Michael König
@fndriven.bsky.social
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Mixed bag
https://fndriven.de/
The length limit on posts is ridiculous.
2 days ago
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Every media era gets the fabulists it deserves. [...] where decades of devaluing
#journalism
as simply more “content” have blurred the lines ...
thelocal.to/investigatin...
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Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
https://thelocal.to/investigating-scam-journalism-ai/
2 days ago
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Mariah? Wham? It's Christmas jingle time! Good luck everyone!
2 days ago
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AI stock market
4 days ago
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Jack Rusher
5 days ago
Seen in Kreuzberg 😆 (Spanish for “this country lacks poetry”, more or less).
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The Insider
5 days ago
Frozen hopes: Europe’s reluctance to approve a loan program backed by Russian funds has left the Ukrainian budget on the brink of a crisis
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Frozen hopes: Europe’s reluctance to approve a loan program backed by Russian funds has left the Ukrainian budget on the brink of a crisis
Kyiv urgently needs 140 billion euros, but its Western partners have yet to agree on where the money should come from. Belgium is blocking the use of frozen Russian assets, meaning the aid will have t...
https://theins.press/en/economics/286900
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Hannah Neumann
11 days ago
What used to be bugs and informants is now
#spyware
. Bringing together victims of
#Stasi
surveillance and
#spyware
to discuss: How can we protect
#freedom
in the digital age? 🗓️ November 12, 18:30
#BerlinFreedomWeek
Register here 👇
www.berlin-freedom-week.com/en/event/sta...
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It's some kind of "tiny" magic to import your own web component and use it together with others in a web project. Just include the JS file and add the html tag. (in my case [:my-component] bc
#Clojurescript
). That's the way!
#webdev
11 days ago
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In Nazi Germany it was verboten to listen to the
#BBC
.
#actually
11 days ago
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11 days ago
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"A Master of Fashion
#Photography
Who Embraces Accidents"
www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...
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A Master of Fashion Photography Who Embraces Accidents
Paolo Roversi’s studio portraits push the Polaroid process to its limits.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/a-master-of-fashion-photography-who-embraces-accidents
13 days ago
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Pwnallthethings
17 days ago
Soviet republic of New York takes first key step towards total communism by publicly owning Andrew Cuomo
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"This shallow behavior leads to a deadening of the moral and civic spirit that undergirds
#democracy
. People who are willing to accept “your mom” as an answer to important questions are people who have already decided that democracy is a rigged game."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/11/trump-maga-insults-trolling/684786
18 days ago
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"It did not seem like a good idea to have a camera inside of this thing waiting to be accessed by hackers."
#technology
www.wired.com/story/uncann...
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How to Hack a Poker Game
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we break down how one of the most common card shufflers could be altered to cheat, and why that matters—even for those who don’t frequent the poker table.
https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-how-to-hack-a-poker-game/
21 days ago
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The Insider
23 days ago
“We were on the edge, but we didn’t cross the line”: Musicians across Russia come out in support of jailed anti-war street performers The band Stoptime and its vocalist Diana Loginova were arrested after singing banned anti-war songs in St. Petersburg.
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“We were on the edge, but we didn’t cross the line”: Musicians across Russia come out in support of jailed anti-war street performers
Russian street singer Diana Loginova — better known by her stage name Naoko — has been arrested yet again, this time receiving two consecutive 13-day sentences. One charge accuses her of “organizing t...
https://theins.press/en/news/286347
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Chad C
22 days ago
So cool that we’re doing the 2008 financial crisis but this time, we’ll be bailing out the website that made out grandparents insane.
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about 1 month ago
what if ai, by making the complex path more bearable, makes us to stop looking for simpler paths? (maybe you could prove your result in Higher-Order Logic and would not need to learn category theory...)
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This would be a good opener for a new HBO series.
#tv
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
24 days ago
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𝕮
25 days ago
Server Charms are tiny, portable microcontroller setups made with recycled vape batteries. They create their own Wi-Fi network, inviting curious people to connect with their devices where a captive portal opens, leading to small webpages.
codeberg.org/actinomy/ser...
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I'm probably just old but those growing cards on webpages annoy me to no end! Stop this madness!
25 days ago
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AlgorithmWatch
25 days ago
Two months ago, an
#AIslop
farm passing as an online magazine stole the identity of our lead reporter and began publishing AI-generated articles under his name. He was not alone: at least 8 other journalists and influencers were falsely presented as writing for that outlet.
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"… for us,
#Wikipedia
is completely global. It’s a free encyclopedia for every single person on the planet in their own language. So diversity, equity and inclusion are fundamental to the mission."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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‘People thought I was a communist doing this as a non-profit’: is Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales the last decent tech baron?
In an online landscape characterised by doom and division, the people’s encyclopedia stands out – a huge collective endeavour giving everyone free access to the sum of human knowledge. But with Elon M...
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/27/people-thought-i-was-a-communist-doing-this-as-a-non-profit-is-wikipedias-jimmy-wales-the-last-decent-tech-baron
26 days ago
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I watched this Ennio Morricone documentary. Not only was he a great composer but even the schlockiest B-movies from that era had a mad and wild energy and they absolutely tried to make art.
#music
#cinema
(German audio and geo-blocked)
www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...
