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Child’s Play, by Sam Kriss

harpers.org · Feb 19

Tech’s new generation and the end of thinking

Shared by @topstories and 44 others.
Chad McCullough (@cmccullough) · Feb 21
🔁 @glyph:

I miss SuperHappyDevHouse. I miss my local Python meetup. I miss a sense of possibility and wonder and art and just _fun_ at what we could do with computers.

When I look at what remains of that culture though, it's like reading Heart of Darkness now harpers.org/archive/2026/03/ch

Chris Adams (@acdha) · Feb 21
🔁 @glyph:

I miss SuperHappyDevHouse. I miss my local Python meetup. I miss a sense of possibility and wonder and art and just _fun_ at what we could do with computers.

When I look at what remains of that culture though, it's like reading Heart of Darkness now harpers.org/archive/2026/03/ch

Adrianna Tan (@skinnylatte) · Feb 22
🔁 @skinnylatte:

San Francisco as described in this piece is as exhausting as it sounds

But

I’m also glad that I don’t have to live in that version of it

harpers.org/archive/2026/03/ch

#SanFrancisco

🆘Bill Cole 🇺🇦 (@grumpybozo) · Feb 21
🔁 @ceejbot:

A must-read. San Francisco is as bat-shit as ever, but it's differently bat-shit every time the wheel spins.

harpers.org/archive/2026/03/ch

Hailey (@hailey) · Feb 20
🔁 @glyph:

I miss SuperHappyDevHouse. I miss my local Python meetup. I miss a sense of possibility and wonder and art and just _fun_ at what we could do with computers.

When I look at what remains of that culture though, it's like reading Heart of Darkness now harpers.org/archive/2026/03/ch

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How far back in time can you understand English?

deadlanguagesociety.com · Feb 21

An experiment in language change

Shared by @anghenfil and 94 others.
GhostOnTheHalfShell (@GhostOnTheHalfShell) · Feb 22
🔁 @Natasha_Jay:

How far back in time can you understand English?

It’s a thousand years of the English language, compressed into a single blog post.

"... as his post goes on, his language gets older. A hundred years older with each jump. The spelling changes. The grammar changes. Words you know are replaced by unfamiliar words, and his attitude gets older too, as the blogger’s voice is replaced by that of a Georgian diarist, an Elizabethan pamphleteer, a medieval chronicler."

deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-

#english #language

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 (@Lazarou) · Feb 22
🔁 @Natasha_Jay:

How far back in time can you understand English?

It’s a thousand years of the English language, compressed into a single blog post.

"... as his post goes on, his language gets older. A hundred years older with each jump. The spelling changes. The grammar changes. Words you know are replaced by unfamiliar words, and his attitude gets older too, as the blogger’s voice is replaced by that of a Georgian diarist, an Elizabethan pamphleteer, a medieval chronicler."

deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-

#english #language

GeofCox (@GeofCox) · Feb 22
🔁 @Natasha_Jay:

How far back in time can you understand English?

It’s a thousand years of the English language, compressed into a single blog post.

"... as his post goes on, his language gets older. A hundred years older with each jump. The spelling changes. The grammar changes. Words you know are replaced by unfamiliar words, and his attitude gets older too, as the blogger’s voice is replaced by that of a Georgian diarist, an Elizabethan pamphleteer, a medieval chronicler."

deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-

#english #language

Colin Burgess (@colinburgess) · Feb 22
🔁 @Natasha_Jay:

How far back in time can you understand English?

It’s a thousand years of the English language, compressed into a single blog post.

"... as his post goes on, his language gets older. A hundred years older with each jump. The spelling changes. The grammar changes. Words you know are replaced by unfamiliar words, and his attitude gets older too, as the blogger’s voice is replaced by that of a Georgian diarist, an Elizabethan pamphleteer, a medieval chronicler."

deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-

#english #language

Eugen Rochko (@gargron) · Feb 22
🔁 @Natasha_Jay:

How far back in time can you understand English?

It’s a thousand years of the English language, compressed into a single blog post.

"... as his post goes on, his language gets older. A hundred years older with each jump. The spelling changes. The grammar changes. Words you know are replaced by unfamiliar words, and his attitude gets older too, as the blogger’s voice is replaced by that of a Georgian diarist, an Elizabethan pamphleteer, a medieval chronicler."

deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-

#english #language

slowtiger (@slowtiger) · Feb 22
🔁 @Tinido:

Super Fun für Sprach-Nerds, Weird Fiction-Fans und alle, die gerne neue Sachen lernen: Diese Geschichte wird jeden Absatz 100 Jahre älter (& gruseliger), am Schluss sind wir um 1.000 sprachlich angelangt. Bis wann könnt Ihr verstehen, was da steht? Danach erklärt ein Sprachhistoriker die Veränderungen, die ihr da rückwärts mitgemacht habt.

