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‪By: Charlotte Clymer‬ ‪@charlotteclymer.bsky.social‬


"I don't really use TikTok that much, but I find it fascinating that our government is on the verge of banning an app for national security reasons that are still unclear in the same week that Meta, the largest social media company, says it's now fine to hate LGBTQ people and call us mentally ill."


Personne n'y comprend rien, le film


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VULTURE

I had walked since dawn and lay down to rest on a bare hillside
Above the ocean. I saw through half-shut eyelids a vulture wheeling high up in heaven,
And presently it passed again, but lower and nearer, its orbit narrowing, I understood then
That I was under inspection. I lay death-still and heard the flight-feathers
Whistle above me and make their circle and come nearer.
I could see the naked red head between the great wings
Bear downward staring. I said, “My dear bird, we are wasting time here.
These old bones will still work; they are not for you.”
But how beautiful he looked, gliding down
On those great sails; how beautiful he looked, veering
away in the sea-light over the precipice. I tell you solemnly
That I was sorry to have disappointed him. To be eaten
by that beak and become part of him, to share those wings and those eyes—
What a sublime end of one’s body, what an enskyment;
What a life after death.

      - Robinson Jeffers



A Dawn In the Mountains


A flush the color of Japanese egg yolks marked the tips of the peaks, changing frigid becomes celebration.




its about time to get this weekend started. hope everyone have a great weekend.


We have some wicked icicles from the winter storm this past week. 10 inches of snow in our area.


Yes it seems large image uploads now work, thank you @Mike Höhn for the tip


For those new to Friendica, here's a playlist of videos explaining the features:
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I'm starting to get the hang of things here. Mobile site is quite user friendly so that's good. Still not sure how to remove the dislike option from my posts (I don't care if someone doesn't like what I say -lol!) or how to create different types of friends lists. Eventually I'll work that out. Now if I can convince my FB friends that it's worth the learning curve to try it out over here. 🙌


Just Joined


Hi!
Trying out Friendica. Looks nice so far.


Hello Friendica!


I'm testing this out as a Facebook replacement. Really, however, it'll depend on how many people I can get to join me here.

Pros:
- Responsive, reasonably easy to navigate
- Formatted text is a nice touch
- It does technically have an events system

Cons:
- Would be nicer if we had a rich text editor rather than BBCode style editing
- No changing post permissions after it's published! Yeah, that's probably an ActivityPub limitation, isn't it?
- Little bit janky everywhere
- The events... don't let you invite people? That seems less than useful. There again it's not like I have any friends here.

in reply to Andrew Ducker

So I tried setting up a test event and inviting you.
That's fair enough.
It seems tho there is no way of adding new people to the event!
That would be... a useful feature. 😅

in reply to Johe

Please consider being civil as this platform is being ran by volunteers and it took a lot of effort of getting it all to run.



#Dotdot: a French revolution in private mesh networks and mobile data sharing


Dotdot is a French revolution in private mesh networks, offering subscription-free WiFi access and reducing the carbon footprint of local communications. Dotdot's self-healing mesh networks can operate in repeater mode to extend a router's Internet access, or in private mode (Off-Grid) for isolated local communication between devices. The Dotdot WiFi network is created by stand-alone pocket repeaters called “#dot's”, which can be paired with a smartphone to create a WiFi network visible up to 100 meters around the user.

A key feature of Dotdot is the anonymous sharing of Gigas of unused mobile Internet access, enabling unused mobile data to be monetized while providing shared access to the Internet. Dotdot's are low-cost WiFi repeaters that mesh without assistance, and enhanced versions are offered for automotive, construction or defense applications on which CivTAK and ATAK-type applications can run. Dotdot recently won an award at the CES Innovation Awards 2025 for its innovative approach to secure, anonymous mobile data sharing.

