I haven't seen this particular show, but I whole-heartedly agree with his assessment of the BBC. The modern version is an absolute mess! From terrible accents (including in the news), to spelling errors on their site. I love the old BBC, and am constantly collecting clips with RP from there and elsewhere, but I have no time for modern nonsense. There are some exceptions (David Attenborough immediately comes to mind), but they are few and far between. That said, modern television and radio is terrible almost everywhere.
(No, it isn't striped like that! That's just to get your attention. And because, of course, the penguin can't decide between light or dark!)
Attached is a ZIP archive with the four files you need to add Bookface Light and Bookface Dark as customization options for the "Frio" theme on your Friendica server. Unlike the browser user stylesheets these will adopt the Accent Color setting.
Many thanks to @Matthias for giving me some clue how to do this! Once I installed Friendica on my development server their adaptation of my stylesheet to a theme template helped me figure it out.
Work-In-Progress. Use it in production at your own risk!
I'm sure I've missed some things because I've been adding styles as I encounter things that
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(No, it isn't striped like that! That's just to get your attention. And because, of course, the penguin can't decide between light or dark!)
Attached is a ZIP archive with the four files you need to add Bookface Light and Bookface Dark as customization options for the "Frio" theme on your Friendica server. Unlike the browser user stylesheets these will adopt the Accent Color setting.
Many thanks to @Matthias for giving me some clue how to do this! Once I installed Friendica on my development server their adaptation of my stylesheet to a theme template helped me figure it out.
Work-In-Progress. Use it in production at your own risk!
I'm sure I've missed some things because I've been adding styles as I encounter things that look like they need some attention, I don't know what content/features many add-ons create might look like. You will notice that there are many, many "!important" declarations in the CSS, which are necessary for a browser user stylesheet client-side. They probably aren't all necessary in a template/scheme server-side, but I didn't go through the code and remove any of them.
Changes from V4 of my user stylesheet:
Top Bar button placement fixed for phones with small screens (down to 320px wide)
Border radius on Compose Title input normalized to match the rest of the Compose inputs.
Found and fixed some form inputs with wrongly colored backgrounds.
Fixed position of Delegate Settings "Save" button to match all other "Submit" settings.
Instructions for use are in the included README file.
Update 1.1 fixes issue where lots of tags/mentions spill out of the post media box and profile fields to the right in one long line. This update confines them in the box, wrapping them to additional rows as needed. It also adds spacing to the left of multiple buttons floated right in Settings.
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/*
Name : Bookface Light
Version : 1.1
Licence : AGPL
Created on : 19.01.2025
Author : Kristi H. @kmh@friendica.world feb @feb@loma.ml
*/
:root {
--global-font-family: 'Roboto', 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif, Noto Color Emoji;
--nav-bg: $nav_bg;
--link-color: $link_color;
--nav-icon-color: $nav_icon_color;
--background-color: $background_color;
--contentbg-transp: $contentbg_transp;
--font-color: $font_color;
--font-color-darker: $font_color_darker;
--background-image: $background_image;
--menu-background-hover-color: $menu_background_hover_color;
--border-color: $border_color;
}
body
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Update 1.1 fixes issue where lots of tags/mentions spill out of the post media box and profile fields to the right in one long line. This update confines them in the box, wrapping them to additional rows as needed. It also adds spacing to the left of multiple buttons floated right in Settings.
So jetzt funtzt der Patch auch bei mir ... war nen Addon von Firefox dran Schuld das es nicht funktioniert. Ich hätte nur gerne den Attachment Button wieder, weil ich über den ja auch immer schon hochgeladen Attachments sehen konnte.
Yes, I hid that button on purpose because file attachment (other than photos) is a partially-implemented/broken feature, as there is no interface for managing/deleting them, only listing them. And, yes, I'm aware of the irony of my having used that file attachment function in my OP above. But I'm annoyed I have no way to manage or delete any of the files I've uploaded, and other people I know who came from Facebook were confused by it. I think it's better to not present a semi-broken feature to new users, it just frustrates them. But I apologize for frustrating you in the process.
There is a well-known phenomenon that happens to those who write, I don't know if it's called "blank page problem", "blinking text cursor problem" or something else. It's when you open your favorite writing application and spend hours staring at a blinking cursor (you know, the vertical bar that indicates the current position where the next character will be inserted if you decide to type any letter) inside a blank document/text field.
It's not as if there were no ideas or thoughts going on within their minds, it's because they can't be translated into words... They could fully tap into their unconscious, a process called "stream-of-(un)consciousness", but it's easy said than done: try to describe the taste of chocolate without using "chocolate", "cacao", "sweet", "sweetener", "sugar", among similar terms, and you'll realize you simply can't do it.
