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Tony Sánchez-Ariño, que hoy tiene 95 años, defiende en sus libros la caza legal en África y cuenta cómo consiguió su récord de 20 ejemplares en 75 minutos
Imagina que la única huella que dejes en esta vida sea haber matado por DIVERSION a 1317 animales. Prefiero dejar la huella de haber salvado a una abubilla herida y que se la llevarán los rurales.
If closed source tech bros actually were useful to the world, then icebergs would float around upside down with 90% of their mass above water. But that's not how it works, so why does 10% of the code in the world get so hundreds of billions from humanity each yeat to enrich a few assholes at the top?
I pay my favorite developers through Patreon and recurring PayPal, but we need better ways to give back to those who keep the internet working despite the shithead tech bros.
I keep hearing about this - that most software these days is based on open source, with the last few per cent being added by corporate players (to add a shiny finish or UX, maybe).
But I'd like to be able to show this to people - do you have any source that I can share or cite?
"Er ist ein Profi": Trump erkennt Putins Kompetenz im Umgehen von Sanktionen an de.rt.com/international/249876… US-Präsident Donald Trump hat es nun bestätigt: Russland überwindet erfolgreich den Sanktionsdruck des Westens. Der Republikaner warnt den Kremlchef Wladimir Putin dennoch vor weiteren Strafmaßnahmen. Seine Politik gegen Russland stuft Trump selbst als "sehr hart" ein. #news #press
Una pregunta para las buenas gentes del Fedi: Tengo una Raspberry Pi 4 desocupada y un televisor Samsung que cada vez rinde menos. Me gustaría montar una TV box para poder usar las apps que no puedo instalar. ¿Alguna sugerencia? Buscando un poco por internet veo que mucha gente mete LineageOS para lograr un Android TV. También hay un proyecto de KDE, pero se ve un poco crudo por los pantallazos que vi compartidos.
EDIT: Muchas gracias. Creo que ya sé por dónde empezar.
Putin's contempt for MacronThe Duran: Episode 22700:00 - Discussion on the recent phone call between Macron and Putin1:30 - Analysis of Macron's role and the...
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I went to watch this, because I watched the first one the other day. She changed the title from "Retarded" to "Ridiculous". Lost some respect for that.
Question is in the title: What is the supposed workflow for vanilla Gnome for keyboard users?
Is there any video/design documents which explain, how the workflow is supposed to be?
Assume, I have a full screen web browser on workspace 1. Now I want to have a terminal... I hit the super-key, type terminal, hit enter ... and then I have a terminal which does not start maximized on workspace 1, so I can either maximize the terminal and switch between the applications, arrange them side by side... or I can navigate to workspace 2, start the terminal there (the terminal will not start maximized again on an empty workspace 2) ... and switch between the two workspaces (AFAIK there are no hotkeys specified by default to navigate directly to a workspace)...
What I simply do not understand: Does the vanilla Gnome workflow expect you to use mouse and keyboard? Like hit super, use mouse to go to next workspace, type terminal, click to maximize terminal (or use super-up)?
It just seems like a lot of work/clicks/keys to achieve something simple. And to my understanding Gnome expects you to use basically every application with a full screen window anyway, so why does it not open a new application on the next free workspace full screen by default?
There's hotkeys for workspace navigation, I use them all the time: Super+Alt+Left/Right will navigate to the next/previous workspace (Super+PageDown/Up also works). If you go in Settings -> Keyboard shortcuts -> Navigation you'll find more, notably to move windows between workspaces.
As for the fullscreen by default, there's extensions for that I guess, though personally it doesn't bother me since after the window is maximized once it should restore its maximized state the next time it's opened. With Super+Arrow keys to position the window, I personally barely use the mouse for window management.
one thing gnome is really good at is multitouch touchpad gestures. when on a laptop, and you don't have to move a lat to get to the mouse, it's very quick.
