"That's what it means for a service to be a protocol, not a platform. It means you can't demand to speak to the manager of the protocol if you don't like how someone is using it. It means there isn't a single throat to choke: https://knightcolumbia.org/content/protocols-not-platforms-a-technological-approach-to-free-speech" From @Cory Doctorow newsletter

Delhi HC denied bail to 9 muslims even after 5 years even when the trial has not yet started - https://indiankanoon.org/doc/156202283/ "Aur Jab Kabhi Bhi Zikr Ayega, Jahaan Mein Daur-E-buzdili Ka, Tumhara Kaam Yaad Rakha Jayega,... " Sab Yaad Rakha Jayega | Aamir Aziz

On the jobs that can be replaced by AI, @Cory Doctorow : "[After] Walmart destroyed your town center and vaporized all the businesses that served your community, why wouldn't you shop on Amazon? Likewise: once companies replaced their customer service department with immiserated overseas call-center workers who were required to recite rote responses from a three-ring binder and were given no agency or capacity to solve your problem, why not replace them with AIs?"

Pluralistic: Which jobs can be replaced with AI? (06 Aug 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow