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juergen_hubert

@juergen_hubert@kbin.social

I translate German folk tales.

I am also interested in tabletop role-playing games.

Mastodon: @juergen_hubert

tess, to random
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There's this thing that happens when people say, "abolish cars" where someone who lives on a farm or in the exurbs or needs a motor vehicle for disability/accessibility responds, "but I can't get rid of my car! I need it!"

The vast majority of people in the US don't have access to reliable public transit, and they probably need cars! Because we built everything for cars! That's the problem!

"Abolish cars" is like the eighth step in a plan that will mostly affect folks in and around cities.

TIL of "Deutsche Bauzeitung", a long-running German architecture and civil engineering magazine that was first published in 1867 (archive.org)

People today underestimate just how much stuff was published in the 19th century - there were numerous journals and magazines dedicated to all sorts of topics. This magazine is definitely among the more interesting - it has lots of drawings, floorplans, and sketches of fantastic old buildings. I'll be sure to spend a lot of time...

KnittingTrekker,
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Very interesting!

P. S. So happy to find TIL!

jmac, to StarTrek
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SNW S1E8: OK, so it's a haywire-holodeck episode. (Sorta.) Kind of wearying, but a sweet ending.

Honestly adore how the doctor's kid speedruns Wesley Crusher's entire journey in the span of a few episodes.

I also see echoes of the ToS episode “A Piece of the Action" here—particularly the plot device where some aliens get their hands on an Earth book and Things Get Weird.

unlambda,
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@jmac we've been watching Lower Decks as well; I think it's a worthy Trek series, though some folks disagree.

tojikomori,
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This is difficult to hear but may be good feedback to share with kbin.social's admins and kbin's devs in the kbinMeta magazine. I don't want to see lemmy.ml defederated at this point, but it's a risky one to have on the front page. It's kind of nuanced:

Lemmy's devs have been running a successful campaign to recruit Redditors to use their app, and many Redditors have chosen lemmy.ml (the instance run by its developers) by default. A few of us have been trying to sound a warning about this, but it's muted amid the outrage at Reddit.

Lemmy's developers are often described as "tankies" but the word seems to be acting as a euphemism, as though it's just an eccentric subculture. The fact is Lemmy's devs are stooges for the CCP. They actively welcome its propaganda on their instance, and they've compiled apologetics for the CCP's human rights abuses including the Uyghur genocide.

At the same time, lemmy.ml is the primary instance for Lemmy, and an important support resource for instances that run on it. On top of that it's now home to a lot of Redditors trying to build their own communities there. For those reasons I don't think it should be defederated, but I think kbin.social might need a way to prevent the instance – or at least some specific communities – from reaching the front page.

For myself, I've blocked its china and technology communities, as well as a few specific users that I've seen post propaganda pieces there. I'm satisfied with that solution to address my own use, but your own experience makes me realize it still reflects on kbin.social to have that stuff reach our front page.

TommyKrappweis, to random German
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Meine Danksagung im Abspann unserer Streamingserie mit Dank an lebende und historische Personen, die die Sagen- und Märchenwelt sowohl in der Forschung als auch durch kreatives Weitererzählen am Leben halten.

My acknowledgement in the credits of our Streaming Series , with thanks to living and historical figures who keep the world of myths and fairy tales alive both through research and creative retelling.

@neilhimself

thoverlord,

I just picked up Horizon Zero Dawn on sale on steam . Only ever seen clips of it and it looks fun .

AdmiralFrosty, to ai

isn't prophecy anymore than is.

Stories of destructive are reflections of our anxieties at the time, just like how myths of gods warring with titans reflect anxieties of ancient Greeks.

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