I was playing with the idea of writing a very simple #selfhost|able webservice in #PHP where you can toss URLs to with a GET request and it puts out all previously collected URLs as an #RSS feed. That way I could add a very simple #ReadItLater functionality to my rss reader.

Turns out, the link-collection service I have been using for months (called linkding, check it out, it is great!) can do exactly that 😅

This was actually a nice read!

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/27/the-boring-phone-stressed-out-gen-z-ditch-smartphones-for-dumbphones

While I would probably not go for a "dumb" or feature phone at the moment (particularly for messaging; SMS is an insecure technology that needs to die already), the overall sentiment does resonate a lot with me.

I've read a bunch of insightful blogposts, articles and long-reads over the past few months about this topic. I did switch my habits a fair bit, especially after reading this post by amolith, which I also enjoyed a lot as well: https://secluded.site/pull-vs-push-intentional-notifications/

What I concluded for me personally is, that I want to be a lot less online to "kill time". This especially affects social media (in my case, that means the #fediverse) and doom-watching YouTube videos.

I intentionally selfhost an ActivityPub server that has few bells and whistles and is overall somewhat geared towards a slower feed (it's called #ktistec, check it out and leave some warm words for its developer!). I check in once a day or every other day. Still have some nice interactions and interesting thoughts to read, but nothing dragging me back every few minutes or notifications popping up constantly.

I enjoy reading interesting articles and blogposts and of course news about hobby interests, software developments & releases, discussions and A LOT about international, European and German politics. I use mostly #RSS for that. Again, this also follows the idea of "pull, not push". My preferred RSS client #miniflux just sits there and keeps collecting all my neatly compiled sources. And whenever I get around to it, I pull it up and start reading what's interesting and discard the rest. It does not notify me, it does not stress me: pull, not push.

Lastly, I started to use the Do Not Disturb mode of my phone and computer very liberally. Mostly on a timer during most of the day (during work and from 8PM until waking up), allowing only phone calls to get through and only from people in my contact list. I told family and friends to call me, when they need something from me immediately or for important issues. Messages on #signal can take several hours (sometimes days) until I see them.

This has gotten me in a better place, I think. Still, there are some "left-over issus" I am still unhappy about, such as YouTube/VOD consumption, which is still way more than I would like. And also the fact that i constantly have my phone on me and often times also in my hand, rarely even during conversations, which is horrible!

But I decided to not stress myself about that too much and work on minor changes in a consistent manner, as I have during the past months and years. It is all a process.

Das System der menschenrechtswidrigen Behandlung Geflüchteter, die von Küstenwachen aufgesammelt und irgendwo im Nirgendwo hilflos ausgesetzt werden ist seit Jahren bekannt, jetzt aber endlich journalistisch behandelt und bewiesen:

https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/report-muenchen/eu-asylsuchende-nordafrika-100.html

When I switched from #vim #neovim to the #helixEditor #helix, I wrote two little scripts to code and run #Rstats code directly from helix (ofc it should work with any REPL). Finally came around to upload the two (very short) scripts to my #git instance today: https://src.jayvii.de/pub/helix-term/

If someone ever tells you they got nothing to hide and do not care about #tracking and #spying by companies or the commercialization of #privacy, show them this:

Techcrunch: Google’s call-scanning AI could dial up censorship by default, privacy experts warn

“From detecting ‘scams’ it’s a short step to ‘detecting patterns commonly associated w[ith] seeking reproductive care’ or ‘commonly associated w[ith] providing LGBTQ resources’ or ‘commonly associated with tech worker whistleblowing.’”

#google #ai #censorship

Frage an die #vegan Bubble in Deutschland: kennt ihr außer alpro noch andere Marken, die #Sojadrink/#Sojamilch (oder auch Erbse) mit #Calcium verkaufen?

Bis dato hatte ich noch Alnatura Soja-Alge gefunden, aber die gibt es seit kurzem nicht mehr hier im Handel.

Bei Hafermilch mit Calcium gibt es eine halbwegs breite Auswahl, bei #Soja aber anscheinend fast nichts...

Recently started listening to online #Radio for music rather than using #Spotify et al. and it did really help me find a lot more amazing #metal #metalcore bands and songs.

I highly recommend listening to music only online radio for this use. They are typically pretty good at curating a "playlist" you can listen to all day long.

Na geht doch! Was #ARD und #ZDF hier hier für den #ÖRR beschreiben ist exakt die Grundforderung von #PublicMoneyPublicCode #PMPC

Schön zu sehen, dass die Kampagne immer mehr Früchte trägt. Freie, #Opensource Software #FOSS ist die Zukunft gemeinschaftlich bezahlter Software!

https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesellschaft/ard-zdf-mediathek-102.html

Hunderte male.tot geglaubt aber die Voratsdatenspeicherung will einfach nicht sterben. Nun ist sie anscheinend tatsächlich durch beim EuGH in einer erstaunlichen Kehrtwende:

Das Urteil vom 30. April 2024 stellt eine wichtige Wende in der EU-Rechtsprechung dar. Nach einem Jahrzehnt des juristischen Kampfes, in dem sich die europäischen Regierungen bewusst dafür entschieden haben, die vielen früheren EuGH-Urteile zur Vorratsdatenspeicherung nicht zu respektieren und umzusetzen, haben die Polizeien in ganz Europa gerade den Kampf gewonnen. Mit dem heutigen Urteil räumt der EuGH ein, dass er seine Rechtsprechung irgendwann ändern wird, wenn seine Urteile nicht umgesetzt werden. Dies ist eine beunruhigende Schwächung der Autorität des Gerichtshofs angesichts des Drucks der Mitgliedstaaten.

Deutsch auf Netzpolitik.ORG
Französisch auf La Quadrature du Net

Dabbling with (deploying) #stagit again and reading more into #git hooks is a fun ride! I am quite happy already with https://src.jayvii.de, expanding stagit with a few custom scripts and organising automatic packaging and deployment via hooks