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12.08.2026

A child and a woman with eclipse-sunglasses on, illuminated by the sun.
Watching the partial solar eclipse.

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🎬 Father Mother Sister Brother

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Movie poster for “Father Mother Sister Brother”.

A lovely film about the relationships between parents and their kids, and some of the different ways this can go. It’s really not happening much. But I don’t know; Jarmusch always entertains me. And having three movies in one is fantastic: you can just spot all those little details and similarities among them without “having” to watch another one of his films. So, mix all the Jarmusch ingredients, multiply by three, serve them on a single plate, and Bob’s your uncle!

👍 Recommended!

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🎬 Basic Instinct

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Movie poster for “Basic Instinct”.

I sure have watched this back in the day. But I couldn’t remember much. And I certainly did not see the uncut version. Anyhow, this was suspenseful and sexy and psycho with a great story. Reminded me quite a bit of Hitchcock. And it has just the right amount humour. Loved all the car chases. And Sharon Stone’s character and acting is just perfect.

👍 Recommended!

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🎬 Mission: Impossible

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Movie poster for “Mission: Impossible”.

So, I finally got to see that famous vault scene where Tom Cruise hovers over the ground. And that scene was indeed very cool. But overall, I found this to be a little boring. Maybe because I found the premise to be quite low-stakes, especially in relation to how many people of their internal force are sacrificed. And the end action sequence is ridiculous.

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Great hack and a great read:

Regressive JPEGs
https://maurycyz.com/projects/bad_jpeg/

And something to @tbaldauf's liking 😊

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🎬 Total Recall

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Movie poster for “Total Recall”.

The sets, the clothes, the makeup, the props - it’s all a little goofy and overdone. And I think this fits the film perfectly. Because it’s not taking itself too seriously. It’s a great Akschn Fuim and simply entertaining from start to finish in all its 80s glory. No shit!

👍 Recommended!

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Building a Digital Home - A Vision Practice

I shared about the vision and evolution of my website so far in a show and tell in Dec 2025

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🎬 Sunshine

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Movie poster for “Sunshine”.

This was fantastic. It has a great crew with its space-movie typical in-fights and betrayal, stunning imagery, gripping action; and absolutely fucking golden space suits. I wish I could watch this in a cinema at some point again.

👍 Recommended!

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🎬 Rear Window

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Movie poster for “Rear Window”.

“Harryyyyy!??” 🚬🙄

Abolutely did not regret watching this again.

👍 Recommended!

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Preparing for My First Calisthenics Competition: Weeks 7-9

It´s getting serious

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Preparing for My First Calisthenics Competition: Weeks 4-6

The learning continues

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18.07.2026

Shooting through a gap in an exhibition space where the poster in the background says Beyond Film
At the Beyond Film exhibition at the Bilker Bunker

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🎬 Motel Hell

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Movie poster for “Motel Hell”.
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That was actually pretty funny. But where did all the "zombies" go at the end??? I think this had more potential, especially the ending. But I also wish they had more utilised "Ivan and the Terribles". Nonetheless, this was worth a watch.


Next event: The Haunted on July 24, 2026, 20:00 at Turock, Essen.

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15.07.2026

The three men of Forkalyst standing in front of a garage, looking into the camera.
Making more band photos. Because: why not!?

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Here on Mastodon you keep reading a certain kind of reassurance: AI is a bubble, it’ll blow over, and if you ignore it, it won’t affect you.

I think all three parts are wrong, and I wrote up why. It comes down to the price of feedback: why AlphaZero worked, why coding agents work, and what cheap verification does to code we’d long since signed off on.

https://wersdoerfer.de/blogs/ephes_blog/cheap-oracles/

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Immich recognized this person in ~200 photos. Funny thing is, that it is all over the place and many different people seem to resemble this face. The kids are having fun trying to spot which person in each image Immich thinks looks like a tire. 😅

Car tire face person recognized by Immich

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Cheap Oracles

Cheap Oracles July 9, 2026 Jochen Wersdörfer ...

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10.07.2026

Two men holding flower pots in front of their faces.
Plant Obsession

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09.07.2026

Two seemingly human bodies with giant mice heads sitting on chairs.
The mice men.

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08.07.2026

The three men of Forkalyst lying on a couch being silly.
It’s been a fun rehearsal!