Disruption, too, will be disrupted.
New blog: The Next Thing Will Not Be Big https://blog.glyph.im/2026/01/the-next-thing-will-not-be-big.html
New blog: The Next Thing Will Not Be Big https://blog.glyph.im/2026/01/the-next-thing-will-not-be-big.html
New blog: The Next Thing Will Not Be Big https://blog.glyph.im/2026/01/the-next-thing-will-not-be-big.html
New blog: The Next Thing Will Not Be Big https://blog.glyph.im/2026/01/the-next-thing-will-not-be-big.html
New blog: The Next Thing Will Not Be Big https://blog.glyph.im/2026/01/the-next-thing-will-not-be-big.html
New blog: The Next Thing Will Not Be Big https://blog.glyph.im/2026/01/the-next-thing-will-not-be-big.html
New blog: The Next Thing Will Not Be Big https://blog.glyph.im/2026/01/the-next-thing-will-not-be-big.html
New blog: The Next Thing Will Not Be Big https://blog.glyph.im/2026/01/the-next-thing-will-not-be-big.html
New blog: The Next Thing Will Not Be Big https://blog.glyph.im/2026/01/the-next-thing-will-not-be-big.html
I should be writing about a terrifically difficult year. Instead, I’m thinking about flowers and dead men.
“Our frail thoughts. — Ethan Marcotte”
https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/our-frail-thoughts/
> I remain dismayed by what’s currently happening in tech, and at the same time I’m incredibly inspired by the people fighting for a better vision of it
Many of us are mourning the industry we thought we were part of, careers we thought we had, and the societies we believed we were building
“Our frail thoughts. — Ethan Marcotte”
https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/our-frail-thoughts/
> I remain dismayed by what’s currently happening in tech, and at the same time I’m incredibly inspired by the people fighting for a better vision of it
Many of us are mourning the industry we thought we were part of, careers we thought we had, and the societies we believed we were building
“Our frail thoughts. — Ethan Marcotte”
https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/our-frail-thoughts/
> I remain dismayed by what’s currently happening in tech, and at the same time I’m incredibly inspired by the people fighting for a better vision of it
Many of us are mourning the industry we thought we were part of, careers we thought we had, and the societies we believed we were building
🦊
I don’t know how to write about a year like this one; whenever I tried, I kept thinking about flowers.
So I thought I’d start with flowers. https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/our-frail-thoughts/
“Our frail thoughts. — Ethan Marcotte”
https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/our-frail-thoughts/
> I remain dismayed by what’s currently happening in tech, and at the same time I’m incredibly inspired by the people fighting for a better vision of it
Many of us are mourning the industry we thought we were part of, careers we thought we had, and the societies we believed we were building
🦊
I don’t know how to write about a year like this one; whenever I tried, I kept thinking about flowers.
So I thought I’d start with flowers. https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/our-frail-thoughts/
🦊
I don’t know how to write about a year like this one; whenever I tried, I kept thinking about flowers.
So I thought I’d start with flowers. https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/our-frail-thoughts/
“Our frail thoughts. — Ethan Marcotte”
https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/our-frail-thoughts/
> I remain dismayed by what’s currently happening in tech, and at the same time I’m incredibly inspired by the people fighting for a better vision of it
Many of us are mourning the industry we thought we were part of, careers we thought we had, and the societies we believed we were building
“Our frail thoughts. — Ethan Marcotte”
https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/our-frail-thoughts/
> I remain dismayed by what’s currently happening in tech, and at the same time I’m incredibly inspired by the people fighting for a better vision of it
Many of us are mourning the industry we thought we were part of, careers we thought we had, and the societies we believed we were building
“Our frail thoughts. — Ethan Marcotte”
https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/our-frail-thoughts/
> I remain dismayed by what’s currently happening in tech, and at the same time I’m incredibly inspired by the people fighting for a better vision of it
Many of us are mourning the industry we thought we were part of, careers we thought we had, and the societies we believed we were building
"We don't have dueling western and Chinese principles of structural engineering. [...]
We wouldn't tolerate secrecy in the calculations used to keep our buildings upright, and we shouldn't tolerate opacity in the software that keeps our tractors, hearing aids, ventilators, pacemakers, trains, games consoles, phones, CCTVs, door locks, and government ministries working."
@pluralistic hitting the nail on the head once again at #39c3
"We don't have dueling western and Chinese principles of structural engineering. [...]
We wouldn't tolerate secrecy in the calculations used to keep our buildings upright, and we shouldn't tolerate opacity in the software that keeps our tractors, hearing aids, ventilators, pacemakers, trains, games consoles, phones, CCTVs, door locks, and government ministries working."
