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Dan York

@danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy

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I look for patterns. I connect dots. I share what I see. Working for a bigger, stronger open #Internet for everyone. Writes on #InternetAccess, #DNS, #AI […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.social/@danyork, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21h

Great session today at #ICANN87 about “How It Works: The IETF” explaining how the #IETF develops open #Internet standards and how people can participate. Engaged audience with many questions! Glad to be part of the panel presenting the info and answering the questions.

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Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

Starting off Monday in the Opening Ceremony of #ICANN87 in Bali. Looking forward to four more days of conversations, actions, and discussions within the community - all in the service of building a stronger and better Internet.

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Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Travel all the way to Bali, Indonesia, to a convention center located right on beautiful beaches. Spend the next six days inside arctic-cooled windowless conference rooms. This is the way! 🤣 #ICANN #ICANN87

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Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Last flight of 3… 6.5 hours should feel short after 14.5… looking forward to finally being on the ground in Indonesia for #ICANN87 ….

Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

12.5 hours down in the long-haul flight.. only 2 hours until we land in Brisbane. Then it’s a 2.5 hour layover and then.. a 6.5 hour flight to Bali! 🤯 It’s a long way to the other side of the world! #ICANN87

Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

AVFTCN 043 – David Belson interview, and creating a community around emerging technlogy Greetings from the Vancouver airport! I'm about to board a ridiculously long (14.5 hours! 🤯) flight to Brisbane, Australia, and then on to another 6-ish hour flight to Bali, Indonesia, for ICANN 87. If you […]

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Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Time to 🛫 from Montreal -> Vancouver. From there it is a 15 hour flight to Brisbane, then another 6-ish hour flight to Bali, Indonesia. It turns out it takes a long time to fly to the other side of the world! 😃 #ICANN87

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Strypey @strypey.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

"In the near future, we will also be opening the floodgates for general signups. But if you want to get in early and try things out, we’re happy to offer an invite." @deadsuperhero, 2026 wedistribute.org/2026/10/introducin… Pick me! I love the concept of […]

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Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Your periodic reminder that the “S” in “IOT” stands for “security”…. (I don’t think I can type enough 🤦‍♂️ emojis to truly represent how exceedingly dumb this was!!)

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Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

@publicvoit Wow! Nice setup! Amusingly I saw this post right after listening to a podcast episode about “agri-voltaics” which includes the grazing of animals to remove vegetation around solar panels. Obviously hard to do on a rooftop! 🤣🤣 Could you run a piece of plastic or thin metal down the […]

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Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

💉💉 Began my day off walking into Costco to get a COVID vaccine and a flu shot. Seemed like a good idea because later this week I’ll be spending 25+ hours in airborne metal tubes and airports getting to Indonesia… and then I’ll be with a few thousand people in a conference center for #ICANN87 ! 👍

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Elena Brescacin @elettrona.poliversity.it.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Fortunately someone is talking about smart glasses and blind people, in mainstream media. This matter must be taken seriously. Today I quoted someone who said "no one worries so much of camera equipped phones" but about glasses, there is a huge difference: glasses can be kept always on, with […]

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Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

And in other news... I *seriously* need to update this image! This is from something like 2016 or so.. back when I wore contacts all the time! 🤣 (Before I gave in to the need for progressive lenses... )

Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

For a couple of decades @dbelson has been staring at data about the #Internet and publishing stories and reports about what he sees in that data in terms of traffic patterns, disruptions, major events, and more. In this episode, David joins me to talk about where he sees the future of Internet […]

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

I just learned that the documentary Shifting Baselines f3m.ca/en/film/shifting-baselines, about the environmental destruction caused by SpaceX, is available through most US libraries streaming on Kanopy I'm in it. So is @planet4589.bsky.social. So are my goats and my llama! (RIP llama […]

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everton137 @everton137.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

One of the main reasons people are seeking alternatives to Big Tech social media is the threat these platforms pose to democracy, particularly through algorithms that amplify polarization and hate speech. If we can't convince democratic institutions and influential public figures to join the […]

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Tyrone Slothrop @slothrop.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

A beautiful, angry, and important post by @anildash about how a whole generation has been brainwashed into censoring themselves. I like the actionable recommendations at the end, though I’m missing “take a big stick, and beat the billionaires to death with it.”

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Anna Haunthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

“ #Bangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakes. 40 dead, disaster declared across #Thailand’s largest city.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/…

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Bangkok at breaking point as floods turn streets into stagnant lakes

With 40 dead and a disaster declared across all 50 city districts, experts warn extreme flooding will only worsen across south-east Asia

Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

RE: toot.cafe/@codepo8/1173764612235566… The amusing sides of #DNS …

Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

@sundogplanets I find that fascinating as I am not sure exactly what projects I will be working on in 2027! So thinking ahead to 2028 and 2029 is a bit mind-blowing!

Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@arstechnica/117371… This is one of the best newsletters for keeping up with #space , #LEOs, #Starlink, etc. It’s one that I pretty much always read…

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Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸 @evan.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

I finally created a #FEP for using #CreativeCommons licenses (and other licenses) in #ActivityPub. codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/pulls/939

FEP-6757: Content License Metadata in ActivityPub

An explicit copyright license on ActivityPub content objects makes it easier to re-use and re-distribute content. This FEP describes properties for content objects that identify the license for that object, and a property for actors to define their preferred license. It uses a term from metadata ...

Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Sigh… I suppose that sitting in the parking lot of the gym and scrolling on my phone doesn’t actually count as “going to the gym” 🤣 Time to head inside…

Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

@dansup Nice work on the redesign!

Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

@carstingaxion @internetsociety Ha! I will give that challenge to our web team! (As an aside, one of the interesting aspects of designing the site was planning for four different languages (EN, ES, FR, TR) as well as a RTL version for Arabic (coming shortly). )

Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Dang! Just discovered that @annaleen is going to be right here in Burlington, #Vermont on Thursday, October 15, speaking about their latest book. Unfortunately, I will be in an airborne metal tube somewhere over the Pacific at that time. 😞 But if you are around #BTV and like sci-fi, do check […]

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Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Updating all our Apple devices and computers on advice of our IT team at work who highlighted attacks underway. In the process of doing so… discovering how long it has been for a couple of devices! 🤦‍♂️

Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

@carstingaxion @internetsociety Thanks for the feedback and glad you enjoyed it. Is the one CSS issue the box on the left that went too low?

Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

The most challenging part of the site on launch day was, of course... the *languages*! Making sure everything worked across *four* languages! Scams don't only affect people in #English, and as a global organization, we felt an @internetsociety site should be #multilingual . So we launched in […]

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Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

You'll note that most of the site focuses on what people can do. We realized in an era when the Internet is increasingly being clogged by AI slop, scams, and fraud ... we need to build the *human resilience* to find a way through! I published a post on the @internetsociety blog today that goes […]

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Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

RE: techpolicy.social/@internetsociety/… How can we help people have a safe and secure experience online? How can we help people better detect scams? Spot false information? Protect their personal data online? Today we at the @internetsociety launched a new site to […]

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Laurie Voss @seldo.alpaca.gold.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

A pet peeve of mine is people who think DevRel is where you stash your bad engineers, so you can away with paying them less as well. A DevRel is an engineer, plus a bucket of additional skills like speaking, writing, videography and product. You pay them *more* than a plain engineer.

Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

@WarnerCrocker Wow! Stunning photo!

Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Tomorrow will be the launch of a project I've been working on since January... very much looking forward to sharing this with the world!

Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@YesterdaysWiki/117… Why?? What did I miss culturally that would have brought her name back into view?

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Anna Haunthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

“ #OpenAI may deny its culpability, but it’s now facing dozens of lawsuits from the victims of the Tumbler Ridge shooting, along with the province of BC. It’s not even the first time this has happened. In April 2025 a shooter entered the student union at Florida State and killed two after […]

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

“It never occurred to us that our system that has exclusive control over the pod bay doors would take control over the pod bay doors” seems like something you might have thought about a bit more before you connected it to the pod bay doors.

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Rach "pumpkin spice butt girl" @ykantrachelread.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

the rich techbros warning about the potential catastrophic dangers of AI in terms of, "they might cause a billion deaths because superintelligent AGI!" rather than, "we've made the conscious decision to use this error-prone chatbot to review health insurance claims" sure is a psyop if I've ever […]

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Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

RE: infosec.exchange/@kcarruthers/11733… “Boring is where resilience lives.” 💯🎉 So very, very true! Great post from @kcarruthers about the reality of securing AI systems. They do NOT have to be “sentient” in any way at all… they just have to have elevated levels of access […]

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Paul @plwt.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

The Mozilla Fellows are the people that help stop the powerful from choosing what we see and bring people together to build a positive future and it is their faces that the delegates going the UN general Assembly this week will see in New York thanks to some really awesome artwork […]

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Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

I personally have mixed feelings about LLMs, and I have larger concerns about the costs to our society, environment, etc. But I have seen how they can help people ... and I think that if someone *wants* to use AI systems, they should be able to do so in their primary language. This very much […]

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Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

RE: techpolicy.social/@internetsociety/… What if you want to use #AI but there aren't systems available in your language? There are 7,000+ languages used in the world, but most online content - and AI systems - are only available in a small number of languages. I […]

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DWeb @dweb.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

RE: social.coop/@dweb/117309860418605174 We have two more speakers in our lineup this Thursday: * Day Waterbury of Openhaven.net — dweb technology navigator * Andre Garzia @soapdog of Poncho Wonky — decentralized messaging client for SSB We're also bringing back our post-meetup hang […]

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Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

I had every intention of recording a podcast episode tonight about a major announcement today for which I wrote a blog post. Instead I went for a four-mile hike in the woods of Shelburne Farms. #PrioritizingHealth is so hard, yet so critical.

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

NY (and Philly) region ILS failures related to a primary system failing and then, when it failed over to a backup, they discovered that the backup's fiber link had previously been severed. A old friend of mine was responsible for a critical public safety system with redundant links. He always […]

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Paul Hoffman @paulehoffman.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

A report from the field: I had to listen to two intelligent friends of mine go on and on about AI while I was putting together a bench from kit. One is a retired programmer, and he is putting together a personal use app using Claude and is amazed how well it worked with Tkinter, better than he […]

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Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Do they have bumper stickers for “I survived Costco on a rainy Sunday afternoon” ? 🤣

Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

15 Years At The Internet Society… 🤯 15 years ago today, September 19, I joined the Internet Society to advocate for deployment of Internet standards such as IPv6, DNSSEC, and TLS. Being who I am, I wrote a long post back in 2011 about WHY I was making this change - much of which is still […]

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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

Firefighters battling enormous wildfires in the United States say the federal government is failing them at a time when supercharged blazes have made their jobs exponentially more dangerous. While the US continues to grapple with a critical shortage of federal firefighters – with especially […]

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Dan York @danyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

RE: techhub.social/@Techmeme/1172740417… Fascinating piece… I learned a lot about design constraints of robots… and also network requirements. Very interesting!