Posts by AvonVilla@aus.social
 (DIR) Post #ATinJ8mRyBZUJZLKpk by AvonVilla@aus.social
       2023-03-17T23:13:14Z
       
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       @CliffWade LibreElec for the media centre. Lubuntu for PC stuff. I kind of bonded with LXDE. Varuous flavours of Raspberry Pi OS elsewhere.
       
 (DIR) Post #AUM2mHKCFhenbyiD7Q by AvonVilla@aus.social
       2023-04-05T21:40:02Z
       
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       @lauren Are there really all that many people who "need" twitter and can find no alternative? Whatever the numbers, it might be better for everyone to leave to help create viable alternatives. Even if you "need" twitter, there comes a time when staying there does more harm than good.
       
 (DIR) Post #AiMVFO6VnAkp61kBc0 by AvonVilla@aus.social
       2024-05-28T21:08:46Z
       
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       @stux I live for music, but who organised this and why? It's imported from instagram or youtube or whatever. Are we being manipulated here too?
       
 (DIR) Post #AjYGt3F9o1gQwr8HA0 by AvonVilla@aus.social
       2024-07-03T11:16:40Z
       
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       @protonprivacy Great! This should be very useful and make life just that little bit less complicated.
       
 (DIR) Post #AnlBDREXTtPRL4o36m by AvonVilla@aus.social
       2024-11-06T08:02:55Z
       
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       As expected, Trump's victory rant did NOT  include the customary acknowledgement of his vanquished opponents and a promise to govern for all Americans. His references to bringing the country together were in the context of his insistence on his own supremacy and the obeisance of all. I suppose we should be thankful that he omitted his well-known lust for vengeance, which is obviously firmly in place. Be careful out there, people.#Trump  #FuckTrump #USpol
       
 (DIR) Post #ArtURY9irQwHng4D4q by AvonVilla@aus.social
       2025-03-05T06:49:14Z
       
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       @Sheril The Dispossessed and A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula le Guin. (shouts to other fans!)Earth Abides by George R StuartThe Book of the New Sun by Gene WolfeThanks for the question! The answer is always changing.
       
 (DIR) Post #AtR0EnSBonWuCviwMK by AvonVilla@aus.social
       2025-04-25T00:00:40Z
       
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       A few years ago we were still talking about the nightmare scenario of 3 degrees of warming by the end of the century. But if this graph keeps on graphing, we could be there by 2050. It really is worse, much worse than you think!#climateCrisis #climateChange
       
 (DIR) Post #AuwthnqU7w7BxD2mZc by AvonVilla@aus.social
       2025-06-09T01:35:47Z
       
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       This article highlights "data brokers". I think the apps, products, and services collecting the data initially should also be forced to turn surveillance OFF by default, and make it opt-in. This would ravage the business model of google, facebook et al, and would probably attract punitive sanctions or tariffs  by the US. Also, Australian governments and agencies (ABC, Defence to name a couple) have contracts with these companies, and politicians are clueless about the affront of these invasive business practices which in effect plunder our  private lives to train AI systems. So I don't expect any action.The only safe option is to boycott surveillance capitalism - delete accounts with these vampires, and stop using smartphones, which is not on the agenda for most people, but should be. Everyone blithely lets google, microsoft, amazon, meta and all the others vacuum up masses of info about their personal lives. Nothing will change.#auspol #surveillance #surveillanceCapitalism https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/09/how-did-you-get-my-number-inside-the-shadowy-world-of-data-brokers-ntwnfb
       
 (DIR) Post #AwjnYyL4hM6Vbl8YAy by AvonVilla@aus.social
       2025-08-01T21:01:52Z
       
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       @futurebird It depends. https://overshoot.footprintnetwork.org/newsroom/country-overshoot-days/
       
 (DIR) Post #Awk795rO6u2UUMBkpc by AvonVilla@aus.social
       2025-08-02T00:41:17Z
       
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       @futurebird I strongly support the idea in your post that wealth inequality is a worsening disaster.I recently read a book about overshoot (called, would you believe "Overshoot" 😃) and it is on my mind, so I'm a bit inclined to apply it to everything.
       
 (DIR) Post #AzTe1ZrHmBMp3csBFY by AvonVilla@aus.social
       2025-10-22T19:35:55Z
       
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       @futurebird If I subscribed to any streaming services I'd cancel them and give the money to Peertube creators.