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Benjamin @benjamin.network · 29/07/2026

Today in Don’t Create The Torment Nexus news we remember Vernor Vinge’s 2006 novel Rainbows End, which features a big tech company shredding books to digitize them. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow...

arstechnica.com

Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models

Company hired Google's book-scanning chief to cut up and digitize "all the books in the world."

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Benjamin @benjamin.network · 24/07/2026

Do you live in the Amsterdam area? Do you like live music? Please take note of Hidden Agenda, the new independent guide to live music, art & more: www.hiddenagenda.nl

hiddenagenda.nl

HIDDEN AGENDA

Independent music platform, gig guide and magazine covering Amsterdam and the Randstad's alternative music and art scene.

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Benjamin @benjamin.network · 14/07/2026

hell yeah, time to retcon the reason for my tattoos

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Benjamin @benjamin.network · 10/07/2026

got that dog in mu (I have activated the @mu.social canine companion)

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Laurens @laurenshof.online · 07/07/2026

I read the new EU Court ruling on algorithms and social platforms so you don't have to. Turns out to be the most consequential thing a European court has said about recommendation algorithms, and also it just breaks when you apply it to the atmosphere connectedplaces.online/the-algorith...

connectedplaces.online

The Algorithm, Singular

A new European ruling on algorithmic amplification determines if an operator controls how content spreads on a platform. But applying it to open social networks turns out to be a problem.

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Benjamin @benjamin.network · 03/07/2026

amazing things happening in the Atmosphere hope we'll get the option to autoplay 128kbs mp3s of classic emo bangers

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Benjamin @benjamin.network · 02/07/2026

‘ah shit, here we go again’ I have a write-up from the last round of logo discourse sitting on my desktop, but I haven't published it yet because I haven't been able to decide between @pckt.blog, @leaflet.pub & @offprint.app for my blogging needs... atmo' problems

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Benjamin @benjamin.network · 30/06/2026

Inspired & energised, nice to meet all these people in and around Amsterdam trying to make being on da internet a better time 👌

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Benjamin @benjamin.network · 23/06/2026

Just wanna say I hugely enjoyed all the Atmosphere Logo discourse last Friday. Interesting subject with a loooot of strong opinions. As I see it, there's one big issue that's tough to solve, due to the interoperable nature of ATprotocol:

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Marloes de Koning @marloesdekoning.eurosky.social · 23/06/2026

EC spokesperson on my question if the choice for W Social is related to use of the EU age verification-app. "On age verification: although we would love to promote it. W did not tell us black on white that they will use the age verification app." 3/3 #WSocial #Eurosky #Bluesky

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Marloes de Koning @marloesdekoning.eurosky.social · 23/06/2026

"A risk assessment was made and we’ll keep on monitoring. It’s also a question of resources. W seems to have created a hype. We (DG COMM) saw that here we would reach a certain audience. ‘Let’s go for it and see how it goes'. It doesn't prejudge anything." 2/3 @robin.berjon.com #Wsocial #Eurosky

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Benjamin @benjamin.network · 23/06/2026

Kinda crazy for the @ec.europa.eu to say this about @eurosky.social. Pretty sure I read somewhere that their own advisorycommitte told them to invest in Eurosky a few weeks before? Seems like a very suspect false equivalence. We would've have the same questions, but the answers would've been better.

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Benjamin @benjamin.network · 23/06/2026

Another one for the Dutch readers, including a shout-out to @elenarossini.com's investigative work.

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Eurosky Social @eurosky.social · 18/06/2026

We need an Atmosphere logo

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Benjamin @benjamin.network · 18/06/2026

Which logo would you put in front of your ATprotocol handle if you had to put it on a poster or website? Mostly I've seen people using the Bluesky logo, but now there's mu.social, @eurosky.social, @blackskyweb.xyz and others, all with their own logo's, it's starting to get confusing.

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Benjamin @benjamin.network · 18/06/2026

"Hey kids! Do you want all the horrors and problems of American Big Tech but now ✨e u r o p e a n✨?? Come to W Social!" (do -not- go to W Social, go to @eurosky.social)

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Benjamin @benjamin.network · 13/06/2026

cool, now let me battle other users social media is, after all, a PvP space

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Benjamin @benjamin.network · 02/06/2026

why does Amsterdam have the stupid I AMSTERDAM letters for tourists when we could have a 1:1 replica of the Nether Gundam on Dam Square or perhaps along the IJ gundam.fandom.com/wiki/GF13-06...

a sick looking gundam mecha with a windmill protruding from its chest

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Benjamin @benjamin.network · 28/05/2026

having good open protocol social media alternatives isn't enough I need to see Instagram gain generational pariah status like Facebook has – absolute loser app, shameful to still be on

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Tim Maughan @timmaughan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

even putting this fresh hell aside: piracy remains a more ethical alternative to spotify, because you’re not pretending to be ethical while giving your money to the owners of a platform that only substantially rewards its already rich artists www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

theguardian.com

Spotify boss defends move to AI music, saying it is better than ‘slop’

Streaming platform says remix tool agreed with Universal Music Group will protect artists from piracy

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Sjef @sjef.nu · 12/05/2026

"What Happens To Musicians Will Happen To Everyone": Good News Edition as @subvert.fm launches! May you all have many more cooperatively owned and operated digital platforms in your futures. If you previously enjoyed DESK RAVE, please enjoy my playlist The Continuum: www.subvert.fm/@aardvektor/...

subvert.fm

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Benjamin @benjamin.network · 19/05/2026

Never before have I felt such seething hate combined with such helpless surrender as with people on Instagram in Amsterdam anno 2026 (at least, in my own culture/club/band/arts scene). Everyone despises it, but nobody is leaving because everyone else is there. A timebomb of malcontence.

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Benjamin @benjamin.network · 18/05/2026

[logging back in to Instagram] 📢 A new life awaits you in the ATprotocolonies! 📢 📢 The chance to begin again in a golden land of opportunity and adventure! 📢

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