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Electromagnetic Field [background here] is also known as EMF or #emfcamp – a festival initiated by Jonty Wareing and Russ Garrett over a decade ago. It is entirely, and wonderfully, volunteer-run and community-oriented.

We first went to EMF two years ago, and that time, took a car filled up with a lot of camping gear, and as many gadgets as I could cram in alongside. For some reason, the only place I wrote much about that trip was in my newsletter… which I have been neglecting a lot, much like this blog. On that trip, we camped near to the Guild of Makers, had no particular expectations, and just had a fantastic time exploring and learning. I built an RC2014 Micro in one of the workshops, and went to some great talks.

A Plan

This year, with our Forge & Craft studio becoming more established, we wanted to do something more. I submitted two talks, one of which was accepted; we applied to be a part of the Null Sector Night Market; and, with all of the maker stuff we wanted to take along, we decided to hire a camper van and set up an area for drop-in workshops around our craft (pen plotting, vinyl cutting, heat pressing, sublimation et al… I didn’t take a 3D printer as well, but did seriously consider it!).

We even made a sign. Previous tenants of our studio had left a giant empty frame in the storage area, which we repurposed with some plywood and paint (a future upgrade will probably include some LEDs, but I didn’t have the time before the event to make those happen this time around).

A large square wooden frame painted white, with a Forge & Craft logo and URL in dark blue.

About ten days before we were due to set off, the owner of the camper we’d booked let us know that the boiler was leaking and that we’d have no hot water, but on balance, that was a compromise we were OK with… The van (named Louna, and hired through Quirky Campers) was lovely, beautifully kitted out, straightforward to drive, and it worked really well for us, even when we had some mud-related challenges getting parked up at the top north east corner of the EMF site, and getting back off that spot on the morning that we left (our wonderful neighbours were good enough to give us a quick push off to get us on our way).

The Experience

There are a number of other write-ups of how folks experienced EMF 2024, and pretty much all of them have different content and highlight different things, many of which are miscellany that I missed around the site. That is to say – EMF has a lot of diverse and interesting stuff to discover.

This time I felt like an experienced hand, even as someone that had only been along once before. It turned out that several of my friends were going to be there for the first time, and had already sought advice and made connection with me about travel, planned location etc. We ended up parked at the far top corner of the site, opposite Null Sector, but also close to the Guild of Makers village that we were again loosely affiliated with (also, we’re thrilled about the MBE awarded to our brilliant GoM friend Dr Lucy Rogers!). It turns out that having a surrounding sheet of steel to sleep inside was reasonably sound-insulating compared to a tent, so we did mostly manage to get some sleep, despite the proximity to the loud late-night music generation zone!

There are far Too Many Things to write about in detail, here is but a small flavour.

Talks

I went to a handful of talks; there were too many on my planned schedule across the 4 days, but realised I would never see everything, so I sniped at some key ones and resolved to catch up on recordings of others when possible.

I finally saw Ellie Huxtable talk about shell history with Atuin (I missed this talk at FOSDEM although did get to meet Ellie there, and she was unable to join State of Open Con, so I’m glad to have seen this!). I’m now gradually installing and learning Atuin on each device and system I regularly use.
Love love loved Shan Sun‘s talk about becoming a maker! So interesting, and a reminder that folks from all kinds of backgrounds can find joy in creating things. Shan’s lighthouses installation in Null Sector was also really cool.
The talk about Tiny Toolkits was really good, and has caused me to add an array of small and handy tools to my “wanted” lists…!
There was a fun talk about connecting Arduino boards to the web, which had some great demos inside it.
Lucy gave an inspiring talk about looking Up, and the science above our heads. Looking forward to her book on this subject.
After my experience (and illegal treatment) by the company that used to be Twitter UK as directed by the new owner, I found the discussion about Why Tech Needs Unions very interesting. A topic about which I now, in middle age, have a lot of Thoughts, which I may share at some point.
Martin Hamilton‘s fabulous rewind to the 1990s session about the origins of web search and how AI and capitalism have largely ruined things, was great. After briefly flirting with some other options, I’m now mostly using SearXNG for my search needs where I can. Be More Goat! 🐐

For my own time on stage, it was exciting to be able to deliver a new version of a talk I’d previously given as a 45 minute closing keynote, in a more focused 20 minute slot. I talked about the history of computer art and pen plotters – computer-driven drawing machines – and how I’ve now built several of them. There was, however, an A/V bump in the road, so I definitely lost a bit of momentum and content along the way when I had to reboot halfway though 😬 video to follow, on this one. You can find the related links and notes here.

Thanks to my friend Jacqui for taking some nice photos of me on stage!

Sights

As with the talks, so very many things I could mention here, and still more we didn’t even get to encounter. Let’s summarise a few.

the on-site (wired) phone system was, once more, a delight – it made me a bit sad that I didn’t bring anything to plug into it, again.
a man played a Theremin to drive the output of a Tesla coil.
there was a series of murder mystery games involving the death of our beloved Clippy. I did not play these, but loved the idea and execution and heard that a lot of people did get really engaged in solving the crime!
A physical version of Flappy Bird! Just brilliantly executed, I loved it.

This was in the main bar; the whole of the Arcade (a separate space) was also fantastic, although I did not have a lot of time to explore. I was excited to see some games there built using Downpour, which I recently talked about on our weekly podcast.
The most engaging and intriguing installation for me was Shadowplay (inside Null Sector), from Joseph Lindley, Roger Whitham, and Jesse Benjamin. An absolutely fascinating live demonstration of image diffusion [aka generative AI] effects applied to video capture. No particular reason, except that it was cool. I could have played in there for ages!

Playing with the Shadowplay installation

Hacks

On to the physical “making” I got involved with…

in 2022 I missed a workshop I was interested in on Building a Tiny Satellite Ground Station; this time, I successfully made it in. I enjoyed the experience of building a small 1⁄4-wave ground plane antenna and hooking it up to TinyGS running on a LilyGo LoRA board.
- When I got home, I excitedly started to poke around in the TinyGS project, but it seems a bit tricky to get involved with – only parts of it are open source / source-available, and the community discussion is largely on Telegram. I’m finding myself more frustrated than I’d like – I definitely would love to contribute to documentation and so forth, but have not really found a way to do so. It is fun to set up, but (my impression is that it is) not so easy to take it further. Back burner, and I may give up on it if I can’t figure out how to help and get helped.
The Tildagon badge is great! I really enjoyed following it from announcement, through pre-event discussion, to collecting mine at the event and continuing to figure out what is possible afterwards.
- Before EMF I tentatively created a few 3D printed hexpansions, and some folks were able to confirm that they should fit, so I made a set of simple spirit level pieces, which other attendees seemed to enjoy. I’ll be making more, and you can find the designs on Printables as well. I like the concept that a hexpansion can be anything from a piece of card, through to a fully-functional electronic peripheral which contributes software to the main badge, and that we can continue to iterate on this design in the future.
- I ported my previous 2022 badge Duck Facts app as an app on the Tildagon, for all your vital Duck Facts – @emfducks, you’re welcome, QUACK! 🦆

The Magic

On Friday, we had a spot in the Night Market. We loved the experience of being there, talking to people about pen plotters and our art (and also, encouraging folks to come to see us at the pop-up by our camper, or to my talk), and making some sales. This was our first time selling as Forge & Craft outside of our own open studios, and a very different audience.

