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New show alert!

In his first monthly Transverse Tempo @CCirco weaves together an hour of downtempo, chill wave and tracks that sit somewhere above ambient.

Including music from @ordosmarkzero @socool and @keefmarshall

Listen and subscribe at audiointerface.org/shows/trans…

#ElectronicMusic #IndependentArtists #Fedimusic

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got up early and opened the ar@k symposium at høyskolen kristiania with øy today!

06:15 - wake up
07:30 - sound check
08:30 - sound check done / doors
09:00 - opening seremony starts
09:10 - our performance starts
09:20 - our performance ends



I have rarely seen a company doing so much to recommend a book.

bbc.com/news/articles/cq5zyq02…

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in reply to Martin Seeger

Amazon (or the publisher) reacted quite fast and put a "The explosive memoir that Meta doesn't want you to read" into the headline of the article.
in reply to Martin Seeger

> In his ruling, Mr Gowan said Meta would suffer "immediate and irreparable loss" in the absence of a temporary ruling in the case.

He should have let her move fast and break things.




The easiest way to kill a movement? Convince people that if they can't do everything, they shouldn't do anything.
joanwestenberg.com/on-ideologi…
in reply to JA Westenberg

This is one I struggle with deeply. I’ve built a career on Microsoft technologies but I feel the tug to rebuild on open source. As Microsoft digs deeper into AI it becomes ever increasingly at odds with my love of nature conservationist tendencies. Which can be said of anything tech. To say nothing of the issues with US tech and how it is evolving especially under the current administration.

I feel like my entire world has become a moral quandary that I can’t solve.

in reply to Ryan Lounsbury

I'm in the midst of transitioning away from as much big tech as possible; it's definitely possible and not nearly as much of a compromise as it might have been a decade ago.

It isn't just an issue of morality, it's an issue of privacy, and an issue of being able to own your data.

Sure, trying to go 100% cold turkey is daunting, but you don't have to do it all at once. Setting up your own homelab or a hobby server outside the US has never been easier. If you can migrate away from even one big tech online service, you're one step closer.

The best way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time.

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in reply to Ian

Absolutely, I used a lot of open source on Windows for years before I bit the bullet and swapped over to Linux and got rid of MS completely.
You don't have to do it all at once.

There's quite a nice site here: alternativeto.net/ that you can find your normal app, search for alternatives and filter for OS and licence etc.
It's not always complete, but it's a great start.

in reply to Chewie

@chewie Well, my comment is more about career than finding software replacements. It would be a fundamental career shift to move away from Microsoft.

But yes, you are correct about finding replacement apps that are open source. 😀

in reply to Ryan Lounsbury

@rlounsbury
Ah sorry.
Yes, I keep trying.
I mostly work with Windows OSes and Cisco.
Now and again there will be some embedded devices and Linux servers that others are scared to touch that I can play with.

I've tried getting more people at various workplaces to use open source to fix problems, but a lot of people aren't willing to learn, which is annoying as they would have more marketable skills.

Maybe it's because they don't have it as a hobby too 🤷

in reply to JA Westenberg

Your article is an excellent read that personally addresses a few issues I am dealing with. Thanks !

"But the point isn't perfection. The point is intention.

You don’t have to be all or nothing. You don’t have to make every decision a moral battlefield. You don’t have to sever every tie to every compromised system - and you sure as hell don’t have to do it overnight.

You have to engage. You have to stay aware. You have to keep questioning the default."


in reply to John T

reminds me of when I considered adding the compressor & tank from an air brakes system to my pickup so that I could run an air horn from a train. Slight overkill. 😜




‘I will spend my life rebuilding’: #Gaza’s heritage sites destroyed by war - theguardian.com/world/2025/mar… "Palestinian experts and British archaeologists say more than two-thirds of heritage, cultural and archaeological sites in Gaza have been damaged" not just human #genocide, but cultural genocide by #israel


Baca komik Yuusha Party wo Tuihou Sareta Ore Daga Bahasa Indonesia!!!
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in reply to E-Komik

🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥
Chapter terbaru dari Yuusha Party wo Tsuihou Sareta Ore Daga (Chapter 35) sudah hadir dalam Bahasa Indonesia! 🎉
📖 Gabung bersama ribuan pembaca lainnya dan nikmati kisah serunya.
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Baca komik Yuusha Party wo Tuihou Sareta Ore Daga Bahasa Indonesia!!!
Segera baca di e-komik.org/komik/227568
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manga #Action #Adventure #Comedy #Fantasy #Romance #Shounen
in reply to E-Komik

🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥
Chapter terbaru dari Yuusha Party wo Tsuihou Sareta Ore Daga (Chapter 36) sudah hadir dalam Bahasa Indonesia! 🎉
📖 Gabung bersama ribuan pembaca lainnya dan nikmati kisah serunya.
✨ Jangan biarkan orang lain tahu kisah ini lebih dulu, baca sekarang dan rasakan sendiri keseruannya!
👉 Klik di sini untuk mulai membaca sekarang: e-komik.org/komik/227568
⏳ Jadilah yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya!
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manga #Action #Adventure #Comedy #Fantasy #Romance #Shounen


Baca komik Yuusha Party wo Tuihou Sareta Ore Daga Bahasa Indonesia!!!
Segera baca di e-komik.org/komik/227568
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manga #Action #Adventure #Comedy #Fantasy #Romance #Shounen


I’ve been using the #Framework laptop 16 for about a month, and it’s almost the perfect #Linux laptop!

@frameworkcomputer

Here are my conclusions:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=5J9yh1i0…

in reply to Nick @ The Linux Experiment

finally made it through my queue to watch this. Nice review, highlighting both pros and cons during actual usage.
I'm in the market for a new laptop and am currently gathering options and their up-/downsides, so this really helps! Thanks for making this video 😀


When we're as surrounded by streaming platforms as we are now, it's easy to forget that the DRM-free life still exists. Even now, there are dozens of record labels, publishers, and online retailers that refuse to abuse their customers. Learn about them in the Guide: u.fsf.org/1lr #EndDRM #DRM
in reply to Defective by Design

- Not sure if these would count as DRM free or where they fit in the conversation:

I use Hoopla App with my library card to download (temporarily as I'm borrowing them) music albums.

I also listen to @somafm internet radio a lot.



Careless people - new Facebook Meta memoir theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
in reply to Matthew Rimmer

Careless People: A Story of Where I Used to Work by Sarah Wynn-Williams review – a former disciple unfriends Facebook theguardian.com/books/2025/mar…
in reply to Matthew Rimmer

Meta stops ex-director from promoting critical memoir bbc.com/news/articles/cq5zyq02…

in reply to E-Komik

🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥
Chapter terbaru dari Player. (Chapter 204) sudah hadir dalam Bahasa Indonesia! 🎉
📖 Gabung bersama ribuan pembaca lainnya dan nikmati kisah serunya.
✨ Jangan biarkan orang lain tahu kisah ini lebih dulu, baca sekarang dan rasakan sendiri keseruannya!
👉 Klik di sini untuk mulai membaca sekarang: e-komik.org/komik/121724
⏳ Jadilah yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya!
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manhwa #Action #Game


Baca komik Player Bahasa Indonesia!!!
Segera baca di e-komik.org/komik/121724
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manhwa #Action #Game
in reply to E-Komik

🔥 Pecinta Komik, Ini yang Kamu Tunggu! 🔥
Chapter terbaru dari Player. (Chapter 206) sudah hadir dalam Bahasa Indonesia! 🎉
📖 Gabung bersama ribuan pembaca lainnya dan nikmati kisah serunya.
✨ Jangan biarkan orang lain tahu kisah ini lebih dulu, baca sekarang dan rasakan sendiri keseruannya!
👉 Klik di sini untuk mulai membaca sekarang: e-komik.org/komik/121724
⏳ Jadilah yang pertama tahu apa yang terjadi selanjutnya!
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manhwa #Action #Game


Baca komik Player Bahasa Indonesia!!!
Segera baca di e-komik.org/komik/121724
#EKomik #Komik #Comic #Manhwa #Action #Game



I was at a #bellringing conference at the weekend and got the chance to ring at York Minster!
This bell weighs 3 tons, and is twice the weight of a bell I ring regularly, and my heaviest bell to ring so far.


in reply to Cory Doctorow

I'm on a 20+ city book tour for my new novel *Picks and Shovels*.

Catch me in SAN DIEGO on Mar 24:

mystgalaxy.com/32425Doctorow

And in CHICAGO with PETER SAGAL on Apr 2:

exileinbookville.com/events/44…

More tour dates here:

martinhench.com

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in reply to Cory Doctorow

David Enrich's "Murder the Truth": Making powerful people look bad isn't a crime - yet.

mamot.fr/@pluralistic/11417699…

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David Erich's *Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful* is a brave, furious book about the long-running plan by America's wealthy and corrupt to "open up the libel laws" so they can destroy their critics:

harpercollins.com/products/mur…

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

pluralistic.net/2025/03/17/act…

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in reply to Cory Doctorow

Hey look at this

* She Promised Not to Speak Ill of Meta. Then Wrote a Tell-All. Now, She Can’t Talk About It. archive.is/50FlL#selection-570… (h/t Gregory Cherlin)

* Music Exec Accidentally Explains How Useless Record Labels Are youtube.com/watch?v=SjPXrvm9lR… (h/t Naked Capitalism)

* “Wait, not like that”: Free and open access in the age of generative AI citationneeded.news/free-and-o…

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If it were to become a crime, what would the legal situation be if they made themselves look bad?





