Joan Pla

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  • The Fediverse, also known as the Social Web

    A video by Elena Rossini.

  • “Without me, Trump would have lost the election”

    We’ve truly reached the peak of vulgarity, banality, and outright sordidness. At the pinnacle of global power, two chaps are squabbling like spoiled, ill-mannered children, because one didn’t get what he wanted. It’s impossible to know if Trump would’ve lost the election without Musk’s money and influence. Yet, that hypothetical isn’t what’s most interesting about this farce;…

  • Emilie Flygare-Carlén

    This is a bronze sculpture depicting the Swedish author Emilie Flygare-Carlén, located in central Strömstad, Sweden. In the background is the Skagerrak Kulturhus, which houses, among other things, a music school. The plaque reads: “Byst i brons föreställande författarinnan Emilie Flygare-Carlén. Hon kom att bli den första kvinnliga författare som kunde leva på sitt författarskap…

  • Blomsholms skeppssättning (Stennskeppet)

    Blomsholm Stone Ship, Strömstad, Sweden.

  • Conversation with LLMs #03. Asking an AI about its Godfather Geoff

    [PROMPT] Hi! What do you think about what your godfather said the other day? https://youtu.be/vxkBE23zDmQ?si=Zv7jj0geCZld-dw0 You’re using 2.0 Flash Thinking (experimental), it may not always work as expected. [GEMINI ANSWER] I found some search results about the movie “The Godfather.” To find what your godfather said, I will search on YouTube. I am unable to…

  • The Pixelfed moment

    Pixelfed embodies what Instagram ought to be: a photography-focused social media app free from ads, algorithms, and invasive tracking. It’s decentralised and built on the ActivityPub protocol, allowing anyone to install it on their own server (much like hosting a website) while maintaining complete ownership of their account and data. But perhaps they don’t know…

  • Stairs IV (Yellow)

  • stairs III (Green)

  • Stairs II (Red)

  • stairs I (Blue)