People and blogs involved with and about the IndieWeb community, the fediverse, and/or the open web in general.
Must-read blog post by Cory Doctorow, connecting enshittification to Apple and the legal agreements that give corporations power:
Apple doesn’t oppose regulation; Apple loves regulation, so long as they’re the ones doing the regulating. They want to be able to shape and define the digital market, backed by the power of the state, but without any input from the state. In modern corporate orthodoxy, the state is an enforcer for corporate will.
Let's stay organized after the election.
In today's installment of the Adventures of Wordle Kitty, the world's cutest and most adorable kitten was sentenced to life at Attica.
The stupidest thing about all the pundits remarking on Kamala's rise in the polls is they are completely missing the story.
Here's the headline.
If you want an illustration, it's the flip side of this New Yorker cover.
Oh sweet Jesus. Please God, no. Anything but that. Come on.I am addicted to buying domains. Latest example. Ideally it would be a news site with all the latest videos from the Land of Kamala aka the United States of America.
So what are we doing on Threads and why does Facebook (aka Meta) want to get the best minds of Twitter using their software. I am not a lawyer and I haven't read the user agreement, but that said, I bet it has something to do with building out their AI model so they can compete with OpenAI, Google, Amazon, Apple, etc.
The best journalism is coming from the candidate.
Wednesday session in Boston
Sounds like we may be in for a substantial remedy in Epic vs. Google, potentially going even further than the EU’s DMA. From The Verge:
Judge Donato made it clear he plans to ban any nondiscriminatory behavior when it comes to how Google treats rival app stores, up to and including human review.
I asked ChatGPT to put the Statue of Liberty on a $100 bill.
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Ben Werdmuller
• Ben Werdmuller
[Surveillance Watch: They Know Who You Are]
"Surveillance Watch is an interactive map revealing the intricate connections between surveillance companies, their funding sources and affiliations."
This is a volunteer-driven, well-cited database of global surveillance companies and how they interrelate. It's very well-executed: a pleasure to use, and the visualizations show clearly how data is extracted to companies across the globe, skirting local privacy regulations in the process.
[Link]
Checked in at Harvard Yard. Parkin the cah* in the Hahvahd Yahd (* butt) — with Jessica
Random rail crossing in Denton. 🚂
If you don't buy the new rules for journalism because the liars will tell lies about you, the journalist -- well, you get that either way, no matter what you do, so I don't see the problem. And if you want people to trust you, you've got to tell the truth. Your reputation gets destroyed by their lies if you pass them through. Might not seem fair, but if you can't be trusted you don't really have a job, do you. Maybe as a PR person, but not as a journalist. Doctors can tell you to stop smoking to save your life and the tobacco companies will accuse them of lying or whatever and some people (such as myself, earlier in life) will continue to smoke. You still have to do what's right if you want people to trust you.
Checked in at 3 Little Figs. Breakfast — with Jessica
I ordered a Pixel Pro 9 today for delivery in September. Look forward to seeing what makes it so AI.
I started a this.how page for the new rules for journalism. Common-sense rules for reporters that they violate regularly, so now it's time to write them down.
