Els
@geekingthething.bsky.social
Queer nonbinary trans human | they/them | makes sql server and powerbi go brrrrrr | hoarder of books | me/cfs
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Els
@geekingthething.bsky.social
· May 7
Nederlands bluesky, alsjeblieft. Gebruik alt-text. Beschrijf je afbeeldingen, zodat blinde en slechtziende mensen ook volledig mee kunnen doen hier.
HOLIDAY WEEK!
Relaxing and crafting today, finally some time with the boyfriend tomorrow (due to an earlier trip, fatigue, and a cold, we've not seen each other for over a week), and off to Helsinki for a few days on Monday, with him and his son!
Relaxing and crafting today, finally some time with the boyfriend tomorrow (due to an earlier trip, fatigue, and a cold, we've not seen each other for over a week), and off to Helsinki for a few days on Monday, with him and his son!
February 14, 2026 at 1:14 PM
HOLIDAY WEEK!
Relaxing and crafting today, finally some time with the boyfriend tomorrow (due to an earlier trip, fatigue, and a cold, we've not seen each other for over a week), and off to Helsinki for a few days on Monday, with him and his son!
Relaxing and crafting today, finally some time with the boyfriend tomorrow (due to an earlier trip, fatigue, and a cold, we've not seen each other for over a week), and off to Helsinki for a few days on Monday, with him and his son!
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Everyone’s talking about Swarovski right now so let’s take a second and dive into the fact that they were NAZI Nazis. Like full-on Seig Heil, prosecuted after the war level Nazis and the modern company has done everything they can to hide all their archives and prevent anyone accessing them.
![Members of the Swarovski family were early, active and enthusiastic champions of Nazism, and at least six of its members maintained membership in the illegal party prior to Austria's annexation to Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938.!23] Three weeks earlier, 500 marchers in the Tyrolean town of Wattens held a torchlight procession that ended with chants of "Sieg Heil" and "Heil Hitler". The majority of the participants, police determined, were Swarovski plant employees, among them Swarovski family heirs Alfred, Wilhelm and Friedrich. 124]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nvfznp5ls3wcf6aktlfkfkp3/bafkreicscf6waklhijry6fblsvr4psk7yku2jauu5hqsn4n765i4gkl2pe@jpeg)
![In its report to the state police on 14 February 1947, the Innsbruck district administrator called company head Alfred Swarovski "an enthusiastic member of the NSDAP." [25] Alfred Swarovski praised Hitler at business gatherings and took actions as a regional business leader to ensure that "Tyrolean industry could be integrated as smoothly as possible into the enormous gears of the economy of Greater Germany and into the National Socialist economic order." He sent
"grateful loyalty greetings" to Adolf Hitler on his 49th birthday and arranged a donation of 100,000 shillings for Hitler to establish a holiday home in Tyrol.!26]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nvfznp5ls3wcf6aktlfkfkp3/bafkreifou66ng5baxhiicmm6d3zntcqosn7pqwzafclwf2qs7xtq7wvqku@jpeg)
![In 1994, historian Horst Schreiber wrote about Swarovski's past but was not granted access to company archives. (27]
The contemporary Swarovski company commissioned historian Dieter Stiefel as "a step towards dealing with our history in a serious and very pro-active manner," board spokesman Markus Langes-Swarovski said in
2018; however, the study was not published because, Langes-Swarovski said, "Swarovski is a company that generally tries to keep the owners' personal stories largely out of the public eye because it does nothing for the business." (28]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nvfznp5ls3wcf6aktlfkfkp3/bafkreift4wajp6nsrzdrumb2cnyv7s5nvswakab7h62jnjqua4i7tf2qeq@jpeg)
February 14, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Everyone’s talking about Swarovski right now so let’s take a second and dive into the fact that they were NAZI Nazis. Like full-on Seig Heil, prosecuted after the war level Nazis and the modern company has done everything they can to hide all their archives and prevent anyone accessing them.
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Almost everyone "on the left" doesn't have a problem with machine learning, or technology, or progress. They do have problems with security, safety, mental health outcomes, plagiarism, labor distributions, and environmental & energy impact.
Industry regulation is not some unreasonable leftist ask.
Industry regulation is not some unreasonable leftist ask.
February 12, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Almost everyone "on the left" doesn't have a problem with machine learning, or technology, or progress. They do have problems with security, safety, mental health outcomes, plagiarism, labor distributions, and environmental & energy impact.
