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::: UPDATE :::

My new website is now first and foremost a Social Media and AI Manifesto.

Running out of arguments when debating why commercial platforms and ‘AI’ are bad? Why we should be wary of vendors’ promises?

I’ve compiled a list of links to sources which I believe to be helpful in convincing others of leaving commercial platforms’ and software giants’ walled gardens.

The sources are mostly recent. If you miss something or find a source worth adding, please let me know in the comments. Thank you.

Boosts very welcome :)

babumenos.com/#manifesto

(I have also included a robots.txt and an .htaccess to exclude malicious AI bots from the site, shout-out to Jeff Starr (⁠@perishable⁠), perishablepress.com/ultimate-a)

babumenos.comSocial Media is Dead! Long Live Social Media! — Babu Menos’ WebsiteBabu Menos is a Professor of Social Studies and Philosophy at the Ka’Arrat International University (KIU).

Last week I spent the whole week offline. This week Im feeling it's the best thing Ive done for my mental health in a long time. This is your online reminder to take offline breaks; enjoy the natural world!

I truly value staying connected with you all globally, but there is something unnatural for sure receiving so much of a negative news feed. Being based in the US, in the current dumpster fire it is, it's been interesting connecting, reading & seeing more global perspectives on Mastodon, and the fediverse overall. I am around a diverse enough group of people locally, offline, to recognize how much varying information we receive based on where we choose to look. This community is playing an important role in shaping the future voices to be in the world. Thank you for being here.

Photos are from recent attempt to summit Mt Baker. Furthest I have solo ski climbed on glacial terrain this late in the year. Strong wind pushed me back, varying dense clouds circled around, found enough reasons to turn around. Words I found as a kid "respect the mountain, the mountain will respect you." Remember to carry that which you value into the future. Cheers to the future we will bring!

I just removed #DuckDuckGo as my default search engine and from my search engines in general, because they keep promoting their AI bullshit and because the ddg seaches for "ban ai", "ai ban" and the same in German yields 0 results - while when removing the quotes you get a lot of AI propaganda.

I now use @Mojeek and hope I won't be disappointed (PS: I already am. Mojeek is also AI bs.).

On mobile I used the ddg app as my browser the past months and since I don't have it in me to do the research for the least suckiest mobile browser again I'll see how long I'll make it without a browser.

Lineage OS straight up freezed for half a minute because I dared to deinstall the default browser app.

Maybe I'll soon switch to a feature phone anyway. My dad is one of my most important contacts on Signal and his old iPhone refuses to update Signal, so he'll be out soon.

Also I don't want to depend on toxic F-Droid anymore.

Alle reden immer von #DigitalDetox oder #DoomScrolling. Das ist wieder #AnalogeNormativität; als ob das Internet das Böse und die analoge Welt das Gute wäre. Ich sag euch mal was:
Für mich ist das auch oft umgedreht! Wenn ich auf Handy schaue ist das #AnalogDetox, um mit dem Scheiß zurecht zu kommen, der auf mich einprasselt. Ich betreibe Selfcare und selbst wenn es Nachrichten sind die ich lese ist das inneres #Bloomscrolling. Diese Abwertung alles Digitalen ist nurnoch albern.
#neurodiversity

Stargazing in the Bush Because Life Was Too Loud

Life got loud. Like… too loud. So I packed up a telescope, drove into the bush, and spent a night under the stars — no emails, no noise, no phone signal (accidentally).

It wasn’t about the perfect shot or the clearest sky. I just needed to sit in the dark and remember I’m a tiny speck in a massive universe… and somehow that made everything feel okay.

