Mert Torun πΊπ¦π΅πΈ
@merttorun.com
Design, coffee, software, TTRPGs
Every accusation a psychopath makes is a confession in disguise.
February 1, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Every accusation a psychopath makes is a confession in disguise.
What we need on X is finisher packs. A feature to seamlessly wrap your content and graph and migrate it to Bluesky.
January 22, 2026 at 9:46 AM
What we need on X is finisher packs. A feature to seamlessly wrap your content and graph and migrate it to Bluesky.
Culture matters a lot. Over here, those same curb cuts are overwhelmingly used by asshole drivers to park their cars on the sidewalk, or by asshole motorbike couriers to take shortcuts through pedestrian areas.
January 5, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Culture matters a lot. Over here, those same curb cuts are overwhelmingly used by asshole drivers to park their cars on the sidewalk, or by asshole motorbike couriers to take shortcuts through pedestrian areas.
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youβre right! it feels mostly awful to Go Onlineβ’, these days. the internet in a sad state, for reason after reason after reason. but there is a way to fix it; to trade the voidful howling for a quiet & joyful song.
hereβs how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
hereβs how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
A Website To End All Websites | Henry From Online
How to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
henry.codes
January 1, 2026 at 7:27 PM
youβre right! it feels mostly awful to Go Onlineβ’, these days. the internet in a sad state, for reason after reason after reason. but there is a way to fix it; to trade the voidful howling for a quiet & joyful song.
hereβs how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
hereβs how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
I love the dark detail that the terrifying act this monster performs is just a mundane act of survival for it. It probably isn't even aware that what it is doing is quite horrible for the victims.
December 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I love the dark detail that the terrifying act this monster performs is just a mundane act of survival for it. It probably isn't even aware that what it is doing is quite horrible for the victims.
Too small a detail to see at the typical size it is used at. I wonder if the designer intended it to be seen, or just put it there as an easter egg meant to surprise people just like this. Both are fine as long as it's intentful.
December 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Too small a detail to see at the typical size it is used at. I wonder if the designer intended it to be seen, or just put it there as an easter egg meant to surprise people just like this. Both are fine as long as it's intentful.
If they get curious about it (and only if they do) they ask more questions, dig deeper, and only as I answer, we see that itβs a a mystery unfolding.
Most of the time, the players just say out loud what they suspect, and that suspicion is the cue forward. Is it true? Maybe. I donβt know yet.
Most of the time, the players just say out loud what they suspect, and that suspicion is the cue forward. Is it true? Maybe. I donβt know yet.
December 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
If they get curious about it (and only if they do) they ask more questions, dig deeper, and only as I answer, we see that itβs a a mystery unfolding.
Most of the time, the players just say out loud what they suspect, and that suspicion is the cue forward. Is it true? Maybe. I donβt know yet.
Most of the time, the players just say out loud what they suspect, and that suspicion is the cue forward. Is it true? Maybe. I donβt know yet.
I donβt. Thatβs the point. Iβm not telling the story. The story emerges as we play. So does a mystery. I donβt start a session thinking letβs do a mystery today. Someone asks a question and discovers a vague answer at any random point in the gameβ¦
December 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I donβt. Thatβs the point. Iβm not telling the story. The story emerges as we play. So does a mystery. I donβt start a session thinking letβs do a mystery today. Someone asks a question and discovers a vague answer at any random point in the gameβ¦
Not knowing about it myself in the first place. I have a lot of vague ideas and questions at the back of my mind, but the actual mystery only materializes as the players do things and roll dice.
December 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Not knowing about it myself in the first place. I have a lot of vague ideas and questions at the back of my mind, but the actual mystery only materializes as the players do things and roll dice.
TΓΌrkΓ§e Γ§eviriye küçük bir ek daha yaptΔ±m π‘οΈ
Oyun ΓΆzeti - Blades in the Dark Oyuncu kiti
edgerunner.itch.io/blades-in-th...
#bladesinthedark #ttrpg
Oyun ΓΆzeti - Blades in the Dark Oyuncu kiti
edgerunner.itch.io/blades-in-th...
