Dans quelque semaines, on va fairer les vacances en France et je voudrais amélorier mon francais jusqu'alors.

J'ai pensé de regarder le Youtube francais, et je aime faire des gateaux! Avez-vous les recommendations pour des vidéo en cuisinier et le production de tout les choses sucré? 😄

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In the spirit of "you can't get what you don't ask for" and "trying to be more positive about online community just like the old days", I have an immodest proposal for kind Mastodonians in Spain, France, Germany, and other European countries I might pass through.

I start in València and need to move on starting March 30, eventually arriving in Freiburg im Breisgau on April 23, then back to Albania. I'm somewhat flexible about where I go in between using my Eurail pass.

THIS...may be the cutest thing I've ever made. Though, I don't feel entirely responsible for him and I believe he had a hand in making himself.

#Mastoart #upcycled #trashpanda #fediartists

Great piece about someone’s life-long experience with ME/CFS, told by themselves

#mecfs #pwLC #longcovid

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/feb/24/my-maddening-battle-with-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-on-my-worst-days-it-feels-almost-demonic

I have released version: alpha for my solo journaling plant observation madness exercise, Touching Grass: The Game
https://wordsmith.social/overthinking-the-apocalypse/touching-grass-the-game

For this version I welcome feedback, from players or just interested folk. The beta will be released on itch in the near future in zine format.

Mit wem würdert ihr denn reden, wenn ihr was über Altersnachweise im Internet/die damit verknüpften digitaler-Ausweis-Pläne machen wollen würdet? Fokus wird Luxemburg sein, EU-Perspektive ist natürlich auch super.

Ihr dürft euch gerne auch selbst nominieren. Nur dann müsst ihr auch mit mir reden :)

The American company Palantir Technologies has filed a lawsuit against Republik, an independent Swiss media outlet that published an in-depth investigation into its activities. The case is currently being heard by the Zurich Commercial Court. The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) considers this legal action to be a potential case of a SLAPP suit (strategic lawsuit against public participation).

Palantir develops intelligence and law enforcement software. The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) uses Palantir products to track migrants in the United States. The Israeli army also uses Palantir software in its war in Gaza.

In collaboration with the investigative collective WAV, Republik revealed Palantir’s attempts to sell its software to various Swiss authorities over a seven-year period. The investigation is based in particular on an internal report by the Swiss Armed Forces indicating that Palantir’s software posed a risk to their reputation and raised concerns about the possible transfer of sensitive data to the US authorities.

At the end of January, Palantir filed an application for a counterstatement, currently pending before the Zurich Commercial Court, citing alleged inaccuracies, while remaining very vague.

“The investigation conducted by WAV and Republik into Palantir is largely based on official documents that journalists were able to access thanks to Swiss freedom of information law,” notes EFJ President Maja Sever. “The legal action brought by this powerful multinational firm against a small Swiss media start-up is, in our view, an attempt at intimidation aimed at discouraging any critical analysis of Palantir’s activities”.

https://europeanjournalists.org/blog/2026/02/17/switzerland-us-analytics-firm-takes-republik-magazine-to-court/

in 2017 a popular twitter game was to type a partial phrase then see what your phone auto-completes it with.

this proved so popular that it is now the only business model in the US.