The next batch of Jolla Phone is now available with the adjusted memory pricing.

The previous limited batch went fast! The demand from this community has been genuinely humbling ❤️ At the same time, the smartphone market faces utmost challenges with the memory component prices rocketing sky high.

The next batch of the Jolla Phone ships with 8 GB RAM / 128 GB storage. If you want more, add the Memory Upgrade to your cart: 12 GB RAM and 256 GB storage for an additional 100€.

Limited batch. 2 000 units. End of September 2026 delivery.

99€ down payment to reserve your place.

https://jolla.com/phone

#Jolla #SailfishOS #DigitalSovereignty #PrivacyFirst #European #CommunityPowered

What we get upset about. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

#GasPrices #oil #OilPrices #Iran

I just spent the last 24 hours building... a free tool to create your very own handwriting font quickly within the browser (no logins, all local processing):

https://arcade.pirillo.com/fontcrafter.html

Having tested it extensively on my own manuscript, I can definitely say that it works. ;) Download the OTF and/or TTF when done!

#fonts #typography #web #app #ai #vibecoding #free

> The more they want to force me to offload my work to an LLM, the more I'll grab my pen and paper to take notes, take my time to think, to plan my work, to do my work; slowly and thoroughly.

The more they want to de-skill me, the more I'll study my craft and care about doing my craft well.

They will not break me.

#blog #tech #IT

https://www.maaikebrinkhof.nl/they-will-not-break-me/

The Norwegian Consumer Council has released a report on #enshittification today, which can be found at https://www.forbrukerradet.no/news-in-english/digital-products-and-services-are-getting-worse-but-the-trend-can-be-reversed/

They are also hosting a seminar starting at 11:30 - mostly in Norwegian, but @pluralistic is due to speak at noon: https://vimeo.com/event/5738008

The consumer council has done some great work previously regarding #consumerRights and #tech. For instance led their report on #darkpatterns to a record fine of 2.5 billion dollars to #amazon: https://www.forbrukerradet.no/news-in-english/record-fine-for-amazon-following-a-report-by-the-norwegian-consumer-council/

@finnmyrstad

Yes, the #EU has a lot of regulations.

But remember that thanks to those regulations you can use a single USB-C cable that can charge anything, rather than 10 different connectors and adapters as it was common until 10-15 years ago.

Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if you no longer have to pay eye watering roaming fees for calls and data when you travel to other EU countries, as it was common until 5-10 years ago.

Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if big tech has at least some constraints onto what it can do with your data and how much choice you have as a customer.

Remember that it’s thanks to those regulations if you, as a EU citizen, can benefit from the services of any other embassy of any other EU country if stranded abroad.

Those who try to depict the EU as a bureaucratic hell worth dismantling are those who hate the impact that its laws have on their freedom of exploiting markets, exploiting customers or living out of rent money.

Or those who hate the combined economic and political power of a united Europe with a single market because it threatens their national interests, and they’d rather exert their leverage with a bunch of divided and weaker countries instead.

Europe isn’t perfect and a lot can be improved. But those who call for its demise DO NOT talk in your interests.

"AI Fails at 96% of Jobs" [13m] is a pretty good video from ColdFusion on the practical state of "AI" (I can't NOT use air quotes because so much of machine learning was and is useful but it's being munged together with bullshit.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3kaLM8Oj4o