(Besser jetzt ein paar Unterschriftenlisten herumreichen als sich hinterher zu ärgern, dass es nicht geklappt hat ... es geht um die Chance auf einen Volksentscheid über eine Reduktion von #Außenwerbung, die in den letzten Jahren besonders mit digitalen Anlagen rasant zugenommen hat.)
Hello, friends. I've been known as "Newfangled" on Twitch and just did a re-brand of my channel. It's now called "Positive Notes" which is the name of both the channel and the show.
I'm no longer calling myself "Newfangled", but using my first given name (Dallin) as the host of my new show. So I figured I'd stop using my Newfangled account over on Universeodon and start using this account that I've had for a while but never used much.
I have been using Mastodon for years across various servers and accounts and really enjoy it. It's how social media is supposed to be. The #fediverse is amazing.
I love #music. Listening, playing musical instruments, and sharing. On my #Twitch program I share good music from my collection and good messages and stories to bring a little joy into people's lives.
I am also interested in #technology, #retro things, and #reading.
Lately I have been renewing my interest in #DigitalMinimalism and #offline things.
I am a #Christian, a disciple of Jesus Christ. I try (I fail, but I try) to emulate him - the perfect example of love, kindness, and charity.
I am interested in #nonviolence and #peacebuilding.
Fred Rogers is a personal hero and role model of mine.
This is what innovation can do!
#AirGapped #Offline #PKI #PrivateKeys #TwoFactor- #2FA #Yubico #Yubikey
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Vincent Bernat Turns Three YubiKeys and a Cheap Single-Board Computer Into a Secure Offline PKI
https://www.hackster.io/news/vincent-bernat-turns-three-yubikeys-and-a-cheap-single-board-computer-into-a-secure-offline-pki-1735b4ad7fc2
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Developer Vincent Bernat demonstrates how to turn three Yubico YubiKey USB two-factor authentication dongles into an offline public key infrastructure (PKI) using a low-cost single-board computer as an air-gapped host.
#YouTube launches "#PremiumLite" in 2025 — an affordable ad-#free_video plan without #music or #offline features. Perfect for budget-conscious users!
https://www.hitnewslatest.com/2025/03/youtube-launches-premium-lite.html
If you are a Unix nerd and wish you spend less time using your mouse while watching flashy colors, I recommend that you give Offpunk a try:
I’m trying to make it easier to get started with offpunk. Feedbacks and discussions are welcome on the mailing-list :
https://lists.sr.ht/~lioploum/offpunk-users
or on the fediverse, using the #offpunk hashtag. Or on your blog. That would be awesome to read blog posts about people using offpunk
Organic Maps is a great Google Maps alternative that's free, open-source, and offline. I used it yesterday to find my way in an unknown neighbourhood, and it worked like a charm. 
#OrganicMaps #Navigation #GoogleMapsAlternative #Free #OpenSource #Offline #Privacy
#Meshtastic is absolutely thriving in the lower North Island, here in Aotearoa New Zealand. Tracking its bloom worldwide, I believe this to be the most successful example of (in the sense of broadly adopted) Internet-independent and community-owned communications infrastructure we have to date.
Here's a map with just a proportion of the nodes, countless others are set to hidden:
https://meshtastic.liamcottle.net/
(Edited to add caption)
What is your favorite tech gadget that does NOT connect to the internet? 
Palms were offline devices that only synced with your computer when put on a docking station.
You could read and reply to emails offline, book or cancel meetings, and sync with your computer later. The latest versions allowed you to snap pictures and listen to your music.
No servers running constantly. No data spilled everywhere. Days worth of battery on a single charge.
The future stole our cables, and it took our attention span and our privacy with it.
Tiny Apocalyptic Time Tip 
If you too feel uneasy about
the state of the world,
and you too worry about losing access to one of the greatest knowledge treasure of the internet,
Know that you can download an
offline copy of Wikipedia!
Here's how 
1. Download the free and open source software Kiwix (this will be your reader): https://kiwix.org/en/applications/
2. If you want smaller versions of Wikipedia, you can download them within Kiwix.
Within the app, go to "Categories" in the menu on the left, then browse to a topic/version you want. Scroll to the bottom for Wikipedia mini, for example. Click on it then click "Download" on the right 
3. Once you have downloaded a database, click on "Opened" on the left > database you want to search > "Open Main Page" on the right.
4. You can use the Search field on the upper-right to find topics like on online Wikipedia! 
5. If you want the full English version of Wikipedia (110GB), you might want to download it from the torrent file instead. Install a torrent client of your choice (I use Transmission).
