@rootcompute People are thankful to people who post less - it makes looking at your whole posts possible in one day! And I mean that as a quality thing else I might not have looked (and not have boosted a good handful I have and might do reading on now!)...
@jake4480 I don't understand why anybody would send their password to an AI chatbot. The levels of stupidity...
If you're tired of reading online news articles that are stuffed full of ads and autoplay videos, I recommend trying out http://68k.news
While intended for vintage computers, this is actually great for any device if you just want plain text news articles. I have it set to open as a secondary tab on my internet browser.
@lonelyautomata Absolutely. Google's new mantra is "Be evil"
@Quinn9282 Same, I got uBlock Origin on all of my devices and got it on my family/friends computers too. My dad who isn't very tech savvy and mostly reads online articles really appreciated it.
I'll fight ads to the bitter end. Big tech companies with their walled garden/closed ecosystem devices are constantly trying erode the power of the personal computer. If I had my way, every device in my house would be a computer just so I can ensure adblocking. I kinda want to set up a Pi-hole someday
All about having better games for me and others (kids and adults)... which sadly isn't the case always.., (especially in cities but not always)
@rootcompute @lonelyautomata
All about having better games for me... which sadly I can 100% say hasn't existed much in youth or not as much as I was looking for or wanted to be offered as a menu of life's options...
It's also asking a lot from life for 100% of the time to have human contact and humanistic things to do as games, tasks, past-times etc... punchline coming:
but that's why we all probably got into computers right - wasn't much else after BMX, park and few idiot friends... after that it was back home with frankly idiot (nice but simple) parents... so this whole solution from how I see it and really measured is like solving the long chain of things - just to get to that stage of less Apple / less watching stuff....
but meantime less advert via filter sites (Invidious example https://invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=R3ptZ1W-FRA)
⬆️ can help kids
and doing practical things COPIED from web so it's watching ➡️ action
like building a cob house / earth house in back yard ! (more info if you want)
I think there are kids doing this (girls and plaiting hair, origami ideas, art and design etc)
so just takes a few humans to encourage (which brings me back to Free School and encouraging humans... usually adults first!)
#MASTODON #QUESTION - GIF files shown as MP4 (maybe)...
About not talking about your real name (and similar deep topics)...
About not talking about your name (and similar deep topics)...
So I wanted to cover this before I forget and it's always been super-important to understand when someone say "no" but in a polite way and to see it's not always they are being rude or hiding something (though it can be they don't trust you and are saying I need time or 100 other things and "it's deeply political, I generally never care for names and like nicknames etc better"
So "what my name is" to other can feel too even though it's like the 1st thing people ask!
As I feel similar in other things I though I'd better cover this because relativity is there - also a lack of clarity on my part I see or others (much of FreeSchool is my expression BUT to save people time and say "THIS IS IT - THIS IS WHAT I MEAN" or ask me and I'll search what I have in the 'feelings' department I operate in a lot ... (others more in the physical spaces).
So I would like to know how you would explain to someone about this part of not wanting to talk about it if that applies to you...
Would help me and others... Thanks
And I'll re-write this soon
Example person is below (but just checked is changed only recently) about what not to ask / talk about:
* Fuck all Nazis, burn in hell alt-right🤬 🤬 🤬
*where I live
*what my name is
*color of my persona
*gender
*age
*job
*s*xual orientation
*politics
*world view"
https://mas.to/@nemo/104696119803526575
That perhaps has more that the average 'not this list' but I feel like even this is useful to say at least!
@loke Link and reminder for myself mostly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_Enemy
First I heard of them...
and Bloodwood before who are loosely variations of metal / *might like*
@toddanderson Good stuff (from unprofessional eye) and at first look, looks like a photo and then traced over...
At long last, the Thunderbird blog now has a "Share To Mastodon" button!
A hearty round of applause and eternal thanks to @micah, @oopsallnaps, and @devmount for making it happen 💙
@metin I almost forgot already / will forget more - wink
Strange Fruit recorded by Billie Holiday (about the lynching days) written by Abel Meeropol (Lewis Allan)...
@MikeDunnAuthor@kolektiva.so A nicely sung song here and bit of haunting lyrics about the lynching days:
https://iv.melmac.space/watch?v=-DGY9HvChXk
(non-google Invidious YouTube link)
█Lyrics to Strange Fruit recorded by Billie Holiday
(written by Abel Meeropol under his pseudonym Lewis Allan)
Southern trees bear strange fruit
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees
Pastoral scene of the gallant south
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop Here is a strange and bitter crop
#History #workingclass #LaborHistory #rosenbergs #espionage #deathpenalty #execution #russian #ussr #soviet #communism #prison #coldwar #obama #eisenhower #StrangeFruit
Hi do think you will reply ? (been a while and few times via direct and public message)...
@GurdeepPandher Hi do think you will reply ? (been a while and few times via direct and public message)...
This is sure to be an example of people not being clear...
Just asking if you never plan to reply to people or what's happening here - "Adding joy, hope and togetherness to the world grappled with sadness, stress, and divisions."
(it's ok but either way just say please else you leave me hanging my dancing friend of joy - good stuff but also teasing people unknowingly or not...)
God bless the people who in turn provide me. (a poem and thanks whether it's Sunday today or not)
God bless the people who in turn provide me.
For even if I don't believe in God
I have to make time to thank thee
As people may confuse that which they don't see
I still have to say, "I thank thee"
(Thank you all.)
#Mastodon #Suggestion for incompatible instances / blocked servers
#Mastodon #Suggestion #Tip
If you can't follow someone due to incompatible instance / block servers (other instance may have blocked due to a few users or politically) - you can still follow users using this way...
Add those people to a list (Subscribe via RSS)... I think this is the way or simplest how to say it
(someone please check me if I'm correct if they use it daily that this works as I've said)
Amazing!! Analyzing a tesseract , to stretch your mind into the fourth dimension ! https://ciechanow.ski/tesseract/
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