"The #TechCoup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley". "The book explains how the tech industry has effectively captured #government, assuming many of the functions traditionally held by governments, but without the oversight inherent in democratic governance. This includes areas like national security, domestic functions, and even the maintenance of #democracy itself." https://pca.st/episode/d71b6a41-1770-4e40-94f6-f8c20585a891
"Once the use of #RSS feeds had become common, someone had the idea that audio files could be attached to them, and #DaveWiner implemented the idea with a nice geeky touch – attaching a song by the Grateful Dead. Initially the new technology was called audio blogging, but eventually a British journalist came up with the term #podcasting and it stuck."
the Guardian
The blogosphere is in full bloom. The rest of the internet has wilted
As blogging pioneer Dave Winer’s site turns 30, it’s a reminder that good writing and thinking has flourished beyond the reach of social media
“Recognize the voice? It’s #DaveWiner (@npub1e02k...7m30), the guy who brought you #syndication & #RSS!” RE:
Mato
Ecologia Digital (@josemurilo@mato.social)
""I am more excited about the web than I have been in a lonnnnng time." I am. Like I said the other day, I doubt if #Automattic knows what they hav...
#mustread on #enshitification by @npub1fdrp...lvhs "1st: the minor #obscenity is a feature, not a bug. The marriage of something long and serious to something short and funny is a happy one that makes both the word and the ideas better off than they'd be on their own. As Lenny Bruce wrote in his canonical work in the subject, the aptly named 'How to Talk Dirty and Influence People'"
Pluralistic: Dirty words are politically potent (14 Oct 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
"#TheInternet did not make us hate; we brought our bias, bigotry, and prejudice with us online. That’s why even well-intentioned regulation will fail to fix hate speech & misinformation and may instead imperil the freedom of speech the internet affords to all. Once we understand the internet for what it is—a human network—we can reclaim it… and turn our attention where it belongs: to fostering #community, #conversation, & #creativity online. "
Hachette Book Group
The Web We Weave
A bold defense of the internet, arguing attempts to fix and regulate it are often misguided —"essential reading for anyone who cares about the ...
"Update, 4 October 2024: a couple of days after this article published, #TimBernersLee replied to my Bluesky post that linked to it. He thanked me for my feedback and said he’d now joined the fediverse at this Mastodon address:
w3c.social
Tim Berners-Lee (@timbl@w3c.social)
42 Posts, 67 Following, 11.1K Followers ·
. He also updated the #W3C post I referenced below, to include mentions of #ActivityPub and #theFediverse." https://thenewstack.io/social-web-foundation-launched-how-in-is-w3c-on-fediverse/
The #digitalmuseum we need: “It’s a research library. It’s there to record and make available an accurate version of the past,” @npub1ftlr...3e6s says. “Otherwise, we’ll end up with a George Orwell world where the past can be manipulated and erased.” #internetarchive #digitalmemory #MuseudaDemocracia
Internet Archive: Inside $621 Million Legal Battle by Record Labels
Major record labels have sued the Internet Archive for $621 million over thousands of old recordings, raising the question: Who owns the past?
"A internet está em um ponto de inflexão. Nada ilustra isso mais do que a recente prisão do CEO do Telegram, Pavel Durov, na França, e o #Xban no Brasil. Esse movimento é mais disseminado do que pode parecer. Houve indignação mínima sobre o #XBan fora da câmara de eco da direita... Por muito tempo, foi difícil resistir a uma compreensão da internet enquadrada por uma lente #individualista e #antiestatista #ciberlibertária..." @npub157rh...8pny
Brasil 247
Reivindicando a soberania na era digital
"O ciberlibertarianismo deve morrer se houver alguma esperança de um futuro melhor para a internet", diz Paris Marx
"How far can #Fediverse2pt0 take us? Threads has limited one way Federation, Bluesky has limited two way federation via the bridge. So Bluesky is already very much part of the #widerFediverse - giving us another reason to celebrate the #BrazilianMigration. There’s even a technical route emerging to federation with Nostr - if we can get around the MAGA crew running it and find a way to hook up directly with Rabble and Nos.social."
Paths & Patches
Brazil, Bluesky & the Fediverse
It’s been a week for migration. That’s the big story. Some people in the Fediverse have been concerned that the news is all going Bluesky’s ...