Die unaufgearbeitete Geschichte der unaufgearbeiteten Geschichte.
Politisierte Medizin in der DDR: Geschlossene Venerologische Stationen und das Ministerium für Staatssicherheit (via taz.de).
In der DDR konnten Mädchen und Frauen in Fürsorgeheime für Geschlechtskranke und in geschlossene Venerologische Stationen zwangseingewiesen werden – häufig ohne medizinische Indikation und unter ständiger Beobachtung des Ministeriums für Staatssicherheit. Unter den Spätfolgen von Disziplinierungsmaßnahmen und Misshandlungen leiden viele Betroffene bis heute.
Why JPEG Became the Web's Favorite Image Format.
Thirty years ago, the JPEG became the dominant way we share digital photos on the Internet.
Relevant: Faking a JPEG.
I saw their notes with their info around Arena when the Hermanos were in town.
Hola! We just released our first original song inspired by Hermanos Gutierrez, La Lom & Khruangbin. (We still do suck but maybe we get better so stick around.)
Грай, Україно!
Durak: Is This The Best Card Game Ever?
Relevant: cardzmania.com.
Modeling the World in 280 Characters.
An exploration of the mindset, methods, and motivations behind crafting tiny, expressive shaders that combine code, art, and constraint.
Relevant: Shadertoy.
Let’s dance!
Relevant: Helena Cruz.
Word of the time: Peripeteia.
a reversal of circumstances, or turning point, within a work of literature.
This is a short biography on the life, education, marriage, legacy, awards, sacrifice and death of Dr. Stella Ameyo Adadevoh (via reddit.com).
If not for her, the deadly Ebola virus would have found its way into our national life and wreak untold havoc on this fragile country called Nigeria and the West African sub-region.
Cornelia Parker: Mass (Colder Darker Matter). Via youtube.com.
I like the way that all the emotion of religion and the drama of lightning can be distilled into a very simple quiet piece where all I’m doing is presenting the charcoal.
Relevant: An (early) interview with Cornelia Parker.
If you think this is about kink, kink again.
“The Future of Forums is Lies, I Guess.”
I don’t know how to run a community forum in this future. I do not have the time or emotional energy to screen out regular attacks by Large Language Models, with the knowledge that making the wrong decision costs a real human being their connection to a niche community. I do not know how to determine whether someone’s post about their new bicycle is genuine enthusiasm or automated astroturf. I don’t know how to foster trust and genuine interaction in a world of widespread text and image synthesis—in a world where, as one friend related this week, newbies can ask an LLM for advice on exploring their kinks, and the machine tells them to try solo breath play.