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I'm just gonna have to wait until I have my replacement phone to make videos again, or go get an actual camcorder.

The camera on the phone my friend gave me is useless, and every time I try to edit a video, it's a nightmare and there ends up being an audio delay.

Also takes forever to render the final video.

Oh well.

Still managed to get 10k views on one I made with it, and triggered a few #maga sheep in the process.

I have the #creativity bug again now that I am somewhere I feel safe, and have few restrictions on what I do.

I think I'll make some #videos at night as I like the atmosphere of one I posted about #tariffs trying to explain them again.

I am always scouting for backgrounds, lighting and settings. I never cared for green screens or a white-walled background.

Outside is where I belong, and my #art will always reflect that.

I never expected anyone to notice anyway.

So far I have made 30 dollars with the #scoopz creator fund.

I need to start making more #videos as it occurred to me that I have reach now, and I've cultivated a small community that I enjoy.

This means a lot to me as I want to share a much info as I can about my condition, and the situation of being #homeless from something you cannot help combined with #addiction.

Thanks for following me on this.

I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing :)

I’m sharing my experiences with my newborn blog’s traffic.
Two weeks into foodculturebites.com launch #flipboard remains the best source of traffic.
Also worth mentioning is the traffic coming from the #Fediverse.
I can see the metrics in Google analytics => traffic source => first user manual ad content= shows which magazines are sending traffic.
I am following activity on #Surf and publishing feeds to #Bluesky
#publishing, #blogging, #contentcreation, #flipboardmarketing

I'm so tired of leftist content creators who are men being outed as fucking creeps.

I don't deify content creators, or leftists, or other human beings at all for that matter.. but it's so disheartening that every fucking time I find someone who's content I enjoy and learn from, they end up leveraging their online popularity in predatory ways with young women followers.

Be better.

"Don't be a fucking predator" is a low fucking bar - why can't you all get over it??

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FOSS NEWS

Mastodon (official) mobile apps and mastodon.social, mastodon.online web UI will include easily dismissable donation banner:
news.itsfoss.com/mastodon-in-a
(Some people often get mad if a project asks for donation within its software UI, but I think volunteer devs also deserve to get some payment for their work, it's fair to include a donation notice, if it doesn't annoy users with its placement.)

Brave and AdGuard will block Microsoft Recall:
brave.com/privacy-updates/35-b
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

Bluesky introduces age verification (using payment cards, ID scans, or face scans) for accessing adult content and direct messaging, and content controls for UK users:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/
(Yeah we're heading into a dystopian future, where you can't use social media without giving up sensitive information... Or can't send messages because a small portion of predators also use that feature... It shouldn't be the responsibility of governments and social media platforms to protect children, it's the parents' task to protect their children. If governments would really care about protecting children, they would rather push campaigns targeted towards parents to raise awareness of the importance of paying attention what their child is doing online. But nah, this "protect children" thing is only pushed for emotional manipulation, so that the governments can cover their arse, while building surveillance infrastructure.)

(more FOSS news in comment)

It's FOSS News · Mastodon Wants Funding and Won't Mind Nudging You for DonationThis small change could help support Mastodon.
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FOSS NEWS

Mozilla VPN Linux app is now available on Flathub:
omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/mozill

Bluesky introduces improved notification management:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

OBS Studio 31.1 released with multitrack video support on Linux and macOS, preview zoom controls, support for additional canvases for Multitrack Video output, AV1 B-frame support for AMF, support for color format/space/range GPU conversion, new UI settings, etc.:
9to5linux.com/obs-studio-31-1-

LibreOffice Writer Markdown import support is merged, will be available in LibreOffice 26.2 next year:
phoronix.com/news/LibreOffice-
(That will be really useful for me when creating downloadable versions of programming cheatsheets for FosseryWeb, because I can just export the Markdown from Joplin, import it to Writer.)

Geany 2.1 released with improved UI and file type support:
9to5linux.com/geany-2-1-open-s

KeePass 2.59 released with native Windows 11 support, faster encryption, enhanced security, improved database portability, browser integration:
alternativeto.net/news/2025/7/

Ardour drops GTK+ support in favor of its fork, YTK:
phoronix.com/news/Ardour-Remov

Calibre 8.6 released with improved database restore performance, support for the La Presse news source, 'Search "not in"' and 'Filter "not in"' buttons for the Manage Authors and Manage Items options, etc.:
9to5linux.com/calibre-8-6-open

OMG! Ubuntu · Mozilla VPN Linux App is Now Available on FlathubThe Mozilla VPN Client can now be installed on Linux distributions from Flathub, a change that will allow more users to access the paid VPN service.

I have an idea for an #analoghorror series now.

It's bubbling in my head, as I realized watching the the squirrel video that it has the found footage vibe going, and felt like an intro to something insane.

I have gotten quite good at making my #videos look like they're on film or VHS.

I was thinking of making a series where it gets progressively more disturbing, and less funny as it goes on.

I have some ideas.

More are welcome.

I've figured out #youtube - funny animals.

Because I posted the Squirrel video there as well to see what happened, and usually within an hour on YouTube I'll get about 20-40 views, then it will slowly spit me out of the algorithm until I end up with a total of anywhere from 100 to 1000 usually.

Sometimes it won't even do that and I'll end up with 5-50 total views.

Those were usually political.

The squirrel one got 300 in less than an hour.

My creativity has a strange pattern.

I will become more creative if I am in either a very calm place where my mind is mostly free of stress, and there is solid stability to my life, or when I am in extreme circumstances to cope because there is absolutely nothing else I can do, so I find a way to distract myself.

I don't seem to be very creative in periods of transition where it's stressful, but not nightmarish.

This is a calm phase, finally.

I am tentatively going to get back into posting videos on #scoopz again.

I am going to a park, and I am going to make something silly to refresh my editing and ranting at a camera ability.

Maybe one #video a day will due as I was definitely obsessing and burning myself out with it because like three videos a day is definitely unsustainable.

Though I'm still impressed I managed to get a million views in like two-three months O.o

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