And there are situations where the thing *can* be translated into words, but they *shouldn't* be. It's when they're aware of the possible unwanted consequences of expressing that thing, so they keep it restricted to their ow
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There is a well-known phenomenon that happens to those who write, I don't know if it's called "blank page problem", "blinking text cursor problem" or something else. It's when you open your favorite writing application and spend hours staring at a blinking cursor (you know, the vertical bar that indicates the current position where the next character will be inserted if you decide to type any letter) inside a blank document/text field.
It's not as if there were no ideas or thoughts going on within their minds, it's because they can't be translated into words... They could fully tap into their unconscious, a process called "stream-of-(un)consciousness", but it's easy said than done: try to describe the taste of chocolate without using "chocolate", "cacao", "sweet", "sweetener", "sugar", among similar terms, and you'll realize you simply can't do it.
And there are situations where the thing *can* be translated into words, but they *shouldn't* be. It's when they're aware of the possible unwanted consequences of expressing that thing, so they keep it restricted to their own thoughts. It's not as if they were thinking an unsavory thing, but they know that it can't be said out loudly.
One of those situations is when the thing is a secret. Say someone told them a very deep and serious secret. A secret so intricate that can't be expressed without compromising the secrecy of the thing (as well as the secrecy of the person who told the secret). It's like having to carry a heavy boulder, forever.
All of those situations will face the same things: a blank page, a blinking cursor and a desire that simply can't be fulfilled to express something that can't be said. It's uncomfortable, it's on the verge of the painful.
But wait: there's more! There's a worse scenario, a scenario I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. A scenario where those three situations happen simultaneously: it's a secret, it's a thing that have no words to express it, and it's a thing that can't be shouted out loudly.
Words have consequences. Actions have consequences. Yet holding things to oneself also has consequences. Internal pressure increases until it reaches critical state. One's brain will keep rehashing and rehashing it, it's inevitable. It's akin to a Cassandra curse: they have something going on inside their mind, yet nice/good reactions wouldn't be found if they decided to express it (supposing that they could translate it into words).
So they keep it to themselves, just as Cassandra. They're the only ones that could potentially understand it... or could they? It's where the situation becomes even worse: it's a thing that they can't understand by themselves, they need help to understand it, but they're forbidden to seek help to understand it, because they can't say it in the first place. Even when they have close friends or familiar people, they couldn't use their help, and these people probably wouldn't understand either.
And this is where it becomes the worst scenario: ain't no close friends to even consider the possibility of talking to, nor "far friends", no one. Maybe they should rely on LLMs? Lol, they can't "understand" a thing, they're just fancy auto-completing algorithms, they can't reason, they can't help with the ineffable. Neither can that writing app, which is still blank, while they lost count on how many times its cursor blinked. Ain't no one besides themselves to try to tell the thing.
This is the ineloquibilis scenario: can't be said, can't be held to oneself either...
A bit over a decade ago I built a small following on Facebook. This was actually the first image I posted there:
Along with many others for reasons I won’t go into on this post, I felt the time had arrived to move to a different ‘verse for my creative content. The Fediverse.
And while many, many others have moved to the Pixelfed-verse (a terrific subset of the Fediverse ecosystem), I have decided to use the Friendica-verse instead.
Why? Well for starters, I like to tell stories when posting my Imagery. I like to share what was involved in the creation of it, perhaps share some background of the where/when/why that moment occurred, and maybe engage in a discussion with-like minded people. To me my images are also stories. And to do all that, a Facebook like format simply works better for me than an Instagram-like one.
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A bit over a decade ago I built a small following on Facebook. This was actually the first image I posted there:
Along with many others for reasons I won’t go into on this post, I felt the time had arrived to move to a different ‘verse for my creative content. The Fediverse.
And while many, many others have moved to the Pixelfed-verse (a terrific subset of the Fediverse ecosystem), I have decided to use the Friendica-verse instead.
Why? Well for starters, I like to tell stories when posting my Imagery. I like to share what was involved in the creation of it, perhaps share some background of the where/when/why that moment occurred, and maybe engage in a discussion with-like minded people. To me my images are also stories. And to do all that, a Facebook like format simply works better for me than an Instagram-like one.
But trust me, I am enjoying the ^%** out of all the content creators swarming to Pixelfed. But the beauty of the Fediverse is that all of this is connected together, and one approach to interacting and engaging with each other does not negate a different approach.
So, welcome to my little corner of the creative content world. Unlike Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Reddit, TikTok, X, etc… you will find no ads here. You will find no A.I. data mining. And hopefully you will find a greatly reduced pile of BS.
Let’s see if we can all do something special here. Together.
Downloaded my data from #Twitter today (not entirely sure why; I'll probably delete it in a year). Already on #Mastodon at @Alfredo and on #Pixelfed at @AlfredoL@pixey.org . Joining the crowd at helloquittex.com on Tuesday.
