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Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again
— Cory Doctorow ( @pluralistic)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/10/trump-beginning-of-end-enshittification-make-tech-good-again

Better than the average Guardian piece on tech.

Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again | Cory Doctorow
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#TechnologyMEWS #DonaldTrumpMEWS #TariffsMEWS #UsNewsMEWS #BusinessMEWS #InternetMEWS #WorldNewsMEWS #MEWS
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The US president is weaponising tech, but his tariffs and Brexit provide a surprising opportunity to gain back digital control of o...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/10/trump-beginning-of-end-enshittification-make-tech-good-again

we can’t trust US tech infrastructure with govt, business & personal data
#ai #technology #enshittification #usa
Solution 👉 repeal anti-circumvention laws so programmers can reverse-engineer US’s cloud software, whether it’s a database, a word processor or a tractor, in order to swap out proprietary, American code for robust, open, auditable alternatives that will safeguard our digital sovereignty.
#energy #water #environment
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/10/trump-beginning-of-end-enshittification-make-tech-good-again

#Pluralistic writes for the #Guardian on the concrete opportunity provided by Trump's cancellation of the international trade agreements that have been propping up US IP monopolists at the cost of everyone else everywhere. In the UK in particular, this "one weird trick" would level the playing field.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/10/trump-beginning-of-end-enshittification-make-tech-good-again

'Until we repeal the anti-circumvention law, we can’t reverse-engineer the US’s cloud software, whether it’s a database, a word processor or a tractor, in order to swap out proprietary, American code for robust, open, auditable alternatives that will safeguard our digital sovereignty.' @doctorow https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/10/trump-beginning-of-end-enshittification-make-tech-good-again #trade #tariffs #technology #TPMs #copyright #uslaw #uspol

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/10/trump-beginning-of-end-enshittification-make-tech-good-again

Cory Doctorow argues that Donald Trump’s tariffs may unintentionally weaken U.S. tech dominance and open a rare opportunity to reverse the “enshittification” of technology, where user-hostile practices prevail.

He urges reforming anti-circumvention laws, especially in the UK post-Brexit, to boost innovation, user control and digital sovereignty, turning economic disruption into a chance to build a better tech ecosystem.

#OpenSource #Enshitification #DigitalSovereignty

Doctorow on the impact of the #EnshittifiedPOTUS.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/10/trump-beginning-of-end-enshittification-make-tech-good-again

Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again | Cory Doctorow https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/10/trump-beginning-of-end-enshittification-make-tech-good-again #Technology #DonaldTrump #Tariffs #UsNews #Business #Internet #WorldNews

#Trump may be the beginning of the end for #enshittification – this is our chance to make #tech good again | #CoryDoctorow | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/10/trump-beginning-of-end-enshittification-make-tech-good-again

#Technology #Computing #EFF #DigitalRights

It bears repeating, Trump and by extension the US (as he ‘owns’ it) is a threat to us all, dictatorships and democracies alike. For personal enrichment and possibly US enrichment (trickle down anyone?) he will not be stopped unless we hang together. The alternative is being hung individually.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/10/trump-beginning-of-end-enshittification-make-tech-good-again

#USPol #WorldPol #Democracy #Threat #Trump

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s going great. Linux diary, chapter one: winging it. Regret level: none. https://www.theverge.com/tech/858910/linux-diary-gaming-desktop

If you care for your privacy and safety and don't want to deal with mega corp obsessed with AI, Linux desktop is the right choice for you.

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s going great. Linux diary, chapter one: winging it. Regret level: none. https://www.theverge.com/tech/858910/linux-diary-gaming-desktop

If you care for your privacy and safety and don't want to deal with mega corp obsessed with AI, Linux desktop is the right choice for you.

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s going great. Linux diary, chapter one: winging it. Regret level: none. https://www.theverge.com/tech/858910/linux-diary-gaming-desktop

If you care for your privacy and safety and don't want to deal with mega corp obsessed with AI, Linux desktop is the right choice for you.

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s going great. Linux diary, chapter one: winging it. Regret level: none. https://www.theverge.com/tech/858910/linux-diary-gaming-desktop

If you care for your privacy and safety and don't want to deal with mega corp obsessed with AI, Linux desktop is the right choice for you.

