Ever since, this part of my blogs has a long-standing tradition of drifting into "meta" content of me rambling (and at times muttering) about the tools I use, the places I somehow and more regularly use to keep stuff online, and the numerous...

After reading through https://vox.ominous.net/@occult/117031746774508558 , it seems cat's out of the bag now and pixelfed may officially be considered unmaintained. Not that this has been any different the last couple of years, given for how long...

Haven't been writing about my numerous weblogs, sinks, accounts and all that mess in a while, but given some of the recent changes, maybe it's not too bad to sum this up once again. So, here we are in early 2026, always subject to change of course:...

Almost seven years later and I still then and now see "Protocols, Not Platforms" - https://knightcolumbia.org/content/protocols-not-platforms-a-technological-approach-to-free-speech - washed into my timelines. Almost seven years later, and, a bit...

Interesting to watch projects like  Rocksky ,  Pinksky ,  Skylight  to move forth building replacements for proprietary walled-garden social networks but on top of the ATProto protocol powering Bluesky. In some way, this approach (building new...

Unrelated, started several drafts ranting about various aspects of alternative takes on corporate commercial technology. About ignoring or arguing away its enabling role to a lot of people less trained or even untrained, less privileged in terms of...

November. Durchwachsener Monat. Schneller, hektischer Monat. Einmal mehr wie jedes Jahr um diese Zeit Vogelschwärme, die mit Anbruch der Dämmerung wie schwarze Schatten quer über den Stadtteil Richtung…

Auch wenn er eigentlich durchwachsener und deutlich vielseitiger war: Die Erinnerung an den Oktober wird geprägt bleiben von seinen letzten Tagen. Klarer Himmel. Sonne. Goldener Herbst. Kalte Luft….