@CubeThoughts

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We're building an ethical alternative to commercial short-video sharing platforms.

As an open-source project, we believe in radical transparency and true community governance.

Share this, and help spread awareness ❤️

https://joinloops.org/why-loops-matters

Why Loops Matters.

In a world where platforms rise and fall at the whim of governments and boardrooms, we're building something that can't be shut down, sold off, or taken away.

Ok what are possible Discord alternatives?

@thedarktangent

Hasn't any good old forumsoftware always been a better alternative to Discord?

I have never understood why one, especially opensource projects, would put all their valuable data in a closed system like Discord, hidden from public search.

Look at Proxmox for example. Lots of searches for Debian/sysadmin related stuf land on their forum and that's part of why they are so popular imo.

#DigitalSovereignty

➡️ France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio.

The data is hosted on @outscale

Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers.

The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.

European ‍Union countries on Monday ​gave their final approval to the bloc's plan ⁠to ban Russian gas imports by late 2027, allowing it to pass into law. The policy makes legally-binding the ​EU's vow to cut ties with its former ‍top gas supplier, nearly four years after Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion ​of Ukraine. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports.
#EU #Ukraine #Russia #gas #energy #sanctions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhbq30ckJFk

EU countries' final approval to Russian gas ban, four years after full scale invasion of Ukraine

YouTube
As a 'rural' person who grew up with hunts as a regular presence, there's little more alienating than a bunch of sociopathic posh people on horseback descending upon your community with a pack of jittery hounds, in order to dismember a small woodland animal usually encountered in children's stories.

Today in 1923, 102 years ago: in Spain, the Board of Directors agrees to prohibit the teaching of Catalan in official schools.

#OnThisDay

Irritable male syndrome is a state of hypersensitivity, anxiety, frustration and anger that’s associated with biochemical changes, hormonal fluctuations, stress and loss of male identity. It accelerates after age 40 due to testosterone decline.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/irritable-male-syndrome-ims-is-an-actual-condition-and-it-could-explain-a-lot-goog_l_69441b2be4b0fd459ef0514f
Irritable Male Syndrome (IMS) Is An Actual Condition — And It Could Explain A Lot

While not a clinical diagnosis, experts say it’s an accurate description of a cluster of symptoms that often appears in aging men.

HuffPost
AAH

Qualcomm buys Arduino ("The companies did not disclose the price of the deal")

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/qualcomm-buys-open-source-electronics-firm-arduino-2025-10-07/