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The Raspberry Pi Mastodon Instance: Do You Have Your Backups Sorted?

A while ago, I set up my own Mastodon instance on a Raspberry Pi. Here’s why

Jan 5

Photograph of a Raspberry Pi computer. It’s in a grey plastic housing and underneath is a SSD drive. Wires are sticking out from it on all sides.

Jan 5

Marching from A to B

This post first appeared on Indoxicate.me, where you can find more of my writings and also listen to an audio version. Want to receive more…

Jun 3, 2023

Photograph of students protesting in Westminster, 10 November 2010. Crowd with placards, seen from the back. In the distance the Houses of Parliament, sun reflecting in a window.

Jun 3, 2023

AI Risk and Capitalism

This post first appeared on Indoxicate.me, where you can find more of my writings and also listen to an audio version. Want to receive more…

Jun 2, 2023

Photograph of a scorched forest, looking gloomy and desolate

Jun 2, 2023

Comrades, stop playing ‘normal’

With a few exceptions, socialist movements do not seem to care a damn about the fact that if they gather in stuffy rooms without face masks…

May 25, 2023

Text: Eugenics requires mass support, don’t give it that support

May 25, 2023

Socialisten, stop met ‘normaal’ doen

Enkele uitzonderingen daargelaten, socialistische bewegingen lijken zich tot nog toe geen fluit aan te trekken van het feit dat je…

May 24, 2023

Eugenetica heeft steun van de massa nodig, geef het die steun niet.

May 24, 2023

Now the emergency is over…

On the 5th of May 2023 the (WHO) announced that the enduring COVID-19 pandemic is no longer an emergency. Is this a good thing?

May 10, 2023

May 10, 2023

The right to encrypt

It has never been more important to stand up for online privacy and argue that we have a right to encrypt. Join me on a deep dive

May 1, 2023

A person in trench coat standing in front of an ochre wall with huge hieroglyphics in relief

May 1, 2023

Why am I still on Twitter?

Platforms like Twitter have a stifling effect on political activism. In the current internet economy, politics is more and more reduced…

Apr 19, 2023

Why am I still on Twitter?

Apr 19, 2023

A consumer phenomenology of the digital

Somewhere in Plato’s work you’ll find an argument against writing. Recently the philosopher Byung-Chul Han has revived this type of…

Apr 13, 2023

A consumer phenomenology of the digital

Apr 13, 2023

Should you join the party?

How can you best contribute to bringing about societal and economic reform? Perhaps joining forces with others as a party is the only way…

Apr 8, 2023

Should you join the party?

Apr 8, 2023

Maarten Steenhagen

Maarten Steenhagen

Philosopher and writer. Uppsala, formerly Cambridge. Writes about culture, psychology, and the dreadful state of the world. Sometimes writes about tech as well.

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