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@pluralistic@mamot.fr · 3 weeks ago

Jacob Witzling on Instagram: "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité"

69K likes, 1,304 comments - jacobwitzling on September 15, 2025: "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité".

Infrequently Noted

Apple's Assault on Standards - Infrequently Noted

By subverting the voluntary nature of open standards, Apple has defanged them as tools that users might use against the totalising power of native apps in their digital lives. This high-modernist approach is antithetical to the foundational commitments of internet standards bodies and, over time, erode them.

A Tale of Two Countries

Two superpowers, one behaving pathetically

BogdanTheGeek's Blog

Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape

Someone's trash is another person's web server.

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Mastodon Migration

@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online replied · 3 weeks ago

Good discussion of the inherent anti-censorship benefits of decentralization.

Giving #Bluesky credit for being decentralized because of #Blacksky, when Blacksky only currently has about 2000 users out of 34 million, seems a bit generous. But heck, it's a start, right?

Good mention of the Bluesky TOS changes, but feel like it would more accurate to say AT Protocol is potentially decentralizable, rather than currently decentralized, until mass credible exit is actually a reality.

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 3 weeks ago

#Ithaca and #NYC! I'm heading your way for a zillion events from Sept 11-17. Here's a list of open-to-all #Cornell activities including two major keynotes and a public event at Cornell Tech in NYC:

https://adwhiteprofessors.cornell.edu/visits/cory-doctorow/

I'll also be at the #Brooklyn Book Festival on Sept 21:

https://brooklynbookfestival.org/event/big-techs-big-heist-cory-doctorow-in-conversation-with-adam-becker/

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Brooklyn Book Festival

Big Tech’s Big Heist - Cory Doctorow in Conversation with Adam Becker - Brooklyn Book Festival

We hear it again and again, the gospel of technological salvation. First, there was the promise of social media and other digital platforms (Amazon, Google, etc.) that became ingrained in our daily lives—but then devolved into what is widely acknowledged as much poorer-quality service and user experience. Now, it’s AI that’s supposed to save humanity […]

Andrew D. White Professors-at-Large Program

Cory Doctorow

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Sept. 12-18 – Cornell Ithaca · Sept. 19 – Cornell Tech FRIDAY, SEPT. 12: KEYNOTE TALK “The Enshittification of Everything (and what to do about it)” 3:00pm · Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium (Rm. 132), Goldwin Smith Hall Register here to livestream Free & open to the public. Book signing and light reception […]

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 3 weeks ago

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 3 weeks ago

Jacob Witzling on Instagram: "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité"

69K likes, 1,304 comments - jacobwitzling on September 15, 2025: "Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité".

Infrequently Noted

Apple's Assault on Standards - Infrequently Noted

By subverting the voluntary nature of open standards, Apple has defanged them as tools that users might use against the totalising power of native apps in their digital lives. This high-modernist approach is antithetical to the foundational commitments of internet standards bodies and, over time, erode them.

A Tale of Two Countries

Two superpowers, one behaving pathetically

BogdanTheGeek's Blog

Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape

Someone's trash is another person's web server.

Sorry, no caption provided by author

@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 3 weeks ago

Astronauts' Fingernails Falling Off Due to Glove Design

Astronauts with wider hands are more likely to have their fingernails fall off after working or training in space suit gloves, according to a new study.

September 15, 2005, CPTech letter to USPTO and LOC on WIPO Webcasting Treaty Proposal

Interview: Kim Stanley Robinson

Sci-fi aouthor Kim Stanley Robinson's latest novel, Fifty Degrees Below, is set in a flood-ridden America facing the consequences of global warming. Sarah Crown talks to him about climate change, the power of science and the trials of living under 'the worst president in American history'.

The story of Finnish copyright law

Copyright law has received much attention in Finnish press for past 3 days. The new Finnish copyright law is in its final stage in parliament. What started over 10 years ago in WIPO has lead to an evil law and...

https://memex.craphound.com

TiVo’s “accidental” no-save locks applied to more programming

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@pluralistic@mamot.fr replied · 3 weeks ago

Astronauts' Fingernails Falling Off Due to Glove Design

Astronauts with wider hands are more likely to have their fingernails fall off after working or training in space suit gloves, according to a new study.

September 15, 2005, CPTech letter to USPTO and LOC on WIPO Webcasting Treaty Proposal

Interview: Kim Stanley Robinson

Sci-fi aouthor Kim Stanley Robinson's latest novel, Fifty Degrees Below, is set in a flood-ridden America facing the consequences of global warming. Sarah Crown talks to him about climate change, the power of science and the trials of living under 'the worst president in American history'.

The story of Finnish copyright law

Copyright law has received much attention in Finnish press for past 3 days. The new Finnish copyright law is in its final stage in parliament. What started over 10 years ago in WIPO has lead to an evil law and...

https://memex.craphound.com

TiVo’s “accidental” no-save locks applied to more programming

Sorry, no caption provided by author

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