Thanks to everyone who ordered some prints recently on my shop, I was able to keep it going and I just added 3 new fantasy art prints based on a series of drawings I did for Aura Merlin.

https://ritualdust.com/shop/

📱 Tu Android envía datos a Google cada 4.5 minutos aunque no lo estés usando. He aquí 12 ajustes que puedes hacer directamente para disminuir estas "comunicaciones": desactiva escaneo WiFi/Bluetooth en segundo plano, pausa la actividad web y de apps, elimina tu ID de publicidad, restringe datos en segundo plano. Lejos de un botón mágico, por aquí algunos hábitos.

🔗 https://listed.to/@calvobarbablanca/73120/12-ajustes-para-recuperar-tu-privacidad-en-android

¿Conoces más ajustes que querrías compartir?

¿Os imagináis una ley que obligara a todos los ayuntamientos con más de 100 habitantes a tener una web con RSS para los anuncios oficiales de todo tipo? La Ley de Pregoneros Digitales.

Para nada basado en hechos reales ni a no soportar ruidos ahora mismo por culpa del spm

No os deseo ningún mal pero ojalá viváis en una calle en cuesta y arriba del todo viva un motero con harley

Novia: se va de viaje

Yo: -pásalo geniaaal! Si vas a tal sitio y te acuerdas haz una fotito, si no ya me cuentas a la vuelta! Buen viaje! Te quierooooo

La michi: -ya lo ves, la vida es asiiiiii / tú te vas y yo me quedo aquiiiiii / lloverá, y ya no seré tuyaaaaa / seré la gata bajo la lluviaaaa

Le he dado a una amiga y ella me ha traído pan casero, amistad hobbit supremacy

Ya he hecho lo más importante hoy: gazpacho

Interesting. Nikon is testing if there is a market for cameras that are normally only sold as special version to governments etc. „The Z6 III (No Wireless Connectivity) camera is identical to the standard Z6 III, except it lacks a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth chips and is completely incapable of wireless communication with any device, including a smartphone.“

https://petapixel.com/2026/06/24/a-special-wireless-free-nikon-camera-is-publicly-available-for-the-first-time/

https://www.change.org/p/don-t-kill-the-disc-tell-sony-to-keep-physical-playstation-games

#Mastolegal #mastoayuda ¿Qué hago con una notificación del juzgado de primera instancia para una modificación de acuerdo de divorcio, de fecha 6 de Junio de 2025, que me ha llegado a Berlin hoy, a mi deadname? La señora con la que me divorcié hace 6 años, esa fiesta que sigue dando sorpresas...
Además por supuesto en la demanda Tratándome como padre. Esto lo mandó a juzgado año y medio después de mi cambio de nombre legal. Puedo denunciarla por discriminación? Tenemos algune abogade queer por aquí?

#Presentación

Tengo 27, soy artista y vine aquí escapando de otras redes sociales. Tengo mucho miedo, cansancio y hartazgo de no saber si lo que veo es IA o no, así que decidí ir alejándome de otras redes sociales. Espero encontrar mi lugar virtual pronto, lejos de la sensación de valle inquietante que me asfixia.

Amo Vocaloid, Melanie Martinez y el arte tradicional.

1. And as if all that wasn't already shitty enough – here comes the cherry on top of this steaming pile: Artificial IntelligenceOh, and while we're busy fighting each other over Bandcamp and tearing each other apart, the next frontal attack is already coming from the other side. AI. Everywhere. Every day a new tool that supposedly "makes art." Text-to-image, text-to-music, voice cloning, song generators – all with one click. "Just generate yourself a song without having to play anything." "Generate your album cover, who needs an illustrator anymore?" "Clone that dead singer's voice, it's so cool!"And you know what the best part is? While we're busy accusing each other of being on the wrong platform, the tech industry is busy shitting all over our entire existence. But hey, as long as that one artist who's still on Bandcamp gets publicly cancelled while some AI corporation quietly plays with our livelihoods – all good, right?We're getting fucked from all sides right now: by the platforms that sell us out, by the AI that wants to replace us, and by our own community that gives us the rest instead of support. That's insane. We're not the enemies! We're the ones who are in this shit up to our necks! And instead of coming together, we're tearing each other apart while the AI wells are poisoning our water outside. That's not just frustrating – it's deeply sad.

1. The emotional blackmail (or: Why we don't want to choose between bread and morals)What fucks me off the most is this underlying emotional blackmail: "If you really care about independent art, you'll leave Bandcamp immediately." As if we have to choose between survival and morals. That's not a choice! We want both – we want to be independent, but we also want to be able to eat. And above all, we don't want to be torn down by the very people who claim to be on our side.You have no idea how many tears, how much blood and sweat are in those simple Bandcamp links. For me, it's not just a shop – it's my life's work, built piece by piece. And then someone comes along and says: "Delete all of that, or you're no longer relevant." That's not just ignorant – it's heartless.