The response was really wonderful, and it felt like a great place to be.

Our stand in the Night Market, selling plots, prints, and a few HexpansionsA very busy Night Market

The only tiny piece of feedback I had was that the Night Market space itself was relatively small for the amount of footfall and traffic that came through – we could easily have used a full table, and having a bit more space for visitors may have made it feel a little less crammed in – nonetheless, Thank You so much to the organisers for having us, it was an absolutely great experience and we barely noticed the time rush by up until the 1am (!) close!

One more magical thing, was that this was an event at which Mastodon and the Fediverse came into their own!

Ahead of the event, I put together a Fediwall to track associated hashtags and accounts across a range of popular and related Mastodon servers. As EMF approached, the chatter became more noticeable, and I began to follow a lot of interesting folks I had not previously been aware of.
(also, you can follow hashtags on Mastodon, which can help to build a network around your areas of interest, particularly if you are on a larger server).
My old friend James Smith proposed a Fediverse Friends meetup – which unfortunately overlapped with our Night Market time, but there were two of us to man our stall, so I was able to pop out and put some faces to Fediverse handles. I even brought Mastodon stickers and (for the fortunate few who got one) some magnets as well. Even if you were not at the meetup, hopefully you may have found a cheeky Mastodon logo sticker waiting to be collected somewhere else on the site 🦣 😉
A key element was that every organising team at the event was on the Fediverse (specifically, GoToSocial, which is what their server uses, but easily followable on Mastodon, thank you ActivityPub), and attendees could use that to keep up with announcements and news. And, in the end, the wonderful @DrLucyRogers joined in the fun! I also managed to persuade the TinyGS project to set up their account.
There were installations that connected to the Fediverse! Fabulous! This really felt like the early days of Web 2.0 platforms again, to some extent – it could easily have been 2010 all over again, with a dot matrix printer that sat in the main bar printing out Mastodon posts with the specific hashtag (thank you Matt Gray!), and a fax machine in the Null Sector bar that took in physically doodled images and posted them on Mastodon.

A dot matrix printer, printing Mastodon posts “MastoDot”A post from the author, printed on a dot matrix printerFax To Fedi, a fax machine connected to the FediverseA very poorly-drawn Forge & Craft logo, with the text #emf2024, posted via fax to an image on Mastodon

The Feeling

This.

I came back feeling energised and enriched, having reconnected with my communities. We had a great time.

Roll on 2026. Thank you to everyone involved.

Postscript: I did some babbling about EMF on the podcast a couple of weeks ago, as well, just at the start. Why not take a listen?

https://andypiper.co.uk/2024/06/20/energized-mood-flux/

#art #camping #community #emf2024 #emfcamp #forgeAndCraft #making #penplotter #publicSpeaking #Technology #volunteering

#art #camping #community #emf2024 #emfcamp #forgeandcraft

Andy Piper @[email protected] · 2024-06-20 · 15:45 UTC

A few weeks ago, we had our second experience of the wonderful community that is the Electromagnetic Field festival.

The EMF24 sign: solar panel, water installations, and recycled circuitboards.

Electromagnetic Field [background here] is also known as EMF or #emfcamp – a festival initiated by Jonty Wareing and Russ Garrett over a decade ago. It is entirely, and wonderfully, volunteer-run and community-oriented.

We first went to EMF two years ago, and that time, took a car filled up with a lot of camping gear, and as many gadgets as I could cram in alongside. For some reason, the only place I wrote much about that trip was in my newsletter… which I have been neglecting a lot, much like this blog. On that trip, we camped near to the Guild of Makers, had no particular expectations, and just had a fantastic time exploring and learning. I built an RC2014 Micro in one of the workshops, and went to some great talks.

A Plan

This year, with our Forge & Craft studio becoming more established, we wanted to do something more. I submitted two talks, one of which was accepted; we applied to be a part of the Null Sector Night Market; and, with all of the maker stuff we wanted to take along, we decided to hire a camper van and set up an area for drop-in workshops around our craft (pen plotting, vinyl cutting, heat pressing, sublimation et al… I didn’t take a 3D printer as well, but did seriously consider it!).

We even made a sign. Previous tenants of our studio had left a gigantic empty frame in the storage area, which we repurposed with some plywood and paint (the next upgrade will probably include some LEDs, but I didn’t have the time before the event to make those happen this time around).

A large square wooden frame painted white, with a Forge & Craft logo and URL in dark blue.

About ten days before we were due to set off, the owner of the camper we’d booked let us know that the boiler was leaking and that we’d have no hot water, but on balance, that was a compromise we were OK with… The van (named Louna, and hired through Quirky Campers) was lovely, beautifully kitted out, straightforward to drive, and it worked really well for us, even when we had some mud-related challenges getting parked up at the top north east corner of the EMF site, and getting back off that spot on the morning that we left (our wonderful neighbours were good enough to give us a quick push off to get us on our way).

The Experience

There are a number of other write-ups of how folks experienced EMF 2024, and pretty much all of them have different content and highlight different things, many of which are things that I missed around the site. That is to say – EMF has a lot of diverse and interesting things to discover.

This time I felt like an experienced hand, even as someone that had only been along once before. It turned out that several of my friends were going to be there for the first time, and had already sought advice and made connection with me about travel, planned location etc. We ended up parked at the far top corner of the site, opposite Null Sector, but also close to the Guild of Makers village that we were again loosely affiliated with (also, we’re thrilled about the MBE awarded to our brilliant GoM friend Dr Lucy Rogers!). It turns out that having a surrounding sheet of steel to sleep inside was reasonably sound-insulating compared to a tent, so we did mostly manage to get some sleep, despite the proximity to the loud late-night music generation zone!

There are far Too Many Things to write about in detail, here is but a small flavour:

Talks

I went to a handful of talks, there were too many on my planned schedule across the 4 days, but realised I would never see everything so I sniped at some key ones and resolved to catch up on recordings of others when possible.

I finally saw Ellie Huxtable talk about shell history with Atuin (I missed this talk at FOSDEM although did get to meet Ellie there, and she was unable to join State of Open Con, so I’m glad to have seen this!). I’m now gradually installing and learning Atuin on each device and system I regularly use.
Love love loved Shan Sun‘s talk about becoming a maker! So interesting, and a reminder that folks from all kinds of backgrounds can find joy in creating things. Shan’s lighthouses installation in Null Sector was also really cool.
The talk about Tiny Toolkits was really good, and has caused me to add an array of small and handy tools to my “wanted” lists…!
There was a fun talk about connecting Arduino boards to the web, which had some great demos inside it.
Lucy gave an inspiring talk about looking Up, and the science above our heads.
After my experience (and illegal treatment) by the company that used to be Twitter UK as directed by the new owner, I found the discussion about Why Tech Needs Unions very interesting. A topic about which I now, in middle age, have a lot of Thoughts, which I may share at some point.
Martin Hamilton‘s fabulous rewind to the 1990s session about the origins of web search and how AI and capitalism have largely ruined things, was great. After briefly flirting with some other options, I’m now mostly using SearXNG for my search needs where I can. Be More Goat! 🐐

For my own time on stage, it was exciting to be able to deliver a new version of a talk I’d previously delivered as a 45 minute closing keynote, in a more focused 20 minute slot. I talked about the history of computer art and pen plotters – computer-driven drawing machines – and how I’ve now built several of them. There was, however, an A/V bump in the road, so I definitely lost a bit of the content along the way when I had to reboot halfway though 😬 video to follow, on this one. You can find the related links and notes here.

