Mastodon / Fediverse is the only social network that doesn't flood me with rage when I open it, so I'm just gonna hang out here for a while.
Daniel Appelquist
Daniel Appelquist
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Open Source Strategist at Samsung and general Open Web Curmudgeon.
Co-chair of the W3C nostr:npub1slt23jxk2hcvpt7t8jkg5prt775uanuzdggtx9w0n573ycqqedjqm5x7gd and ex-chair of W3C nostr:npub1zeklg95nxtnudvkxlfnh2uljv5axdtyjq4wtq47hvlv88t3gtleq242tug; nostr:npub14kngaf5ega4r2keuq9cw7t5276g0fzsj7axsxlr98k0cnheu3ews2al9y3 co-founder; nostr:npub1w8zuj6sdg9gxtf9sj836vwfr8n0s6qt5hhe3ymwfgj8pera4zsdsrwukje contributor; Gov UK Open Standards Board member.
Immigrant, UK/US Dual National; Film, MST3K, Science Fiction, Anime, HoYoverse fan; anti-fascist & card-carrying “tofu-eating wokerati.”
Banner art credit: Mr Doodle (photo by me).
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Location: London, UK
Blog: https://torgo.com/blog
GitHub: https://github.com/torgo
Photos: https://pixelfed.social/@torgo
And so … it begins. #lego
Santa knows me so well.🎄
Some more good news this morning – UK children will be taught "how to spot fake news and disinformation, including AI-generated content" in new curriculum. This kind of media literacy education is so badly needed. I've written multiple letters to our MP asking for this over the years. It's good to see something finally happening. 
Ed Sheeran praises reform to arts education in schools
Ministers are making changes to the curriculum in England after a review of what is taught in schools.
The issue with digital identity is that people don’t have a single, unified identity. Identity, like many things, is a social construct, not part of some natural order. As a dual national, I'm acutely aware that when and how I assert an identity credential, or characteristic, depends on context. Therefore, digital systems that help us assert these identities must be responsive to people’s contextual needs and under their control. Otherwise, we’re just building more surveillance tools.
Me: "Email marketing doesn't work."
Also me, after a local pub sends me an email featuring an image of a really nice looking cocktail: "Hmmmm we really should go back to that place."
Third party cookies need to go.
Third Party Cookies Must Be Removed
Lord save me from "how did we do?" emails? I bought a loaf of bread. It was good. There's nothing more I would like to share. There is no need for additional data collection, measurement, sentiment analysis, or follow-up. It was bread. It performed its one job admirably. Please let me eat in peace without contributing to your OKRs.
“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.”
Frank Herbert, Dune
A web browser should *NEVER* be able to look inside your clipboard without an explicit user action (such as ctrl-v). Honestly, this should not be a controversial statement. Microsoft Edge is one of the browsers that ships this dangerous capability. Here is the dialog you need to hunt for to turn this API off.
