Reposted by herbertChris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @chris.mstdn.chrisalemany.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026So Elon Musk just let it out of the bag that there are people in the USA including him… which implies, a not-zero number of others in positions of influence… who believe Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Quebec should all separate from Canada. I mean… we’re beyond just one now… he’s essentially saying […]mstdn.chrisalemany.caOriginal post on mstdn.chrisalemany.ca 023 3
Reposted by herbertDrew Mochak @prism.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026I'm more upset than I've been in a while. Windows 11 sets the default documents folder to onedrive\documents. Anything that gets saved there gets backed up to one drive. This includes various save games, all my Reaper stuff, and various other odds and ends that I like to, you know, save. To […]infosec.exchangeOriginal post on infosec.exchange 71085 85
Reposted by herbertjoshuatj @joshuatj.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026Summary: Ran open source AV archiving tools for 8 years. Enterprise IT make all Macs managed devices. Broke almost all the tools and support ecosystem: ffmpeg, vrecord, homebrew, and essentially just the ability to even troubleshoot the issues themselves. The LTO system also broke because it […]digipres.clubOriginal post on digipres.club 004 4
herbert @hvdsomp.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026@David Let’s add this to your argument flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/117453…flipboard.social 000 0
Reposted by herbertThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/10/2026“They just kept kicking me & kicking me” Jewish @washingtonpost reporter Heidi Levine clubbed, beaten, robbed by Israeli terrorists in the West Bank Protected by the IDF. Funded by 🇺🇸 tax dollars. What will it take? Will this get coverage? (H/T @infinite_jaz @DistillSocial) 981636990 1.6K
Reposted by herbertAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 17/10/2026The president of Brazil has won a court case against Meta, after accusing them of restricting his posts and algorithmically favoring his opponent, Flavio Bolsonaro www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...nbcnews.comBrazil’s Lula wins electoral court challenge against Meta for alleged pro-Bolsonaro algorithm biasA judge ruled that the tech company must adopt measures to immediately secure equal treatment of the two presidential candidates ahead of an Oct. 25 runoff. 12664552099 6.5K
herbert @hvdsomp.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026@villavelius how does a Scaramucci convert to iceberg lettuce? 100 1
herbert @hvdsomp.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026@villavelius which has to mean that we currently exist in an alternate dimension 000 0
Reposted by herbertJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 16/10/2026Since there’s an opening for press secretary, I know a great candidate who’s not only a lawyer, but a neurosurgeon, a Grammy-winning recording artist, and the inventor of the Post-It Note. 403626420 3.6K
herbert @hvdsomp.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026What is there to add except for making explicit (for those in the back of the room) that “trickle down economics” is a fairy tail? The greed of these people is boundless. “ The ultra-rich are spending one million dollars a day fighting California’s proposed billionaire tax” […]w3c.socialOriginal post on w3c.social 000 0
Reposted by herbertGil Durán @gilduran.com · 16/10/2026We need to do an experiment where we take the words of Andreessen, Thiel, Yarvin, and Vance...but attribute them to Hasan Piker. There would be a media frenzy...until they realized who had actually said those things. 311925 119
Reposted by herbertGil Durán @gilduran.com · 15/10/2026A piece in the November 2023 New York Review of Books catalyzed my interest in tech extremism and led to my book. It's great to see things come full circle with Sue Halpern's very positive review of "The Nerd Reich." The Plot to Delete Democracy www.nybooks.com/articles/202...nybooks.comThe Plot to Delete Democracy | Sue HalpernIn The Nerd Reich Gil Durán shows how Silicon Valley billionaires have pushed a fringe ideology—what is popularly called techno-fascism but is closer in aspiration to straight-up totalitarianism—into ... 729783 297
herbert @hvdsomp.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026@evan @timbray Not to brag or disclose my age for that matter ;-) but I programmed Fortran on punch cards for a Siemens mainframe during my CS studies … 000 0
herbert @hvdsomp.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026Cloudflare as the “good guys” ready to make a fortune off their monopoly position as AI bot blocker. Centralization anyone?infosec.exchange 000 0
Reposted by herbertAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Trump has been Putin’s bitch for at least a decade. If you can’t or won’t see that, then you’re too stupid to be talking about foreign policy. 2449796 497
