Notices by Thib (thibaultamartin@mamot.fr)

This is absolutely stunning. I need hiking holidays too, the kids will get some cardio training soon 😁

@killyourfm

Properly stunning, I love the composition of the picture. It looks calm and balanced.

@killyourfm

I used to subscribe to Apple Music and then stopped. When I subscribed again, I had lost all my hand-curated playlists that I had carefully crafted over the years.

I’m done with this subscription-based life where everything you cherish can and will be taken away from you. So I took the radical decision to own my music, like we used to when iPods were fashionable.

And you can too.

https://ergaster.org/posts/2025/02/14-you-can-own-music/

#music #subscription #ipod

The more I look at the geopolitical situation, the more I think the cheapest, most robust and realistic option for Europe to reclaim its digital independence is to massively support @postmarketOS and its upstreams.

No need to mine or buy rare earths, tons of jobs created along the way, countless devices saved from the landfill where they would have poisoned the soil, and even the possibility to monetize other countries’ waste.

It’s just what makes the most sense.

Kept nodding as I read through this

https://andysblog.uk/why-blog-if-nobody-reads-it/

Fully packed room for the Matrix devroom this year again!

Re last-post, this morning I wasn't walking the dog.

I was swimming the dog.

#climatechange #floods

Happy to help promote this community with Matrix’ official channels 😇

@killyourfm @raptor85

Palms were offline devices that only synced with your computer when put on a docking station.

You could read and reply to emails offline, book or cancel meetings, and sync with your computer later. The latest versions allowed you to snap pictures and listen to your music.

No servers running constantly. No data spilled everywhere. Days worth of battery on a single charge.

The future stole our cables, and it took our attention span and our privacy with it.

#privacy #offline #data

Since I got back into RSS, I’ve been reading a lot more blogs.

They feel authentic, I usually know the author’s bias, and they dont have the same monetization/editorial issues as most press websites.

Democracy needs more indie web. We need to make “how to publish a blog” part of public schools’ curriculum.

They are! My main issue is that he makes you want to buy a new device every other video!

I took the decision to stick to my RH35XX H and play all my beloved GBA games on that device, but he’s making it difficult!

@killyourfm

@killyourfm somebody’s been watching the Tech Dweeb 😄

I'm all for a Linux phone and I'm extremely worried about the state of corporate (and governmental) surveillance we're forced to live in.

But I can't trust manufacturers who focus on hardware, don't pick a software ecosystem to focus their efforts on, and don't contribute meaningfully to said ecosystem.

Software alone is a HUGE budget to get a successful phone.

Relying on volunteers won't cut it.

"After all: the price of independence may be high, but the cost of silence is even greater."

@molly0xfff hitting the nail on the head yet again.

https://www.citationneeded.news/i-am-my-own-legal-department/

TIL about @nodebb !

I already knew about Flarum, which looks very much like “a faster Discourse”

@liaizon @stefan

Thanks for your work 🫡

@aaron @altruios @tante

After a 10-year hiatus, I’m back to using RSS to follow news and blogs. It feels so calm and decluttered ☺️

But the fear of missing out is real! What blogs would you recommend for someone interested in

✊ Digital rights, activism & privacy
🌱 Offline-first and local computing
💻 General tech trends
🛠️ Hacking devices to improve them
🥰 Mental health & work-life balance
🙌 Good news

I would be grateful if you boosted this to help me discover more blogs!

#rss #news #offline

TIL about the HardBreak Wiki, a collection of resources to understand and hack hardware.

https://www.hardbreak.wiki/

#hacking #hardware #wiki

I am European. I am horrified by the direction the world is taking. I feel powerless against a class that crushes the world to serve its own interests.

Today I joined a union.

Not because I’m at odds with my employer. They’re treating me well.

I’m joining a union because we need class solidarity. I’m joining a union to protect and rebuild public services. I’m joining a union because democracy is more than voting for representatives.

✊

Are there good music player on Linux, that let you explore your library by artist or genre?

🔄 Boosts welcome to free more songs

#music #localComputing #linux