Do not disturb is something I do a lot lately.
Leaving the phone home all day ... brings you back to reality. Your phone can't keep putting you into a quasi phone induced dream state.
The phone pulls you into the digital dream world every 10 minutes or so, never letting your brain fully re-engage with the real world.
We live in this quasi dream state where our attention and engagement with the real world keeps getting overridden with thoughts from the phone.
For me, It seems to take at least 30-60 minutes after turning off the phone before I get my brain fully engaged back with the real world. It takes a while for phone induced thoughts to go away.
Nevermind... found it
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### Kid Safe DeGoogled Phones Using GrapheneOS
Setting up a DeGoogled phone for kids can be done fairly easily now using the latest version of GrapheneOS.
The basic steps are as follows:
1. [DeGoogle a phone with GrapheneOS](https://grapheneos.org/install/). GrapheneOS's website is the best place to go for instructions on how to DeGoogle a Google Pixel phone. They offer a couple of intallation methods, and keep everything up to date.
2. [Turn on multi-user accounts](https://www.howtogeek.com/333484/how-to-set-up-multiple-user-profiles-on-android/), & create a "kid's" account, naming the account whatever you like.
4. [Install the apps you want onto the "Owner" account, and push those apps to your child's account](https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/2133-question-about-the-install-available-apps-feature-for-user-profiles) under the multi-user setting.
5. [Remove the GrapheneOS web browser "Vanadium"](nostr:nevent1qqs9wa5er9u5n36nhqdfanluyjaxw7l2q7067qnza7y07smm7vjcffspz3mhxw309ucnydewxqhrqt338g6rsd3e9upzqndled79mkuzf8uu06uvy8spnuy0h7m7ch0d2sytv9zep04c6954qvzqqqqqqyxzlz3q) from the kid's account so they can't surf the Internet.
6. [Install an eSIM](https://grapheneos.org/usage#esim-support) so your kids can't take the physical SIM out and put it into any device they want.
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# Remove Vanadium Web Browser for an Individual User
When setting up a kid safe DeGoogled GrapheneOS phone, you don't want them having Internet access, so you will need to remove the system Vanadium web browser from their account.
To do this
1. First Install standalone platform-tools (adb tool) according to the [Graphene OS Install website](https://grapheneos.org/install/cli).
2. Make sure phone is in USB-Debug Mode.
3. Reset the USB debugging authorizations on the phone if the command `adb devices` says `device unauthorized`
4. Start the adb shell with `adb shell` command.
5. List apps installed to get name of default browser app: `pm list packages`
- On GraphenOS it is `app.vanadium.browser`
- On LineageOS it is `org.lineageos.jelly`
6. list the users with `pm list users` and get the user's ID number, which will be the number in front of the User's name.
>For example in the line `UserInfo{10:User1:410}`, the user ID is `10`, and the username is `User1`.
8. Uninstall Vanadium for the user with this command `pm uninstall -k --username 10 app.vanadium.browser` but beware, you can't reinstall, at least until next system update.
9. To install Vanadium use this command `pm install --user 10 app.vanadium.browser` where `app.vanad8um.browser` is app you want to push to user 10.
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I now ... right? But people never want to be wrong, so they refuse any suggestions you offer.
It's probably better to use Marxist tactics on them, and guide their thoughts so they think the thought themselves. If they think the thought and discover adblock without you telling then, they will become an adblock activist because it was "their" thought, not yours, and people never want to be wrong.
I've been ad free since 2000-ish, back when the Adblock add-on for Firefox came out.
Plants breath CO2. Plant life is dependent on CO2. Remove the CO2 and you kill the planet.
CO2Coalition.org has articles and data showsling how the planet is actually low on CO2 levels.
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Not sure privacy applies to Nostr, at least not for the average Joe who has no idea how to TOR.
For those that do know how to TOR, you can just assume TOR is compromised.
Freedom of speech is an unalienable right. Unalienable rightrs are not granted by governments and they cannot be taken away by any government or person.
Freedom of speech is not granted by the 1st Amendment. The 1st Amendment explicitly tells the goernemtn that it shall not infringe on the freedom of speech or on the freedom of religion.
Open up coracle.social in Brave Browser, go to:
Settings --> Save and share --> Install
That should put an icon on your desktop and a menu entry in your taskbar menu that will open Coracle as a webview app.
At least that's how it works in Linux Mint.
See this post:
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### Mailfence
(Belgium)
Here is another privacy email provider brought to our attention by @RoyPevlor.
He says this is a good email to use for those few companies that will not accept ProtonMail.
They are located in Belgium
https://mailfence.com/
Thank you Roy.
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### Inkscape Gets Multipage Support
The long awaited multi-page feature was added to Inkscape about two years. (Some of us had been waiting for 10+ years)
For 1.2 release notes. . . and some animated GIFs showing off new features in 1.2, go 👉 [here](https://inkscape.org/release/inkscape-1.2/).
To get the latest release in Ubuntu based distros, such as Mint and Pop!, add the PPA, update, and then install Inkscape.