Window management is one of those areas I'm fascinated with because even after 50 years, nobody's fully cracked it yet. Ever since the dawn of time we've relied on the window metaphor as the...
If you have apps in your dock you can also use "Super + 1-9" to start those apps. For example i have the browser on the first position and the terminal on the second so i switch between them with Super+1 and Super+2. It's also the same on Windows with apps in the task bar by the way. I am fine with it so far but I have thought about switching to a distro with a tiling window manager but the distro I currently use just doesn't support those and I don't want to leave right now.
I have a fairly vanilla Gnome and a WIP Sway for testing. Gnome is a much easier workflow, and the customization just takes a little reading (much less than Sway or similar, you just have to use the GUI not manpages and dotfiles).
Application launcher shortcuts by default are bound to Super+numbers according to the order of the bar in the overlay. So if your terminal was application 3 in that bar just hit Super+3 (I just bound the launch command to Super+Return in the custom shortcuts). Shift+Super+PageDown or Shift+alt+Super+right will shift an app to a workspace to the right. Super+Up will make it fullscreen. My workflow is changed mostly due to a lack of a PageUp/Down on my laptop.
If you assume that the workspaces don't need to be numbered, Super+Tab just to jump to another app is handy, or Super+PageUp/Down. I use touchpad swipe controls a lot, or my user defined controls.
But for a two application workflow as described, Super+3 (or whatever to launch terminal), Super+up (To fullscreen), and then switch between them with Super+Tab, no extra workspaces required. That's three shortcuts, four if you move terminal to another workspace.
Gnome likes you to sit back and think about if what you are doing is really necessary (gnomey? gnome-like?), its quirky like that, but there are loads of options for user defined stuff in the settings, so the classic i3 bindings are really easy to put in or whatever.
According to help.gnome.org/users/gnome-hel… you should be able to use Shift + Super + Page Up/Down to move application windows between workspaces, seems to work for me.
So for your example start Terminal, then maximize it (Super + Up Key), then move the application window to another workspace (Shift + Super + Page Up/Down).
I harbor nostalgia for the old Windows 3 desktop icon grid, so I open a file manager window pointing to ~/Desktop and display the *.desktop shortcuts there as icons. This is done automatically when gdm starts. My file manager is PCManFM, which is a rip-off of nautilus. Double-clicking on an icon opens the shortcut — be it to a terminal or a graphical application. I have to alt-tab to the PCManFM window of course, so I need the keyboard. Then I have to double-click with the mouse. It's keeping both hemispheres of the brain active: subject/verb, left/right.
then I have a terminal which does not start maximized on workspace 1
I run devilspie in the background to catch windows of certain applications such as terminal and maximize them on the fly. For this reason, I must disable wayland.
Does the vanilla Gnome workflow expect you to use mouse and keyboard?
Yes, both, apparently.
It just seems like a lot of work/clicks/keys to achieve something simple.
Well, that's what you get for downplaying the role of icon grids.
If I have firefox in full screen then I can hit the super key and search for term, and open it. If I want to maximize the window, it's Super-up. If I want it to take up the right side of the screen, I use Super-right. Now I have the terminal on the right side of the screen, and the left screen has half of the full-screen firefox. If I want the windows side by side, then I can switch to firefox (S-Tab), get out of full screen (F11) and align the window to the left (S-left).
AFAIK there are no hotkeys specified by default to navigate directly to a workspace)…
alt-Super-right/left to switch space, and shift-alt-super-right/left to move the current window to the next workspace. So to go from fullscreen firefox in workspace 1 to fullscreen terminal in workspace 2, it's: S-alt-right, Then super, 'term', enter. Now terminal is open. You can maximize (S-up) or go fullscreen (F11)
Maybe it's a lot of keys, but gnome is pretty good about navigation/window management without a mouse
so why does it not open a new application on the next free workspace full screen by default?
