Kathrin
@puzzledpeaces.bsky.social
Rude AF hobbit, opinions on all the things, probably won't bite (too sleepy).
Typos in English, German, and Gibberish. she/her
Typos in English, German, and Gibberish. she/her
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Kathrin
@puzzledpeaces.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Being nice to people, not assuming bad faith, not picking fights, not quote dunking, just generally less aggro.
Welcome, new followers!
Please note the house rules as summarised below, and also be dears and use alt-text.
Please note the house rules as summarised below, and also be dears and use alt-text.
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Guter Kuchen ist eine Ofenbarung
...und andere Gedanken beim Teekochen
...und andere Gedanken beim Teekochen
November 15, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Guter Kuchen ist eine Ofenbarung
...und andere Gedanken beim Teekochen
...und andere Gedanken beim Teekochen
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To reiterate, this is about making life immeasurably more miserable and stressful for some of the most vulnerable people, in the almost certainly vain hope of winning over the votes of racists.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Asylum in UK to be made temporary under Home Secretary’s plans
Shabana Mahmood will lay out reforms modelled on the Danish system on Monday.
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
To reiterate, this is about making life immeasurably more miserable and stressful for some of the most vulnerable people, in the almost certainly vain hope of winning over the votes of racists.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
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Kann die AI bubble bitte endlich platzen, ich will es hinter mir haben
November 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Kann die AI bubble bitte endlich platzen, ich will es hinter mir haben
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Heute möchte ich euch John Powells Filmmusik zu "Drachenzähmen leicht gemacht" (von 2010) ans Herz legen. Nicht nur ist das klassisch-leitmotivische, suggestive gut gemachte Filmmusik, sie ist auch ungewöhnlich instrumentiert. Hört mal in "Forbidden Friendship" rein:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Ng...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Ng...
Forbidden Friendship
YouTube video by John Powell - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Heute möchte ich euch John Powells Filmmusik zu "Drachenzähmen leicht gemacht" (von 2010) ans Herz legen. Nicht nur ist das klassisch-leitmotivische, suggestive gut gemachte Filmmusik, sie ist auch ungewöhnlich instrumentiert. Hört mal in "Forbidden Friendship" rein:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Ng...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Ng...
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HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
Medical Republic: 'Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint'
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
'Additionally, certain risk loci overlapped with long covid (BPTF) and ME/CFS (OLFM4, RABGAP1L/GPR52), two poorly characterised disorders, albeit with different lead variants.'
www.medicalrepublic.com.au/fibromyalgia...
Fibromyalgia finally gets a genetic fingerprint - Medical Republic
A massive global study links the chronic pain condition to 26 genes associated with brain signalling, marking a turning point in understanding its biological roots.
www.medicalrepublic.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 4:09 AM
HOLY SHIT. They found the genes for fibromyalgia - and it's *not* autoimmune, it's the central nervous system. It's very cool to see some progress made on the thing that's ruined my life since late teenage years!
Woke up to the horrifying realisation that I have Plans(TM) today.
So I'm going to have to suck it up and put actual outside clothes on and go enjoy myself with people I like.
Bleargh.
So I'm going to have to suck it up and put actual outside clothes on and go enjoy myself with people I like.
Bleargh.
November 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Woke up to the horrifying realisation that I have Plans(TM) today.
So I'm going to have to suck it up and put actual outside clothes on and go enjoy myself with people I like.
Bleargh.
So I'm going to have to suck it up and put actual outside clothes on and go enjoy myself with people I like.
Bleargh.
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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Editorial note for anyone writing about Epstein, there is no such thing as an "underage woman."
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Editorial note for anyone writing about Epstein, there is no such thing as an "underage woman."
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Mayo Pete going LGB again. (And we all know that the B is only tenuously and grudgingly attached, and will be jettisoned ASAP, like all the other letters.)
