I noticed from my other fediverse instance that a friend there cancelled his Spotify subscription since its CEO has been investing in AI weapons tech. . So I did too, or rather, cancelled my half of the duo subscription we had. For now, I’ve moved my music back over to SoundCloud. I can’t legally pay for a …
Being a good citizen Being a good citizen of the 21st century requires knowledge and awareness so that we can make good decisions on an individual level, about what products to buy, what to do and what not to do. On the other hand, our individual solutions have very little effect, compared to those of …
Went for an early morning walk with my new barefoot-like sandals: crossing through the pinewoods, descending the path that leads down to the vineyards in the valley, then back up through the woods towards home. Surprised that despite the stony paths around here, there was no discomfort in these sandals, except once when I was …
I am gradually picking up many of the connections I previously had, just because someone ends up boosting posts by one of them, here and there. As a result, my timeline is growing more interesting by the day. My strategy of interacting very little, posting only sparingly, keeping my follows off-record and, in my bio, …
Poison flowers It’s the pleasure of finding articles like this that makes the web worthwhile. The non-commercial web. The writer describes the qualities of the oil found in poison ivy, which causes so much grief to Americans, but which is prized in Japan for its use in traditional lacquer-making. He also points out, or claims, …
I updated my hubzilla to 7.2, which was painless, except I discovered that PhpMyAdmin had stopped working. Shrug. Not sure why; hoping it will fix itself through Debian updates. I normally use it to make backups, so I had to do a backup independently. I have cancelled my Deezer subscription, because I found that I …
Russia and Ukraine Jonathan Steele in the Guardian has an interesting article about how we ended up with the current situation – as expected, it isn’t all Russia’s fault. Also, according to him, Russia has already won, in terms of denying Ukraine the possibility of joining NATO, because the alliance does not admit countries that …
On my home server I have, till now, Hubzilla and WordPress. Hubzilla is a good all-round piece of software that does various things, though not perfectly: it is an activity-hub connected social network, a place to store photo albums and files; a content management system for blogs, and a place where you can make static …
I’m just starting to use it, but I think I like the interface of SoundCloud over that of Deezer, and am finding it easier to find music that I like. I am still listening free for now, but haven’t heard any ads so far. SoundCloud’s paid service isn’t available in Israel, so it will always …
Tonight – a wet and misty evening – we went to hear a concert, “In Search of the Sacred” by the Ensemble Resonance. The venue was a hall by Mary’s Well in Ein Kerem. The audience was made up mostly of people who follow the mystical teachings of the Georgian philosopher G.I. Gurdjieff – it …