"Everything we create didn't exist a moment ago."

Hm... asking myself whether I should invest 2 days or so in explaining how I would create an algorithm like TikTok has it. I would publish the idea on my blog. Purpose would be to demystify such algorithms. In the end it's always math.

"Hm.. it's okay to be tired. :) It's okay to have parts that may hurt. It's life. Life is good, and strange, and scary, and funny, and exhausting, and regenerating. It's full of diverse experiences, if we allow ourselves to see them."

You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was. You made a difference—so much of a difference. Rest always in peace, and always in power.

If somebody believes in reincarnation or a soul, the only logical thing is to create a better world for everybody, everywhere. Why? If you are selfish, you want to have the best possible next starting point.

Learning how to ask your future selves for help is really an awesome tool to get unstuck from annoying situations. Additionally, if you write the future versions down, you get proof of your changed mental state in 5 minutes, an hour, in the evening and so on. Depending on the version you let speak.

Hm... I would say I am much more wise than intelligent. Additionally, in person I am quite charismatic. The thing with wisdom is that you need to learn to listen to your gut feeling, to your intuition. And yes, I am reading into the character ability descriptions of Dungeon and Dragons.

"You don't want to live at a campfire but sometimes they are useful to rest and regenerate for everything else you experienced." .... thinking about 'addictive behavior' ...

Hm... thinking about creating video, audio, and image diaries. (I already write a lot but I want to identify new ways of self-expression, especially ones that I feel discomfort around right now.) Any tips and tricks from anybody here how to organize this stuff and build momentum to continue it?

I like the principle of foreshadowing so much... I see it in everything I write. Not when I write it but when I read it again some months later. It feels like life leads me even if I can't see it in the moment. ... Maybe that's what my father meant when he talked about "basic sense of trust"?

"Being in the ‚here and now‘ slows perception of time down."

One thing I definitely dislike is... ... construction work with a jackhammer and similar stuff 24/7 ... yes, even during the night ... ... and that's not all ... but if this is in the housing area... ... sleepless nights... ... fun... ... can't recommend ... ... rate 0 out of 10 ...

It would be cool if books could come with the count of words, not only pages. Every time I read a book, I wonder if it will be 20 pages per hours or 30, or 40. (also, it would allow me to compare my own book better to others 😅 )

"Wer kein Mensch ist, der hat überhaupt nichts zu befürchten."

All the arguments and similar variations when people say: "If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear." They are basically saying: "If you are not human, you have nothing to fear."

"We all know good night stories. I want good morning stories with a forehead kiss. Those that give us safety to start the day and make us want to live."

"You may think a lot, but you don't feel yourself."

In short, the problem here is not that Signal ‘chose’ to run on AWS. The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players. 11/

That was interesting to read. Reminded me of Chuang Tzu's words: "Where can I find a man who has forgotten words? He is the one I would like to talk to."

Don't feel bad about your addictions. Learn to love them, appreciate them. And then how they actually serve you. Do your addictions help you to avoid the feeling of discomfort? Give it space to express itself. Next time your addiction shows up, ask what discomfort does it help to hide.

One of the most TRUE signs I have ever seen at a march. Write this down and act upon it, friends. #NoKings #Manhattan

It may be a stretch but if you want to reduce your social media consumption, start listening to music again. ... it works wonders for me right now.

"Maybe my words will burn you, hurt you, make you numb, make you grow, leave you unaffected, break you, change you, shake you, enlighten you, give you goosebumps, make you smile or make you cry. I don't know. But that is what I mean when I ask how my words resonate within you."

I don't really like dystopian stories, like 1984, Animal Farm or Brave New World. They are like Pandora's box. They show you everything negative about humanity but hide the hope and potential escapes. They make winter and night scarier than it is because they never tell about spring and sunrise.

Hallo Baden-Württemberg! Eure Regierung will Palantirs Software einsetzen, was absolut nicht im Interesse von irgendwem ist. Es gibt eine offizielle Petition dagegen, mitzeichnen, weiterleiten, Eure Eltern und Familien damit zusammen: petitionen.landtag-bw.de/Petitionen/D...

It really sucks how the key to writing is really to just be stressed out for days before you actually sit down to write, obsessively thinking about the topic to the detriment of your health and personal life.

"How do you fight a toddler with a gun? You don't. You create a common worldview, regulate them emotionally and try to convince them to put the gun down." Replace toddlers with adults that have a toddler mindset.

Maybe the rich need to keep the poor poor because otherwise their position in the power hierarchy would very likely be threatened. So, the actions of the rich are driven by their emotional instability again.

I think you completely misunderstand what this bill represents. Read up on it www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/cha...

Erster Eindruck aus dem Bundestagsmaschinenraum: Bei der #Chatkontrolle ist alles offen. Jetzt, also wirklich _jetzt_ ist der Moment, dazu laut zu werden, auf alle erdenklichen Arten und Weisen. Wenn Ihr Zugang zu Berufsgruppen oder gesellschaftlichen Gruppen habt, die nicht zu den üblichen ..

Kinda odd that the reason they denied his appeal seems to be different than the explanation for why they suspended him in the first place. People putting their head in the sand saying "I don't understand why people are mad." Cmon. Side with management if you want but don't be wilfully ignorant.

Oh man, I continued watching One Piece. All the parallels to the real world... ... makes you really feel. Episode 985 right now.

And yes, this is about world politics and how governments act right now.

Die anlasslose Chatkontrolle ist mit dem Telekommunikationsgeheimnis wie es das GG vorsieht, unvereinbar. Das ist ein Schritt in Richtung des totalitären Staates. netzpolitik.org/2025/fragen-...

And as a final note: just like back then, so many of the people who would have the least to lose by speaking up remain silent. Because doing something would be uncomfortable. Others, meanwhile, can’t wait to assist fascism’s rise (in German: they are Steigbügelhalter) in the name of “civility.” #Fin

"Empower people, debilitate oppressors."

I see people on social media who have gotten their feelings hurt sometimes continue to lash out online and I wish I could reach across the screen and just say: "I see that you are hurt and you need to log off now."

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

If you are a German citizen, please consider contracting your MPs and Ministers. We’ve created a guide on what MPs to contact as well as example arguments: chat-kontrolle.eu/index.php/20...

Taps the sign Pygmalion Displacement: When Humanising AI Dehumanises Women. SocArXiv. doi.org/10.31235/osf...

On the Gaza flotilla live stream, one by one, boats are intercepted by IDF & blasted with water cannons until comms are jammed & the feed for each boat goes down. Israel is illegally kidnapping civilians on international waters, & they're preventing the world from witnessing.

If you call a chronic liar your friend, you are as dangerous as the liar and can't be trusted.

This is the energy we need America. Protests can function as many things at once. Food,music, speeches etc. protests and direct action are a spectrum not one thing.

Hab Gänsehaut, das ist unglaublich! youtu.be/bhExSMZt1zs?...

"Just think that this world is like a phoenix that is dying and a new world will be born out of it."

It’s time to wake up — if you aren’t using ChatGPT to optimize your work (and your life!) you’re getting left behind. Watch this for 5 simple, lesser-known ChatGPT prompts that geniuses use! youtu.be/IS65dBNlng8

applying for jobs again

"Fascism is self-harm of a society."

i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation. i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.

I think an underrated element of why hypnoporn in particular attracts such attacks and censorship is because a significant portion of the American public unironically believes hypnosis is real and can hurt you and that people are really being hypnotized into sex in real life