🚨 Our digital selves are overgrown. Automation, surveillance, AI intermediaries everywhere.
What if we could rewild the web? 🌱
Turn profiles, feeds, & platforms back into living ecosystems of thought.
Humans > algorithms. Trust, privacy, and curiosity remain the code.
📧 DL 411: https://digitallyliterate.net/dl-411/
Eliot B
and 4 others
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Dear Fedi friends,
If you can set aside 11 minutes today, I highly encourage to watch @vkc's latest video: "I stream nothing, and I am happy."
🔗: https://tinkerbetter.tube/w/ns3WDZZgAoe1SfrDCAUrni
It is ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT and should be shown in media literacy and digital literacy classes everywhere. Actually, everyone should watch it (I'm about to send it to my family and friends).
My favorite part comes up towards the end. Veronica eloquently explains (9 min 27 sec in):
"I feel like we owe it to ourselves and to those who follow us to try and break free of algorithms, which tell us what we should like, who we should believe, and how we should feel about it.
It may sound melodramatic and maybe it is, but I see the increased dependence on algorithmically-driven entertainment as a symptom of that larger problem: uber-convenience that separates us from our critical thinking.
We're learning to abandon reason for small decisions, and wouldn't you know it, now it's easier to ignore reasons for the larger ones.
I'm not here to tell you what to think. I was raised in a "mind-your-own-damn-business" household and that's where my head is at. But I do want to implore all of us to think critically about how streaming media, autoplay, and the algorithm are impacting us."
I'm super proud to be a backer of her Patreon and I cannot thank her enough for this incredible video... which comes at the perfect time, as I was already planning to set up #Jellyfin next week.
If you can, join me in supporting Veronica's work here: https://www.patreon.com/VeronicaExplains
#DigitalLiteracy #BigTech #SelfHosting #independence #resist #MediaLiteracy
Dear Fedi friends,
If you can set aside 11 minutes today, I highly encourage to watch @vkc's latest video: "I stream nothing, and I am happy."
🔗: https://tinkerbetter.tube/w/ns3WDZZgAoe1SfrDCAUrni
It is ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT and should be shown in media literacy and digital literacy classes everywhere. Actually, everyone should watch it (I'm about to send it to my family and friends).
My favorite part comes up towards the end. Veronica eloquently explains (9 min 27 sec in):
"I feel like we owe it to ourselves and to those who follow us to try and break free of algorithms, which tell us what we should like, who we should believe, and how we should feel about it.
It may sound melodramatic and maybe it is, but I see the increased dependence on algorithmically-driven entertainment as a symptom of that larger problem: uber-convenience that separates us from our critical thinking.
We're learning to abandon reason for small decisions, and wouldn't you know it, now it's easier to ignore reasons for the larger ones.
I'm not here to tell you what to think. I was raised in a "mind-your-own-damn-business" household and that's where my head is at. But I do want to implore all of us to think critically about how streaming media, autoplay, and the algorithm are impacting us."
I'm super proud to be a backer of her Patreon and I cannot thank her enough for this incredible video... which comes at the perfect time, as I was already planning to set up #Jellyfin next week.
If you can, join me in supporting Veronica's work here: https://www.patreon.com/VeronicaExplains
#DigitalLiteracy #BigTech #SelfHosting #independence #resist #MediaLiteracy
and what do i give tomorrow at @haufegroup ?
a "digital literacy course" ;)
#DigitalLiteracy #BigTech #Selfhosting #resist #MediaLiteracy
Dear Fedi friends,
If you can set aside 11 minutes today, I highly encourage to watch @vkc's latest video: "I stream nothing, and I am happy."
🔗: https://tinkerbetter.tube/w/ns3WDZZgAoe1SfrDCAUrni
It is ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT and should be shown in media literacy and digital literacy classes everywhere. Actually, everyone should watch it (I'm about to send it to my family and friends).
My favorite part comes up towards the end. Veronica eloquently explains (9 min 27 sec in):
"I feel like we owe it to ourselves and to those who follow us to try and break free of algorithms, which tell us what we should like, who we should believe, and how we should feel about it.
It may sound melodramatic and maybe it is, but I see the increased dependence on algorithmically-driven entertainment as a symptom of that larger problem: uber-convenience that separates us from our critical thinking.
We're learning to abandon reason for small decisions, and wouldn't you know it, now it's easier to ignore reasons for the larger ones.
I'm not here to tell you what to think. I was raised in a "mind-your-own-damn-business" household and that's where my head is at. But I do want to implore all of us to think critically about how streaming media, autoplay, and the algorithm are impacting us."
I'm super proud to be a backer of her Patreon and I cannot thank her enough for this incredible video... which comes at the perfect time, as I was already planning to set up #Jellyfin next week.
If you can, join me in supporting Veronica's work here: https://www.patreon.com/VeronicaExplains
#DigitalLiteracy #BigTech #SelfHosting #independence #resist #MediaLiteracy
Why I'm teaching kids to hack computers
https://www.hacktivate.app/why-teach-kids-to-hack
#HackerNews #teachingkids #hackcomputers #cybersecurity #education #codingforchildren #digitalliteracy
This #OAWeek we're pleased to share this call for papers!
Publishing cultures in transition: #OpenAccess, critical #DigitalLiteracy & #DigitalInfrastructures
From Medien Pädagogik @medienpaed_com
Editors: Klaus Rummler, Natalie Marty, and PKP’s Urooj Nizami
Themes
- Engagement w/ #ScholarlyPublishing Norms
- Politics & Sustainability of #OpenScholarship
- Infrastructures & Ecologies of Scholar-Led Publishing: #OPenJournalSystems & PKP in Practice
And more:
https://pkp.sfu.ca/2025/09/05/medien-padagogik-call-for-papers/
The quiet expansion of surveillance in education is dangerous.
From bus scanners to AI analytics, a student's every move is tracked, creating a data trail that can follow (and potentially harm) marginalized students.
Convenience must not bypass due diligence. Demand transparency, governance, and the right to privacy.
joene extra
and 4 others
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✨ new on #TheFutureIsFederated 🚀
"My Fediverse Starter Guide" for newbies, based on my video and articles about Fediverse software and culture.
🔗 : https://news.elenarossini.com/my-fediverse-starter-guide/
mentioning @Mastodon @news @gotosocial @pfefferle @pixelfed @peertube
If you share it with friends/family, let me know how it goes and if this guide is helpful to them 🙏
Adrian
boosted
We're in #EmpoderaLIVE this week in Malaga, ES
Catch our open chat / interview: "Seizing the Means of Digital Production: Autonomy, Control, and Access on the Decentralised Web"
More info at: https://empodera.org/live/en/agenda
https://empodera.org/live/en/speakers/sarven-capadisli
We're in #EmpoderaLIVE this week in Malaga, ES
Catch our open chat / interview: "Seizing the Means of Digital Production: Autonomy, Control, and Access on the Decentralised Web"
More info at: https://empodera.org/live/en/agenda
https://empodera.org/live/en/speakers/sarven-capadisli
We're in #EmpoderaLIVE this week in Malaga, ES
Catch our open chat / interview: "Seizing the Means of Digital Production: Autonomy, Control, and Access on the Decentralised Web"
More info at: https://empodera.org/live/en/agenda
https://empodera.org/live/en/speakers/sarven-capadisli