Speaking at a Texas Tribune Festival on Friday, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg criticized the Democratic Party for failing to reach everyday Americans, arguing that it “got sucked in” to a conversation about identity. #TribFest25
Pete Buttigieg critiques Democrats for focus on identity
The former U.S. transportation secretary said the Democratic Party should focus more on issues gripping the country, such as health care and housing affordability.
www.texastribune.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Mayo Pete going LGB again. (And we all know that the B is only tenuously and grudgingly attached, and will be jettisoned ASAP, like all the other letters.)
brb - werde genüsslich soviele alkoholfreie G&Ts gegen den Durst saufen wie ich will... aus Protest
Gilt das denn auch für alkoholfreies Bier und entkoffeinierten Kaffee? Für "christliche" Parteien und für die Stiftung "Familienunternehmen"?
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/s...
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/s...
Alkoholfreier Gin darf laut EU-Urteil nicht so heißen - Gin gibt’s nur mit Alkohol
Darf ein Gin so heißen, auch wenn er alkoholfrei ist? Nein, entschied jetzt der Gerichtshof der Europäischen Union. Daran ändere auch die unternehmerische Freiheit nichts.
www.spiegel.de
November 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
brb - werde genüsslich soviele alkoholfreie G&Ts gegen den Durst saufen wie ich will... aus Protest
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Gilt das denn auch für alkoholfreies Bier und entkoffeinierten Kaffee? Für "christliche" Parteien und für die Stiftung "Familienunternehmen"?
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/s...
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/s...
Alkoholfreier Gin darf laut EU-Urteil nicht so heißen - Gin gibt’s nur mit Alkohol
Darf ein Gin so heißen, auch wenn er alkoholfrei ist? Nein, entschied jetzt der Gerichtshof der Europäischen Union. Daran ändere auch die unternehmerische Freiheit nichts.
www.spiegel.de
November 14, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Gilt das denn auch für alkoholfreies Bier und entkoffeinierten Kaffee? Für "christliche" Parteien und für die Stiftung "Familienunternehmen"?
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/s...
www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/s...
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I’ll say this much: This reads exactly like what it is: people who discovered romance five years ago and decided they had all kinds of amazing new ideas to “fix” it. Connections between books? That feel kind of cozy to the reader? How did no one ever think of that?? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/b...
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I’ll say this much: This reads exactly like what it is: people who discovered romance five years ago and decided they had all kinds of amazing new ideas to “fix” it. Connections between books? That feel kind of cozy to the reader? How did no one ever think of that?? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/b...
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Favorite new reaction image
November 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Favorite new reaction image
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‘Hits include . . . a Dutch anti-refugee anthem, both entirely made without human composition.’
And:
’It’s just another tool for expression, particularly valuable for people like me who have something to say but lack traditional musical training.’
But it’s not *you* doing the expressing, is it?
And:
’It’s just another tool for expression, particularly valuable for people like me who have something to say but lack traditional musical training.’
But it’s not *you* doing the expressing, is it?
Three songs generated by artificial intelligence topped music charts this week, reaching the highest spots on Spotify and Billboard charts.
AI slop tops Billboard and Spotify charts as synthetic music spreads
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
‘Hits include . . . a Dutch anti-refugee anthem, both entirely made without human composition.’
And:
’It’s just another tool for expression, particularly valuable for people like me who have something to say but lack traditional musical training.’
But it’s not *you* doing the expressing, is it?
And:
’It’s just another tool for expression, particularly valuable for people like me who have something to say but lack traditional musical training.’
But it’s not *you* doing the expressing, is it?
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[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
[To the tune of Pretty Woman by Roy Orbison]
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵Walking down the street
🎵Baba Yaga
🎵House with chicken feet
🎵Baba Yaga
I thought the direction of this was sooooo cool when I was 14... now it's mostly just exhausting.
So I guess I'm watching "Stigmata" tonight. First rewatch in ...20 years?
I blame @clairewillett.bsky.social.
I blame @clairewillett.bsky.social.
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I thought the direction of this was sooooo cool when I was 14... now it's mostly just exhausting.
