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petrescatraian

@ petrescatraian @libranet.de

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Ce să vă zic, mă, bine ați venit? bine ați venit, rău ați nimerit. La locu' ăsta îi zice șerpărie, de la șerpii care umblă pe-aicea. Dracu' știe cum au ajuns...

  • Nova Launcher could soon add a proactive AI assistant that sucks up all your data

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  • This is the final nail in the coffin for an otherwise such a great product. Never going back I guess...

  • Finally, texts between Android and iPhone users can be end-to-end encrypted

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  • Here in the rest of the world that doesn't use miles for distances, having to use something other than your phone's SMS/RCS app (that goes through your carrier) has been a norm for quite a while.

    You can clearly tell that this is news mostly for the US audience (who also uses stuff like voicemail instead of calling again - who the hell even listens to their voicemails?).

  • Today in Bucharest, the large EU flag in the front of the government building was redrawn. Happy Europe day, everyone! 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺

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  • Eh, I wanted to focus on the positive stuff for just a bit.

  • Europe @feddit.org
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    Today in Bucharest, the large EU flag in the front of the government building was redrawn. Happy Europe day, everyone! 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺

  • Walt: private alternative to Google Pay or Apple Pay

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  • How many EU countries does it plan to support?

  • Innit, m8?

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  • Where there's a will, there's a way

    (I did part of the translation on Friendica too, but it was also partially translated when I landed here back in 2022 as well)

  • Innit, m8?

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  • Innit, m8?

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  • Memes @sopuli.xyz
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    Innit, m8?

  • PixelUnion turns one: we're celebrating! | PixelUnion - Free your photos from American tech platforms

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  • How time flies...

  • Art of the War

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  • Yo dawg, I heard you like blockades. So I put a blockade in your blockade so you can blockade while you blockade and jack up oil prices.

  • My phone was just stolen (update: new phone arrives by 10 p.m.)

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  • Use this (if you have an iPhone) or this (if you have an Android) to locate your phone. And do report this to the police.

  • My european setup

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  • Ah, I see. Well, I hope that helps too. Plus there are apps that use the @transitous database. Maybe your city is there too.

  • CoMaps listed and rated on european-alternatives.cloud

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  • I tried öffi. Nothing works in my country besides regular passenger trains, which I don't take that often. If neither OM and Co work with public transit, then I would rather recommend any app that pulls its information from Transitous. I tried it with Träwelling just for the fun of the game, but it did work really great

  • My european setup

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  • Use Bolt instead of Uber. An actual European service from Estonia.

    Edit: and if you want to be more European in this regard, use your city's public transit. There might be an app for it too.

  • CoMaps listed and rated on european-alternatives.cloud

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  • Yeah, I have a similar experience with Organic Maps. We don't have anything like the S Bahn yet in Bucharest, but we have a metro and it works with it. However the vast majority of my trips are made with the surface transit (buses, trams and trolleybuses) and that's where Organic Maps doesn't help.

    Looks like they're working on an integration with the GTFS feeds, albeit I would've been happier if they used an already established project like @transitous instead

  • CoMaps listed and rated on european-alternatives.cloud

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  • CoMaps is an interesting project, but I've gotten so used to Organic Maps 😁 are there any other features it has that could make it stand out from Organic Maps? (Besides the map colours)

    And most importantly: does it feature public transit navigation options beside the metro?

  • World News @beehaw.org
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    Around the world, residential institutions for people with disabilities are being shut down. In Russia, reform has stalled.

    meduza.io /en/feature/2026/04/15/around-the-world-residential-institutions-for-people-with-disabilities-are-being-shut-down-in-russia-reform-has-stalled
  • World News @beehaw.org
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    Radu Jude, the Bard of Bucharest

    www.newyorker.com /magazine/2026/04/20/radu-jude-the-bard-of-bucharest

  • More Americans are moving to Central and Eastern Europe. Here’s why

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  • Moving past the obvious slurs in your comment, those migrants might actually get more of a red carpet treatment - sorry to spoil your vengeful dreams. In part because they are who they are, but also because of the spoken language making it easier to get higher paid jobs, probably at multinational corporations too (English is pretty commonly spoken as a foreign language, so it's not so well paid and sought as other foreign languages, but if that's your native language you're definitely getting an edge over the locals).

    Patriots (also called sovreignists here in Romania) will do what they do the best: label them as sexo-marxists invading our country and too snowflake to stay with Trump. But outside those pricks, people here are very open towards migrants.

