PSA (Public Service Announcement): Middle-click paste is definitely not a hill I would want to die on. Make it an extension/plugin and move on, is my position.

Ich persönlich hätte nichts dagegen in Zukunft Facharzttermine durch meinen Hausarzt zu veranlassen. Aber nur wenn mein Hausarzt dann auch dafür verantwortlich ist die Termine kurzfristig beim Facharzt zu vereinbaren. Das würde mir als Kassenpatient viel Zeit und Ärger sparen. Also TL;DR Facharztüberweisung nur mit Terminangebot. Dann auch gerne exklusiv über Hausarzt.

Defending #Greenland in case of military aggression from the USA is often reduced to the complexities of Art. 5 NATO. But there is a similar rule for EU member states, that will be automatically triggered without NATO but demands the same commitments as given to NATO for EU members that are also NATO members. Article 42(7) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU)

EEAS

Article 42(7) TEU - The EU's mutual assistance clause

Article 42(7) TEU is the European Union’s mutual assistance clause. Once activated by an attacked Member State, all other Member States have to p...

I really hope that @npub1ynlz...873s comes to #FOSDEM and announces that #Signal will move at least parts of their server infrastructure to Europe and other regions, using hosting companies that are not connected to the US in order to mitigate the risk of a Trump order to shut their AWS account(s) down.

I am so old, I still refer to what younger folks call "AI art" as CGI (Computer Generated Imagery), because that's still what it is. (UPDATE: This is a witty remark I shared in the hope that it puts a smile on your face. Reading the replies, I guess quite some of you however refuse to smile in general ;)

I guess I am gonna fast-track learning the Go programming language and ActivityPub so that I can help #Forgejo adding the planned federation features faster. We really need connected code forges everywhere that work in decentralised ways to have a resilient and sustainable way for Open Source and Free Software to truly stay open and free(ly accessible). If you are already capable and want to do good, beat me to it :)

Cookie monster!

I normally don't promote specific products. But this one is truly a life saver and deserves to be known. The Schwalbe Marathon winter tires for bicycles with metal spikes. They make cycling in snow and ice during the winter so much safer. It's now my second winter with them on my e-bike and I couldn't be more happy that I decided to buy them. And before you ask: yes, metal spikes on bicycle tires are legal in Germany and in most other countries.

Schwalbe | Ralf Bohle GmbH

Marathon Winter Plus | 55-406 | Tube (Schlauch) | Wired | SmartGuard | Black+Reflex | Winter | 2019 | 11159003

FÜR DIE SICHERSTE FAHRT. Für volle Kontrolle auf eisglatter Straße. Selbst extreme Kurvenlagen und heftige Bremsungen sind gut beherrschbar, dan...

#BikeTooter

The #Fediverse is a decentralised world, but some things have established themselves in my timeline over the years. So as a refresher, here a few hashtags you could use, feel free to add more in the replies. #FediHire when you are looking for a job #FediGive when you have something to give away or donate #FediBlock If you want to warn others of accounts/instances to block #Caturday Needs no explanation ;) #SelfHost to discuss running your own online stuff #AskFedi #FediHelp to ask stuff

Back in 2024, the US, the EU and other countries supported Edmundo González as the true winner of the 2024 election in #Venezuela. Now that Trump has effectively kidnapped Maduro, why aren’t they all demanding that González finally takes the seat that supposedly belongs to him? This is all so weird …

So Nicolás Maduro Moros is accused by Trump of what Juan Orlando Hernández, the former president of Honduras, has just been pardoned from by Trump, if I understand things correctly? OK …

German newspaper SZ simply tells it how it is. US attacks Venezuela according to media reports. Maduro announces state of emergency.

