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And that's how I ended up on mastodon

An exchange between myself and @ArchiteuthisFlux@leds.social on discord.

Architeuthis Flux:
I have seen behind the facade to write this port and how it does all it's "dynamically typed" fuckery and I think it actually made me worse at writing python

Me:
> The most merciful thing in `python`, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its `types`. We live on a placid island of `dynamic typing` in the midst of black seas of the `static typing`, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.
- H.P. Lovecraft, probably

Architeuthis Flux:
That's a hit toot on Mastodon if I ever saw one

Me:
brb, gotta go make a mastodon account apparently

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Favorite part of spring?
Seeing the green return everywhere! 💚🌼

Get the #spring wallpaper pack: https://ko-fi.com/s/a8649a7190
#pixelart #dinchenix #bloomscrolling

pixel art illustration of a meadow of spring flowers and grass, with the sea in the background

alternative version of the spring sea artwork show as a wallpaper in a mobile phone mock-up

the spring sea artwork show as a wallpaper in a mobile phone mock-up

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Ein gehendes Strichmännchen denkt in einer großen schwarzen Denkblase: "Ich gehe schon wieder zur Arbeit, obwohl ich nicht will und obwohl mich niemand direkt dazu zwingt. Aber irgendwie hat unsere Gesellschaft alles so organisiert, dass ich brav bin und gehorche."

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Proud of you! Keep going.

White background. Cartoon shark wearing pants and holding a red flower like a tulip. Black text above shark reads: Checkpoint! You made it through another day and deserve a flower from shark in pants.

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In der besetzten Ukraine inhaftieren, foltern und misshandeln russische Soldaten LGBTI-Personen. Es kann schon reichen, eine queere App auf dem Smartphone zu haben, um im Folterkeller zu landen. Um der systematischen Verfolgung zu entgehen, müssen sich Betroffene etwas einfallen lassen. https://netzpolitik.org/2026/russische-besatzer-durchsuchen-handys-wenn-das-leben-von-chats-und-apps-abhaengt/

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Mehr als 400 Forscher*innen aus 29 Ländern schlagen Alarm: Staaten sollen Social-Media-Verbote stoppen. Die Einführung von #Alterskontrollen ohne weitere Forschung sei „gefährlich und gesellschaftlich nicht hinnehmbar“.

https://netzpolitik.org/2026/forschende-schlagen-alarm-staaten-sollen-social-media-verbote-stoppen/

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Overreliance

#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

A comic in four panels:

1. It's night, and the rain pours through the windows. The group of the five Tree Spirits are playing with the Gothic Sorceress's home accessories and decoration, making a mess. The Gothic Sorceress, in the middle, in a yoga pose tries to contain their actions. She asks her AI Parrot:
> Gothic Sorceress: "Avian Intelligence, tell them in their language to stop! They're making a mess!"

2. The AI Parrot doesn't react, displaying a spinning loading symbol in its speech bubble. The Gothic Sorceress urges it to hurry as the Tree Spirits continue their actions, breaking things, playing with fire, and spilling ink.
> AI Parrot: (Loading Symbol Icon) loading...
> Gothic Sorceress: "Come on! Hurry up!"

3. The AI Parrot's eyes are now crossed and their light turn off. It is obviously disconnected. The Gothic Sorceress feels distress and start to panic, while the Tree Spirits action are more extreme: one burn a part of her haircut, another one pushed a book on a candle.
> AI Parrot: "Network error. Disconnecting."
> Gothic Sorceress: "No... No!! Not NOW!!!"

4. The next day, the AI Parrot finally reconnects, happy, but the house is in ruins, with smokes, everything is broken... The Gothic Sorceress sits on the floor, she looks exhausted and apathetic: the five Tree Spirits are all sleeping cutely on her lap.
> Narrator: "The next day..."
> AI Parrot: "Network restored. Hi there, how can I help you?"
> Gothic Sorceress: "Too late..."

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What a brilliant idea… A betting market for delays of german trains.
https://bahn.bet/r/kJQWfhp3

Bahn Bet screenshot with curves of delay bets and a ticker with winnings.

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Good News! 🚨👀

I am delighted to finally announce today what I've been working on in the past few weeks:

Privacy Guides' new Activism section! :awesome:
https://privacyguides.org/activism/

The Activism section offers a new way to empower the digital rights community. It will progressively grow with more tools to support the community in its privacy activism effort, both for individuals and organizations 💛

As Privacy Guides' new Activism & Outreach Lead, I will be working hard on developing this section even further in the coming weeks, adding many more tools to support our community.

