deli_rum @deli_rum@qoto.org

i once saw a post about some kind of series to teach how technology works via demonstration. i remember it had a section on magnetic tape, where the person made some magnetic tape in a workshop. anyone know of what i mean?

@nnirror Private companies huh, can’t report bugs to them, can’t nationalise all of them.

Heartbreaking:
14 Animals That Were Declared Extinct in 2023
https://wealthofgeeks.com/animals-declared-extinct-2023/

These extinctions are a stark reminder of the urgent need for conservation efforts and to preserve our planet's delicate ecosystems.

December 14.
The lazy horse

Namibia.
The people of a village have to cross lion territory to go to the city market. They ride their horses at full speed to make the trip as fast as possible.
One man has a lazy horse that keeps stopping to eat and rest. On the way back they are attacked by lions. All horses are so tired they can't get away fast enough - but the lazy horse is well rested and has the strength to escape.

#Selfcare is important, people. 🐎

#GentleFolktales #folktales #folklore

This marvellous head of a drunken old woman is most presumably associated with the cult of Dionysos, god of wine, indicated by the ivy wreath on her head. Hellenistic period.
(Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden).

#Archaeology

智に働けば角が立つ。情に棹させば流される。意地を通せば窮屈だ。兎角に人の世は住みにくい。

"Use your intellect to guide you, and you will end up putting people off. Rely on your emotions, and you will forever be pushed around. Force your will on others, and you will live in constant tension. There is no getting around it—people are hard to live with."
草枕 Kusamakura, 1906.

~Natsume Sōseki (9 February 1867 – 9 December 1916).

As I mentioned, I bought a new phone for the first time. My old junk phones were really long in the tooth, so I had an Android and an iPhone that I used for different (outdated) apps.

So I configured this one from scratch – and my God! The constant popups! The commercially-minded ¡guiding! The "I agree"/permissions! The pins! The passwords! The biometrics! The endless repetition! The bloatware! The cross-app pollination/pollution! The Google! #Enshittification, indeed! 48HR job.

I feel dirty.

David Lynch introduces his boys

I read about spotify changing their already shit deal to a new shit deal where they withhold the money the lowest played 2/3 of all tracks on there and give it to the top 1/3. Awful shit. I know they’ve always been baddies but this I think is part of a larger pattern where platforms can’t support the weight of all the data they accrued. So they do a quick analysis and reach the conclusion that “this 2/3 of our data is not generating enough plays to be profitable.”
I’m all about the weird music.

One of those days where all I really want to do is sell off everything we own, buy a Maschine MK3, a designer coffee cup (okay, five – for the wife and kids) and an e-reader, move into a tatami room with a porch and make cool beats.

#minimalism #cleansing #life

Having a union in this moment allowed us to bring Epic Games to the table and negotiate over the terms of severance. We successfully challenged the status quo and demanded a more just and fair agreement for our laid-off comrades. We are hopeful that it will allow those workers more security in these frustrating times.

Mein Standard-Mischbrot, diesmal mit Tipo1 und Emmer statt 550 und Roggen (war leer 🤷). Das Mehl verträgt noch deutlich mehr Wasser bekm nächsten Versuch. Diese Runde war aber schon luftig, locker und riecht/schmeckt unglaublich gut.

@brotbacken @teamsauerteig #Sauerteig #Brit #Sourdougj #Bread #Baking #Backen #Homemade

It's a really quiet crossing. Four cars on the deck below and about ten passengers in the bistro. The steward is cracking some jokes when taking orders, warm drinks for most people. For me, it's a #BeerOnBoat tonight. Some sporadic conversations and the humming of the old machines are the only sounds. What a wonderful atmosphere. 🥰

Thinking more and more along the lines that I, personally, need to engage more in degrowth. I feel I need a better word to describe what I mean. Less data storage. Smaller files. Less complexity. Less power draw. Smaller and more compact. These fuzzy goals bug me with their dreamlike haze. So hard to pin down. Too squishy-soft mood-board desires. Things look bleak in the stark light of doing any actual outcome-thinking about solving these “problems” of mine. Complexity keeps stacking higher.

I have a column for some of my favourite keywords on Mastodon. There's a pretty significant overlap between these posts and my home stream. I can't decide whether it's because there's so little traffic on Mastodon, or because my Mastodon friends are so perfectly aligned with my interests.

Duh, it's the latter, of course it is!

Thanks for your presence, good people. I really enjoy your daily ramblings and occasional insight!

#mastodon #socialMedia #appreciation

We left a pinhole camera pointing at the sun for an entire year.

Tada :D

#pinhole #photography #solarpath #finland #equinox