OK, preaching to the choir here, but…

Our brains and bodies are simply not wired to handle the 24/7 horrors going on in the world right now.

I am not going to judge you based on how much you do or don’t talk about current events here.

Because I do know that the folks I follow here - they care, even if they’re not talking about it.

So if you’re feeling guilty/awkward/whatever about posting a good thing, or what you had for dinner, or something you made - please, don’t.

We need good stuff.

I am absolutely sickened by the increasing number of these horrible fucking trucks on Dutch streets. This one is parked on a place prohibited for cars, and blocking the road in one go.

HATE this shit.

#urbanism #biketooter

To defend against Russian tanks, Finland and Poland consider restoring wetlands

Finland and Poland are both considering rewetting dried out peatbogs to form defence barriers against a potential Russian ground invasion. Restoring these natural carbon sinks could also bring significant environmental benefits.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250828-to-defend-against-russian-tanks-finland-and-poland-consider-restoring-wetlands

📣 Consumers should be able to buy laptops without any specific operating system, and should not have to pay the license price if they don't want to.

Together with the @ItaLinuxSociety we launched the initiative 'Refund4Freedom' to protect consumer rights when buying a new computer.

Join our demand to end of this practice that limits user freedom

🔗 https://en.refund4freedom.org/

#SoftwareFreedom #FreeSoftware

You’re hosting a birthday party for your son, and the other kids are upset because he’s taken the entire cake and shut himself in his room, refusing to share it. Some kids are quietly collecting up the crumbs while others look like they’re about to riot.

You could demand he comes out of his room and shares the cake, but you have a different idea: ignore the chaos around you and try to bake another cake. You wouldn’t give the second cake to the other kids though: it’s your son’s birthday, so it should still be his cake. You’re sure that once he has two cakes he’d share some with the other kids.

You are a politician rejecting directly redistributive policies in the vain hope that encouraging economic growth alone might reduce inequality.