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Chris Lowis

@chrislowis.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy

Worker/owner at Go Free Range, a friendly tech co-operative. Working on jam.coop - a co-operatively owned online music store. #ruby #cooperatives […] [bridged from ruby.social/@chrislowis on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Chris Lowis @chrislowis.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

Having fun with this music making setup - running #orca (c version) on the monome norns and connecting to it using an ios terminal app. Better for my ageing eyes!

A table with some music-making gear (monome norns, vermona mono lancet, ipad, beyerdynamic headphones, small mechanical keyboard) and a notebook.

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Chris Lowis @chrislowis.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

I had a bunch of @jwz's handy-dandy cards printed up. If you'd like some, and are *in the UK*, send me a fiver using buymeacoffee.com/chrislowis (put your address in a private message on there) and I'll put 50 in the post for you. If that doesn't work […] [Original post on ruby.social]

Showing both sides of a business-card sized red, recycled card. On the front is written:

> Do not talk to me about "AI". It makes me long for the sweet embrace of death.

On the back side:

> BY USING AI, YOU HAVE GIVEN A PASS TO
> • The staggering climate and ecological impact
> • The outright attack on labor by capital
> • The systematic disregard of consent
> • The basis in wholesale theft and plagiarism
> • The assault on the very concept of objective truth
> • The enrichment of the most cringe billionaire fascist motherfuckers the world has ever seen
>
> THERE IS NO ETHICAL USE OF AI
>
> If you ignore all of that, you are trying to negotiate what level of harm to others you find acceptable for your personal, selfish benefit. You advance the agenda of these hollow-eyed, joyless money-ghouls who resent
>
> THE MACHINE IS DISGUSTING AND MUST BE DESTROYED
>
> jwz 2026

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Chris Lowis @chrislowis.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026

I recently moved my bandcamp collection to a Navidrome server running in a Pikapod and today have been trying out the Gelly client (github.com/Fingel/gelly) on my ubuntu desktop. It's minimal and seems to work well. #selfhosted #music

A screenshot from the Gelly application on Ubuntu. Showing a grid of album artwork and a music player.

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Chris Lowis @chrislowis.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/07/2026

Tedious newsnight presenter: William Hill are offering 4-to-1 odds. Ladbrokes are offering 7 to 1.

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Chris Lowis @chrislowis.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026

Coffee and a swim before #brightonruby

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Chris Lowis @chrislowis.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2025

Gary Stevenson said in a recent interview that going to the gym is really popular among young people because, unlike pretty much everything else in late-stage capitalism, if you put in the work you'll see positive results. That, but in my 40's. #chess

A copy of Brunia and van Wijgerden's book "Learning Chess - Step 2" on top of a notebook with handwritten solutions to chess puzzles.

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Chris Lowis @chrislowis.ruby.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/12/2024

- Photo above is for reference only
- Actual object is a bit different

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