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Erik Uden 🍑May 28

My feedback to the EU regarding the newly proposed law forcing all websites to plaintext store everything users do or write for law enforcement.

This may be the dumbest law the EU has proposed as of yet, and it already attempted chat control and article 13 / 11, so this says a lot!

Not only have providers complained for decades about the cost of storing so much user data, of which 99.99999% won't ever be used, but also does law enforcement rarely need this kind of data, and by the time they've legally gained access to it, it won't be stored anymore.

It's a horrid invasion of our privacy, but the perfect tool for fascist regimes, for whom we are paving the way with this!

If you only invite corporate spyware lobbyist orgs to draft a law, this is the result. Peter Thiel couldn't have written a better proposal.

Stop this law if you wish for any citizen of this continent to respect you as an institution!

https://www.papercall.io/rubyconfth2026

Michael Kohl 🇦🇹🇹🇭May 31

@matthegap Der "Platz der Wiener Großartigkeit" ist in Hernals 🖤🤍

Michael Kohl 🇦🇹🇹🇭May 31

After a 6 week break from Padel I somehow thought a tournament would be the right thing to get back into it 😅 Anyway, made it to the semis where we were eliminated by the eventual winners. Still think we could have won that game, time to get over it.

Michael Kohl 🇦🇹🇹🇭May 30

suzi_1960 May 28

Ik lig dubbel….#asterixandobelix #asterix #obelix

Michael Kohl 🇦🇹🇹🇭May 30

RubyConfTH May 30

The CfP for RubyConf Thailand 2026 is open, we're looking forward to your submissions!

#ruby #RubyConfTH

https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/postgres-toast-the-greatest-thing-since-sliced-bread

Michael Kohl 🇦🇹🇹🇭May 30

@soulcutter The usual issues with TOAST also apply to JSONB. Some reading:

https://medium.com/@josef.machytka/how-postgresql-stores-jsonb-data-in-toast-tables-8fded495b308

https://pganalyze.com/blog/5mins-postgres-jsonb-toast

Postgres TOAST: The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread? | Crunchy Data Blog

Elizabeth gives us an overview of the Postgres TOAST (The Oversized Attribute Storage Technique) system and what it means for your data types and storage.

Crunchy Data

Michael Kohl 🇦🇹🇹🇭May 28

technomancy May 28

after working on https://fedibot.club I thought it'd be neat if the generic parts of that app were extracted out so they could be easily re-used by other #fennel developers

so here we go! a starter repo that gives you moonmint, object capabilities, and a fediverse-powered login system, all in under 250 lines: https://git.sr.ht/~technomancy/min-web-fennel

you can see the deployed demo here: https://oauth-demo.technomancy.us/about

fedibot club

Michael Kohl 🇦🇹🇹🇭May 27

@hobbsc Being the nerd that I am, I already have a list of games in the genre that I would like to play if I end up liking it 😂 Hyrule Warriors DE, Fire Emblem Warriors, One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 & 4, Dynasty Warriors 7 XL.& Origins.

Michael Kohl 🇦🇹🇹🇭May 27

@hobbsc Yeah, I played just enough of it to get to the point where it gets more interesting with the base, the blacksmith, etc. I haven't yet formed an opinion, need to play more of this, I'm intrigued.

Deniz Opal May 15

I think we should tell Gen Z that Head Cleaner's "Play Both Sides" was the 🔥 album of 1986

@selzero 😂

@selzero
Early Industrial.

spanghero May 15

@selzero Sublime sounds.

George Saich May 15

@selzero
There is a really good track on there called "Q-tip and Rubbing Alcohol."

Nazo May 15

@geos @selzero You had to use a q-tip? Mine just had a spot you drip the alcohol into if I recall.

Noortje Van Leeuwen May 15

@nazokiyoubinbou @geos @selzero mine still does have that spot...

As I remember, it was a short song.

Even We Will Rock You was longer.

Nazo May 15

@selzero I mean, just about everyone played this tape, so it must be true.

wroong May 15

@selzero I have it on vinyl 🫠

64 Islands Aroha Cooperative May 15

@selzero so many alcohol soaked parties, full of dirty head. what a legend!

@airshipper @selzero

How did we...

Survive

Not get arrested

😳

@stevewfolds May 15

@Arapalla @airshipper @selzero Busted in ‘70, VW Bus. Bailed 4 hours later for $30.

@stevewfolds @airshipper @selzero

How cool was that? 😎

@stevewfolds May 15

@Arapalla @airshipper @selzero We were trying to to smoke an ounce of weed and had a case of beer

@stevewfolds @airshipper @selzero

Nice.

Beer bongs rule 🤣🤣🤣

@stevewfolds @Arapalla @airshipper @selzero

Dragon-sided D May 16

Oh man I feel this so deep, so many memories, this is our culture, my Brethren in Weed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrBIZHRoipQ

Blue Öyster Cult – Then Came the Last Days of May (Lyric video)

YouTube

https://youtu.be/cbzwXINOTMk

Alerta! Alerta!May 15

@selzero Oh! And I always thought the song was "Headcleaner" by the avantgarde-band "play both sides"

And Einstürzende Neubauten then covered that in 1996...

