Media is just almost too good!
https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=0hOLO9TlCy8
At the end this is spoiling my dreams that they did it all un-funded and it's not sponsored by their parents!!
Such a hard balance of raw money funding, and millions of talented people...
How in the world can win in that (together) and also not playing the money games also isn't clear well from this point or even from scratch or our own model!...
Let me know if you have some answers!
Some of you already asked, if #FediVision was a thing this year.#
Today I can tell you: Yes, it absolutely is! Go and follow @fedivision and pay our small websive https://fedivision.party a visit, and learn everything about this year's contest!
Spread the word! Enter your music! Have fun!
Not to represent yourself with flags or colours... ?
It's almost a good idea not to represent yourself with flags or colours... (maybe) because often it's about the other peoples understanding and meaning of it
(which if you're serious about misconceptions and over-reaction without understanding means that talking or showing flags upfront maybe too fast for the wrong feelings AND excluding somewhat...)
I reserve the right to change this a bit but right now seems very real and if you think of it in terms of 'priority layers' or which way around or what is first layers to show someone... often flags etc are too over-simplified or full of misunderstanding (for others)...
It's tricky as there is my showing of it and perhaps it's unknown how much I like X or what context / exclusions etc and then also how you interpret or recieve these words)
So it's almost like doing it for them more than you (<--- this might cause feelings because yes it's about you and don't give up yourself but in the overall sense of understanding it's about being secure you know and prioritising more the mini-part of everything (which usually cross or have affinity in many ways), so the *sense and logic of all the components* are the prevailing factor more than a flag... which maybe you can reveal when you're a bit more sure
Mini-Example when people have 'rainbow colours' (context is needed like outside or in bedroom etc) but this feels like it could be 100 things (insert you version of rainbow flag here] and well you have to be pretty good in explaining and if this disease (TLDR syndrome) is true then in 2mins covering rainbow will exclude a lot and people tend to take the first few things you say and emotions flood the gates that can't stop the feeling flowing any more!!!! (imagine a tidal wave sometimes)
So it's easy to repel people also by saying things without time or proper understanding like startin with "I'm conscious about many things the have the same roots..." and starting from there...
This also is a bit triggering for me also as I like to be clear but on-going judgement is more welcome than "oh fuck I asked that guy how he is and HE REALLY TOLD ME!" - and I read (trigger) someone going to prison very easily from his flags (so the fault of others again) and perhaps not saying is leaving people to do MORE homework eventually is the winner for individualism (if we all have various levels of love and affinity with things, exclusions, different vocab etc), so if that prevails as it's own unique thing then maybe everyone can be a lot calmer?
If you are taken to be in xyz cult or labelled regularly then it's a consideration depending on how much of a 'teacher' you want to be (passive or more direct),,, because logically also the first things people say is what is listened to or made time for... people exit quick too so expecting that is just actually life today... I say make a meeting if you really want more open talk and force them to sit through it since they chose that workshop!
I know it's hard when representing something trying not speaking on behalf of it all (oh cruel life, thank you kinda!)... and then also not wanting to seemingly evade questions either which needs some very wise words also in order not to over-represent or get into comparisons or vocab too deep and stick to talking from one's self instead of only demanding or directing people without a bit more reasoning or will for it).
SUMMARY:
People who have lived around or experiences cosmopolitan people (or better word) or just generally experienced many more people world-wide know that what you say is is and isn't a problem even with others experienced!. So to say you are pro-XYZ is ok for me as I KNOW there is more to you and even in the worst case wait for the 100 more things.... but for the person even experienced or full of hate / triggers (naturally and man-made) then there is something there my words I feel I have to take care of too... so it's not too exclusive but also not too open for attack and keeps my integrity with someone else).
A nice kind of Judo or those kinda of sports where you don't want to kill the person but let the best balance, strength, technique prevail.... and both enjoy it at the end!
(If you ever did Judo you know what I mean as something almost co-operative... even though maybe not look like it on TV but there is a lot of respect there for the sport of 'conversation' and mind body and soul of the sport!)
Not saying judo is the best just helps to have tried it for a while :)
Advice welcome on any of these parallels...
@wortezimmer @misanthropholes @xriss @fedibikes
+1 gold star to everyone!
Relationships are like puzzle pieces, It's unavoidable to go through feelings...
Relationships are like puzzle pieces, It's unavoidable to go through feelings so YOU MUST Go THROUGH them if your really into any relationship! (It's hard to hear 'you must', I don't like it but I mean more that left or right all ways go the same, feeling, experience, adjustment, comms, everything!)
Don't bee too defensive - time also passes not too great that!
We just have to try some pieces together, some hit and miss but do continue if you believe in yourself ! (you find more when you're ok with yourself and not fighting or comparing yourself with others)
Some pieces of the puzzle will match some not, but it's the ambience and civility I think while playing together that makes the pieces more possible - no assuming first time you're going to hit it off... and smiling when it's difficult and thinking about it.
According to me, if you find someone exactly like you then also expect some feelings of challenge like putting two magnets of the same polarity... or misunderstanding or fireworks, and then a bit more time you realise wow actually there are quite unique!
It's uncomfortable for some people who can't make a REAL relationship semi-deep so I wrote this as it's just a smile and get along kinda thing and letting everything grow.
It's just like not being too precious also... and living it by allowing others and everyone a bit of real talk :)
since posting this i have learned that childrens' neurochemistry differs so drastically from adults that if measured on that basis alone, they would qualify as a separate species. among other things, the mechanism in adults that serves to conserve energy does not exist in children which is why they run at 100% speed all day until they collapse from exhaustion and then do it again the next day
@misanthropholes @xriss @fedibikes
Hi. What does the text in top right mean? Guessing bottom right is artist... so not sure...
Privacy-Focused Social Media BRAX.ME + Video of guy defending own product / comparing others....
So 2 main things of interest here about privacy / phones mostly:
1/ This guy represents his own product and compares a few privacy types things (he's pretty direct about the opposition!)
and answers
-- specific AND general questions about HIS product AND others... mobile or BIG TECH or OTHER smaller phone products
-- PRIVACY-BASED STUFF, XMPP / Jitsi mentioned, VPN, Brax Router
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=4ZFqrCD6SBk
( skip intro to 4.30 as just music / time-killing)... then it's riffing 30mins about privacy (it's ok) and then answers from general crowd some useful crowd questions.
2/ Website https://brax.me/
Gives a good run-down at least as ideals for mobile app (but seems it's the real thing!) for privacy-conscious social media
" No Identity. Encrypted. Open Source. "
So basically bout privacy and some answers around sticking to the same privacy principles:
COMMENTS?
Love to hear your comments (it seemed for me refreshing
--someone being so direct about opposition
--being technical and representing himself while defending privacy
--says "but you trust those other guys and not me as I'm right here talking to you and answering at least! (paraphrase)
Less Long-Form Communication = Less Community
Community = Communication
(The healthy type of comms ideally - short version)
JUST text and pictures =
Incomplete Community
The idea is to say we can simulate or present what looks like community or do 3/4 of community but essentially talking directly to each other is what I consider most complete and most human. This expresses and goes through all the motions as the more realer equivalent (human voice minimally directly or via voice replies) like in-person or something expressive more than text (not everyone can do text well y'know!)
TEXT AND PICS ARE NOT ENOUGH FOR COMMUNITY OR IS INCOMPLETE IN MANY ways...
(IN MY way of MEANING OR AS FOR CHANGE AS A COMMUNITY DOING THE HUMAN WAY ITSELF.... ETC)
Less Long-Form Communication = Less Community
What they think counts... [ paraphrased version and actual quotes by prisoner Jauhen Rubashka ]...
From This Source: Jauhen Rubashka’s last word in court
https://abc-belarus.org/?p=14944&lang=en
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INTRODUCTION - I've cut and re-arranged the above slightly to reflect the point I'd like to make which in summary is:
- law is basically whatever they think words mean to them (such as Anarchism),
- Law is for them to use indiscriminately with people of ignorance, making law itslf a trap for control in own realm
- Law is just to steer people into the same 'it looks fair' but is the same casino (money) or control (suppression) in getting the outcome they want with variable interpretation and avenues they can choose to put more weight on as 'judge' ]
I don't think my selection of the text changes or messes with the source's sentiments too much as they don't seem too unclear but again reading the original first will help to ensure it's not wrong by the source.
I'm reproducing it but basically the last sentence in the paragraph above say the main point if you're not interested from hearing from the prisoner )
[Edits and changes are cuts in sentences, making shorter, making lines between a sentence and indicating any cut with double ellipses ... ... ]
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START OF RE-ARRANGED VERSION
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" This case is about the “stylized “A”s in a circle on our laptops, ... ....even a red and black bag of earth. It is a matter of thought-crime, in particular, of anarchism. "
... ...
" What does the public prosecutor mean by it? The overthrow of the state system, inciting social hatred, riots, extremist destructive activity.
What do I mean by it? Solidarity and mutual aid, personal and collective freedom and responsibility, rejection of oppression in its many forms.
As an anarchist, for 10 years
I’ve been cooking for the homeless and poor people on the streets of Minsk, which the “welfare state” does not care about ... ...
I have been involved in various educational, social and environmental projects.
I contributed to the preservation of the Kotovka Square in Selkhozposelok.
I am ready to simply help a person in any way I can. "
... ...
" “Pramen” is an anarchist media resource, that is, the media,
and the statement of the state prosecutor that this resource writes only about its participants would mean that if Belarus Today writes about the harvest, then all collective farmers are related to the editorial office of the newspaper. "
... ...
" My anarchism is idealistic, pompous, radical, but creative, not destructive. "
" As a reminder that the law is for everyone, I would like to quote from the protocol of the decision of the tribunal over the Nazi judges.
“The defendants and their colleagues distorted, reversed, and in the end achieved the complete destruction of justice and law in Germany. They made the judiciary an integral part of the dictatorship. They removed any semblance of judicial independence. They threatened those who got into the courts, intimidated them, deprived them of their fundamental rights.
The “trials” they carried out were horrible farces, with rudimentary remnants of legal procedure that were nothing but a mockery of the unfortunate victims!”
" We determine our lives by our own personal and collective choices. "
@davidak
HEHE I LIKE THAT COMMENT! :)
APPRECIATE IT WITH THE CW TO MAKE IT CLEAR --> BONUS POINTS
@valleyforge Depends which version of street fighter (videogame)?
Is there an online place to play the 2D games? Would love to test my skill and fail !
Teaching people using pictures + practical code (an example website)....
This helps people see and play to get the message, that's why I think it's different.
Changing people's perspective is limited if it's always done in the same way (text / no human contact). Bashing people / having reactions / repeating in the same way has it's limits I hope you agree)
So this is a site where you can read but then play with the tech which changes the pictures to make your own customised picture and even 'story' picture to send to others. (Something more personal that you remixed yourself is nice). Could be for a meme but already it has the best phrases included below:
"my other computer is your...
laptop, tablet, PSP games device, mobile, server, car, cloud, toaster, wireless router, smart TV, fridge, camera, heart monitor, baby monitor, watch... etc etc"
----^ quite a good list / worth saving since I've written it down lol!
Check it out here:
1. https://myothercomputer.com
2. same but alternative layout (which I prefer)
https://myothercomputer.com/cc-by.html#faqInfo
Website Blocking example vs. Tiny Notice message...
LEFT SIDE = ULTIMATUM
(RESULT: STOPS BROWSING)
RIGHT SIDE = NOTICE TO USER (RESULT: ALLOWS BROWSING WITH NOTICE)....
With older browsers or forks this blocking is becoming popular encouraging people to upgrade when not really needed at all / can still run the site or just needs warming it's 99% ok just not 100% which many sites are (just pictures and text, or at worst some pics or something missing)
While it does help me browse less sites (I just leave or send them this screenshot) I would prefer just a notice in my browser (the right side) AND NOT A BLOCK PAGE!
Self-sufficiency in food... if the cultivator could be free of the three “vultures”; the state, the landowner, and the banker...
Quoted from https://theecologist.org/2021/dec/24/kropotkins-ecology
Also Wikipedia history is interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kropotkin
" Self-sufficiency in food could be achieved, he felt, without recourse to industrial farming (under capitalism), if the cultivator could be free of the three “vultures” (as Kropotkin described then) – the state, the landowner, and the banker. Kropotkin thus opposed both the state collectivization of agriculture and capitalist farming. "
" Mutual aid (or anarchy) was expressed, Kropotkin argued, in worker’s associations, trade unions, family life, religious charities, various clubs and cultural societies, as well as many other forms of voluntary associations. Mutual Aid, Kropotkin stressed, was an important factor in evolution and in human social life. "
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