Bei der #GLSBank fängt wohl die Schadensbegrenzung an. Die Stellungnahme [1] wurde kräftig überarbeitet (da sind wohl die Hausanwälte aufgewacht ;) und heute morgen gab es ein erstes Gespräch zwischen Vorstand und Genossenschaftsmitglieder. Eine ausserordentliche Generalversammlung wird weiterhin diskutiert. Die Rote Hilfe hat erklärt das sie ihre Konten bei der GLS Bank gerne behalten würde. [1]

Stellungnahme Kontokündigungen

Stellungnahme der GLS Bank zum offenen Brief der Initiative “Debanking stoppen”

Should the US use military force in Greenland, which is part of Denmark, to establish territorial rights, that would be an attack by one NATO member on another NATO member, as far as I can see. (Clarification: This is why I am sure military action will not happen. Rutte will talk to "daddy")

Anyone using S3 (compatible) storage for incremental backups of Linux and/or MacOS machines at home? If yes, what backup software/tool? Open source preferred. My first unfocused research suggests to look at restic [1] and maybe just some scripting around rclone [2]. Any hints/links welcome! (Yes, this is part of my project to use local S3 compatible storage based on garage [3]) [1]

restic · Backups done right!

[2]

Rclone

Rclone

Rclone syncs your files to cloud storage: Google Drive, S3, Swift, Dropbox, Google Cloud Storage, Azure, Box and many more.

[3]

Garage

The Garage team - An S3 object store so reliable you can run it outside datacenters

An S3 object store so reliable you can run it outside datacenters

#SelfHost #SysAdminLife @npub1t5dc...emxj

Die GLS Bank ist eine Genossenschaft. Laut Satzung können die Mitglieder der Genossenschaft jederzeit eine ausserordentliche Generalversammlung mit Vorlaufzeit von 2 Wochen einberufen. Dazu bedarf es die Unterschriften von 1/10 der Mitglieder, höchstens jedoch 200 Mitglieder. Die sollten sich doch finden lassen. Satzung vom 28.06.2025, §27 (2) in Verbindung mit §28 (2)-(4) 1/3 https://www.gls.de/media/PDF/Broschueren/GLS_Bank/GRB0-10157_GLS_Bank_Satzung_Fassung_2025_251011.pdf #RoteHilfe #GLSBank

Nach den nebulösen Hinweisen der @npub1dc2v...ddsu [1] wäre meine erste Anlaufstelle für Nachfragen was da mit den Konten der #RotenHilfe passiert ist ganz klar die @npub1tqal...kru5 (und beide sind im Fediverse :) [1]

ruhr.social

GLS Bank (@glsbank@ruhr.social)

Die Kündigung des genannten Kontos erfolgte im Rahmen der gesetzlichen und regulatorischen Vorgaben, zu deren Einhaltung wir als Bank verpflichtet...

„Nach welchen Regeln wir in Deutschland und in Europa im digitalen Raum leben wollen, wird nicht in Washington entschieden." Bundesjustizministerin Stefanie Hubig wies die Vorwürfe der US-Regierung als inakzeptabel zurück. „#HateAid unterstützt Betroffene von rechtswidriger digitaler Hassrede. Die Organisation leistet einen wichtigen Beitrag dazu, dass Persönlichkeitsrechte auch im digitalen Raum geschützt werden“, teilte die SPD-Politikerin mit. (Possibly paywalled)

Süddeutsche.de

USA sanktionieren Führung der deutschen Organisation Hate Aid

Die beiden Geschäftsführerinnen Anna-Lena von Hodenberg und Josephine Ballon dürfen nicht mehr in die USA einreisen.

It’s not a lot. But it is white outside here in #Munich. :)

So we slowly start to see the mechanisms the US under Trump will use to silence and destroy critics or people they deem too be their enemy. From travel bans (Breton, von Hodenberg) to complete isolation from using US American software, banking and payment methods (ICJ/ICC judges and prosecutors). I will continue to untangle my digital life from US hegemony. That's also why I am primarily on the Fediverse, by the way.

That myth that "we" (the elder people) used pencils to put cassettes back in a working state. Here's the truth: pencils don't work for that. They are too thin for the job. But the cap of a BIC Cristal pen was just perfect. It was rather weak, malleable plastic, so it gripped perfectly. Picture source:

Bic Cristal - Wikipedia