Einstürzende Neubauten - Headcleaner (full version)

YouTube

xinit ☕May 15

@heiglandreas Came here to mention this from arguably the best era of Neubauten.

mazzoo May 15

@xinit @heiglandreas @selzero came here to say this, too.

Àlex Ander May 15

@heiglandreas @selzero Although "Head Cleaner" sounds like an awesome name for a band. The sort of new wave band that opened the act for "Talking Heads".

Attractive Nuisance May 15

@heiglandreas @selzero This is my favourite Beatles cover.

Bishop Joey (he/him)May 15

@heiglandreas @selzero And I came here to mention that classic cover. It's really all you need.

Urban Hermit May 15

@heiglandreas @selzero this is it, right here.

The band "Head Cleaner" is pro hard drugs and their gritty hit "Play Both Sides" is about cops and doing jail time..

While the band "Play Both Sides" is a World Music Hippy Band, and their hit "Head Cleaner" is about enlightenment and things that make you flip the paradigm.

Martin Vogel May 18

@heiglandreas
In Germany the band performed under the name "Reinigungsband".
@selzero

yrlaNor May 18

@heiglandreas
absolutely right, but it was 1993 (tabula rasa) ;)

unforgettable concert in düsseldorf. some idiot shouted at the band "you've become so boring!" and mark chung slowly approached a mic and calmly replied: "art." brilliant.
@selzero

Alerta! Alerta!May 18

@yrlaNor @selzero where did I get the 1996 from.... 🤔

Might have been a transfer-error 🙈

Thanks for setting that straight!

Noortje Van Leeuwen May 15

@selzero but it was....

I mean their number one song is still

"Squeeck, squeeck, rattle, grind, click."

Àlex Ander May 15

@selzero Inspiration source for Phil Collins' "Both Sides" album.

bencourtice May 15

@selzero some guys I knew at highschool had a crust/grind band called Head Cleaner. They were quite fun.

Doesn't Exist.May 15

https://youtu.be/rd-SpXJ3ops?si=An1cuNj6cKNcwK7C

And in a rare event, Einsturzende Neubauten's cover was even better than the original.

Einsturzende Neubauten - Headcleaner

YouTube

H4Heights 🇪🇺🇵🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦May 15

@selzero Cruel. 😂

@selzero
#EinstürzendeNeubauten
#Headcleaner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbzwXINOTMk

Heinzenstein May 15

Einstürzende Neubauten - Headcleaner (full version)

YouTube

Cameron Neylon May 15

@selzero But the b side was better...just less popular

Ben Todd May 15

I always preferred the b-side. The sound was really clear on that.

Jessica Stewart May 15

@selzero we put on a cassette storybook for our kids back in 2005 or so passed on to us by neighbors. After a while they wandered away and when we asked them, they said it’s broken. We turned it over and their eyes🤣🤣🤣

Txo!?May 15

@selzero Wasn't it the OST for the film Eraser Head? 😏 😬 😅

Beanface42 May 20

@txo_elurmaluta @selzero 😆😆😆 excellent!

Mark Reid May 15

@selzero @cstross “You know, I’ve heard that there was a vinyl reissue in the early 2000s that’s a very rare collectors item now. Make sure you ask whether they have a copy at your local record stores.”

aks May 15

@selzero there was also a german band from around that time called Bandsalat and everyone hated it

Verkehrshindernis May 15

@selzero These Album was the "finisher" of every party 😉

Frantic 🇬🇧 + 🇪🇺May 15

@selzero I had the special yellow edition of this 😊.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ58u4oipM4

Verkehrshindernis May 15

@selzero I've the Vinyl "No tribute to...". It is a very calm album 😉🤷‍♂️

@selzero 😂

@selzero i prefer Atmos - Head Cleaner

😎

Atmos ‎- Headcleaner [FULL ALBUM]

YouTube

Androgenes 🏴‍☠️🫂🔞May 15

@selzero It sounded better than the Showaddywaddy tape my auntie bought me for my birthday in 1977.

Where is the pencil?

@selzero I'm younger than that sound but It was really good

Elias Mårtenson May 15

@selzero Would gen Z even know what a cassette is? 🙂

Laura May 16

@loke @selzero Yes! At least I do. But uh, seeing this post in isolation, I thought "Head Cleaner" was an actual band and they just had a very strange/humorous album name until I read the comments.

ewanm89 May 15

@selzero With popular re-releases every year in that era :D

Phil Thane ✅May 15

@selzero
I had the CD version, 'This side up'.

SuperMoosie May 15

@pthane
Lens cleaner was a different band altogether. However they did both share the same drummer A Brush.
@selzero

Dec.tar.gz May 15

@pthane @selzero
I have a compilation on CD-R from a record label that used to release all their CD-R promos with "BLUE SIDE DOWN" printed on the disc.