Willem challenged us to ask ourselves what we would do if we were living under Nazi occupation. Before all of this, I doubt anyone thought they would be complicit. I doubt anyone said to themselves, "nothing. I would cower in fear and do nothing."
But for 4 years or so we all answered that question again and again with our lives. Now here we are, answering it again... Every day. But it's no longer "what would you do during the rise of Hitler?" It's now, "what would you do after the invasion of Poland," and "what would you do after you knew about the concentration camps?"
For some people, the answer is still, "nothing."
But a lot of people have been brave in the face of it all. A lot of people have died, and a lot more will die. He will die, perhaps after a ruling by some court or other but, honestly, probably not. That's just how these things work out. Lots of people die, some for no reason, some because they stood up against injustice. A whole lot of people do nothing, until it's safe to claim victory... Until it's no longer safe to be on the other side.
That's just how these things go. Fascism is self-defeating, but it causes incredible harm on it's path of self-destruction. The more people who stand up, who risk themselves, the faster it collapses and the fewer it can hurt. That's also just how these things go. It's incredibly dangerous for everyone until enough people take some extra risk and make it safe for everyone again.
But that question still stands... Which one of those groups are you in? Are you proud of what you are doing, or will you look back with shame? Some of y'all have a lot to be proud of, but, if you're not, it's never too late to earn your way into that proud group.
2. Verhandlungstag. Der Angeklagte war so laut, dass aus den angrenzenden Sitzungszimmern jemand herüberkam und meinte, man würde uns draußen hören.
Die Richterin zuckte nur mit den Schultern und erwiderte: "Bei uns ist es heute laut."
Als wir auf das Urteil zusteuerten, kamen immer mehr Polizisten in den Sitzungssaal.
Da ich wusste, was mich erwartet, war ich heute entspannter.
Plus: Durch die ganzen Zwischenrufe dauerte das alles so lange, dass ich nicht m…
I spend a lot of time being worried or angry or annoyed at the way that generative ai fervor is undermining our ecosystems (environmental, cultural, epistemic, digital, etc).
But right now I'm just feeling mournful. Seeing project after project, institution after institution run enthusiastically into a future where we boil our oceans to better insulate ourselves from one another is ... tragic. We're losing a lot right now, and we're going to have to come to terms with that.…
A real “my shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt” sort of moment
#uspol
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/09/melania-trump-epstein-speech-puzzle
What are Out-of-band Application Security Testing (OAST) domains? Out-of-band application security testing (OAST) is a method for finding exploitable vulnerabilities in a web application by forcing a target to call back to a piece of infrastructure controlled by the tester. OAST domains (sub-domains most often) are often free and hosted by OAST tool providers like interact.sh. What happens when something is free on the Internet? It gets abused.
Let’s make tOAST of the most commonly ab…
Zumal Batteriegroßspeicher dazu dienen, das Netz zu ENTLASTEN. Die als Belastung anzuführen hieße, dass auch Pumpspeicherkraftwerke und ihre Gas-Kraftwerke ne Belastung sind.
Gerade die Speicher werden gebraucht um Schwankungen auszugleichen und Überproduktion der Erneuerbaren nicht zu verlieren.
https://gruene.socia…
Hi all there was a game recently where you pick the line between two colors and get a score. What was it??? #askfedi #fedihilf
Edit: Answer received, Mastodon always delivers <3 https://www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd/
So, mal in "Digimon Beatbreak" reingeschaut: In einer dystopischen (?) Zukunft hat jeder einen ei-förmigen elektronischen Begleiter (ein Ei-Phone, haha!). Aus denen schlüpfen durch technische Fehler gelegentlich Digimon, die dann Menschen angreifen, ihnen Energie rauben und sie in ein Koma versetzten können. Der Protagonist hat eine besondere Energie und erhält ein Digimon als kämpfenden Begleiter, nachdem sein Bruder in ein solches Koma versetzt wurde. Er schließt sich dann den Ka…