Industry regulation is not some unreasonable leftist ask.
Industry regulation is not some unreasonable leftist ask.
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Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
February 12, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
Matcha latte en @debroervanroos.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Matcha latte en @debroervanroos.bsky.social
I don't watch sports, but several of my friends are very into the Olympics and it makes me very happy to see their posts about it 🥰 I just love people who are really into a thing, even if it's not my thing.
February 11, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I don't watch sports, but several of my friends are very into the Olympics and it makes me very happy to see their posts about it 🥰 I just love people who are really into a thing, even if it's not my thing.
I'm in an online discussion with a cis person, confused on how a masc leaning nonbinary person could call themselves a lesbian (which is something even the lesbian community is devided in, and there is no 1 truth). If I'd mention the existence of he/him lesbians I think her brain would break...
February 8, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I'm in an online discussion with a cis person, confused on how a masc leaning nonbinary person could call themselves a lesbian (which is something even the lesbian community is devided in, and there is no 1 truth). If I'd mention the existence of he/him lesbians I think her brain would break...
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My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:29 AM
My cartoon for this week’s @newscientist.com
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please use alt text
please turn on the feature to require it so you don’t forget
please flex your writing skills and describe the picture. you don’t need to be Tolkien but you can do better than “my cat.” i believe in you
please turn on the feature to require it so you don’t forget
please flex your writing skills and describe the picture. you don’t need to be Tolkien but you can do better than “my cat.” i believe in you
February 7, 2026 at 8:42 AM
please use alt text
please turn on the feature to require it so you don’t forget
please flex your writing skills and describe the picture. you don’t need to be Tolkien but you can do better than “my cat.” i believe in you
please turn on the feature to require it so you don’t forget
please flex your writing skills and describe the picture. you don’t need to be Tolkien but you can do better than “my cat.” i believe in you
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Sans compter :
"Eddings and his wife Leigh pled guilty to 11 counts of physical child abuse of their adopted children."
"Eddings and his wife Leigh pled guilty to 11 counts of physical child abuse of their adopted children."
Ages ago, David Eddings had his publisher send us World Fantasy Award judges a cringy 16 page color pamphlet he'd clearly put together himself & then clumsily edited into third person about why he should win the lifetime achievement award, but also why his wife, who helped write the books should not
The topic of David Eddings came up at my table talk at Worldcon.
Half the folks around the table - a pretty heavily invested in genre group - didn't know.
And two of them didn't know about MZB.
Half the folks around the table - a pretty heavily invested in genre group - didn't know.
And two of them didn't know about MZB.
February 6, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Sans compter :
"Eddings and his wife Leigh pled guilty to 11 counts of physical child abuse of their adopted children."
"Eddings and his wife Leigh pled guilty to 11 counts of physical child abuse of their adopted children."
I made a Swedish mistake yesterday.... I thought I ordered a slice of a cinnamonbread. I got.... This:
February 4, 2026 at 9:21 AM
I made a Swedish mistake yesterday.... I thought I ordered a slice of a cinnamonbread. I got.... This:
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Inzake de Epstein-files gebruiken media (vooral mannen) de bizarre term 'minderjarige vrouwen' opeens. Net hoorde ik het weer op de radio. Dat zijn KINDEREN, eikels.
February 3, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Inzake de Epstein-files gebruiken media (vooral mannen) de bizarre term 'minderjarige vrouwen' opeens. Net hoorde ik het weer op de radio. Dat zijn KINDEREN, eikels.
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HI! Every Tor Books release from @annaleen.bsky.social and me is available thru @humblebundle.com for a few weeks!
Get 2 books for at least $3
Get 4 books for at least $10
Get all our stuff for at least $18
This bundle supports the amazing TGI Justice Project!
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
Get 2 books for at least $3
Get 4 books for at least $10
Get all our stuff for at least $18
This bundle supports the amazing TGI Justice Project!
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
February 2, 2026 at 8:33 PM
HI! Every Tor Books release from @annaleen.bsky.social and me is available thru @humblebundle.com for a few weeks!
Get 2 books for at least $3
Get 4 books for at least $10
Get all our stuff for at least $18
This bundle supports the amazing TGI Justice Project!
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
Get 2 books for at least $3
Get 4 books for at least $10
Get all our stuff for at least $18
This bundle supports the amazing TGI Justice Project!
www.humblebundle.com/books/charli...