#linguistics #historyoflanguage #language #literature #learning

deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-

Ralf S. (@unionista) · Feb 22
🔁 @Natasha_Jay:

How far back in time can you understand English?

It’s a thousand years of the English language, compressed into a single blog post.

"... as his post goes on, his language gets older. A hundred years older with each jump. The spelling changes. The grammar changes. Words you know are replaced by unfamiliar words, and his attitude gets older too, as the blogger’s voice is replaced by that of a Georgian diarist, an Elizabethan pamphleteer, a medieval chronicler."

deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-

#english #language

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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks

theguardian.com · Feb 21

Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’

Shared by @GhostOnTheHalfShell and 346 others.
Robert Roskam (@raiderrobert) · Feb 21
🔁 @jeffjarvis:

Appalling. In our name:
"‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks.
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end."
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f

Witchzilla (@msbw) · Feb 22
🔁 @deborahh:

Do not go to the US.
Your privilege will not protect you.

"when Karen heard some of their stories before she left the UK, she assumed their experiences had no relevance to her: she was a retired person taking a holiday. In the end, Karen was detained for longer than almost every one of them."

UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) | The Guardian
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f

Data Ghost (@DataGhost) · Feb 21
🔁 @jeffjarvis:

Appalling. In our name:
"‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks.
Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end."
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f

Marko Karppinen (@karppinen) · Feb 21
🔁 @GossiTheDog:

A retired British primary school teacher with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE in the US while on holiday.

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f

GC (@gcaballero) · Feb 21
🔁 @GossiTheDog:

A retired British primary school teacher with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE in the US while on holiday.

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f

Mastodon Migration (@mastodonmigration) · Feb 22
🔁 @lilithsaintcrow:

"It was during these conversations that Karen was told repeatedly that ICE agents are paid a bonus every time they detain someone. “I was told this by multiple sources,” she says. “There is all the incentive in the world to find a reason – any reason – not to let someone go.”"
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f

MartLM (@MartLM) · Feb 21
🔁 @GossiTheDog:

A retired British primary school teacher with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE in the US while on holiday.

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f

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Whale Fall

nesbitt.io · Feb 21

What happens when a large open source project dies.

Shared by @bitprophet and 45 others.
Aubreader Masto (@Aubreader) · Feb 22

Whale Fall

nesbitt.io/2026/02/21/whale-fa

Michael Winser mentioned whale fall offhand while we were talking about what happens to the dependency graphs of abandoned projects, and it won’t leave my head.

#programming #OpenSource

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Hold on to Your Hardware

xn--gckvb8fzb.com · Feb 20

A warning about rising prices, vanishing consumer choice, and a future where owning a computer may matter more than ever as hardware, power, and control drift toward data centers and away from people.

Shared by @bitsavers and 40 others.
AI6YR Ben (@ai6yr) · Feb 22
🔁 @lmorchard:

It's probably alarmist, but this has me thinking: What if governments and bastard oligarchs actually manage to reverse the personal computing revolution of the last 50 years? Nothing in tech is inevitable, not even individual practical access to hardware.

マリウス.com/hold-on-to-your-hardw

Trendy Toots (@trendytoots) · Feb 21
🔁 @lmorchard:

It's probably alarmist, but this has me thinking: What if governments and bastard oligarchs actually manage to reverse the personal computing revolution of the last 50 years? Nothing in tech is inevitable, not even individual practical access to hardware.

マリウス.com/hold-on-to-your-hardw

Nina Kalinina (@nina_kali_nina) · Feb 21
🔁 @lmorchard:

It's probably alarmist, but this has me thinking: What if governments and bastard oligarchs actually manage to reverse the personal computing revolution of the last 50 years? Nothing in tech is inevitable, not even individual practical access to hardware.

マリウス.com/hold-on-to-your-hardw

mos_8502 :verified: 🇨🇦 (@mos_8502) · Feb 21
🔁 @cstanhope:

Probably a pragmatic way to be anyway:

"The reason I’m writing all of this isn’t to create panic, but to help put things into perspective. You don’t need to scavenger-hunt for legacy parts in your local landfill (yet) or swear off upgrades forever, but you do need to recognize that the rules have changed. The market that once catered to enthusiasts and everyday users is turning its back. So take care of your hardware, stretch its lifespan, upgrade thoughtfully, and don’t assume replacement will always be easy or affordable."

