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

This piece by Elizabeth Lopatto is a huge service to us all. It cleary and searingly says the true thing (even if in question form): Apple and Google's claims that they should rule our phones *because they can be trusted to* are bullshit. Always have been. And the truly caustic thing is that the corruption eating these companies is eating our democracy too:

https://infrequently.org/2025/10/the-app-store-was-always-authoritarian/

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

The Verge is actually doing it. Actually connecting the dots between the fascistic tendencies of app stores with the profit motives of their proprietors.

FINALLY.

The open web has been roadkill in the profit games the mobile duopoly has set up, muscled out of view with policies and choices that were designed to leave no fingerprints. But we can all see it clearly now:

https://www.theverge.com/policy/859902/apple-google-run-by-cowards

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Bambu Lab: "We didn't ban third-party slicers, we just restricted the API so you have to use our proprietary software."

Same energy as "We didn't ban repairs, we just glued the screws shut and copyrighted the screwdriver."

#3dprinting

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

My office wall is more soothing than anything else in Minnesota.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/01/09/stare-at-my-wall-with-me/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4NHngkXLHM

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

And to be clear, not saying Apple are the good guys here. Just that their hardware success, especially with the M series silicon, Apple has perhaps stunted the realization of cloud-dependent devices.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

For the second one, a little context for my thinking:

I think if it weren't for Apple and a few boutique hardware companies, mainstream consumers would be on Chromebooks or similar thin-client devices. Everything cloud dependent!

And I think if presented with an opportunity, opportunists will surely opportune. If there's an opening to legislate away our local compute, they'll take it.

Finally, i think our media would run with an AI-assisted attack narrative. Even if it's hyperbole.

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

So I've literally run my shoes down to the breaking point. They held for 650 miles which I find acceptable. Also really glad Altra still makes this exact model, so I didn't have to start researching another brand from scratch. #running

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

I have two predictions for 2026!

1. Personal website URLs become a status symbol on social media bios for mainstream content creators. Linktrees are out. Possible uptick in interest for HTML/CSS in the vein of customizable MySpace profiles.

2. We'll see the first mainstream politician and/or tech elite call for a ban against local compute. Outlaw personal GPUs. All it'll take is one photo of a brown dude next to a group of daisy-chained Mac minis and the headline "AI-Assisted Terrorist Attack"

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
oliviaselenic@mspsocial.net ("olivia 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

please read and understand "do not split":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactics%5Fand%5Fmethods%5Fsurrounding%5Fthe%5F2019%E2%80%932020%5FHong%5FKong%5Fprotests#Unity%5Fand%5Fcohesion

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
elb@social.sdf.org ("Ethan Blanton") wrote:

In the Spring of 2025, I taught a course about interactive programming environments to a small group of students. For various reasons, I have to take down the official web page for that site, which includes slides that may be of interest to people who care about these things. I have therefore chosen to publish those slides on Lost Bits under a Creative Commons License.

https://lostbits.net/blog/interactive-programming-environments.html

If you are interested in such things, check it out!
#lisp #smalltalk #squeak #forth #emacs

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chockenberry ("Craig Hockenberry") wrote:

If the Unicode Consortium is paying attention, there will be a DUMPSTER FIRE emoji in this year’s drop.

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indivisibleteam ("Indivisible ❌👑") wrote:

Spotify chose to run ICE ads all of last year, as ICE’s actions became more brutal and more deadly. The company’s confirmation that it is no longer running ICE recruitment ads does not signal a newfound moral compass.

Additionally, Spotify has still refused to say whether it will continue doing business with Trump’s fascist security force in the future. https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/spotify-confirms-ice-recruitment-ads-are-no-longer-running-1236626243/

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tvaziri ("Todd Vaziri") wrote:

"Robots in disguise."

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
urlyman ("Jonathan Schofield") wrote:

Hi @adele. I don’t know if you plan to continue https://writes.casa this year, but I just want to say thanks for it. I’ve really enjoyed it.

https://social.pollux.casa/@adele/statuses/01K429VH0XW3HF0R5HZM4ZFT2E

adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁") wrote:

New themes have been defined on https://writes.casa/

#write #read #writing

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kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("We’re Going To Keep The Popehat") wrote:

Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already: If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder. It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO. /1

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inthehands@hachyderm.io ("Paul Cantrell") wrote:

The Trump regime is acting like a cornered animal: aggressive, panicked, snarling and biting.

This makes them dangerous. It does not, however, make them victorious. Be clear on the difference.

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kenwhite.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("We’re Going To Keep The Popehat") wrote:

Look, people, let’s stop being so judgmental about folks who stay on Twitter/X. There are fewer Nazis here, sure, but if a woman gets murdered by an ICE agent and you want to see her corpse in a bathing suit, where are you on Bluesky? Out of luck, that’s where.

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johnrogers.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("John Rogers") wrote:

This is the sort of video you ordinarily do whatever you can to keep a jury from seeing. And they put it out believing it makes him look good.

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johnrogers.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("John Rogers") wrote:

You do not need to watch the new footage -- I'm about to go brain scrub for five minutes, let's put it that way -- but you have got to be literally deranged with misogyny to think this makes the shooter look justified. Which explains why the Vice-President of the United States shared it.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
zackwhittaker ("Zack Whittaker") wrote:

I very much appreciated this essay by Sarah Jeong this morning. It's a reminder that reality and truth still matters, even in the face of blatant and brazen lies.

https://www.theverge.com/policy/859055/minneapolis-renee-good-ice-shooting

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Somehow, Eugene, Evan, and Tim, the three biggest proponents of the interpolation, are pretty chill about all this.

This was supposed to be the future! But it's clear that we got played.

Eugene chalks it up to Meta's lawyers. Because you know how Meta is with the law. Straight as an arrow. Somehow the lawyers were cool with Meta's users on Mastodon, but not the other way around.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

So Meta makes its as close to impossible for Threads users to see a Mastodon post, while Meta still enjoys all of our user data.

In exchange, Meta gets to advertise their content and users that we can't really interact with, and can't easily rely on for timely info unless we go directly to the treads app.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

On Threads:

To see Mastodon posts, you must opt-in your settings.

The Mastodon posts feed is segregated from the FYP and following. You must go to feeds in a dropdown.

Your feed will be empty because you have to follow somone first. The problem is that Mastodon user profiles are not discoverable in threads. You have to hope someone linked to an account in a post.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

A recap of the Threads / Mastodon interpolation:

On Mastodon (assuming no block):

You can see threads posts with a 15 minute delay of people or hashtags you follow in your main feed. You can comment back, but they can't comment or repost your comment.

Threads profiles show up in search as normal.

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
carsten@minnesotasocial.net ("Carsten") wrote:

Hello Minnesota!

This is a new server for people who live in Minnesota. We hope to connect people in the state and the greater fediverse.

#Minnesota #MN

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

A Response to Tim Chambers’s 2026 Predictions:

"They [Meta] get to hoover up content from the Fediverse whilst keeping their users safely inside their walled garden. It’s extraction dressed up as interoperability."

Also, Threads posts on the Fediverse are now like little billboards for famous people saying– hey, come on over! https://islandinthenet.com/a-response-to-tim-chamberss-2026-predictions/

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.world/@BrianJopek/115865134938638844

It doesn't even have to be that far along in history. We only have to look back to … (checks notes) … 2 days ago?

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

This is inaccurate. The torrent of lies began long before this. They are just adding to the torrent at this point.

Trump administration unleashes torrent of untruths after woman shot dead by ICE | Trump administration | The Guardian https://share.google/78FJfrKy8r0xLReiK