Robby Raschke
@rtr.tombob.com
mostly music appreciation, some programming stuff here and there, a bit of systems thinking
One of my earliest memories, from when I was 4 years old, is when I had measles.
I still vividly remember the high fever and the nightmares I had, of my toys becoming life size and chasing me while I got slower and slower because I couldn't breathe.
I still vividly remember the high fever and the nightmares I had, of my toys becoming life size and chasing me while I got slower and slower because I couldn't breathe.
February 13, 2026 at 3:17 PM
One of my earliest memories, from when I was 4 years old, is when I had measles.
I still vividly remember the high fever and the nightmares I had, of my toys becoming life size and chasing me while I got slower and slower because I couldn't breathe.
I still vividly remember the high fever and the nightmares I had, of my toys becoming life size and chasing me while I got slower and slower because I couldn't breathe.
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This week is your last chance to watch (or rewatch) She-Ra and the Princesses of Power before Netflix deletes it on 20th Feb.
One of my favourite shows - animated or otherwise - of the last ten years.
One of my favourite shows - animated or otherwise - of the last ten years.
February 13, 2026 at 8:31 AM
This week is your last chance to watch (or rewatch) She-Ra and the Princesses of Power before Netflix deletes it on 20th Feb.
One of my favourite shows - animated or otherwise - of the last ten years.
One of my favourite shows - animated or otherwise - of the last ten years.
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This was due to it being state policy at the time to punish unmarried young mothers with the same drug which was used to chemically castrate Alan Turing. It is scary how few people know about this. heatherburns.tech/2026/02/02/t...
February 12, 2026 at 7:57 AM
This was due to it being state policy at the time to punish unmarried young mothers with the same drug which was used to chemically castrate Alan Turing. It is scary how few people know about this. heatherburns.tech/2026/02/02/t...
Since curling is on in the Olympics, here's an absolutely wonderful documentary on how the stones are made.
youtu.be/lTjOoeR0iFY
youtu.be/lTjOoeR0iFY
Why Olympic Curling Stones Cost So Much | Ailsa Craig
YouTube video by Ruth Aisling
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Since curling is on in the Olympics, here's an absolutely wonderful documentary on how the stones are made.
youtu.be/lTjOoeR0iFY
youtu.be/lTjOoeR0iFY
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Hier schön von ganz vorne erklärt, warum die Finanzmärkte die Mieten steigen lassen und warum wir also lernen sollten, wie man Bodenrichtwerte reguliert: Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig im Interview.
taz.de/Ueber-Mieten...
taz.de/Ueber-Mieten...
Über Mietenexplosion und Gegenmittel: „Preistreiberei breitet sich wie eine Welle aus“
In Berlin ist ein Fall von Mietwucher rechtskräftig entschieden worden. Das muss wegweisend werden, sagt Stadtplanerin Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig.
taz.de
February 10, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Hier schön von ganz vorne erklärt, warum die Finanzmärkte die Mieten steigen lassen und warum wir also lernen sollten, wie man Bodenrichtwerte reguliert: Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig im Interview.
taz.de/Ueber-Mieten...
taz.de/Ueber-Mieten...
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Since the #Olympics are on, let's repost a classic thread here: a brief history of the practice of "sex verification" in sport.
Content warning: This thread will mention anti-intersex discrimination, FGM practices and body shaming.
Content warning: This thread will mention anti-intersex discrimination, FGM practices and body shaming.
February 10, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Since the #Olympics are on, let's repost a classic thread here: a brief history of the practice of "sex verification" in sport.
Content warning: This thread will mention anti-intersex discrimination, FGM practices and body shaming.
Content warning: This thread will mention anti-intersex discrimination, FGM practices and body shaming.
Age verification has little to do with age, much more with collecting identity information. As always, it's about surveillance.
February 10, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Age verification has little to do with age, much more with collecting identity information. As always, it's about surveillance.
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Nicht zu fassen: Die #Lesubia"-Studie ist da, jahrelang haben wir gewartet.
Die erste Studie zu #GewaltgegenFrauen seit 2004 - die aber unter Innenminister Seehofer anno dazumal nicht so heißen durfte.
Die erste empirische Studie in Deutschland auch zu #DigitaleGewalt.
Lange überfällig.
Die erste Studie zu #GewaltgegenFrauen seit 2004 - die aber unter Innenminister Seehofer anno dazumal nicht so heißen durfte.
