Kathrin
@puzzledpeaces.bsky.social
Rude AF hobbit, opinions on all the things, probably won't bite (too sleepy).
Typos in English, German, and Gibberish. she/her
Typos in English, German, and Gibberish. she/her
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Kathrin
@puzzledpeaces.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Being nice to people, not assuming bad faith, not picking fights, not quote dunking, just generally less aggro.
Welcome, new followers!
Please note the house rules as summarised below, and also be dears and use alt-text.
Please note the house rules as summarised below, and also be dears and use alt-text.
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Sweden becomes the first country to ban all AI music from their official charts! Huge win!
January 19, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Sweden becomes the first country to ban all AI music from their official charts! Huge win!
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A greeting card for my Bluesky friends
January 17, 2026 at 10:53 PM
A greeting card for my Bluesky friends
Where there's booze, there's drinking games. It is known ^^
A beautiful early medieval cobalt blue glass beaker. dating late 7th century AD. Found in a burial in Lauchheim.
This type of vessel has no foot and will not stand upright, it had to be emptied before it could be put down.
📷 @almbawue.bsky.social
This type of vessel has no foot and will not stand upright, it had to be emptied before it could be put down.
📷 @almbawue.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 7:00 AM
Where there's booze, there's drinking games. It is known ^^
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*squints*
So if you pay to use their product, the reward you get is that you then have to pay them to use your own products?????
That’s the plan????????
So if you pay to use their product, the reward you get is that you then have to pay them to use your own products?????
That’s the plan????????
OpenAI has absolutely zero ideas. They have no business. This is not a real business line and it’s so utterly vague and specious, I’m shocked at the credulousness to just print it without saying “there is no logical way this works of course” or talking about how the CFO of OpenAI is saying nonsense
January 20, 2026 at 6:05 AM
*squints*
So if you pay to use their product, the reward you get is that you then have to pay them to use your own products?????
That’s the plan????????
So if you pay to use their product, the reward you get is that you then have to pay them to use your own products?????
That’s the plan????????
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"a lot of people are posting about the bus kidnapping story, surely it can't be that bonkers"
my friends this is an actual odyssey
my friends this is an actual odyssey
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 6:15 AM
"a lot of people are posting about the bus kidnapping story, surely it can't be that bonkers"
my friends this is an actual odyssey
my friends this is an actual odyssey
Just for the record - I'm not awake 4 hours before my alarm goes off because I'm stupid (for once!!!). Instead, I'm awake because my neighbours decided 1:30 is a reasonable time to move furniture
I hope they stubbed their toes and the Feng Shui of the new layout gives them anxiety.
I hope they stubbed their toes and the Feng Shui of the new layout gives them anxiety.
January 20, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Just for the record - I'm not awake 4 hours before my alarm goes off because I'm stupid (for once!!!). Instead, I'm awake because my neighbours decided 1:30 is a reasonable time to move furniture
I hope they stubbed their toes and the Feng Shui of the new layout gives them anxiety.
I hope they stubbed their toes and the Feng Shui of the new layout gives them anxiety.
I have many answers to this, depending on my mood and how sophisticated I want to pretend I am, but in my heart of hearts what I really, really want is a "Chronicles of St Mary's" show by the people who made "Eureka", starring Rose Leslie.
Name a book that should be made into a movie or TV series
January 20, 2026 at 1:07 AM
I have many answers to this, depending on my mood and how sophisticated I want to pretend I am, but in my heart of hearts what I really, really want is a "Chronicles of St Mary's" show by the people who made "Eureka", starring Rose Leslie.
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We’ve been having this fucking conversations since the early days of this platform and it is so fucking tiresome. The idea that growth and clout are the only measures of success is absolute bullshit and so many people discount the possibility that those things can be A NEGATIVE
January 20, 2026 at 12:00 AM
We’ve been having this fucking conversations since the early days of this platform and it is so fucking tiresome. The idea that growth and clout are the only measures of success is absolute bullshit and so many people discount the possibility that those things can be A NEGATIVE
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Here’s an idea: what if Bluesky can just be Bluesky and we don’t have to want every single social media platform to be the global townsquare and how about if no platform becomes that and how about we just make the platform what we want and stop considering niche a failure for no reason.
