Michael König
@fndriven.bsky.social
Mixed bag
https://fndriven.de/
https://fndriven.de/
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What used to be bugs and informants is now #spyware. Bringing together victims of #Stasi surveillance and #spyware to discuss: How can we protect #freedom in the digital age?
🗓️ November 12, 18:30
#BerlinFreedomWeek
Register here 👇
www.berlin-freedom-week.com/en/event/sta...
🗓️ November 12, 18:30
#BerlinFreedomWeek
Register here 👇
www.berlin-freedom-week.com/en/event/sta...
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
What used to be bugs and informants is now #spyware. Bringing together victims of #Stasi surveillance and #spyware to discuss: How can we protect #freedom in the digital age?
🗓️ November 12, 18:30
#BerlinFreedomWeek
Register here 👇
www.berlin-freedom-week.com/en/event/sta...
🗓️ November 12, 18:30
#BerlinFreedomWeek
Register here 👇
www.berlin-freedom-week.com/en/event/sta...
It's some kind of "tiny" magic to import your own web component and use it together with others in a web project. Just include the JS file and add the html tag. (in my case [:my-component] bc #Clojurescript). That's the way! #webdev
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It's some kind of "tiny" magic to import your own web component and use it together with others in a web project. Just include the JS file and add the html tag. (in my case [:my-component] bc #Clojurescript). That's the way! #webdev
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"A Master of Fashion #Photography Who Embraces Accidents" www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...
A Master of Fashion Photography Who Embraces Accidents
Paolo Roversi’s studio portraits push the Polaroid process to its limits.
www.newyorker.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"A Master of Fashion #Photography Who Embraces Accidents" www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...
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Soviet republic of New York takes first key step towards total communism by publicly owning Andrew Cuomo
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Soviet republic of New York takes first key step towards total communism by publicly owning Andrew Cuomo
"This shallow behavior leads to a deadening of the moral and civic spirit that undergirds #democracy. People who are willing to accept “your mom” as an answer to important questions are people who have already decided that democracy is a rigged game." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
A Confederacy of Toddlers
The Trump administration is a regime of troubled children.
www.theatlantic.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"This shallow behavior leads to a deadening of the moral and civic spirit that undergirds #democracy. People who are willing to accept “your mom” as an answer to important questions are people who have already decided that democracy is a rigged game." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
"It did not seem like a good idea to have a camera inside of this thing waiting to be accessed by hackers." #technology www.wired.com/story/uncann...
How to Hack a Poker Game
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we break down how one of the most common card shufflers could be altered to cheat, and why that matters—even for those who don’t frequent the poker table.
www.wired.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"It did not seem like a good idea to have a camera inside of this thing waiting to be accessed by hackers." #technology www.wired.com/story/uncann...
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“We were on the edge, but we didn’t cross the line”: Musicians across Russia come out in support of jailed anti-war street performers
The band Stoptime and its vocalist Diana Loginova were arrested after singing banned anti-war songs in St. Petersburg.
The band Stoptime and its vocalist Diana Loginova were arrested after singing banned anti-war songs in St. Petersburg.
“We were on the edge, but we didn’t cross the line”: Musicians across Russia come out in support of jailed anti-war street performers
Russian street singer Diana Loginova — better known by her stage name Naoko — has been arrested yet again, this time receiving two consecutive 13-day sentences. One charge accuses her of “organizing t...
theins.press
October 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“We were on the edge, but we didn’t cross the line”: Musicians across Russia come out in support of jailed anti-war street performers
The band Stoptime and its vocalist Diana Loginova were arrested after singing banned anti-war songs in St. Petersburg.
The band Stoptime and its vocalist Diana Loginova were arrested after singing banned anti-war songs in St. Petersburg.
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So cool that we’re doing the 2008 financial crisis but this time, we’ll be bailing out the website that made out grandparents insane.
October 31, 2025 at 2:28 AM
So cool that we’re doing the 2008 financial crisis but this time, we’ll be bailing out the website that made out grandparents insane.
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what if ai, by making the complex path more bearable, makes us to stop looking for simpler paths? (maybe you could prove your result in Higher-Order Logic and would not need to learn category theory...)
October 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
what if ai, by making the complex path more bearable, makes us to stop looking for simpler paths? (maybe you could prove your result in Higher-Order Logic and would not need to learn category theory...)
This would be a good opener for a new HBO series. #tv www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
two police officers are talking to each other and one of them is saying i 'm thinking zombies
ALT: two police officers are talking to each other and one of them is saying i 'm thinking zombies
media.tenor.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
This would be a good opener for a new HBO series. #tv www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Server Charms are tiny, portable microcontroller setups made with recycled vape batteries. They create their own Wi-Fi network, inviting curious people to connect with their devices where a captive portal opens, leading to small webpages.
codeberg.org/actinomy/ser...
codeberg.org/actinomy/ser...