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s going great. Linux diary, chapter one: winging it. Regret level: none. https://www.theverge.com/tech/858910/linux-diary-gaming-desktop

If you care for your privacy and safety and don't want to deal with mega corp obsessed with AI, Linux desktop is the right choice for you.

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great: https://www.theverge.com/tech/858910/linux-diary-gaming-desktop

Discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46566465

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/858910/linux-diary-gaming-desktop
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46566465

#linux

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/858910/linux-diary-gaming-desktop
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46566465

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s going great. Linux diary, chapter one: winging it. Regret level: none. https://www.theverge.com/tech/858910/linux-diary-gaming-desktop

If you care for your privacy and safety and don't want to deal with mega corp obsessed with AI, Linux desktop is the right choice for you.

I replaced Windows with Linux and everything’s going great. Linux diary, chapter one: winging it. Regret level: none. https://www.theverge.com/tech/858910/linux-diary-gaming-desktop

If you care for your privacy and safety and don't want to deal with mega corp obsessed with AI, Linux desktop is the right choice for you.

Fascism!: The US Army Publishes a Pamphlet in 1945 Explaining How to Spot Fascism at Home and Abroad https://www.openculture.com/2023/06/fascism-the-us-army-publishes-a-pamphlet-in-1945.html

Fascism!: The US Army Publishes a Pamphlet in 1945 Explaining How to Spot Fascism at Home and Abroad

It's not hard to see right now.

https://www.openculture.com/2023/06/fascism-the-us-army-publishes-a-pamphlet-in-1945.html

Fascism!: The US Army Publishes a Pamphlet in 1945 Explaining How to Spot Fascism at Home and Abroad

It's not hard to see right now.

https://www.openculture.com/2023/06/fascism-the-us-army-publishes-a-pamphlet-in-1945.html

Fascism!: The US Army Publishes a Pamphlet in 1945 Explaining How to Spot Fascism at Home and Abroad

It's not hard to see right now.

https://www.openculture.com/2023/06/fascism-the-us-army-publishes-a-pamphlet-in-1945.html

Fascism!: The US Army Publishes a Pamphlet in 1945 Explaining How to Spot Fascism at Home and Abroad

It's not hard to see right now.

https://www.openculture.com/2023/06/fascism-the-us-army-publishes-a-pamphlet-in-1945.html

Fascism!: The US Army Publishes a Pamphlet in 1945 Explaining How to Spot Fascism at Home and Abroad

It's not hard to see right now.

https://www.openculture.com/2023/06/fascism-the-us-army-publishes-a-pamphlet-in-1945.html

Fascism!: The US Army Publishes a Pamphlet in 1945 Explaining How to Spot Fascism at Home and Abroad

It's not hard to see right now.

https://www.openculture.com/2023/06/fascism-the-us-army-publishes-a-pamphlet-in-1945.html

Fascism!: The US Army Publishes a Pamphlet in 1945 Explaining How to Spot Fascism at Home and Abroad

It's not hard to see right now.

https://www.openculture.com/2023/06/fascism-the-us-army-publishes-a-pamphlet-in-1945.html

Fascism!: The US Army Publishes a Pamphlet in 1945 Explaining How to Spot Fascism at Home and Abroad

It's not hard to see right now.

https://www.openculture.com/2023/06/fascism-the-us-army-publishes-a-pamphlet-in-1945.html

Fascism!: The US Army Publishes a Pamphlet in 1945 Explaining How to Spot Fascism at Home and Abroad

It's not hard to see right now.

https://www.openculture.com/2023/06/fascism-the-us-army-publishes-a-pamphlet-in-1945.html

In a deadly start to the year, ICE announced the agency’s THIRD detention death of 2026 late Friday night. People are dying in detention at a rate of one every three days right now.

https://open.substack.com/pub/detentionkills/p/3-deaths-in-ice-custody-in-the-1st?r=cg7zb&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

In a deadly start to the year, ICE announced the agency’s THIRD detention death of 2026 late Friday night. People are dying in detention at a rate of one every three days right now.

https://open.substack.com/pub/detentionkills/p/3-deaths-in-ice-custody-in-the-1st?r=cg7zb&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

In a deadly start to the year, ICE announced the agency’s THIRD detention death of 2026 late Friday night. People are dying in detention at a rate of one every three days right now.

https://open.substack.com/pub/detentionkills/p/3-deaths-in-ice-custody-in-the-1st?r=cg7zb&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

