17 posts in 2026
This blog is leaving WordPress for a static site. The move is nearly invisible — except for one thing: fediverse followers of the old WordPress actor need to re-follow me at @daniel@charlemos.club.
The animated data story behind 17 years of tangomarathons.com — 3,383 events, 761 cities, one pandemic dip, rebuilt natively for this blog.
Studios and venues are the home bases of our local tango scenes — and in Germany more and more of them are under commercial pressure. On the economics we don't like to talk about.
A histoforensic investigation into the “death” of an organic Argentine icon, and its terrifying, trademarked resurrection. Chapter 1: The Victim (The Organic, Street-Level Tango) Around the late 1980s and early 1990s, a “body” was discovered on the dance floors of Buenos Aires. The victim was the authentic, deeply organic social tango of the barrios. During […]
A histoforensic investigation into the “death” of an Argentine icon, as reported by internet sources. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS: The Tango that Died Around the 1960s, a “body” was discovered in the milongas of Buenos Aires [100]. It was the “Golden Age” of Tango, a smooth, intimate, highly stylized victim [107]. This tango was an archetype: a […]
This is a continuation of my previous thoughts on how we present tango in 2026. The initial text sparked an productive discussion on Facebook. Among the many voices, one specific comment from Matias prompted me to continue writing. Matias argued that the traditions of tango are exactly what brought tango here into 2026. They essentially […]
In an era that moves at a relentless pace, we find ourselves constantly overwhelmed by information overload and an endless cycle of bad news. We are navigating economic pressures, gentrified cities, and a digital landscape largely driven by outrage culture, superficial interactions, and global unrest. As a result, the modern world can often feel loud, […]
See also Email Privacy — A Plain-Language Guide: The Problem, the Promises, and What You Actually Get This is the second part of a plain-language guide to digital privacy. Part One covered email specifically — the problems, the promises, and what services like Proton Mail actually deliver. This part broadens the lens: if email has […]
Article was compiled by Perplexity. The Problem: Your Inbox Is Not a Private Letter Most people think of email like a sealed envelope — private, between sender and recipient, opened only when it arrives. The reality is more like a postcard that passes through dozens of post offices. Everyone who handles it can read it, […]
You may know that I have been running TMD for 17 years now, and every now and then I look at the data, and try to make some sense of what I see. What started as a 1.5h exercise with the TMD data, VS Code and Github Copilot, is evolving still. I am learning how […]
Marco posted a video blog this week[1] responding directly to a comment I’d left on one of his earlier posts.[2] I’d written that from the outside, he looked like he was also just selling “the real tango” — the same claim everyone makes. He pushed back: he’s not selling anything, he said. He’s sharing his experience […]
In October 2019, Facebook ran automated content moderation sweeps that removed thousands of community pages globally — and non-English-language communities got hit hardest. Researchers have since confirmed this in peer-reviewed studies: Facebook's 2019 classifiers were structurally unequal, with documented overtriage of Arabic, Amharic, and other non-Western language communities (Technology Science, 2025; Modern Languages Open, 2023). Pages across Europe and South […]
Nobody gets excited about open standards. They have names like “W3C Recommendation” and “RFC 7033.” They’re made by committees. They take years to finalize. And they’re the most powerful tools we have. The Magic Trick You Already Use Every Day Your phone can call any other phone in the world. Doesn’t matter if it’s an […]
Our tango communities were built on Facebook. Milongas get announced there, groups get managed there, new dancers find us there. It’s essential. Irreplaceable. Or so many of us think. In December 2025, The Guardian reported that more than 50 organisations — abortion access providers, queer groups, and reproductive health networks — had their accounts removed […]
A few weeks ago, a tango friend asked me: “So what’s this fediverse thing you keep going on about?” I started explaining protocols and servers and ActivityPub — and I could see him glazing over. So I stopped. And tried something different. “You use email, right?” “Obviously.” “You’re on Gmail. I’m on my own server. […]
Tagline: Stop Obsessing Over Gender Balance. Start Solving for Role Balance. https://gemini.google.com/share/54e15f8cdb12 1. The Elevator Pitch (30 Seconds) “We’ve all been to dance events where the gender ratio is perfectly 50/50, yet people are still sitting on the bench. Why? Because Gender Balance is not the same as Role Balance. The Party Balancer is an […]
“Same tango. Different masks.” A few days ago on Facebook (link). The following text is a summary of the discussion that followed. It’s by far from complete, but brings up perspectives that may be unexpected for the naive tango dancer. It doesn’t reflect my opinion or experience fully, but I had a laugh compiling the […]