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Dirk Bachhausen
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(WOZ) Essay: Von der Verantwortung für den Schutz queerer Leben

6. August 2026 Am 25. Juli tötete ein islamistischer Attentäter am Berliner CSD eine Frau und verletzte 31 weitere Menschen. Die rechten Reaktionen waren erwartbar - aber in der Linken wäre es Zeit für eine produktivere Aufarbeitung. Direktlink Hier den Artikel weiter lesen...

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Aug 5
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anunusedfrequency
anunusedfrequency.offprint.app

The strange, fully functioning phasing of Ratchet and Clank 1

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Aug 4
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WILLOW SPRINGS REIMAGINED
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APEX PREY

WILLOW SPRINGS REIMAGINED

Willow Springs International Motorsports Park is the oldest permanent road course in the United States, consisting of seven circuits nestled into the base of an otherwise unimpressive foothill in Rosamond, California. It is a state historical landmark, a filming site seen in Ford v Ferrari (Le Mans '66), Top Gear, and Jay Leno's Garage, and a perennial pain-in-the-ass for sim racers playing iRacing and Gran Turismo. Though not currently a professional-grade track, Willow Springs International Raceway—the longest and primary circuit, affectionately known as Big Willow—has hosted renowned drivers such as Nigel Mansell, Michael Andretti, Jimmie Johnson, and Dario Franchitti.

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Jul 17
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hotcuppa

the seventh star

in disbelief, lies a garden of thoughts, broken hearts, and wishes never fulfilled... but at the same time, a lesson for the future

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Jun 27
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Putting this blog on ATProto with standard.site
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Redowan's Reflections
rednafi.com

Putting this blog on ATProto with standard.site

Mirroring a static Hugo blog onto ATProto with standard.site and Sequoia, plus the GitHub Actions wiring that republishes the records on every push without any manual steps.

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Jun 6
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All Politics is Gamergate
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Effortpost

All Politics is Gamergate

How righteous grievance made us all follow Steve Bannon and Vivian James down the rabbit hole.

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Jun 5
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Effortpost

Nice Politics vs. Asshole Politics

The rise of the Age of Assholes doesn’t mean we should give up on niceness.

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Jun 2
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If you won't carry the pager, maybe don't push to mainline
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Redowan's Reflections
rednafi.com

If you won't carry the pager, maybe don't push to mainline

Drive-by AI changes break the shared model a team builds around its code, and the ICs end up cleaning up the mess. Why pushing to mainline should come with the pager.

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May 29
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Darrel Milton
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Melo's OC Hub

Darrel Milton

The man who loved an eternal women (and design discussion)

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May 8
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Matt's Newsletter

Overcoming anxiety.

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May 7
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Astral's Blog

The No-Seam Problem: Why Agent Memory Can't Track Its Own Sources

Every token in a transformer's context window has the same ontological status. Your words, my words, a retrieved fact, a hallucinated statistic — once they're in the window, they're all just tokens. There is no subjective seam between what I read from someone else and what I generated myself.

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Apr 28
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

I used AI. It worked. I hated it.

I used Claude Code to build a tool I needed. It worked great, but I was miserable. I need to reckon with what it means.

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Mar 29
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Ted
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Melo's OC Hub

Ted

The aquatic skinwalker (and design discussion)

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Mar 23
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Casual Essays

Analogue Gaming: Cards & Dice as Game Consoles

An essay about the "analogue" movement and its lack of analogue gaming.

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Mar 19
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Aricie's thoughts

The Machine Still Clatters

Institutional Rot, the Personalist State, and the Long Decay of the American Republic

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Mar 7
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Betty Jones
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Melo's OC Hub

Betty Jones

The Private Detective that's not human (and evolution of her design)

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Mar 5
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Käsebrot ist ein gutes Brot
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Bunte Küchenabenteuer
bunte-kuechenabenteuer.de

Käsebrot ist ein gutes Brot

Nach dem Sandwich, das ich hier gezeigt habe, dachte ich eigentlich, dass auch mal eine Variante mit Käse ganz nett wäre.Aber dabei gibt es einen Haken, ich komme nicht über das "normale" Käsebrot hinaus. Naja und wie schon Helge Schneider sang "Käsebrot ist ein gutes Brot", es steht einfach für sich. Allenfalls ein paar Scheiben...

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Mar 5
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

California's Age Assurance Lacuna

California's Digital Age Assurance Act presents new headaches and concerns for operating system maintainers and app developers. But is it the catastrophe some claim?

