Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️

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NOTE: I've only set this account to "locked" to minimize privacy leeches like Threads / Bluesky. I accept follow requests from pretty much anyone else.

Now, the profile!...

Born of star dust, #FOSS philosophy. #Environmentalist, #selfhosting #design/#ux #geek #Vegan #karate absurdist.

Opinions are totes not my own...Sqwark! 🦥 #NotNewHere

Add an avatar, description + a post or two or I ain't followin'! I boost independent creators, #FOSS/#privacy/#climate/#MobileLinux stuff.

Io #Saturnalia!

Sexual preference: Weird. Very weird.
Pronouns: Surprise me.
Gender: Turnip
SSN: 822461

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blort_at_social.tchncs.de@momostr.pink

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2024-08-31T04:26:15Z

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2024-09-03 07:46:28

Ok, so this is very early stage but cool:
#Verso is a project to build a full "#FOSS forever" web browser based on #Rust and #Servo rather than #Chromium/#Gecko. Even the interface is rendered with Servo.
https://github.com/versotile-org/verso
Currently there's 23 contributors and a non profit forming to oversee it. There are also nightly releases for testing (remember the "very early stage" bit though!).
Here's their initial launch video (tech starts about 1/2 way through):
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=cqFfpeMGYk4?t=887
https://f2.tchncs.de/media_attachments/files/113/072/515/810/798/110/original/4fbd7338e980e40e.png

2024-09-03 04:11:18

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Yum! What are they stuffed with?

2024-09-03 02:45:37

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Very disappointed to see that ComfortZone.com is just a "proving calming solutions for cats".
I would so go premium on a dating site like this.

2024-09-02 19:51:07

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Please @npub1j3e…5635 ,put these on Peertube.
You show environmental / social #activism being cracked down on, but only post videos on a platform doing exactly this. #Alphabet / #Google will remove your account in a heartbeat, or be more subtle, by quietly restricting your reach / recommendations. #YouTube are less likely to strike at all if it will be less effective, though.
You don't have to leave, but please start protecting your important work by mirroring on #Peertube NOW.
Thank you. ❤️

2024-09-02 19:24:44

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Kind of ironic that there's no #Peertube link there...

2024-09-01 18:44:35

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5:15am bedtime for me last night. Ugh.

2024-09-01 18:42:38

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Delayed circadian rhythms are REAL.

2024-08-27 18:57:55

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You can see what apps currently support Podcasting 2.0, and which features over here:
https://podcastindex.org/apps
EDIT: Wild! I just saw Peertube there and it already supports streaming sats! That could make an interesting business, setting up a host with Sat streaming by default, so creators would get paid by viewers and hosting could also automatically be paid from the BTC account.🤔
We just need SAT streaming added to the upcoming official #Peertube app, to make it more common here.

2024-08-27 18:52:45

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It's a set of extensions for RSS. Some of them add features like transcripts, subtitles, livestreaming, episode comments and my personal fave, the ability for listeners/viewers to stream Sats (ie millionths of a Bitcoin) to content creators based on how long a listener/viewer listens/watches.
It's reinvigorated some podcasting substantially, and there's potential to do the same for visual media like Peertube too. I'm curious if it could be extended to a more eco friendly alt coin.

2024-08-27 18:33:08

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Absolutely. Some form of non-advertising based monetization, really is crucial. A federated Patreon would be a fabulous step forward, especially if it could incorporate podcasting 2.0 style SAT streaming. High friction one off donations will only ever get a project so far.

2024-08-27 18:27:28

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I'd rather you flooded this space, actually.
What happens on X stays on X, and has no bearing on my life (other than increasing the number of Nazi's floating around)

2024-08-27 18:21:23

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No idea what I'm looking at here, other than a Fedora log in screen...

