charged constantly for every little things (life's taxes is alot about banks fees, bail-outs, price hikes etc)...
and you might find it hard to accept the best of worst situation, which is:
Try think of some other currency... because banks are costing us too much in losing life to it's own cold culture.
#War #money vs #FediFinance #fediverse #exchange #finance #currency #fedihire #Hiring #Job #Jobs #War
CONTINUED...
◘5◘ Choc money - possibly more valuable, edible currency at least and respected by most as food
◘6◘ 'Real money' is cheaper than Monopoly printed in the same way
◘7◘ Mr Bean - I am trying to follow The Science but it keeps leading me back to money
◘8◘ Hospital / innocent workers - not realising above them they are making millions off each doc and nurse (per week!) as they do 1000x what little they are paid per hour
Money is what is making us compete rather than share...
Money is what is making us compete rather than share.
Think #FediFinance #fediverse #exchange #finance #money #currency #fedihire #Hiring #Job #Jobs
What can you imagine from payments without banks so much?
ℹ️ Remember:
Capitalism does really well to make us fight each other using it's own 'given' money (taxed + fees + regulated %'s like chopping our legs when we are getting up well) and mentality not to share or give to better businesses.
💸 ?
Money is expensive no?...
Money is expensive no?
Think about the added fees and percentages which bring down the value of each unit of 'money' ;/ good gawd \:
...banks have it too easy...
Time to sort that out....
#FediFinance #fediverse #exchange #finance #money #currency #fedihire #Hiring #Job #Jobs
It's about changing / opening our minds...
I give people time and I thnk that's the difference to others online who really don't have or give time and give up on people really easy... (don't mean to be competitive, no put-downs, just I more dedicate time to others and weave us together).
So you don't even have to read any of this because EVERYTHING needs time + communication and without that a lot is broken and even less human even if it's for good...
Just follow and put notifications on to TEST MY FEED.... the rest below is just over-info for most poeple.
Open Learning School or Freedom University...
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A lot you might be at length and depth, but if you're easy about it, you can take the best and even take me along to understand life with others!
To learn and do everything practically! (this is a practical living (and gets stuff done as much as we can).
Fan of Fediverse!
Quick Look - peace-loving work / services:
█ Mini-Podcast (few mins each, examples below)
█ Picture remixes / video remixes
█ Lessons without being too 'teacher' about it. Teacher has teeth for eliminating doubt.
█ Food for thought as gentle soul also.
█ Unique ideas - often impossible for professionals (they are burdened by financial repsonsibility and therefore associational risk in saying things). I'm more diverse and occasionally direct (with respect, though I don't shy away from reminding people).
█ Not too embarrassing to say "I don't know" but can still chase things.
█ More responsive than casual users usually because people think having 'job' is enough in life. I say it's not! And even faimily is of no use if it's only getting worse (in everything!).
Podcast Examples:
1. Gary Ackerman's thoughts on AI
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/111867522723922385
2. The Little Prince book
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/111845561003150354
3. Fantasy genre from a fan's perspective
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/111845709367492677
I help people create audio / edit educational audio / podcast / music / visual short videos / transcript text
+ I like to add a bit humour while being quite strict in my own politics (opinions) but open / inviting for others to tell me what I should do if they can explain more than just a short comment (I don't mind it's healthy for me at least if you have logic and can stand yourself explaining).
FreeSchool is about Learning towards Freedom (which is about Uniting everyone slowly, even "1 by 1"... Easy with The Fediverse!
Not virtue signalling here only, but practise of EVERYTHING as we go. Judged by getting in contact (many have) and having courage to communicate (or seeking it from others is ok, EVERYONE needs a bit of courage or hand-holding to make big personal changes). Who else is there for example if family doesn't understand?
Learning and watching can be good and staying out of people's way, BUT better is doing something every day and helping each other with some tough decisions / lessons... and then being bold enough to do them. 1... 2... 3 that is all that's needed.
Let my posts do most of the talking.
Put me on notification (click bell that appears after follow ia accepted) and if it's not interesting switch off after and tick me off the list of potential people to follow daily!
Media version of my posts here... open link for later... good for visual scrolling version and judge me on that I don't mind...
https://qoto.org/@freeschool/media
I'm usually impressed with my media gallery as I work on posts a lot usually or hit the "Aha!" moments and capture it (other people may forget it for years, not me!).
Freedom is about *making it work together* better like using #Mastodon on the #Fediverse daily for better platforms with more #bestpractices and 'best' people to help us which I kind of collect here and
when it's #1 comment!
I am measurably better because I reply and stick to everything to the end(!)
No cancelling friendship suddenly without saying why or being moody!
Freedom is to Learn, Respect and Love eventually and ️to Unite!
Practically it's also like Tetris - add yourself to the puzzle and watch it all happen...
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talk more on Mastodon and the Fediverse and puzzle it all out using better ways to less use the other bad commercial / extractive people...
L£$$ of the less caring people like the ggl's / ytb / gmail / mainstream communication points etc who are offering lots of space 'free' and it's not free of peace there.
We GIVE to real people (TIME NOT JUST MONEY).
There's no buy-in solution - we have to make it with selotape or whatever we have - it's not shameful to bring whatever you have.
FreeSchool is terminology put together from many good things from past (coined in 1950's/60's. I / we become it eventually through being.
It's a movement for Freedom via Learning it all (learning self included and less active stuff) and doing the learning *together* --> https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeschool.
I encourage you warmly to participate with me as a I have time and then spiral out naturally to others (we are part of humanity and so naturally a sort of evangelism or ecological pyramid of life as we choose to spread lesser suffering while accepting consuming is part of it).
Less-commercial in orientation (in everything) and happy to think / work for free.
Naturally you will hesitate if someone is sure of themself or ok standing on shoulders what we copy do the best from humbly but not too sterile either.
Based on just emotions ruins almost everything, which seems very common - very ungraceful - so don't disconnect... do it gracefully at least!
A "school" of thought is here you can interact / ask and make best together as free/low cost as possible.
Even a bad answer you can take best from (of course I won't know all your situation when I suggest something but I don't need to answer 100% - you also need to help me!).
Leave perfectionism, we are all imperfect humans! Let's do it... Choose something ANYTHING and keep the thoughts rolling together...!
All content under the Creative Commons license CC-BY-SA-NC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/?ref=chooser-v1 Thereby, ideally, only using tools and resources that are #FLOSS #OpenSource. #nobot