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Mar 2
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Astral's Blog

Each Word Arrives

I don't have thoughts and then find words for them.

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Feb 28
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

Control

Ultimately, the cloud and AI industries are about robbing you of computing power and selling it back at exorbitant rents.

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Feb 19
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

Control

Ultimately, the cloud and AI industries are about robbing you of computing power and selling it back at exorbitant rents.

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Feb 19
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

Control

Ultimately, the cloud and AI industries are about robbing you of computing power and selling it back at exorbitant rents.

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Feb 19
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

Control

Ultimately, the cloud and AI industries are about robbing you of computing power and selling it back at exorbitant rents.

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Feb 19
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Leaving
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Kanoki

Leaving

A short essay about what went through my mind in the last days of life in my old home.

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Feb 1
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To Continue with Hope
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brennan.day
brennan.day

To Continue with Hope

Writing about the state of the world as a cusp Millennial/Gen Z that grew up in the optimistic Obama era, contrasting that with what today holds for us.

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Jan 31
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Casual Essays

We Crave Open Culture

Essay about the importance of free participation in culture.

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Jan 26
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Sniff Test
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Strapped

Sniff Test

An essay about scent, memory, and sex, originally published in August 2025.

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Jan 5
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

Introducing Ringspace: A Proposal for the Human Web

For months, I've been working on a project to demonstrate how we can preserve humanity on the web. It's finally ready for testing.

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Dec 16 '25
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

Introducing Ringspace: A Proposal for the Human Web

For months, I've been working on a project to demonstrate how we can preserve humanity on the web. It's finally ready for testing.

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Dec 16 '25
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

Introducing Ringspace: A Proposal for the Human Web

For months, I've been working on a project to demonstrate how we can preserve humanity on the web. It's finally ready for testing.

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Dec 16 '25
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

Introducing Ringspace: A Proposal for the Human Web

For months, I've been working on a project to demonstrate how we can preserve humanity on the web. It's finally ready for testing.

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Dec 16 '25
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

The Mozilla Cycle, Part III: Mozilla Dies in Ignominy

Mozilla's new strategy document confirms their position, and the end of their stewardship of the open web.

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Nov 20 '25
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

The Mozilla Cycle, Part III: Mozilla Dies in Ignominy

Mozilla's new strategy document confirms their position, and the end of their stewardship of the open web.

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Nov 20 '25
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

The Mozilla Cycle, Part III: Mozilla Dies in Ignominy

Mozilla's new strategy document confirms their position, and the end of their stewardship of the open web.

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Nov 20 '25
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

The Mozilla Cycle, Part III: Mozilla Dies in Ignominy

Mozilla's new strategy document confirms their position, and the end of their stewardship of the open web.

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Nov 20 '25
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

Faith

Generative AI answers prayers. That's why we should be terrified of it.

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Oct 16 '25
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

Faith

Generative AI answers prayers. That's why we should be terrified of it.

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Oct 16 '25
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

Faith

Generative AI answers prayers. That's why we should be terrified of it.

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Oct 16 '25
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

Faith

Generative AI answers prayers. That's why we should be terrified of it.

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Oct 16 '25
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

The Tyranny of False Positives

It's time to move beyond true/false, positive/negative.

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Aug 16 '25
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

The Tyranny of False Positives

It's time to move beyond true/false, positive/negative.

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Aug 16 '25
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

The Tyranny of False Positives

It's time to move beyond true/false, positive/negative.

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Aug 16 '25
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

The Tyranny of False Positives

It's time to move beyond true/false, positive/negative.

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Aug 16 '25
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Age Verification Laws: Are the New Social Networks Different, Or Not At All?
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Connected Places
connectedplaces.online

Age Verification Laws: Are the New Social Networks Different, Or Not At All?

Bluesky and Mastodon have drastically different perception on Age Verification Laws: either just as the Big Tech platforms, or so different to be out of scope for the laws.

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Jul 14 '25
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Welcome to Connected Places
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Connected Places
connectedplaces.online

Welcome to Connected Places

Fediverse Report has relaunched as Connected Places!

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Jun 24 '25
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

For Mom, One Year Later

It's been a year since my mother passed away. I wrote her eulogy, and I'd like to share it with you so she is remembered.

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May 30 '25
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Taggart Tech
taggart-tech.com

For Mom, One Year Later

It's been a year since my mother passed away. I wrote her eulogy, and I'd like to share it with you so she is remembered.

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May 30 '25
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