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Lessons from Tech History
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Learning from those who built before us
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Updated 5mo
Learning from those who built before us
Linux distributions worldwide targeted by the Copy Fail exploit
An exploit for the "Copy Fail" security vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431) in the Linux kernel has been made public. The vulnerability affects all major Linux
Inside GitHub's Fake Star Economy
Six million fake stars, $0.06 per click, and a VC funding pipeline that treats GitHub popularity as proof of traction. We ran our own analysis on 20 repos and found the fingerprints.
Early 21st Century Techpocalypse
GitHub Alternatives
Quit Big Tech
Includes articles about getting off US tech, although personally I’m fine with US tech as long as I think they have good privacy/principles. Mostly excluding specifically AI-related articles, which will go in AI-related collections: semble.so/profile/aiueo.ooo/collections… See also collections for specific companies
Death of GitHub?
AI* industry/tech oligarchs
* I’m neither “pro-AI” nor “anti-AI.” I’ve been blocked for being perceived as both. —Actually, I’m honestly more anti-AI than pro-AI thus far, aside from specialized models and specific use cases, but I’m willing to consider information that’s new to me
Burnout in Open Source
Getting off Substack
On Substack’s problems and how to get off it.
Twitter/X - Cautionary Tales
Lessons to learn from X's failures
Quit Substack
I’m also trying not to add Substack links on Semble
Tumblr - Cautionary Tales
Switter
A cautionary tale
Ted Chiang: Fears of Technology Are Fears of Capitalism
Google’s Most-Hated Announcement Ever
The Noisy Room
How to (Anti) AI Better
Do I belong in tech anymore?
Burnout in Open Source: A Structural Problem We Can Fix Together ✸ Software Stewardship Lab
mirandaheath.website
Burnout in Open Source: A Structural Problem We Can Fix Together | Open Source Pledge
Report on Burnout in Open Source Software
Time to leave.
Sustainable Open Source: The Maintainers Perspective or: How I Learned to Stop Caring and Love Open Source
Facebook and Twitter shutter pro-Trump network reaching 55 million accounts
Quit X (by あ) — Semble
Twitter users #BlockTheBlue as ‘verified’ accounts take on new meaning
Criticism of X (social network)
The political effects of X’s feed algorithm
Reddit - Cautionary Tales
Shitty software
Meta/Facebook - Cautionary Tales
+ Instagram/Threads, Zuckerburg, etc
Reddit API controversy
Removing sexually explicit content from r/all
Lawsuits involving Meta Platforms
Capital One customers seek class certification over data disclosure to Meta, Google
What the Verdict Against Meta and Google Says About the Way We Live Now
Meta must face Massachusetts lawsuit over youth social media addiction, court rules
Meta Unfairly Targeted Older Workers During Layoffs Last Year, Lawsuit Claims
Meta ordered to pay $375m after being found liable in child exploitation case
Migrating from GitHub to Codeberg ⚡ Zig Programming Language
GitHub Alternatives (by Kai Jellinghaus) — Semble
Ghostty Is Leaving GitHub
Before GitHub
How the unholy alliance of Big Tech and the far right threatens the world
How to Opt Out of the Major Operating Systems
How to Opt Out of Software Made by Big Tech
How to Opt Out of Social Media Controlled by Big Tech
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
The Authoritarian Stack
sourcehut - the hacker's forge
Codeberg.org
Radicle: the sovereign forge
Tangled
East River Source Control
Elon Musk and Peter Thiel: The billionaires fomenting a global race war
How the unholy alliance of Big Tech and the far right threatens the world
Opinion | A.I. Companies Say They Aren’t Responsible for Their Unpredictable Products. Don’t Believe Them.
How Massive Is Elon Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Fortune? Spend It Yourself
Spend Elon Musk’s Money
Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,' new unredacted filings reveal | TechCrunch
After Nearly 4 Years, Hatemail Is Leaving Substack.
Migrating from Substack to self-hosted Ghost: the details
Why Between The Hashmarks Left Substack Behind
Former Substack creators say they’re earning more on new platforms that offer larger shares of subscription revenue
Destacked: Why I Avoid Substack As Much as Possible - Jacky Alciné
Substack Doesn't Want You to Leave - Aaron Ross Powell
Why “Go Nuts, Show Nuts” Doesn’t Work in 2022 – @photomatt on Tumblr
Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act 2024
‘Now we don’t have a safe place’: sex workers’ social media site Switter shuts down amid legal fears
Switter: My six week rollercoaster ride
Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
Social media for sex workers, IGF 2019 | Kollektiv.e
A Memorial for Switter, a sex worker-friendly social network
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How do I export my email list on Substack?
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Substack Has a Nazi Problem
Don't call it a Substack. - Anil Dash
Migrating from Substack to self-hosted Ghost: the details
Meta’s new commercial terms will allow the scraping of news sites, legal experts say
AI-powered garbage trucks have flagged 20,000 homes in one Texas city.
ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector
Facebook tests £9.99 monthly subscription for sharing more than two links
Facebook tests £9.99 monthly subscription for sharing more than two links
What does Jeff Bezos think is going to happen?