# thinking (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover thinking. Page: Feed: --- ## ["No tengo energía para tener más vida"](https://webnauta.smol.pub/no-tengo-energia-para-tener-mas-vida) _2026-08-25 · webnauta · Smol Pub_ Más allá de este búnker —resguardado por trincheras de letras y silencios deliberados— se extiende un territorio de bullicio y desenfreno. De ese lugar efervescente rara vez llegan noticias que merezcan reposo; casi todo ocurre a la velocidad del olvido. Sin embargo, esta vez cruzó la frontera un relato que me ha obligado a "detenerme a oler las flores". Una joven relata, con una mezcla de… ## [Sobre guardar fotografías](https://webnauta.smol.pub/sobre-guardar-fotografias) _2026-08-25 · webnauta · Smol Pub_ Me gusta utilizar servicios en línea durante períodos prolongados. Para ser honesto, me resulta engorroso andar brincando de plataforma en plataforma; eso de andar “a tuto con mis cachivaches” termina siendo un lastre, sobre todo por el tiempo que exige buscar alternativas, compararlas y, finalmente, migrar información. Ese tiempo —cada vez más escaso— rara vez vuelve con intereses. Pagar por un… ## [El techo como umbral](https://webnauta.smol.pub/el-techo-como-umbral) _2026-08-25 · webnauta · Smol Pub_ Hoy es una de esas noches de insomnio. He decidido escribir y leer en lugar de tomar pastillas para dormir; odio tomar pastillas. Escribir me ayuda a relajar el cuerpo; leer en papel, a conciliar el sueño. Antes de comenzar esta historia, estaba recostado en la cama, observando el techo de mi habitación. Pensé: “no recuerdo la última vez que me detuve a observarlo, pues antes de dormir casi… ## [Una historia sin propósito](https://webnauta.smol.pub/una-historia-sin-proposito) _2026-08-25 · webnauta · Smol Pub_ Escribir por escribir Ha iniciado una semana más; o menos, no lo sé con certeza. Espero que esta traiga un afán distinto al de la anterior. Al fin y al cabo, es el último lunes de 2025: algo bueno tendría que traer consigo. Desde mi oficina observo a dos pájaros retozar, casi al compás de \_7 Years\_ de Lukas Graham. La escena me devuelve al fin de semana recién pasado, uno que, sin exagerar,… ## [Libera tu mente...](https://webnauta.smol.pub/libera-tu-mente) _2026-08-25 · webnauta · Smol Pub_ V. Comprendiendo la privacidad Durante años he leído sobre el software libre como una vía natural para proteger la privacidad y la seguridad en Internet. No es una idea nueva, ni mucho menos marginal. Y, sin embargo, a veces me pregunto por qué, aun conociendo los riesgos, seguimos utilizando casi sin cuestionar el mismo conjunto de herramientas. Tal vez no sea ignorancia. Tal vez sea algo más… ## [Conversaciones provechosas](https://webnauta.smol.pub/conversaciones-provechosas) _2026-08-25 · webnauta · Smol Pub_ Imaginemos por un momento VI Un día, sin razón aparente, dejas de hacer lo que estás haciendo. Permaneces inmóvil, taciturno, y empiezas a escuchar. Las conversaciones que flotan en la cafetería se superponen unas a otras hasta volverse reconocibles: no por su profundidad, sino por su repetición. Pronto adviertes que los temas no nacen ahí; son apenas el eco de las tendencias que pululan en la… ## [Lo "cool" a veces no es tan "cool"](https://webnauta.smol.pub/lo-cool-a-veces-no-es-tan-cool) _2026-08-25 · webnauta · Smol Pub_ Uno de los rasgos más peculiares de las organizaciones cuya actividad económica se inscribe en la llamada economía creativa es la enorme pasión por el producto. A ello se suman la atención minuciosa a los detalles, el desarrollo holístico, la innovación evangelizadora, el servicio al cliente o el aprovechamiento del talento. En la práctica, todo esto suele traducirse en seguir los pasos del "Alva… ## [La utopía pendiente...](https://webnauta.smol.pub/la-utopia-pendiente) _2026-08-25 · webnauta · Smol Pub_ El 17 de febrero de 2006 apareció The Last Job on Earth, un cortometraje que planteaba un escenario inquietante: un futuro donde la automatización y la inteligencia artificial han asumido la mayor parte de las tareas laborales, relegando a los seres humanos al papel de espectadores de un sistema que ellos mismos construyeron. Lejos de presentar un mundo armonioso y liberador, la pieza intentó… ## [¿Mi periplo digital ha llegado a su final?](https://webnauta.smol.pub/mi-periplo-digital-ha-llegado-a-su-final) _2026-08-25 · webnauta · Smol Pub_ IV. Comprendiendo la privacidad Tomando como punto de partida los dos atributos fundamentales de la privacidad —la invisibilidad y la autonomía— puede inferirse que, hoy en día, los desafíos que plantea su pérdida son especialmente complejos. La vigilancia basada en el procesamiento masivo de información nos mantiene constantemente controlados, observados, examinados, evaluados, valorados