Thanks to my friend Jacqui for taking some nice photos of me on stage!

Sights

As with the talks, so so many things I could mention here, and still more things we did not see. Let’s summarise a few:

the on-site (wired) phone system was, once more, a delight – it made me a bit sad that I didn’t bring anything to plug into it, again.
a man played a Theremin to drive the output of a Tesla coil.
there was a series of murder mystery games involving the death of our beloved Clippy. I did not play these, but loved the idea and execution and heard that a lot of people did get involved in solving the crime!
A physical version of Flappy Bird! Just brilliantly executed, I loved it.

This was in the main bar; the whole of the Arcade (a separate space) was also fantastic, although I did not have a lot of time to explore. I was excited to see some games there built using Downpour, which I recently talked about on our weekly podcast.
The most engaging and intriguing installation for me was Shadowplay (inside Null Sector), from Joseph Lindley, Roger Whitham, and Jesse Benjamin. An absolutely fascinating live demonstration of image diffusion [aka generative AI] effects applied to video capture. No particular reason, except that it was cool. I could have played in there for ages!

Playing with the Shadowplay installation

Hacks

On to the physical “making” I got involved with…

in 2022 I missed a workshop I was interested in on Building a Tiny Satellite Ground Station; this time, I successfully made it in. I enjoyed the experience of building a small 1⁄4-Wave Ground Plane Antenna and hooking it up to TinyGS running on a LilyGo LoRA board.
- When I got home, I excitedly started to poke around in the TinyGS project, but it seems a bit tricky to get involved with – only parts of it are open source / source-available, and the community discussion is largely on Telegram. I’m finding myself more frustrated than I’d like – I definitely would love to contribute to documentation and so forth, but have not really found a way to do so. It is fun to set up, but (my impression is that it is) not so easy to take it further. Back burner, and I may give up on it if I can’t figure out how to help and get helped.
The Tildagon badge is great! I really enjoyed following it from announcement, through pre-event discussion, to collecting mine at the event and continuing to figure out what is possible afterwards.
- Before EMF I tentatively printed up a few plastic addon Hexpansions, and some folks were able to confirm that they should fit, so I made a set of simple spirit level pieces, which other attendees seemed to enjoy. I’ll be making more, and you can find the designs on Printables as well. I like the concept that a hexpansion can be anything from a piece of card, through to a fully-functional electronic peripheral which contributes software to the main badge, and that we can continue to iterate on this design in the future.

The Magic

On Friday, we had a spot in the Night Market. We loved the experience of being there, talking to people about pen plotters and our art (and also, encouraging folks to come to see us at the pop-up by our camper, or to my talk), and making some sales. This was our first time selling as Forge & Craft outside of our own open studios, and a very different audience.

Our stand in the Night Market, selling plots, prints, and a few HexpansionsA very busy Night Market

The only tiny piece of feedback I had was that the Night Market space itself was relatively small for the amount of footfall and traffic that came through – we could easily have used a full table, and having a bit more space for visitors may have made it feel a little less crammed in – nonetheless, Thank You so much to the organisers for having us, it was an absolutely great experience and we barely noticed the time rush by up until the 1am (!) close!

One more magical thing was that this was an event at which Mastodon and the Fediverse came into their own!

Ahead of the event, I put together a Fediwall to track associated hashtags and accounts across a range of popular and related Mastodon servers. As EMF approached, the chatter became more noticeable, and I began to follow a lot of interesting folks I had not been aware of.
My old friend James Smith proposed a Fediverse Friends meetup – which unfortunately overlapped with our Night Market time, but there were two of us to man our stall, so I was able to pop out and put some faces to Fediverse handles. I even brought Mastodon stickers and (for the fortunate few who got one) some magnets as well. Even if you were not at the meetup, hopefully you may have found a cheeky Mastodon logo sticker waiting to be collected somewhere else on the site 🦣 😉
A key element was that every organising team at the event was on the Fediverse (specifically, GoToSocial, which is what their server uses, but easily followable on Mastodon, thank you ActivityPub), and attendees could use that to keep up with announcements and news. And, in the end, the wonderful @DrLucyRogers joined in the fun!
There were installations that connected to the Fediverse! Fabulous! This really felt like the early days of Web 2.0 platforms again, to some extent – it could easily have been 2010 all over again, with a dot matrix printer that sat in the main bar printing out Mastodon posts with the specific hashtag (thank you Matt Gray!), and a fax machine in the Null Sector bar that took in physically doodled images and posted them on Mastodon.

A dot matrix printer, printing Mastodon posts “MastoDot”A post from the author, printed on a dot matrix printerFax To Fedi, a fax machine connected to the FediverseA very poorly-drawn Forge & Craft logo, with the text #emf2024, posted via fax to an image on Mastodon

The Feeling

This.

I came back feeling energised and enriched, having reconnected with my communities. We had a great time.

Roll on 2026. Thank you to everyone involved.

Postscript: I did some babbling about EMF on the podcast a couple of weeks ago, as well, just at the start. Why not take a listen?

https://andypiper.co.uk/2024/06/20/energized-mood-flux/

#art #camping #community #emf2024 #emfcamp #forgeAndCraft #making #penplotter #publicSpeaking #Technology #volunteering

#volunteering #technology #publicspeaking #penplotter #making #forgeandcraft

eBildungslabor-Blog @[email protected] · 2025-06-24 · 17:44 UTC

Konzept für einen Workshop zur kollaborativen Orientierung bei komplexen Themen

Ich bin auf der Rückfahrt aus Villigst bei Schwerte an der Ruhr, wo ich gestern Nachmittag und heute Vormittag mit der evangelischen Trägergruppe für gesellschaftspolitische Jugendbildung ein Lernangebot zu KI gestaltet habe.

Die Kolleg*innen hatten vorab sehr klare Ziele kommuniziert. Demnach ging es vor allem darum,

… dass alle auf einen gemeinsamen, inhaltlichen Stand zu KI kommen.
… dass Raum zum Erkunden und Ausprobieren ist.
… und dass gemeinsam strategisch reflektiert und geplant werden kann, was politische Jugendbildung im Kontext von KI bedeutet.