1. The economic reality (or: Bandcamp isn't just hosting, it's visibility)And then there's the point that almost no one understands: Bandcamp isn't just a server where my MP3s sit. Bandcamp is a marketplace. There's visibility there, recommendation algorithms (as much as we hate them), buyers who stumble across me by chance. If I delete everything overnight and run off to my own Faircamp instance, I disappear into the void. No one finds me anymore.I've spent years building a small fanbase there. And now I'm supposed to throw all of that away because hating on Bandcamp is the current Fediverse trend? That's not just unrealistic – that's economic suicide for many of us. And let's be real: How many of you actually click on random personal Faircamp pages scattered across the internet? Exactly. No one. You use convenient platforms yourselves but expect us to do all the digital heavy lifting.

1. The false solidarity (or: When allies suddenly become judges)I always thought the Fediverse was supposed to be a place of tolerance, mutual aid, and slow, thoughtful togetherness. But what I'm experiencing right now is nothing but a loud wave of outrage against a platform where artists are the ones bearing the consequences. It's no longer about solutions – it's just about instant complaining and moral superiority.This "us vs. them" mentality is so incredibly counterproductive. Instead of coming together and asking: "Hey artist, what do you need? How can we help you make the switch?" – it's just complaining, boycotting, and finger-pointing. That's not activism, that's just comfortable outrage from people who carry zero risk themselves. How many of you have actually released an album? How many of you know the pressure of having your rent depend on it? How many of you lie awake at night wondering if your next release will even interest anyone? If you don't know that – then please, just keep your mouths shut for a second.

1. The psychological grind (or: What it feels like to be publicly shamed)Do you have any idea what it does to you when you read on your own timeline that you're a traitor just because you're still on Bandcamp? When you have to justify a platform choice you made years ago when there was no alternative?Making art is hard enough as it is. We stand in front of a blank page every day, doubting ourselves, battling imposter syndrome, fighting creative blocks. And then we open the Fediverse to get a little bit of community air – and we're immediately confronted with the fact that we're apparently part of the problem.That eats at you. It pulls the rug out from under you. It stops being fun to share your music when you feel like every link you post gets an immediate response: "Still on Bandcamp? Shame on you!"We simply don't have the mental capacity to deal with this tech-political shitshow on top of the creative process! My creative energy is finite. If I waste it defending myself against my own community, it's missing for new songs, new lyrics, new art. And in the end, we all suffer – especially you, who complain about a lack of output. Instead of building us up, you're tearing us down – and this from people who call themselves a "supportive community." The irony is almost too much to put into words.

1. The technical nightmare (or: Why "Just use Faircamp" isn't an argument)Yes, there are great alternatives. Faircamp is awesome, open source, decentralized – all great. But you know what? Faircamp isn't a "copy & paste" thing. It's not a dashboard where you quickly upload a cover and some MP3s and you're done. It's static site generation via the command line. It's YAML, config files, deployment via SSH or FTP. Go ahead and put yourself in the shoes of an artist who spends all day being creative, mixing, songwriting, painting – and who has never seen a single line of code in their life. That person opens the Faircamp documentation, sees nothing but cryptic commands, and closes the tab after five minutes – not out of laziness, but out of pure overwhelm.For many, this is a huge, insurmountable obstacle, and it has nothing to do with stupidity or ignorance. It has everything to do with the fact that we're not all in the same bubble. Just because it's easy for a few tech nerds in the Fediverse doesn't mean it's doable for the rest of the world. And no, we don't all have an "IT support friend" who can just set this up for us. Some of us don't even have the time because we're working 40-hour weeks on top of our art just to make ends meet.

What I've been seeing in my timeline over the last few is just ridiculous. Post after post saying you should absolutely NOT support Bandcamp anymore under ANY circumstances, that "everything there is shit anyway," that all the artists still on there are either lazy, ignorant, or sellouts. I'm reading this from people who have never released a single record or song in their lives, pointing fingers at us and telling us how to manage our livelihood.

And here comes the big, fat point everyone's forgetting:
With this blind activism, you're not punishing Bandcamp. Bandcamp already cashed the check and is sitting in their warm office. You're fucking us over. The artists. The ones who built their entire artistic existence there.

Let me break this down a bit more because I have a feeling many of you don't understand what it means to be an independent artist caught between the front lines right now.