Also, if Prigozhin wins, Putin will probably end up being “killed by traitors”, but Prigozhin will vow to avenge him and bring all traitors to justice.

Probably not quite yet - they’ll want to give Russian units time to retreat from the frontline and intervene in Russia.

Two TTRPG sessions (Dungeons & Dragons in person, Call of Cthulhu online), going swimming at the public pool, working some more on my translations of German folk tales.

Nuclear needs a steady supply of water for cooling, which has become rather unreliable these days in many regions.

Since Ernest doesn’t mention it himself, I would like to point out that he has a BuyMeACoffee account where you can donate to him to support him for all his hard work.

I can understand these arguments, and yet…

I invested lots of time into Google+ and built up a following of 26,000 there. Then it closed down days before I started my Patreon campaign. Yes, I am still bitter about that.

Then I shifted my attention to Twitter. And then, last year, Elon Musk took it over.

I am done investing effort in corporate-owned social media sites that must inevitably follow the #Enshittification principle. No, Mastodon (and the Fediverse in general) did not absorb as many Twitter users as we hoped. Still, I think in the long run the Fediverse will grow, as corporate social media proves again and again that they cannot be trusted.