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Maestro Ennio Morricone - Die ganze Doku | ARTE
In Ennio Morricones (1928-2020) Filmmusik-Karriere versammeln sich über 70 preisgekrönte Filme von Regie-Legenden wie Quentin Tarantino, Barry Levinson oder Terrence Malick. Morricone komponierte über...
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/115028-000-A/maestro-ennio-morricone/
27 days ago
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Anders Murphy
27 days ago
Love finding random checkbox art
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Evan
27 days ago
My state (in the US) doesn’t do DST, but the Navajo Nation does, resulting in this little glitch in the time zone map 🫠
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"From that perspective, the question is less, “Why are flights so cheap?” and more, “Who actually pays for them?”"
#environment
#railway
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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When trains are pricier than planes, there’s a heavy social, financial and environmental cost
In this week’s newsletter: whether it’s a holiday or work trip, railway travellers find themselves burdened by astronomical prices
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/23/down-to-earth-climate-travel-train-plane
29 days ago
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Daniel Szmulewicz
29 days ago
Bioscoop is a DSL for creative coding. It's fun! Here is a Bioscoop program followed by its source code. More examples can be found in the gallery at
github.com/danielsz/bio...
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Kevin Beaumont
about 1 month ago
Microsoft are rolling out Gaming Copilot to Windows 11 PCs. Silently, enabled by default, screenshots enabled by default, model training enabled by default.
doublepulsar.com/microsoft-bu...
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Microsoft builds on Recall with Gaming Copilot — fails basic privacy tests
Gaming Copilot, rolling out now to Windows 11, adds a new attack surface to Windows.
https://doublepulsar.com/microsoft-builds-on-recall-with-gaming-copilot-fails-basic-privacy-tests-52988576bcc8
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Annoyed by a rule-loving German who lectures you? Just say "JaJa" and move on. "JaJa" in this context means "Leck mich am Arsch" and every German knows that but it's also short and gives you plausible deniability.
#German
#Germany
about 1 month ago
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#Clojurescript
WebComponents library
github.com/gersak/ty
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GitHub - gersak/ty: Clojurescript WebComponents library
Clojurescript WebComponents library. Contribute to gersak/ty development by creating an account on GitHub.
https://github.com/gersak/ty
about 1 month ago
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If the
#Internet
becomes even more shittier I consider the nuclear option to just talk to people directly and reading books. I remember the time when I did exactly that and it wasn't that bad. The memes sucked of course.
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
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Firefox
about 1 month ago
We’ve been working to make encrypted DNS as fast as it is private. This year we hit that goal: DoH lookups are now 61% faster and within milliseconds of native DNS (plus, it’s finally available on Android) Full breakdown →
blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/d...
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Firefox DNS privacy: Faster than ever, now on Android | The Mozilla Blog
All web browsing starts with a DNS query to find the IP address for the desired service or website. For much of the internet’s history, this query is sen
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/dns-android/
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about 1 month ago
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Slop in, slop out. We found a fun way to impose Alzheimer on whole societies.
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about 1 month ago
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I made a web app to watch TV in Germany.
www.tvpara.de
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TVpara.de
Schau TV
https://www.tvpara.de/
about 2 months ago
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brennan
about 2 months ago
all three.js, absolutely stunning
t.co/FNKiXFPk2K
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about 2 months ago
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Soylent Green is people! "Like content moderators for platforms like YouTube or Facebook, AI tutors often see the worst of the internet."
www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-gr...
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Behind Grok's 'sexy' settings, workers review explicit and disturbing content
Workers say they've faced sexually explicit content while xAI has marketed Grok to be deliberately provocative. Experts say the company should be cautious.
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-grok-explicit-content-data-annotation-2025-9
2 months ago
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Some German politicians and the car industry don't seem to get it. The combustion engine is outdated, like, let's say smoking in restaurants. Electric cars are the future - no wait - less cars is the future.
2 months ago
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"I see politeness as today’s punk rock because it so transgresses the spirit of our times."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Resist the Snark and Be Happy
Being courteous can be challenging in these fractious times, but politeness is much better for your well-being.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/08/power-politeness-happiness/683710/
3 months ago
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Marcin Ignac
6 months ago
TIL: Arithmomania I though i have ADHD obsession for organising. But maybe I'm just a vampire who likes working at night counting Nodes and organising code after a project... 1/2
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Marcin Ignac
7 months ago
One thing about your engine being able to push as much geometry as hardware creators intended is designs not before possible in any of our previous projects. High res of Spirit Plant compositions at about 100M triangles.
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Marcin Ignac
7 months ago
Every 20s, a new Spirit Plant blooms—composed of 4 traditional Polish herbs and an ever-shifting palette of colours. In just the first few days of Expo, visitors have created thousands of unique plants at the Poland Pavilion. The result? An endlessly evolving garden of collective imagination.
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Maurício Szabo
9 months ago
I was sure that, on my timeline, I was going to see Russia and USA in better terms. Granted, I believed it was going to be because Russia would be willing to be more democratic, that the whole "Russia bad" and "URSS" was just a thing of the past. Reality, of course, had different ideas...
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Marcin Ignac
10 months ago
Continuous bloom. 🌺🌀 No sampled colors have been used yet.
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Marcin Ignac
11 months ago
Just look at this. Thank you
@hiwarp.bsky.social
for creating Naiad!
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