Yesterday we thawed the freezer and doing so led to a realization: The ice melting being more interesting than most streaming video

Du wohnst in Deutschland und bist eine Nachteule? Dann ist es noch nicht zu spät, deinen Gefrierschrank aufzutauen.

If the US wanted Greenland for national security reasons, it could reopen the bases there, and Denmark would allow it. The fact that it hasn’t shows this isn’t Trump’s real reason for wanting it

Riker says the Borg are born as biologicals, and then loaded with artificial intelligence. Those babies are AI slop.

I barely hear from a friend now. He used to message and call frequently to throw about ideas and talk through problems. A mutual friend just informed me that we’ve been replaced by an LLM.

Der Mörder Renee Nicole Goods wechselte die Hand beim Filmen ihres Autos von rechts nach links. #Medienversagen

Remember when online wasn't the default?

Corollary to Conway's law: Software projects break along the organizational lines and often due to the human communication #softwaredevelopment

I AM FUCKING *DECEASED* LOL Spanish equivalent of The Onion or The Beaverton announces "Denmark changes the name of Greenland to Epstein Island so that Trump will quit talking about it"

I forgive Fortnite. South Park is such a wonderful direction to pivot to after the recent garbage.

Between Ixi and Donut Labs, the Finnish startup scene is doing fine

You, dear reader, are an ecosystem, and a very fascinating one

Find out what on this platform makes you feel sated and calm. Choose it to center you, so that you can take action on what matters.

All in 3 meter radius. Old forests are beautiful! #FungiFriends

Existiert die Vulkangruppe wirklich? #Berlin

What can Europe do to deter America from seizing Greenland? 1. Making the U.S. aware of the implications of seizing Greenland 2. Preparing a deterrent package, by threatening to: - Suspend U.S. trade deals - sell-off of U.S. debt holdings - Invoke EU mutual defense clause preemptively

I'll stop calling it slop when it stops being slop.

@mozilla.org dmoz needs to make a comeback before search results are fully AI slop

This is a regular reminder that when a machine starts making a weird sound, no matter how quiet, it's time to open, clean and oil that beast

What's the state of the art for a privacy respecting proof of humanity, now that captchas are effectively ineffective?

I would love to see political leadership from NORDEFCO -countries (Nordic 5) announcing a months long “long-time” planned exercise in 🇬🇱 (Greenland). Protection of critical infrastructure & securing political leadership against external attack could be two exercise tracks. #noparticularreason

My New Year's resolutions: I will host a mixer and celebrate my birthday later

This is why Europeans should be cautious about cheering when the US under Trump makes illegal and imperialist actions, even when those actions target figures we dislike, such as Maduro. Imperialism does not stop in Venezuela. It will harm us and empower other imperialist actors

I will just say it again: moving to a new Android phone is a pain

At least some AI slop is funny

Every year, for some years now, I read @thisisindexed.com's Humanist Devotional. This year, it feels like a good travel companion to the Parable of the Talents. #BookSky

Laut Netzwerk-Steuergerechtigkeit gehen uns jährlich bis zu 200 MILLIARDEN Euro durch Steuerhinterziehung und aggressive Steuervermeidung verloren. Geld, mit dem wir die Regelsätze fürs Bürgergeld viermal finanzieren und trotzdem noch erhöhen könnten. Holt das Geld bei den Reichen!

Wir sind eine Erbengesellschaft. Reichtum wird nicht erarbeitet, sondern vererbt. Entscheidend ist nicht, was die Einzelnen leisten, sondern in welcher Familie sie groß werden. Das ist ein feudales, monarchisches Prinzip. Es höhlt die Demokratie aus. #TaxTheRich‼️https://www.taz.de/!6127261

#wemezeclassics @jkasek.bsky.social

Ich bringe es nicht mehr übers Herz, Kinder zu fragen, was sie später einmal werden wollen. Deshalb frage ich sie stattdessen: „Wie du dir die Welt wünschen würdest, wenn du groß bist?”

I saw some AI fake clips of @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social but could instantly tell it wasn't him, because the range of facial expressions was different. The mannerisms of a new politician are not very known, thus AI slop is already a hell of a tool for propping up the status quo #politics

Money is not a zero sum game, but the resources it can buy are:

Christmas time's toll on the unwillingly childless should not be underestimated

This beautiful image of children climbing on furniture to get the toilet paper cleverly not stored in the bathroom is your regular reminder that 'childless' people didn't decide not to have children.

This dialogue about open source from Jurrasic World Rebirth movie is so accurate 🥲 "We open source it.... It's all of us, not some of us" "I don't make any money in that scenario" "Oh, no, you're broke as hell" #OpenSource

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/t... The #wealth #tax can't come soon enough. Revenues are urgently needed for #housing #food #water #healthcare #education #safety for billions suffering around the #world #climatechange #adaptation #migration #humanrights #aid

Dear @bsky.app let us have polls

zenodo.org/records/1569... #nonfiction

It was Adam Smith in Theory of Moral Sentiments who insisted that reverence for the rich was one of the greater perverters of our moral sentiments and who called for ameliorative programs for the poor and efforts at combating monopolies. @mattpolprof.bsky.social

Einer der Artikel, die mich am meisten beschäftigten dieses Jahr. Was passiert, wenn man auf der Liste für US-Sanktionen landet? Man wird defacto digital ausgelöscht. Auch in der EU. Was mit einem Richter gerade geschieht, kann uns alle treffen: www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Reading this list, I cannot avoid seeing that good luck is easier to have and bad luck easier to mitigate, if one has wealth and connections. But at least some fortuitous encounters can be built by anyone by meeting people, talking to people, listening to people.

AI doesn't yet grasp that teenagers very rarely reminisce about the time they still wanted kids

Richter beklagen fehlende Mittel gegen Geldwäsche#Richterbund#Geldwäsche

Don’t even get me started on the “other countries can’t regulate tech despite the social harms their products cause because the US has an extreme framing of free speech compared to other Western countries.” The US can let tech products tear their society apart. That doesn’t mean others have to too.

If you are looking for a fun holiday game with family, try Wavelength. At least, I personally enjoyed people just laughing their asses off www.wavelength.zone

What is this beautiful mycelium? #fungifriends

Thank you for these excellent examples of how AI slop looks convincing to non-experts Relevant post if you like: irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...

Blocked by CUII

Finished reading Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler. It's not the happiest of books, but definitely one of the most important #BookSky