Freedom=Growing Each Other @freeschool@qoto.org

Forming a bang called "Chain of Good".

I just don't know who's in it yet !
- it could be you!

#Band #Names

Meme's will help determine our cultural survival !

Meme's may even help us survive when you need to make a choice,,,

(Like that button-push picture in)... and you press both at the same time...!

❓ #Meme #Education
#Survival of the Memest

Limp Bizkit - Maybe my first time I actually look the band members...

So maybe for the first time for you too!?

Funny how we listen but sometimes don't know anything about them...

(have you ever seen them live?)

"Take a Look Around "... (song)
"Now I know why you want to hate me..." (famous lyrics)

https://yt.cdaut.de/watch?v=q51VVfoCpqg

Lyrics for #LimpBizkit #Music #Band #Audio #Lyrics :
https://search.azlyrics.com/search.php?q=Limp+Bizkit+-+Take+a+look+around&x=7c4c6f59c68f6b27f1f1ffa9b7df8d92b8507c4aabfe93246518276aab7ef1a2

When it comes to money, try not to rely on someone else.

(hard, almost impossible but true in some sense to take control of money and less leave it *all* in someone else's hands and loose power to control it).

Video is not important but from "Got Fired":
https://yt.cdaut.de/watch?v=zBSkUG7ALGI&t=0m20s

Try and keep it in your hands and under your control. Measuring properly is also part of that (how much do you really get after tax / spending? Measure...)

#Money #Finance #Bank #Control

Part of the world's financial troubles and situation these days is a result of people spending money they don't have, and finally, it has all caught up and we see that the money just isn't there

[#debt is faster than ---> income and rewards+spending cost increases+silent depreciation/inflation+more liquidity from more debt in system]

#Financial #System #Capitalism of #Debt #Money maker #Bank #Fees middle-man attacks

"Comment on whether I have #ASD" by Protesilaos Stavrou

https://protesilaos.com/commentary/2022-06-01-asd/ ]

People might identify with points listed as he tends to say things quite well and listed in paragraphs...

[ this is a shorter intro version of https://protesilaos.com/commentary/2022-06-01-asd/ ]

#Autism Spectrum Disorder.
...whether I might also be autistic. I have never been formally checked/diagnosed as such.

█ I discovered it after stumping by chance to a video about autism for women

█ Behind the Mask: Autism for Women and Girls | Kate Kahle | TEDxAustinCollege

https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=Tbes1mm2VgM

█ Autism is indeed as you suggest: either you have it or you don’t.

█ There is a great deal of variety among autistic people. Meaning that what applies to one, may not hold true for another (at least not to the same degree).

█ The science behind it still has ways to go and there are deep-seated biases that remain to be overcome. Perhaps we will discover that things are even more nuanced/complex.

█ I would expect neurotypical folks to not be ‘typical’ within the confines of their own categorisation: they should exhibit considerable variety as well.

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A quick review of my case:
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█ I am very good at “masking” and that was my default mode of conduct in ages past. It led me to a period of depression. The length does not matter right now. I managed to address it by changing my attitude: no more masking and apologising for who I am—I am just honest and don’t care what people think about me (whether they like me or not, consider me a weirdo, etc.).

█ The apparent cost of that change in attitude is that I quit my career and changed my beliefs/social-expectations from the root to the branches. I became a different person in terms of aspirations, outlook, attainment of “social points” (e.g. a respectable degree, a successful career). Old me died a long time ago. No exaggerations!

█ I used to work at the European Parliament (my university studies were on EU-related issues; everything else is self-taught, normally through trial and error (i.e. tinkering) instead of some formal training). Now my jobs are whatever sort of part-time manual labour comes my way, which means “unemployment” or “partial employment”. The good thing is that I do not need to socialise with people to get things done. The bad thing is that they do not pay well and require a lot of energy; energy which I would rather direct towards my intellectual pursuits, Emacs packages, etc.

█ About me being honest, it helps that I am a philosopher. People have this stereotypical notion that philosophers are irregular fellows, which helps my case as I don’t need to tell them more. As soon as they realise I am philosophising, they have the “oh, you REALLY are weird” kind of epiphany (without ever saying it, though it is obvious and funny).

█ I do not pursue friendships: never call anyone, never message them, and so on. For many years now I live in a remote village in a mountainous area and have no social circle as part of my day-to-day life (a friend might visit my area once in a blue moon or I might have tea with a neighbour, but still no need for social activities). For example, when I was in Brussels, I had two people I would usually go out with: they would contact me once every few months and be like “Hey, did you disappear again? Let’s go for a drink!”. If they would not message me, I would just stay alone without ever realising that several weeks had gone by… My sense of time and direction is excellent, though not when it comes to interpersonal relations and the need to “keep in touch”.