October 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Server Charms are tiny, portable microcontroller setups made with recycled vape batteries. They create their own Wi-Fi network, inviting curious people to connect with their devices where a captive portal opens, leading to small webpages.
codeberg.org/actinomy/ser...
codeberg.org/actinomy/ser...
I'm probably just old but those growing cards on webpages annoy me to no end! Stop this madness!
an older man with a beard is wearing a white tank top and making a funny face .
ALT: an older man with a beard is wearing a white tank top and making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I'm probably just old but those growing cards on webpages annoy me to no end! Stop this madness!
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Two months ago, an #AIslop farm passing as an online magazine stole the identity of our lead reporter and began publishing AI-generated articles under his name. He was not alone: at least 8 other journalists and influencers were falsely presented as writing for that outlet.
October 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Two months ago, an #AIslop farm passing as an online magazine stole the identity of our lead reporter and began publishing AI-generated articles under his name. He was not alone: at least 8 other journalists and influencers were falsely presented as writing for that outlet.
"… for us, #Wikipedia is completely global. It’s a free encyclopedia for every single person on the planet in their own language. So diversity, equity and inclusion are fundamental to the mission." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘People thought I was a communist doing this as a non-profit’: is Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales the last decent tech baron?
In an online landscape characterised by doom and division, the people’s encyclopedia stands out – a huge collective endeavour giving everyone free access to the sum of human knowledge. But with Elon M...
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"… for us, #Wikipedia is completely global. It’s a free encyclopedia for every single person on the planet in their own language. So diversity, equity and inclusion are fundamental to the mission." www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
I watched this Ennio Morricone documentary. Not only was he a great composer but even the schlockiest B-movies from that era had a mad and wild energy and they absolutely tried to make art. #music #cinema (German audio and geo-blocked) www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...
Maestro Ennio Morricone - Die ganze Doku | ARTE
In Ennio Morricones (1928-2020) Filmmusik-Karriere versammeln sich über 70 preisgekrönte Filme von Regie-Legenden wie Quentin Tarantino, Barry Levinson oder Terrence Malick. Morricone komponierte über...
www.arte.tv
October 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I watched this Ennio Morricone documentary. Not only was he a great composer but even the schlockiest B-movies from that era had a mad and wild energy and they absolutely tried to make art. #music #cinema (German audio and geo-blocked) www.arte.tv/de/videos/11...
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Love finding random checkbox art
October 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Love finding random checkbox art
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My state (in the US) doesn’t do DST, but the Navajo Nation does, resulting in this little glitch in the time zone map 🫠
October 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My state (in the US) doesn’t do DST, but the Navajo Nation does, resulting in this little glitch in the time zone map 🫠
"From that perspective, the question is less, “Why are flights so cheap?” and more, “Who actually pays for them?”" #environment #railway www.theguardian.com/environment/...
When trains are pricier than planes, there’s a heavy social, financial and environmental cost
In this week’s newsletter: whether it’s a holiday or work trip, railway travellers find themselves burdened by astronomical prices
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"From that perspective, the question is less, “Why are flights so cheap?” and more, “Who actually pays for them?”" #environment #railway www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Bioscoop is a DSL for creative coding. It's fun!
Here is a Bioscoop program followed by its source code.
More examples can be found in the gallery at github.com/danielsz/bio...
Here is a Bioscoop program followed by its source code.
More examples can be found in the gallery at github.com/danielsz/bio...
October 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Bioscoop is a DSL for creative coding. It's fun!
Here is a Bioscoop program followed by its source code.
More examples can be found in the gallery at github.com/danielsz/bio...
Here is a Bioscoop program followed by its source code.
More examples can be found in the gallery at github.com/danielsz/bio...
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Microsoft are rolling out Gaming Copilot to Windows 11 PCs. Silently, enabled by default, screenshots enabled by default, model training enabled by default. doublepulsar.com/microsoft-bu...
Microsoft builds on Recall with Gaming Copilot — fails basic privacy tests
Gaming Copilot, rolling out now to Windows 11, adds a new attack surface to Windows.
doublepulsar.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Microsoft are rolling out Gaming Copilot to Windows 11 PCs. Silently, enabled by default, screenshots enabled by default, model training enabled by default. doublepulsar.com/microsoft-bu...
#Clojurescript WebComponents library github.com/gersak/ty
GitHub - gersak/ty: Clojurescript WebComponents library
Clojurescript WebComponents library. Contribute to gersak/ty development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
#Clojurescript WebComponents library github.com/gersak/ty
If the #Internet becomes even more shittier I consider the nuclear option to just talk to people directly and reading books. I remember the time when I did exactly that and it wasn't that bad. The memes sucked of course.
October 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
If the #Internet becomes even more shittier I consider the nuclear option to just talk to people directly and reading books. I remember the time when I did exactly that and it wasn't that bad. The memes sucked of course.