Is that a default in other desktop environments? I usually stay in one work space and use S-tab and S-` to switch apps
... actually, now that I'm trying it, it is nice to have a terminal full screen in its own workspace
You can use a combination of shift, meta, pgup/pgdown and arrow keys to move between workspaces and to move applications between workspaces, and you can alt-tab to switch window focus within a workspace. window management and manipulation can be entirely keyboard-driven
edit: i just pulled out my laptop to find out how you do it. i only know from muscle memory.
super(windows) + pgup/pgdown to move between workspaces
shift + super + pgup/pgdown to move focused window between workspaces
Meta+arrow keys to manage windows: left or right to get a split, up to maximize.
Meta+pgup/pgdn to switch workspaces. Add shift to move the current window with you.
Those are the main ones I use all the time, but there's a full list (some that aren't bound by default) in the settings. I would probably remap pgup and pgdn to something closer to my fingers on a regular keyboard, but I use an ergo split 60% so I already have those keys on my home row.
Tbh GNOME feels best with a combo of mouse and keyboard, like Meta+mousewheel scrolling lets you switch workspaces very smoothly. And I think I had to map this myself, but I use right click drag + Meta to resize windows dynamically. But the above keys let me do 90% of what I want to with windows.
If you really want a fully keyboard-driven window management scheme you should probably check out a standalone window manager. I love sway personally.
The supposed gnome workflow is for keyboard users to go fuck themselves.
Don’t waste time learning the gnome way of doing things, it’s not gonna remain consistent long enough to let you reap any benefits from that knowledge.
Keyboard -> Keyboard shortcuts from Settings will show all the available keyboard shortcuts. You can also create your own custom keybindings
These seem like a lot of personal design complaints rather than actual issues with GNOME itself.
And to my understanding Gnome expects you to use basically every application with a full screen window anyway
You misunderstood, that's not what GNOME expects at all. Your app not maximizing on startup is because the app doesn't maximize on startup. GNOME doesn't have a setting to maximize all apps by default since that should be the app's responsibility.
If you want the auto-tiling window manager experience, you'll need to install an extension (Paperwm, tiling shell, Forge, Pop shell). Extensions are like applications, there's no shame in using them.
I just open apps with meta+search or meta+1 or other number of they are in the dock and then alt-tab between them. I used to use workspaces, but it didn't bring me much benefits. I never have such amount of apps open anyway.
TEHRAN, Jul. 05 (MNA) – The death toll from flash floods in south-central Texas rose to 24 on July 4, officials said, as the search for at least 20 girls missing from a summer camp continued.
Крестовый поход нынешней администрации Белого дома против американской науки кристаллизовался в решение на бумаге. Палата представителей США приняла большой законопроект, в котором в том числе есть положения по сокращению проектов NASA.
Под нож попадает 41 из 124 научных миссий, включая прекрасно работающие (и это ключевое) программы: 🔴 Juno 🔴 New Horizons 🔴 Osiris-APEX 🔴 MAVEN 🔴 Mars Odyssey 🔴 DSCOVR
Единственный живой аппарат на орбите Юпитера будет списан раньше нового продления. Заодно должны прекратиться операции для аппарата Osiris-APEX, который после основной миссии должен был исследовать астероид 99942 Apophis (тот самый). Минус две хороших марсианских миссии и важный аппарат по изучению климата Земли. 1/2
2/2 Отдельно стоит отметить миссию New Horizons, которая прислала первые детальные фото Плутона. Как и Вояджеры, аппарат питается от РИТЭГа, и изначально разрабатывался в том числе для поддержки связи в глубоком космосе максимально долгое время — как минимум ещё 15 лет.
Главы проектов должны подготовить план по выводу этих аппаратов из эксплуатации до конца следующей недели. Сами миссии должны завершиться до 1 октября текущего года.
Команды будут распущены, причастных учёных и инженеров уволят."
No se, PDRO, creo que refugiarte en la defensa del feminismo ahora cuando fuiste tu el que dijo que tus amigos de 40 y 50 años se sienten incómodos con él (y no para criticarles sino para simpatizar con ellos) no lo termino de ver muy creíble si no empiezas por disculparte con Irene Montero.