In a deadly start to the year, ICE announced the agency’s THIRD detention death of 2026 late Friday night. People are dying in detention at a rate of one every three days right now.

https://open.substack.com/pub/detentionkills/p/3-deaths-in-ice-custody-in-the-1st?r=cg7zb&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

In a deadly start to the year, ICE announced the agency’s THIRD detention death of 2026 late Friday night. People are dying in detention at a rate of one every three days right now.

https://open.substack.com/pub/detentionkills/p/3-deaths-in-ice-custody-in-the-1st?r=cg7zb&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

In a deadly start to the year, ICE announced the agency’s THIRD detention death of 2026 late Friday night. People are dying in detention at a rate of one every three days right now.

https://open.substack.com/pub/detentionkills/p/3-deaths-in-ice-custody-in-the-1st?r=cg7zb&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

In a deadly start to the year, ICE announced the agency’s THIRD detention death of 2026 late Friday night. People are dying in detention at a rate of one every three days right now.

https://open.substack.com/pub/detentionkills/p/3-deaths-in-ice-custody-in-the-1st?r=cg7zb&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

In a deadly start to the year, ICE announced the agency’s THIRD detention death of 2026 late Friday night. People are dying in detention at a rate of one every three days right now.

https://open.substack.com/pub/detentionkills/p/3-deaths-in-ice-custody-in-the-1st?r=cg7zb&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

In a deadly start to the year, ICE announced the agency’s THIRD detention death of 2026 late Friday night. People are dying in detention at a rate of one every three days right now.

https://open.substack.com/pub/detentionkills/p/3-deaths-in-ice-custody-in-the-1st?r=cg7zb&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

In a deadly start to the year, ICE announced the agency’s THIRD detention death of 2026 late Friday night. People are dying in detention at a rate of one every three days right now.

https://open.substack.com/pub/detentionkills/p/3-deaths-in-ice-custody-in-the-1st?r=cg7zb&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay

When Google restricted AlphaFold 3's commercial use, three MIT PhD students rebuilt the protein folding model in four months. Their open-source version, Boltz-1, now has $28M in funding and a Pfizer partnership. The move highlights tensions between proprietary AI research and scientific openness in drug discovery infrastructure. #OpenScience #ProteinFolding #AIResearch https://www.implicator.ai/when-google-locked-the-door-three-mit-students-picked-the-lock/

When Google restricted AlphaFold 3's commercial use, three MIT PhD students rebuilt the protein folding model in four months. Their open-source version, Boltz-1, now has $28M in funding and a Pfizer partnership. The move highlights tensions between proprietary AI research and scientific openness in drug discovery infrastructure. #OpenScience #ProteinFolding #AIResearch https://www.implicator.ai/when-google-locked-the-door-three-mit-students-picked-the-lock/

When Google restricted AlphaFold 3's commercial use, three MIT PhD students rebuilt the protein folding model in four months. Their open-source version, Boltz-1, now has $28M in funding and a Pfizer partnership. The move highlights tensions between proprietary AI research and scientific openness in drug discovery infrastructure. #OpenScience #ProteinFolding #AIResearch https://www.implicator.ai/when-google-locked-the-door-three-mit-students-picked-the-lock/

When Google restricted AlphaFold 3's commercial use, three MIT PhD students rebuilt the protein folding model in four months. Their open-source version, Boltz-1, now has $28M in funding and a Pfizer partnership. The move highlights tensions between proprietary AI research and scientific openness in drug discovery infrastructure. #OpenScience #ProteinFolding #AIResearch https://www.implicator.ai/when-google-locked-the-door-three-mit-students-picked-the-lock/

When Google restricted AlphaFold 3's commercial use, three MIT PhD students rebuilt the protein folding model in four months. Their open-source version, Boltz-1, now has $28M in funding and a Pfizer partnership. The move highlights tensions between proprietary AI research and scientific openness in drug discovery infrastructure. #OpenScience #ProteinFolding #AIResearch https://www.implicator.ai/when-google-locked-the-door-three-mit-students-picked-the-lock/

When Google restricted AlphaFold 3's commercial use, three MIT PhD students rebuilt the protein folding model in four months. Their open-source version, Boltz-1, now has $28M in funding and a Pfizer partnership. The move highlights tensions between proprietary AI research and scientific openness in drug discovery infrastructure. #OpenScience #ProteinFolding #AIResearch https://www.implicator.ai/when-google-locked-the-door-three-mit-students-picked-the-lock/

