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Just realized I had been logged out of Threads for probably a month or more and never even noticed. So that's that, I guess.

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MiniDisc had a very short future but I have to admit: Of all the outdated physical media, Minidisc are my favorite. So satisfying and gorgeous.

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Is there a word for the very specific frustration of having to click away the newsletter signup pop-up on a website you're trying to read?

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Train driver apologizes for the onboard displays that show the train as more delayed than it is: “sorry about that, the AI system shows wrong estimates. Again.” This is fine.

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Last week, we had a panel at re:publica about the state of Openness. The video is now live, enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Zv... #rp25

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As so often, @simonhoeher.com nails it 👇

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I for one appreciate Lime’s efforts to support every Berlin teenager with a free bike by leaving their bike unlocked at all times, but I would suggest changing the theft alarm sound to a friendly bit of music instead of the strangled bird sound that has become so ubiquitous.

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Software developers tend to get great tools, partially because they build them for themselves and their peers. Other tools approximate this by user research. But the feedback loops can never be quite as tight. Is there any research on effects and implications of this?

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One of the most problematic issues I see with a whole lot of genAI, especially as it's used in search and adjacent fields is how it shifts the point of value capture: It rewrites the rules for who gets to earn a margin and who gets to lose it. So who builds the AI tools tends to get the business.

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Since we just discussed it at #rp25, here’s the link to our report about the state of Openness again:

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This is such a useful framework. Everyone in strategy knows very well those discussions where the results were there first, the reasoning (or a big surprise) came after

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I’ll be at #rp25 these next couple of days (and have a session on Wed). If you want to meet up, ping me!

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Over the last few months Henriette Litta (of @okfde.bsky.social‬) and I took a closer look at the state of Openness. The concept is super important but it's in a weird place! Anyway, the English version of the report is live now, would love to hear your thoughts! thewavingcat.com/2025/05/new-...

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So the German stock market apparently just hit a new record high. I mean, geopolitics are in shambles, there's war on the European borders and political extremism is gaining traction every day. Surely, these all mean that the markets are A-OK, yes? This is a good indicator and not totally broken?

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It feels almost illicit to have all tracking switched off when sending out a newsletter, but I'm here for it

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Sooooo.... some thoughts on how democracy is under serious threat because the internet is broken in very specific ways. Settle in for a bit of a #longread? And then, let's get to work. Also, please point out all the ways I'm wrong, but... maybe be nice about it? thewavingcat.com/2025/05/demo...

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My understanding is that Barcelona's experience since introducing Superblocks has been mainly good, yes? Why can Berlin's government not learn from this and just for once do the right thing rather than just repeat their eternal mantra "cars! cars! cars!"

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I knew that Washington, DC, doesn't get representation in the Senate. But I just learned today that residents of Washington could not participate in presidential elections until 1961?!

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wrote some notes the other day and then a couple of emails and had a conversation and suddenly things coalesced into something more coherent and now I accidentally have a 4.000 word document sitting here oh boy

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Nice to hear both governing parties in Germany (CDU, SPD) talk about digital transformation as a priority. HOWEVER. We've been asking for this for 25 (!) years. In that time, CDU led the government for 15, SPD for 10. We lost 25 years on your watch! Fix it, yes, but take some responsibility!

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Berlin's Regierung mal wieder schön im Rückwärtsgang in die 1950er www.spiegel.de/auto/kiezblo...

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will meta's new AI-powered feed be chronological, tho

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What can I say, I love a good em dash

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When was the last time you saw something genuinely exciting online? Today? Last week? Last year?

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The costume designers for Andor are fantastic

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So, what, Altman now plans to launch a social network through his gen AI company? It's hard to see how it might be good, but it certainly might be interesting. What I find harder to believe, though, is that it serves any other purpose than pissing off M*sk.

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Read this sentence about social media: "...but raises geopolitical and attention-span concerns." And that's just it, isn't it? The state of things right now is, collectively, HUGE PROBLEMS BUT CAN'T FOCUS

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Not to brag, but I just sneezed with a coffee cup in hand and didn’t spill anything. How’s your day going?

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