Trump quer que o brasileiro pare de usar PIX para usar WhatsApp Pay. O que os brasileiros tem a dizer sobre isso? "A investigação aberta pelo USTR, o departamento de comércio dos Estados Unidos, sobre serviços de pagamento eletrônico é uma resposta às barreiras impostas pelo Banco Central na época do lançamento do #WhatsAppPay, o meio de pagamento do aplicativo de mensageria da Meta, dona também do Instagram e do Facebook." https://economia.uol.com.br/colunas/mariana-barbosa/2025/07/16/queixa-dos-eua-contra-pix-esta-ligada-ao-lancamento-do-whatsapp-pay.htm
"I think that centrist suppression of the left has pushed 90 percent of the energy for major change into right wing nihilist movements, but the anti-corporate, #antimonopolist energy has not dissipated. It's formed a kind of invisible political wind that has filled the sails of these #antimonopoly projects all over the world." @npub1fdrp...lvhs
Pluralistic: Antitrust defies politics’ law of gravity (28 Jun 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
"#Socialmedia seems to have splintered — much like other aspects of the internet have — into separate #fiefdoms, one (or possibly two) for conservatives and right-wing trolls, and another (or possibly two) for the left. Not to mention private Discord groups and other “dark social.” …the potential for #federation of posts and other content [the Fediverse] is one of the few rays of hope in the current fractured landscape. @npub16f3f...6xc0
mathewingram.com/work
Reports of Bluesky’s death have been greatly exaggerated
A little over six months ago, I (and pretty much everyone else with a pulse) was writing about Bluesky’s meteoric growth, which seemed to be ...
"If #governments are concerned about the dominance of privately-owned online platforms, they have a responsibility to run and own their own. A logical response would be for these entities to run their own instances of software like #Mastodon—or any #Fediverse-compatible, #ActivityPub-based service. This would allow them to own their content, domain, and user verification, ensuring greater control and independence." @Andy Piper
Fediverse for Freedom – The lost outpost
"Over the past #100Days, #DOGE teams have grabbed #personaldata about US residents from dozens of federal databases and are reportedly merging it all into a #masterdatabase at the #DHS… a #whistleblower had come forward to reveal that the master database will combine data from such federal agencies as the #SocialSecurity, the #IRS and the #DHHS. He also alleged that DOGE workers are filling backpacks with multiple laptops, each one loaded with purloined agency data."
Opinion | ‘This Is What We Were Always Scared of’: DOGE Is Building a Surveillance State
DOGE is rapidly assembling a sprawling monitoring system, the foundation of many authoritarian regimes.
On March 10, 2025, #Flipboard CEO and Co-founder @Mike McCue McCue took to the stage of the #FediverseHouse at #SXSW to show off #Surf, a new kind of #socialbrowser and a way to bring your communities together via #customfeeds
Flipboard PeerTube
Surf Demo
On March 10, 2025, Flipboard CEO and Co-founder Mike McCue took to the stage of the Fediverse House at SXSW to show off Surf, a new kind of social ...
"Even in a hysterical #bubble where everybody is agreeing that this is the future, #OpenAI currently requires more money and more compute than is reasonable to acquire. Nobody has ever raised as much as OpenAI needs to, and based on the sheer amount of difficulty that SoftBank is having in raising the funds to meet the lower tranche ($10bn) of its commitment, it may simply not be possible for this company to continue."
Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At
OpenAI Is A Systemic Risk To The Tech Industry
Before we go any further: I hate to ask you to do this, but I need your help — I'm up for this year's Webbys for the best business podcast award....
"#Mastodon—built as a #nonprofit and run by independent communities—has essentially made it impossible for itself to fall into the familiar pattern of #socialmedia “enshittifiction". #Bluesky, despite its innovative technology & good intentions, is built on the same #venturecapital-backed foundation. Mastodon–despite being slightly more challenging to get started with–represents our best chance at building a truly #opentownsquare of the internet that benefits everyone."
phillipjreese.com
The Social Network That Can't Sell Out: Understanding Mastodon vs. Bluesky - phillipjreese.com
As users flee from Twitter/X, two visions of social media's future compete: Mastodon's community-controlled network versus Bluesky's...