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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
"Nostalgia is not a policy."
it may work for elections, but it is deadly for peace, prosperity, and progress.
Mastodon FeedMastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“I argue the Middle Powers must act together, because if we are not at the table then we are on the menu.”
- PM Carney of Canada
https://www.rev.com/transcripts/carney-at-davos [video & audio]
https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/speeches/2026/01/20/principled-and-pragmatic-canadas-path-prime-minister-carney-addresses [official text]
Mastodon FeedBoosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
320x200@post.lurk.org ("ultrageranium") wrote:
Nothing in Commons: the end of digital collective ownership?
I'm sharing a new text where I try to summarize some older thoughts that have been slowly fermenting in the past years regarding the dead-end in which the digital commons have landed. I discuss the discomfort of their growing ambivalence, and the incredible difficulty, but urgency to move forward beyond this concept and rethink collective objectives in relation to digital tools and practices.
It is the follow-up of a copyleft/copyright/copywhat licensing workshop I gave at https://spookstad.boo. Amsterdam Alternative asked me to contribute an essay on the digital commons based on some of the topics discussed in the workshop for their web docu on collective ownership.
The text is also available in Dutch, thanks to a translation by Menno Grootveld from Starfish Books.
Illustration: @l03s
https://www.collectiefeigendom.nl/en/ownership/digital-collective-ownership
#commons #digitalcommons #freesoftware #opensource #creativecommons #licenses #freeculture #collective
Mastodon FeedBoosted by andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella :verified_enby:"):
thibaultamartin@mamot.fr ("Thib") wrote:
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/115962508398912420
If you consider going to the US, whatever the reason, don’t, for your own safety.
If you consider organizing an event to the US for an international community, you’re putting people’s lives at risk.
If you want an English-speaking environment for an international event, pick Canada or the UK. Heck, even in Scandinavian countries everyone speaks English.
Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:
“SoCiAL MeDiA iS ToXiC!!!”
No, you’re just allergic to accountability. Try focusing on the message instead of deflecting with the medium.
Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:
I can’t believe anyone would have to say this right now, but here we are:
Nazis are terrible. Their ideology, their paraphernalia, and their behavior—all terrible. There is no nuance to this. There is no intellectual reasoning that leads to any valid conclusion to the contrary.
Speak out against Nazis clearly and loudly. Or don’t! But don’t try to crack the door open on tolerating any aspect of that stuff and expect it to go well for you.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
I wish the "Listen to Page" feature worked on PDFs 😭
Mastodon FeedBoosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam"):
macmanx@social.lol ("James Huff :prami_pride:") wrote:
@adam “He's free to think I'm a nazi apologist, or sympathizer, or whatever else he thinks I am (and since I'm Italian, you should also assume I'm a Fascist while you're there). I’m not gonna lose sleep over that.” 🤔 That’s a long way for Manu to go to avoid saying, “I’m not a Nazi apologist or sympathizer, and I’m not a fascist either.”
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
The social/open/small/indie web needs more progressive spaces. More progressive voices. More progressive manifestos and progressive values.
Write a manifesto in 2026! I want to read it and share it. I want to learn what your ideal web looks like if it weren't overrun with pacifist and centrist ding dongs.
Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:
The point continues to woosh right over Manu’s head. Everyone else wants to talk about how Nazi shit is terrible, but three blog posts later he *still* wants to try to make an intellectual argument about language and reasoning.
Zoom the fuck out, dude. How hard is it to just call Nazi shit terrible? Why are you continuing to find a way to use technicalities to defend the abhorrent point you originally made?
These people just can’t help themselves.
Mastodon Feedjscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:
Creative folks: When I say "Fuck ICE" I know that there are some people who will write me off. Let's say half of the US population writes me off right there. That means I am left with 160 million potential customers. If I somehow pissed half of THEM off, I would have 80 million potential customers. And if I pissed half of them off, 40 million would be left! The population of California!
You're probably gonna be fine speaking your mind, is what I'm saying.
Also: Fuck ICE. Straight to Hell.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
jdp23@neuromatch.social ("Jon") wrote:
Hey @fediforum when I clicked on the link you just sent me in the email you just sent about your un-workshop on "Growing the Open Social Web" my email client warned me that it was a tracking link.
As I said last year,
"The "Open Social Web" is a term surveillance capitalism companies and their friends have been using since at least 2008 either as a synonym for "the Fediverse" or "the fediverses". FediForum used to be about "the Fediverse", and I'm not quite sure when they changed their focus."
Thanks for providing such a great example of the surveillance capitalism-friendly nature of so many supporters of the "Open Social Web"!
By contrast, a long-standing #fediverse value is the critique of openness. I don't know how many of you were here in 2020, but that's when the outstanding Seven Theses On The Fediverse And The Becoming Of Floss was published, and it's got an excellent section on that. Please read it!
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
FYI this is a scam I feel writing that. I know y'all know. But jic.
Reported
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
I think it's the feeling of being courted. Centrists love knowing that democrats rack their brains trying to figure out the correct level of compromise; the exact number of dead bodies it'll take to garner their favor.