April 6th is #PledgeDrive time!

Last year, we came together to support the servers that make the Fediverse amazing. This year, we’re doing it again but better!

✨ How can you join in? ✨

❤️ Share the word with your followers
❤️ Comment if you'll boost or use #PledgeDrive
❤️ Tag your favorite profiles & hashtags
❤️ Encourage donations to keep servers running

If you're a server admin and would like your server highlighted, send me a Private Message! 💌

Let’s show our love for the Fediverse! 💙💜💛






Woman who planned to sell human toes regurgitated by dogs pleads guilty in Melbourne court - theguardian.com/australia-news… that's a very #2025 headline...
#2025



David Erich's *Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful* is a brave, furious book about the long-running plan by America's wealthy and corrupt to "open up the libel laws" so they can destroy their critics:

harpercollins.com/products/mur…

--

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

pluralistic.net/2025/03/17/act…

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After Amazon's news this week,
I feel the need to share this advice from my Privacy Guides article again:

Notify guests if you are
using a smart speaker 🔇

If you are using a smart speaker device in your home such as Amazon's Echo (Alexa), Apple's HomePod (Siri), Google's Nest,

Inform your guests about it when they enter your home ⚠️

These devices have the capacity
to record all conversations, and there has already been instances of accidental privacy invasion reported about this 🔓

Even if you don't mind yourself,
offer your guests to UNPLUG your smart speaker while they are visiting you 🔌

privacyguides.org/articles/202…

#Privacy #SmartSpeaker #Amazon #Alexa #Echo



🍀 Happy St. Patrick’s Day! 🍀

OpenStreetMap in Ireland has been thriving for years, even hosting our 2nd State of the Map in 2008! Since 2019, OSM Ireland has been a proud Local Chapter of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. Beyond everyday mapping, the Irish OSM community has been actively preserving genealogy, history, and heritage through mapping.

OSM Irl.: openstreetmap.ie
Mapping connecting past & future: blog.openstreetmap.org/2021/01…

#StPatricksDay #OpenStreetMap #OSM #Ireland

in reply to OpenStreetMap

cc
@governorkeagan
Do you know who at OSM Ireland could fix the https problem with the ireland site? (You get a security warning when you try and visit it)


Wir suchen für meine Abteilung einen Vertriebsbeauftragten (idealerweise für #Oldenburg )! Wir entwickeln Leittechnik für Stadtwerke - die zentrale Steuersoftware für Strom-, Gas-, Wasser- und Fernwärme-Netzwerke.

Wir verkaufen üblicherweise sehr kundenspezifische Projekte, keine Produkte von der Stange. Kenntnisse über die Strombranche wären hilfreich.

Bei Fragen zu der Stelle könnt Ihr euch bei mir melden!

#GetFediHired #JobAlert #JobSearch #Hiring #SCADA #Energy
kisters.eu/de/job-vacancy/key-…



in reply to Annika Brockschmidt

Every day that Canada doesn't put #mairikkka on the Foreign Affairs do not travel list, is a day you have to take care of yourself and your people.

Every day, starting way before today.

#cdnpoli #canada #mexico #fascism #antifa #elbowsup




The latest Fountain Pen video is now available for your viewing pleasure.

In this video I am looking at the fountain pens I have inked up in March 2025.

Join me now to see those pens.

youtu.be/dNnHKU-iTDI

#fountainPenReview #fountainPenNetwork #fountainPenGeek #fountainPenCollector #fountainPenAddict #fountainPenLover #fountainPenNerd #fountainpens #fountainpen #penreview #inkedpens #pensinuse #edc #everydaycarry #PIU #currentlyinked #dailywriter #writing




#BBCNews - Poorest children in the UK missing more school and further behind after Covid
bbc.com/news/articles/c4g0rxz2…


This is insane.

Canadian woman applies for a work Visa in the US, but ends up in the immigration system and is put in various jail cells for almost two weeks sleeping on concrete.

Watch the video interview on this page:

ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/c…

Via.
@Karolina

in reply to Randahl Fink

I didn't want to visit the US after September 2001 because of how Americans were acting. Now, it's even worse.