    We have an ongoing collective memory of us taking the road to the West after the fall of communism, along with all the hardships we faced, and the fair treatment of migrants is, from my experience, pretty well promoted publicly (at least so far).

    If the far right gets in power in two years from now, which is highly likely given the current political situation, things might take a turn to the worse. But until then, the orchestra is singing on the Titanic.

    And as a personal opinion, I think it's wrong to put all the American migrants in the same pot. I think the people leaving the US behind are exactly those who saw the things coming, who understood what Project 2025 was about and did all they could to prevent this from happening. Throwing them in concentration camps similar to those in El Salvador, degrading them or being xenophobic to them in any way will teach them no lesson and will definitely teach the usual MAGA supporter no lesson, or at least not the lesson you're looking for. I'm rather pro treating these people well, especially since (despite all the shortcomings), during these whole decades when America was truly free, it represented a safe haven for people looking to escape prosecution in their homeland, especially due to their etnicity or religion. So taking these people as they themselves flee from political prosecution is more of an acknowledgement of the role the free America had on making the world a better place, sometimes even helping make entire countries free and independent from other countries.

  • More Americans are moving to Central and Eastern Europe. Here’s why

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  • World News @beehaw.org
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    More Americans are moving to Central and Eastern Europe. Here’s why

    edition.cnn.com /travel/central-eastern-europe-american-relocation

  • Request for messenger suggestions

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  • You're welcome. Stay safe!

  • Request for messenger suggestions

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  • I think you're in luck here. You can use XMPP or Matrix as the other person said, and pick from the myriad of different servers to let the authorities play whack-a-mole with them. If you're picking XMPP, suggest them one of the clients that support OMEMO (it uses the protocol used by Signal too; edit: most apps that support it are modern and in active development). Briar is another good option, since it uses Tor, but you both need to be online in order to receive messages from each other since it uses no servers (unless they and you use something like this on a spare phone).

    An option that would likely be a better fit for what you're looking for, but which I haven't tried yet is SimpleX.

    Whatever you pick, I think it would be a great practice for you to teach them to use a panic button app such as Ripple (not sure if that's maintained anymore though).

  • Ukraine @sopuli.xyz
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    Reuters reports Russia’s NORSI refinery halts operations after Ukrainian drone strike

    meduza.io /en/news/2026/04/07/reuters-reports-russia-s-norsi-refinery-halts-operations-after-ukrainian-drone-strike
  • Trams, Trolleys and Streetcars @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    The only tram route in Reșița from one end to the other

  • Memes @sopuli.xyz
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    Ok, let's go!

  • Trams, Trolleys and Streetcars @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Purple Bozankaya tram in Timisoara - Romania on February 28, 2026 at 5:50 PM heading towards Traian Square.

  • Memes @sopuli.xyz
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    Those who know, know

  • World News @beehaw.org
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    China’s ‘Rat People’: When Education Can’t Deliver on Its Promises

    thediplomat.com /2026/02/chinas-rat-people-when-education-cant-deliver-on-its-promises/
  • Music @beehaw.org
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    Moon Walker - You're Next

  • World News @beehaw.org
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    Romanian rail workers accused of bribery turned to ChatGPT for legal tips

    www.theregister.com /2026/02/06/romanian_rail_workers_chatgpt/
  • Digital Minimalism @lemmy.ml
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    1 in 3 college students admit to having used their phones during sex

    nypost.com /2026/02/07/lifestyle/1-in-3-college-students-admit-to-having-done-this-shocking-act-during-sex/
  • World News @beehaw.org
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    Fire Engulfs Former Volkswagen Factory in Kaluga Region

    www.themoscowtimes.com /2026/01/28/fire-engulfs-former-volkswagen-factory-in-kaluga-region-a91802
  • World News @beehaw.org
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    Extreme snowfall paralyzes daily life in Russia’s Far East

    meduza.io /en/feature/2026/01/19/extreme-snowfall-paralyzes-daily-life-in-russia-s-far-east
  • Ukraine @sopuli.xyz
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    Just in case someone is not up-to-date with the latest Bluesky scandal, they have just suspended the account of UNITED24

    bsky.app /profile/did:plc:uilsvtzkwqx5jle53l57aix5/post/3mcpytd5l3k2g
  • AbandonedPorn @reddthat.com
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    A 100 year old advert on the wall of an old house in Bucharest

  • Trams, Trolleys and Streetcars @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Astra Imperio Metropolitan on the streets of Bucharest in a foggy day