Die erste empirische Studie in Deutschland auch zu #DigitaleGewalt.
Lange überfällig.
Kriminalität in Deutschland - Nur fünf Prozent der Fälle häuslicher Gewalt werden angezeigt - Dobrindt und Prien stellen neue Dunkelfeldstudie vor
Die Bundesregierung legt heute erstmals eine umfassende Studie zu Betroffenen von Gewalt in Familie, Partnerschaft und im öffentlichen Raum vor. Sie soll das sogenannte Dunkelfeld erfassen - also Fäll...
www.deutschlandfunk.de
February 10, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Nicht zu fassen: Die #Lesubia"-Studie ist da, jahrelang haben wir gewartet.
Die erste Studie zu #GewaltgegenFrauen seit 2004 - die aber unter Innenminister Seehofer anno dazumal nicht so heißen durfte.
Die erste empirische Studie in Deutschland auch zu #DigitaleGewalt.
Lange überfällig.
Die erste Studie zu #GewaltgegenFrauen seit 2004 - die aber unter Innenminister Seehofer anno dazumal nicht so heißen durfte.
Die erste empirische Studie in Deutschland auch zu #DigitaleGewalt.
Lange überfällig.
February 9, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Versuche ab und zu Olympics auf Eurosport DE zu gucken. Meist gebe ich schnell wieder auf, weil die Kommentator*innen so super sexistisch sind 😡
February 9, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Versuche ab und zu Olympics auf Eurosport DE zu gucken. Meist gebe ich schnell wieder auf, weil die Kommentator*innen so super sexistisch sind 😡
AI is what happens when you teach children to dislike learning.
February 9, 2026 at 1:00 PM
AI is what happens when you teach children to dislike learning.
The banning of social media for kids comes from the same mindset that thinks refugees should not have phones. It comes from small minded and vindictive people, who require others to suffer, in order to feel superior.
February 7, 2026 at 10:09 AM
The banning of social media for kids comes from the same mindset that thinks refugees should not have phones. It comes from small minded and vindictive people, who require others to suffer, in order to feel superior.
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Absolutely psyched to announce the March line up of PRESSURE Berlin at Club Gretchen.
The Bug + Flowdan , Aba Shanti - i, Ed Rush(Playing a rare No-U-Turn set), and Lord Spikeheart !
Pure 🔊🔥🔥🔥
Tx for Pressure, 21.03 : www.tixforgigs.com/Event/71259
The Bug + Flowdan , Aba Shanti - i, Ed Rush(Playing a rare No-U-Turn set), and Lord Spikeheart !
Pure 🔊🔥🔥🔥
Tx for Pressure, 21.03 : www.tixforgigs.com/Event/71259
February 6, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Absolutely psyched to announce the March line up of PRESSURE Berlin at Club Gretchen.
The Bug + Flowdan , Aba Shanti - i, Ed Rush(Playing a rare No-U-Turn set), and Lord Spikeheart !
Pure 🔊🔥🔥🔥
Tx for Pressure, 21.03 : www.tixforgigs.com/Event/71259
The Bug + Flowdan , Aba Shanti - i, Ed Rush(Playing a rare No-U-Turn set), and Lord Spikeheart !
Pure 🔊🔥🔥🔥
Tx for Pressure, 21.03 : www.tixforgigs.com/Event/71259
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During Covid, air pollution dropped — but methane levels rose.
Now we know why: a temporary spike in atmospheric methane driven by both atmospheric chemistry and climate‑related natural emissions.
Here's the full story: www.esa.int/Applications...
Now we know why: a temporary spike in atmospheric methane driven by both atmospheric chemistry and climate‑related natural emissions.
Here's the full story: www.esa.int/Applications...
February 6, 2026 at 10:27 AM
During Covid, air pollution dropped — but methane levels rose.
Now we know why: a temporary spike in atmospheric methane driven by both atmospheric chemistry and climate‑related natural emissions.
Here's the full story: www.esa.int/Applications...
Now we know why: a temporary spike in atmospheric methane driven by both atmospheric chemistry and climate‑related natural emissions.
Here's the full story: www.esa.int/Applications...
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As usual, men are displaying weaponized incompetence, in this case in displaying a supposed inability to understand the difference between individual women wanting to avoid men and having personal animosity toward them with structural oppression and dehumanization of women by men.