#bladesinthedark #ttrpg
Oyun ΓΆzeti
Blades iΓ§in oyun ΓΆzeti, bu oyunu diΔerlerinden ayΔ±ran incelikleri ΓΌΓ§ sayfada ΓΆzetleyen bir referans. Oyunda elinizin altΔ±nda bulunsa iyi olur. Δ°lk sayfa oyunculara, sonraki iki sayfa da anlat...
edgerunner.itch.io
December 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
TΓΌrkΓ§e Γ§eviriye küçük bir ek daha yaptΔ±m π‘οΈ
Oyun ΓΆzeti - Blades in the Dark Oyuncu kiti
edgerunner.itch.io/blades-in-th...
#bladesinthedark #ttrpg
Oyun ΓΆzeti - Blades in the Dark Oyuncu kiti
edgerunner.itch.io/blades-in-th...
#bladesinthedark #ttrpg
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It shouldnβt be complicated to open your car door during a vehicle fire or other emergency. But some cars with electronic handles make the manual release hard to find. Join us in telling automakers to fix this problem. Sign our petition today:
Make sure I can open my car door in an emergency!
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December 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It shouldnβt be complicated to open your car door during a vehicle fire or other emergency. But some cars with electronic handles make the manual release hard to find. Join us in telling automakers to fix this problem. Sign our petition today:
That's the idea. It's not easy to tell what it applies to. You have to have someone who knows better tell you. Too many concepts and names.
Worse yet, somebody uses some half-knowledge to make an interesting hack that somehow becomes a fad, and then the web can't move away from that either.
Worse yet, somebody uses some half-knowledge to make an interesting hack that somehow becomes a fad, and then the web can't move away from that either.
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
That's the idea. It's not easy to tell what it applies to. You have to have someone who knows better tell you. Too many concepts and names.
Worse yet, somebody uses some half-knowledge to make an interesting hack that somehow becomes a fad, and then the web can't move away from that either.
Worse yet, somebody uses some half-knowledge to make an interesting hack that somehow becomes a fad, and then the web can't move away from that either.
The trouble with CSS and web rendering is that we can't get rid of questionable naming choices of the past because the whole web may depend on it. So we end up coining long and hard-to-understand terms for new and supposedly better stuff. Imagine if that was just `containing-block`β¦
December 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The trouble with CSS and web rendering is that we can't get rid of questionable naming choices of the past because the whole web may depend on it. So we end up coining long and hard-to-understand terms for new and supposedly better stuff. Imagine if that was just `containing-block`β¦
If it prevented him from signing one more shitty executive order, I guess it's worthwhile.
December 2, 2025 at 11:53 AM
If it prevented him from signing one more shitty executive order, I guess it's worthwhile.
Agreed. Some patents are just there to block others from doing anything at all. Theoretically, you could take those patents to court and overturn them, but that's such a burden that most of the time you just end up saying "f**k that" and do something else.
December 2, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Agreed. Some patents are just there to block others from doing anything at all. Theoretically, you could take those patents to court and overturn them, but that's such a burden that most of the time you just end up saying "f**k that" and do something else.
Patents were supposed to protect real-person inventors from corporate exploitation by officially acknowledging their work. RN, corporations use them as big sticks to pound at each other.
Patents should be only owned by real persons. Non-transferable. Only licensed non-exclusively.
Patents should be only owned by real persons. Non-transferable. Only licensed non-exclusively.
December 2, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Patents were supposed to protect real-person inventors from corporate exploitation by officially acknowledging their work. RN, corporations use them as big sticks to pound at each other.
Patents should be only owned by real persons. Non-transferable. Only licensed non-exclusively.
Patents should be only owned by real persons. Non-transferable. Only licensed non-exclusively.
So it is the genuine human-made SEO slop that they trained the models on?
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 AM
So it is the genuine human-made SEO slop that they trained the models on?
"Cognitive decline" is a mild statement, as if whatever parameter is nearing a zero point.
The case here is long past the zero point. It's in the negative space, where the level of absurdity is so high that it's truly hard to counter it with usual methods.