@pluralistic hitting the nail on the head once again at #39c3
"The door is open a crack, the wind is blowing, the #postAmericanInternet is upon us: a new, good internet that delivers all the technological self-determination of the old, good internet, and the ease of use of Web 2.0 so that our normie friends can use it, too.
And I can't wait for all of us to get to hang out there. It's gonna be great."
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/
If you feel hopeless about the state of digital rights and civil liberties and the American tech hegemony, @pluralistic 's brilliant essay about the giant opportunities for #disenshittification this year. It's worth your time.
“The only thing worse than experiencing all the terror that Trump has unleashed on America and the world would be going through all that and not salvaging anything out of the wreckage.
That's what I want to talk to you about today: the post-American Internet we can wrest from Trump's chaos.”
Wenn ihr nachhaltig mal so richtig schlechter Laune sein wollt, und aber noch nach Gründen sucht, warum ihr von großen amerikanischen IT Unternehmen unabhängig werden wollt (Meta, Google, Microsoft, Apple etc.), dann nehmt euch doch mal eine gute halbe Stunde und lest, was @pluralistic Cory Doctorow auf dem #39c3 in Hamburg gesagt hat:
Es gibt auch jenseits von ihrem Fossil-Lobbyismus gute Gründe, die deutsche #Automobilindustrie skeptisch zu sehen.
"Today, Germany's storied automakers are carrying on the tradition of Dieselgate, sabotaging their cars to extract rent from drivers. From Mercedes, which rents you the accelerator pedal in your luxury car, only unlocking the full acceleration curve of your engine if you buy a monthly subscription; to BMW, which rents you the automated system that automatically dims your high-beams if there's oncoming traffic."
“Move fast and break kings.” I love @pluralistic and his rallying cry: https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/
What's better than starting a year preparing for revolution?
Pluralistic: The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026)
@pluralistic Urges the world to start a revolution: "Move fast and break Tim Cook's things. Move fast and break kings!" I hope some of the people empowered to do this are listening! https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition
The Post-American Internet “…there's a third possible response to #tariffs, one that's just sitting there, begging to be tried: what about repealing #anticircumvention #law?… …what if #Canada repealed…the #CopyrightModernizationAct of 2012 (that's our anticircumvention law)?” | from speech by #CoryDoctorow entitled "A post-American, #enshittification-resistant #internet" for #39C3, the 39th Chaos Communications Congress in Hamburg, Germany https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition @pluralistic
After decades of throwing myself against a locked door, the door that leads to a new, good internet, one that delivers both the technological self-determination of the old, good internet, and the ease of use of Web 2.0 that let our normie friends join the party, that door has been unlocked. It's open a crack! Here's the weirdest part: Donald Trump is the guy who's unlocked that door": The Post-American Internet (01 Jan 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition
Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic ) on what a real response to Apple and John Deere could be in a post-Trumpian mad tariff world:
I assume you've spotted the pattern by now: the US trade representative has forced every one of its trading partners to adopt anticircumvention law, to facilitate the extraction of their own people's data and money by American firms. But of course, that only raises a further question: Why would every other country in the world agree to let America steal its own people's money and data, and block its domestic tech sector from making interoperable products that would prevent this theft?
Here's an anecdote that unravels this riddle: many years ago, in the years before Viktor Orban rose to power, I used to guest-lecture at a summer PhD program in political science at Budapest's Central European University. And one summer, after I'd lectured to my students about anticircumvention law, one of them approached me.
They had been the information minister of a Central American nation during the CAFTA negotiations, and one day, they'd received a phone-call from their trade negotiator, calling from the CAFTA bargaining table. The negotiator said, "You know how you told me not to give the Americans anticircumvention under any circumstances? Well, they're saying that they won't take our coffee unless we give them anticircumvention. And I'm sorry, but we just can't lose the US coffee market. Our economy would collapse. So we're going to give them anticircumvention. I'm really sorry."
That's it. That's why every government in the world allowed US Big Tech companies to declare open season on their people's private data and ready cash.
The alternative was tariffs. Well, I don't know if you've heard, but we've got tariffs now!
I mean, if someone threatens to burn your house down unless you follow their orders, and then they burn your house down anyway, you don't have to keep following their orders. So…Happy Liberation Day?
from: https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition
"The Post-American Internet" https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition
yo read this address by @pluralistic on how places outside the US can and should fight to stop Big Tech from fucking them over. It is dense with the bangers.
"That's it. That's why every government in the world allowed US Big Tech companies to declare open season on their people's private data and ready cash.
The alternative was tariffs. Well, I don't know if you've heard, but we've got tariffs now!
I mean, if someone threatens to burn your house down unless you follow their orders, and then they burn your house down anyway, you don't have to keep following their orders. So…Happy Liberation Day?" - @pluralistic
yo read this address by @pluralistic on how places outside the US can and should fight to stop Big Tech from fucking them over. It is dense with the bangers.
