Mastodawn

Send your kids to #art school and be ready to welcome what they bring home with open walls 😍🩵💙 #blue #canvas #painting

“Your brain needs friction to learn […]”

“Friction is the name we give to rubbing up against the outside world and sometimes encountering resistance […] that this is simply what it means to love and be loved, to be engaged with society, to think and feel.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/09/friction-maxxing-self-help-hacks-cooking-from-scratch-friends-human

I baulked at the idea of ‘friction-maxxing’. But there’s more to it than meets the eye

Self-help hacks such as ‘cooking from scratch’ or ‘meeting your friends’ may seem ridiculous. But there’s something deeply human at the heart of this trend, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian

David Roessli 4d ago

"My freedom is stronger than my fear. You are defeated the moment you stop fighting."
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr/14/my-life-has-become-a-rollercoaster-francesca-albanese-death-threats-danger-dread-accusing-israel-genocide

‘My life has become a rollercoaster’: Francesca Albanese on death threats, danger and dread after accusing Israel of genocide

When the UN special rapporteur published her report Anatomy of a Genocide in March 2024, she was lionised by some and demonised by the Trump government. She describes what happened next

The Guardian

David Roessli Apr 8

Dagnabbit! I just got caught by my own script: I thought I’d broken something after deploying an update to my website, but it’s CSS Naked Day that has just started in Asia! #CSSNakedDay #webStandards #CSS

https://css-naked-day.org

David Roessli Apr 7

Endpoints.

David Roessli Apr 2

"[…] talk to the people around you--and when I say talk here, I mean with your mouths, the way humans have spoken to each other for millennia […]".
Spot on read by Mandy 💜@aworkinglibrary
https://everythingchanges.us/blog/mouthwords/

Mouthwords | everything changes

Talk with your face.

everything changes

David Roessli Apr 1

Niléane Mar 30

Big news!
I'm launching a tiny Mac app 🥺🔍🤏

It's called TinyStart, and it's a lightweight Launcher and Emoji picker for macOS!

Unlike Spotlight, TinyStart is super fast at showing results and launching apps. It never becomes overcrowded with search results you don't need, and it lets you open URLs, perform web searches with custom search engines, and quickly open folders in Finder.

Oh and yes, I think the Emoji picker is pretty good too. It's everything the default macOS Emoji picker isn't: it's fast, it lets you insert Emojis in any text field, it isn't picky about keywords, and it learns your favorite Emojis over time.

Get TinyStart at https://tinystart.app: it's €5, you pay for it once and future updates are free!

also I made a lil' video to show you what it looks like:

David Roessli Apr 1

noyb.eu Apr 1, 2025

Happy april fool's day! 🥳🥴 Unfortunately, the reality of GDPR enforcement is so dire that we don't even need to make up a joke.

🧑‍💻 A recent noyb analysis showed that only 1.3% of cases before EU DPAs result in a fine - while privacy professionals say that they are the most effective enforcement measure.

#happyaprilfools

David Roessli Mar 28

Updated my #webdayout post with a few links.
https://davidroessli.com/logs/2026/03/a-web-day-out-in-brighton/

A Web Day Out in Brighton

I'm in Brighton, and it's blowing a gale outside. The air is fresh and salty and I'm gliding back to my hotel room 50cm above ground, my mind still high on the day's vibes.

david.roess.li

David Roessli Mar 25