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Will the 21st Century Nabobs Win Their War on Public Accountability?

talkingpointsmemo.com · Dec 10

A friend of mine ran an analogy by me which really resonated....

Shared by @grumpybozo and 30 others.
Journalism & Comment Channel (@journalismandcomment) · Dec 10
🔁 @dangillmor:

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has posted one of his most important pieces, in which he brings historical context to the ascendance -- and profound malignity -- of the ultra-wealthy who are on the verge of destroying us. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/w

#pitchforks

JonChevreau (@JonChevreau) · Dec 10
🔁 @mastodonmigration:

Another piece today, making pretty much the same point, is this Josh Marshall article shared earlier by @dangillmor.

talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/w

The money is all in on an attempt to take over the country. Together we the people will stop them.

#WeThePeople

(@Itchy) · Dec 10
🔁 @dangillmor:

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has posted one of his most important pieces, in which he brings historical context to the ascendance -- and profound malignity -- of the ultra-wealthy who are on the verge of destroying us. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/w

#pitchforks

Marion Grau (@marion_grau) · Dec 10
🔁 @dangillmor:

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has posted one of his most important pieces, in which he brings historical context to the ascendance -- and profound malignity -- of the ultra-wealthy who are on the verge of destroying us. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/w

#pitchforks

BobDevney (@BobDevney) · Dec 10
🔁 @dangillmor:

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has posted one of his most important pieces, in which he brings historical context to the ascendance -- and profound malignity -- of the ultra-wealthy who are on the verge of destroying us. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/w

#pitchforks

Paul_IPv6 (@paul_ipv6) · Dec 10
🔁 @dangillmor:

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has posted one of his most important pieces, in which he brings historical context to the ascendance -- and profound malignity -- of the ultra-wealthy who are on the verge of destroying us. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/w

#pitchforks

Zhi Zhu 🕸️ (@ZhiZhu) · Dec 10
🔁 @dangillmor:

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has posted one of his most important pieces, in which he brings historical context to the ascendance -- and profound malignity -- of the ultra-wealthy who are on the verge of destroying us. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/w

#pitchforks

BeePS (@BPStuart) · Dec 10
🔁 @dangillmor:

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has posted one of his most important pieces, in which he brings historical context to the ascendance -- and profound malignity -- of the ultra-wealthy who are on the verge of destroying us. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/w

#pitchforks

Ari "Two Holidays" Jackson (@arisummerland) · Dec 10
🔁 @dangillmor:

Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has posted one of his most important pieces, in which he brings historical context to the ascendance -- and profound malignity -- of the ultra-wealthy who are on the verge of destroying us. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/w

#pitchforks

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The Colonization of Confidence., Sightless Scribbles

sightlessscribbles.com · Dec 07

A fabulously gay blind author.

Shared by @BernieDoesIt and 112 others.
Dilman Dila (@dilmandila) · Dec 10
🔁 @mayintoronto:

I need you to stop scrolling and read the most human piece of writing I've read in a very, very long time.

sightlessscribbles.com/the-col

Thanks, @WeirdWriter.

Edit: If you feel like you got a lot out of this piece, I'm sure Rob would definitely appreciate some subscribers to his newsletter and tips/a paid subscription if you can afford it! It's not easy making a living as a writer.

sightlessscribbles.com/support/

Eugen Rochko (@Gargron) · Dec 10
🔁 @PepperTheVixen:

I just read The Colonization of Confidence by @WeirdWriter and you should too.
I've talked about hating the tools that subvert cognition and creativity. This piece puts into words those concepts by telling you a story. It's raw. It's messy and emotional. It's human. It's something LLMs could never do and it's beautiful. sightlessscribbles.com/the-col

Robert Kingett (@WeirdWriter) · Dec 10
🔁 @PepperTheVixen:

I just read The Colonization of Confidence by @WeirdWriter and you should too.
I've talked about hating the tools that subvert cognition and creativity. This piece puts into words those concepts by telling you a story. It's raw. It's messy and emotional. It's human. It's something LLMs could never do and it's beautiful. sightlessscribbles.com/the-col

James Fairbairn (@james) · Dec 10
🔁 @RussSharek:

sightlessscribbles.com/the-col

One of the best, messiest, and most human things I've read in a while.

It made me feel a little better about all the creative things I do badly.

Quincy (@quincy) · Dec 10
🔁 @mayintoronto:

I need you to stop scrolling and read the most human piece of writing I've read in a very, very long time.

sightlessscribbles.com/the-col

Thanks, @WeirdWriter.

