@adamsdesk
I use Aurora Store that grabs apps from Google. Apkpure also does that.
https://www.f-droid.org/packages/com.aurora.store/
@rudolf For those interested, but don't want to use Google https://apkpure.com/knots-3d/com.nynix.knots3d
Paris women were finally allowed to wear trousers ten years ago. Imagine that.
Evil Catholics
A catholic group spent millions on app data that tracked gay priests, and handed the data to church officials. This shows how anybody can buy and misuse commercially available data. And how important privacy is.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/03/09/catholics-gay-priests-grindr-data-bishops/
Kremlin tells officials to stop using iPhones as they fear these could be spying.
If you want to talk to someone on Mastodon without giving them your phone number, you might want to look at Timurs Web Call, which now supports calls using your (and their) Mastodon account names. It also supports Mastodon notification when someone calls.
https://timur.mobi/webcall/mastodon/
HELP with MAPS ONLINE...
https://openstreetmap.org / https://osm.org
WHERE IS: "ADD A STOP HERE" or similar ?
Try see if you add more than 2 map points!
I have 2 but don't see how to add in a stop in the middle or after a stop...
I hope I'm being stupid!
@sentient_water @maxkennerly
A better link of same video page but filtering out the adverts and tracking by standard Google Youtube link page...
Use yewtu.be instead...
(about FACIAL RECOGNITION... Facebook... META Etc...)
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=jZjmlJPJgug&t=2
Facebook...FACE...BOOK.... now META (how much clearer can functional names and the obvious dangers get?)
To the original post, yes but also the stupids who do or don't realise they are uploading to an American company...with all its news and general question narks... uploading or using it with much of their details and life...
and probably they accept it or complain when obviously it's called FACE...BOOK (shock horror if you couldn't see its many meanings until now) or you take candy too easy and complain when your teeth rot.
When FB started people would never have opened the door physically to their house to a person offering them FB... but computers or friends (and yes terms and conditions with a tickbox) have done wonders to get people doing it themselves for some short-term gains but forever long-term bigger dangers...
But it gets better with the new name for FB... .... META... Just genius as a shortest coldest lethal name... or is it still fun with cat pictures and friends... like innocent things right?
To complain about the introduction of Voter ID in the UK email
correspondence@levellingup.gov.uk
or write to
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
Write a paper letter if you can afford the stamp. When we successfully challenged the 2015 VATMOSS system seasoned campaigners said sending paper letters to relevant govt depts was the most useful thing supporters could do. Legally, letters must be opened, logged, filed. Sacks of mail make an impact.
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@PawelK Oh no! Surely it has got that far down in ethics and just a broken link as usual in these things? :)
@MikeMorris Seek and you shall find... again.
A good one is losing keys in forest and convincing friend to do walk again who totally didnt want and sun was going down... but after convincing we do a quick search we found it by a tree whilst walking it again half way... probably easier motivation when it's not your own keys! A 'measured' search can help try a bit!!
"The blind leading the blind".. looking too much at the wrong things...
@amerika @skyblond <---- well said skyblond.
To add to that it's not suprising when it's
"The blind leading the blind"...
...People looking too much at the wrong things. (Deliberately.)
Also see my 'media' tab on my profile page for business and matrix related pics describing similar with pics...
Basically i often show more of this hierarchical cspitalistic etc focus which is like deliberate blindness ----- cutting the caring intelligence out of "jobs" to have a matrix type focus and design as part of overall plan of extraction...
Streaming music in Fediverse? (Streaming is bad?/intensive?)
@adiz @itsfoss Thanks for clarification.
If I still get it right (or clarify please again) then this streaming type of stuff (for music) probably still enters my mental borders of 'excessive usage' of computing even though 128kb/s is much more possible now but still just seems to extended a somewhat a bourgeois extention of what we all have good already locally for music but try test and tip the boat in wanting extra extra comfortability... unless it's really unique stuff on fediverse.
And so we probably will overload things again like on (y)our phone as we do everywhere ( local space and remote ) and prefer we see real cost.
So 'local' being best for playing (or YTb play list or 0 streaming) is much nicer to the computing world also...therefore by extension to the planetary world nicer... If we want to include that almost each time (and management more compulsory with local file space)
(Not deliberately if this sounds harsh for why to stream common music) doing / considering things.
I'd accept streaming for special event or specialised uses but for dumping packets all the time and for streaming standard copyright or commercial content (without real interaction or freedom-loving content) then it's unworthy in my view compared to costs (from processor usage, heat generation, fediverse and all parts that = streaming... which is perhaps not to much for few people but fediverse gets out if hand even if you pay for it yourself... I'd reserve some exceptiona for almost half CD quality or mp3 microphone quality dj talk (64kb/s) and music samples to promote drm-free music clips for example... but more is almost criminal (even if you can or have hardware I still see the costs)
The examples i give might be bad but I'd like to hear more about the content and why not to consider my points. Thanks (will edit post if re-reading it I can adjust something).
I considered if people deleted their local music files, for example, to compensated but still I trust us all to just copy everything online also and never stream / shut down the $ervers regularly etc.
So happy to hear more... For you specifically perhaps to narrow it a bit.
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