Actually Existing Solarpunk · 'it’s about combating energy poverty & increasing energy democracy, while actually & actively changing the energy mix, & building community.'
👉🏻 https://booktwo.org/notebook/actually-existing-solarpunk/
I just ordered a used OnePlus 6 cellphone off of eBay with the intention of installing @postmarketOS on it.
I've been toying with the idea for a while now, particularly for running a lightweight home server for very simple services where a small form factor PC would be overkill.
The way I'm looking at it, buying a used phone in decent condition gets you something about as powerful and power efficient as a Raspberry Pi. But unlike a Raspberry Pi or small form factor PC, it includes a built-in battery that can serve as a makeshift UPS, and a touch screen so I don't have to cobble together a crash cart every time I need to attach a console to it. It also appears to be cheaper than a Pi once you add all the usual parts, and cheaper than a few months' worth of renting an equivalently powerful VM at most budget cloud service providers.
Plus there's also a certain attraction to breathing new life into old tech and reusing equipment in an environmentally-friendly fashion (h/t @tinker)
If I'm right about my assumptions, then it makes me wonder why more people don't go this route versus buying Raspberry Pis and similar devices. Or if I'm wrong then I'm just needlessly over-complicating my life (like usual).
Tips and tricks welcome!
I'll report back in a few weeks.
Der Leidensdruck konservativer Frauen muss extrem groß sein, wenn sie sich so vehement dafür einsetzen, endlich auch wieder nachts alleine über die Dörfer ziehen zu können.🤔
Ob ihren Partnern eigentlich klar ist, dass sie dann irgendwie mitgemeint sind?🤔
Software should still be usable 30, 40, 50 years after it's released. The idea that old is somehow inherently inferior is part of the rot that's killing society.
Scientists have discovered that it is possible to just do something, without making a podcast about it
We're #hiring a new Head of the Sovereign Tech Fund! 🚀
The Sovereign Tech Fund is the flagship program of the Sovereign Tech Agency. Since 2022, we've invested in critical open source infrastructure—from curl to FreeBSD to technologies like DNS that power the web—to strengthen digital sovereignty. Now we're in a pivotal phase of growth and scaling, and we're looking for an experienced leader for this key role.
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This month, our regular flinta hacker meeting will take place on the second Monday instead of the first, so on November 10. Come join us from 7pm until about 9-10pm at C3H (Bürgerschule Nordstadt, Klaus-Müller-Kilian-Weg 2) and bring projects that you enjoy: knitting, games, soldering projects, programming stuff, or anything else you like.
Respiratory diseases: Please only come without symptoms, we can provide FFP3-masks.
It was a beautiful sunny warm day here in the Bay Area of California on this #SilentSunday, here’s a #cinemagraph to go with that
Even if it is of the most horrible tree known to humankind
per la rubrica *cover strambe*
cure - push [con chirarra classica junior e gatto che giudica da vicino]
al netto di tutto, brano della madonna in album della madonna.
#mastoradio #fediradio
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
Comet A6Lemmon on the evening of 9 November.
#NewMexico #Comet #Photography #Astrophotography #Technology
Waarom denken wij ineens dat ‘ongeveer’ genoeg is?
https://www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-de-dag/waarom-denken-wij-ineens-dat-ongeveer-genoeg-is~b34a1ffb/ | https://archive.ph/qadkr
"En dan is het nog een ding dat grote softwarebedrijven ons willen wijsmaken dat ongeveer altijd genoeg is, die willen ons ook bestoken met advertenties en onze persoonlijke data doorverkopen, die hebben er dus belang bij als wij overal AI gebruiken.
Ze worden geholpen in hun missie door een eindeloze schare ‘gewone mensen’ die ook ten prooi zijn gevallen aan het ‘ongevirus’."
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It's believed that drinking an infusion of camellia leaves helps to alleviate hemorrhoids🥹✨
Because it drops its petals one by one this species is also known as 'long life camellia' (長命椿) and 'scattering camellia' (散り椿).
#Japan #camellias
Red sisters
#mushroom #fungi #photography #macroPhotography
📣 Natural Product Occurrence of the Day
🧪 Helilandin B [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76386743] is a molecule
found in a 🌿 plant, Medicago sativa [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156106]
📚 according to: [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39290809]
✏️ This occurrence is available for curation on Wikidata [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76386743#P703]. If you spot an error, feel free to improve it!
Surbiton, UK. November 10th 2025 (but it's been here for years).
Artist: SkyHigh (5kyh1gh on Insta if you indulge).
Drohnen fliegen über Flughafen und Kernkraftwerk in Belgien
In Belgien hat es erneut Vorfälle mit Drohnen unbekannter Herkunft gegeben. Es gab Sichtungen über einem wichtigen Flughafen und einem AKW. Nach Deutschland hilft nun auch Großbritannien mit Spezialisten.
https://openradio.mixlr.com/events/4656209
My community radio show on Wednesday if you're interested/bored
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