The latest episode of 99% Invisible is pretty good, but had a moment near the end that I found super valuable. (30: minute mark)

They discussed the value of being senior and reaching out to younger folk in the field to give them support.
Going from "I don't know how to do this" to "My way is how to do this" to finally "There's a million ways to do this, just do it better than I did" is one of the most rewarding things. You never know the kind of impact that you will make, particularly if you were successful.

Identify the folk that will move the folk forward and do what you can to support them.

Exit Interview With Michael Bierut - 99% Invisible

Come see Roman as he hosts a conversation with The Memory Palace‘s Nate DiMeo on Thursday, January 22, 2026 (7pm PT) at KQED in San Francisco. Get your tickets! Michael Bierut is one of the best known designers in America.

^{99% Invisible}

⚔️ Der Deutsche Presserat hat sein schärfstes Schwert gezogen: Für ihre falsche „Skandal“-Story über angebliche Geheimverträge zwischen EU-Kommission und NGOs erteilte er der WELT eine Rüge. Diese muss sie nun auf der Seite des Artikels veröffentlichen – was bisher nicht geschieht.

🔎 Bei dem Artikel handele es sich um eine „gravierende Irreführung der Leserschaft und einen schweren Verstoß gegen die journalistische Sorgfaltspflicht“, urteilt der Presserat. Das ist ein äußerst wichtiges Signal, auch für alle anderen Medien!

📣 DIE Welt muss die Rüge jetzt dort veröffentlichen, wo auch die gerügten Artikel stehen. Aber bisher hat sie das nicht getan, auch unsere Emails beantwortet sie nicht. Damit darf sie nicht durchkommen. Für ihre Verletzung des Pressekodex sollte sie zumindest gerade stehen.

🔁 Helft uns, den Post zu verbreiten und Druck zu machen, damit DIE WELT die Rüge auch öffentlich macht!

lobbycontrol.de/aus-der-lobbyw…

Presserat-Rüge: Irreführende Berichterstattung der WELT über NGOs | LobbyControl

Der Deutsche Presserat hat die Springer-Zeitung DIE WELT für ihre Berichterstattung über Nichtregierungsorganisationen (NGOs) gerügt. Damit reagierte er auf eine Beschwerde von uns.

^{Christina Deckwirth (LobbyControl)}

Announcing The Linux Command Line Seventh Internet Edition and Third Print Edition

Good News Everyone!

I have just released the Seventh Internet Edition of my book. Along with the Internet Edition release we're just a few days from the general availability of the new print edition which is based on the aforementioned Internet Edition.

See all the details here: linuxcommand.org/tlcl.php

#Linux #Books

Gajim 2.4.2 has been released! 🎉

Installing Gajim on macOS is now only a single click away. This release brings a simplified macOS setup, easier sharing for files 🗃️ and support for link previews 🔗.

Thank you for all your contributions ❤️ Let us know what you think!

Support Gajim's development: liberapay.com/Gajim

#gajim #xmpp #chat

gajim.org/posts/2026-01-15-gaj…

Gajim 2.4.2

What’s New Gajim Setup for macOS Installing Gajim on macOS was possible for a while now, but it was inconvenient and difficult for most users.

^gajim.org

Managed to catch a gnome-shell message "cannot reopen /dev/dri/card0: device busy" when plugging a USB-C dongle for an external monitor. So I logged out, and restarted my session *after* plugging in the dongle - surely it won't need to fuck with the device then? - and it started working.

(This is a dongle for an external monitor that I had never managed to make work. Apparently all I needed was to plug it in before starting my session.)

(Why was GDM happy with plugging in the middle...?)

who up effing they droid?

#fdroid

My hero today is a Copenhagen protester protesting the US invasion of Greenland with this sign:

“USA already has too much ICE.”

🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

~2 years grinding working on an app, and now you can vibe code it in like a week

amazing what we've done with technology now. Sure we're going to have to spend time sifting the turds from the gold, but there will be more gold than ever
RT: mastodon.social/users/dansup/s…

Love to see the age range for this shite... I bet most of these people are under 40 and NOT raised properly...

Incidents include passengers accused of inappropriate touching, instigating fights, uttering threats, sneaking onto flights, refusing to sit during landing/takeoff, consuming their own alcohol, vaping cannabis, and a wide range of “intoxicated and unruly” behaviour... ctvnews.ca/canada/article/inde…

#aircanada #westjet #porterairlines #airtravel #cdnpoli #polcan #cdntranspo #transpocan

Indecent exposure on flight among 114 disruptive passenger reports filed in Canada in 2025

From assaulting flight attendants to smoking onboard and even indecent exposure, Canada’s transportation authorities logged more than 100 reports of disruptive air passengers in 2025.