From this analysis on the impact hyperscalers are having on the near future (at least) of personal electronics "Hold on to Your Hardware":

マリウス.com/hold-on-to-your-hardw

This part is dark:

マリウス.com/hold-on-to-your-hardw

Dataline (@somebody) · Feb 22
🔁 @lmorchard:

It's probably alarmist, but this has me thinking: What if governments and bastard oligarchs actually manage to reverse the personal computing revolution of the last 50 years? Nothing in tech is inevitable, not even individual practical access to hardware.

マリウス.com/hold-on-to-your-hardw

mmu_man (@mmu_man) · Feb 21
🔁 @cstanhope:

Probably a pragmatic way to be anyway:

"The reason I’m writing all of this isn’t to create panic, but to help put things into perspective. You don’t need to scavenger-hunt for legacy parts in your local landfill (yet) or swear off upgrades forever, but you do need to recognize that the rules have changed. The market that once catered to enthusiasts and everyday users is turning its back. So take care of your hardware, stretch its lifespan, upgrade thoughtfully, and don’t assume replacement will always be easy or affordable."

From this analysis on the impact hyperscalers are having on the near future (at least) of personal electronics "Hold on to Your Hardware":

マリウス.com/hold-on-to-your-hardw

This part is dark:

マリウス.com/hold-on-to-your-hardw

your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 (@blogdiva) · Feb 21
🔁 @lmorchard:

It's probably alarmist, but this has me thinking: What if governments and bastard oligarchs actually manage to reverse the personal computing revolution of the last 50 years? Nothing in tech is inevitable, not even individual practical access to hardware.

マリウス.com/hold-on-to-your-hardw

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darktable.info – Mastering Darktable

darktable.info · Feb 21

Why pay for Lightroom or Luminar? Darktable is better, faster, and completely free. The ultimate professional alternative for RAW editing. Get started here.

Shared by @macmanx and 26 others.
Esteban Küber :rust: (@ekuber) · Feb 21
🔁 @wesley:

Someone put together a solid looking website with tutorials on Darktable, the free open-source photo editing software!

darktable.info/en/welcome-to-t

Personally, I find guides like this a lot more useful than videos.

#darktable #photography #editing

Dizzy (@BubblegumYeti) · Feb 21
🔁 @wesley:

Someone put together a solid looking website with tutorials on Darktable, the free open-source photo editing software!

darktable.info/en/welcome-to-t

Personally, I find guides like this a lot more useful than videos.

#darktable #photography #editing

Cadmus 🌲 (@camless) · Feb 21
🔁 @wesley:

Someone put together a solid looking website with tutorials on Darktable, the free open-source photo editing software!

darktable.info/en/welcome-to-t

Personally, I find guides like this a lot more useful than videos.

#darktable #photography #editing

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 (@Lazarou) · Feb 21
🔁 @wesley:

Someone put together a solid looking website with tutorials on Darktable, the free open-source photo editing software!

darktable.info/en/welcome-to-t

Personally, I find guides like this a lot more useful than videos.

#darktable #photography #editing

Roy #EatTheRich Pardee 🇺🇸 (@rpardee) · Feb 21
🔁 @wesley:

Someone put together a solid looking website with tutorials on Darktable, the free open-source photo editing software!

darktable.info/en/welcome-to-t

Personally, I find guides like this a lot more useful than videos.

#darktable #photography #editing

Elena. (she/ her) (@theresmiling) · Feb 21
🔁 @wesley:

Someone put together a solid looking website with tutorials on Darktable, the free open-source photo editing software!

darktable.info/en/welcome-to-t

Personally, I find guides like this a lot more useful than videos.

#darktable #photography #editing

Esther Payne :bisexual_flag: (@onepict) · Feb 21
🔁 @wesley:

Someone put together a solid looking website with tutorials on Darktable, the free open-source photo editing software!

darktable.info/en/welcome-to-t

Personally, I find guides like this a lot more useful than videos.

#darktable #photography #editing

Steve's Place (@steter) · Feb 21
🔁 @wesley:

Someone put together a solid looking website with tutorials on Darktable, the free open-source photo editing software!

darktable.info/en/welcome-to-t

Personally, I find guides like this a lot more useful than videos.