One night. Just me, the cosmos, and a very judgmental kookaburra. 🌌🛸🌿

#MentalHealth #Astronomy #Stargazing #NatureEscape #SoloTrip #BushCamping #Australia #Astrophotography #StarryNight #SpaceVibes #LifeReset #BurnoutRecovery #DigitalDetox #OffTheGrid #TelescopeTime #SpaceIsCool #MindfulMoments #NightSky #SlowLiving

youtu.be/Orx531timAE

In einer Siedlung bei Bern verzichten 40 Menschen fünf Tage lang komplett aufs Handy 📵. Kein WhatsApp, kein Instagram – ein mutiges Experiment gegen die Handysucht! Dopamin-Entzug, Alltag ohne Google & Co. – wie verändert das Offline-Leben? Mehr dazu hier 👉 srf.ch/news/schweiz/handyverzi #HandyDetox #OfflineChallenge #DigitalDetox #newz

Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)Leben ohne Handy – ein ExperimentFast unser gesamtes Leben läuft über das Handy. Die «Rundschau» wagt das Experiment: Was, wenn das Smartphone weg ist?

Auszeit von der Röhre

Seit einer Woche mache ich einen Selbstversuch bei dem ich bewusst und absichtlich auf den Konsum von YouTube verzichte. Wie es dazu kam und was ich nach einer Woche bereits an Veränderungen bemerke, darüber möchte ich nun berichten.

Schöne Welt der bewegten Bilder

YouTube ist schön und interessant, man findet quasi

koenig-haunstetten.de/2025/06/

koenig-haunstetten.deAuszeit von der Röhre | König von Haunstetten
More from Rainer

Companies are selling basic phones which can be kinda pricey. What if you tried making your current smartphone a "dumb" phone? What if you tried it for FREE?
youtube.com/watch?v=WYbvIZfe73

This isn't a new trend, but it's getting more attention these days. I've been doing this for years, and this is my favorite way to start!

Soon, I’ll be throwing away all my desktop computers as well, though I’m keeping my Lenovo Thinkpad around. I hate computers, yet I use them.

To me, computers are just junk nobody asked for. They’re glowing traps that keep us hooked, scrolling and clicking away our time for endless feeds. No matter the OS or hardware, it’s all distraction from reality.

Yes, Linux can free us and all that, and even the hardware can be part of that freedom. But the computers themselves remain a circus of junk nobody wanted, a noisy distraction that too often chains us to control and chaos. It’s a digital con, plain and simple.

Time to unplug the lie and reclaim what’s left of my mind.

Here are the specs powering this setup:
- Intel Core i9-9900K
- NVIDIA RTX 2070
- Debian GNU/Linux 13
- 15.54 GiB Memory
- 455.95 GiB Samsung Evo 970

Read more: social.linux.pizza/@midtsveen/

Morgen (10.6.25) dreht sich alles um „Die Kunst des digitalen Lebens“ von Rolf Dobelli – ein Sachbuch, das sich mit digitalem Minimalismus und der Frage beschäftigt, wie wir in einer hypervernetzten Welt geistig gesund bleiben.

Ich lese Dir den Klappentext vor, ordne das Ganze ein und teile meine Einschätzung: Lesenswert oder eher nicht?

Link zur Folge: spoo.me/DKF185digita (Link ist erst am 10.06 - um 7:00 AKTIV)

⛺ PeakPick macht Urlaub: Peaky und ich schauen ausnahmsweise mal nicht mit der Strommix-Prognose in die nahe Zukunft, sondern reisen ein paar Jahrhunderte zurück ins Mittelalter. 🐥⚔️

🗓 Vom 28.5 bis 1.6. sind wir auf einem Mittelalter Rollenspielpiel/LARP. Ohne Strom und ohne Handy. 📵 Ein bisschen Digital Detox muss ab und zu mal sein. Darum gibt’s in der Zeit keine Infos darüber, wie viel grüner Strom am nächsten Tag im Netz sein wird, um den Geschirrspüler oder die Waschmaschine möglichst klimafreundlich zu betreiben oder das E-Auto mit möglichst wenig CO2-Emissionen zu laden. 🔋

#Mittelalter #LARP #LARPersOfInstagram #Lagerfeuer #DigitalDetox #Urlaub #AktivFürsKlima #Energiesparen #GutfürsKlima #ActNow #GemeinsamGehtMehr

🔍 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲: Berechnungen auf Basis von Daten der Transparenzplattform des Verbandes Europäischer Übertragungsnetzbetreiber ENTSO-E (www.entsoe.eu)

we #pickgreenenergy 💚