Interesting point starting around 20:00 : on the right, people tend to believe that gun violence is caused by immoral people, and that we need to be "tougher on crime", more prisons, etc. On the left, they tend to believe that desperate people resort to desperate action to feed themselves, etc. Both sides believe gun violence to be rooted in rational behaviour, but actually most gun violence is caused by sheer stupidity : people not yielding while driving, some guy's stepping on another's foot, etc.
@Emmanuel Florac Yes and only Neanderthals are the real Frenchmen. The natives perhaps, "owned" the continent for millennia but the British, French, Spanish and Dutch colonized the land and made war with the natives long before the USA took their freedom from the British. The founders founded the US to be a White nation a White patriarchy. The courts, Jews and globalists have watered the original intention to the catastrophe that we have today.
@Emmanuel Florac So am I but genes are scattered genes are all that's left of them. At least there are, fortunately or otherwise, much more than just genes left of the American natives. The Neanderthals were totally, systematically, the victims of genocide, but we'll sugar coat that.
@Carter Braxton we can't know for sure what happened to Neanderthals, Denisovians, etc. There were really few, scattered people back then. Our genes also keep the trace of a "big squeeze" when the whole human race almost disappeared (fell down to a few hundred individuals) so it could be many things really.
@Carter Braxton well in some prehistory museum you can see the bones of a Neanderthal family who died of cold and hunger during the Ice Age, that's the sort of story we can do without 😀
“Just as Nazi Germany’s crimes could not have been committed without the technology IBM provided to track, round-up and murder Jews, Romani people and the disabled, Israel’s apartheid and genocide of the Palestinians would not be possible without Microsoft.”
Historians and regular guys use the term #capitalism as a historical "ideal type" to understand current historical events. When they want to show that they don't like something, they use "capitalism." They don't like rising prices: blame capitalism. They don't like war: blame capitalism... They think that capitalism, capitalism as they understand it, is the source of all evil. But they just confuse capitalism with statism. Mises wrote: Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism.
🌟 When someone close to a narcissist achieves professional success, it can unintentionally spark their need for attention and praise. Narcissists often feel threatened by others’ accomplishments because it challenges their fragile self-esteem. Instead of feeling proud, they may react with competition, envy, or attempts to overshadow the victory.
Understanding this dynamic helps survivors of narcissistic relationships recognize that the narcissist's response is less about you and more about their inner struggle. Remember, your achievements are valid and deserved—don’t let their need for control dim your light! 💪✨ #NarcissisticAbuse #SelfWorth #MentalHealthAwareness
"Assim como os crimes da Alemanha Nazista não poderiam ter sido cometidos sem a tecnologia fornecida pela IBM para rastrear, reunir e assassinar judeus, ciganos e deficientes, o apartheid e o genocídio de Israel aos palestinos não seriam possíveis sem a Microsoft." "As ligações entre a Microsoft e Israel são tão longas, profundas e extensas que pode ser difícil ver onde a Microsoft termina e o estado israelense começa."
La puissance militaire de la Chine a été sous-estimée par les États-Unis, mais le célèbre universitaire Zhang Weiwei adresse un avertissement sévère aux stra...
The US mercenary firm overseeing a controversial Gaza aid programme is the creation of a bespectacled Chicago private equity baron and a CIA spy with old ties to a Donald Trump ally who participated in one of the Middle East's nastiest diplomatic rif…
Arriba, Colin Powell mostrando la prueba irrefutable de que Irak tenía armas de destrucción masiva (2003). Abajo, Benjamin Netanyahu mostrando la prueba irrefutable de que Irán estaba a "meses" de conseguir un "arsenal" de bombas atómicas (2012). En medio de ambos y sus lacayos europeos, millones de seres humanos asesinados y países enteros borrados del mapa.
