When people mention "Springer", they can refer to two very different publishers: Springer Nature or Axel Springer SE. Don't confuse them! One does not care about ethical standards, is involved in shady campaigns to exert influence, and employs questionable business practices. The other, of course, publishes the "Bild" tabloid.

(WIth apologies to John Rogers.)

#academicchatter

Another Homebrew Website Club Nuremberg last night — and I'm still delighted that this friendly, diverse group of practitioners meets monthly in my city. Interesting, inspiring, relaxed, and funny, as always.

Thanks to Björn for documenting everything: https://indieweb.org/events/2026-06-10-hwc-nuremberg

And if you're even remotely curious about joining us live in Nuremberg: we're hosting a special edition for the Nürnberg Digital Festival! https://nuernberg.digital/de/events/2026/homebrew-website-club-nuedigital

#indieweb #homebrewwebsiteclub

Sehr schöner Erfahrungsbericht von Cristina Lopes, einer amerikanischen Informatik-Dozentin an der University of California, Irvine, über die studentische KI-Nutzung in einem Semesterprojekt:

The Anatomy of a Learning Stall:
https://tagide.com/blog/llm/the-anatomy-of-a-learning-stall/

Wenn man dem Sprachmodell alles glaubt, Ausgaben nicht versteht und nicht die richtigen Fragen stellen kann, nützt einem auf die beste generative KI nichts.

Following the @EUCommission Tech Sovereignty and Open Source Strategy (and Mastodon’s direct mention within it!) announced this week…

Our team is proud to have signed and contributed to the drafting of the European Social Stack Open Declaration alongside our peers in the #SocialWeb and #Fediverse: @anewsocial, @eurosky.social, @newsmast, Save Social, and @swf.

We are a movement, and stronger together.

Read the declaration, add your signature, and share: https://european.social/

“We’re accumulating code faster than we’re accumulating trust. This phrase hit me hard today. We thought, narrowly, that code was what we produced. That was only half of it. We also produced, one safe deployment at a time, one needed improvement at a time, we produced trust.”

— Kent Beck (on LinkedIn)