@gildilinie I wish there was, like, a "soft report" tool for tracking accounts that behave weirdly.

I suspect they're bots of one variety or another.

Imagine if these were real. #Bilbao

Today-I-have-done:

- Finished my C++-course refactoring. But I am not yet pleased: Needs more clarity and hands-on mini-exercises. Want to include my Pair-Programming-Slide at the top. Might help in the class-room. And then some instructions for 3rd party presenters. After all, people might find this appealing to teach.
- Scheduled some course dates. Finally! 🥳 (After my unplanned hiatus, it is about time!)

#academicchatter

@heathen_cat Yes, with potentially significant security trade offs :(

❝ WHAT'S ANOTHER WORD FOR ENTERTAINMENT? DIVERSION if we thought news as entertainment was bad, wait until we get government as entertainment. ❞
― Liza Sabater @blogdiva, 29 December 2016

h/t Chris Trotter
https://atomicpoet.org/objects/f486c265-4bb2-4c89-9716-3bcb5719804d

#gaming #fascism #MAGA #ICE #immigration #MAHA #publicEdu

@btuftin Yes, when the source is known by the intended audience of the parody. But here, I don't see how it's a parody of "C'est arrivé près de chez vous" and while I could be wrong, I suspect that the film is not known in Sweden. Is it?

@avadeaux.bsky.social @mrundkvist

Mafelawen EP
by Mohamed Alassane Karzo

https://mohamedalassanekarzo.bandcamp.com/album/mafelawen-ep

From the album description: Mohamed Alassane Karzo, one of the Tuareg guitar scene's most influential and overlooked singer-songwriters, presents an official release of two of his two most popular tracks, “Mafelawen” and “C’est La Vie”, recorded on location in Niger in 2012.

Though little known outside of Niger, Karzo (sometimes called “Mohamed Petit") is most famous for the songs he composed in the early 2000s in Agadez. Karzo’s compositions stand out for their full chord progressions, an anomaly in the repertoire, and his strong vocal accompaniment - with lyrics that speak to social cohesion, cultural preservation, and overcoming personal struggles - the hallmark of the singer-songwriter. While Western audiences are more familiar with the high energy electric guitar of wedding music, there’s another mellower side of Agadez folklore - the “fada”, or informal neighborhood gatherings where the youth pass time over tea and musicians play songs for their friends. It is here that Karzo found his prominence.

‘’The first time I heard Karzo was in 2012, playing in a small house in Niamey. He didn't have an amplifier, and instead plugged his guitar directly into one of those five disc CD stereos from the early 2000s, and to balance the sound we moved it to another room, creating this ghostly reverb. It seemed to fit, as there's something about his music that sounded a little bit melancholy. What struck me about his compositions were primarily his chord structures, and the way he can sing and hold a note, his voice just hanging there, steady and unflinching’’, says Christopher Kirkley.

Karzo came up during a time before home studios had arrived and internet access was rare. His songs were shared informally, through lo-fi bluetooth transfers on cellphones. This way, his work gradually became part of the folk repertoire, played by Tuareg youth throughout the North country and shaping a generation from the underground. His name often draws a quiet shake of the head from fellow musicians in Agadez: “He should be more well-known.” “It’s a shame more people don’t know about him.” But ask anyone in the city, and they’ll reaffirm the enduring legacy of Karzo. Just drop by a “fada”. If there's a guitar nearby, there's a good chance you'll hear one of his songs.

While it’s common in Tuareg music culture for artists to play each other’s songs, Mafelawen was lifted outright - its lyrics changed, its authorship erased, and released on a major label, while silencing the voice of an African songwriter. As Karzo might say, in the words of another of his songs, “C’est La Vie”.

The two tracks were recorded in 2012 - “Mafelawene” by Kirkley in Niamey and “C’est La Vie” by Karzo, on a cellphone.

and my review: " This is beautiful, a remarkable artifact. You can feel the energy in the room, everyone's stress fading as Karzo sings.

Thank you for sharing this. "

1984 wasn't supposed to be an instruction manual. Wondering what Orwell would think of people getting their iris scanned for free coffee

@afewbugs Thanks for all of this. Honestly thinking of printing it in case the time I need it is also a time without reliable internet

what is it with people on fedi lately. i asked someone like what a thing was because I didn't know and then they answer. nice. information exchanged. everyone is happy. then people start showing up out of nowhere to scream about something, in the same thread, with no context

Yes, no (built-in) AI is now a feature

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09/03/yes-no-ai-is-now-a-feature/

#LibreOffice #Technology