20 random bookmarks

2025-06-24

48.

On X11 and the Fascists Maggots

blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2025/06/23/the-fascist-maggots

Damn Jordan, what a sad title. I know dear reader, I know… 2 weeks ago I published a blogpost about the upcoming plans of GNOME 49 and the eventual removal of the X11 session. Since then, instead of looking at feedback, bugs and issues related to the topic, we all collectively had to deal with...

47.

Substack Did Not See That Coming

newsletter.anamariecox.com/archive/substack-did-not-see-that-coming

Let’s set Substack’s “Nazi problem” aside for a moment. What if the bigger issue is being stranded on a collapsing platform... with a bunch of Nazis?...

2025-06-16

46.

GitHub - ericjenott/Evertop: E-ink IBM XT clone with solar power, ultra low power consumption, and ultra long battery life.

github.com/ericjenott/Evertop

E-ink IBM XT clone with solar power, ultra low power consumption, and ultra long battery life. - GitHub - ericjenott/Evertop: E-ink IBM XT clone with solar power, ultra low power consumption, and ...

2025-05-27

44.

Wikipedia seven-millionth topic pool

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Seven-millionth_topic_pool

What do you bet it'll be?

2025-05-23

43.

A Rippling Townhouse Facade by Alex Chinneck Takes a Seat in a London Square

www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/05/alex-chinneck-a-week-at-the-knees

Alex Chinneck reimagines a Georgian townhouse facade into a playful portal for Clerkenwell Design Week 2025.

Cool art

2025-05-19

41.

Octopus, solar & e-paper energy dashboards

interactionmagic.com/Octopus-solar-energy-dashboards

I built a custom energy dashboard for my house using this beautiful, 2-bit colour, e-paper display. Hardware, software, data and design.

2025-05-07

40.

linkhut - a social bookmarking site

linkhut.org

Keep, share, and discover the best of the Web using linkhut.

Discovered from post by Drew Devault.

2025-05-06

39.

The Turkish İ Problem and Why You Should Care

haacked.com/archive/2012/07/05/turkish-i-problem-and-why-you-should-care.aspx

The Turkish capital I is dotted, İ. This can trip up seemingly simple code!

2025-05-03

35.

inCARceration by Crayon, kit bloodgutters

crayonmelon.itch.io/incar

drive your life back.

Insane stuff.

2025-05-02

32.

Ending hunger and hardship could benefit the UK economy and public finances by over £75 billion each year | Trussell

www.trussell.org.uk/news-and-research/news/ending-hunger-and-hardship-could-benefit-the-uk-economy-and-public-finances

Trussell is calling on the UK government to take action to alleviate pressure on our already stretched public services and lift millions of people out of hunger and hardship.

2025-05-01

30.

Linux in Excel? Sure, why not ruin both

www.theregister.com/2025/05/01/linux_in_microsoft_excel
29.

roons — show hn – whomtech

whomtech.com/show-hn

Welcome, weary traveller from the orange site! Let me tell you the tale of roons — a kit for building mechanical computers.

2025-04-19

25.

Digital Logic Sim by Sebastian Lague

sebastian.itch.io/digital-logic-sim

​A minimalistic digital logic simulator

2025-04-16

20.

Substack Has a Nazi Problem

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/substack-extremism-nazi-white-supremacy-newsletters/676156

The newsletter platform’s lax content moderation creates an opening for white nationalists eager to get their message out.

from 2023-11-28

19.

The Hangman

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hangman_(poem)

2025-04-10

13.

2025 PeerTube Roadmap

joinpeertube.org/news/roadmap-2025
12.

Europe’s GDPR privacy law is headed for red tape bonfire within ‘weeks’

www.politico.eu/article/eu-gdpr-privacy-law-europe-president-ursula-von-der-leyen

2025-04-09

5.

Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)

www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/why-techdirt-is-now-a-democracy-blog-whether-we-like-it-or-not
4.

AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism

newsocialist.org.uk/transmissions/ai-the-new-aesthetics-of-fascism

It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.

3.

How to Distribute Radical Shit: Don't Trust Your Printer

www.revoluciana.net/how-to-distribute-radical-stuff

Your printer is a snitch. It's a homing beacon for law enforcement– even offline.