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#KualaLumpur could actually learn a lot from #Jakarta's much improved transit system. While it still has a long way to go, it's far more usable and better connected, and the walkability around the #MRT stat…

Lovely 10 Year commemorative enamel pin from this year's IMIRT AGM.
I got to design this logo years ago, so I was thrilled when IMIRT reached out to me to update the logo. My favourite bit was switching out the D20 for a D10 for this commemoration (2015-2025).

#CommonplaceNotes https://lbj20.blogspot.com/2025/12/commonplace-book-supply-chains-hope-cool.html supply chains, hope, cool. thanks

J'ai découvert #AIChat, alternative Š llm cli
#TIL <…

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope your day is full of rest.

J'ai découvert la méthode NVIM_APPNAME qui permet de lancer des instances cloisonnées de #Neovim
https://notes.sklein.xyz/2025-12-23_2127/

One of my early memories is hearing the #Islamic call for prayer in #Hyderabad #India and how beautiful it was, a morning symphony of beautiful singing and chanting, likely much the same as it has been for centurie…

Leçon du jour que je dois retenir : « Toujours utiliser unlink pour supprimer un lien symbolique, ne jamais utiliser rm »
#TIL

https://defend612.com has been blocked at the domain name level for me and at least two other people over T-Mobile networks (which includes GoogleFi, MetroPCS, and… wait for it… Trump Mobile). For at least all day today.
Seems unlikely to be a technical problem but instead to be Actual Censorship (unless its not …

Woke up to 15 #COP30 press releases, most saying the same thing. None, of course, mentioning China.
I know the #climate talks are important, but what purpose does it serve flooding journalists with press releases the same 2-3 weeks every year? Is this civil society money well spent?

RE: #Linux #FOSS

I freelanced for @… for 10 years, writing 37 articles/features
They were an amazing team, interested in global #justice, #labor, &

RE: https://no-pony.farm/@Life_is/115949520397168551

@cwebber@social.coop some time ago you wrote about, why Bluesky is not decentralized, but would need extreme traffic, if there was another instance. Now there is "w social" the "european social media": stage.w…

RE: https://no-pony.farm/@Life_is/115949520397168551

@cwebber@social.coop some time ago you wrote about, why Bluesky is not decentralized, but would need extreme traffic, if there was another instance. Now there is "w social" the "european social media": stage.w…

RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/115922491878315173
This is a fascinating change of thinking.
Ronacher was a very explict all-in AI guy and now comes to many of the points critics have been making for years (without acknowledging any of course). He still…

Here's the kind of baseless speculation political reporters love but for some reason not this precise variety: Did the fascist Department of Homeland Security wait until their quisling Mayor Frey had been re-elected before ramping up attacks in the Twin Cities?
(There are multiple reports that the Bro-Tex Paper Company in Saint Paul was raided this morning, with a large crowd gathering in opposition and damaging multiple

« J'ai découvert le concept de "catch up culture" »
#TIL

Da der #COOP unsere Filiale im Ostring derart kaputt umgebaut hat, gehe ich nun halt nach Ostermundigen zur Metzgerei.
Und kann unterwegs mal wieder die Erinnerungen an den ehemaligen Arbeitsweg am #Dennigkofengässli aufleben lassen.

Saw someone post about how their #creditcard got stolen via #Apple pay twice, and #Apple won't inform them and how terrible this is and what a hassle it was dealing with the bank and how they hope it doesn't…

"As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children."
https://social.coop/@eloquence/115535529645390697

RE: https://social.coop/@scottjenson/115707071905814326
This is a really good talk. Worth your time. :)

New D&D art! Check it out!
Chapter 5: Magic of Faerûn opener illustration created for Dungeon & Dragon's Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn player expansion.
AD: Emi Tanji
The seventh Blackstaff of Waterdeep, Vajra Safahr is seen here awakening The Hawkman, one of the might walking statues of Waterdeep.
https://www.…

#OpenRouterAI propose maintenant des embeddings models. Actuellement 22 models.
https://notes.sklein.xyz/2025-11-21_1350/

Some of our members in Game Workers Unite Ireland were in Paris for a game union summit today and joined the STJV and other European game worker unions for a solidarity protest outside Take Two offices.
The blatant union busting firing of the Rockstar 31 workers can not stand. Reinstate them now!
Work in games in Ireland? Join us 👉 https://fs…

#CommonplaceNotes: mental models, autonomy, a poem.
https://lbj20.blogspot.com/2026/01/commonplace-book-mental-models-autonomy.html HT

Forgot that #DuckDuckGo is blocked in #Indonesia.