Reposted by herbertAndy Jackson @anj.digipres.club.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026Amused by my Google News alert for "new file format" bringing this important article to my attention: www.law.com/article/almID/52N5-TPB1… (just 32 years too late!) 001 1
Reposted by herbertVee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026She wins the internet this MONTH!!! 4027 27
herbert @hvdsomp.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026Incompetence is a requirement for this #US admin 000 0
herbert @hvdsomp.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026I’ve seen this spin a few times. I’m all ok with disabled people being helped by “smart” glasses. Make them prescription. It’s as simple as that.w3c.social 003 3
Reposted by herbertMichael L. Nelson @phonedudemln.bsky.social · 13/10/2026"Thirty Years of Digital Libraries: What ECDL/TPDL Tells Us About the Field, and Where We Go from Here" Gianmaria Silvello a nice retrospective of the DL field, as represented in the corpus of 30 years of ECDL/TPDL proceedings. @webscidl.bsky.social is well represented! doi.org/10.21203/rs....doi.orgThirty Years of Digital Libraries: What ECDL/TPDL Tells Us About the Field, and Where We Go from HerePurpose. The European conference on digital libraries, founded as ECDL in 1997 and renamed TPDL in 2011, held its 30th edition in 2026. We ask how its agenda, its community and the meaning of “digital... 113 3
Reposted by herbertMichael L. Nelson @phonedudemln.bsky.social · 13/10/2026not cited but of potential interest to the same audience, a series that Herbert Van de Sompel and I did on D-Lib Magazine as a blog, tech report, and JCDL: A 25 Year Retrospective on D-Lib Magazine ws-dl.blogspot.com/2020/08/2020... arxiv.org/abs/2008.11680ws-dl.blogspot.com2020-08-27: A 25 Year Retrospective on D-Lib MagazineThe Web Science and Digital Libraries Research Group at Old Dominion University. 101 1
Reposted by herbertKarl Urban @pikarl.reporter.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026Ein weiteres sehr gutes Argument für RSS-Feeds: Man bietet sein Angebot auch Menschen mit älteren Geräten an. Screenshot: ARD Sounds im AppStore 🤐 1210 10
herbert @hvdsomp.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026Quite some people disagree that this 👆is an excellent expose about passkeys, e.g. hachyderm.io/@rmondello/11742825872…hachyderm.io 011 1
Reposted by herbertMichael L. Nelson @phonedudemln.bsky.social · 12/10/2026"Nobody Truly Agrees on Sentiment: Humans, Bespoke Tools, and LLMs Struggle with Social Media Texts" TL;DR: bespoke sentiment tools perform terribly on social media. LLMs are better, but still not as good as you'd expect. @himarshaj.bsky.social @webscidl.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2610.10318arxiv.orgNobody Truly Agrees on Sentiment: Humans, Bespoke Tools, and LLMs Struggle with Social Media TextsSocial media is a rich source of real-time public sentiment, but widely used sentiment analysis tools are often applied without understanding their limitations. In this study, we evaluate the inter-ra... 234 4
Reposted by herbertVelteropⓐⓊ🪂🇪🇺🇳🇱🇬🇧🇩🇪 @villavelius.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026Waarom kan die temperatuurregeling niet lokaal worden gedaan ipv centraal via het internet? "De aanval vond plaats in de nacht van zondag op maandag en was gericht op de controlesystemen van de koeling, gemaakt door het Deense bedrijf Danfoss." […]mastodon.onlineOriginal post on mastodon.online 101 1
Reposted by herbertHeidi Li Feldman @heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026The Trump-Vance-Miller persecution of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is a chilling manifestation of the dictatorship the regime is trying to complete. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oc… 3336 36
herbert @hvdsomp.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026This is an excellent expose about passkeys 👇 233 3
Reposted by herbertJohn S. Erickson 🙏 @olyerickson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026The iPod was perfect… www.wired.com/story/im-still-convin…wired.comI’m Still Convinced the iPod Was the Perfect GadgetApple’s original music player got many things right. Chief among them: It didn’t connect to the internet. 011 1
Reposted by herbertHermannus Stegeman @hermannus.stegodon.nl.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026Wanneer gaan wij die bedrijven nou eindelijk verantwoordelijk houden voor de gevolgen van hun modellen? AI tipt over moordzaak Philadelphia, maar kletst uit zijn nek - nos.nl/l/2634395nos.nlAI tipt over moordzaak Philadelphia, maar kletst uit zijn nekOp 18 juli kreeg de Amerikaanse politie een tip binnen over een onopgeloste moordzaak. De tip blijkt door AI te zijn geschreven. 001 1
herbert @hvdsomp.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026Finally a reason to visit a MAGA site 👇front-end.social 002 2
