When the turtle god surfaced with a glowing sword in its beak, would I be ready to take it—to wield my Vietnamese identity like the sword itself and lead my people into a glorious age of prosperity and cultural dominance? There’d be a bánh mì stand on every corner and phở in every pot, and anyone who uttered the words 'Ching chong, ling long' to an Asian person would be swiftly beheaded."

https://slate.com/life/2025/08/vietnam-war-refugee-movies-books-anniversary.html

#aapi#aanhpi#travel #family #vietnam #immigrant #immigration #longread

When the turtle god surfaced with a glowing sword in its beak, would I be ready to take it—to wield my Vietnamese identity like the sword itself and lead my people into a glorious age of prosperity and cultural dominance? There’d be a bánh mì stand on every corner and phở in every pot, and anyone who uttered the words 'Ching chong, ling long' to an Asian person would be swiftly beheaded."

https://slate.com/life/2025/08/vietnam-war-refugee-movies-books-anniversary.html

#aapi#aanhpi#travel #family #vietnam #immigrant #immigration #longread

If you read just one thing today, make sure it's this: "Google is killing the open web" a brilliantly written and researched piece by @oblomov that will get you riled up and eager to defend the #OpenWeb against the incessant attacks by #BigTech:

🔗​: https://wok.oblomov.eu/tecnologia/google-killing-open-web/

#LongRead #resist

If you read just one thing today, make sure it's this: "Google is killing the open web" a brilliantly written and researched piece by @oblomov that will get you riled up and eager to defend the #OpenWeb against the incessant attacks by #BigTech:

🔗​: https://wok.oblomov.eu/tecnologia/google-killing-open-web/

#LongRead #resist

Weekend list of critical reading links about the state[1] of Tech, AI[2] hype/finance/politics, mostly long form:

Ed Zitron's The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-gui/

How to use computing power faster: on the weird economics of semiconductors and GenAI (by @gauthier)
https://gauthierroussilhe.com/en/articles/how-to-use-computing-power-faster

Predictive Capital: Roads to Terminal Alienation: Soil to Server Farm, Reason to Vibe (by @atomless)
https://www.creativeapplications.net/theory/predictive-capital/

Honey, AI Capex is Eating the Economy
https://paulkedrosky.com/honey-ai-capex-ate-the-economy/

Decomputing as Resistance (by @danmcquillan)
https://danmcquillan.org/decomputing_as_resistance.html

How big tech is force-feeding us AI
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/how-big-tech-is-force-feeding-us

Also, in addition to the above, a little more #FollowFriday if you're interested in these topics, their implications and peripheries (in A-Z order):

@asrg
@festal
@gerrymcgovern
@Kurtis_Clark
@tante
@w0bb1t

Academia:

@bildoperationen
@databasecultures
@emilymbender
@Iris
@timnitGebru

[1] As in: "Just look at the state of this..."
[2] As in "generative AI"

#LongRead

Weekend list of critical reading links about the state[1] of Tech, AI[2] hype/finance/politics, mostly long form:

Ed Zitron's The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-gui/

How to use computing power faster: on the weird economics of semiconductors and GenAI (by @gauthier)
https://gauthierroussilhe.com/en/articles/how-to-use-computing-power-faster

Predictive Capital: Roads to Terminal Alienation: Soil to Server Farm, Reason to Vibe (by @atomless)
https://www.creativeapplications.net/theory/predictive-capital/

Honey, AI Capex is Eating the Economy
https://paulkedrosky.com/honey-ai-capex-ate-the-economy/

Decomputing as Resistance (by @danmcquillan)
https://danmcquillan.org/decomputing_as_resistance.html

How big tech is force-feeding us AI
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/how-big-tech-is-force-feeding-us

Also, in addition to the above, a little more #FollowFriday if you're interested in these topics, their implications and peripheries (in A-Z order):

@asrg
@festal
@gerrymcgovern
@Kurtis_Clark
@tante
@w0bb1t

Academia:

@bildoperationen
@databasecultures
@emilymbender
@Iris
@timnitGebru

[1] As in: "Just look at the state of this..."
[2] As in "generative AI"

#LongRead

Was machen Universitäten im Fediverse, wie zufrieden sind sie und wer fehlt? Das habe ich recherchiert und die 42 (sic!) größten deutschen Universitäten befragt.

Das Ergebnis als #Longread:
➡️ https://www.riffreporter.de/de/technik/hochschulen-fediverse-mastodon-wissenschaftskommunikation-social-media

Kurzform zum Hören im DLF:
➡️ https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/x-frei-wie-hochschulen-ihre-social-media-praesenz-neu-organisieren-100.html

Das wichtigste hier im 🧵1/13.

#WissKomm#Fediverse#Mastodon

Was machen Universitäten im Fediverse, wie zufrieden sind sie und wer fehlt? Das habe ich recherchiert und die 42 (sic!) größten deutschen Universitäten befragt.

Das Ergebnis als #Longread:
➡️ https://www.riffreporter.de/de/technik/hochschulen-fediverse-mastodon-wissenschaftskommunikation-social-media

Kurzform zum Hören im DLF:
➡️ https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/x-frei-wie-hochschulen-ihre-social-media-praesenz-neu-organisieren-100.html

Das wichtigste hier im 🧵1/13.

#WissKomm#Fediverse#Mastodon

Today, I celebrate 20 years of Vienna, the open source macOS RSS reader.

https://www.vienna-rss.com/blog/news/2025/07/07/Celebrating-20-years-of-ViennaRSS.html

#longread #macos #opensource #macintosh

Today, I celebrate 20 years of Vienna, the open source macOS RSS reader.

https://www.vienna-rss.com/blog/news/2025/07/07/Celebrating-20-years-of-ViennaRSS.html

#longread #macos #opensource #macintosh