Durch die Nutzung von zwei halben Tagen ließen sich diese Ziele gut aufteilen:

Wir starteten am ersten Tag am späten Nachmittag mit einem Murmelrundenvortrag. In diesem habe ich vor allem die technischen Grundlagen mithilfe der Tools Autodraw und der Teachable Machine sowie mit dem didaktischen Sprachmodell SoekiaGPT erläutert (= KI ist komplexe Wahrscheinlichkeitsberechnung auf Basis riesiger Datenmengen und keine Magie!), dann die Widersprüchlichkeit von KI-Technologie dargestellt (= Nutze eine ‚Shruggie‘-Haltung im Sinne von Sowohl-als-Auch statt Entweder-Oder) und schließlich noch hilfreiche Nutzungsmöglichkeiten erläutert (= Versuche es mit einer kontra-intuitiven Nutzung und lasse dich herausfordern!).
Anschließend folgte ein KI-Tüftellabor, bei dem die Kolleg*innen in Kleingruppen und anhand bereitgestellter Anregungen von mir gemeinsam erkunden und ausprobieren konnten.
Darauf aufbauend gab es heute einen Workshop, um gemeinsam zu beratschlagen, wie sich im Kontext dieser nun näher kennen gelernten Technologie gute politische Jugendbildung gestalten lässt.

In diesem Blogbeitrag möchte ich vor allem das Konzept des heutigen Workshops vorstellen. Wir hatten dafür rund drei Stunden Zeit und waren knapp 30 Personen. Das Konzept lässt sich anhand von den folgenden Phasen beschreiben:

Vorab: Ankommen und Orientierung

Wenn Menschen in einen Workshopraum kommen, dann ist es oft der erste Schritt, dass sie sich einen Platz suchen und diesen für die nächsten Stunden ‚einrichten‘. Neben dem Bereitstellen von Getränken gehört hier häufig auch das Auspacken eines Laptops dazu. Außerdem sucht man nach Menschen, neben denen man die nächsten Stunden verbringen möchte. Wenn ein Workshop aber nicht frontal, sondern interaktiv und dynamisch gestaltet wird, dann funktioniert das nicht. Um die Teilnehmenden schon beim Ankommen darauf vorzubereiten, starte ich gerne mit einer Folie, auf der in diesem Sinne Orientierung zum anstehenden Workshop gegeben wird.

Diese Informationen stehen darauf:

Analog! Du benötigst heute kein digitales Endgerät. Wir arbeiten analog mit Karten und Co.
Dokumentiert! Es wird am Ende eine Dokumentation geben – sowohl zur Methode, als auch zu den Inhalten.
Dynamisch! Du wirst häufig den Tisch wechseln, um in unterschiedlichen Konstellationen zu sprechen (oder auch in Bewegung).
Interaktiv! Das ist die einzige Folie, die es gibt. Du musst also nicht so sitzen, dass du gut nach vorne schauen kannst.

Meine ‚Ankommens-Folie‘

Der Raum war mit Tischinseln zu je 4-5 Personen bestuhlt.

Phase 1: Rekapitulation und Sammlung

Mein erstes Ziel mit dem Workshop war, allen Teilnehmenden zu ermöglichen, möglichst vielfältige Ideen und Perspektiven zum Thema KI in der politischen Jugendbildung in der Gruppe zu sammeln und auch selbst zu teilen. Außerdem sollte Raum sein, um das Programm des Vortrags vom Vortag zu rekapitulieren und auch weitere Vorerfahrungen zu aktivieren. Dazu nutzen wir drei miteinander unverbundene Methoden:

Zuhörer*in/ Redner*in: Ungefähr 8 der insgesamt knapp 30 Teilnehmenden erhielten eine Karte. Alle bewegten sich durch den Raum. Die Menschen mit der Karte hielten diese nach oben, so dass sich andere Menschen um sie sammeln konnten. Dann hatten sie genau eine Minute Zeit, um zu erzählen, was ihnen zu KI vom Vortag besonders im Gedächtnis geblieben war. Die Menschen, die um sie herum standen hörten zu – ohne direkt ihre Perspektive zu ergänzen oder nachzufragen. Dann wurden die Karten an andere Personen weitergegeben und es bildeten sich neue Gruppen. Insgesamt führten wir drei Runden durch.
Assoziationskette: Alle nahmen an einer Tischinsel Platz. Die erste Person startete mit dem Begriff ‚Künstliche Intelligenz‘ und zeigte auf eine nächste Person. Diese sagte einen Begriff, der ihr zum ersten Begriff KI spontan in den Sinn kam. Zum Beispiel Chatbot. Daraufhin war die nächste Person mit einer Assoziation zu Chatbot an der Reihe. Zum Beispiel Prompt. Diese Assoziationskette lief für ca. 3 Minuten. Ziel war es, möglichst schnell zu reagieren. Am Ende teilten wir den jeweils letzten Begriff im Plenum. Ich mag solche Assoziationsketten, weil sie sehr gut zur Aktivierung von Vorwissen sind und weil es interessant ist, wo die Ketten die unterschiedlichen Gruppen jeweils hinführen. (Bei uns landeten wir heute zum Beispiel unter anderem bei Krieg, Algorithmus und soziale Ungerechtigkeit als jeweils letztgenannte Begriffe). Außerdem finde ich Improvisationsfähigkeit, die mit der Methode entwickelt wird, eine hilfreiche Kompetenz.
One best/ worst/ open thing: Für diese Methode gab ich jeder Person eine leere Karte. Die Karten hatten drei unterschiedliche Farben – bei uns: rot, grün und blau. Jede Farbe gab es ungefähr gleich häufig. Je nach Farbe der Karte, die man erhalten hatte, schrieb man darauf entweder eine positive Sache, die einem zu KI in der politischen Jugendbildung in den Sinn kommt (= bei einer grünen Karte) oder eine negative Sache (= bei einer roten Karte) oder etwas, was eine,m noch unklar ist/ zu dem man noch Fragen hat (= bei einer blauen Karte). Dann bewegten sich alle durch den Raum und tauschten sich immer paarweise zu ihren jeweiligen Karten aus. Danach wurden die Karten getauscht und das nächste Gespräch gesucht. Wir nahmen uns für diesen Austausch rund 10 Minuten Zeit. Ich habe diese Methode sehr wirkungsvoll für gegenseitiges Verständnis und Erweiterung der jeweils eigenen Perspektive erlebt.

Legende zur Beschriftung der jeweils erhaltenen Kartenfarbe

Phase 2: Orientierung und Austausch

Mit den oben beschriebenen Rekapitulations- und Sammlungsmethoden in Phase 1 (sowie dem inhaltlichen Einstieg am Vortag) hatten alle dann ziemlich viele Gedanken zu KI in ihren Köpfen. Wir sortierten diese in Form von kollaborativen Mindmaps, um so zu mehr Orientierung zu kommen. Dabei gingen wir in mehreren Schritten vor:

Als erstes setzten sich wieder alle an eine Tischinsel und erhielten ein Flipchart-Papier. In die Mitte kam das Thema (= Politische Jugendbildung im Kontext von KI). Gemeinsam gestaltete die jeweilige Kleingruppe dann einen ersten Entwurf für eine Mindmap. Ich gab dazu den Hinweis, dass es in dieser Phase nicht mehr darum ging, alles aufzuschreiben, was einem einfiel – sondern sich auszutauschen und gemeinsam zu systematisieren.

