iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

jędrek @jedrek.me · 02/08/2026

After 4 hours on a coach on Friday I got a notification that I've been traveling with Airpods that aren't mine. I guess creeps are using them the same way they use AirTags.

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Molly Crabapple @mollycrabapple.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

99% of the time, when someone accuses you of selective outrage, it’s a way of politically demobilizing you and shutting you up “Why are you angry about data centers instead of fast fashion” isn’t about making you care about fast fashion. It’s about shutting you up about data centers And visa versa

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 18/07/2026

Probably the same taxpayers who currently pay for a massively overbuilt road system that does not pay for itself in any way shape or form.

jędrek @jedrek.me · 18/07/2026

The other day I told a group of mostly American friends that hobby car ownership is way too cheap a hobby for the infrastructure investment it requires and they did not like that.

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 18/07/2026

It's interesting to get into home sewing (and naturally fashion), which is a very strongly woman-oriented space. The disproportion of feminine to masculine body shape patterns on Threadloop is 29:1. In fact, the unisex patterns outnumber them 3.5:1. Loving it regardless.

jędrek @jedrek.me · 14/07/2026

DeepL is my German-English go to

This is much much muuuuch more accessible today than in the past. We're just unwilling to pay for it when ill fitting but good enough clothing costs so little

They're still there

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Yes on the mobile lifestyles, absolutely not on the "nutrient dense foods"

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To be fair, the noises of nature before the massive die offs we've had were much louder

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Every time I realize we hunted whales for lamp oil...

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I have beef with the Pony Express. I remember learning about it in school for weeks only to realize in my adulthood that it lasted like 15 months.

jędrek @jedrek.me · 28/06/2026

I'm sure he's been told that

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 12/06/2026

Germany's new SCHUFA credit rating system is great: you get dinged for being an immigrant who lives within their means: Living under one address: 4 years (how long we've been in Germany) Bank acct: 4 years Mortgage: No Credit card: No

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 09/06/2026

"sorry I'm late, I was making sour cucumbers" might be the most Polish thing I've said in some time

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 07/06/2026

I had a discussion with someone who claims they were an educated economist. I tried to convince them that taking $100m and spending it in communities was a much better investment in the economy than building a plane that will get blown up or scrapped. He couldn't come around to it.

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 04/06/2026

If you're applying through LinkedIn, consider going to the company's website and applying directly. A friend who's hiring was blown away by how many of the LinkedIn applications were fake.

jędrek @jedrek.me · 29/05/2026

Yeah, I had the exact same thought

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 28/05/2026

I can't help but think that this is tied to people being proud of not understanding things. It used to be embarrassing to not understand a plot or subtext, now everybody posts about it like they've discovered something.

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 28/05/2026

Currently a part of the LED display has burnt out making it impossible to discern between 190 and 130.

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Renegade Kangaroo @renegadekangaroo.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I just found out iHOP is casting some mad shade in their kid's menu ;_;

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 27/05/2026

An under-admired part of finding a job is unsubscribing from all the shitty job finder sites.

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 24/05/2026

I can't imagine how same sex marriage could damage the institution as badly as Love is Blind Polska has tarnished it.

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 21/05/2026

There are aprox 4932 sites in English that tell you how to file for unemployment benefits here in Germany, and literally one that describes how to inform the employment agency that you've found a job.

jędrek @jedrek.me · 18/05/2026

Just clocked a guy as Polish by his voice when we spoke German in Görlitz. Languages are weird.

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 17/05/2026

I do this every year to get my subscription at half price.

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 17/05/2026

I rarely complain about German bureaucracy, but waiting on a job contract because my "background check" is taking longer than two weeks is sending me.

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 05/05/2026

Friend in the US posted some local gas prices, $6.69/gal regular. At today's rates, that's 6.42PLN/liter while Poland's average price for regular is 6.18PLN. I don't think gas in Poland has ever been cheaper than in the US. Like... ever ever.

jędrek @jedrek.me · 03/05/2026

Basically: If your code can't not be racist, then you can't write good code.

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 26/04/2026

If Polish nationalists realized how much of the language comes from German (usually via Yiddish) they'd stop speaking it.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

The problem of too many cars isn’t just about the tailpipes. And although EVs seemingly address that issue (or “move” much of it, depending on the electricity source), their increased weight, and the potential increase in size and distance driven (due to #JevonsParadox) make EVs “complicated.”

“The (Many) Environmental Impacts of a Car” cartoon by Andy Singer

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 26/04/2026

Yeah, I got really scared when I realized most right wing xenophobes in politics actually believe their own crap.

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 22/04/2026

The software in my air fryer is buggy and I have to turn it off and on after the timer dings. What a world we've built for ourselves.

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 18/04/2026

Passport bros have always existed. The preferred terminology used to be "dudes who couldn't hack it at home and went wife hunting abroad"

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 16/04/2026

Being able to use public transportation 95% of the time and an affordable car share to fill in the gaps is IMO the best model for 2026. Driving can suck, because you're not doing it every day. You have no fixed costs. The car is not your responsibility.

jędrek @jedrek.me · 16/04/2026

Once you own a car, you become a Car Owner. Your world view warps to that of a car owner: parking becomes more important than housing, street throughput more important than safety. You stop using public transit: you have a car.

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 16/04/2026

Cities should be putting more work into courting car shares: exclusive parking, larger zones, etc There is a very real issue that if you need a car once a week, you will buy a car and then use that car for everything: after all, you already own a car. You covered all fixed costs.

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 14/04/2026

"This car ad promised me that I'd be able to drive around an empty city and mountain roads, but instead I'm spending 30 minutes looking for parking!? Must be the cyclists' fault!"

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 12/04/2026

One crappy thing about looking for a job is that you have to act exactly the same the whole time you're looking, no matter how far ahead you are in a recruitment process.

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jędrek @jedrek.me · 12/04/2026

I've only seen them on steaks at my local Lidl.