Edit: If you feel like you got a lot out of this piece, I'm sure Rob would definitely appreciate some subscribers to his newsletter and tips/a paid subscription if you can afford it! It's not easy making a living as a writer.

sightlessscribbles.com/support/

Something or Other :v_bi: (@farah) · Dec 10
🔁 @artemis:

I am weeping. This essay broke my heart but also gave me real hope.

Keep being human. Keep loving human things. That's where the joy & delight is.

"The Colonization of Confidence" by Robert Kingett

sightlessscribbles.com/the-col

FoolishOwl (@foolishowl) · Dec 10
🔁 @artemis:

I am weeping. This essay broke my heart but also gave me real hope.

Keep being human. Keep loving human things. That's where the joy & delight is.

"The Colonization of Confidence" by Robert Kingett

sightlessscribbles.com/the-col

❄️SnowyIn🇨🇦❄️ (@SnowyCA) · Dec 10
🔁 @mayintoronto:

I need you to stop scrolling and read the most human piece of writing I've read in a very, very long time.

sightlessscribbles.com/the-col

Thanks, @WeirdWriter.

Bernie Merrily Does It (@BernieDoesIt) · Dec 10
🔁 @adam:

This piece by @WeirdWriter is *really* good. Set aside 30 minutes and dive in when you can.

LLM ubiquity is ushering us into a sort of warped inverse renaissance, to the detriment of those of us who still value real words written by real people.

sightlessscribbles.com/the-col

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The world needs social sovereignty

blog.joinmastodon.org · Dec 09

The world needs to log off corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms and log on to a better way of being online. The world needs an open social web through the fediverse and Mastodon.

Shared by @mike and 161 others.
Matt 🔶 (LordMatt) (@lordmatt) · Dec 09
🔁 @heresy:

The world needs social sovereignty

In a move of modern heresy, the Mastodon blog has called for governments to get out of corporate-owned social media and to federated and free social media. Big business will hate that, but truth should probably be free.

Ask your government if this heresy is right for them (it is).

#government #isHeresyRightForYou #Mastodon #socialMedia

Jordan Maris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 #NAFO (@jmaris) · Dec 09
🔁 @Mastodon:

Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/

Nike Leonhard (@Nike_Leonhard) · Dec 09
🔁 @Mastodon:

Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/

Jon Henshaw (@jon) · Dec 10
🔁 @andypiper:

The current situation - with the owner of X banning the European Commission's advertising account - is an escalation of the premise from those posts. That's why we @Mastodon make the statement that the world needs social sovereignty on digital platforms.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/

Karsten Schmidt (@toxi) · Dec 09
🔁 @Mastodon:

Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/

Erik Jonker (@ErikJonker) · Dec 09
🔁 @Mastodon:

Today we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation.

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/

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Why RSS matters

werd.io · Dec 09

The future of the web depends on simple, open standards.

Shared by @jonmsterling and 43 others.
your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 (@blogdiva) · Dec 10
🔁 @davew:

Ben Werdmuller wrote a new perspective on RSS. It's great, just what we need. RSS is of the web, and is the simplest most obvious way to get all the twitter-like systems connected.

werd.io/why-rss-matters/

KungFuDiscoMonkey (@kfdm) · Dec 10
🔁 @ben:

For decades, RSS has been a workhorse that connects systems on the timely web and ensures that publishers can syndicate and grow their reach. Here's why it matters more than ever. werd.io/why-rss-matters/

Don Marti (@dmarti) · Dec 10
🔁 @davew:

Ben Werdmuller wrote a new perspective on RSS. It's great, just what we need. RSS is of the web, and is the simplest most obvious way to get all the twitter-like systems connected.

werd.io/why-rss-matters/

Tyler Sticka (@tylersticka) · Dec 10
🔁 @cory:

🔗 Why RSS matters via @ben #Tech #Mastodon #Rss

Yesterday morning, I woke up and checked my news app while still in bed. The headlines from ProPublica, The New York Times, and The Guardian loaded instantly: a curated stream of stories updated overnight. I scrolled through, tapped on a few pieces, then switched over to my podcast app to queue up something for my morning gym session. I queued up three new episodes: one from Search Engine, the...

werd.io/why-rss-matters/

David Gardiner (@DavidRGardiner) · Dec 10
🔁 @ben:

For decades, RSS has been a workhorse that connects systems on the timely web and ensures that publishers can syndicate and grow their reach. Here's why it matters more than ever. werd.io/why-rss-matters/

sknob (@sknob) · Dec 09
🔁 @ben:

For decades, RSS has been a workhorse that connects systems on the timely web and ensures that publishers can syndicate and grow their reach. Here's why it matters more than ever. werd.io/why-rss-matters/

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Meet Pebble Index 01 - External Memory For Your Brain

repebble.com · Dec 09

Meet Pebble Index 01 - External Memory For Your Brain

Shared by @pinboard_pop and 18 others.
George Baily (@georgebaily) · Dec 10
🔁 @obrhoff:

„No charging: The battery lasts for up to years of average use. After the end of its life, send your ring back to us for recycling."