y… ## [Breve relato acerca de recolección de datos](https://webnauta.smol.pub/breve-relato-acerca-de-recoleccion-de-datos) _2026-08-25 · webnauta · Smol Pub_ III. Comprendiendo la privacidad La historia ocurre un miércoles cualquiera de julio de dos mil dieciocho, aunque, desde que salí de la oficina, tenía la sensación de que algo en ese día vibraba fuera de lo habitual. El reloj ubicado en el bulevar marcaba quince minutos antes del mediodía; la ciudad, entretanto, hervía con su tránsito denso y monótono, esa coreografía interminable de bocinas y… ## [Trade Smarter With IBKR (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/SLnNOkijkx9O) _2026-08-25 · **Sponsored**_ Join Interactive Brokers through a referral and start investing with low-cost global access. ## [Depth-first vs breadth-first cleaning](https://nullish.smol.pub/depth-first-vs-breadth-first-cleaning) _2026-08-23 · nullish · Smol Pub_ I was doing some chores and tidying around the house today when I had a funny thought. Forgive a brief detour while I provide some context. When I was in school long ago, I took a data structures course where I learned about tree traversal. Two of the most common algorithms for traversing a tree are depth-first search (travel down the tree before visiting sibling nodes) and breadth-first search… ## [distance away](https://coldscars.smol.pub/distance_away) _2026-08-22 · coldscars · Smol Pub_ I fall asleep holding you near where my fears live hoping the distance away I wake up with you holding me ## [Gemtext](https://buster.smol.pub/gemtext) _2026-08-22 · buster · Smol Pub_ Gemtext: Condensed Guide Gemtext is a simple, line‑oriented markup format used by the Gemini protocol. Each line is a complete element. No inline formatting, no nesting. Text Write normal text as plain lines. Clients wrap long lines automatically. Blank lines are preserved and separate paragraphs. Headings Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Links Links must be on their own line: Optional label Examples: A… ## [The original global communications hobby](https://kdan.smol.pub/steam_radio) _2026-08-22 · kdan · Smol Pub_ ##Ancient history ###When I was 11, back in the mid-1970s, my parents bought me a transistor radio for Christmas. It was a Benkson medium wave and longwave portable, made in Hong Kong, which fitted nicely in the hand, ran for ever on a PP9 battery, and with it I discovered (although I didn't understand the physics at the time) the wonder of over-the-horizon radio communications. The Ionosphere… ## [i am the lorax and i speak for the trees. the trees say "why don't you call?"](https://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-08-22) _2026-08-22 · drmollytov · Smol Pub_ I have been hiking a lot recently. Mostly because I go back to the child mines on Monday, a job that precludes me from taking off into the woods for three hours on a random Tuesday morning. Partly because the local silviculture plot just opened up 700 acres for public exploration (with the caveat "do not enter unless you have orienteering and wilderness experience," because there are absolutely no… ## [Deckzero-Alpha](https://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-08-22-deckzero) _2026-08-22 · kunulo · Smol Pub_ A year or so ago, I became very taken with the idea of the cyberdeck. I'd seen a few examples online, and I knew I wanted one. Not because I needed one -- I just thought it would be a cool thing to have. The problem was, all the examples I could find seemed to involve either 3D printing or some fairly advanced crafting and making skills. I don't want to go down the 3D printing rabbithole, and I'm… ## [Weary](https://littlecampsite.smol.pub/weary) _2026-08-22 · littlecampsite · Smol Pub_ I am so very weary of it all. The constant assault that is the bulk of the Internet in 2026, I am so weary of it. I've had enough of the constant bombardment, the tension, the aggression and violence of it. Its like the Morgoth of hyper-capitalism took the promise of the web and twisted and tortured it and contorted it into the mockery it is today. The rapaciousness of it all is exhausting, the… ## [books - updated august 22](https://dogboy.smol.pub/books) _2026-08-22 · dogboy · Smol Pub_ trying to get myself to read more again! "project hail mary" by andy weir 4/5. would be 3 but i'm adding one point for "readability". i have so many books in progress that just aren't... readable. i have to take what i can get! as much as i felt some things were under-explored in the movie... i think overall it did a better job than the book. (now having finished it i see they're equally… ## [Hand cramps](https://nullish.smol.pub/hand-cramps) _2026-08-22 · nullish · Smol Pub_ It's so easy