Remember, Atlanta progressives put Biden in the White House. Centrists brought Trump back.
/rant
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
The open/indie/social web is, unfortunately, rife with centrists—people whose only sense of obligation is to their personal comfort. Who equate intelligence with apathy. Who, if ever faced with a teaspoon of oppression, would fold like origami. You'll never fully know what a centrist believes, not because they hide it, but because they're husks. They don't believe in anything. They hear about state sponsored murder and violence and they reach for the mute button. Truly the worst of them.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by kevinevans@hachyderm.io ("Kevin"):
jcrabapple@dmv.community wrote:
2025 mood continuing in 2026.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
igalia@floss.social ("Igalia") wrote:
We’ll be out in force at @fosdem '26 at the end of this week, with eight talks on a wide variety of topics—the latest on @servo, GStreamer work, graphics stacks, MathML interop, WebAssembly runtimes, handing out Servo stickers, and more! #FOSDEM2026 https://www.igalia.com/2026/01/26/Igalia-at-FOSDEM-26.html
Mastodon Feedjscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:
HELL YES PHILIP GLASS
Mastodon FeedBoosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
mntmn ("Lucie / minute") wrote:
this is very good, xfce getting a new wayland compositor written in rust (based on smithay) https://alexxcons.github.io/blogpost%5F15.html
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:
I am honestly baffled by the fact that anyone publishes Thomas Chatterton Williams, who seems to have made being a pretentious twit into a lucrative career.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
meg@fediscience.org ("Megan ⚘") wrote:
The American Southwest’s Iconic Joshua Trees Are Blooming Early—and Scientists Want Your Help to Figure Out Why
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
The biggest mistake one can make when leaving the corporate web is to falsely equate contrast with morality. Just because someone says "hey we're not like meta" doesn't make them people you'd want to associate with if you believe in "radical" things like trans rights, or that a fascist military should be abolished.
It's easy to make a compelling argument for leaving the corporate web. But it's so tricky to steer someone towards alternatives.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
wordshaper@weatherishappening.network ("Dan Sugalski") wrote:
Solar panels last longer than expected -- after 30+ years some panels still generate 80% of their original power. At least in the study area (which was Switzerland) panels made in the 80s and 90s had a degradation rate of about 0.25%/year, which is frankly not all that much.
Solar panels. They're just a really good energy investment.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2025/el/d4el00040d
Mastodon FeedBoosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
rachelplusplus@tech.lgbt ("Rachel Barker") wrote:
Alright Mastodon, I'm looking for work.
Senior software developer, specializing in low-level, embedded, and systems programming. Previous work includes video compression (developer on AV1 and AV2), silicon verification, and scientific/numerical software. Full CV/resume available on request.
Primarily looking for remote work, but would consider in-person in the UK if the circumstances are right.
Available for either contract work through the company I run (easiest route if you're outside the UK), or direct employment.
Tagging #FediHire for visibility.
Mastodon Feedfromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
@adam what I've noticed is these type of folks are really good at walking the line of plausible deniability. It sucks that so much of our tech is owned by pacifists.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
jim@social.openrightsgroup.org ("Jim Killock") wrote:
Great news today the French government have launched their own Visio video conferencing tool #digitalsovereignty
But the PR stories, while explaining it is French built, don't mention it is Open Source and based on LiveKit - so any government can reuse what they have done.
Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:
And as I’ve pointed out before, it’s no surprise that Manu Moreale’s Blogroll.org is proudly sponsored by Micro.blog. You may choose to only see their shared love of blogging, but there’s a shared ideology there, too. It’s right in front of you. *They’re telling you who they are.*
Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:
Before you dismiss me as just having my usual axe to grind, compare these two links:
October 3: https://archive.is/zhCQW
Today: https://www.manton.org/2025/10/03/apparently-there-was-some-drama.html
Even when Manton knows he’s in the wrong, he’ll never own up to it. He’d rather silence *you* than ever admit to holding a disgusting belief.
Think about that.
Mastodon Feedadam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:
RE: https://toot.cafe/@baldur/115967085240217609
“[H]e made an argument for tolerating Nazi rhetoric in our public discourse and it’s obvious from the discourse I saw in my feed reader – mostly from micro.blog accounts – and my replies, quite a few people found the argument compelling.”
It’s astonishing how many people will make excuses for their online heroes. Manu can advocate for Nazi shit because people enjoy his interviews. Manton can support bigots because people enjoy his software.
*Fuck that.* Stop covering for terrible people.
Mastodon FeedBoosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
emilymbender@dair-community.social ("Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)") wrote:
RE: https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/115967431998954575
Predictably, this film is also drawing negative reviews from people who would really prefer not to have the "AI" narrative challenged. It's informative (and entertaining) to see what the criticisms from such quarters are.
One review is headlined "‘Ghost in the Machine’ is Already Behind the Times" ... which is particularly hilarious because the film does an amazing job of tracing the historical roots of today's "AI" ideology.
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