We are throwing it away for you, is the new sustainability.
#pebble #sustainability

repebble.com/blog/meet-pebble-

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The world needs social sovereignty

werd.io · Dec 09

"By making the news and truth contingent on advertising budgets we’ve created an environment where any narrative can win, as long as the storyteller is willing to pay. If we allow these conditions to continue, we will leave behind the voices that truly matter."

Shared by @matthew and 9 others.
Debbie Goldsmith 🏳️‍⚧️♾️🇺🇦 (@dgoldsmith) · Dec 09
🔁 @ben:

"By making the news and truth contingent on advertising budgets we’ve created an environment where any narrative can win, as long as the storyteller is willing to pay. If we allow these conditions to continue, we will leave behind the voices that truly matter." #Technology werd.io/the-world-needs-social

Chip Butty (@otfrom) · Dec 09
🔁 @ben:

"By making the news and truth contingent on advertising budgets we’ve created an environment where any narrative can win, as long as the storyteller is willing to pay. If we allow these conditions to continue, we will leave behind the voices that truly matter." #Technology werd.io/the-world-needs-social

Matthew Reinbold (@matthew) · Dec 10
🔁 @ben:

"By making the news and truth contingent on advertising budgets we’ve created an environment where any narrative can win, as long as the storyteller is willing to pay. If we allow these conditions to continue, we will leave behind the voices that truly matter." #Technology werd.io/the-world-needs-social

Andy Piper (@andypiper) · Dec 10
🔁 @ben:

"By making the news and truth contingent on advertising budgets we’ve created an environment where any narrative can win, as long as the storyteller is willing to pay. If we allow these conditions to continue, we will leave behind the voices that truly matter." #Technology werd.io/the-world-needs-social

Tim Chambers (@tchambers) · Dec 10
🔁 @ben:

"By making the news and truth contingent on advertising budgets we’ve created an environment where any narrative can win, as long as the storyteller is willing to pay. If we allow these conditions to continue, we will leave behind the voices that truly matter." #Technology werd.io/the-world-needs-social

Walt Wooton (@waltwooton) · Dec 09
🔁 @ben:

"By making the news and truth contingent on advertising budgets we’ve created an environment where any narrative can win, as long as the storyteller is willing to pay. If we allow these conditions to continue, we will leave behind the voices that truly matter." #Technology werd.io/the-world-needs-social

Quincy (@quincy) · Dec 09
🔁 @ben:

"By making the news and truth contingent on advertising budgets we’ve created an environment where any narrative can win, as long as the storyteller is willing to pay. If we allow these conditions to continue, we will leave behind the voices that truly matter." #Technology werd.io/the-world-needs-social

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One too many words on AT&T's $2,000 Korn shell and other Usenet topics

blog.gabornyeki.com · Dec 08

This post dives into the Usenet archives and covers 1980s online discussions about Unix, BSD, and historical hardware.

Shared by @akosma and 10 others.
Stephen Darlington (@sdarlington) · Dec 10
🔁 @jgoerzen:

Wow. Here's a really detailed article on parts of the #history of #Unix. For instance, I had no idea that su was disliked early on because it was slow - reading and parsing /etc/passwd was so slow that people developed alternatives with the root password compiled in, for instance.

Then there was the /bin/goto program, which implemented goto for the shell. How did a subprocess manage to do that? By seeking fd 0, knowing the shell used unbuffered reads!

blog.gabornyeki.com/2025-12-us

Lars Wirzenius (@liw) · Dec 10
🔁 @jgoerzen:

Wow. Here's a really detailed article on parts of the #history of #Unix. For instance, I had no idea that su was disliked early on because it was slow - reading and parsing /etc/passwd was so slow that people developed alternatives with the root password compiled in, for instance.

Then there was the /bin/goto program, which implemented goto for the shell. How did a subprocess manage to do that? By seeking fd 0, knowing the shell used unbuffered reads!

blog.gabornyeki.com/2025-12-us

jens persson (@MrShark) · Dec 10
🔁 @jgoerzen:

Wow. Here's a really detailed article on parts of the #history of #Unix. For instance, I had no idea that su was disliked early on because it was slow - reading and parsing /etc/passwd was so slow that people developed alternatives with the root password compiled in, for instance.