When Google restricted AlphaFold 3's commercial use, three MIT PhD students rebuilt the protein folding model in four months. Their open-source version, Boltz-1, now has $28M in funding and a Pfizer partnership. The move highlights tensions between proprietary AI research and scientific openness in drug discovery infrastructure. #OpenScience #ProteinFolding #AIResearch https://www.implicator.ai/when-google-locked-the-door-three-mit-students-picked-the-lock/

When Google restricted AlphaFold 3's commercial use, three MIT PhD students rebuilt the protein folding model in four months. Their open-source version, Boltz-1, now has $28M in funding and a Pfizer partnership. The move highlights tensions between proprietary AI research and scientific openness in drug discovery infrastructure. #OpenScience #ProteinFolding #AIResearch https://www.implicator.ai/when-google-locked-the-door-three-mit-students-picked-the-lock/

When Google restricted AlphaFold 3's commercial use, three MIT PhD students rebuilt the protein folding model in four months. Their open-source version, Boltz-1, now has $28M in funding and a Pfizer partnership. The move highlights tensions between proprietary AI research and scientific openness in drug discovery infrastructure. #OpenScience #ProteinFolding #AIResearch https://www.implicator.ai/when-google-locked-the-door-three-mit-students-picked-the-lock/

When Google restricted AlphaFold 3's commercial use, three MIT PhD students rebuilt the protein folding model in four months. Their open-source version, Boltz-1, now has $28M in funding and a Pfizer partnership. The move highlights tensions between proprietary AI research and scientific openness in drug discovery infrastructure. #OpenScience #ProteinFolding #AIResearch https://www.implicator.ai/when-google-locked-the-door-three-mit-students-picked-the-lock/

“If users notice your software, you’re already a loser – Pivot to AI”

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/10/if-users-notice-your-software-youre-already-a-loser/

> If you’re adding sparkly icon “now with AI!” features to your software, you’re in quarterly driven failure mode

“If users notice your software, you’re already a loser – Pivot to AI”

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/10/if-users-notice-your-software-youre-already-a-loser/

> If you’re adding sparkly icon “now with AI!” features to your software, you’re in quarterly driven failure mode

If users notice your software, you’re already a loser
[Full text: https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/10/if-users-notice-your-software-youre-already-a-loser/]

Nobody wants a computer. They want what it does. Not the annoying machine. Including phones. I just got a new phone, a Fairphone 5. It’s a nice phone! And Fairphone will even sell you it with the Google-free Android fork e/OS. But I’ve kept this phone to completely stock Android 15 — because I need […]

#AIisGoingGreat #Consumer

Pretty much agree with most of this: If users notice your software, you’re already a loser https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/10/if-users-notice-your-software-youre-already-a-loser/

Pretty much agree with most of this: If users notice your software, you’re already a loser https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/10/if-users-notice-your-software-youre-already-a-loser/

Pretty much agree with most of this: If users notice your software, you’re already a loser https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/10/if-users-notice-your-software-youre-already-a-loser/

Pretty much agree with most of this: If users notice your software, you’re already a loser https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/10/if-users-notice-your-software-youre-already-a-loser/

"Nobody wants a computer. They want what it does. Not the annoying machine. … Neither the computer nor the platform are supposed to be noticed. If you notice it, your work crashes to a halt. … But Windows and Macintosh… have gone hard into NOTICE ME." https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/10/if-users-notice-your-software-youre-already-a-loser/

“If users notice your software, you’re already a loser – Pivot to AI”

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/10/if-users-notice-your-software-youre-already-a-loser/

> If you’re adding sparkly icon “now with AI!” features to your software, you’re in quarterly driven failure mode

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/01/10/if-users-notice-your-software-youre-already-a-loser/

> If you’re adding sparkly icon “now with AI!” features to your software, you’re in quarterly driven failure mode

RIP #BobWeir #GratefulDead https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-weir-grateful-dead-dead-obituary-1234810106/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-weir-grateful-dead-dead-obituary-1234810106/

