A democracy cannot remain a democracy if one guy can inject a quarter billion dollars into an election. Personally I think it wonโ€™t do well either if it were โ€œmerelyโ€ a quarter million. https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/05/politics/elon-musk-trump-campaign-finance-filings/index.html
Rich findings walking the dog today. image
@npub1fdrp...lvhs has a strong anti-Bluesky argument:
Pluralistic: Bluesky and enshittification (02 Nov 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Columbia Journalism Review
Jeff Bezos Should Donate the Washington Post to a Charity
His conflicts of interests are insurmountable. He can take a heroic path to strengthen journalism.
404 Media's @npub1nn0l...qf5k and ProPublica's @npub1lrqq...pn8w are discussing how the #fediverse helps #publishers in the latest episode of @Mike McCue's #DotSocial podcast. Highly recommended. This struck me particularly: Ben is making the case that the Fediverse is the means by which publishers can re-take the initiative with technology instead of simply having to live with whatever the platforms decide. That is powerful stuff!
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How Decentralization Benefits Publishers, with 404 Mediaโ€™s Jason Koebler and ProPublicaโ€™s Ben Werdmuller
Savvy journalists at forward-thinking newsrooms are working to build direct connections with their audiences. The fediverse helps with that.
Have a dot-io domain? Looks like you are in trouble.
The Disappearance of an Internet Domain
How geopolitics can alter digital infrastructure
Just read the transcript of @Mike McCue 's #DotSocial podcast with [@jay.bsky.team](
Bluesky Social
Jay ๐Ÿฆ‹ (@jay.bsky.team)
CEO of Bluesky, steward of AT Protocol. dec/acc ๐ŸŒฑ ๐Ÿชด ๐ŸŒณ
 ) . They cover a lot of interesting use cases -- many of them dear to my heart since (embarrassingly) approx 2004: A single identity for me on the web. Which I control and can self-host or move to different hosts. From where I can engage the world and the world can engage with me. No walled gardens. Lots of new use cases. It's a bit harder than they make it out to be. But I obviously agree with the vision.
The new "Social Web Foundation" is launching today, led by @Evan Prodromou, @npub1luny...5qls and @npub1u44t...3ep6 "The Social Web Foundation works to grow this new ecosystem in an open, healthy, and sustainable wayโ€”working with technologists and the public to build a new global town square that works for everyone." Happy to be an advisor.
Social Web Foundation
Launch of Social Web Foundation
Leaders of the open social networking movement have formed the Social Web Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to making connections bet...
All 5000 employees of the University of Innsbruck in Austria now can use the Fediverse, integrated with their enterprise login system.
Mastodon for all university employees
The communications team at the University of Innsbruck is further expanding the use of the non-profit and data protection-friendly microblogging se...
 From #FediForum notes.