On bridging between networks vs cross-posting: "They’re similar, but they’re different in some important ways. Notably, bridging results in more unified conversations, while cross-posted conversations are more fragmented." That's why Bridgy Fed's approach is so interesting - and, imo, important.
A New Social
Bridging vs cross-posting
When we talk about what we do here, one topic that comes up often is bridging vs cross-posting. They’ve both been around for a long time, and the...
 #Fediverse
"Yes, you read that right. A law supposedly designed to protect children now requires victims of sexual assault to submit government IDs to access support communities."
Techdirt
Didn’t Take Long To Reveal The UK’s Online Safety Act Is Exactly The Privacy-Crushing Failure Everyone Warned About
Well, well, well. The “age assurance” part of the UK’s Online Safety Act has finally gone into effect, with its age checking requirements...
If you could design your life from scratch, what would *you* do?
Ben Werdmuller
If I ran my life
Designing a values-centered life from first principles.
Seeing these images of starving children barely holding onto life while my own two year old sleeps soundly in bed upstairs is devastating. These poor parents; these poor children. I would be going out of my mind. I would hold a grudge forever. Who wouldn’t?
When my mother took singing lessons after a double lung transplant that extended her life, what she wanted to sing at her public recital was the Elements Song by Tom Lehrer. She transcribed the words onto a legal pad that I keep near me to remind me of the lifeforce and love that it took from her to be able to do that. Thank you, Tom. And love you always, Ma.
I now have computer / reading glasses and driving / long-distance glasses. Sigh.
And now, an executive order that calls for the involuntary institutionalization of the homeless and mentally ill without due process or clear release criteria.
The White House
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Pur...
What if public networks became a platform for communities to create their own local media, not just consume it? After devastating federal funding cuts, here's one idea for rebuilding NPR and PBS around community co-creation, open platforms, and human-centered, prototype-driven design.
Ben Werdmuller
If I ran NPR and PBS
Building community-driven public media for the post-federal funding era.
 #media #journalism
Don’t look away. If you endorse this, you’ve lost a key, core part of your humanity.
At least 72 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in past 24 hours as Unwra chief brands Gaza ‘hell on earth’ - as it happened | Israel | The Guardian
Head of UN Palestinian Refugee Agency says aid distribution points are a ‘sadistic death trap’
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