"The trajectory of the web [...] was the result of specific choices: business models that prioritized monopolization, technologies designed for centralization, and a relentless focus on extracting value rather than creating it. If we want a different future, we have to make different choices." RE:
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Ben Werdmuller (@werd.io)
The original, exciting promise of the web was to redistribute publishing power from the few to the many. We need to return to that spirit of redist...
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"I'm gonna call Daddy if you don't let me do what I want" isn't giving a whole lot of 'masculine energy' RE:
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Techmeme (@techmeme.com)
Meta's Joel Kaplan says Meta "won't shy away" from taking up its case with President Trump if the EU uses its rules to unfairly target Meta's produ...
Codeberg, a crucial resource for countless open-source projects, is being attacked by the far-right with a focus on projects advocating tolerance and equal rights. This is an important indicator of what the far-right will do to open-source projects it feels are getting in its way. [We stay strong against hate an...](
We stay strong against hate and hatred β€” Codeberg News
Codeberg is currently suffering from hate campaigns due to far-right forces,...
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If Trudeau is worried about Trump's threats, then he should also be worried about X, the propaganda machine that won him the US election, too RE:
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Anuj Ahooja (@quillmatiq.com)
If I were Canada, Greenland, or the EU, I would be really nervous about the amount of blatant destabilizing lies being spewed on X right now and ba...
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Trudeau says Trump is serious about wanting to annex Canada
Prime minister says US president covets northern neighbour’s vast resources as Canadians rally against threat
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If I were Canada, Greenland, or the EU, I would be really nervous about the amount of blatant destabilizing lies being spewed on X right now and ban it. It's not longer a social platform, it's an active propaganda peddling machine.
Hey. Look at me. Listen. Use Signal.
If there's anything you should take away from the DeepSeek moment, it's that open source is an incredible driver of innovation, and we need to push more companies to open source their work
It's always revealing when a person's response to being called out is using their megaphone to yell "liar" instead of disproving the claims.
How much of "The Deal" included an allowance for a tech founder to be an absolute ghoul? We don't dislike you just because you're rich, we dislike you because you're a bad person. Hope this helps. RE:
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Jake Grumbach (@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social)
By β€œfree speech” they meant β€œmake it illegal to dislike me”
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While Meta, who says they believe that decentralized social media is the future, tries to block links to federated competitors, @Jay πŸ¦‹ and the @Bluesky team are boosting competitors in the space. It's one thing to talk to the talk, but it's another to walk it every chance you get πŸ‘πŸΌ RE:
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Jay πŸ¦‹ (@jay.bsky.team)
Exciting to see new, independent projects spin up to decentralize the atproto ecosystem! Building alternative infrastructure is a big step towards ...
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Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed
Pixelfed said it is "seeing unprecedented levels of traffic."
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