🔁 From our "Digital Crossroads" collection:

An Interview with Ben Thompson by John Collison on the Cheeky Pint Podcast - https://stratechery.com/2026/an-interview-with-ben-thompson-by-john-collison-on-the-cheeky-pint-podcast/?ref=feedle.world

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Stratechery by Ben Thompson

An Interview with Ben Thompson by John Collison on the Cheeky Pint Podcast

An interview with me by John Collison on the Cheeky Pint podcast about AI, ads, and the history of Stratechery.

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vga256

@vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net · 22 hours ago

banned at stanford and waterloo

#usenet #internet #worldWideWeb

The front cover of a bound book titled Computer Network Humour Annual: 1989, edited by Brad Templeton. It shows a hand drawn cartoon of a court jester sitting at a computer.

vga256

@vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net · 22 hours ago

banned at stanford and waterloo

#usenet #internet #worldWideWeb

feedle

@feedle@mastodon.social · yesterday

🔁 From our "Digital Crossroads" collection:

Instagram and X have an impossible deepfake detection deadline - https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/877206/youtube-instagram-x-india-deepfake-detection-deadline?ref=feedle.world

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The Verge

Instagram and X have an impossible deepfake detection deadline

Just fix everything by next week, no biggie.

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Stefan Bohacek

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online · 2 days ago

"By the end of 1994, there were roughly 10,000 websites on the web. It was still early days and most of the websites were quite basic in structure."

https://cybercultural.com/p/1994-web-design/

#internet #TheWeb #history #technology #cyberculture

Cybercultural

1994: Publishing comes to the Web — and design matters

1994 marks the Web’s shift into a publishing medium. As site authors seek control over formatting and design, the WWW-Talk mailing list hosts an early debate over style sheets and presentation.

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Tommi 🤯

@tommi@pan.rent · last week

💕 I Love Free Software Day 2026 💕

For this year’s I Love Free Software Day I am co-organising two special events, and I am super excited about them!

🧶 Knitting Our Internet at Snackbar Frieda, Rotterdam, on Friday Feb 13th at 18:00. All information here.
🛹 A reading of @kirschner’s Ada & Zangemann in English and in Dutch. After that, a conversation about Free Software maintenance as care work, together with @mayel from @Bonfire ❤️‍🔥 at the @internetarchiveeurope, Oudeschans 16, Amsterdam on Saturday Feb 14th at 14:00. All information here. Info about the super cool poster in the post below.

#FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom #ILoveFS #ILoveFreeSoftware #ILoveFS #IloveFS26 #ournet #KnittingOurInternet #SnackbarFrieda #Rotterdam #Amsterdam #InternetArchive #InternetArchiveEurope #AZbook #Ada #AdaZangemann #reading #event #decentralizaion #InternetHistory #Internet

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Tommi 🤯

@tommi@pan.rent · last week

💕 I Love Free Software Day 2026 💕

For this year’s I Love Free Software Day I am co-organising two special events, and I am super excited about them!

🧶 Knitting Our Internet at Snackbar Frieda, Rotterdam, on Friday Feb 13th at 18:00. All information here.
🛹 A reading of @kirschner’s Ada & Zangemann in English and in Dutch. After that, a conversation about Free Software maintenance as care work, together with @mayel from @Bonfire ❤️‍🔥 at the @internetarchiveeurope, Oudeschans 16, Amsterdam on Saturday Feb 14th at 14:00. All information here. Info about the super cool poster in the post below.

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feedle

@feedle@mastodon.social · 2 days ago

🔁 From our "Digital Crossroads" collection:

Why the infinite-scroll childhood may be coming to an end - https://www.platformer.news/social-media-addiction-trial-eu-tiktok-investigation/?ref=feedle.world

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Platformer

Why the infinite-scroll childhood may be coming to an end

A lawsuit that begins in LA this week, along with a new investigation into TikTok by the European Commission, could change social apps forever. PLUS: AI ads at the Super Bowl and in ChatGPT

feedle

@feedle@mastodon.social · 2 days ago

🔁 From our "Digital Crossroads" collection:

AI Game Worlds and Humane Games - https://thenewleafjournal.com/ai-game-worlds-and-humane-games/?ref=feedle.world

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The New Leaf Journal

AI Game Worlds and Humane Games

I begin with a critique of Project Genie before segueing into a defense of games and game worlds by humans for humans and the tools that enable them.

feedle

@feedle@mastodon.social · 2 days ago

🔁 From our "Digital Crossroads" collection:

Op-ed: Weakening Section 230 Would Chill Online Speech - https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/02/op-ed-weakening-section-230-would-chill-online-speech?ref=feedle.world

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Electronic Frontier Foundation

Op-ed: Weakening Section 230 Would Chill Online Speech

Enacted 30 years ago through careful legislative deliberation, Section 230 remains the internet’s strongest bulwark for free expression, protecting the services—and users—that make online speech possible.

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 days ago

David J. Farber, a pioneering computer scientist whose work helped lay the foundations of modern internet networking, has died at the age of 91. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/11/japan/david-harber-obituary-internet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #davidjfarber #obituary #internet #keiouniversity

feedle

@feedle@mastodon.social · 2 days ago

🔁 From our "Digital Crossroads" collection:

1994: Publishing comes to the Web — and design matters - https://cybercultural.com/p/1994-web-design/?ref=feedle.world

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Cybercultural

1994: Publishing comes to the Web — and design matters

1994 marks the Web’s shift into a publishing medium. As site authors seek control over formatting and design, the WWW-Talk mailing list hosts an early debate over style sheets and presentation.

Stefan Bohacek

@stefan@stefanbohacek.online · 2 days ago

"By the end of 1994, there were roughly 10,000 websites on the web. It was still early days and most of the websites were quite basic in structure."

https://cybercultural.com/p/1994-web-design/

#internet #TheWeb #history #technology #cyberculture

Cybercultural

1994: Publishing comes to the Web — and design matters

1994 marks the Web’s shift into a publishing medium. As site authors seek control over formatting and design, the WWW-Talk mailing list hosts an early debate over style sheets and presentation.

Taylor Lorenz

@taylorlorenz@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

THE FIRST EPISODE OF MY SECTION 230 MINI SERIES IS HERE!!!!! I dive into what the law does, what it actually says, how it works, and how it’s crucial for protecting platforms like Mastodon! https://youtu.be/_eqt8vrtP-U?si=qS5Xm4r2L-34j_ep

Wuzzy

@Wuzzy@cyberplace.social replied · 2 days ago

@taylorlorenz Thank you! 👍 More people need to learn about this. Although this is #US-specific, the arguments basically apply worldwide. If we start to punish platforms for "bad" user content, it would nuke the #Internet.

I already knew #Section230, but I still learned a lot.

I also feel your frustration of the IGNORANCE of many people about this subject, including those who SHOULD know better. And then letting the religious zealots give a free win. It's concerning.