Poco se habla de esta noticia realmente espeluznante. Los sionistas metiendo droga en los sacos de harina que les “facilitan” las ONGs sionistas/estadounidenses: si no mueren a balazos, mueren envenenados.
Este hallazgo expone una táctica de manipulación humanitaria utilizada en medio de la grave crisis alimentaria y los constantes bombardeos que afectan al enclave.
¿Os acordáis cuando en octubre de 2023 Elon Musk decía que había un millón de reservas para el cybertruck? ¿Y como Tesla se gastó un pastizal construyendo una mega fábrica para producir 125.000 unidades al año?
Pues bien, ahora sabemos cuantos cybertruños han vendido en realidad desde que se empezaron a comercializar hasta este marzo, donde tuvieron que llamar a fábrica a todas las unidades vendidas porque la carrocería, fijada con pegamento, se desprendía.
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Y desde entonces las cifras de ventas no es que hayan sido precisamente espectaculares.
Elon Musk bet big on the Cybertruck.
It didn’t emerge from focus groups, mimic successful truck models, or even resemble Tesla’s own—at the time—successful S, X, 3, and Y lines. It was an ...
Esperad un aumento de ventas de Teslas en los próximos meses. Esto no se debe a que Musk haya despedido a su jefe de ventas. En realidad el repunte se producirá en todos los coches eléctricos.
¿La razón? La ley aprobada el otro día (Big Beautiful Bill) básicamente acabará con la actual subvención a vehículos eléctricos de 7.500 dólares cuando entre en vigor en septiembre, lo cual hará que quien quiera un coche de este tipo corra a aprovechar antes de que se acabe el descuento.
Después de septiembre, cuesta abajo y sin frenos como un cybertruck.
Interesting times ahead, kiddo. Interesting times ahead.
Hossein Hamdieh - A trembling ceasefire has brought a pause to what had become the familiar sounds of explosions over Tehran. I was born in 1988, a year before the Iran-Iraq war came to an end.
For 12 days, we lived in the capital under incessant Israeli attacks, and what we saw has changed us for good: dead neighbours, buildings gutted and worry – endless, deep-etched worry – on the faces of people.
The double standards and hypocrisy used to justify Israel’s aggression will not be forgotten here, or in other countries, says Hossein Hamdieh, a social researcher based in Tehran
🗨️ The Israeli Killer Drone Schwadron has been targeting cars, motorcycles, everyone who's not moving fast enough under the so called #UNres1701 ("ceasefire") - silently accepted by the new Lebanese government and the LAF. It's not gonna end well for the South of #lebanon.
JUL-05 11-12:00 👇🏾
📢 ISR airstrike on the town of Shaqra: two individuals sustaining critical injuries. Both were transferred to intensive care for treatment
I’m a teen from Turkey. I’m moving to the US at the end of this month with my mom to live with her fiancé, so we’re going on a K-1 visa. He lives in Los Angeles County. I’ve been following the news regularly and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous by what’s happening in the country these days… such a bad time to move there.
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L'Occident et sa volonté de nier et de tourner le dos à la vérité sont un entêtement et une arrogance envers elle. Ils ne doutent pas que ce qui se passe à Gaza constitue un génocide contre une partie de l'humanité.
📢 Médecins Sans Frontières #MSF has condemned the killing of former colleague Abdullah Hammad, who was shot and killed by Israeli forces on July 3 while waiting for humanitarian aid in #KhanYounis, southern #gaza.
🔹 His death brings the number of MSF staff members killed in Gaza since October 2023 to twelve - MSF demands accountability after "Israel" killed former staff member
That's a very cool 4th of July picture of Star Butterfly who is a daughter of Moon Butterfly and River Butterfly with Marco Diaz who is a brother of Mariposa Diaz and a son of Angie Diaz and Rafael Diaz from Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015-2019).
Το νέο σκάνδαλο ξεπλύματος τεράστιων ποσών από διεθνείς τραπεζικούς παίκτες, όπως η Deutsche Bank, δείχνει ότι η κορυφαία γερμανική τράπεζα, παρά τις προσπάθειές της, αδυνατεί να αποτινάξει το «αμαρτωλό» παρελθόν της.