Get Latest via PPA
```
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:inkscape.dev/stable
sudo apt update
sudo apt install inkscape
```
To Remove:
```
sudo apt remove --autoremove inkscape
```
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### Pixel Phone OEM Parts From iFixIt
Ironically Google Pixel phones are some of the best phones for DeGoogling.
Until recently it has been hard to get genuine parts for Google phones, but as of about two years ago (2022), iFixit now has genuine parts for Google phones.
No more taking chances buying cheap Chinese communist scam parts online made with questionable quality.
You can look up parts for your Google phone on the 👉 [iFixIt website](https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Parts/Google-Phone).
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### Orbot - Open Source TOR/VPN for DeGoogled Phones
The [Guardian Project](https://guardianproject.info/) brings us [Orbot](https://orbot.app/), a free app for connecting to the TOR network, using the F-Droid App store, if you have [The Guardian Project's Official Repository ](https://guardianproject.info/fdroid/) installed in F-Droid. You can also find Orbot on the Nostr [zap.store](https://zap.store).
Rob Braxman mentioned it briefly in a video, so we decided to look into it. It is super easy to use. You install it, open it, and tap start to connect the Tor Network
You can enable or disable the "VPN Mode" to send all of your phone's data through Orbot essentially creating a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection for your device. You can even select which apps it channels, or not, and which country you appear to be from.
Some downsides are:
- Slower connection speeds
- A lot of sites will refuse your connection
- ALL of your encrypted personal data will be bounced around the world giving foreign bad actors easier access to it
You can toggle it on & off with a single tappity, tap, tap
This 👉 [video explains how to use Tor on your phone, w/Orbot](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tiNsca8mdls) @ 7:45.
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No forced taxation...period, and government stay out of private businesses, and don't get involved with whatever agreement they make with their credit card customers.
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### Mark37 Ghost Phone
[MARK37.COM](https://mark37.com) offers DeGoogled phones at the best price around.
The Mark 37 [Ghost Phones](https://mark37.com/brands/mark37/mark37-phone/) are a DeGoogled Pixel Phones running Graphene OS, (currently Pixel 5 through Pixel 7), starting at $425.
You can order one using the link above.
In their own words, Mark.37 is run by American freedom loving patriots doing their part to fight "the tyranny of BigTech, BigPharma, and our very own government's attempt to silence, cancel and control us." 👊💪
[MARK37.COM also has a
👉 video channel on Odysee](https://odysee.com/@mark37.com:2?).
A while back the founders kicked of a video series called "[The Cowboy and the Suit](https://odysee.com/@mark37.com:2/cowboyandsuit1:8)" on Odysee, so if you're interested in getting to know them a little better. Go watch some vids and subscribe!
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### FUTO Voice Input Speech-to-Text Android Keyboard
(Open Source, not FOSS)
Did you know Google's voice to text app records and saves everything you say into it . . . forever? Yikes! No thanks.
Fear no more. Louis Rossman, and the FUTO organization he works for, have finally released their voice recognition app for Android phones.
The app is called Voice Input. It is based on OpenAI Whisper, which is really good. This means it does capitalization, punctuation, & works better than Google's offline version
This is the solution we've been waiting for! No Internet access needed. It's all done locally on your phone
The Voice Input app is open-source, but it's not FOSS, and has a very, very limiting license
Here is 👉 [the FUTO F-Droid repo](https://app.futo.org/fdroid/repo/).
You can download the app directly from the [FUTO company website](https://voiceinput.futo.org).
Learn more about the app in
this 👉 [video](https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/this-gives-google-less-access-to-your:1)
Here is the 👉 [FUTO Voice Input source code](https://gitlab.futo.org/alex/voiceinput). (They run their own GitLab server . . 👍💪)
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### Smart Cards in Linux using Anywhere Workspace & VMWare Horizon Client
This has been tested in both Ubuntu and Linux Mint.
1. First go through the Firefox smart card install in this 👉 [post](nostr:nevent1qqswuue725yg775x8uhl9utqc2s7nhllk7ea963t7hjx4jhk28pdq9spz3mhxw309ucnydewxqhrqt338g6rsd3e9upzqndled79mkuzf8uu06uvy8spnuy0h7m7ch0d2sytv9zep04c6954qvzqqqqqqyh92chd) to get the proper software and certificates installed system wide.
2. Make sure opensc is installed
```
sudo apt install opensc
```
3. Create link to the Smart Card library where VMware Horizon is looking for it:
(VMware Horizon looks in the old location)
```
sudo mkdir /usr/lib/vmware/view/pkcs11
```
```
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opensc-pkcs11.so /usr/lib/vmware/view/pkcs11/libopenscpkcs11.so
```
3. Create link to the MMR libraries where VMware is looking for them:
```
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstbase-1.0.so.0.1405.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstbase-0.10.so.0
```
```
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstreamer-1.0.so.0.1405.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0
```
```
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstapp-1.0.so.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstapp-0.10.so.0
```
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### Smart Cards in Linux using Brave
1. 1st follow steps in this 👉 [Firefox setup post](nostr:nevent1qqswuue725yg775x8uhl9utqc2s7nhllk7ea963t7hjx4jhk28pdq9spz3mhxw309ucnydewxqhrqt338g6rsd3e9upzqndled79mkuzf8uu06uvy8spnuy0h7m7ch0d2sytv9zep04c6954qvzqqqqqqyh92chd).
