@stephan @chrislowis @jamcoop

I think this loss of connection is a key topic. Not only between artists and listeners.

But in life entirely.

Everything is more superficial. If you're not easy to handle like an app, most prominently, if you're not on WhatsApp, you're not worth being a friend.

Many people have the fear of missing out, petting their handheld devices constantly, but also constantly missing out time with friends and family, and… music.

Relationship is not a digital thing. It's not an identical ID in two database tables. It's something inside humans that takes time to grow.

Now that the #bandcamp crisis has revived many discussions about alternative music platforms, I’d like to point you to this article of mine, which is just as relevant today as it was a year ago, and which you are welcome to boost if you like.

https://schallundstille.de/2025/04/24/what-is-fair/

I've said it before and I'll say it again, the world needs an infrastructure built around discovering arts first (unbiased by marketing and manipulation) and selling arts second.

#music #noai #capitalism

*except, of course, #strategiesagainstalgorithms

Given that #bandcamp has finally crossed over to the dark side of repulsive asshole capitalism, now's a good time to remind y'all that my entire back catalogue* is available on my own website, made possible by @freebliss and his wonderful and completely asshole-free #faircamp

https://music.schallundstille.de/

#music

'What is a Fair Music Platform?' -Article updated in light of recent movements at #Bandcamp:
https://nham.co.uk/2026/05/what-is-a-fair-music-platform/

it's nostalgia day here at k cottage

"I hope that someone knows
Just what to do
Do you?
Do you?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWn8y5-ad4I

#music #noai #myownwork

RE: https://mastodon.social/@uedio/116800424382582952

Sollte unsere Zivilisation die nächsten 200 Jahre irgendwie überstehen (was ich ganz ehrlich bezweifle), so werden die Geschichtsbücher sich sehr lange und ausführlich damit befassen, wie es damals nur passieren konnte, dass derlei wichtige Informationen immer mehr versiegten, den Menschen vorenthalten wurden… oder sich die Menschen einfach nicht die Bohne darum kümmerten.

Und die Antwort wird, wie immer, "Machtbesessenheit, Manipulation und grenzenlose Gier" sein.

PSA: If you're an open source developer putting out public betas of your software and asking for feedback, I will NOT EVER give you any, if you have your bug reports "triaged" by an LLM.

Because by doing so, you're telling volunteers their time isn't worth yours.

If you can't be bothered to read bug reports from people donating free QA, don't ask for them in the first place.

#opensource #noai

Here it is.
New recorder video: introducing my new Sigo F Bass :-)

https://rankett.net/w/t5xJpx4Dgh7i2p4Qy82CMs

Subtitles are on my blog, link in video description.

#music #recorder #sigo #blockflöte #fluteABec #SigoBass

Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg möchte auf keinen Fall, dass jemand diesen Artikel liest (und seiner Freundin Gaskathi dürfte es auch nicht recht sein).

Es wäre also echt schlecht, wenn ihr diesen Artikel teilt und dafür sorgt, dass so viele Menschen wie nur irgend möglich erfahren, was für eine Sippe uns da gerne "regieren" will.

https://correctiv.org/aktuelles/lobbyismus/2026/06/26/guttenberg-der-mann-aller-maerkte/

On lance la semaine avec un petit renard (et la semaine commence bien)

one last time… 😊

#strategiesagainstalgorithms

Thunders + piano

#GoodPartners

Zum heutigen #OrgelSonntag ein Andante von Ann Mounsey Bartholomew (1811-1891), gespielt auf der Bernhard Orgel von 1911.

https://rankett.net/w/16aEhK8nA3Nw8VtnLq29gw

#Komponistinnen #Orgel #KirchenMusik #OrgelMusik

A new milestone for DICOM-rs has finally arrived! DICOM-rs is an implementation of the DICOM standard for the next generation of medical imaging systems.

Version 0.10.0 comes with dependency updates, an updated Rust compiler version requirement, a revised support for DICOM over TLS, a Move SCU tool, and support for generic extended negotiation at the upper layer protocol, not to mention a bunch of fixes and improvements.

https://github.com/Enet4/dicom-rs/releases/tag/v0.10.0

May your goose be always valued.

#opensource #rustlang #dicom

Ah well, now I see the problem.

And unfortunately, as much as I like it, this concludes my evaluation of #Ansel.

It's a fine project and there is definitely a very real need for a de-cluttered, concise and fast version of darktable. But I'm not going to waste my precious time trying to give meaningful feedback to have my input triaged by a stochastic parrot.

I wish the project the best of luck and say goodbye with one last picture.

#noai #photography #darktable

The future of software development:

You spend 30 minutes analyzing a bug and writing a clear and concise bug report, complete with screenshots, steps to reproduce and expected behavior… only to have some shitty fuckedy fucking big hairy donkey balls sucking wanker AI take 30 seconds to deem your bug report "unclear".

#notesArt #mastoArt #art #illustration #fediArt

Kleines Abkühlungsbildchen zwischendurch. Passt auf euch auf.

#ducksofmastodon #noai

RE: https://digitalcourage.social/@nielso/116792839960334154

Ich möchte nochmal darauf hinweisen, dass am Sonntag #DieVagari im #Fichtehaus #Tübingen ihr allerallerletztes Konzert geben werden.

Ja, das wird heiß, in mehrfacher Hinsicht…

Die Band kehrt zu ihren Wurzeln zurück und spielt ein letztes Mal internationalen Folk mit Einflüssen aus aller Herren Länder.

Unplugged, aber (von mir) verstärkt.

Gerne teilen.