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What are you people going to say next? That I’m exaggerating? Open your eyes…

I’ve been moving back more and more of my activities offline for a long time now. My eyes are somewhat open, and I don’t think I’m an exception. It’s just that when you’re online you can only hear… online people ;)

In an hour or so, I will be out walking in the city, with nothing but my small watercolors set, a pencil and a sketchbook. No notifications, no messages, no social, no games, no podcasts, no music,… Just me and the world for me to sketch and paint… very badly… and what’s even better is that I don’t give a crap about that. I just enjoy doing it.

So, now that you realized how screwed up most online activities are, what will you do offline today, if anything? And if there is nothing planned, why not give it a shot? :)

J’utilisais le site Web de Lemmy/Jlail.lu, à présent j’utilise le site Web de piefed ;)

It’s probably my English that is lacking (sorry for that) but I though I just wrote ‘people should not do that, they’re not a products’. Could it be that me using the first person is the main issue, here? Or did I really phrase anything that makes you think I feel ‘special’ (can’t see what)?

If so, I will try to keep that in mind next time.

Thx, that’s nice of you to say, but don’t worry too much about that.

As far as I’m concerned downvotes only start being meaningful the moment a downvoter takes to time to explain their motivation, if they’re too lazy to even do that, well, why should I worry what they may think, or like or dislike? ;)

I would not rate it. My childhood, like myself, is not a product or a service, it’s not even a homework, waiting to be rated ;)

100%. Also true for any craft/DIY/manual hobby activity, art (music, sketching, painting), and so on.

France comes from the ‘franks’ which was both a kingdom and its population, the franks or francs, in French. The word is is supposed to mean ‘free man’ (one of the meanings, at least)

Yep.

It’s not compatible with the real older browsers but since it’s for my personal blog I don’t think it’s a big deal.

AVIF. It’s a video format but it works great for photos too and offers much better compression than jepg or even webp without much noticeable loss. I use it on my blog to make the few images I use as light as possible.

The French Clairefontaine, at least for standard printer paper and thicker papers, no idea if they do vinyl or photo. Their paper is real nice.

100% agree, and I see no easy way to get over that. Maybe a good starting point could be to also post the video on an alternative platform and mention that alternative platform to the YT audience, encouraging them to test it out?

That’s nice! After that, we will only need a better/optimized epub export tool to be able to easily self-publish using only dear LO Writer :)

No, no, no my dear friend, this is not fancy at all. We, Europeans, are required to own such a dining table exactly like we’re expected to be wearing a smoking at diner time, even when there is a football game on the TV.

Now, let me tell you about our pajamas ;)

Looks interesting to me, as a (no-ads, no-tracking) Hugo blogger myself that has been considering trying Gemini too… at least if it means I would be able use it without having to configure Gemini by myself, as if I’m a privacy-aware user I’m also not really much of a geek ;)

May I ask why use the US Microsoft owned Github and not a more privacy respecting FLOSS alternative like, say, the German Codeberg?

:)

Why would anyone still want to go the USA for fun? I think the USA made it clear they don’t want us foreigners anymore… just our money.

I’m not surprised at all since I use them every single day, but the pen and paper have yet to be rivaled by anything digital. At the very least, in regards to:

• portability: available in any size one may fancy, only a few grams.
• autonomy: a notebook needs no battery and offers weeks or months worth of storage depending how much you write or sketch (certain models can even be refilled),
• ease of use: put pen(cil) onto paper and write, or sketch + no upgrades, no bugs, no crashes.
• privacy: no tracking, no spying by any corporation. No ads, either.
• low cost: I’ve yet to find an iPad with its Pencil at the two dollars I spend on my cheap notebook and cheap ballpoint, or pencil.
• Sturdiness: I can (and often) sit on the notebook I store in my jeans back pocket, I often use it under the rain too.
• Low attraction to thieves: I can use it anywhere without risking attracting attention from potential thieves. I can also let my notebook alone in any public places, chances are no one will even consider stealing it: it’s just paper. Try doing that with a digital notebook, be it a tablet or a phone ;)
• Versatility: I can write (errands, novels, plan to conquer the world, a poem for my spouse), sketch (bad or good sketches), draw a map, play some games, make paper planes or origami, and even share info with anyone by tearing of a sheet of paper from my notebook (that won’t break it) and give it to that person.

Yeah, I think it’s kinda obvious I do like my cheap notebook and pen, a lot more than I will ever like that corporate and government spyware that disguises itself as a smartphone and that I’m expected to be using and carrying with me everywhere I go ;)

Mais c’est pas pas pareil du tout! Faut pas confondre: nous, on est les gentils et on ne traque que les méchants, ou alors les pervers. La lie, quoi, rien à voir avec des gens biens comme nous.

Je ne vois d’ailleurs vraiment pas comment l’idée d’abuser d’un tel outil de surveillance, disons pour traquer les honnêtes citoyens et les empêcher d’exercer librement leurs droits de citoyens, pourrait même ne fut-ce qu’effleurer l’esprit entièrement animé par l’idéal démocratique de nos élu(e)s qui sont tellement soucieux de ne surtout pas oublier qui sont leur véritable patron(ne)s…

Ben, quoi?

We don’t. Our simple kettle with its whistle is working great, despite its age. And its much nicer to look at than a microwave too ;)

Most European leaders know this, but it will take time. Also, in the meantime, Europe doesn’t want to alienate the US too much.

the thing is that ‘time’ is probably what we have the least of at our disposal. At least, now that the USA told the entire world the EU can go fuck itself (and also now that they told the USA is willing to do what the fuck they consider good for them, anywhere on the planet).

Revitalizing our industries should be our top priority. I mean, here in France we have one remaining large gun factory… So we should not worry about the USA. As far as I’m concerned, if what they are doing to Ukraine is the way they intend to keep their engagements with their ‘allies’ they can also go fuck themselves.

We also need to get some real leaders, we’ve more than enough managers… but that’s a whole other point.

The things is that the USA made it clear we were on our own already so why keep trying getting any support from them? We won’t. It’s just us sheepishly not willing to admit that and act accordingly. Which is even more silly knowing we could start immediately and that buy doing so, someone like Trump would probably feel less entitled in doing whatever he wants.

We wish for things to stay like they used to be. not change. Things have changed, and I don’t see any turning back even after the angry Orange dude is replaced by another POTUS (if that happens, seeing how things are going over there I’m not that will be as easily as it should).

European countries need to remember what they used to be prior to them relying on the green giant. And they need to do it fast because we don’t have much time left—exactly like with climate change but in an even shorter time frame: if shit must happen in Europe, unlike the climate change most dramatic consequences, they won’t happen by ‘the end of the century’ which is so remote most people can’t be bothered with it, they will happen in the coming decade or so, which most of us should still be there to experiment live with their own precious life…

edit: clarifications.