#darktable #photography #editing

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US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: ‘I’m not for sale’

theguardian.com · Feb 21

Families are navigating the tough choice between unimaginable riches and the identity that comes with land

Shared by @dnkboston and 14 others.
Tim Chambers (@tchambers) · Feb 21
🔁 @jaredwhite:

You can't put the genie back in the…oh wait, these people just did.

Also, have you been told that "everyone has a price"? Well that's simply not true. Sometimes something or someone is not for sale…and that's that. 👋

theguardian.com/technology/202

Deb Nam-Krane (@dnkboston) · Feb 22
🔁 @gerrymcgovern:

US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: ‘I’m not for sale’

Families are navigating the tough choice between unimaginable riches and the identity that comes with land

theguardian.com/technology/202

Anna Anthro (@AnnaAnthro) · Feb 21
🔁 @jockr:

US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: ‘I’m not for sale’ | AI (artificial intelligence) | The Guardian

theguardian.com/technology/202

Michael Foster (@michael) · Feb 21
🔁 @jaredwhite:

You can't put the genie back in the…oh wait, these people just did.

Also, have you been told that "everyone has a price"? Well that's simply not true. Sometimes something or someone is not for sale…and that's that. 👋

theguardian.com/technology/202

:mastodon: ister Don (@RoastbeefHashTag) · Feb 21
🔁 @jaredwhite:

You can't put the genie back in the…oh wait, these people just did.

Also, have you been told that "everyone has a price"? Well that's simply not true. Sometimes something or someone is not for sale…and that's that. 👋

theguardian.com/technology/202

Helga (@bluetea) · Feb 21
🔁 @dyckron:

US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: ‘I’m not for sale’ theguardian.com/technology/202

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Tired of dystopian sci-fi? You might like Solarpunk.

motherjones.com · Feb 19

A recent literary genre imagines what happens when our climate changes—and so do we.

Shared by @josh and 15 others.
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They Were Convicted of Killing Their Abusers. A New Law Offered a Second Chance at Freedom.

propublica.org · Feb 22

An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison?

Shared by @ZhiZhu and 11 others.
Anna Anthro (@AnnaAnthro) · Feb 22
🔁 @ProPublica:

NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back

An #Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.

Why are nearly all of them still in prison?

propublica.org/article/oklahom

#news #crime #criminaljustice #domesticviolence #law #justice #women #courts

Truth Or Consequences ✅ 🇺🇦 (@Savvyhomestead) · Feb 22
🔁 @ProPublica:

NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back

An #Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.

Why are nearly all of them still in prison?

propublica.org/article/oklahom

#news #crime #criminaljustice #domesticviolence #law #justice #women #courts

Steve Thompson PhD (@SteveThompson) · Feb 22

The Victims Who Fought Back

propublica.org/article/oklahom

An Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers. Why are nearly all of them still in prison?

valOrie_p'O (@valOrie) · Feb 22
🔁 @ProPublica:

NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back

An #Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.

Why are nearly all of them still in prison?

propublica.org/article/oklahom

#news #crime #criminaljustice #domesticviolence #law #justice #women #courts

Zhi Zhu 🕸️ (@ZhiZhu) · Feb 22
🔁 @ProPublica:

NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back

An #Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.

Why are nearly all of them still in prison?

propublica.org/article/oklahom

#news #crime #criminaljustice #domesticviolence #law #justice #women #courts

Compassionate Crab (@Compassionatecrab) · Feb 22
🔁 @ProPublica:

NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back

An #Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.

Why are nearly all of them still in prison?

propublica.org/article/oklahom

#news #crime #criminaljustice #domesticviolence #law #justice #women #courts

Bongolian (@Bongolian) · Feb 22
🔁 @ProPublica:

NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back

An #Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.

Why are nearly all of them still in prison?

propublica.org/article/oklahom

#news #crime #criminaljustice #domesticviolence #law #justice #women #courts

Kevin Russell (@kevinrns) · Feb 22
🔁 @ProPublica:

NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back

An #Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.

Why are nearly all of them still in prison?

propublica.org/article/oklahom

#news #crime #criminaljustice #domesticviolence #law #justice #women #courts

diana 🏳️‍⚧️🦋🌱 (@dianea) · Feb 22
🔁 @ProPublica:

NEW: The Victims Who Fought Back

An #Oklahoma law was supposed to help reduce the sentences of women who killed their abusers.

Why are nearly all of them still in prison?

propublica.org/article/oklahom

#news #crime #criminaljustice #domesticviolence #law #justice #women #courts

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