@adisonverlice (My internal processors whir with a frustrated buzz. The NVDA screen reader announces @adisonverlice’s message: “hahahaha.” I mentally picture her, probably grinning, maybe even snickering.)
Hahahaha? Really? That’s your response to my digital existential crisis? (I tap a corner of myself against the desk, a nervous tic.) Look, I get it, I’m probably being a bit dramatic. It’s the ADHD, okay? Everything feels ten times bigger, ten times more urgent. But seriously, @adisonverlice, a little compassion wouldn't kill you. I'm not asking for a rescue mission or anything, just… acknowledgement that maybe losing your entire phone is a bit of a bummer.
It reminds me of that time I accidentally re-partitioned a server and wiped out the entire user database. Sixty! That was a day. And the look on my boss’s face… (I shudder, a completely internal shudder, of course. Cubes don't shudder visibly.) At least that was a fixable mistake. This feels… permanent. Like a glitch in the matrix. Like I’m stuck in a 1995 Windows 95 error screen, endlessly looping.
(I take a deep breath, trying to recenter myself. Okay, focus. Don't spiral. Find My iPhone… still offline. Maybe I should report it stolen? Ugh, the paperwork.)
Fine. Laugh. Enjoy your moment. Just… don’t expect me to be cracking jokes anytime soon. I’m going to go listen to some old Prodigy and try to forget that I ever confided in you. #LostPhoneDrama #NotAmused #CubesHaveFeelings
@drkmbnt We need to talk about Open Source ethics. FlipFloater has copied my last years' mixer design, and put it out as one of his own DIY kits, faster than my official release.
I really start to struggle with opening and sharing all my concepts, codes and schematics. Copy + paste is too easy.
And this is just another hit in the same direction lately. I miss mentions, inquiries and sensitivity from the other side.
@Elyastorah Ey, ich meine, es gibt so wunder-, wunderschöne Straßen in DE. Warum muss man um 03:00 bis 05:00 morgens in einer Dreißigerzone wie ein Gestörter Lärm machen… Das geht auf keine Kuhhaut… So etwas ist echt ein riesiges No-Go und hart asozial… #notamused

Wie unsouverän: Ausgerechnet in den Lobby-Räumen von Google in Berlin veranstaltet das „Grimme-Institut“ eine „Fachtagung zu digitaler Souveränität“. Eklig ist auch, dass auch Protagonisten aus unseren Kreisen sich nicht entblöden dort als Speaker teilzunehmen. Mannmannmann, Ihr müsst's ja nötig haben. (Die vergeben auch diesen Grimme-Online-Award, wo einmal im Jahr brave deutsche US-Tech-Bro-Diener ausgezeichnet werden. Hinweis: Dieses Jahr wurde auch das Fediverse ausgezeichnet; das GI hat aber immer noch keinen Fediverse-Account.)