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Talk online for streaming:
FOSDEM 2026 - EU OS: learnings from 1 year advocating for a common Desktop Linux for the public sector
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
#fosdem #fosdem26 #EU_OS #DigitalSovereignty
FOSDEM 2026 - EU OS: learnings from 1 year advocating for a common Desktop Linux for the public sector
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
#fosdem #fosdem26 #EU_OS #DigitalSovereignty
FOSDEM 2026 - EU OS: learnings from 1 year advocating for a common Desktop Linux for the public sector
1 year ago, EU OS put out an architecture for a common Desktop Linux for the public sector. Since then, EU OS had many closed-room conversations with public servants from several member states and…
fosdem.org
February 2, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Talk online for streaming:
FOSDEM 2026 - EU OS: learnings from 1 year advocating for a common Desktop Linux for the public sector
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
#fosdem #fosdem26 #EU_OS #DigitalSovereignty
FOSDEM 2026 - EU OS: learnings from 1 year advocating for a common Desktop Linux for the public sector
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
#fosdem #fosdem26 #EU_OS #DigitalSovereignty
@hazelweakly.me hello! Cool to meet you here as well!
February 1, 2026 at 3:14 PM
@hazelweakly.me hello! Cool to meet you here as well!
Als chronisch zieke ambtenaar, waarvan de kans groot is dat ik m'n pensioen niet haal en dus WIA en/of IVA nodig ga hebben, voel ik me behoorlijk een beetje genaaid door het regeerakkoord.
January 31, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Als chronisch zieke ambtenaar, waarvan de kans groot is dat ik m'n pensioen niet haal en dus WIA en/of IVA nodig ga hebben, voel ik me behoorlijk een beetje genaaid door het regeerakkoord.
Hey #FOSDEM folks! I know they're not always comfy, but don't you all want to prevent covid, the flu, or just concrud? Way too little masks!
January 31, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Hey #FOSDEM folks! I know they're not always comfy, but don't you all want to prevent covid, the flu, or just concrud? Way too little masks!
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If you have the audacity to say the future of Greenland should be up to Greenlanders but won't accept that the future of Gaza should be up to the Palestinians you’re either a hypocrite or a bigot or both
January 29, 2026 at 5:53 PM
If you have the audacity to say the future of Greenland should be up to Greenlanders but won't accept that the future of Gaza should be up to the Palestinians you’re either a hypocrite or a bigot or both
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It's like that old "men are afraid that women will laugh at them; women are afraid that men will kill them."
Except it's cops are afraid that people will call them mean names in public; the public is afraid that cops will murder them.
Doxxing != naming a criminal and saying they did crimes.
Except it's cops are afraid that people will call them mean names in public; the public is afraid that cops will murder them.
Doxxing != naming a criminal and saying they did crimes.
January 28, 2026 at 11:35 PM
It's like that old "men are afraid that women will laugh at them; women are afraid that men will kill them."
Except it's cops are afraid that people will call them mean names in public; the public is afraid that cops will murder them.
Doxxing != naming a criminal and saying they did crimes.
Except it's cops are afraid that people will call them mean names in public; the public is afraid that cops will murder them.
Doxxing != naming a criminal and saying they did crimes.
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Artist De Strandharker, a Dutch creator known for large-scale beach rake drawings, give remarkable tribute to the victims of Trump's ICE (Renée Good and Alex Pretti) 🫶
January 28, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Artist De Strandharker, a Dutch creator known for large-scale beach rake drawings, give remarkable tribute to the victims of Trump's ICE (Renée Good and Alex Pretti) 🫶
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Update: The Trans bathroom bounty hunter bill in Kansas has just passed the Kansas House.
They have rushed it to the Senate for passage.
If it passes, the most extreme anti-trans bill in the nation is about to be sent to the Governor's desk.
Live here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwe...
They have rushed it to the Senate for passage.
If it passes, the most extreme anti-trans bill in the nation is about to be sent to the Governor's desk.
Live here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwe...
January 28, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Update: The Trans bathroom bounty hunter bill in Kansas has just passed the Kansas House.
They have rushed it to the Senate for passage.
If it passes, the most extreme anti-trans bill in the nation is about to be sent to the Governor's desk.
Live here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwe...
They have rushed it to the Senate for passage.
If it passes, the most extreme anti-trans bill in the nation is about to be sent to the Governor's desk.
Live here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzwe...
I'll be at my first FOSDEM this weekend. Will I see any of you there?
January 28, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I'll be at my first FOSDEM this weekend. Will I see any of you there?