for a healthy habit to get derailed by a consumerist impulse. A while ago I started journaling, and things were good. I like the Field Notes pocket notebooks, and I've been using them for a long time. I had a small surplus in a drawer, waiting to be used. Pocket notebooks are handy, and if you're in the habit of carrying a pen, then it only makes sense to carry a small notebook to go… ## [Enough computer: small internet, old machines, and a politics of sufficiency](https://kunulo.smol.pub/gleanings-from-gopher) _2026-08-21 · kunulo · Smol Pub_ I've been reading a little conversation on Gopher about “withered technology”. It began with Solderpunk writing about Gunpei Yokoi's famous idea of lateral thinking with withered technology: instead of reaching automatically for the newest and most powerful technology, take something mature, cheap and well understood and think imaginatively about what it can do. The Game Boy is the classic… ## [Snapshot Showdown on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lEEWf2p6Vbex) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Available on Google Play for Android devices. ## [afternoon nap](https://coldscars.smol.pub/afternoon_nap) _2026-08-21 · coldscars · Smol Pub_ the warmth of your sweet afternoon nap lingers on your skin I dive under blankets to feel that warmth plaster myself on you to maximise the area where skin touches skin and you don't want to get up ## [Small Internet](https://kdan.smol.pub/small_internet) _2026-08-21 · kdan · Smol Pub_ ##What's this? For a long time I've been thinking about ways to spend less time on line, for a whole list of reasons that I'll probably describe on this journal in due course. Last year I got rid of the last vestiges of my presence on anything which looks like social media, installed a minimalist launcher on my phone, blocked the web browser except for short periods, moved the sim out of my… ## [The rain returned](https://littlecampsite.smol.pub/the-rain-returned) _2026-08-21 · littlecampsite · Smol Pub_ Finally, after months of dryness and oppressive heat, there was a rain day. Not just a little sprinkling here and there, we'd had those and their false promises, no this was a proper rain day, steady and incessant for hours. Its the sort of day that is desperately needed, as stressed plants and trees have struggled so much. Thankfully, it wasn't a full deluge out of nowhere, but started slow and… ## [stranger perspective 1](https://nullish.smol.pub/stranger-perspective-1) _2026-08-21 · nullish · Smol Pub_ "An escape from the erosion of self" A stranger feels compassion for the suffering of another. This other is sensitive, brilliant, desperate, isolated, possibly dangerous, profoundly loved, and terribly, terribly trapped. A kindred spirit of sorts. The words of this other collide with a stranger, leaving unexpected ripples. They are worlds apart in time, and in space, and in destiny, but there… ## [plums](https://coldscars.smol.pub/plums) _2026-08-20 · coldscars · Smol Pub_ the plums are getting colour fall is falling on me but this time I'm not defeated completely but taking baby steps towards a plan not spoken out loud ## [limiting internet - week 2 update](https://dogboy.smol.pub/limitinginternetweek2) _2026-08-20 · dogboy · Smol Pub_ changed up my methodology this week, as to not track things all day. i decided on an hour of internet in the morning and evening, backgammon during my coffe time, and a no-internet profile on the laptop at all other times. well, low-internet. no videos or social media, or any other Accounts. internet is allowed for Tools when necessary (dictionary, dvorak practice etc) or playing music or ambient… ## [writer's block](https://detritus.smol.pub/1787251980) _2026-08-20 · detritus · Smol Pub_ A writer's block, according to Calvin, is a block that you put on your desk and it keeps you from writing. That comic strip must be a few decades old, because technology has done a lot of progress since then. Today, I have a high-tech version of a writer's block on my desk. It's not exactly a block, but a slim rectangle that unfolds to reveal a glowing rectangle and a keyboard, and which… ## [A break from routine](https://kunulo.smol.pub/20260820-by-the-wood) _2026-08-20 · kunulo · Smol Pub_ Yesterday, I took off in my van. Not a big roadtrip. Just a short hop, less than 10 miles from home. The thing is, my van is my refuge. When I'm in my van, I almost immediately feel like I'm on my holidays. Whether I'm on a 500 mile road trip or a little tootle into the countryside, it's all the same. When I'm stressed, taking the van out can do the trick even if I don't go anywhere. This trip is… ## [3 AM](https://nullish.smol.pub/3-am) _2026-08-20 · nullish · Smol Pub_ I