Im zweiten Schritt unterbrach ich die Arbeiten kurz für einen Mini-Impuls, was es – orientiert an diesem Beitrag von Per Axbom – in einer auch durch einen KI-Hype geprägten Zeit zu beachten und kritisch zu hinterfragen gilt:

Technologie-Anbieter übertreiben oft damit, was KI kann bzw. kündigen an, dass KI sehr bald viel mehr können wird.
Technologie-Anbieter propagieren KI häufig als die bessere Lösung gegenüber Angeboten ohne KI.
Technologie-Anbieter bezeichnen manchmal etwas mit KI – obwohl es eigentlich gar keine KI ist.
Technologie-Anbieter verschweigen vielfach Schäden und Risiken, die durch die Produkte entstehen.

Mit diesen Hinterfragemöglichkeiten im Kopf konnte dann an der Mindmap weitergearbeitet werden.

Vorstellung der ‚Hinterfrage‘-Aspekte auf dem Flipchart

Im dritten Schritt erhielt jeder Tisch eine ‚Superkraft‘ orientiert am Manifest des langsamen Denkens zugeteilt:

Superkraft 1: Ihr stellt besonders gut und gerne Fragen! (= Fragen vor Antworten)
Superkraft 2: Ihr bringt weitere, mögliche Perspektiven in die Debatte ein (= Perspektive vor Standpunkt)
Superkraft 3: Ihr teilt Beobachtungen, die ihr selbst bei euch oder anderen gemacht habt (= Beobachtung vor Bewertung)
Superkraft 4: Ihr bringt ein, was ihr selbst oder eure Organisation tun könnte (= Selbstreflexion vor Fremdkritik)

Da wir nicht nur vier Tische, sondern sechs Tische hatten gab es außerdem noch eine Superkraft 5 (= Ihr überlegt euch, wie es auch ganz anders sein könnte) und eine Superkraft 6 (= Joker: Ihr bemüht euch, das abzudecken, was noch fehlt und hilfreich sein könnte).

An jedem Tisch blieb immer eine Person zur Vorstellung der entwickelten Mindmap zurück. Die anderen schwärmten aus und kommentierten mit ihrer jeweiligen Superkraft die Mindmaps von anderen. Wir machten zwei Runden, um allen einen guten Überblick und weiteren Austausch zu ermöglichen. Anschließend kamen wieder die ursprünglichen Gruppen zusammen und verständigten sich kurz, was an ihrer Mindmap noch ergänzt werden sollte.

Phase 3: Fokussierung und Feedback

Nach einer Kaffeepause kam Phase 3. Alle sammelten sich wieder an ihren Tischen und ich verteilte Briefumschläge und kleine Zettel. Die Briefumschläge waren mit den folgenden Fragen orientiert an der Start, Stop, Continue Methode beschriftet:

Start: Was sollten wir im Kontext von KI in der politischen Jugendbildung neu beginnen?
Stop: Womit sollten wir im Kontext von KI in der politischen Jugendbildung aufhören? Was kann weg?
Continue: Was machen wir schon, was im Kontext von KI wichtig bleibt oder wichtiger wird?

Jeden Briefumschlag gab es doppelt. In den Kleingruppen wurde nacheinander zu jeder Frage möglichst viele Karten beschriftet, dann in den Umschlag gesteckt und dann an die nächste Gruppe weitergegeben. Diese schaute sich die Karten nicht an, sondern schrieb für sich weitere Karten und steckte sie auch in den Umschlag. Am Ende erhielt jede Gruppe einen gut gefüllten Umschlag zu ihrer ursprünglichen Frage zurück und hatte die Aufgabe, die Karten zu sortieren, zu clustern und darauf aufbauend einen Elevator Pitch vorzubereiten.

Vorlage für den Elevator Pitch Herunterladen

Normalerweise stellt dann immer nur je eine Person diesen entwickelten Elevator Pitch im Plenum vor. Da wir zu jeder Frage zwei Gruppen hatten, kamen immer zwei vorstellende Personen zusammen, was dazu führte, dass dialogartig vorgestellt werden konnte. Das war sehr auflockernd und machte viel Freude!

Als letzten Schritt nutzen wir dann noch ein Silent Writing. Jede Person schrieb für sich ein mögliches Fazit auf, was nun in der politischen Jugendbildung wichtiger wird. Diese Karten wurden dann in einem Crowdvoting bewertet (= Jede Karte wurde fünfmal in Paargesprächen besprochen und mit der Karte des jeweiligen Partners verglichen. In jeder Runde konnten 7 Punkte vergeben werden, die man somit auf die beiden Karten aufteilen musste). Die höchst gevoteten Karten stellten wir im Plenum vor.

Zum Abschluss gab es ein schnelles Blitzlicht für Feedback.

Fazit

Den Rückmeldungen der Teilnehmenden zu urteilen und auch meinem eigenen Eindruck nach war es ein sehr intensiver und wirkungsvoller Workshop. Die Weiternutzung dieser Methoden kann ich vor allem für Gruppen empfehlen, in denen sich die einzelnen Personen individuell schon einige Gedanken zum Thema gemacht haben und wo es nun darum geht, gemeinsam für die ganze Gruppe Orientierung zu finden.

Herzlichen Dank für die Einladung und die gute Zusammenarbeit. Ich hatte viel Freude bei der Gestaltung!

#MethodenLernformate

#methodenlernformate

Nederland @[email protected] · 2026-01-19 · 20:39 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/nl/115966/ Katten van Lieke van Lexmond in spirituele stemming en Jade Anna drinkt eerste matcha in Rome #ArieBoomsma #Bouleviral #Dutch #GerardJoling #JadeAnnaVanVliet #KajGorgels #LiekeVanLexmond #Nederland #Nederlanden #Nederlands #Netherlands #NL #Science #ScienceAndTechnology #ScienceAndTechnology #Technologie #Technology #Wetenschap #WetenschapEnTechnologie #WetenschapTechnologie

#wetenschaptechnologie #wetenschapentechnologie #wetenschap #technology #technologie #scienceandtechnology

R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: :FreeBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou: @[email protected] · 2025-01-14 · 18:39 UTC

CW: CW: Mental Health

Back in my halcyon #TTRPG-playing days in the 90s (It was #MSHRPG, if anyone's curious), I had some characters with... very interesting backstories and/or weaknesses.

One of my favorites was a brawler-type character simply called "Rock" (named more after Sylvester Stallone's character, as Dwayne Johnson was not yet a household name, and I hadn't heard of him yet). He wasn't stupid per se, but definitely not a Reed Richards-type. His assets were his looks and his muscle. He was a heroic type, and could both take and dish out a LOT of damage. No powers, no super smarts, no skills other than basic martial arts, and no tech other than what the superhero group kitted him out with (basic stuff: armor, thermal goggles, comm, gas mask, stuff like that). He was straight-up a fighter. He was useless in the air, in space, or in telepathic battles, but boy could he fight hand-to-hand. Not a Hulk, but pretty close to Spidey in terms of strength and fighting (Spidey's a lot stronger than people realize).

He had, however, a rather comical weakness: he had a limited number of hits he could take (at any damage level) before he would become incapacitated for a period of time. He was a very tough character, but five hits (all it had to do was get through the armor, it didn't even have to necessarily HURT), he'd be out cold.

The joke was that after his fourth hit (because he was definitely smart enough to count them), he'd report to the hero base's infirmary and beg one of the nurses to hit him. After finally winning over the nurse's protestation (and after referring to his chart), the people at the infirmary would be treated to the incredible sight of seeing a little 90-lbs nurse knocking this mountain of muscle out cold with one little punch.