'Powerful people are suckers for AI, because AI fuels the fantasy of a world without people: just a boss and a computer, and no ego-shattering confrontations with people who know how to do things telling you "no."'
Cory Doctorow continues to present a winning strategy for those that want to cut down American tech giants and increase people's freedom:
Use Trump's tariffs to delete the anti-circumvention laws that protect US tech.
US trade partners should move forward with this immediately. Even better if we have a wave of nations doing it all together.
#Bigtech #Computing #Tech #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Capitalism #Enshitification #AntiCircumvention #Democracy #Fascism
In 1751, Denis Diderot began publishing his Encyclopédie, a project that would eventually span 28 volumes and take more than two decades to complete. The French government banned it twice. The Catholic Church condemned it, Diderot's collaborators abandoned him, his publisher secretly censored en...
I keep watching people who used to write 10,000-word explorations of complex topics now produce dozens of disconnected fragments per day, each optimized for immediate engagement.
It's like watching someone who composed symphonies decide to only make ringtones.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for-blogging-in-the-ruins/
"We've restructured the presentation of ideas around the needs of advertising platforms, and not by accident, and we're living with the consequences."
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for-blogging-in-the-ruins/
I keep watching people who used to write 10,000-word explorations of complex topics now produce dozens of disconnected fragments per day, each optimized for immediate engagement.
It's like watching someone who composed symphonies decide to only make ringtones.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for-blogging-in-the-ruins/
I keep watching people who used to write 10,000-word explorations of complex topics now produce dozens of disconnected fragments per day, each optimized for immediate engagement.
It's like watching someone who composed symphonies decide to only make ringtones.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for-blogging-in-the-ruins/
I keep watching people who used to write 10,000-word explorations of complex topics now produce dozens of disconnected fragments per day, each optimized for immediate engagement.
It's like watching someone who composed symphonies decide to only make ringtones.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for-blogging-in-the-ruins/
I keep watching people who used to write 10,000-word explorations of complex topics now produce dozens of disconnected fragments per day, each optimized for immediate engagement.
It's like watching someone who composed symphonies decide to only make ringtones.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for-blogging-in-the-ruins/
I keep watching people who used to write 10,000-word explorations of complex topics now produce dozens of disconnected fragments per day, each optimized for immediate engagement.
It's like watching someone who composed symphonies decide to only make ringtones.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for-blogging-in-the-ruins/
I keep watching people who used to write 10,000-word explorations of complex topics now produce dozens of disconnected fragments per day, each optimized for immediate engagement.
It's like watching someone who composed symphonies decide to only make ringtones.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for-blogging-in-the-ruins/
I keep watching people who used to write 10,000-word explorations of complex topics now produce dozens of disconnected fragments per day, each optimized for immediate engagement.
It's like watching someone who composed symphonies decide to only make ringtones.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for-blogging-in-the-ruins/
I keep watching people who used to write 10,000-word explorations of complex topics now produce dozens of disconnected fragments per day, each optimized for immediate engagement.
It's like watching someone who composed symphonies decide to only make ringtones.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-case-for-blogging-in-the-ruins/
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directed from the very top and the damage this legitimization of bigotry has done
excellent interview. nothing in it is surprising to us but having it laid out, in detail, by someone who was there on the inside, hopefully helps other people understand... https://transnews.network/p/a-directive-from-above-former-nyt-editor-lays-out-how-the-paper-pushes-anti-trans-bigotry
the New York Times is so very responsible for the state of trans rights in the US right now due to their concerted effort to promote and normalize anti-trans bigotry and propaganda
it was INTENTIONAL, like we’ve been telling you all along
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Form...
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Form...
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Form...
something something ethics in national journalism.
annoyed as all shit, but completely unsurprised.
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Form...
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Form...
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Form...
January started as normal as can be expected when malicious grifters start making basic decency a radical idea. It turns out the anxiety associated with these political events would be the least of my problems throughout the year. It felt great to finish up a 12 month project and release the firs...
💙💙 all love to @chockenberry https://furbo.org/2026/01/01/the-year-that-kicked-my-ass/
💙💙 all love to @chockenberry https://furbo.org/2026/01/01/the-year-that-kicked-my-ass/
💙💙 all love to @chockenberry https://furbo.org/2026/01/01/the-year-that-kicked-my-ass/
Damn.
I just read "The Year That Kicked My Ass" by @chockenberry
I repeat: Damn.
Craig has given a ton to the Apple/tech community and I am def a fan from afar.
Hoping 2026 is a better year, Craig. 🙏🏻
https://furbo.org/2026/01/01/the-year-that-kicked-my-ass/
#Apple
💙💙 all love to @chockenberry https://furbo.org/2026/01/01/the-year-that-kicked-my-ass/
Damn.
