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Farran
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Yo hi! I usually post things about linguistics, science, biology, environmental science, health, and recently, some stuff on numbers. I'm an advocate for freedom of communication I'm a bunch of things but I mainly focus on environmental science, training people into becoming scientists, and an array of aspects about communication. A strong future for humanity and life depends on good community and good communication. I accidentally became a linguist, and I've made a few alphabets, my latest one is called NewEng and it does a good job of encapsulating both English pronunciation & its accents, and English etymology.
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Farran 11 months ago
When bullies say "peace" they really mean compliance, silence, subjugation. See:
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Farran 11 months ago
New web browser requirements: - Browser sync (bookmarks, passwords, history, tabs etc) - secure, private, anti-tracking, anti-telemetry - not owned by billionaires or assholes (e.g. no Brave) - cross platform - Windows, Linux & Android for me, also Mac and iOS No pure Firefox No Chromium
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Farran 11 months ago
Shirking responsibility baked into a societal culture is the most exhausting thing ever cos you can even explain it to other people, they'll always defend everyone else who shirks responsibility
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Farran 11 months ago
I didn't think Severance could get any more sinister but S02E06 proved me all the way wrong. That was horrific. What also scares me, somewhat irl, is that this kind of storyline is presented by none other than... Apple.
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Farran 11 months ago
Sinister Greek @Duolingo image
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Farran 11 months ago
Using Proton VPN but Mullvad still detects that my connection is leaking DNS and WebRTC data image
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Farran 11 months ago
Could someone please explain in laymans/ELI5 terms why Chromium is bad? I loosely understand why but I'm nowhere near clear enough on it to explain it to other people.
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Farran 11 months ago
Listen, if you're intimidated by someone else's level of skill, and if that annoys you, or makes you think that they are showing off... That's your ego speaking. That's your ego assuming that everything is a competition and a challenge. When someone has a high level of skill, observe & learn from them. And when someone sees your level of skill and they ask you how you got there, you can help them! Give them your best advice. You might change their life.
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Farran 11 months ago
"I'm a lover not a fighter" Ok that sounds lovely but if you won't fight for what you believe in โ€” which includes human rights and politics and people โ€” then you don't love them, you just love peace for yourself; you are not a lover, you are apathetic. You prefer "peace" more than justice.
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Farran 11 months ago
"Social media is making you hate people you don't even know, it's dividing you." ... Yes, it's perfectly ok and right to be divided from literal Nazis and fascists
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Farran 11 months ago
Top tip for learning literally anything more deeply and powerfully: 1. STOP TRYING TO DO IT THE SHORTEST AND QUICKEST WAY Get involved, get nerdy, immerse yourself, touch all of the aspects. This forms a full and organic environment for the skill to root & grow. 2. DO THINGS WITH THE SKILL.
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Farran 11 months ago
I'm currently compiling a bunch of info & guides for setting up your digital life to be secure, private, encrypted, decentralised, and unsurveillable and uncensorable. Including: VPN DNS Firewall Antivirus Encrypted cloud storage Encrypted messaging Decentralised social media Decentralised messaging Encrypted email Blocking telemetry This is especially important for those of you who live in authoritarian countries.
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Farran 11 months ago
if you keep refollowing me in an attempt to get me to follow you back, i will mute you. (this probably only applies to generic faceless accounts so don't worry if you're a human account, i'll follow you if you are interesting for me & my path)
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Farran 11 months ago
Font rendering idea: We have variable width typefaces How about the font configuration panel in OSes and apps having a line nib config? In it you'd be able to set the shape of the nib, any onset and coda shapes and flicks, nib angle, etc. This would enable infinitely customisable font appearance
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Farran 11 months ago
something that keeps returning to mind self sovereignty versus large scale majix we ARE being used in occult major arcana used by the rulers in alchemica megalo to achieve their societal manipulation twisting us into polarity inside their economy artifice so the thought is: too many of us are totally unaware thus we cannot align our power to escape if another actor manipulates us without our knowledge or consent with potentially good purpose to combat the rulers is that... ok? ______________ we are SO incongruent that I just don't see how enough of us can EVER become aligned to overthrow the Rulers but if someone were to intervene, through large-scale alchemical manipulation then perhaps we'd unknowingly reach critical mass i suppose this is comparable to the inherent issues of democracy: a) people often want what's best for themselves & don't think of others b) people often don't know what they themselves actually need c) people are uneducated & unaware of politics so vote poorly _______________ i think this might also be something we NEED to think about, sooner rather than later democracy is CLEARLY collapsing the current society and hierarchy are collapsing the economy (as we know it) is collapsing and the ecosystem is also collapsing someone and something IS going to rise to fill the power vacuum perhaps we should be thinking about which form of manipulation we would allow and benefit from something is going to manipulate us may as well be aware and allow the right one in.
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Farran 11 months ago
What would be awesome is if govt legislation and restrictions were irrelevant, and that companies and corporations simply behaved well because it is right, treated the environment well because it is right, treated employees well because it is right Imagine that
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Farran 11 months ago
It's time to fully ditch Google and M3ta and Apple and Amazon and any other tech behemoths that are owning us! Over the next few weeks I'll be posting about all the apps and services that I've been exploring over the past few days. There's a lot of options! I've been lazily dwelling in the Google garden ecosystem for far too long, it's very refreshing to hunt around the web and find new things. Google's offerings are rather antiquated, to be honest.
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Farran 11 months ago
Check out Nostr! A fully decentralised social communication network, totally non-hierarchical, not controlled by any entity, uncensorable, versatile, and you can access it from various apps. Nostr is a protocol, not a platform. Come join us! I'll attach my profile in the next post image
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Farran 11 months ago
Western capitalism: "Socialism is evil! Communism is evil! Etc!" Western families: Go on holidays with their young children to Viet Nam and Cuba and have a terrific time
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