Due to the fact, that some substack authors do not enable comments as a free democratic basis, let me comment this way, from the silent, muted backstage of most people’s mind: The two-state solution is against international law anyway, after an illeg…
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Xi encouraged You to play an exemplary role as a CPC member and inspire more artists and cultural sector professionals to contribute to the development and prosperity of socialist culture and the building of China into a leading country in culture.
Before long, the same parents fumbling with Kracklezam are reluctant to enroll their kids in any afterschool activities that don’t produce measurable growth in their child’s development. Fun, play, friendships, faith – also known as the most important parts of childhood – these things soon take a back seat to activities that promise a quantifiable outcome. This is all well and good when it comes to machines, which are essentially instrumental; they exist to produce specific outcomes. But when a human being’s value is reduced to the output he may or may not produce, dignity is the casualty.
US President Donald Trump, answering journalists’ questions on board his plane, did not rule out the possibility of providing Ukraine with air defense systems, including the Patriot system. “We could.
Covid-19 genetically targeted whites and blacks disproportionately and guess who was targeted the least? Ashkenazi Jews and Chinese. 🤔 minds.com/newsfeed/17879823804…
#Europe Commits $20B for #Ukraine to Fill Gap Left by US Aid Cuts
"In order for European countries to replace the US, they must add large sums to the commitments they have already made to the EU and NATO."
#Germany from 6.7 to 10.2 billion #France from 1.7 to 6.7 billion #Italy from 905 mill to 5 billion #Spain from 565 mil to 3.4 billion #UK from 5.6 to 7.3 billion"
Créé dans les années 1970, il est testé sur la Saône et traverse la Manche entre Calais et Douvres. Il sera vendu à 200 exemplaires à des plagistes de la Côte d'Azur, mais l'aventure s'arrête pendant 40 ans. Aujourd'hui, 10 modèles sont alloués à la guinguette du Lac des sapins près de Lyon. Created in the 1970s, it was tested on the Saône and crossed the English Channel between Calais and Dover. 200 of them were sold to beach-goers on the Côte d'Azur, but the adventure came to a halt for 40 years. Today, 10 models are allocated to the “guinguette du Lac des sapins” near Lyon.
Glisser au fil de l'eau, seul, tranquille, sur un vélo. Julien Garcia a relancé la fabrication du vélomar, inventé par son grand-père dans les années 1970.
That 1939 war between USSR and Japan shaped alliances yet to come. It explains why Japan attacked the US and not USSR. Why USSR signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.
In the Argentinian city of Mar del Plata, a large number of neighborhoods have been left without natural gas amid a severe cold front, as a consequence of President Javier Milei's policy of progressive reduction of gas supply to houses.
Your Phone Is About To Be Hijacked: How to Survive the Mandatory Gemini AI Update (July 7) For my Minds friends...
Something big is coming to your phone on July 7, whether you asked for it or not.
Google will begin rolling out its new Gemini AI system, what they call an “upgrade,” but what looks a lot more like a hostile takeover of our phones, our personal data, privacy, and digital autonomy. If you own an Android phone, you will be affected. And no, you won’t be asked for permission.
This isn’t just another app. This is a system-level AI that will be deeply integrated into your phone’s OS. It will replace Google Assistant. It will access your photos, videos, documents, and clipboard history. It reads your notifications. It logs your searches, It parses your text and email conversations....and it understands what they mean.
Anyone who doesn’t know that Google is the world’s largest data vacuum and wrote the book on harvesting data from unsuspecting users has been living under a rock for the last 20 years. Google now has their ultimate tool: a super-intelligent AI that won’t just vacuum up your data like before, it understands it. It doesn’t just scan your messages for keywords. It reads your sentences and figures out what you meant.