I think #MentalHealth can be like that. I think a lot of people tough it out through a lot of battles without anyone else being aware of it. There are times when I feel like going up to a friend and saying, "Could you please slap me so I can go cry for a while? I've taken some hits, but I'm not up to my threshold yet, and I just feel like crap."

#ttrpg #mshrpg #mentalhealth

RTL Nieuws @[email protected] · 2025-11-22 · 11:18 UTC

𝗩𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗶𝗷 𝘄𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗲𝗴 𝗧𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗮

Wielerploeg Unibet Rose Rockets heeft de voormalige Duitse topsprinter Marcel Kittel toegevoegd aan de technische staf. De ploeg van YouTuber en oud-prof Bas Tietema kondigde op social media de komst van de 37-jarige Kittel aan. Hij gaat aan de slag als sprintcoach bij het team en zal dus...

https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/sport/artikel/5540261/voormalig-toprenner-kittel-sprintcoach-bij-wielerploeg-tietema

#Kittel #sprintcoach #wielerploeg

#kittel #sprintcoach #wielerploeg

RTL Nieuws @[email protected] · 2025-11-22 · 11:18 UTC

𝗩𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗶𝗷 𝘄𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗲𝗴 𝗧𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗮

Wielerploeg Unibet Rose Rockets heeft de voormalige Duitse topsprinter Marcel Kittel toegevoegd aan de technische staf. De ploeg van YouTuber en oud-prof Bas Tietema kondigde op social media de komst van de 37-jarige Kittel aan. Hij gaat aan de slag als sprintcoach bij het team en zal dus...

https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/sport/artikel/5540261/voormalig-toprenner-kittel-sprintcoach-bij-wielerploeg-tietema

#Kittel #sprintcoach #wielerploeg

#kittel #sprintcoach #wielerploeg

RTL Nieuws @[email protected] · 2025-11-22 · 11:18 UTC

𝗩𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗶𝗷 𝘄𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗲𝗴 𝗧𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗮

Wielerploeg Unibet Rose Rockets heeft de voormalige Duitse topsprinter Marcel Kittel toegevoegd aan de technische staf. De ploeg van YouTuber en oud-prof Bas Tietema kondigde op social media de komst van de 37-jarige Kittel aan. Hij gaat aan de slag als sprintcoach bij het team en zal dus...

https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/sport/artikel/5540261/voormalig-toprenner-kittel-sprintcoach-bij-wielerploeg-tietema

#Kittel #sprintcoach #wielerploeg

#wielerploeg #sprintcoach #kittel

RTL Nieuws @[email protected] · 2025-11-22 · 11:18 UTC

𝗩𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗞𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗯𝗶𝗷 𝘄𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗲𝗴 𝗧𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗮

Wielerploeg Unibet Rose Rockets heeft de voormalige Duitse topsprinter Marcel Kittel toegevoegd aan de technische staf. De ploeg van YouTuber en oud-prof Bas Tietema kondigde op social media de komst van de 37-jarige Kittel aan. Hij gaat aan de slag als sprintcoach bij het team en zal dus...

https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/sport/artikel/5540261/voormalig-toprenner-kittel-sprintcoach-bij-wielerploeg-tietema

#Kittel #sprintcoach #wielerploeg

#kittel #sprintcoach #wielerploeg

Christin Löhner @[email protected] · 2026-02-25 · 09:29 UTC

Der Digitale Exitus: Warum Europa jetzt die Ketten sprengen muss

Ein Manifest für die Souveränität

Wir stehen am Abgrund einer technologischen Leibeigenschaft. Während wir uns einbilden, in einer freien Demokratie zu leben, haben wir die Schlüssel zu unserem Haus, unseren Gedanken und unserer Wirtschaft längst an eine Handvoll Milliardäre im Silicon Valley übergeben. Wir sind keine Nutzer mehr. Wir sind Datensätze. Wir sind digitale Leibeigene in einem feudalen System, das keine Grenzen kennt und keine Moral. Es ist Zeit, die rosarote Brille abzusetzen. Es ist Zeit, das Betriebssystem unserer Gesellschaft neu zu installieren. [Mehr lesen...]

christin-loehner.de/blog/der-d…

#DigitaleSouveränität #DigitalSovereignty #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #Privacy #Datenschutz #BigTech #FuckBigTech #DeGoogle #BoycottAmazon #BoycottGoogle #BoycottMicrosoft #Europa #Europe #LocalFirst #KaufLokal #Widerstand #DigitalResistance #FairTech #RightToRepair #Signal #Mastodon #Nextcloud #Firefox #BraveBrowser #Sustainability #SelfHosted #TechFreedom #Cybersecurity

#foss #datenschutz #linux #opensource #europa #mastodon

Christin Löhner @[email protected] · 2026-02-25 · 09:29 UTC

Der Digitale Exitus: Warum Europa jetzt die Ketten sprengen muss

Ein Manifest für die Souveränität

Wir stehen am Abgrund einer technologischen Leibeigenschaft. Während wir uns einbilden, in einer freien Demokratie zu leben, haben wir die Schlüssel zu unserem Haus, unseren Gedanken und unserer Wirtschaft längst an eine Handvoll Milliardäre im Silicon Valley übergeben. Wir sind keine Nutzer mehr. Wir sind Datensätze. Wir sind digitale Leibeigene in einem feudalen System, das keine Grenzen kennt und keine Moral. Es ist Zeit, die rosarote Brille abzusetzen. Es ist Zeit, das Betriebssystem unserer Gesellschaft neu zu installieren. [Mehr lesen...]

christin-loehner.de/blog/der-d…

#DigitaleSouveränität #DigitalSovereignty #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #Privacy #Datenschutz #BigTech #FuckBigTech #DeGoogle #BoycottAmazon #BoycottGoogle #BoycottMicrosoft #Europa #Europe #LocalFirst #KaufLokal #Widerstand #DigitalResistance #FairTech #RightToRepair #Signal #Mastodon #Nextcloud #Firefox #BraveBrowser #Sustainability #SelfHosted #TechFreedom #Cybersecurity

#foss #datenschutz #linux #opensource #europa #mastodon

Christin Löhner @[email protected] · 2026-02-25 · 09:29 UTC

Der Digitale Exitus: Warum Europa jetzt die Ketten sprengen muss

Ein Manifest für die Souveränität

Wir stehen am Abgrund einer technologischen Leibeigenschaft. Während wir uns einbilden, in einer freien Demokratie zu leben, haben wir die Schlüssel zu unserem Haus, unseren Gedanken und unserer Wirtschaft längst an eine Handvoll Milliardäre im Silicon Valley übergeben. Wir sind keine Nutzer mehr. Wir sind Datensätze. Wir sind digitale Leibeigene in einem feudalen System, das keine Grenzen kennt und keine Moral. Es ist Zeit, die rosarote Brille abzusetzen. Es ist Zeit, das Betriebssystem unserer Gesellschaft neu zu installieren. [Mehr lesen...]

