Sven Slootweg (soft-deprecated) @joepie91@pixie.town

There are so many things where it's ridiculous that we expect individuals to all have their own, personal thing for their own personal use.

I have a really nice set of chisels, but they only get used once every couple of months. It makes sense to share them.

If you're a woodworker or carpenter, you probably need your own. But so many things could be shared rather than bought.

I'm no expert, but having a Library Economy sounds so much nicer than a capitalist one.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=vW5EVNT--DA

Loving how much I'm getting to know my neighbours, and how we've been helping each other out.

Some neighbours know the leaves I use for baskets, and give me bundles of them when I walk past.

I've been fixing things for neighbours who need it. One neighbour is thrilled I fixed her shopping cart, and has been giving me home-baked goods ever since.

Every few months we get together to chat and share stories, and we're getting better at sharing tools.

This feels like how it should be.

In case you missed it, Bluesky is apparently caving to an authoritarian government:

➡️ https://mas.to/@osma/114346166890552471

This is why the Fediverse is so important: each Fedi server is totally independent, servers communicate directly with each other, and anyone can set up a server anywhere.

Bluesky posts all flow through Bluesky's corporate relay which is impossible to bypass, making censorship easy.

No one controls the Fediverse

🦋 Bluesky is controlled by a US-based for-profit corporation

Opmerkelijk: alle partijen maken alleen maar bekend welke cadeau’s ze uit de onderhandelingen hebben gesleept, met totale kosten ondertussen minstens 6 miljard. Er was toch geen geld?

thaaat's a new one

Spent 3 days at a workshop with basically only academic computer scientists and it is scary how many fundamental democratic rules and concepts are put up for debate constantly. CS won't save us. Not one bit.

Every year, alongside many others, we observe April 15 as Steal Something from Work Day—an opportunity to reflect on the causes and implications of workplace theft.

https://crimethinc.com/StealfromWork2025

This year, we turn our focus to so-called “Robin Hood employees”—those who steal from their workplaces in order to share with others. Loss prevention professionals allege that Robin Hood employees inflict losses on corporations much more efficiently than ordinary shoplifters or employees who only steal for their own benefit.

In other words, when it comes to redistributing wealth, the most effective approach is not to take things for yourself, but to share them with everyone.

Als je om leesvoer vraagt in een cellencomplex, waarom krijg je bijna altijd boeken over criminelen die god hebben gevonden*. Een verbindend element, wat de meeste boeken gemeen hebben, is de aanwezigheid van harddrugs.

Overigens stond er een bijbeltekst in één van die boeken, waar we ons wel in kunnen vinden.

''dat geldzucht, de wortel is van all het kwaad''

*Of kinderboeken over kinderen die bij de politie willen werken

You should never feel bad for pushing the overton window in the correct way.

push, push against the dying of our freedom

Ubisoft recently open sourced their colorblindess simulation tool "Chroma" (https://github.com/ubisoft/Chroma).

Well, here is a Godot Plugin version (Editor + In-Game) to make the world more accessible.

https://github.com/Sch1nken/ChromaGD

(Note: Even though I licensed my code under MIT, the shader code is taken from the Ubisoft project and thus technically Apache 2.0)

#godot #godotengine #accessibility #opensource

Do I know anyone who's familiar with Japanese public libraries? A friend is wondering about how to apply for entry-level shelving positions but doesn't know where to start.

Bluesky didn't reach a federated stage where you could choose a service provider in a free country before they started to censor people based on authoritarian demands.

Fietshelmen zorgen vooral voor meer onterechte fietsangst

https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/04/15/fietshelmen-zorgen-vooral-voor-meer-onterechte-fietsangst-a4890034 | https://archive.vn/Laybj

"Elke dag overlijden in Nederland 19 mensen aan de gevolgen van een ‘accidentele val’, meestal ouderen. Bij eenzijdige fietsongelukken (valpartijen dus) komen 95 keer zo weinig mensen om: één per vijf dagen. Dat is inclusief mountainbikers en wielrenners. Met meer mensen, vooral ouderen, die steeds vaker en verder fietsen, is dat eigenlijk ongelooflijk weinig. "