█ I also have no social media presence. To my mind this is a good thing personally and politically (won’t elaborate on the politics here). If someone wants to learn about me, they are welcome to ask me anything. No need to peruse a profile page.

█ I have not had issues with motor skills. For example, I played football in a semi-professional capacity (would have become a pro, were it not for a major injury), and I have done (and still do) lots of jobs that involve manual labour: motorcycle mechanic, stone mason, bartender, waiter, and the like. I remain athletic.

█ I can read other people really well by understanding the intent behind their actions and combining it with relevant information to predict their behaviour. I know when someone is lying or has an ulterior motive (obviously this is not possible/easy for written exchanges). Though I do not empathise with them: I do not feel them emotionally, but I reason how they feel—I interpret them the way an AI would, if that makes sense.

█ I have never had a romantic attachment to anyone. Not even what we call a “crush”. Never! (I understand it rationally, as noted above.) I have had a few cases where others were attracted to me, but I never felt infatuation or, generally, this notion that “you are my other half and I cannot live without you”. In this regard, I have no dreams of an “ideal partner”, never idolised some celebrity, was never sad about being potentially rejected by someone, do not feel any need to be in a romantic relationship, and simply can’t relate to people who obsess about these issues (by “can’t relate”, I mean that I consider it super-easy to not think about them and go on with my life).

█ I should clarify here that I am not emotionless. I do care about other people, such as my friends and family. I do love my dog and care a lot about animals in general. And so on. I just can’t relate to the obsession or this feeling of emptiness/fulfilment if you are alone/romantically-attached.

█ I let my beard grow for health reasons. In order to keep a clean shave, I need to apply a razor twice-a-day: this results in my skin being irritated (dry skin and razor burns) and I would rather avoid all those chemicals. The beard is healthier for the skin and considerably easier to maintain—I just wash it daily as part of my cold shower, though I was told that some people use all sorts of products on their beards (I have no need for any of that).

█ What I also discovered about having a beard, and why I want to keep it even if I can somehow keep a clean shave and retain skin health, is that people no longer try to get close to me for the friendly hug, kiss on the cheek, or cross-kisses in the air around the cheeks. I believe you know what I am referring to. In France, they salute you by kissing you once, in Belgium twice or thrice, in Greece twice, and so on (I am not sure about the number of kisses, but you get the idea). I no longer need to proactively extend my hand for a handshake and implicitly warn “no kisses”, as the beard does that automatically. Yay!

█ I am not a control freak and do not obsess about particular interests. If I am alone, I will think about some philosophical theme or work on my hobbies (e.g. Emacs), but I will not act as a nerd in a social context. It probably helps that my friends are already carefully selected, so I don’t have to unexpectedly talk about wildly random stuff (e.g. what was discussed during some gossip show on TV—I don’t even have a television).

█ I believe I am competent with eye contact. What people would find unsettling about me is my seemingly inexhaustible capacity for listening. I have been with people who can go on talking for 30 minutes straight and who will interrupt you as soon as you utter a word (many folks in politics are like that). I would never interrupt them and would then recall what they talked about and be able to make accurate remarks on what they shared. Put differently, I am a good listener and am very patient.

█ Being a good listener sounds like a wonderful quality, though it is not always desirable. For example, in the world of politics you have to be assertive, appear unequivocal in your statements, leave no room for doubt, and the like. In most cases, I consider those signs of either dogmatism or foolishness (similar, but not identical) and would not play that game. As such, I might appear “weak” when, in truth, I am confident in my abilities: I do not see the point of pretending to be certain about my opinions—the “I would die for my beliefs” sounds ridiculous to me, because you imply that you will die for something that might be a falsehood (put differently: “are you sure your beliefs are true?”).

This covers it for now. I may have missed something, though this should give you a good idea.

"Comment on whether I have #ASD" by Protesilaos Stavrou

https://protesilaos.com/commentary/2022-06-01-asd/ ]

@protesilaosstavrou / @protesilaos (not sure which works, get in touch if you see this)

#ADHD #AHD #Autism #Autism #Neurodiversity #Bias #Disability #MentalHealth #Anxiety #Depression #MentalIllness #OCD #PTSD #Agoraphobia #Cptsd

@fury999io Auto-deletion of posts could be used possibly for:

1/ "on-the-fly" method of sorting and organising - not the "I'll do it years later" method :)
So keeping what is really needed (not the other way around of "Keep everything and 3/4 becomes used / old text that isn't needed to be ever used). Or nearer nothing.