Text your mom to ask about her headache, and Gemini sends her ads for the nearest headache clinic to her and maybe drop a Pfizer plug while it's at it. If hers in also an Android phone, it can grab her information off her phone, turn it over to the clinic marketing team for extra attention. Surveillance technology with a helpful smile.
The mandatory update includes Android phones, watches, tabs, the Android app in your car control system....if it says Android, it gets the upgrade on the 7th.
Here Is What Is aA Done Deal:
You can’t uninstall it. Gemini is baking itself in to your operating system, it is no longer an app.
You can’t block its access completely. Disabling permissions only disables visible functions you see. It's invasive background data analysis continues.
You can’t opt out if you use any part of the Google ecosystem. If you use Chrome, Gmail, Google Maps, YouTube, or Play Store, you’re already giving it permission to spy on your life. Find alternates to these services if you don't want vacuumed.
What You Can Do:
If your phone still gives you a choice, don't accept the Gemini switchover. But know this: most newer Androids won't ask, you won't even see it happen.
Once updated, turn off as many permissions as possible in your Settings. Especially anything related to voice input, camera, location, and clipboard access. Not just Google apps too.
Use alternate apps for messaging, browsing, and email. DuckDuckGo, Brave, ProtonMail, etc. will help limit exposure.
Minimize your Google account usage. Remove Google accounts from secondary devices, or switch to a de-Googled phone if you’re really serious.
If you aren't real sharp on the inner parts of your phone, I've written a plain-english step through of these settings for the non-tech crowd. You can find it below my signature, I hope it helps.
Final Word
The integration of AI into your most personal device without informed consent, without transparency, and without full control, is not a feature. I believe it to be a major violation of privacy. You shouldn't have to be a tech wizard to keep your personal information safe and out of corporate hands! This is going to become a much bigger topic in our life in the immediate future as we are transitioned whether we want to be or not, into the era of AI.
Best of luck,
SourdoughSam
P.S. I apologize to my regular readers who are more used to my homestead and personal ramblings. As most know, I wore a tech sword in another life. Old habits come back when I see technology running rough-shod over an unsuspecting public. I had to speak out.
Step-by-step for those of us who need steps.... 😀
🔧 How to Push Back Against the Gemini AI Update by SourdoughSam
Step 1: Don’t Tap “Upgrade” or “Switch” If prompted. If your phone still gives you a prompt to replace Google Assistant with Gemini on the 7th, do not accept it. Tap “No thanks” or “Keep Assistant.” But be aware: on many devices as of July 7, this choice may no longer appear at all.
Step 2: Check Your Default Assistant Setting after the update....
Go to: Settings → Apps → Default Apps → Digital Assistant App If Gemini is listed, try switching it back to “Google Assistant” or “None.” Not all phones will allow this anymore, depending on your update level.
Step 3: Turn Off Personalization and Activity Sharing Go to: Settings → Google → Manage Your Google Account → Data & Privacy Scroll to “Web & App Activity,” “Location History,” and “YouTube History”—turn them all off. This limits what Gemini can learn.
Step 4: Disable Gemini-Specific Features (If Available) Some phones now have a Gemini Settings section. If it exists, open it and turn off every toggle you find—especially those for “Contextual Awareness,” “Message Access,” and “Phone Controls.”
Step 5: Use Alternative Apps for Sensitive Tasks Avoid Google services when possible. Use:
DuckDuckGo or Brave for browsing
ProtonMail for email
Signal, Telegram, or Discord for messaging. This reduces the information Gemini can access through app integrations.
Step 6: Remove Unused Google Accounts If you have extra Google accounts on your phone, remove them: Settings → Accounts → tap account → Remove account The fewer Google profiles, the fewer data funnels.
Step 7: Consider De-Googling or Switching Devices For those who want full control, look into custom ROMs like GrapheneOS or de-Googled phones like Murena. It's not for everyone, but it’s the cleanest break from forced AI integration.ok, It's not for everyone, but it’s the cleanest break from forced AI integration.
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