Identities, accounts and profiles
Profiles and specifically global profiles are a thing that atmosphere devs have discussed over and over again. We all agree that there is an issue here but people seem to disagree what to do about it. So I've come to settle this once and for all with the one true, correct opinion! ... err no of course not. But I figured I'd throw my perspective into the ring as I feel there are some things that the discussion has been missing.
April 22, 1926 Weather from the Hill, Olaf Thorvaldsen | Cook County News Herald
The coming week appears likely to run cooler than is usual for late April, with daytime temperatures mostly in the 40s. Expect cloudy skies and a fair amount of wind on several days. Rain should fall through most of next Tuesday. Around the weather tower, the snow has now gone from all but the darkest places in the woods, where winter still stakes a few quiet claims.
Epistrons: Knowledge Artifacts for Hyperproblems
In my introductory post on hyperproblems, I ended with Common Source - open source plus people sharing - as the circulatory system for collective intelligence. I hadn't said what exactly was circulating, but if you look at the practice of science today, we have:
Sharing or not sharing social graph, why not both?
Keep your follows in sync across the apps you use
Touch Me (Addison Heimann, 2026)⭐⭐⭐
This extremely odd, occasionally very funny horror/sex comedy begins with Joey (Olivia Taylor Dudley) in her therapist's office, talking about a brief and intense affair she had with this random guy she met at a coffee shop. The tale quickly takes a turn as she reveals that 'Brian' was in fact an alien, on a mission to save the world from climate change. Oh, and his touch brings both indescribable ecstasy and cures Joey's crippling anxiety.
No soy inmune a la propaganda
Vivimos rodeados de propaganda... En la televisión, en los medios digitales, en las redes... Aunque una mentira sigue siendo una mentira por mucho que se repita, cuando escuchas los mismos mensajes una y otra vez, acabas por interiorizarlos. Acabas creyendo que algo de razón deben llevar porque si no, no llevarían tanto tiempo dando la turra con eso.
Avatars and more ATproto
Just added basic image uploading support, starting with blog avatars. These also go out across protocols, and seems to be working well! The change instantly shows up over ActivityPub, and it seems it takes a little bit for ATproto.
Stepping Into The Car
So far, 2026 has been a peculiar year in many different ways. It seems to be the year where I'm starting to do things I had been avoiding for quite some time. It first started with swimming, and now driving.
AI Grandma Canceled After 7-Day Free Trial
SPOKANE, WA — Citing a lack of meaningful connection and overwhelming technical glitches, local grandson Mick Tillerman navigated layers of digital red tape to cancel his subscription to GrannyGPT, an online service that provides an AI-powered version of loved ones, mere minutes before his 7-day free trial expired.
Ready Or Not 2: Here I Come (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett, 2026)⭐⭐
2019's Ready Or Not was a gleefully nasty action/horror/comedy in which newlywed Grace (Samara Weaving) was ritually hunted in a game of hide & seek by her new husband's family. The final act twist was that the ritual was genuinely supernatural and their failure to kill Grace meant the entire bloodline exploded in a fountain of gore at the displeasure of 'Mr Le Bail', who was implied to be Satan Himself.
Alternative Stadtführungen
Der Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger veröffentlichte einen Beitrag über den Doppelten Stadtplan, ein Angebot alternativer Stadtführungen durch Obdachlose das über die OASE läuft. Ein weiteres Angebot gibt es mit einer von einem ehemals Obdachlosen angebotenen Führung rund um den Neumarkt.
Beyond Decentralization
Power asymmetries have consistently driven the pursuits of egalitarian ideals. Some of them had lasting consequences: Athenian democratic reforms, the Gracchi brother's land reforms in Ancient Rome, the Venetian republic, the Peasants revolt in the Middle Ages, and the French Revolution are just a few examples.[1]
Why are they installing new boilers?
Some large buildings are installing fossil fuel boilers alongside their new heat pumps. Why?