told you I was struggling, existentially you said: being an adult means doing things that you don't want to do you think I like doing laundry? -- It's 3 AM and I'm feeling sick, emotionally I woke to vertigo, to racing thoughts, to write what I can't say the feelings fade eventually -- You don't tell me things because you're afraid of how I'll react. That I won't respond, in the way that you… ## [fear of everything](https://coldscars.smol.pub/fear_of_everything) _2026-08-19 · coldscars · Smol Pub_ the sweet words trying to escape on the page, out in the world I stop out of fear but of what exactly I ask myself everything ## [One OS for your AI workforce (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/F63cxyLP2lP7) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Build, direct, and supervise an AI workforce from a single operating workspace. ## [Posting from the command line](https://kunulo.smol.pub/first-cli-post) _2026-08-19 · kunulo · Smol Pub_ Nobody neeeds to read this, so nobody's life but mine is worse if it doesn't work. Of course, if it does work I'll have another reason to smile. Which is nice. \[Update\]: It worked! ## [2026-08-19](https://dogboy.smol.pub/20260819) _2026-08-19 · dogboy · Smol Pub_ hey everybody, autumn is here! i think? it kind of snuck up on me. we've gone straight from Heatwave to a 12C minimum and 22C maximum temperature, cool and rainy. it's been a couple of such days already and it doesn't seem like much will change in the next two weeks so maybe? autumn? it's taken a while for the house to cool down, then i was finally getting some sleep after a whole summer of bad… ## [Smol wins](https://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-08-19-1241) _2026-08-19 · kunulo · Smol Pub_ My smol space now points directly to a domain I own. The fact that it works has made me happier than is reasonable. Hurrah! ## [An old blogpost](https://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-08-19-0715) _2026-08-19 · kunulo · Smol Pub_ On friendship I was thinking yesterday how much this space reminds me of the way the internet used to be. That thought led me to nostalgia for my old blog, which I'd thought was lost but has been mostly preserved by the Internet Archive. I found this post from February 2002... Friendship is a wonderful thing - empowering, supportive and life-giving. Being part of a close-knit group of friends is a… ## [RE: A question of email](https://nullish.smol.pub/re-a-question-of-email) _2026-08-19 · nullish · Smol Pub_ I do put "my email" in geminispace and on the open web and make no effort to obfuscate it. Why did I use quotes above? I have a lot of email addresses: definitely dozens, and probably over a hundred. In my view, the trick to being fearless with your email address is being able to sunset it with no impact or little impact. So: a unique email address for almost every different use, and certainly for… ## [My first night in Geminispace](https://zenith.smol.pub/my-first-night-in-geminispace) _2026-08-18 · zenith · Smol Pub_ I've been wanting to experiment with the gemini protocol for a while, but never quite managed to get around to it. Tonight I came across Smol Pub, and decided to take the leap. Smol.pub How cool is this? I'm not sure exactly what I'll use it for yet, but my first instinct is an old school web log / personal diary. We'll see. For now, I'm just happy to be here! ## [be](https://coldscars.smol.pub/be) _2026-08-18 · coldscars · Smol Pub_ be nice, be good smile through the hurt, it's nothing be a cook, a maid, a nurse an endless void to yell into be happy, be grateful others have things so much worse be a warm body conveniently always there be quiet, be silent, be invisible then dare to question the lack of affection be haunted by the words "when have you given me reason for it?" ## [RIP Backups](https://fwdudu.smol.pub/rip-backups) _2026-08-18 · fwdudu · Smol Pub_ Yesterday I was trying to clean out the \`/home\` directory of my desktop-turned-homelab. I saw a bunch of .zip files prefixed \`drive-download-\*\` in my Downloads which totalled around 100 GB, which I probably downloaded when Google reduced my storage limits after my graduation. I thought that I already backed those photos up to my network storage, and a quick check with \`unzip -l\` confirmed that ONE… ## [A question of email](https://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-08-18-0807) _2026-08-18 · kunulo · Smol Pub_ I'm interested to find other's opinions on "best practice" when it comes to email in this space. I wouldn't put my email in the open on the web, but I notice many in geminispace who do just that. Others, though, make efforts to obfuscate. What think ye? ## [Catastrophe