2024-08-27 16:40:42

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You may need to provide a benefit to bandwidth providers if the network started getting saturated though. Non financial/vanity, so it didn't encourage fraud, but maybe something like badges when commenting, based on what percentile they were in for providing community bandwidth.
Down the line it would also be great to see Podcasting 2.0 style streaming sats for viewed minutes, but that's probably better off offloaded to a Peertube plugin.
#Peertube

2024-08-27 16:36:40

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I'd love to see an official *Desktop* Peertube app, with video viewing, commenting and uploading functionality, but also with a single configuration click that let people automatically seed Peertube videos from their desktop.
It could be taken one step further afterwards, by letting instances upload directly to the shared community storage rather than needing their own. You'd see an explosion of content, which would bring more viewers.

2024-08-27 16:33:58

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Agreed. I feel like a big part of the problem though is lack of content, mainly because of people not wanting to take on the cost of video hosting. That could be a solvable issue though if we make use of the opportunity of the many users who would happily help provide storage and bandwidth if it was dirt simple, easy.

2024-08-27 16:09:51

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So... I'm confused... Are there *really* no cats in the images, or is that facetious, and there's actually always a cat hiding in there somewhere?

2024-08-27 14:50:42

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Likewise with Microsoft and Windows Phone 😂

2024-08-27 13:53:17

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This is true, although to be fair, most ideological groups seem to once they get a certain level of power and influence.

2024-08-26 19:46:28

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Is anyone known to be working on @npub1vnu…8mqn
support for the #Pixel2 / #Pixel2XL currently? I love mine and it's a completely decent phone, but right now it seems that only #LineageOS will suport it and even then it looks like it's next on the chopping block for being removed from security updates.
Either way, great to see the work on the 3A continuing!

2024-08-26 19:32:10

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Cool, thanks! Fascinating to see #postmarketOS continuing to make inroads towards fully mainlining hardware not specifically designed to run Linux (eg the Pixel3A) as well as what's happening with PlasmaMobile and Phosh! Glowup also looks really cool, although it would be nice to actually have it potentially do it's thing directly from one of the camera apps.
Thanks for putting together this smorgasboard of #LinuxMobile news!

2024-08-23 04:29:23

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Good to know! I haven't looked into it deeply, so I'm no expert. I am curious though what you would have wished to have seen in Forgejo?

2024-08-23 04:19:17

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MAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

2024-08-23 03:42:17

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Nice. Thank you! How did the talk at FrOSSCON go?

2024-08-23 03:09:23

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Have you taken a look at @npub12r3…zz58 ? They've taken a strong pro-FOSS stance similar to that of postmarketOS and they're also actively working on bringing source management to the Fediverse (and vice versa). I believe they have a web interface for commenting etc, as pmOS was wanting from SourceHut.
#Forgejo #postmarketOS #FOSS #SourceControl #Fediverse

2024-08-23 02:49:49

Would it help mobile Linux to have more apps? What about a FOSS Linux app in a popular category we have NOTHING for now?
Well, @npub1kc4…txaw is a dev offering to develop the first FOSS, mobile Linux sleep tracking app for *peanuts*, and he's ONLY SHORT $425 of pledges in the next ~48 hours to make it real!
That's only 17 people pledging $25! Or around 7 people donating $60!
So LET'S DO THIS! pledge now, and boost:
https://crowdfundr.com/sleep-journal-app
#MobileLinux #FOSS #OpenSource #Sleep #PinePhone #Librem5

2024-08-23 00:34:02

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I would gladly contribute to a crowdfunder to get the same UI on Linux as on Android for @npub1t2q…n4vh . On Android I love Organic Maps so much, but on Linux it's... more of a debugging tool. *sigh*
The only alternative I've seen on Linux is Gnome Maps which is... very basic.
#LinuxMobile #OrganicMaps #GnomeMaps #OSM

2024-08-18 03:52:01

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Why don't you suggest they get the parents of the other students in your kids classes to vote on it? 😉
@npub1gpa…mf9t

2024-08-10 19:18:24

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Sure would be harder to block SIgnal if it wasn't centralized...
#Signal #Decentralization

2024-08-09 02:07:40

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This makes me so happy to see another human being caring about another living being, even when they're an insect.
The joy of life is universal and it's so heartwarming to see that respected. ❤️

2024-08-05 02:05:49

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Same here.