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Fedicon Chatter by Tim Chambers on Surf

Surf - Feed including official #Fedicon event accounts - and chatter about the open social web event occurring in Vancouver.

It is our best hope. Build on that hope. “And while the decentralized aspects of Bluesky are mostly notional at this point, and Mastodon and its ilk are only being used by a tiny fraction of the population, they still exist — and the potential for federation of posts and other content is one of the few rays of hope in the current fractured landscape. Will it continue to grow, or will it always remain a good idea that never reaches fruition? I wish I knew the answer.”

The Torment Nexus

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 driven...

ALERT: 🔥 Tucked away in the GOP's budget reconciliation bill, nicknamed the "One Big, Beautiful" bill, is a dangerous provision that would impose a 10-year moratorium on state AI regulations. Just as a gift to Trump donors. This means states would be barred from enforcing laws related to artificial intelligence, such as those addressing deepfakes, algorithmic discrimination and job displacement. Let your Congress folk know this is BS:

Tell Congress to Oppose an AI Regulation Ban

This summer, congress attempted to bury a dangerous provision in what some lawmakers called the "Big Beautiful Bill." The provision would ban most ...