I use the audio rooms feature with some friends quite a lot, where anyone can join and leave. Don’t know the official name. What’s an alternative for that? Will stoat work?

I might actually use this as my primary phone (I agree with others who say marketing this as a 2nd phone was a mistake) if it gets e/os/ or grapheneos support

Not really, since Briar has a very specific usecase and doesn’t have cross platform support

Cory Doctorow regularly writes in his own blog, without any cookie banners: https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/16/k-shaped-recovery/

Can you put a tl;dw here? Are they scams?

AppRaven is quite nice

I haven’t seen the 1987 version or read the novel, but agreed on all points.

https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/

It’s a long article but absolutely worth it. I don’t want to put an tl;dr here because every word there is worth reading.

https://blog.rebeltechalliance.org/common-objections-debunked/

Wallhaven?

Depending on Core’s dialogue from now on, I’m cancelling my preorder. Pebble is either FOSS or it’s dead.

I’m in a similar boat. I have both PS5 and series X. Consoles are getting enshittified at an increasing pace. I welcome valve improving Linux compatibility as they invest more in their devices. I don’t think I’ll be getting Sony or Microsoft’s next consoles.

This is horrible, did you try reaching out to them on mastodon? Their account is pretty active there

I lol’d at this. But seriously, privacy is a fundamental human right. You don’t need to have something to hide to assert your right of privacy.

Run your own modal locally, gpt-oss-20b is good for most tasks. If it’s hosted on someone else’s server, most likely it won’t respect your privacy, since these things are costly to run

Let’s see what iPhone fold will cost….

I don’t think Apple is “premium” since 5-10 years. Google pixel and Samsung galaxy series caught up

The richest man on earth did a nazi salute, lets not forget. Far right shifted closer to center already…

Isn’t this a long running trick? Label far right as centrism and a new far right breeds. That’s how we got here in the last ~20 years, no?

I’ve read the article about DHH and was horrified by it. I agree with you. Don’t know what to feel anymore. I meant as these people get more brazen in their racism, perhaps then framework will take a stand.