Happens to empires in decline.
The case here is long past the zero point. It's in the negative space, where the level of absurdity is so high that it's truly hard to counter it with usual methods.
Happens to empires in decline.
November 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Cognitive decline" is a mild statement, as if whatever parameter is nearing a zero point.
The case here is long past the zero point. It's in the negative space, where the level of absurdity is so high that it's truly hard to counter it with usual methods.
Happens to empires in decline.
The case here is long past the zero point. It's in the negative space, where the level of absurdity is so high that it's truly hard to counter it with usual methods.
Happens to empires in decline.
Names matter. They expose a mindset. Salvation = Belief that a human isn't worth anything until they conform to your template. Army = Endorsement of strategic, well-organized and systematic mass violence as a means to an end.
One of the only posts of mine that ever took off was on this, The salvation army (even if it may help people in a community) at its core is inherently homophobic/transphobic & is actively supporting ice and other horrid groups
do not give money to them, support local food kitchens with direct funds
do not give money to them, support local food kitchens with direct funds
I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Names matter. They expose a mindset. Salvation = Belief that a human isn't worth anything until they conform to your template. Army = Endorsement of strategic, well-organized and systematic mass violence as a means to an end.
Now this article made me wonder: What if there was a "dark mode" for screen readers? What would it sound like? Dark?
Do sound-first people have strong preferences about what they hear like sight-first people do? If they had a "mode switch", what would it be?
Do sound-first people have strong preferences about what they hear like sight-first people do? If they had a "mode switch", what would it be?
The more I deal with accessibility, the more I realise that β0KB JSβ is probably harmful.
The irony is that it was Svelteβs linter warnings (βa clickable element needβs xyzβ) that eventually nudged me into trying to practice better a11y π
(via @sarasoueidan.com) adrianroselli.com/2023/03/css-...
The irony is that it was Svelteβs linter warnings (βa clickable element needβs xyzβ) that eventually nudged me into trying to practice better a11y π
(via @sarasoueidan.com) adrianroselli.com/2023/03/css-...
CSS-only Widgets Are Inaccessible
Usually. I originally titled this InacCSS-onlyible. I even made this typographically, er, distinct image. Then I realized it was silly and will instead use the neologism in a talk so I can hear the gr...
adrianroselli.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Now this article made me wonder: What if there was a "dark mode" for screen readers? What would it sound like? Dark?
Do sound-first people have strong preferences about what they hear like sight-first people do? If they had a "mode switch", what would it be?
Do sound-first people have strong preferences about what they hear like sight-first people do? If they had a "mode switch", what would it be?
Something like this?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWkJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWkJ...
THX Sound Effect
YouTube video by PMcComb
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Something like this?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWkJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWkJ...
Only in the USA πΊπΈ
AFAIK the only country with rockets in their national anthem π
AFAIK the only country with rockets in their national anthem π
An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marinesβ Celebration, California Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Only in the USA πΊπΈ
AFAIK the only country with rockets in their national anthem π
AFAIK the only country with rockets in their national anthem π
As the late Professor Hans Rosling would say: "Is it better? Yes! Is it good? No!"
October 20, 2025 at 5:48 AM
As the late Professor Hans Rosling would say: "Is it better? Yes! Is it good? No!"
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"You will not silence me, not on this issue or any other issue. Zeteo is here to stay, I am here to stay, & the truth - whether itβs about genocide abroad or fascism at home - will not be suppressed."
From my speech accepting the Arab Center's Journalistic Integrity award.
zeteo.com/p/you-will-n...
From my speech accepting the Arab Center's Journalistic Integrity award.
zeteo.com/p/you-will-n...
October 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"You will not silence me, not on this issue or any other issue. Zeteo is here to stay, I am here to stay, & the truth - whether itβs about genocide abroad or fascism at home - will not be suppressed."
From my speech accepting the Arab Center's Journalistic Integrity award.
zeteo.com/p/you-will-n...
From my speech accepting the Arab Center's Journalistic Integrity award.
zeteo.com/p/you-will-n...
How do we do that?
September 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
How do we do that?