Whenever some tech bro who only moves from one Silicon Valley hivemind to another adds a genius feature that requires being always online (or locks offline downloads behind a paywall), I am reminded about it daily on my commute.
I live in Germany, there is no 'internet' here. There is a crude system that hasn't been overhauled since the 90s that mimics what other nations call 'internet', but it is not real, nor is it your friend. It's an old German bureaucrat who files each pa…
It's nice to discover interesting blogs from time to time :)
https://nooneshappy.com/article/native-apps-should-be-avoided-whenever-possible/
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
MUNA:
🎵 Wannabeher
#MUNA
https://muna.bandcamp.com/track/wannabeher
https://open.spotify.com/track/4412CfupPqPn61n1nVew0s
Nearly 40% of Alphabet's planned ~$85B in equity offerings for AI will go toward covering tax obligations tied to employee equity awards, amid the AI talent war (Cory Weinberg/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/alphabet…
Since a while, whenever I wanted to open social media for distraction, I just grabbed my eBook reader and read some pages ... and oh boy - this gave quite some progress with my reading!!
I am at s.th between 15 and 20 books this year already ... the library pass really pays off!
Whenever I hear The Thompson Twins on the old music machine, I immediately think of Tintin and his bumbling detectives. “The Adventures of Tintin” were so formative for young Samer.
Whenever my sinuses feel stuffed I find that it helps to watch videos of human screw worm infestations.
POL-CLP: Meldungen aus dem Bereich Landkreis Vechta Cloppenburg/Vechta (ots) - Lohne- versuchter Kupferdiebstahl Am Montag, 3. August 2026, 01:35 Uhr, meldeten Zeugen, dass sich unbekannte Täter in Lohne, Landwehrstraße an den Kupfer-Abdeckplatten einer Mauer eines Wohnparks zu schaffen machen. ... https://www.presseport…
Whenever I'm forced to use commercial, proprietary software, I look into open-source alternatives because I know it's only a matter of time before the company in question tries to fuck me with a random change to its terms of service.
By the way, Plex users, welcome to Jellyfin.
Welcome to my hot classics summer. Iʻve had Homer in my ears, and Virgil and Shakespeare. Such a confusion of glories, such poetry, such violence!
Iʻm driving under the influence of all of them, but whenever Caesar comes, for me itʻs not only Julius who appears, but also Gertrude Stein.
https://salrandolph.substack.…