moftasa

aral, 8 days ago (edited 8 days ago) to random

To those Americans getting offended that their president and country are being criticised for arming a genocide may I just remind you that there is something a tad more offensive than being criticised for arming a genocide which is arming a goddamn genocide. Get some fucking perspective.

thomasfuchs, 16 days ago to random

Just read a take that “30 years ago we’d have to wait days for pictures of the Aurora”.

I think this is a case of “mysterious old technology mythical tales”.

First of all, digital cameras or the ability to convert analog video to digital stills existed, widely, since the 1980s. For consumers digital cameras were available in 1994.

For film, the fact is that in the 80s/90s there were 1-hour photo places literally everywhere.

Newspapers had photos of current events since the 19th century.

moftasa, 3 months ago to random

Can Palestinians participate in the Eurovision song contest? #eurovision2024

jwildeboer, 5 days ago to random

#RFEC — Remote Fusion Energy Collector. A silicon based device that can convert the radiation of remote fusion sources to electricity with an efficiency between 20-30%. Might get to more than 30% with new materials. But passive energy collection with RFECs can cover domestic electricity needs, especially when combined with batteries. Formerly known as solar panels.

fkamiah17, 26 days ago to UKpolitics

Congratulations to the Daily Heil for being the first UK media outlet to join the disinformation campaign 🙄 🤬
I'm not posting the link.

"Pro-Palestine campus group behind Columbia University protests received over $3million a year in funding from 'charities' linked to Hamas"

#FreePalestine #UKPolitics

moftasa, 4 months ago to random

📢 ⬅️السنة دي هحاول أكتب 150 تدوينة كل واحدة 150 كلمة.

This year I am challenging myself to write 150 blog posts, each 150 words (most will be in Arabic though).

https://moftasa.net/150-posts-150-words-ar

#150x150

moftasa, 7 months ago to fediverse

Is there a page explaining the #Fediverse like fedi.tips but in #Arabic?

@ButterflyOfFire

moftasa, 9 months ago to egypt

Rolling blackouts are disproportionately affecting poor neighborhoods & villages. The government has decided to exempt touristic areas "so as not to tarnish #Egypt’s image"

I'm concerned that there hasn't been any real discussion about the implications of July being the hottest month on record.

I have only read complaints about power cuts. The last few weeks have been really scary in terms of #ClimateChange. For the first time I feel the threat is imminent.

https://arabawy.org/161149/egypt-electricity-cutbacks-threaten-rights/

moftasa, 6 months ago to Israel

Number of people killed in #Gaza has reached 10,000. Around 70% are women and children. All humanitarian agencies working in the strip, including UN agencies, have called for a #ceasefireNOW. This death toll doesn't align with self-defense claims and the US/UK/EU charade of calling for minimizing civilian deaths has to stop. The extremists in charge of #Israel government are acting in bad faith after the terrible Oct 7 attacks as pretext to expel Palestinians and expand the Zionist occupation.

fkamiah17, 13 days ago to tech

Anyone need another reason to quit Microsoft?

#Gaza #Tech #Microsoft

moftasa, 7 months ago to firefox

"How a 23-year-old first-time #Firefox coder fixed a 22-year-old bug" by Ars Technica, is a remarkable story.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/22-year-old-firefox-tooltip-bug-fixed-in-a-few-lines-offering-hope-to-us-all/

#FOSS

moftasa, 7 months ago to Israel

Bloomberg: #Israel is in talks with #Elon Musk’s #SpaceX to set up a #Starlink satellite network to bolster wartime communications.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-17/israel-latest-biden-plans-mideast-trip-in-drive-to-contain-war

moftasa, 13 days ago to random

Google search is going to suck so hard with this new AI update. We need a new search engine for the web that is run by librarians like pubmed but not run by the US gov.

(DDG is Bing which is also rubbish. Please don't suggest Kagi, it is very expensive for people living outside developed countries. Also its results suck for anything outside software and technology. Marginalia is tiny and is very biased towards the anglosphere).

moftasa, 1 month ago to Palestine

At least 14 activists were arrested today in #Cairo during a protest in solidarity with the women of #Gaza and #Sudan outside the UN Women regional office headquarters. They were reading a statement calling for an end to the occupation in #Palestine and the war in Sudan.

More information (via Mada Masr):
➡️ https://reader.miniflux.app/share/6d5a7491c20ff4c690bfcc0b0ecb7817840ea2c7

Photos by Lobna Darwish.

#StopTheGenocide

Photo taken outdoors during day time in a street with trees and a building in the background. In the foreground, 10 women (some wearing surgical masks) are standing holding signs. Visible signs say 'stop the aggression' and 'open the border crossings'.

moftasa, 5 months ago to pixelart

Noticed a hashtag called #pixel_dailies were people post daily #pixelart based on prompts. Found amazing stuff and followed a dozen people through it!

Today's prompt is wind. So I thought I can share something relevant I drew a while ago. (I hope I am not breaking any rules).

#windsurfing #Dahab

moftasa, 3 months ago to animals

Guarding the entrance! #catsofmastodon

moftasa, 1 month ago to foss

I look forward to updating apps installed with F-Droid. I get new bug fixes, improvements & features. I get a nice explanation of what changed. Sometimes it is great to see my tiny contribution (translation, finding a bug).

I hate updating apps that are installed through Google Play. Most keep getting bloated, change terms of service, change looks suddenly for no reason, add more advertising & tracking. They patronize me with their cute 'what's new' messages that say nothing valuable. #FOSS

moftasa, 1 month ago to random

I am a little confused can Diaspora communicate with Mastodon/ActivityPub-based services directly??

moftasa, 7 months ago to random

#CeasefireNOW

moftasa, 11 months ago to writing

"Ensō is a writing tool that helps you enter a state of flow.

It does this by separating writing from editing and thus making it harder for you to edit yourself."

As you write, the text fades away. It helps you focus on the now. Writing becomes similar to spoken language.

Thanks to @raf quick response, it now supports #RTL languages like #Arabic.

https://write.sonnet.io/

#writing #focus #flow #texteditor

moftasa, 18 days ago to random

Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians evacuate from Rafah to crowded areas in Khan Younis amid Israeli offensive

https://www.madamasr.com/en/2024/05/09/news/u/tens-of-thousands-of-displaced-palestinians-evacuate-from-rafah-to-crowded-areas-in-khan-younis-amid-israeli-offensive/

#Gaza #Rafah #FreePalestine #CeasefireNOW

moftasa, 26 days ago to mastodon

Something on #Mastodon doesn't really make sense. Apparently, a lot of people are pro small/indieweb that is selfhosted on an potato-powered arduino in their closet but as soon as someone complains of the mastodon DDOSing websites issue they are belittled for not using Cloudflare or CDN. Despite Cloudflare being the opposite of an indieweb.