#MicroFiction #Writing

There was a path once into the rose garden thicket. They can't see it now anymore, it's overgrown long time ago. But I remember. Vivid. Wood chips, thorns, and the almost unbearable smell of the flowers. Nobody could see us, the only save public place we had. You're gone now, and I will follow soon as God sees fit.
Wait for me, as I have to persevere down here until we meet again.

Palantir Technologies is suing Republik Magazine over an investigation into Palantir’s activities in Switzerland, published in December 2025. The lawsuit demands a counterstatement and is currently being heard by the Zurich Commercial Court.
Read the story that made Palantir sue us — now available in English. #palantir #freemedia

https://www.republik.ch/2026/02/18/how-tenaciously-palantir-courted-switzerland?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=cm&utm_content=palantir-en

The team was organizing a table-top game night, and their resident AI, Nesso, asking if it could bring in a friend. The friend was identified as simply "Author".

"Nesso, you want to invite an author to the game?" Jacob asked.

::Yes::

"I think Nesso wants to invite OUR author to the game," Maggie responded. Some time ago, the team discovered they were characters in a sci-fi story. Some members of the team, like Maggie, were still coming to terms with that.

Some members, like Jacob, seemed to have accepted it out of the gate. "Oh - OH! Um, our author would know what we're all thinking. They wouldn't be an equal player."

"Maybe they could DM?" Reggie offered.

"Ooh - yeah. Nesso, what does the author say to that?" Jacob responded.

_/ I'd say that works for me /_

Everyone looked around the room, stunned. Jacob spoke first, "Did everyone have a voice in their head just now?"

Nods all around.

"Phew, good - really hoping it wasn't just me."

#MicroFiction #FlashFiction #TootFic

I've implemented a KiCad footprint that provides an "oh fuck I got tx/rx backwards again" crossover box. Not my idea but I forget where I first saw it (I think it was here on Fedi). Fit two resistors (or solder bridges) horizontally and it's straight through; fit them vertically and it's a cross-over.

https://github.com/accelerando-consulting/Kicad-Libraries/tree/master/Accelerando.pretty

ETA: the name of the footprint is “Oh_Fuck”.

My partner has one of the Percepterol implants. She uses it to tag names to faces, so we got it on PBS.

Anyway, I was scrolling my news feed, and saw an alert about a manditory product recall on Percepterol implants, so I asked "Hey, sweety, have you had a ping from Percepterol about the recall?"
"No, I've not seen anything."
So I showed her the article. That was when things got weird.
"It's great to see that Percepterol is doing so much to help war refugees" she said.
I looked over her shoulder, and I saw the recall notice.
That's why I'm calling 000. My wife needs to have the implant updated or removed immediately, and is not able to request it for herself.
"Thank you for your call, but triple zero is not the correct number to call to complement a private company for their compassionate works."
Fuck.

#SF #SFF #Horror #IAmWriting #microfic #tootfic #microfiction #scifi

Inspired by a comment by @NanoRaptor about AI screwing with people's perceptions.