Mood: Remember when the #Boeing capsule failed so the #NASA #astronauts stayed up a few extra months at the #ISS?

When they left in June '24, Biden hadn't debated Trump yet.

When they returned in Feb '25, DOGE was already in full force...

It's only a 10-day mission but let's hope #Artemis II crew recognizes the Earth they return to...

You want to get a device with @iode preinstalled, but it is a bit of a stretch for you to consider buying a premium-tier device for your first venture into a #degoogle lifestyle?

We hear you! We are creating the OnePlus Nord N20 5G images for #iodéOS right now!

These phones have 6GB RAM, a *headphone jack* and a *sd card slot*. This combo is hard to find, but it is also going to be one of our most budget friendly offerings!

Look for it in the next few weeks: https://openmobile.us/store/

"Houston, we have a solution."

#Thunderbird #ArtemisII

on the occasion of Trans Day of Visibility, here is an excerpt from The Joy of Linux: A Gourmet Guide to Open Source (Michael Hall & Brian Proffitt, 2001) in which a couple of cisgender authors respectfully (with the language of 2001, mind you!) give the reader a two-paragraph primer on gender transition concepts... in order to use it as a metaphor for why you might take steps to treat your OS dysphoria by installing Cygwin, Xming, GnuWin32, et al in a professional world of compulsory-Win32ness that discriminates against Linux.

Cis people: Learning about trans people's experiences (from trans people!) can often have the surprise benefit of helping you better understand yourself and how to navigate the dynamics in your life in ways you don't yet even realize or have words for.

But always remember, trans people are more than a metaphor, and more than a political wedge issue, and more than an opportunity to be charitable. Trans people have always been here. Trans people invented loads of the load-bearing parts of the computer you're using, and made tons of the video games you grew up playing, influenced so much the music you love, and are full human beings deserving of full human rights, self-determination, and recognition.

And none of us are free-as-in-software unless all of us are free-as-in-software.

Very excited for Onloc's new release (https://onloc.app/). I've added real-time location tracking and some cool animations on the front end. Looks so good! Also, I've changed the website to Docusaurus.

If you we're looking for a self-hosted "Find my device"-like service for you de-Googled phone: here it is. Still early stage and future updates may break things at any time, but I think you should check it out!

#foss #selfhosting #opensource #google #degoogle #android #technology #tech

Possible new addtion to the OpenMobile store - OnePlus 11 with @iode preinstalled!

Unabashedly premium: Yes a couple years old now, but higher overall Antutu 11 score than a Pixel 10 Pro! Amazing cameras, 256GB / 16GB!

OP 11 benchmark: https://nanoreview.net/en/soc/qualcomm-snapdragon-8-gen-2

P10 Pro benchmark: https://nanoreview.net/en/soc/google-tensor-g5

Price not yet finalized, but hoping to sell it for less than $500 (tax free + free shipping: currently checking with suppliers)

#degoogle #iodeOS #iode

RE: https://mastodon.social/@fredldotme/116302148279096575

Status update: We've had our first successful call over VoLTE tonight! It's still rough around the edges and not every constellation (inbound vs outbound, UI glitches) works as we want but it's a great start, further than the Halium 9 port ever came in terms of VoLTE support.

If you like what you read here, please consider a donation (https://fredl.me) so that I can try finding a carrier which supports the P3a with VoLTE.

"Setting aside the moral arguments—"

You mean the power and water.

"Setting aside the power and water, and—"

Don't forget the industrial-scale plagiarism. The brazen theft.

"Setting aside the copyright fuckery, the power and water, and—"

Don't forget the maniacal, suicidal inflation of the bubble. Arguably the greatest single mis-allocation of resources in history, aside from war.

"Setting aside the financial madness, the copyright fuckery, the power and water, and—"

Don't forget the willful destruction of creative livelihoods, the willful destruction of education itself.

"Setting aside the destruction of art, writing, and schools, the financial madness, the copyright fuckery, the power and water, and—"

Don't forget the purposeful degradation of human cognitive capacity. The planned and designed addictive dependency.

"Setting aside the cognitive degradation, the destruction of schools, the financial madness, the copyright fuckery, the power and water, and—"

Don't forget the ghoulish ethical camouflage used to obscure, indeed to erase, the responsibility for decisions in budget austerity, insurance claims, regulatory oversight, medical decisions, court filings, and even real-time combat.

"Setting aside the monstrous mechanisms of official irresponsibility, the cognitive degradation, the schools, the financial madness, the copyright fuckery, the power and water—"

Are you going to say it doesn't work?

"IT DOES NOT FUCKING WORK"

#ai