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nova@hachyderm.io ("Kris Nóva :ferris:") wrote:

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dangoodin@infosec.exchange ("Dan Goodin") wrote:

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jessica_drossin@masto.nu ("Jessica Drossin") wrote:

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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Watching the Apple/Google Astroturf machine at work is breathtaking. NTIA report drops....

https://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2023/ntia-calls-changes-boost-competition-mobile-app-markets

...and it takes zero time for them to churn out anti-consumer FUD:

https://progresschamber.org/ntia-app-competition-report-overlooks-consumer-choice-content-moderation/

https://www.uschamber.com/technology/u-s-chamber-responds-to-ntia-report-on-mobile-application-market

Hacks for hire, indeed.

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chasnah@tech.lgbt ("Chasnah") wrote:

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jwz wrote:

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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

This is incredibly on-point:

https://andy-bell.co.uk/speed-for-who/

/via @andy

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andy@bell.bz ("Andy Bell") wrote:

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ppk@front-end.social ("ppk 🇪🇺") wrote:

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cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Two songs from my commute into work this morning.

Adrian Quesada 's "Noble Metals":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIN1Gg2Ka5k

Cut Chemist's "The Garden" with vocal from Astrud Gilberto:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHhlaspXVgo

Both via KMHD.

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Maybe American Atheists needs to recruit some boring board members, because this is getting embarrassing.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/02/01/goddamnit-american-atheists/

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fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

This is a pretty random thought, but there are few people I admire as much as Stephen Fry. His courage, his eloquence & intelligence, his work. What a guy.

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vga256@dialup.cafe wrote:

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GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

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thypon@haunted.computer ("thypon<>") wrote:

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rmondello@hachyderm.io ("Ricky Mondello") wrote:

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johnmu ("John Mueller") wrote:

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rml@functional.cafe ("blake shaw") wrote:

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DMX@nitecrew.rip ("Garou the Monster :nite:") wrote:

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elaterite@fosstodon.org ("Bob Tregilus :tux:📷:copyleft:") wrote:

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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

It's not legislation (yet), but it's telling that Apple's *ridonkulous* lobbying budget wasn't enough to forestall these conclusions:

https://www.ntia.doc.gov/press-release/2023/ntia-calls-changes-boost-competition-mobile-app-markets

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

dharma and greg at tanagra

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

As it is now possible to verify your GitHub account for Mastodon, the first thing I realized is I haven't actually used GitHub in some years. The last time I programmed anything publishable, I shared it on the Pijul Nest (because I got interested in Pijul at that point).

Funnily enough, I don't think of it as a problem. Since I stopped maintaining my last big open-source project, my professional life hardly got any less active. I got more time for other hobbies though.

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igalia@floss.social ("Igalia") wrote:

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linusgroh@chaos.social ("Linus Groh (personal)") wrote:

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MarthaCrimson@mastodon.art ("Martha Crimson") wrote:

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

life is so very difficult for Oscar the housepanther

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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

I was inoculated with a low dose of John Bircherism early, and learned to hate it with a passion.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/02/01/why-the-john-birch-society-is-evil/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLsAsxr0_Fg