For your information, as I find the concept appealing, I've just ordered a #Dotdot box for n816 Life to test the concept. I'll be sure to let you know my impressions after a few weeks of real-life use. This French innovation was presented at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, and was discussed by Jérôme Colombain of the podcast “Le Monde Numérique”.

dotdot.fr/

#Dotdot #MetNetworks #DataSharing #WiFiWithoutSubscription #CESInnovationAwards2025



#Dotdot : une révolution française des réseaux maillés privés et du partage de données mobiles


Dotdot est une révolution française dans les réseaux maillés privés, offrant des accès WiFi sans coûts d'abonnement et réduisant l'empreinte carbone dans les communications locales. Les réseaux maillés auto-cicatrisants de Dotdot peuvent fonctionner en mode répéteur pour étendre l'accès internet d'un routeur ou en mode privé (Off-Grid) pour une communication locale isolée entre les appareils. Le réseau WiFi Dotdot est créé par des répéteurs de poche autonomes appelés "#dot's", qui peuvent être appairés avec un smartphone pour créer un réseau WiFi visible jusqu'à 100 mètres autour de l'utilisateur.

Le partage anonyme de Gigas d'accès internet mobile inutilisés est une fonctionnalité clé de Dotdot, qui permet de monétiser les données mobiles inutilisées tout en offrant un accès solidaire à Internet. Les #dot's sont des répéteurs WiFi à bas coût qui se maillent sans assistance, et des versions renforcées sont proposées pour des applications automobiles, du bâtiment ou de défense sur lesquels des applications de type CivTAK et ATAK peuvent fonctionner. Dotdot a récemment remporté un prix aux CES Innovation Awards 2025 pour son approche innovante de partage de données mobiles anonymes et sécurisées.

Pour informations, trouvant le concept sympathique, je viens de commander un boitier pour tester le concept au nom de n816 Life. Je ne manquerai pas de vous faire part de mes impressions après quelques semaines d'utilisation en vie réelle. Cette innovation française a été présentée au CES 2025 à Las Vegas, et a été discutée par Jérôme Colombain du podcast "Le Monde Numérique".

dotdot.fr/

#Dotdot #RéseauxMaillés #PartageDeDonnées #WiFiSansAbonnement #CESInnovationAwards2025



Some issues still with Friendica.World


There still are some issues with Friendica.World (but we're working on it...)

First and foremost, the worker, which is executing the jobs (which do everything ) can't keep up. This is being addressed in github.com/friendica/friendica…

Then, image uploads don't work for large images (over 5MB?), while the settings have a max of 200MB defined (and php.ini has 500MB)

Lastly (for now), the backup locks the database. We need to test to use options to skip the locking of tables.

If there are any other issues you notice, let us know!

in reply to Ruud

Some issues still with Friendica.World

@ruud Is Friendica set to the 200MB limit? When trying to upload an image in the image section of my profile, I get an error message shown, where 'nginx ' is printed below the actual image error message. This doesn't look like a PHP error message to me. I haven't ever used nginx, though.
A quick search reveals that nginx has a client_max_body_size parameter to limit the size of uploads. The default is 1MB. Could this be the problem?

I have posted this with Tusky.




Facebook / Instagram / Twitter


Yeah, so this is an attempt to at least partially leave the Right-Wing propaganda networks. I fear that my contacts on Facebook may not come here, but hopefully there will be more of a migration.

My profile already shows somethings that define who I am. I might post numerous pictures of my cats and (hopefully) there will be silly cat videos involved.

in reply to Suzanne

I am seeing how it goes here. I will likely keep my FB account open for sharing political and social issue stuff and because I have groups I admin and participate in there. Maybe do more personal stuff here. I always try new platforms. So far none of them have successfully beat Facebook unfortunately because not enough of my friends want to deal with migration so tumbleweeds end up blowing through. I tried MeWe and Mastodon. I like the nostalgia of Spacehey (MySpace clone) but I don't go there often. BlueSky is good but I'm not getting much interaction there.



Welcome


aussies@a.gup.pe I think this is a new group. Welcome if it is. Hi, if it existed before.