The DWeb HQ team @… is working on DWeb Camp 2026. Give them feedback on where in the world you think would be a fit.
https://social.coop/@dweb/115424781985654403…

My partner noticed how rarely we see mixed-race groups, even in groups of friends, in #KL #Malaysia, while at a local Kopitiam that seemed to be all Chinese-Malaysian (besides us). A day after she got to be the only non-Indian at an Indian restaurant.
It's perhaps a bit sad, but that was one of my fir…

It's going to be -20°F in #Minneapolis tonight, #ICE is still trying to kidnap people, separate families, and inflict awful suffering on our neighbors. We have thousands of empty houses that should be opened to be safe houses for people to move into, no questions asked, so people don't have to be s…

From a podcast "#Japan has one of the longest lived and healthiest populations in the world, and let #Japanese startups are playing a relatively small role in the recent #longevity-

J'ai bien l'impression que Rachida Dati maîtrise très peu et très mal ses sujets 🤔
#rachidadati

Some Australians sometimes do this strange thing where they say a call is at XX o'clock "Australia" time.
But Australia has multiple time zones...

This extraordinarily empathetic viewpoint from @… (this post and the threaded follow-up) resonates when I transpose it to students using LLMs on coursework in ways that are either sloppy or outright cheating. https://social.coop/@majdal/115663307714695906

Honoured to have been among the nominees at the West Regional Skills Awards and with good company, Ainslie Peters of CREW, who collaborated with me on a fantastic workshop this year on Worker Co-operatives in the Games Sector.
Looking forward to continue building on the success and future collaborations with CREW and others in the year to come.
#coop

Enjoyed the wide variety of maps in #SecretMaps at the British Library and then... a live action team text adventure exploring the world of libraries. Thanks Seth Kriebel for an unpredictable and excellent experience! I'm still wondering what the spice smell was

My opinion - Foreign media in countries like #Australia, where this piece ran, shouldn't publish #Chinese government op-eds unless #China's state media publishes foreign diplomat op-eds.

#StPaul #Minneapolis #TwinCities #Minnesota

#socialcoop So our Meet.Coop instance has been down for 3 weeks, and from what I see on https://forum.meet.coop/t/meet-coop-update-october-2025/1739/47, it's not clear w…

J'ai publié la note « Setup Fedora CoreOS avec LUKS et Tang »
#Fedora

Now I've cleared my notes file, it's time for the Well State of the World 2026. These discussions are always intriguing... https://people.well.com/conf/inkwell.vue/topics/561/State-of-the-World-2026-with-Bru-page01.html

My favorite #udon place in #Saitama has, apparently, closed and become just another #ramen place.
I feel like this is an metaphor for something...

To anyone who's been following human rights issues in #Tibet or the #Uyghur regions, or Chinese links to illegal #rareearth mining in #Laos

Looking for a Mise plugin for Nx: #Mise #Nx

When the oligarch-owned, reactionary-run "Minnesota Star Tribune" is the voice of reason in a news roundup, you know things are bad.
Amazing how these media can instantly make alleged fraud in social services a bigger story than a kidnapping ring funded with $165 billion of taxpayer money.

Anyone in my circles here tried or can recommend Fairphone?
My wife needs a new Android phone and we were curious about those.

I've always felt this was, at least, partly true. Can be extrapolated to also be a reason why #China dominated cleantech too - something that most #climate & #environment groups don't want to acknowle…

Had to go through a "#security" training for a new #nonprofit client, and all I could think was - you call this secure? Are these really your "#bestpractices"? Is this how nonprofits op…

@… I just created two very small Pull Requests for #foot, which I think can be reviewed very quickly :
- https://

Re-boost
https://social.coop/@DrewKadel/110154048390452046

Had to correct my Malaysian #grab driver who thought that Bahubali was a #Tamil film.
Most likely, only the Tamil version was released in #Malaysia but its a

Usually on point, but @… makes a very easily falsifiable claim in this essay, https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/05/fisher-price-st…

"Co-op trials in-store coffee pod recycling with Podback"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #COOP #Recycling
…

Script d'analyse des coûts Aider Š partir de l'historique
#Aider

Moderating a panel next week and asked participants to send presentations in advance.
The two #globalsouth panelists sent them in not only in advance, but wonderful, detailed presentations.
The two #globalnorth panelists? Sent them not only late, but half-hone, bare-bones presentations t…

#KualaLumpur is a frustratingly annoying city from a #transit and #walkability perspective.
Perfectly nice, clean, on-schedule trains, lovely stations, surrounded by horrible connectivity and terrible…

One of the exhausting parts of being at a stage in my gamedev career where I'm able to have a business that can apply for various funding schemes... is actually applying for said funding.
I feel extremely lucky that I was awarded one this year. But my god, the amount of time I've spent in docs 😩.