Then, go to this page, click on "Download - 109.89 GB" blue button on the first result (size may vary overtime), then select "Torrent file": https://library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng&category=wikipedia
6. Once you have the torrent file, open it with your torrent client to start the download. This is BIG! Be patient! 
7. Once the download is completed, open your Wikipedia `.zim` file with Kiwix!
8. Magic! 
Extra Tip: You can download many other awesome knowledge files from the Kiwix Library! Personally, I also got the iFixit knowledge base! 
Just for those who don't know what Infoseepage is talkn bout there is:
#Kiwix is a project to make large #information #repositories available in compact #offline forms - https://kiwix.org/en/ in various languages.
Several of their downloadable #libraries are subsets and snapshots of #Wikipedia. https://library.kiwix.org/#lang=eng&q=Wikipedia
The "flagship" all-six-million-en_US article module of Wikipedia is ~110GB and I seed this torrent.
Kiwix 3.7 has just been made available for #iOS and #macOS on Itunes!
Beside fixing a few bugs, this new release brings #ApplePay donation!
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/89fe0ba8-b3a3-49a0-9bde-7fd0d363cf48
After a 10-year hiatus, I’m back to using RSS to follow news and blogs. It feels so calm and decluttered 
But the fear of missing out is real! What blogs would you recommend for someone interested in
Digital rights, activism & privacy
Offline-first and local computing
General tech trends
Hacking devices to improve them
Mental health & work-life balance
Good news
I would be grateful if you boosted this to help me discover more blogs!
#rekordbox by #pioneer / #alphatheta is the worst #music #application on my #macbookpro #macmini #macos ever 
its a horror to work with it. I have to restart the #computer because it’s crashing all the time I have no words for this. I use it only #offline!
Why is OFFLINE. LOCAL Multiplayer so broken on consoles? To play offline together on Xbox, my 5yo now has an Xbox account, ea account, epic account and what not. We are playing BuzzJunior Jungle Party on PlayStation 2 now.
#offline #couchcoop #gaming #xbox #ps2
I deleted my Apple News app today. In this constant state of fear and clickbait I was filling myself with dread (and giving myself a lot of homework, verifying sources and double checking with other sites).
Today, the news media no longer has direct access to me, through my phone. If anything catastrophic happens, I will find out about it the same way humans always have - through other people.
The mainstream media aided and abetted unfettered lies of too many people for too long, for views and clicks. It was just capitalism being capitalism, but this time the price is democracy and I refuse to be an active party to an institution which no longer has any integrity.
The pivot at the end, to try and save face, was far too little, far too late. The media doesn’t get to make money hand over fist platforming a serial rapist who makes headlines for a decade and then at the buzzer say “lol oops he’s fascist [now] and bad for our country” the week of the election. They made this bed and now we all have to lie in it.
When all of your “news” is distilled through the uber-rich newspapers and television networks, sane-washed to avoid defamation, libel, and slander - is it actually news? Or is it just a watered-down live blog designed to keep people complacent and docile? Afraid for their lives always, for fear of stirring the pot, and losing everything. Just keep your head down and things will work out.
No longer.
Please don’t mistake my message. I know the idea of “fake news” as a propaganda term has gotten us to where we are today, and we are about to see if the promises to dismantle democracy and take America back a hundred years are fact or fiction. I am saying consume factual, independent media curated by people you trust. Use critical thinking. And always trust but verify.
Next, read books. Fiction, non-fiction – doesn’t matter. Widen your world views and expand your horizons. Visit fictitious utopias in your mind’s eye and watch oppressive post-apocalyptic dystopias crumble by the hands the resistance, written by independent creators who participate in a craft because it is a passion, not because it made them a billion dollars.
Movies and TV I will leave to you, but I would say ditch all the paid shit and give your library a visit. With a free library card, not only can you read for free to your heart’s content, but you can access independent streaming services for free, too, like Kanopy and Hoopla. They won’t have Despicable Me 8, but you may just learn something or support independent artists.
Most importantly, disconnect in all the ways you need to maintain your sanity. The world’s problems were not created overnight nor will they be solved in that same time. The road is arduous, but worthwhile. When we all recuperate we will become more powerful, collectively, because you cannot control a free mind.
I am signing off for a while, to protect my inner peace. Disappearing into a book or an old puzzle, maybe an backlogged video game. The horrors persist, but so do we. I don’t know who, if anyone, will see this, but if it helps at least one soul it will have been worth it. Take care of yourselves and your neighbors. We’re all we’ve got.
#resist #persist #riseup #live #fightback #reading #news #puzzle #hobby #media #resistance #disconnect #offline #mentalhealth #takingabreak #TootPause
p.s. I leave you with this very important, if long overdue clip from the complex mind that was Prince. take from it what you will.