christin-loehner.de/blog/der-d…

#DigitaleSouveränität #DigitalSovereignty #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #Privacy #Datenschutz #BigTech #FuckBigTech #DeGoogle #BoycottAmazon #BoycottGoogle #BoycottMicrosoft #Europa #Europe #LocalFirst #KaufLokal #Widerstand #DigitalResistance #FairTech #RightToRepair #Signal #Mastodon #Nextcloud #Firefox #BraveBrowser #Sustainability #SelfHosted #TechFreedom #Cybersecurity

#kauflokal #techfreedom #fairtech #fuckbigtech #digitalresistance #boycottamazon

Christin Löhner @[email protected] · 2026-02-25 · 09:29 UTC

Der Digitale Exitus: Warum Europa jetzt die Ketten sprengen muss

Ein Manifest für die Souveränität

Wir stehen am Abgrund einer technologischen Leibeigenschaft. Während wir uns einbilden, in einer freien Demokratie zu leben, haben wir die Schlüssel zu unserem Haus, unseren Gedanken und unserer Wirtschaft längst an eine Handvoll Milliardäre im Silicon Valley übergeben. Wir sind keine Nutzer mehr. Wir sind Datensätze. Wir sind digitale Leibeigene in einem feudalen System, das keine Grenzen kennt und keine Moral. Es ist Zeit, die rosarote Brille abzusetzen. Es ist Zeit, das Betriebssystem unserer Gesellschaft neu zu installieren. [Mehr lesen...]

christin-loehner.de/blog/der-d…

#DigitaleSouveränität #DigitalSovereignty #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #Privacy #Datenschutz #BigTech #FuckBigTech #DeGoogle #BoycottAmazon #BoycottGoogle #BoycottMicrosoft #Europa #Europe #LocalFirst #KaufLokal #Widerstand #DigitalResistance #FairTech #RightToRepair #Signal #Mastodon #Nextcloud #Firefox #BraveBrowser #Sustainability #SelfHosted #TechFreedom #Cybersecurity

#foss #datenschutz #linux #opensource #europa #mastodon

🏳️‍⚧️ Christin Löhner 🏳️‍🌈 @[email protected] · 2026-02-25 · 08:01 UTC

Der Digitale Exitus: Warum Europa jetzt die Ketten sprengen muss

Ein Manifest für die Souveränität

Wir stehen am Abgrund einer technologischen Leibeigenschaft. Während wir uns einbilden, in einer freien Demokratie zu leben, haben wir die Schlüssel zu unserem Haus, unseren Gedanken und unserer Wirtschaft längst an eine Handvoll Milliardäre im Silicon Valley übergeben. Wir sind keine Nutzer mehr. Wir sind Datensätze. Wir sind digitale Leibeigene in einem feudalen System, das keine Grenzen kennt und keine Moral. Es ist Zeit, die rosarote Brille abzusetzen. Es ist Zeit, das Betriebssystem unserer Gesellschaft neu zu installieren. [Mehr lesen...]

https://www.christin-loehner.de/blog/der-digitale-exitus-warum-europa-jetzt-die-ketten-sprengen-muss

#DigitaleSouveränität #DigitalSovereignty #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #Privacy #Datenschutz #BigTech #FuckBigTech #DeGoogle #BoycottAmazon #BoycottGoogle #BoycottMicrosoft #Europa #Europe #LocalFirst #KaufLokal #Widerstand #DigitalResistance #FairTech #RightToRepair #Signal #Mastodon #Nextcloud #Firefox #BraveBrowser #Sustainability #SelfHosted #TechFreedom #Cybersecurity

#digitalesouveranitat #digitalsovereignty #linux #opensource #foss #privacy

🏳️‍⚧️ Christin Löhner 🏳️‍🌈 @[email protected] · 2026-02-25 · 08:01 UTC

Der Digitale Exitus: Warum Europa jetzt die Ketten sprengen muss

Ein Manifest für die Souveränität

Wir stehen am Abgrund einer technologischen Leibeigenschaft. Während wir uns einbilden, in einer freien Demokratie zu leben, haben wir die Schlüssel zu unserem Haus, unseren Gedanken und unserer Wirtschaft längst an eine Handvoll Milliardäre im Silicon Valley übergeben. Wir sind keine Nutzer mehr. Wir sind Datensätze. Wir sind digitale Leibeigene in einem feudalen System, das keine Grenzen kennt und keine Moral. Es ist Zeit, die rosarote Brille abzusetzen. Es ist Zeit, das Betriebssystem unserer Gesellschaft neu zu installieren. [Mehr lesen...]

https://www.christin-loehner.de/blog/der-digitale-exitus-warum-europa-jetzt-die-ketten-sprengen-muss

#DigitaleSouveränität #DigitalSovereignty #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #Privacy #Datenschutz #BigTech #FuckBigTech #DeGoogle #BoycottAmazon #BoycottGoogle #BoycottMicrosoft #Europa #Europe #LocalFirst #KaufLokal #Widerstand #DigitalResistance #FairTech #RightToRepair #Signal #Mastodon #Nextcloud #Firefox #BraveBrowser #Sustainability #SelfHosted #TechFreedom #Cybersecurity

#digitalesouveranitat #digitalsovereignty #linux #opensource #foss #privacy

🏳️‍⚧️ Christin Löhner 🏳️‍🌈 @[email protected] · 2026-02-25 · 08:01 UTC

Der Digitale Exitus: Warum Europa jetzt die Ketten sprengen muss

Ein Manifest für die Souveränität

Wir stehen am Abgrund einer technologischen Leibeigenschaft. Während wir uns einbilden, in einer freien Demokratie zu leben, haben wir die Schlüssel zu unserem Haus, unseren Gedanken und unserer Wirtschaft längst an eine Handvoll Milliardäre im Silicon Valley übergeben. Wir sind keine Nutzer mehr. Wir sind Datensätze. Wir sind digitale Leibeigene in einem feudalen System, das keine Grenzen kennt und keine Moral. Es ist Zeit, die rosarote Brille abzusetzen. Es ist Zeit, das Betriebssystem unserer Gesellschaft neu zu installieren. [Mehr lesen...]

https://www.christin-loehner.de/blog/der-digitale-exitus-warum-europa-jetzt-die-ketten-sprengen-muss

#DigitaleSouveränität #DigitalSovereignty #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #Privacy #Datenschutz #BigTech #FuckBigTech #DeGoogle #BoycottAmazon #BoycottGoogle #BoycottMicrosoft #Europa #Europe #LocalFirst #KaufLokal #Widerstand #DigitalResistance #FairTech #RightToRepair #Signal #Mastodon #Nextcloud #Firefox #BraveBrowser #Sustainability #SelfHosted #TechFreedom #Cybersecurity

#cybersecurity #techfreedom #selfhosted #sustainability #bravebrowser #firefox

🏳️‍⚧️ Christin Löhner 🏳️‍🌈 @[email protected] · 2026-02-25 · 08:01 UTC

Der Digitale Exitus: Warum Europa jetzt die Ketten sprengen muss

Ein Manifest für die Souveränität

Wir stehen am Abgrund einer technologischen Leibeigenschaft. Während wir uns einbilden, in einer freien Demokratie zu leben, haben wir die Schlüssel zu unserem Haus, unseren Gedanken und unserer Wirtschaft längst an eine Handvoll Milliardäre im Silicon Valley übergeben. Wir sind keine Nutzer mehr. Wir sind Datensätze. Wir sind digitale Leibeigene in einem feudalen System, das keine Grenzen kennt und keine Moral. Es ist Zeit, die rosarote Brille abzusetzen. Es ist Zeit, das Betriebssystem unserer Gesellschaft neu zu installieren. [Mehr lesen...]