If Bluesky is to grow and become a viable alternative for the "Global Townsquare," which was the point, it needs to compete on engagement and virality is a part of that.
It isn't competing. Engagement here has been falling for a year. That's a problem if you, like me, want it to survive and thrive.
It isn't competing. Engagement here has been falling for a year. That's a problem if you, like me, want it to survive and thrive.
January 19, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Here’s an idea: what if Bluesky can just be Bluesky and we don’t have to want every single social media platform to be the global townsquare and how about if no platform becomes that and how about we just make the platform what we want and stop considering niche a failure for no reason.
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INVENTOR OF ICE CREAM: okay okay i’ll make it jfc everyone just stop screaming
January 19, 2026 at 3:13 PM
INVENTOR OF ICE CREAM: okay okay i’ll make it jfc everyone just stop screaming
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Incredible how men absolutely refuse to learn what mansplaining *actually is* and as a result mansplain it to us, in this way.
January 19, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Incredible how men absolutely refuse to learn what mansplaining *actually is* and as a result mansplain it to us, in this way.
Jedes Mal, wenn ich solche Stories lese, denk ich an die Tage (Wochen/Monate) an denen allein der Gedanke es unter die Dusche zu schaffen zuviel verlangt war.
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January 19, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Jedes Mal, wenn ich solche Stories lese, denk ich an die Tage (Wochen/Monate) an denen allein der Gedanke es unter die Dusche zu schaffen zuviel verlangt war.
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Statt für peinliches Propaganda 'Radio' zum Zweck die Gesellschaft zu spalten, kann man Musik übrigens auch nutzen um Generationen zu verbinden und Menschen glücklich zu machen.
Was für ein wunderschöner Abend 🎉
Bericht: @derstandard.at
Was für ein wunderschöner Abend 🎉
Bericht: @derstandard.at
January 19, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Statt für peinliches Propaganda 'Radio' zum Zweck die Gesellschaft zu spalten, kann man Musik übrigens auch nutzen um Generationen zu verbinden und Menschen glücklich zu machen.
Was für ein wunderschöner Abend 🎉
Bericht: @derstandard.at
Was für ein wunderschöner Abend 🎉
Bericht: @derstandard.at
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YA romance about an elite warrior in feudal japan, whose life is transformed when he gets a makeover. "the samurai turned pretty"
January 19, 2026 at 11:59 AM
YA romance about an elite warrior in feudal japan, whose life is transformed when he gets a makeover. "the samurai turned pretty"
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Hier findet Ihr eine Website, die Apps europäischer Anbieter auflisten und Beschreiben. Gleichermaßen für betriebliche, wie auch für private Zwecke.
January 19, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Hier findet Ihr eine Website, die Apps europäischer Anbieter auflisten und Beschreiben. Gleichermaßen für betriebliche, wie auch für private Zwecke.
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There you go. Der Bezos sagt's jetzt laut.
Ihr sollt keine Konsument:innen mehr sein. Sie verachten Konsument:innen. Denen gehört noch was. Die können sich wehren.
Ihr sollt Abonnent:innen sein und sonst nichts mehr.
Ihr sollt keine Konsument:innen mehr sein. Sie verachten Konsument:innen. Denen gehört noch was. Die können sich wehren.
Ihr sollt Abonnent:innen sein und sonst nichts mehr.
January 19, 2026 at 10:32 AM
There you go. Der Bezos sagt's jetzt laut.
Ihr sollt keine Konsument:innen mehr sein. Sie verachten Konsument:innen. Denen gehört noch was. Die können sich wehren.
Ihr sollt Abonnent:innen sein und sonst nichts mehr.
Ihr sollt keine Konsument:innen mehr sein. Sie verachten Konsument:innen. Denen gehört noch was. Die können sich wehren.
