Tolki

My clients are starting to receive their keyboards and I even made one delivery in person 😃

⚠️ Social media = polarization machine ‼️ 👉 Extreme ideologues post more 👉 People are more likely to post extreme positions "...robust evidence that online discourse severely over-represents extreme perspectives" = "prediction of false polarization." Important preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...

L'enquête de Mediapart sur le 17 octobre, place de la République à Paris, contredit les affirmations du ministre de l'intérieur : ce sont bien des policiers (en l'occurrence de la Brav-M) qui ont provoqué le chaos en lançant des grenades sur une foule pacifique. www.mediapart.fr/journal/fran...

Making an app that looks like my nvim conf, but in my web browser

Back at making a software engineering harness It's specificity is that it's git-driven and can be used without *any* special tool, it's fully textual. The Web UI is a bonus. Will be compatible with all open models through a pi-durable agent + be able to drive Codex and Claude Code

I paid for a full CPU I'm using a full CPU, ok?

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Mood www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9rR...

Japanese used bookstores are reporting a massive uptick in bulk purchases of used Japanese books by overseas buyers, seemingly without any regard to their contents. The only logical conclusion is that these books are being stripped, scanned, and discarded to train AI models.

🇺🇸 Le gouvernement américain a expulsé plus de 25.000 personnes dans des pays tiers, aux termes d'accords secrets passés avec 35 pays pour qu'ils accueillent des personnes n'ayant aucun lien avec eux, révèle une enquête journalistique mondiale. ➡️ u.afp.com/Sjjy

Well, of course those hippy Marxists at the Financial Times would say that.

Les choix des photos par les rédactions c’est pire que chez Disney ou Marvel. En une image tu sais qui est gentil et qui est méchant.

Matignon demande à la justice de traquer les sources de journalistes en invoquant « la vie des affaires » et « les intérêts supérieurs de l'État » alors qu'il est question d'informations publiées sur l'élaboration... du budget de la nation. Insensé.

I just finished reading "Palaces for the People" which explains how locations, like the library, are not only tools for learning but also for connecting people and bridging divides. The future of democratic societies rests not simply on shared values but on shared spaces. I highly recommend it!

Is doomscrolling bad for you? A meta-analysis of 42 studies (N=46,912) finds that consuming short-form videos is linked to increases in inattention & impulsivity; reductions in working-memory span & self-regulation; elevations in anxiety, depression & stress; and a surge in addiction symptoms.

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Social media discourse is driven by false #polarization We find that: 1) ideologues post opinions more than moderates 2) extreme attitudes are posted more than moderate one 3) This replicates in 40 countries 4) Opinions that users post are more hostile than the beliefs they keep to themselves

That's my energy

Trump administration ramps up campaign against International Criminal Court, sanctions court president Tomoko Akane of Japan u.afp.com/SHVr

From the "Nausicaa" fan animation by Valerian Gruel, in the style of Hayao Miyazaki's manga. Full video >> www.instagram.com/valgrib_en_m...

Got my mom to use my keyboard and my dad to try learning a new layout 😳

if they're drinking nounwine it's fantasy. if they're snorting a verb it's sci fi

Note: Following the drastic budget cuts imposed by the Japanese government on national art museums and other institutions, the National Film Archive of Japan finds itself in a critical situation. That is why they have launched this campaign.

From making keyboards in my room to making more keyboards in my room: blog.tolki.dev/posts/2026/0...

Shipping my first 10 keyboards today!

Teenagers are spending as much time on social media as they would for a full-time job. Girls are spending 35+ hours a week on social media and boys are close behind. If they keep it up, the average teen will spend more than 10 years of their life doomscrolling www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

I'm posting progress mostly on the Discord server, but... I'm shipping my first keyboards tomorrow 🎉

English source but excuse me wtf: www.brusselstimes.com/2253256/i-am... “I’m racist and I did it on purpose”

Prototypes trash day

🇫🇷🦌 En Gironde, l’incendie ravage les forêts, une catastrophe pour la faune qui tente d’échapper aux flammes. Mais ces chevreuils paniqués se sont retrouvés coincés par une barrière en lisière de forêt ⤵️

Sumo is such a good spectator sport honestly Aonishiki’s run is legendary, matches are always bangers, and the tournament format is great

I fear my son might be a huge fucking nerd like his dad

Having friends over to watch the World Cup? Old, cliché, expected Having friends over to watch sumo? Fresh, exciting, always fun

It fits (650mAh) Full build and photos tomorrow 👀

New prototype + finished travel case Founders edition (10 units) coming soon

I can't help but love the boomer metal vibes www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dmu...

> お着替えの時間には、エアギターを披露しながらX JAPANの「紅」を熱唱！ノリノリな姿に、保育者も思わず笑顔になりました。 That’s my son

1000 evaluators given identical resumes & told candidate used AI. Only difference on resumes was candidate’s name: Emily vs James. Study found women using AI are evaluated as less competent than men who use AI...To evaluators, women’s AI use signaled inability, while men’s AI use signaled initiative

V1, I feel like it looks cool But I feel like it’s a bit too thick with all components on the bottom side, I might do a third prototype that’s 4mm thinner…

Il y a dans « L’étrange défaite » un avertissement de Marc Bloch qui est trop peu souligné alors qu’il est très actuel : « le pire crime de nos prétendus démocrates », écrit-il, fut l’avilissement de l’information et l’asservissement de la presse.

v1 vs v0 👀

Mardi a été "la plus chaude jamais enregistrée en France" depuis le début des mesures en 1947 et de nombreux records absolus de température ont été battus dans l'Ouest du pays, selon Météo-France ⤵️

It shorted 3v3 and GND, my battery almost exploded LUL

Just finished my first ever manual stencil hot plate SMD soldering session Let’s wait for it to cool down but it looks ok…

Small blog post on linux desktops (environments and compositors) In the end I'm still on hyprland... blog.tolki.dev/posts/2026/0...

Ils aiment l'argent et il détestent la démocratie : Vincent Bolloré censure dans ses Relay un livre gênant pour Bernard Arnault, "Bernard Arnault, son univers impitoyable", enquête très documentée de l’historienne Audrey Millet (La Tribu, 393 p., 22,90 €). www.liberation.fr/economie/vin...

I made a small visualisation of the birthplace and nation represented of players at the World Cup. Stunning 96(!) players born in France. You can play with it here: claude.ai/public/artif...

Sooooo naked copper + transluscent case looks pretty good 👀