J'ai découvert l'extension Firefox Unlock Medium Article : #TIL #Firefox

The only true #lassi is #saltlassi.
Adding sugar to yogurt is a (food) sin.

Ah shoot. Last month I was so busy that I missed the release of D&D's Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn of which I have a new illustration to share.
I'll have to share it later this week when I have some time.

J'ai publié sur Reddit France le message suivant https://old.reddit.com/r/france/comments/1ov4vdl/emmanuel_macron_nexclut_pas_de_quitter_certains/nom6tgl/
J'aimerais beaucoup que l'Élysée déploie une instance Ma…

I think I've met more interesting western #expats in a week in #Malaysia than I do in a year in #Japan.

Wonder why this #Indonesia #fire, which I only just read about, didn't get nearly as much attention as the one that happened in #Switzerland a week later.

« Ma lutte contre mon affaiblissement cognitif »
#opinion #llm

This CSO letter submitted today has a single #China/#HongKong entity, China Labour Bulletin.
Which self-dissolved in mid-2025...
https://foejapan.org/en/issue/20251205/27117/

Having passed through both on this trip, I have to say, for transiting, #Taipei #TPE airport beats #Singapore hands down.
It's a few things - the more open layout (can walk anywhere), must easier transit se…

J'ai découvert la technique "Lavarand". Je suis impressionné par cette technique, je la trouve très élégante.
#TIL

I would have thought an #Australian would know that #Indonesia has multiple time zones, no?
I guess for many of them, they don't really see much beyond #Bali

@kalvin0x58c@kupi.my It's sad. What's the point of building train lines if you're going to only put a single exit and no sidewalks or walkways to any adjacent neighborhoods?

I ordered a vegetable curry - which the day before, I had confirmed had no meat.
But today's staff decided to do me a favor and add chicken to it. Yay. Thanks...
#Indonesia #Vegetarian #Travel

No surprise - #China, alone, is calling for the removal of #minerals from the Just Transition Work Program at #COP30 #climate

"Kak", "Bu", "Mbk", so far not a single #grab or #gojek driver has properly identified my name as male in #Indonesia 😅

I think I got uninvited to be a guest on a podcast run by an expat in #Japan because she didn't like a post where I called convenience store #food #unhealthy & the same as eating fast food.

J'ai découvert #upterm qui permet de partager facilement une session terminal Š distance
https://notes.sklein.xyz/2025-12-29_2207/

Impressed a Chinese journalist by understanding the name of her favorite media outlet, a once well-responded investigative magazine, in #Chinese.
(bonus points to anyone who can guess what outlet that is)

#Gig workers in #Indonesia are coming together to demand fair compensation and better working conditions, despite immense challenges & an anti-#labor government.
Read more in my latest at

It seems that the #Telugu & #SouthIndian film wave hasn't reached #Indonesia?
When people refuse to accept me as an American, the Indian films/stars/songs they reference and I assume I know are a…

20 ans après avoir été traumatisé par le projet Palladium de Microsoft, je m'intéresse enfin au TPM2
#Security

I should learn some #Malay songs.
Just so that the next time someone in #Indonesia sings a #Hindi song because they think I'll like that, I can sing my favorite "

Saw someone post on another platform something that said "XXX are the most resilient #indigenous people in the world"
And I understand the sentiment, but there are ways praise the strength of people without indirectly denigrating other #struggles around the world. Let's remember tha…

Why is Greenpeace East Asia releasing an #AI report that doesn't include a single company based in East Asia?
It also does not include an single social factor, only ranking on energy, which seems to go against @… own core on centering communities when campaig…

Very surprised to learn that the
#farright wanna dictator of the VVD party, leading in the #Netherlands polls but, thankfully, unlikely to be a part of the next government, is part-#Indonesian via his…

Meet.Coop seems to be down for me, for more than a day.
anyone at @… have any idea what's going on?

Everytime someone asks me to "please leave a #Google review" at this guesthouse/restaurant/etc, when I say "Sorry, I don't have a Google account" they seem so flabbergasted that they don't know how to respond.

Am I supposed to feel sympathy when someone keeps all their data on a single platform's "free" services & then loses access arbitrarily and has no access to "their" data?
I can certainly join them in anger again the #platform but, there really needs to be more awareness of the risks of becoming so dependent on companies and the need to keep control of your

This trip, got to try #Manado food a few times and, it's officially up there with #Sunda & #Padang as my favorite regional #Indonesia

Was wondering where the data for #Tibet was in this #China #power #climate update from Greenpeace East Asia
And then I r…