Ihr sollt Abonnent:innen sein und sonst nichts mehr.
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💯🔥👍🏻💚
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
January 18, 2026 at 10:04 PM
💯🔥👍🏻💚
January 18, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Share a television show that raised you
January 18, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Share a television show that raised you
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The pseudopatriotic British right has always worshipped established power for its own sake, and this now reaches its absurd endpoint in the pages of the Telegraph
January 18, 2026 at 4:52 PM
The pseudopatriotic British right has always worshipped established power for its own sake, and this now reaches its absurd endpoint in the pages of the Telegraph
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Not a soul in sight in San Marco tonight.
@tealcartoons.bsky.social and I love coming here at this time of year. Venice is completely devoid of people in January. There's nowhere on earth like it.
@tealcartoons.bsky.social and I love coming here at this time of year. Venice is completely devoid of people in January. There's nowhere on earth like it.
January 18, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Not a soul in sight in San Marco tonight.
@tealcartoons.bsky.social and I love coming here at this time of year. Venice is completely devoid of people in January. There's nowhere on earth like it.
@tealcartoons.bsky.social and I love coming here at this time of year. Venice is completely devoid of people in January. There's nowhere on earth like it.
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Russia is trying to freeze Ukraine's people to death. And they would still lie straight into your face and tell you this war is about brotherhood and protecting fellow countrymen. And quite a lot of EU citiziens are still dumb enough to believe this BS.
“The combination of extreme cold and wave after wave of Russian attacks are pushing Ukraine’s energy system to the edge,” Maxim Timchenko, CEO of DTEK, the largest private energy company, told FT. “We are facing an unprecedented threat and fighting for every megawatt.”
www.ft.com/content/ec1b...
www.ft.com/content/ec1b...
Russia unleashes ‘energy terror’ in bitter Ukrainian winter
Moscow targets energy system as Kyiv suffers minus 20C temperatures
www.ft.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Russia is trying to freeze Ukraine's people to death. And they would still lie straight into your face and tell you this war is about brotherhood and protecting fellow countrymen. And quite a lot of EU citiziens are still dumb enough to believe this BS.
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Liebe Wiener #Streetart Lovers! Ich habe angefangen die Kunstwerke von #CalleLibre in #WikimediaCommons zu dokumentieren:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Calle_L...
Von vielen Kunstwerken gibt es noch keine Fotos. Ich weiss, ihr habt welche. Lädt sie hoch!
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Calle_L...
Von vielen Kunstwerken gibt es noch keine Fotos. Ich weiss, ihr habt welche. Lädt sie hoch!
January 18, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Liebe Wiener #Streetart Lovers! Ich habe angefangen die Kunstwerke von #CalleLibre in #WikimediaCommons zu dokumentieren:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Calle_L...
Von vielen Kunstwerken gibt es noch keine Fotos. Ich weiss, ihr habt welche. Lädt sie hoch!
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Calle_L...
Von vielen Kunstwerken gibt es noch keine Fotos. Ich weiss, ihr habt welche. Lädt sie hoch!
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We keep telling people he only cares about himself and advancing himself. He and any democrat who pushes him or supports them is an oppressor, plain and simple, no different from what we have now. He may honestly be one of the biggest, most obvious two bit phonies Ive seen
I put myself through the entire interview. Trust me when I tell you that Gavin "dank memes" Newsom agrees with him on EVERYTHING. I literally says "I agree with you" on EVERYTHING. Ben "extremely unpopular even with MAGA" Shapiro gets very combative with him and Gavin capitulates EVERY time.
Ben Shapiro: "Israel did not commit a genocide in Gaza"
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
Gavin Newsom: "I agree with you."
January 18, 2026 at 1:29 PM
We keep telling people he only cares about himself and advancing himself. He and any democrat who pushes him or supports them is an oppressor, plain and simple, no different from what we have now. He may honestly be one of the biggest, most obvious two bit phonies Ive seen