Introduction According to United Nations General Assembly Resolutions A/RES/37/43 [1] and A/RES/45/130 [2], oppressed people have a right to struggle by all means, including armed struggle, against the oppressor: “2. Reaffirms the legitimacy of the struggle of peoples for independence, territorial integrity, national unity and liberation from colonial domination, apartheid and foreign occupation by all available…
Introduction On March 30, I have a short presentation in Ukrainian. In preparation of this presentation, I discovered several similarities of Ukrainian with other European languages which point towards its exciting, reaching back to origins in the Latin and Nordic languages. Although I my knowledge of Ukrainian language and the other languages is limited, I…
1. Overview The following tutorial is a complete, detailed and tested set of instructions to install an XMPP-based messaging service (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) [1, 2] using the PROSODY [1] server as a backend and the MOVIM [4, 5] client as web browser-based frontend. This installation corresponds to company-owned social messengers, such as the…
1 Introduction After having happily used a custom Android OS called /e/ OS [1] for several years with refurbished Samsung mobile phones, my provider COMVIQ (Sweden) has now at the beginning of December 2025 switched off its G2/G3 mobile phone networks [2], leaving only G4 and G5 activated. As a consequence, I cannot make or…
Introduction The abundance of social networks poses questions regarding their similarities and differences to identify redundancies, but potentially also missing services in the social network landscape. Similarities Social networks have the basic feature in common of connecting people via electronic channels. Communication can be based on one or more of the following basic types of…
Introduction I have been using the social network LinkedIn for occasional job-related content, but mostly for sharing content on the climate and biodiversity crisis, without any issues since October 1, 2011 with currently about 1,932 connections. However, since October 7, 2023, I have started using this network to bring attention to the crisis in Gaza,…
1. Introduction Here, I am summarizing the results of electronic devices, esp. smartphones, laptops, desktops, and related operating systems which are privacy-protecting and eco-friendly (eg, repairable). Desirable features: Hardware: eco-socially fair supply chain robust (“military-grade”) repairable hardware kill switches for audio, video, internet Software open-source private (does not leak data to corporations) Business accepts cryptocurrencies…
1. Introduction Here, I show various options to use the AEREEnet IRC server with various IRC clients from beginner to expert level. To use end-to-end encryption (E2EE) there are multiple options in terms of software and encryption algorithms which are not compatible with each other, therefore, users have to agree on which software and algorithm…
“This Nobel Peace Prize will help to replace the current socialist government of Venezuela by a government which aligns with US imperialist and US capitalist interests and whitewash it as “democracy”, “peace”, and “freedom” in the process.” The Nobel Prize Comittee has awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado in Venezuela “for…
1. Introduction If you are running a PC with Linux and an Nvidia Graphics card, you may experience the problem that the PC restarts after a Linux kernel upgrade, but: the Nvidia graphics card is not recognized and one cannot use multiple screens (since only the Motherboard graphics card is used) kernel panic while booting…
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