2. Make sure NSS Tools are installed
```
sudo apt-get install libnss3-tools
```
3. Add Smart Card Module
- Make sure to close Chrome & you are in home directory before next command(s)
- To use opensc module type: (this one gives more certificate options)
```
modutil -dbdir sql:.pki/nssdb/ -add "opensc Smart Module" -libfile /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opensc-pkcs11.so
```
- ~~For coolkey module type:~~
(currently not working)
```
modutil -dbdir sql:.pki/nssdb/ -add "coolkey Smart Module" -libfile /usr/lib/pkcs11/libcoolkeypk11.so
```
4. Add PKI certificates
-Go to the dot menu and:
- Settings
- ->Privacy and security
- ->More
- ->Manage Certificates
- ->Import
- Browse to folder with PKI certificates and select the chain.pem file
5. To list installed modules on Brave
```
modutil -dbdir sql:.pki/nssdb/ -list
```
6. To delete a module from Brave, use module name in step 5.
- if your module name is "Smart Module"
```
modutil -dbdir sql:.pki/nssdb/ -delete "Smart Module"
```
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### Configure Smart Cards on Linux & Firefox
1. Install the Smart Card programs and/or libraries
```
sudo apt-get install libpcsclite1 pcscd pcsc-tools coolkey opensc
```
2. Download your PKI Certificatees
You will have to get these from someone, like your employer
3. Import the PKI Certificates into Firefox
- Go to three bars menu in Firefox (upper right)
- Preferences
-->Privacy & Security
-->Certificates
-->View Certificates
-->Import
- Browse to folder containing your certificates and select the .der.p7b file that has all the other certificates linked in it.
4. Install Smart Card Reader module into Firefox
- Settings
-->Privacy & Security
-->Certificates
-->Security Devices
-->Load
- In "Module Name" Type in a name that you want, such as "coolkey Smart Module" or "opensc Smart Module"
- For `opensc` click Browse and browse to and select:
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opensc-pkcs11.so
- ~~For coolkey, click Browse and browse to and select: ~~
(currently not working)
```
/usr/lib/pkcs11/libcoolkeypk11.so
```
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My drafts only go to my local Citrine relay if that is the only relay in private, unless I tap broadcast, then the draft is sent to outbox relays as well.
Can't you customize what the relays do in Amethtyst with the up/down arro9ws?
Yoy think you're being clever...
Research Disability Marxist Critical Theory.
Basically everyone that the Marxists claim are being "oppressed" are also labeled as "disabled".
So in Marxism, all the identity intersectionalities are falsely labeled as "disabled". (women, homos, transvestites, people with darker skin pigmentation, poor people, non-Christians, etc.. etc..)
Would Moa hold Bitcoin? What kind of commie nonsense is that?
And that is the Communist raised fist on the cover of the other book. No thanks to anything with a commie twist.
Blackrock (and Vanguard, and State Street) gets all of their money from yours and everyone elses 401K investments. They all push cultural Marxist ideology onto corporations.
I stopped paying into 401K plans because i'd this. I don't care if my employer matches any money.
This is like banks that holds your money in saving and give you 0.1% interest while they loan your money out at 7-12% interest, over and over, up to 12 times, essentially making 100% interest or more on your money.
And people fall for the scam in mass.
Yes it does.
I recently had the same experience with Coracle.social with the "Add to Home screen" feature in Mull browser.
Note: Mull is Firefox that comes with all the privacy tweaks out of the box.
Many clients are really close.
Honoring and showing edits is a must have feature.
Links need to be encased in something like markdown. I know fiatjaf hates markdown...but oh well.
¯\_ (ツ) _/¯
Amethyst does these things.
Rendering long form notes directly inside the app. Once again, Amethyst does this.
Honoring Nostr link standards, you know, things like nostr:nevent or nostr:naddr etc..
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### Cosmic's 1st Alpha Release is Here
>The Cosmic desktop environment is a new DE brought to us by System76
System76's long awaited Cosmic desktop environment is finally here in it's first Alpha release.
If you want to try out Cosmic, running on the PopOS! distribution, you can grab a copy of the disk image 👉 [here](https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-released-heres-what-people-are-saying).
[Ventoy](nostr:nevent1qqs8kcajt8aydxjacw4ta8exv7vawn8p2n8m7k9jwuauzqgpgqxfx3cpzdmhxw309akx7cmpd35x7um58g6rsd3eqgsym07t03wahqjfl8r7hrppuqvlpralklk9mm25pzmpgkgtawx3d9grqsqqqqqp7s2fx5) would be great for trying out Cosmic on a USB stick. (Just note that running anything from a USB stick is much slower.)
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#Cosmic #CosmicDesktopEnvironment #Linux #FOSS #System76
System 76 just dropped [Cosmic Desktop Environment Alpha 2](https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-2-press-release).
Alpha 1 video review link in this post
👇
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