‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
The Feed is the Product: Why We Stay in Walled Gardens, and Why We Might Finally Leave for the Open Social Web - Zsolt's pckt blog
We have known this for years. We have known that the major platforms are bad for our attention, our sleep, our politics, our children, and our sense of reality....
Nigel Farage is just one strand in the tangle of rightwing politicians and crypto investors | John Harris
These financiers want to remodel the UK into a form that suits them – one that could threaten to erode the barriers between crime and business, says Guardian columnist John Harris
Who actually owns your network?
Every time I moved a community to a new platform, the exit cost members and history. Platforms come and go; the lock-in architecture underneath is why. Part of 'Apps as Views, Not Vaults': the things you make are yours; apps are just the viewers.
Every App is an "Everything" App In the Atmosphere - Zicklag's Leaflets
“the everything app” is a stupid, hopeless, harmful, no good, toxic, impossible idea “the everything ecosystem” is good, natural, resilient, attractive, sustainable, achievable, and currently within reach thanks to @atproto.com
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
When everything is news, nothing is news
Thoughtlessly repeating PR talking points and sharing guesswork as rumor is creating a trust problem.
Our Longing for Inconvenience
People are pining for old technologies—CD players, VCRs, Walkmans. What’s behind our longing for inconvenience?
Open-source KOReader Is An Alternative To The Default Kindle Interface
“Firstly, KOReader supports way more formats than the default Kindle reader. It can read EPUBs natively (no conversion required). It even loads digital comic
The Kids Aren’t Into Retro Tech Because of Surveillance Capitalism - Aaron Ross Powell
Teenagers buying CDs aren't making a political statement. They just like CDs.
The propaganda loop
From A.I. to immigrant detention, propaganda is everywhere.
Major Publisher Cans $2.4 Million Book Deal After Author Was Accused of Using AI, for a Very Cynical Reason
A major book publisher has walked away from a $2.4 million deal for an unpublished debut novel after the author was accused of using AI.
How easy is it to spot AI writing?
With AI writing becoming increasingly commonplace, how can we spot it and what difference does it make?
Race Science, Slavery, And The Unreality Of White Supremacy
The unreality that justifies white supremacy has shape shifted