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
As usual, men are displaying weaponized incompetence, in this case in displaying a supposed inability to understand the difference between individual women wanting to avoid men and having personal animosity toward them with structural oppression and dehumanization of women by men.
It should be relatively clear by now, why Franz Kafka wrote the stories that he did. They surely no longer seem as outlandish as they maybe did just 20 years ago.
February 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
It should be relatively clear by now, why Franz Kafka wrote the stories that he did. They surely no longer seem as outlandish as they maybe did just 20 years ago.
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Was not expecting the announcement of a new band signed to Metal Blade Records to be accompanied by this photo. (They're called Broken By The Scream.)
February 5, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Was not expecting the announcement of a new band signed to Metal Blade Records to be accompanied by this photo. (They're called Broken By The Scream.)
This is awesome. Techno that feels retro _and_ futuristic at the same time. Very very bouncy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:36 PM
This is awesome. Techno that feels retro _and_ futuristic at the same time. Very very bouncy.
Kinda funny to see places that used to have regular freezing snowy winters now struggle, because it's been getting milder and milder over the years, leading to loss of preparedness, and thus knowledge of how to cope
February 4, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Kinda funny to see places that used to have regular freezing snowy winters now struggle, because it's been getting milder and milder over the years, leading to loss of preparedness, and thus knowledge of how to cope
Oh goody, a new era of nuclear arms race coming up.
"Today marks the final day of the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia. It is the end of an era that began in 1969, when Moscow and Washington D.C. first launched the SALT I negotiations."
"Today marks the final day of the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia. It is the end of an era that began in 1969, when Moscow and Washington D.C. first launched the SALT I negotiations."
Last 🇷🇺🇺🇸 nuclear treaty is expiring tomorrow, ending half-century of arms control. The Barents Observer looks into what that could mean for the Kola Peninsula and the Arctic.
PM Støre fears Russia will deploy more nukes in the Arctic, as New START Treaty expires on February 5th
More uncertainty can push Russia to a higher alert, deploying more tactical and strategic nuclear warheads onboard submarines sailing out from the Kola Peninsula.
www.thebarentsobserver.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Oh goody, a new era of nuclear arms race coming up.
"Today marks the final day of the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia. It is the end of an era that began in 1969, when Moscow and Washington D.C. first launched the SALT I negotiations."
"Today marks the final day of the last remaining nuclear arms control agreement between the United States and Russia. It is the end of an era that began in 1969, when Moscow and Washington D.C. first launched the SALT I negotiations."
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Absolutely fascinating (and rather concerning): just spoke to some classic educated German middle class boomers - the ones who still read the newspaper and listen to public broadcast radio - and they had NEVER HEARD THAT AI HALLUCINATES!!
Like, they didn’t even know the concept 🤯
Like, they didn’t even know the concept 🤯
February 4, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Absolutely fascinating (and rather concerning): just spoke to some classic educated German middle class boomers - the ones who still read the newspaper and listen to public broadcast radio - and they had NEVER HEARD THAT AI HALLUCINATES!!
Like, they didn’t even know the concept 🤯
Like, they didn’t even know the concept 🤯
Both 'Anglo Saxon' and 'Judeo Christian' are pretty consistent indicators, that any topic they get used in, is a white christian supremacist one.
Going through some 1930s era folk music news clippings & Im always amazed at how much the term “Anglo Saxon” is used. I know it was used in eugenics language/legislation, but I really feel like weve largely forgotten its role in creating the language for early 20 century white supremacist movements.
February 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Both 'Anglo Saxon' and 'Judeo Christian' are pretty consistent indicators, that any topic they get used in, is a white christian supremacist one.
If I remember correctly, there's a book by Ken MacLeod along these lines
February 2, 2026 at 10:51 PM
If I remember correctly, there's a book by Ken MacLeod along these lines
Honest to god, I am so sick and tired of streaming services not telling you upfront what language a film will be in (or what languages the subtitles may be). I want to know if it's dubbed or not, in order to not fly into a rage when hearing weird unexpected voices
February 2, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Honest to god, I am so sick and tired of streaming services not telling you upfront what language a film will be in (or what languages the subtitles may be). I want to know if it's dubbed or not, in order to not fly into a rage when hearing weird unexpected voices