https://www.christin-loehner.de/blog/der-digitale-exitus-warum-europa-jetzt-die-ketten-sprengen-muss

#DigitaleSouveränität #DigitalSovereignty #Linux #OpenSource #FOSS #Privacy #Datenschutz #BigTech #FuckBigTech #DeGoogle #BoycottAmazon #BoycottGoogle #BoycottMicrosoft #Europa #Europe #LocalFirst #KaufLokal #Widerstand #DigitalResistance #FairTech #RightToRepair #Signal #Mastodon #Nextcloud #Firefox #BraveBrowser #Sustainability #SelfHosted #TechFreedom #Cybersecurity

#digitalesouveranitat #digitalsovereignty #linux #opensource #foss #privacy

Angry Metal Guy @[email protected] · 2025-12-21 · 14:37 UTC

Moron Police – Pachinko [Things you Might have Missed 2025] By GardensTale

Moron Police is an odd band, if the moniker didn’t give it away. The first few albums were very comedy-oriented, but A Boat on the Sea suddenly saw the band tackling anti-war themes, without giving up the bright melodic sound that draws from progressive rock and anime soundtrack J-rock alike. Production on Pachinko was already on the way when drummer Thore Pettersen died in a car accident. After taking the time to mourn their friend, Moron Police soldiered on, aided by Dillinger Escape Plan drummer Billy Rymer. The result is an astounding album in every regard, an experience unlike anything I’ve heard in years. It’s also a concept album about a dude getting turned into a sentient gambling machine in Tokyo. Huh?

Pachinko by Moron Police

Everything about Pachinko is larger than life. It’s as colorful as its gorgeous cover, full of energy and possessed of an indomitable spirit, a quirky sense of humor, and endless love and compassion. The narrative, which seems to be inspired by isekai anime,1 is merely a vehicle for philosophical ruminations on the nature of life, fate and human connection in a world designed to wear you down to apathy. No two songs are alike or tackle these subjects the same way, and you can get snippets of darker lyrics dressed in bright colors (“King Among Kittens”), pure silly nonsense (‘Meee, I’m a techno boy’ in “Pachinko Pt. 1”) or melancholy reflections on the follies of power (the brilliant “The Apathy of Kings”).

Despite its colorful outer layer, Pachinko is more than just feel-good vibes. It’s a masterwork of both composition and technical wizardry. The melodies are intricate yet catchy, and never go exactly the way you expect. Nor do the songs themselves, because the way they weave together different moods, genres, and tempos is nothing short of staggering. Violins over blastbeats in “Cormorant,” melancholy synthpop in “Okinawa Sky,” jazzy whirlwind intro leading into big band brass for “Alfredo and the Afterlife.” And the title track suite turns it up to eleven for a combined 16 minutes of head-spinning avant-garde genre-hopping madness.

Yet for all this craziness, it’s remarkable how tightly woven and cohesive the hour-long album is. Songs frequently cross-reference each other to really emphasize the album experience, with “Pachinko Pt. 1” even referencing A Boat on the Sea directly. This peaks with the magisterial finale, which effortlessly binds snippets from across the album together into a gorgeous feast of reprise. It doubles as a heartfelt farewell to Thore, whose drums are used for the outro. Moron Police has taken their grief and turned it into a grandiose, madcap celebration of life and friendship with a wink, a smile, and a tear. An instant classic and one of the best albums I’ve heard this decade.

Tracks to Check Out: All of them, front to back.

#2025 #DillingerEscapePlan #Experimental #MightyJamMusicGroup #MoronPolice #NorwegianMetal #Pachinko #ProgressiveRock #ThingsYouMayHaveMissed2025 #TYMHM

#dillingerescapeplan #experimental #mightyjammusicgroup #moronpolice #norwegianmetal #pachinko

Angry Metal Guy @[email protected] · 2025-12-21 · 14:37 UTC

Moron Police – Pachinko [Things you Might have Missed 2025] By GardensTale

Moron Police is an odd band, if the moniker didn’t give it away. The first few albums were very comedy-oriented, but A Boat on the Sea suddenly saw the band tackling anti-war themes, without giving up the bright melodic sound that draws from progressive rock and anime soundtrack J-rock alike. Production on Pachinko was already on the way when drummer Thore Pettersen died in a car accident. After taking the time to mourn their friend, Moron Police soldiered on, aided by Dillinger Escape Plan drummer Billy Rymer. The result is an astounding album in every regard, an experience unlike anything I’ve heard in years. It’s also a concept album about a dude getting turned into a sentient gambling machine in Tokyo. Huh?

Pachinko by Moron Police

Everything about Pachinko is larger than life. It’s as colorful as its gorgeous cover, full of energy and possessed of an indomitable spirit, a quirky sense of humor, and endless love and compassion. The narrative, which seems to be inspired by isekai anime,1 is merely a vehicle for philosophical ruminations on the nature of life, fate and human connection in a world designed to wear you down to apathy. No two songs are alike or tackle these subjects the same way, and you can get snippets of darker lyrics dressed in bright colors (“King Among Kittens”), pure silly nonsense (‘Meee, I’m a techno boy’ in “Pachinko Pt. 1”) or melancholy reflections on the follies of power (the brilliant “The Apathy of Kings”).

Despite its colorful outer layer, Pachinko is more than just feel-good vibes. It’s a masterwork of both composition and technical wizardry. The melodies are intricate yet catchy, and never go exactly the way you expect. Nor do the songs themselves, because the way they weave together different moods, genres, and tempos is nothing short of staggering. Violins over blastbeats in “Cormorant,” melancholy synthpop in “Okinawa Sky,” jazzy whirlwind intro leading into big band brass for “Alfredo and the Afterlife.” And the title track suite turns it up to eleven for a combined 16 minutes of head-spinning avant-garde genre-hopping madness.

Yet for all this craziness, it’s remarkable how tightly woven and cohesive the hour-long album is. Songs frequently cross-reference each other to really emphasize the album experience, with “Pachinko Pt. 1” even referencing A Boat on the Sea directly. This peaks with the magisterial finale, which effortlessly binds snippets from across the album together into a gorgeous feast of reprise. It doubles as a heartfelt farewell to Thore, whose drums are used for the outro. Moron Police has taken their grief and turned it into a grandiose, madcap celebration of life and friendship with a wink, a smile, and a tear. An instant classic and one of the best albums I’ve heard this decade.

Tracks to Check Out: All of them, front to back.

#2025 #DillingerEscapePlan #Experimental #MightyJamMusicGroup #MoronPolice #NorwegianMetal #Pachinko #ProgressiveRock #ThingsYouMayHaveMissed2025 #TYMHM

#dillingerescapeplan #experimental #mightyjammusicgroup #moronpolice #norwegianmetal #pachinko

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