#bobweir #gratefuldead

Bob Weir, the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and co-founder of the Grateful Dead, whose songs about sunshine daydreams and truckin’ helped turn the jam band into a 60-year musical empire, has died at age 78. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-weir-grateful-dead-dead-obituary-1234810106/

Bob Weir, the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and co-founder of the Grateful Dead, whose songs about sunshine daydreams and truckin’ helped turn the jam band into a 60-year musical empire, has died at age 78. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-weir-grateful-dead-dead-obituary-1234810106/

Bob Weir, the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and co-founder of the Grateful Dead, whose songs about sunshine daydreams and truckin’ helped turn the jam band into a 60-year musical empire, has died at age 78. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-weir-grateful-dead-dead-obituary-1234810106/

Bob Weir, the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and co-founder of the Grateful Dead, whose songs about sunshine daydreams and truckin’ helped turn the jam band into a 60-year musical empire, has died at age 78. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-weir-grateful-dead-dead-obituary-1234810106/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-weir-grateful-dead-dead-obituary-1234810106/

#rip #gratefuldead

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-weir-grateful-dead-dead-obituary-1234810106/

Bob Weir, the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and co-founder of the Grateful Dead, whose songs about sunshine daydreams and truckin’ helped turn the jam band into a 60-year musical empire, has died at age 78. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-weir-grateful-dead-dead-obituary-1234810106/

Bob Weir, the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and co-founder of the Grateful Dead, whose songs about sunshine daydreams and truckin’ helped turn the jam band into a 60-year musical empire, has died at age 78. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bob-weir-grateful-dead-dead-obituary-1234810106/

How Bellingcat is training people to take a critical eye to photos and videos, finding information buried beneath the surface.
This week's newsletter:
https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/unlocking-the-mundane-mysteries-of-the-world/

How Bellingcat is training people to take a critical eye to photos and videos, finding information buried beneath the surface.
This week's newsletter:
https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/unlocking-the-mundane-mysteries-of-the-world/

How Bellingcat is training people to take a critical eye to photos and videos, finding information buried beneath the surface.
This week's newsletter:
https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/unlocking-the-mundane-mysteries-of-the-world/

How Bellingcat is training people to take a critical eye to photos and videos, finding information buried beneath the surface.
This week's newsletter:
https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/unlocking-the-mundane-mysteries-of-the-world/

"The rationalization of the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis is that she was using her vehicle to try to kill ICE agents, a claim belied by available video footage and by analysis from Bellingcat and others.

But there's probably a reason that, according to analysis from the New York Times, all nine of the ICE agents who fired their weapons from September through Wednesday were firing at people in vehicles:"

~ Philip Bump

#ICE #ReneeGood #race #gender #fascism
/19

https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/unlocking-the-mundane-mysteries-of-the-world/

How Bellingcat is training people to take a critical eye to photos and videos, finding information buried beneath the surface.
This week's newsletter:
https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/unlocking-the-mundane-mysteries-of-the-world/

"The rationalization of the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis is that she was using her vehicle to try to kill ICE agents, a claim belied by available video footage and by analysis from Bellingcat and others.

But there's probably a reason that, according to analysis from the New York Times, all nine of the ICE agents who fired their weapons from September through Wednesday were firing at people in vehicles:"

~ Philip Bump

#ICE #ReneeGood #race #gender #fascism
/19

https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/unlocking-the-mundane-mysteries-of-the-world/

"The rationalization of the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis is that she was using her vehicle to try to kill ICE agents, a claim belied by available video footage and by analysis from Bellingcat and others.

But there's probably a reason that, according to analysis from the New York Times, all nine of the ICE agents who fired their weapons from September through Wednesday were firing at people in vehicles:"

~ Philip Bump

#ICE #ReneeGood #race #gender #fascism
/19

https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/unlocking-the-mundane-mysteries-of-the-world/

#ICE #ReneeGood #race #gender #fascism
/19

https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/unlocking-the-mundane-mysteries-of-the-world/

"The rationalization of the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis is that she was using her vehicle to try to kill ICE agents, a claim belied by available video footage and by analysis from Bellingcat and others.

But there's probably a reason that, according to analysis from the New York Times, all nine of the ICE agents who fired their weapons from September through Wednesday were firing at people in vehicles:"

~ Philip Bump

#ICE #ReneeGood #race #gender #fascism
/19

https://www.howtoreadthisch.art/unlocking-the-mundane-mysteries-of-the-world/