@leastaction @Alfredo I'm always downloading my data whenever I leave a platform. I mean, it's my entire history there. It's a pity to lose it like that in a snap.
First Post: Lazy Sunday day, got a ham in the slow cooker with some roasted veg in the oven while I work my way through the Star Trek Movies. The Undiscovered Country is next.
A week ago, I got myself a #Friendica account, and I've been #exploring it since then. My plan is to leave Facebook a bit later this year (not just "pause", or "visit sparsely", as I've done for the last couple of years), and I've made an online event where I've invited all of my Facebook acquaintances. A small subset might be interested in exploring additional platforms.
Friendica has its advantages, but so do diaspora*.
Friendica has a #Calendar function, kind of like Facebook's #Events. In my opinion, that's the only thing "missing" on Diaspora (or does it exist, and I'm the one who have missed it?), and acquiring that, it might help me move some people with me (even if they don't leave Facebook, it would be nice to still have some place to interact with them, and I think they too should explore other options).
Diaspora auto-embeds / gives a preview of links. As far as I've noticed, Friendica does not. Diaspora auto-collapses long posts. As far as I've noticed, Friendica does not.
Then again, posts (and comments) are editable on Friendica. Editing posts and/or comments are not possible on diaspora* (or were they for a while? ... can't remember). There are advantages of both approaches.
My posts on diaspora* seem to #federate fine to Friendica, but (my) posts on Friendica seem to take their time (none has federated in that direction as of yet). Then again, the admin on the Friendica instance I'm on posted about a backlog, so that may flow better with time?
I'm also considering whether to get a #Mastodon account. I had Twitter, but stopped using it, and then (quite recently) finally deleted my account.
I have no plans to leave diaspora*, but as things are at the moment, I think it will be easier to "lure" people over to Friendica or Mastodon (than to diaspora*), so if they're "there" — or whichever non-Meta platform they chose — I think I would like to have profiles there as well.
Friendica Tutorial 2 of 6: Friendica as a One Stop Social Media Hub. Ver 2023.12
Since the internet was severely lacking it, This is a comprehensive tutorial on how you can do pretty much anything in friendica that you can on facebook. This episode covers how how to join friendica, how to customize your profile, how to make a post, and join a group. PS this is an atheist/liberal/leftish channel and my opinions and beliefs are not that of the friendica organization, so please do not let any of the examples I use have any impact on whether or not you decide to use the site.
The Skeptical Buddha the Tao of Science amazon.com/dp/B09NGRY4L6/ref=c… Also available in most european, North and South American nations, Indian, Japan and Australia Amazon website.
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Twitter heb ik nooit gehad. Evenmin TikTok...Maar ben razend benieuwd hoe morgen eruit gaat zien. Denk dat het chaos wordt... Goed van je dat je van Twitter af bent! Dit is een manier van vreedzaam protesteren en mits dit mondiaal gebeurt, kan dit niet zonder gevolgen zijn. Deze media zijn een onderdeel van de macht van Trump en consorten. Elk klein beetje wat we ze kunnen afnemen , is weer iets! Niets doen is geen optie. Liefs terug ❤
It seems like an absurd joke to me that Tik Tok shut themselves down, practically begging for Vice President Trump's help. Now it seems it's back up and they thank the incoming VP.
Just told my girlfriend about the fediverse. I think I lost her a bit when I started enumerating all the services I can use here. I got her back when we discussed how to utilize this for smaller groups to get out of Silicon Hell Valleys grip
Thats a good point! I guess I just got kinda excited when I discovered all the possibilities, that I didn't recognize when to stop 😀 I think that the use of those three, you mention, should help alot of people feel more at home here
I plan on using federated and open social media more in 2025. The TikTok ban, the strait up nazification of Twitter and Facebook. It's time to stop trusting these billionaires to protect us.
Kristi H.
in reply to Kristi H. • •Update 1.1 fixes issue where lots of tags/mentions spill out of the post media box and profile fields to the right in one long line. This update confines them in the box, wrapping them to additional rows as needed. It also adds spacing to the left of multiple buttons floated right in Settings.
bookface_light.css
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Update 1.1 fixes issue where lots of tags/mentions spill out of the post media box and profile fields to the right in one long line. This update confines them in the box, wrapping them to additional rows as needed. It also adds spacing to the left of multiple buttons floated right in Settings.
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bookface_dark.css
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I noticed that the button for the attachment upload is not displayed.
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With this patch you can upload MP3/4 via drag & drop github.com/friendica/friendica…
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Both should be possible.
The patch will only be available with the next release.
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So jetzt funtzt der Patch auch bei mir ... war nen Addon von Firefox dran Schuld das es nicht funktioniert.
Ich hätte nur gerne den Attachment Button wieder, weil ich über den ja auch immer schon hochgeladen Attachments sehen konnte.
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