^{Daniel Otis (CTVNews)}

This is wonderful. Sorry it’s an IG link, you might need a computer to view.

instagram.com/reel/DSxpimSCRok…

NOEL DEYZEL 🇿🇦 on Instagram: "I had a “survival” year in 2016, sometimes we need these years to teach us the lessons we need to grow and flourish🙏🏼 . Next year can be different, uplift yourself and nurture your circumstances so you can be better 🙌🏼❤️ . I

550K likes, 4,190 comments - noeldeyzel_bodybuilder on December 27, 2025: "I had a “survival” year in 2016, sometimes we need these years to teach us the lessons we need to grow and flourish🙏🏼 .

^Instagram

We are once again about to enter the new loop of trump's "facilitating peace talks" between Ukraine and russia.

We are at the step:

blame Ukraine.

Next step:

force Ukraine into a sketchy deal, written by russians.

Followed by:

fail and say it's all russia's fault;
someone visits russia and gets a blowjob by pootin;
blame Ukraine.

#ukraine

reuters.com/world/europe/trump…

I'm still amazed that, as a blind person, I'm typing this on Linux, with an Android phone in my pocket, and not really having any major issues with either.

#linux #foss #tech #accessibility #blind #android

Sensitive content Reveal/hide

#Camper ist ein gemeinwohlorientiertes Tool zur Organisation und Durchführung von Barcamps - ohne KI.

Gerade wollte ich darauf verweisen und stelle fest, dass die Finanzierung wohl ausgelaufen ist.

Kennt jemand den Stand der Dinge?
Wäre nicht schön, wenn es nicht weiter betrieben und weiter entwickelt würde.

barcamps.eu/
#OpenSource #Barcamp #FOSS #selbstbestimmtDigital

Keen on losing money? Go #AI

#Cory #Doctorov @pluralistic says sorry:

"No one has ever lost as much money as the AI companies.

There is no way to operate one of Nvidia's big AI-optimized GPUs without losing money. The owners of these GPUs who have lost the least money are the ones who rushed into buying GPUs without ensuring they'd have electricity to power them, and have been forced to leave their GPUs to age in warehouses. "

pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/not…

#ThereIsNoAI #slop

Kritik an der Nutzung eines Altbots ist Fundamentalopposition und man rede damit die Mühen der Inklusion schlecht.

Oh man.

Ich würde mich echt freuen, wenn mehr Menschen darüber nachdenken würden, dass technokratische Implementationen im seltensten Fall die Problemstellung lösen.

Die Ausgabe eines Altbots ist für blinde Menschen nicht überprüfbar. KI-generierte Texte sind idR nicht hinreichend. Den Altbot Text kann man dann weder löschen noch korrigieren. Der Text ist im Reply versteckt (manchmal nicht mal im ersten Reply) und in der Timeline nicht sichtbar.

Dazu kommt, dass für Blinde die Navigation mit Screenreader erheblich aufwendiger ist, als für uns Sehende.

Schreibt eine Bildbeschreibung in das Bild. Bitte.

#Altbot #Bildbeschreibung #AltText

»curl — Projekt beendet Bug-Bounty-Programm:
curl-Maintainer @bagder hat das Ende des Bug-Bounty-Programms angekündigt. Unbrauchbare KI-Meldungen nahmen wohl überhand.«

Ach was, die KI ist künstlich aber nicht intelligent oder was nun?!?? Ich bin sogar der Meinung, dass dies was die KI angeht noch das rel. kleinste "Problem" ist. Schade dass deswegen das curl Bug-Bounty aufgelöst wird.

🧑‍💻 heise.de/news/curl-Projekt-bee…

#curl #ki #bugbounty #unbrauchbar #ai #uberhang #ausserkontrolle #it #ittools

curl: Projekt beendet Bug-Bounty-Programm

curl-Maintainer Daniel Stenberg hat das Ende des Bug-Bounty-Programms angekündigt. Unbrauchbare KI-Meldungen nahmen wohl überhand.

^{Dirk Knop (heise online)}

what do you wish someone had told you about the Git command line interface when you started using Git for the first time? Especially curious about what you wish you'd known if you ended up choosing to use a IDE/GUI interface to Git.

(mostly interested in replies from people who started using Git in the last 5-10 years)

"This is a vulnerability"
"No, it isn't"
"Yes, it is"
"Prove it!"
"Ok, it may not be now...
...but it is a trap for future developers!"

Security reporting for the utterly deranged.
#curl

Was having a problem with #openBSD -current where @thunderbird would cause the system to slow down before crashing the UI completely. I would have to SSH in from another box and reboot and this would take a while.

Seems that problem is now fixed. I’ve had Thunderbird running for two days with no issues.

Although - whenever I think I’m out of the woods….

Having said all this I still prefer #foss to being locked in with no privacy and having my data sold and being used to train LLM’s.

Happy #WikipediaDay, and congratulations to @wikipedia on their 25th anniversary! What a milestone!

wikimediafoundation.org/wikipe…

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedi…

#wikipedia #Wikipedia25Years

Celebrate Wikipedia’s 25th Birthday – Wikimedia Foundation

Celebrate Wikipedia’s 25th birthday and the hundreds of thousands of people around the world who make the backbone of knowledge on the internet what it is today.

^{Wikimedia Foundation}