I run a iRobot i3 and cutting its internet connection renders it useless. I’m eyeing a dreame l40 ultra for valetudo

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?

How come 1984 is before photocopiers?

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

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

Pixels are very well made though, google is not a hardware company; data and ads is their business. So, buying a pixel and starving them of your data is actually bad business for them

Now we wait for article “meet genocide vegans: people who are against Israel’s genocide against Palestinians based on ethical reasons”

You self host the lounge and never disconnect

That’s not age verification, that’s KYC (know your customer) which includes age verification. I agree, KYC has its place on the net, but this is definitely not it.

Unfortunately you have to be a product manager or similar for this game.

What’s wrong with tapless payment with cards?

Men feel scared and uncomfortable because they’re afraid to be told they were wrong to hide their feelings?

Or “men would rather talk to superpowered autocorrect rather than sharing their feelings with family and friends”

Keira is one of countless Greenlandic women in Denmark who have been separated from their children after undergoing highly controversial “parenting competency” tests (known as forældrekompetenceundersøgelse or FKU) used by social services to assess whether parents are suitable to care for their children.

What the flying fuck. She doesn’t speak Danish and wasn’t provided a translator for the test, resulting in her 3 children to be “removed”.

Lemmy is too niche to spend money on running bots. There’s no profit, nothing to achieve. Reddit, on the other hand…

One thing I love about Germany is that people have this understanding where privacy is fundamental and not something to argue about. Because they know being able to easily identify people leads to disaster. It’s just about a political swing away.