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Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
November 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Long ago on the hell site I made long list of historically interesting things to use in dnd ttrpgs and I'll start dragging them over here starting with
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, depicting his fourth wife Caesonia.
Would it be very childish to blast music right back at my neighbours?
November 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Would it be very childish to blast music right back at my neighbours?
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
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„Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen sollen künftig strenger kontrolliert werden. Sie sollen künftig persönlich beim Jobcenter vorsprechen. So soll geprüft werden, ob die Betroffenen wirklich psychisch krank sind“
Sind die beim Amt jetzt ausgebildete Psycholog*innen oder was?
Sind die beim Amt jetzt ausgebildete Psycholog*innen oder was?
„Psychisch Kranke müssen sich rechtfertigen, Mieter sollen ihre Vermieter rügen: Der Entwurf für die neue Grundsicherung sieht einige überraschende Verschärfungen vor.“
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#grundsicherung #sozialhilfe #sanktionen #wohnen #hass #menschenrechte
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#grundsicherung #sozialhilfe #sanktionen #wohnen #hass #menschenrechte
Grundsicherung: So knallhart soll die neue Grundsicherung werden
Psychisch Kranke müssen sich rechtfertigen, Mieter sollen ihre Vermieter rügen: Der Entwurf für die neue Grundsicherung sieht einige überraschende Verschärfungen vor.
www.zeit.de
November 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
„Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen sollen künftig strenger kontrolliert werden. Sie sollen künftig persönlich beim Jobcenter vorsprechen. So soll geprüft werden, ob die Betroffenen wirklich psychisch krank sind“
Sind die beim Amt jetzt ausgebildete Psycholog*innen oder was?
Sind die beim Amt jetzt ausgebildete Psycholog*innen oder was?
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Insane new stats on AI music:
- 50,000 AI songs are uploaded every day
- 34% of songs uploaded are AI-generated
Massive respect to Deezer for being open about this - and being the only streaming platform to try to fight it.
This can't become the new normal.
- 50,000 AI songs are uploaded every day
- 34% of songs uploaded are AI-generated
Massive respect to Deezer for being open about this - and being the only streaming platform to try to fight it.
This can't become the new normal.
November 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Insane new stats on AI music:
- 50,000 AI songs are uploaded every day
- 34% of songs uploaded are AI-generated
Massive respect to Deezer for being open about this - and being the only streaming platform to try to fight it.
This can't become the new normal.
- 50,000 AI songs are uploaded every day
- 34% of songs uploaded are AI-generated
Massive respect to Deezer for being open about this - and being the only streaming platform to try to fight it.
This can't become the new normal.
So I guess I'm watching "Stigmata" tonight. First rewatch in ...20 years?
I blame @clairewillett.bsky.social.
I blame @clairewillett.bsky.social.
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
So I guess I'm watching "Stigmata" tonight. First rewatch in ...20 years?
I blame @clairewillett.bsky.social.
I blame @clairewillett.bsky.social.
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Immer wenn ein Unternehmen oder eine Institution arg in der Sch* ist, muss eine Frau her.
Siehe Deutsche Bahn oder eben WKO.
Das Phänomen nennt sich Glass cliff.
Siehe Deutsche Bahn oder eben WKO.
Das Phänomen nennt sich Glass cliff.
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Immer wenn ein Unternehmen oder eine Institution arg in der Sch* ist, muss eine Frau her.
Siehe Deutsche Bahn oder eben WKO.
Das Phänomen nennt sich Glass cliff.
Siehe Deutsche Bahn oder eben WKO.
Das Phänomen nennt sich Glass cliff.
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tbh a lot of the LLM marketing makes more sense if you think about them as a technology developed and hyped by people taught to read this way, and who therefore do genuinely struggle to read or write at their email jobs
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
tbh a lot of the LLM marketing makes more sense if you think about them as a technology developed and hyped by people taught to read this way, and who therefore do genuinely struggle to read or write at their email jobs