“Everyone has just been copying each other’s features in walled gardens, but now innovation will become decentralized around human connection.” #Fediverse

Ben Werdmuller

Facing the Looming Threat of A.I., Publishers Turn to Decentralized Platforms

[John Markoff in The New York Times] A lovely piece about Mike McCue, who, through Flipboard, Surf, and his general activities through the communi...

At the time of writing this story feels under-reported in the US press. #Democracy

Ben Werdmuller

Hundreds of international students wake up to an email asking them to self deport for campus activism

[Lubna Kably in The Times of India] Worrying stuff being reported by the Times of India (and, at the time of writing, under-reported in the domest...

If you know anything about building software, you know that this is an absurd idea. #Democracy

Ben Werdmuller

DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Code Base in Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse

[Makena Kelly at WIRED] If you know anything about building software, you know that this is an absurd idea: "The so-called Department of Governme...