Something somewhere in our app throws a `null` error and we have no clue how to find it. No stack, no repro, no nothing 😭

I have this lovely view of the full moon from my office this morning. 😍 It’s always a process to get over summer for me, but now I’m ready for some autumn leaves.

I never got into Alicia Keys’ music because I just don’t like 2000s R&B rhythm sections. (I tried again today, but I just can’t.) But now I discovered «Here» and it’s marvellous! The production is much to my liking and changes everything – I can finally […] [Original post on mastodon.gassner.io]

The kid and I collected glass shards on the beach and now she made this artwork and asked me to share it. Proud of her!

Schon drei Jahre Petarde … Ich finde, sie ist gut gewachsen und geniesse insbesondere die Editorials immer sehr. Und so voll-ins-schwarze-treffende Zitatsammlungen wie hier 😅 https://petarde.ch/news/3-jahre-petarde-das-sagen-promis-dazu

["AI" schadenfreude, reddit screenshot] "What if someone uses an LLM to rip off my app that I ripped off with an LLM????"

Porto Ferro. #beach #photography

My daughter is going to spend a day with a confectionist to learn about her trade. I asked my kid to ask her about healthy recipes. Her response: «Oh, I already know what she’s going to say: DO MORE SPORTS!!» And then she strolled away … 🥁

«Die Plattformen haben die Realität fragmentiert. Was früher in Zeitungen, Radio und Fernsehen noch einigermassen gemeinsam erlebt wurde, zerfällt heute in Millionen und Milliarden personalisierter Feeds. Jeder lebt in seiner eigenen Echokammer, kuratiert vom Algorithmus. Der demokratische […]

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later. harpers.org/archive/1941...

NASA is facing backlash after reportedly being ordered to destroy a fully operational satellite that plays a crucial role in monitoring the Earth’s atmosphere. Imagine a perfectly good, high-tech spacecraft gathering invaluable data on carbon dioxide – a key player in climate change – only to […]

The wine dispenser at our hotel “exploded” tonight, leading to a splattery situation with several servers‘ smokings covered in red. All I could think about was Jacques Tati and his unique eye for situations. Blessed be he for giving me that gift, so I could relish the situation to the fullest!

Patina.

Ahh better!

Dazwischen liegen fünf Wochen. Es gibt einen Grund, warum man sich über deutsche Wirtschaftsredaktionen nur lustig machen kann. Schließlich werden die daraus keine Konsequenzen ziehen oder mal in sich gehen. Einfach den selben Schwachsinn wie immer verbreiten […] [Original post on norden.social]

Coding music? Muhal Richard Abrams works very nicely for me right now, but I think it’s not for everyone :) https://muhalrichardabrams.bandcamp.com/album/streaming

IT is trying to be reassuring, but for a GitLab instance that holds all our code this doesn't sound all too comforting 😆

#tilingtuesday again, huh?

So I looked at Tahoe release (in VM). Some highlights: - Window toolbar changing color from white to black for no reason

This is a good essay, placing the "trad wife" movement in its historical context as a supporting pillar of fascist ideology. It also mentions historian Diana Garvin's book Feeding Fascism: The Politics of Women’s Food Work, which I've bumped to the top of my to-read pile […]

Loved the lighting of the Mülimatt gymnasium today, the sun caught it at just the right angle. #architecture

Enjoyed one more day of swimming in the river today. 💙

The 11yo wished for a music player without the distractions of an iPhone – no apps, no nothing, just music. So we went to the cellar to get the old iPods and oh – those were such damn fine devices!

Benjamin Button Reviews macOS https://rakhim.exotext.com/benjamin-button-reviews-macos

On a more positive note: starting my day with Stanley Clarke’s Journey to Love, one of my most cherished albums. https://album.link/i/268501425 #music

The new king declaring Antifa as the enemy made me chuckle. The Guardian decraring it far-left not so much. Really, how difficult is it to understand the term «anti-fascist»? The media truly are a big part of the problem […] [Original post on mastodon.gassner.io]

if you meet someone who does not understand the implications of vendor lock in, just tell them they will when they get blackmailed: »However, two days ago, Slack reached out to us and said that if we don’t agree to pay an extra $50k this week and $200k a year, they’ll deactivate our Slack […]

“A democratic society needs people in Ezra Klein’s position to treat Charlie Kirk’s anti-democracy stances as disqualifying, rather than pretend they’re just another policy opinion…” @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social w/an excellent critique of Kirk hagiography www.arcdigital.media/p/ezra-klein...

Queen

I set out to code something but couldn't find a name. And now I'm on here, clicking around. Back to work, «foo» will do for now.

I don’t feel like it would be difficult to put together such a list for Switzerland. Just yesterday’s dinner revolved around two mews stories with stupefying double standards […]

added a cheat sheet to the official Git website https://git-scm.com/cheat-sheet

You know what kinds of images look especially good in the new Photos app design on iOS 26? Screenshots.

My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com p.s. this week I am on a USA/Canada tour with my new book. Details and preorder links at tomgauld.com

Holy shit, die Schweiz hat eine Leichtathletik Weltmeisterin! Fo o gad afe gränne #kambundji https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/-/video/-?urn=urn:srf:videgrannie652d-ad23-4260-b81a-15bc59d59a63