herbert @hvdsomp.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026Keep vibe coding yourself into oblivion, MSlopcyberplace.social 000 0
herbert @hvdsomp.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026And somehow that would be supposed to convince Americans they should vote some more MAGA?flipboard.com 000 0
herbert @hvdsomp.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026I’m reading 👇 and I can only wonder why the #copyright #oligarchy doesn’t sue #AI companies into oblivion. What’s going on here?mastodon.social 000 0
Reposted by herbertMartin Paul Eve @mpe.hcommons.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026"I have been following financial news closely for decades, and never before have the workings of the market appeared so radically detached from human needs or even basic empirical reality" adamkotsko.substack.com/p/no-risk-n… 001 1
Reposted by herbertjaz :twt: :wales_flag: ⁂ @jaz.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026Back in the 1980s Tudor Griffiths taught Computer Science in the local school. Two maxims he repeated almost every class have stuck with me for decades. "A computer is exactly as smart as the person telling it what to do" and "A computer can and will make mistakes, and it'll do it a million […]toot.walesOriginal post on toot.wales 031 3
Reposted by herbertAdam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 06/10/2026If there is any confusion after you speak as to whether you are rooting for two american cities to be hit by a nuclear weapon you probably should not be president of the united states 612036426 2K
herbert @hvdsomp.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026Just prepared a simple yet much enjoyable dinner for the love of my life. Had a very nice conversation with her. Being “left behind” can feel absolutely marvelous. Human? 000 0
herbert @hvdsomp.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026Just received a very nasty phishing mail related to the Booking.com data breach reported in the press, e.g. www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly00jnnx… The professionally looking email purports to be sent by a rental property we stayed at early this year. It states that we were overcharged […]w3c.socialOriginal post on w3c.social 000 0
herbert @hvdsomp.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026Get the guy out of here already. How is he in a position to tell humanity to just suck it up. Could it be he’s thinking of the benefits to himself? Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman […]w3c.socialOriginal post on w3c.social 000 0
Reposted by herbertMichel Patrice @michelpatrice.jasette.facil.services.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026#AOC #Climate #Climatechange 1016 16
Reposted by herbertGil Durán @gilduran.com · 03/10/2026Jared Kushner is key to understanding the Trump regime’s global scale of corruption. No talent, no morals—just bottomless greed, access to power. @cjcmichel.bsky.social exposes him in a new book, “United States of Oligarchy.” Here’s our talk (get him on your show!) youtu.be/8LDhLXOwjcI?...youtu.beElon Musk, Jared Kushner, & Dark Money: Exposing the Global Oligarchy | Casey MichelYouTube video by The Nerd Reich with Gil Duran 15402160 402
Reposted by herbertChrisR @carusb.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2026RE: fediscience.org/@petersuber/1165507… Brilliant. And scary. Although it told me various things I thought I had set differently. Off to check now. 003 3
Reposted by herbertGil Durán @gilduran.com · 02/10/2026Barnes & Noble has named "The Nerd Reich" a Best Business Book of 2026. Funny, I never thought of it as a business book. But it makes sense. It exposes a cult of apocalyptic billionaires who believe it is their destiny to destroy democracy. Buy it today! www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/the-bes...barnesandnoble.comThe Best Business Books of 2026Enlightening memoirs, hard-hitting journalism and economic histories make up this years best business books. These are essential reads for the seasoned entrepreneur or the curious citizen who wants to... 31740167 740
Reposted by herbertDaniel Lakeland @dlakelan.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it. 20128447 447
herbert @hvdsomp.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026Trying to get my head around this. First there’s two attempts to kill a woman. Then, there’s desperate attempts to save her life. Doesn’t get more US, does it? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oc…theguardian.comChrista Pike remains on ventilator after failed execution in TennesseeAttorneys say hospital staff are working to clear pentobarbital she was administered from her system 000 0
herbert @hvdsomp.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026RE: flipboard.com/@npr/technology-tljas… Yep. One has got to wonder why existing laws aren’t being applied to AI. 👇 Some people’s fortunes at stake?flipboard.com 000 0