Then there was the /bin/goto program, which implemented goto for the shell. How did a subprocess manage to do that? By seeking fd 0, knowing the shell used unbuffered reads!

blog.gabornyeki.com/2025-12-us

Glyn Moody (@glynmoody) · Dec 10
🔁 @jgoerzen:

Wow. Here's a really detailed article on parts of the #history of #Unix. For instance, I had no idea that su was disliked early on because it was slow - reading and parsing /etc/passwd was so slow that people developed alternatives with the root password compiled in, for instance.

Then there was the /bin/goto program, which implemented goto for the shell. How did a subprocess manage to do that? By seeking fd 0, knowing the shell used unbuffered reads!

blog.gabornyeki.com/2025-12-us

Stefano Marinelli (@stefano) · Dec 09
🔁 @mms:

blog.gabornyeki.com/2025-12-us

One too many words on AT&T's $2,000 Korn shell and other Usenet topics

God Emperor of Mastodon (@mms) · Dec 09

blog.gabornyeki.com/2025-12-us

One too many words on AT&T's $2,000 Korn shell and other Usenet topics

Michael Engel (@me_) · Dec 08
🔁 @jschauma:

A nice stroll down #Unix memory lane, by way of various old Usenet messages:

blog.gabornyeki.com/2025-12-us

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If You’re Going to Vibe Code, Why Not Do It in C?

stephenramsay.net · Dec 03

Stephen Ramsay

Shared by @nixCraft and 14 others.
5h15h (@shish) · Dec 09

I love this perspective: If you’re #vibecoding, you might as well do it in C: It produces real, robust systems. The point isn’t human-readable elegance but machine-readable efficiency stephenramsay.net/posts/vibe-c

#AI

Shawn Graham (@electricarchaeo) · Dec 03
🔁 @sramsay:

New blog post: "If You’re Going to Vibe Code, Why Not Do It in C?"

stephenramsay.net/posts/vibe-c

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After the Bubble

tbray.org · Dec 09

The GenAI bubble is going to pop. Everyone knows that. To me, the urgent and interesting questions are how widespread the damage will be and what the hangover will feel like. On that basis, I was going to post a link on Mastodon to Paul Krugman’s Talking With Paul Kedrosky. It’s great, but wh...

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Zef Hemel (@zef) · Dec 09
🔁 @timbray:

1/2 In which I cover a couple of the weird/scary aspects of the #genAI bubble and try to get a feel what the post-bubble hangover will feel like. Tl;dr: Not like the dot-com bust. tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/20

Aaron (@hosford42) · Dec 09
🔁 @timbray:

1/2 In which I cover a couple of the weird/scary aspects of the #genAI bubble and try to get a feel what the post-bubble hangover will feel like. Tl;dr: Not like the dot-com bust. tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/20

Philip Brewer (@philipbrewer) · Dec 09
🔁 @timbray:

1/2 In which I cover a couple of the weird/scary aspects of the #genAI bubble and try to get a feel what the post-bubble hangover will feel like. Tl;dr: Not like the dot-com bust. tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/20

Chris Ford :tw: (@cford) · Dec 09
🔁 @timbray:

1/2 In which I cover a couple of the weird/scary aspects of the #genAI bubble and try to get a feel what the post-bubble hangover will feel like. Tl;dr: Not like the dot-com bust. tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/20

Bryce Wray (@BryceWrayTX) · Dec 09
🔁 @timbray:

1/2 In which I cover a couple of the weird/scary aspects of the #genAI bubble and try to get a feel what the post-bubble hangover will feel like. Tl;dr: Not like the dot-com bust. tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/20

Steven D. Brewer 🏳️‍⚧️ (@stevendbrewer) · Dec 09
🔁 @timbray:

1/2 In which I cover a couple of the weird/scary aspects of the #genAI bubble and try to get a feel what the post-bubble hangover will feel like. Tl;dr: Not like the dot-com bust. tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/20

leyrer (@leyrer) · Dec 09
🔁 @timbray:

1/2 In which I cover a couple of the weird/scary aspects of the #genAI bubble and try to get a feel what the post-bubble hangover will feel like. Tl;dr: Not like the dot-com bust. tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/20

glyn (@underlap) · Dec 10
🔁 @timbray:

1/2 In which I cover a couple of the weird/scary aspects of the #genAI bubble and try to get a feel what the post-bubble hangover will feel like. Tl;dr: Not like the dot-com bust. tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/20

Charles Choi 최 민수 (@kickingvegas) · Dec 09
🔁 @timbray:

1/2 In which I cover a couple of the weird/scary aspects of the #genAI bubble and try to get a feel what the post-bubble hangover will feel like. Tl;dr: Not like the dot-com bust. tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/20

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