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@piowrites.com.bsky.social

Eastern European living in Portugal. From a big city that nobody knows where it is, to New York, to London, to a tiny village named Flor da Rosa where all women outlived men. exploreXchange.org Uomo Universale

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I can’t believe how many creatives still call it β€˜mine’. A huge thanks for writing this. Needs to be reposted on a regular basis πŸ‘

02.11.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Morning walk, when ideas are like a dew.

02.11.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He sounds like the orange guy.

02.11.2025 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In my latest newsletter, I made two typos in one sentence. Was I rushing ? At first I felt embarrassed, but after a minute or two a thought struck me.

F*you old voices, I’ll celebrate I’m a human !

#writing #human #nature

30.10.2025 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œretains intellectual property rights” to a stolen property πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

28.10.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œretains intellectual property rights” of a stolen property of human creativity

28.10.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

One of my niche ethical stances is that I think that people should use Wikipedia and donate to the Wikimedia Foundation and that ChatGPT and its siblings are trash and so are the people who use them.

28.10.2025 02:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1247    πŸ” 172    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 6
PioWrites / Free the nature! It is the strangest feeling not to desire, but simply be.\nAs if nature that is permitted to live freely, gives it back; it encourages to be free.

Recently I was in a forest and had a few thoughts about productivity. Disobey against cancer structures; be unproductive. It’s part of uprising that needs to happen. piowrites.com/blog/free-th...

28.10.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
PioWrites / Free the nature! It is the strangest feeling not to desire, but simply be.\nAs if nature that is permitted to live freely, gives it back; it encourages to be free.

Recently I was in a forest and had a few thoughts about productivity. Disobey against cancer structures; be unproductive. It’s part of uprising that needs to happen. piowrites.com/blog/free-th...

28.10.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d say that those in power have no authority anymore, though. We need to normalise taking away the authority if used against our collective interests.

28.10.2025 10:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A downside of self education is not knowing when you’ll reach your goal exactly. It’s the curiosity that guides as opposed to a clearly defined outcome: a diploma, a qualification.
Self teaching is, as I see it, foremost for me. The future β€œboss”, if smart, can benefit, but is not who I care about.

28.10.2025 10:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A circular hike from Aigra Nova. Β· Gathio Aigra Nova, it's one of the reasons I moved to Portugal. I especially enjoy it in the winter, when prolonged rain tricks into thinking I live in Scotland. The secluded village up in LousΓ£ Mountains i...

If you live around #coimbra and you like #outdoors and #hiking, join us gath.io/5iGSQuEQQOYV...

27.10.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s not a programmer. It’s the greedy managing class pushing a β€˜programmer” to implement their fantasies

26.10.2025 12:14 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He distrusts common sense. β€œIf everybody were driving electric cars, there would be more pollution than now,” he said.

He asked an AI if he should vaccinate his new born, because big farma and stuff. It impressively answered what he wanted to hear.

#truestory

22.10.2025 14:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To clarify, they may be β€˜shifting’ hoarded wealth but what made them wealthy will remain in France: a human labour. Let’em go πŸš€

19.10.2025 06:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I read, in the office kitchen, the title of widely celebrated article, β€œFrom zero to hero,”about CEO of the company I worked for. He started as a software developer and became its CEO. β€œIs this what the management thinks of me?” I nibbled free nuts, the humble software developer.
#tech #truestory

18.10.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Green Velvet - La La Land (Official Music Video with lyrics)
YouTube video by Zsolt Peter Kodner Green Velvet - La La Land (Official Music Video with lyrics)

I’m sorry but I like music :) youtu.be/z6LTek3KXUQ?...

16.10.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We stand with them: no more talk, real action. We ask the COP30 Presidency to stand with us and act!
#UnidosPelaTerra #TheAnswerIsUs

16.10.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@cop30brazil.bsky.social‬, the climate crisis won’t wait, and neither will we. From the Amazon to the Pacific, Indigenous and traditional Peoples are calling for courage, justice, and real action to phase out fossil fuels #COP30.

16.10.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The language used in the document sounds like they want to simplify processes. Less bureaucracy, which would be nice. But does it mean that customer protections would be lowered ? I hope not.

14.10.2025 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
PioWrites / I motivated myself writing a motivational letter. I don’t know the role; I don’t know the person. Instead, I started to write a better list: what I've learned, what intrigued me, and what stayed with me. Maybe it’ll reveal what I should offer my time...

I felt too old to rewrite my CV one more time. I wrote a story instead.

β€œI was molding, excluding, and forging its points with the hope the result would convince a person I’ve never met I’m a good fit for a role. But foremost I was dulled.”

#career #creativejourney

piowrites.com/blog/i-motiv...

13.10.2025 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
WriteFreely Minimalist, federated, self-hosted blogging platform.

This one is also good and easy : writefreely.org

09.10.2025 08:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The trouble with stripe is that they are based in the US and after recent changes they want my ID - i refused because I refused to give my personal data to the us company :) so I’m looking into alternatives

09.10.2025 08:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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European domain name registrars | European Alternatives Domain name registrars are companies that manages the reservation of Internet domain names.

Yeah I know, unfortunately is not convenient to be independent from the big tech (and fascists). Instead of go daddy you can find different domain reseller : european-alternatives.eu/category/dom...
The rule of thumb is : the more marketing budget the software provider has the more fascist prone is

09.10.2025 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not so long time ago, human intellect used to be at the centre of Renaissance movement. It used to be a virtue to learn and think critically.

β€œThe concept of the Universal Man, inspired by Alberti, was born out of a desire to break free from the narrow confines of medieval dogma”

We need it again!

09.10.2025 05:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You can use Listmonk, an open source mailing service, to bulk send for free. Self hosted Ghost cost me 3euros per month. Stripe is the last frontier, though :) generally it’s a good search phrase : an open source alternative to […]

09.10.2025 04:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

#travel #portugal #visitPortugal

06.10.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How to not have a chill August in Coimbra I decided to take a Bolt to the scariest part of town, the Loja do CidadΓ£o, and show my relatives what it's like to wait to talk to the IRS of Portugal. A 12 day blur(recap of precious memories) of ou...

β€œI decided to take a Bolt to the scariest part of town, the Loja do CidadΓ£o, and show my relatives what it's like to wait to talk to the IRS of Portugal.” Fate writes about her family’s summer adventures. They were intense, now they are blurred, but full of wit.

explorexchange.org/how-to-not-h...

06.10.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Of course. it was matter of time Bluesky would lock people in

03.10.2025 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sometimes adventure means being mindful of a pain. When sunny, the rising rocks above the water and their upside-down reflection have a hopeful mixture of shades of blues and greens, but when cloudy, a grave simplicity is the theme.

β€œMy body is in shock, thus tense, it could slip and dunk without me noticing it’s happening. Dunk is how some like it. I like to observe the pain, to be mindful.”

How is to swim in a lake in Portuguese mountains?
#travel #portugal #wildswimming

explorexchange.org/sometimes-ad...

01.10.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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