I hope this can be a helpful resource for anyone who is ready to fight for privacy rights ✊🔒

#PrivacyGuides #Activism #Privacy #DigitalRights #HumanRights

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Das IFG Berlin würde durch die geplanten Einschnitte von einem der besten zum möglicherweise schlechtesten #Informationsfreiheitsgesetz Deutschlands https://fragdenstaat.de/artikel/exklusiv/2026/03/berliner-cdu-will-auskunftsanspruche-einschranken/

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Weiße Flecken: Telekom kooperiert mit Starlink

Mit Starlink Mobile will die Telekom künftig die Lücken in der Mobilfunkabdeckung in zehn europäischen Ländern schließen – auch in Deutschland.

https://www.heise.de/news/Weisse-Flecken-Telekom-kooperiert-mit-Starlink-11195814.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT #Mobiles #Mobilfunk #MWC #Smartphone #Starlink #DeutscheTelekom #Wirtschaft #news

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Monkey Island 2 - LeChuck's Revenge

Room 092: Underground Tunnels - Lost and Found

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Palantir Sues Swiss Magazine For Accurately Reporting That The Swiss Government Didn’t Want Palantir
https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/27/palantir-sues-swiss-magazine-for-accurately-reporting-that-the-swiss-government-didnt-want-palantir/

Please note that Palantir would rather that you didn't share this story, it makes them look even more stupid if you do...

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Jetzt kommen wieder die Messenger-Debatten. Matrix! Threema! XMPP! Delta Chat!

Klar, Alternativen gibt es viele.

Der Umstieg auf einen sicheren Messenger scheitert fast nie an der Technik. Er scheitert daran, dass deine Kontakte nicht mitziehen. Ein Messenger, den du alleine nutzt, ist nutzlos – egal wie sicher er ist. Signal funktioniert, weil er einfach genug ist, dass andere ihn auch wirklich installieren. Keine Serverwahl, keine Konfiguration, einfach runterladen und los.

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“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/helsinki-no-traffic-death-roads-eu-accident-finland-driving-transport/

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❓Have you noticed that digital products and services are getting worse? So have we!

➡️We have published a report about enshittification, on how and why digital products and services keep getting worse - and how we can turn the trend (hint: open tech, enforcement, public policy++)

Obviously @pluralistic is a big inspiration and help in this work.

More than 80 groups in Europe and the US has joined in a call to action.

More here: https://www.forbrukerradet.no/breakingfree

Enjoy this short film!

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RE: https://mastoart.social/@doombloomart/116132698044715977

Oh yes!

I deleted my Spotify a couple of months ago and I've gone back to searching for albums directly on Discogs. I search for albums I already like, look at the tags, and then just use the same or similar search filters to find new albums. I just click at whatever album cover and title calls to me and commit to listening to it fully at least once.

Current favourite I discovered that way is Burnin' Waves by Toshiyuki Honda 😍

What I love the most about this is that I'm listening to full albums again instead of single songs. Even if I like a song in particular, I still love the anticipation leading up to it and the context the album provides. Every album is a story and and a journey. The listening experience feels slower and nicer than shuffling songs based on some damn algorithm.

Bonus is that I'm getting a lot better at understanding what my taste is and how to describe it, too.

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Literal Translations

#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater

Panel 1. The Gothic Sorceress with an umbrella, under an heavy rain is delicately plucking the Avian Intelligence from the trashbin of the school, taking it by the back of his colar, and rising it to the level of her face to get a serious talk to it. She frown, while staring intensively at the filthy creature.
> Gothic Sorceress: "You're in luck, I found a group of magical creatures and need your translation skills."

Panel 2. A few moment later, in the midst of a luxurious forest, a group of small glowing tree spirits gazes at the AI Parrot and the Gothic Sorceress. Their expressions are innocent and curious, they are cold, and protecting themselves under two improvised umbrellas made with large leaves. The Gothic Sorceress point her finger at the small group while talking to the Avian Intelligence Parrot.
> Gothic Sorceress: "Tell these tree spirits I invite them home because it's raining cats and dogs."

Panel 3. Dialog between the AI Parrot, speaking in ancient runes to the puzzled tree spirits, who respond in the same dialect.

Panel 4. The AI Parrot translates back to the Gothic Sorceress while the tiny tree spirits look on, still perplexed. The Gothic Sorceress appears unimpressed by the AI Parrot's inaccurate translation.
> AI Parrot: "The tree spirits say there are no cats or dogs, are worried about your mental health, but accept your invitation."
> Gothic Sorceress: "Next time, don't translate me **that** literally..."

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Das Forschungsdatenzentrum sammelt zentral die #Gesundheitsdaten aller gesetzlich Versicherten. Das Klageverfahren wird nun fortgesetzt: Wir fordern ein Widerspruchsrecht für alle Betroffenen https://www.ccc.de/de/updates/2026/fdz-gesundheitsdaten

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RE: https://nerdculture.de/@M/116129619605477193

Dank der Telekom haben wir jetzt das tolle Ostalgie-Erlebnis.
Wir wissen jetzt wieder, dass jedes Telefonat belauscht werden kann.
Damals die Stasi, jetzt die Magenta-LLM.

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