Ethics](https://nullish.smol.pub/catastrophe-ethics) _2026-08-18 · nullish · Smol Pub_ How can our individual actions move the needle on a massive, complex, and systemic problem like climate change? How should we act in order to make the necessary impact? How \*must\* we act? What is our personal obligation to maximize the extent to which we're part of the solution, and minimize the extent to which we're part of the problem? How do we determine that obligation? Is it really an… ## [creative held](https://coldscars.smol.pub/creative_held) _2026-08-17 · coldscars · Smol Pub_ the creative being held starts creating ideas spark and sparkle joy found in tiny moments shared ## [Life in Plain Text (1): calendar.txt](https://kunulo.smol.pub/1786962761) _2026-08-17 · kunulo · Smol Pub_ About a year ago, perhaps a bit more, I found myself getting uncomfortable with my reliance on tech giants. I started looking into alternatives, but they needed to be simple. My self-image as the cunning, resourceful cyber-warrior who needs nothing more than an old laptop and a secure internet connection is built on very shaky foundations. The truth is that I find talk of protocols and such a bit… ## [Hello, smol.pub!](https://fwdudu.smol.pub/hello-smol-pub) _2026-08-17 · fwdudu · Smol Pub_ This is probably the first time I have felt boredom in a while, which I think is a good thing. It caused me to start writing my first post here, after all, despite having signed up a few days ago already. There's so much I want to talk about, but I probably need to do some kind of introduction first. Some facts about me: Older Gen Z (the pushing 30 kind) Living in Canada Working in tech… ## [Peace lily](https://nullish.smol.pub/peace-lily) _2026-08-17 · nullish · Smol Pub_ Today I was thinking about a plant. Weird, right? I keep a lot of houseplants, have a number of favorites, and attach deep meaning to a few of them. Of these, my peace lily is perhaps the most meaningful, due to the circumstances around which I received it. In the late 2000's, my dear grandmother passed on from this world. She had a good life, but was quite sick and was debilitated and suffering… ## [Gopher story](https://willthekid.smol.pub/story) _2026-08-16 · willthekid · Smol Pub_ La Storia di Gopher e del World Wide Web C'era una volta, nel vasto paesaggio digitale, un piccolo e solitario Gopher. Non era la creatura piu famosa del regno di internet, ma aveva qualcosa di speciale -- una rete profonda e sotterranea in grado di trasportare dati alla velocita della luce. Viveva nella sua accogliente tana, circondato da tunnel che portavano a tesori innumerevoli: file server,… ## [so lightly](https://coldscars.smol.pub/so_lightly) _2026-08-16 · coldscars · Smol Pub_ lips touching so lightly it's almost not even a kiss at all yet it carries something so vast the rising sun the next morning won't be the same but it will witness what comes next the timeline rocked out of its course it won't matter what comes next the world just shifted for the better ## [Tutorial Mutt](https://willthekid.smol.pub/tutorialmutt) _2026-08-16 · willthekid · Smol Pub_ In questo tutorial indico il comando per inviare direttamente dal terminale un'email con un allegato. Il corpo del messaggio da inviare si trova nel file "body.txt", mentre l'allegato è un'potetica foto che si chiama "allegato.jpgeg". Dopo questa introduzione dovuta riporto il comando... mutt -s "Oggetto della mail" -a allegato.jpeg -- utente@gmail.com \< body.txt Spero che questo comando possa… ## [limiting internet use - feelings](https://dogboy.smol.pub/limitinginternetfeelings) _2026-08-16 · dogboy · Smol Pub_ how does it feel, doing less time-wasting on the computer? obviously the internet-time-wasting behaviors stem from boredom, but they also kind of produce more boredom? it's rare to read/see something that gets me to stop scrolling/watching and go do a thing. being off the Big Internet for most of the day does not in any way eliminate boredom, obviously, but it kind of lets it breathe. there's room… ## [Why "kunulo"?](https://kunulo.smol.pub/1786869001) _2026-08-16 · kunulo · Smol Pub_ "Kunulo" is an Esperanto word. It means "companion" or "partner". It just seemed appropriate. I wonder how many Esperantistoj there are in Geminispace? ## [Reading outside](https://pv.smol.pub/reading-outside) _2026-08-16 · pv · Smol Pub_ Yesterday night was a nice, warm mid-August evening. Where I live dark usually equals cold, but at this time of the year we are moving away from the white summer nights while the last warmth of the summer still lingers on. The rest of the Europe has been scorching under a heatwave but here this summer has been - or at least felt - quite cool since July. I was sitting on our backyard patio, reading…