I just read "The Year That Kicked My Ass" by chockenberry
I repeat: Damn.
Craig has given a ton to the Apple/tech community and I am def a fan from afar.
Hoping 2026 is a better year, Craig. 🙏🏻
https://furbo.org/2026/01/01/the-year-that-kicked-my-ass/
#Apple
Damn.
I just read "The Year That Kicked My Ass" by @chockenberry
I repeat: Damn.
Craig has given a ton to the Apple/tech community and I am def a fan from afar.
Hoping 2026 is a better year, Craig. 🙏🏻
https://furbo.org/2026/01/01/the-year-that-kicked-my-ass/
#Apple
💙💙 all love to @chockenberry https://furbo.org/2026/01/01/the-year-that-kicked-my-ass/
💙💙 all love to @chockenberry https://furbo.org/2026/01/01/the-year-that-kicked-my-ass/
How to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
a few months ago i had the immense privilege to speak about Websites at @webdevconf in Bristol — i've taken some time to improve on these ideas and build a permanent online home for the essay, which i intend to grow and improve over time 🤍
https://henry.codes/writing/a-website-to-destroy-all-websites/
A website to destroy all websites
Link: https://henry.codes/writing/a-website-to-destroy-all-websites/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46457784
A website to destroy all websites
Link: https://henry.codes/writing/a-website-to-destroy-all-websites/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46457784
A Website To End All Websites | Henry From Online https://henry.codes/writing/a-website-to-destroy-all-websites/
As I get more frustrated with massive social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram and FB, I'm more and more drawn back to my own blog. Nothing made the fact that my goals and theirs diverged than the day my one post got over 18K views on TikTok. I thought I wanted views and popularity but then I saw what it took and who I had to "invite" in to do it and it was awful!
So this post about the alternative to just sitting and tolerating the crappiness of the Internet as it is today really resonated. https://henry.codes/writing/a-website-to-destroy-all-websites/
A Website To End All Websites | Henry From Online https://henry.codes/writing/a-website-to-destroy-all-websites/
That is amazing. Full stop.
https://henry.codes/writing/a-website-to-destroy-all-websites/
A website to destroy all websites
https://henry.codes/writing/a-website-to-destroy-all-websites/
#ycombinator
Now if you don't mind I'm going to delete the root folder and see what happens.
Linux is good now. The author had enough of Windows and Microsoft shenanigans. I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop
We've been here before so I'm not going to get my hopes up, but it does feel like we're hitting a watershed moment. SteamOS/Proton reaching prominence at the same time as people getting pissed at Windows 11 feels different to previous Linux hype moments.
Plus anecdotally I've had folks ask me about Linux in real life.
Listen, nerds - if you're going to pick This Year to help people switch to Linux, I am begging you to do one thing: _Make sure your friend or parent or grandparent or whoever has backups_. Before you do _anything else_.
Make sure they have all their passwords and accounts somewhere. If you have the means to do so, take a drive image.
Be as sure as you can that they don't lose anything. Even if that's "where the icons are" and "my desktop background pic".
Linux is good now. The author had enough of Windows and Microsoft shenanigans. I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop
Listen, nerds - if you're going to pick This Year to help people switch to Linux, I am begging you to do one thing: _Make sure your friend or parent or grandparent or whoever has backups_. Before you do _anything else_.
Make sure they have all their passwords and accounts somewhere. If you have the means to do so, take a drive image.
Be as sure as you can that they don't lose anything. Even if that's "where the icons are" and "my desktop background pic".
👇🤓
"Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop"
"my computer isn't mine"
Last 4 words from:
'for every new worthless AI gadget Microsoft crams into it and for every time the OS inexplicably boots to a white screen and implores me to "finish setting up" my PC with an Office 365 subscription, the real problem is a feeling that my computer isn't mine"
Listen, nerds - if you're going to pick This Year to help people switch to Linux, I am begging you to do one thing: _Make sure your friend or parent or grandparent or whoever has backups_. Before you do _anything else_.
Make sure they have all their passwords and accounts somewhere. If you have the means to do so, take a drive image.
Be as sure as you can that they don't lose anything. Even if that's "where the icons are" and "my desktop background pic".
#Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/im-brave-enough-to-say-it-linux-is-good-now-and-if-you-want-to-feel-like-you-actually-own-your-pc-make-2026-the-year-of-linux-on-your-desktop
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46457770
Listen, nerds - if you're going to pick This Year to help people switch to Linux, I am begging you to do one thing: _Make sure your friend or parent or grandparent or whoever has backups_. Before you do _anything else_.
Make sure they have all their passwords and accounts somewhere. If you have the means to do so, take a drive image.
Be as sure as you can that they don't lose anything. Even if that's "where the icons are" and "my desktop background pic".
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