2/ #Privacy / reducing future exploitation or risk

3/ To reduce ecological footprint (can be a lot sometimes or multiply 1 post to XXX users and XXX servers = A LOT of disk or screen space !!
Faster / smaller backups too.

4/ Temporal Feeling - A feeling of cleanliness or focussed usage, not leaving stuff lying around too much. A mental thing but also can be practical relative to more than one of previous points... Aesthetics for what is shown on the profile.

5/ Being in the moment - keeping it in the now even if it can be used to leave topics and traces - more in the now. Encourages less hoarding or looking back.

@bibliolater What we do and how we do things when things go wrong or bad happens is sometimes *more important* than the bad happens because overall it's the *improvement* of the process and people, so we are not in the same cycle over and over.

Truth is my path.

Mastodon Backup Viewer Tool - View Your Post Archives in Browser Offline !!
🚀 Amazing - Boost 🚀

https://bovine.social/mastodon/

(JSON archive file to human readable HTML style page)

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Why this tool is needed ?
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⚠️ Mastodon DOES NOT HAVE it's own way to show your own posts archive OFFLINE in a HUMAN READABLE format!
(LOL!)

⚠️ YOU CANNOT MOVE YOUR MASTODON POSTS FROM ONE PUBLIC SERVER TO ANY ANOTHER!! ⚠️

⚠️ ONLY YOUR SERVER SHOWS NATIVELY THE OLD POSTS SO IG SERVER GOES, SO DOES YOUR POSTS !!! ⚠️

If you delete your profile / move / admin quits server / servers corrupts then you don't have your own posts in a way you can read!!

LOOOOOL....

What kind of micro-blogger doesn't have already a tool or format you can read yourself in the same way online? Mastodon !

Your backup (if you save it) is 1 big text file, with lines of code parameters + text of posts mixed between it all (all stuck together) - so 1 long line of code and post text, which isn't great as a backup!
No images just hyperlinks to the offline image files if you have them !!

⚠️ YOU ALSO *CANNOT* MOVE YOUR POSTS FROM ONE PUBLIC MASTODON-COMPATIBLE SERVER TO ANOTHER!! ⚠️

So if you ever move.... YOU CANNOT IMPORT BACK TO PUBLIC SERVER!! LOOOOOL

NO PAST POSTS IN NEW PROFILE !!!

This tool helps see them offline at least if you're going to move or lose your online server:

https://bovine.social/mastodon/

CREDIT TO helge:

https://codeberg.org/helge/fediverse-projects/src/branch/main/mastodon_archive_viewer

#FreeSchool #Fediverse Solutions + Answers

#Mastodon #Export #Backup
#Tool #Convert

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Quick How-To....
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Go to "Edit profile"
...then Import / Export...
Data Export
Download TAR.GZ Archive file
Extract OUTBOX.JSON file
Open file at https://bovine.social/mastodon/
READ POSTS LIKE YOU DO NOW !!

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Longer How-To... / Step-by-step
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1. "Edit profile" page (while logged in)

2. Import / Export > Data Export

e.g. you should end up at
https://YOURSERVER..COM/settings/export

3. Create Export / Backup (export takes a bit of time)

3. Download the export file (a TAR.GZ file - need a zip-like program to open)

4. Extract OUTBOX.JSON file out of this downloaded TAR.GZ file

5. Use https://bovine.social/mastodon/ to open!

6. Save (print / export to PDF / PNG / MP4 scrolling capture)

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🚀 Amazing - Boost 🚀
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@gabriel MASTODON POSTs RE-SAVED (PER POST, SINGLE FILE)

PDF Output = Good idea BUT I think the long-never-ending-scroll of post feed means it will tap out memory or PDF max size/length (assume it exists) and then something else trips over since it's 1000's of posts and images vertically - so pretty sure nothing can do it all in one and will *anyway* lead to 1 massive file (with need a beefy system to save it in first place or load later...

which is probably ok as 1 file backup and more readable... but

IDEALLY I think the JSON output to smaller files (1 file per post - self-titled) would be more manageable and friendly all round.

This too below will load it all nicely as one long scroll but not sure how to get it to output to single files:

https://bovine.social/mastodon/

Single HTML files per post (which this tool doesn't do but pretty damn close) it almost already does when parsing but as 1 long page - near enough same format you see on your screen. So could do single files I'm sure !

Single file output (per post) seems the way (more searchable + only a few pictures max to save so it's not to heavy to load...)

PLUS I can send my single posts to people !!

...SO IN THEORY IT'S :
https://bovine.social/mastodon/
+ SINGLE FILE / POST MODE
+ AUTO-SAVE AS 1st LINE OF POST

#FreeSchool #Fediverse
#Mastodon #Export #Backup #Offline #Readable Single Post