The Labour government is not left, so who is the supposed rift with?

In fact, from what I can tell, all the talk is about cooperation with the Greens, independents, unions and community groups. Bringing the left together.

I haven’t heard any of this ‘splitting the left’ talk from leftwing backbenchers - only from Labour leadership goons and the right - which I think tells you everything you need to know about the message.

Over the next few years we’re going to have to be better than we were in 2019 at seeing this kind of FUD for what it is or we’ll get Farage as the next prime minister.

And we won’t get another chance to do something about it until 2034.

Jami ftw 💪

Check out Kiwix for offline libraries like Wikipedia and TED

News like this accelerates loss of faith in our failed political and economic orthodoxy, so in a way I’m glad to see it.

It’s time now for a new and genuine progressive movement to come together and take the fight to Reform. I’ve signed up to the new Sultana/Corbyn/independent party but I would also recommend supporting a Green party under Zack Polanski, independent candidates who want to collaborate, and grassroots community projects.

Others analysis may differ but mine is that ‘the left’ is starting to pull together and we should get behind it.

It may be worth seeing if you have a firmware update available for your device. I had some lid/sleep/wake issues on my new laptop until I installed an update.

I can’t wait to switch from Fedora Debian 13 :)

Your timing is excellent: Debian 13 is due for release on Saturday :)

Good one, especially for hikers and sailors 👍

Speed cameras are very common in the UK and while they don’t eliminate speeding altogether, they are effective.

Apart from the risk of either a fine, doing a ‘speed awareness’ course or losing your license, it also means that people who are driving too fast regardless are more likely to simply get stuck behind other drivers who are observing the speed limit.

Also have a look at Jami. You can use it for calls and sharing files.

I have a smartphone and a small dumbphone - one for work stuff and one for play. I have glued velcro to the backs of them, so they can be like one phone in my pocket. Ultimate flexibility.

Welcome :)

Yeah, that’s pretty much what I’m doing at the moment (haven’t quite got to door-to-door though - maybe it will come to that). Those are some good ideas for locations for placing ads - thanks. I’m out of that headspace and need to get back in it!

I can’t help noticing how much work is coming in to my peers from instagram though. I’m getting the impression that it has become the standard medium/conduit for professionals.

You should be able to do it via USB too if you allow data transfer in USB settings on Android when you plug it into your Debian machine. Also Syncthing. I’ve been doing it these ways for years. No hacking needed.

I use Musify from F-droid for what your describing.

To be honest though I only really listen to my offline collection and radio/internet radio for discovering new music.

Check out The Indie Beat. It’s an internet radio station playing music from artists on the Fediverse, like Radio Free Fedi used to. All my favourite discoveries from the last couple of years have been by or via Fedi artists.

Looks good 👍

What is your apptracker?

I think almost any popular DSLR from the last 10–15 years, combined with the sort of zoom lens that you’ve already mentioned will be a sufficient choice for a newcomer.

Just make sure that it’s in good working order if buying used and if you have a choice look for one with a lower shutter count. Another thing I’d suggest is to get something where you’ll still be able to use your lenses if/when you upgrade.

I think if I were you I would get the Nikon D3300, 35mm 1.8 (nice background blur for close subjects i.e portraits) and a cheap kit lens.

You can also save money by ditching the Adobe suite and using Rawtherapee, ART or Darktable to process your raw image files and GIMP for the rest of your editing. These are all fantastic pieces of photography software.

Have a great time shooting in Paris!

I’m not a programmer (don’t know about code) but appreciate this ethos from a user’s perspective, so:

• LosslessCut (trims, combines and separates videos without reencoding)
• Xpano (stitches photographs/makes panoramas, easy, just works)
• Colorway (on-screen eye-dropper for colour; gives hex code and combinations)
• Wordbook (offline dictionary)
• Breathing (it’s just breathing)
• Blanket (nice background sounds)

lol