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Autumn days

Gusts of wind blow away the red leaves on the tall tree, propelling colour into the air that washes over the sky and slowly falls to the ground with the invisible current. In the foreground, small drops of rain are blown sideways. Standing by the window, I am watching autumn...

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My favourite tracks on The Life of a Showgirl: Encore

I visit the Taylor Swift Subreddit regularly to follow along with news in the community, to read fun questions, and to see art made by fans. Lately I have been thinking along the lines of slashdiv that it would be good to see more fandom discussions in the small web. Then, l...

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A country that livestreams an execution has lost its sense of humanity.

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The last few minutes of this fantastic interview are the answer to why AI will never make beautiful music. Ever.

https://youtu.be/PoxLLH_daKI?si=is-qT4DdTJ68gTe0&t=4016

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A Past Tense Word

Rick Beato just published another one of his long-form interviews. This time, he interviewed Josh Homme. Josh is from Palm Desert, California, where there were no clubs, so his band Kyuss, which he founded when he was 14, played parties outside in the desert. Out there, as ...

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June 2026

Visiting the Kunstpalast, "Deine Freunde" concert, beer and bike riding at Frankeninferno, a work trip to Belgium, and school singing at the Tonhalle. (66 photos)

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Sunset

Frozen light yellow clouds hover under a grey sky, illuminated by the horizon sun. ⁂ ⁂ ⁂ “I have never seen the sky like that before”, I thought to myself while gazing with my whole mind and body in wonder. Fluffy yellow clouds under grey clouds? The colours of the sky ha...

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✍️ New post: A Past Tense Word

What I took away from a wonderful Josh Homme interview. And yes, it somehow turned into a post about working on the web again …

https://matthiasott.com/notes/a-past-tense-word

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I need to get my battery below 25% before I can replace the display. The best way I could think of: opening the LinkedIn app.😁

Any ideas what I could do while I’m there? Tricking people with a cliffhanger into clicking …more? Posting an AI-generated list of 7 things successful people do before 5am?

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Sleazebag

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Snake-oil

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“sexy”

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What does the S in SI *actually* stand for then? 🤔

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So … it’s “SI” now? 😂
This is all so comically absurd.

https://youtu.be/-HzHFSxRcro

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Song

I want to give all my breath to the song, listening to every transcendent, liminal, spooky note, accompanied by intertwined tracks of coded and pure voice. I want to sing out the words I know loudly, and read all those I don’t know so that I may sing as much as I can with al...

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My iPhone 11 screen broke after all. But you know what? A replacement screen, either refurbished or by JK/NCC, is only about 30-40 €. That’s worth a try – and sounds like fun! Let’s see how long we can keep that thing alive … ♻️🤓🪛

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RE: https://mas.to/@skeletor/117379005316119359

“It's pencils down, people. Writing code by hand is no longer an economically viable skill for most programmers at most companies. But the future of making software has never been brighter. Don't you dare black pill this beautiful moment!”

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🎬 Project Hail Mary

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Movie poster for “Project Hail Mary”.

It’s a space movie. I like space movies. But this is not the best of its genre IMHO. I can’t complain about how it’s made, really. I definitely enjoyed the acting and most of the visuals and sets.

Rocky is very cute and I like how their friendship develops. I found the flashbacks on Earth were a bit too silly. And this could have been shorter. So, this is definitely more on the “light entertainment” side of space movies. I guess I generally prefer my space movies more doomy and gloomy instead.

But was ok overall.

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Twenty-five years of writing … congratulations, @adactio! What an achievement – and continued inspiration! 👏💚
https://adactio.com/journal/22781

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Kindness (or, reflecting on TODOs)

For years I have kept a single running document where I take all my notes and write all my TODOs. I like knowing there is one place where I can write everything. I can always move and re-arrange what I need to. I often do. Over the last few weeks, though, I have been reflect...