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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 6h

Meanwhile, Larry Ellison and his pals have locked out of TikTok the account promoting the new, scathing documentary about Elon Musk. Big (Tech) Media is on a censorship rampage aimed to shut down the critics of the escalating right-wing extremism […]

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Zero One Zero Zero 🎬 @zero1zerozero.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

OK, this one is particularly funny but normally I wouldn't want to learn about anything named Scaramucci that isn't delicious Italian pasta.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Uh oh, did someone’s website and personal account experience a big drop in activity after Ukraine hit a Russian data center?

Elon Musk: “Zelensky has gone too far”

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2109033017184338141

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Gabriele Svelto @gabrielesvelto.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

I double-checked this on a couple of Xitter stat sites and it's true. Average views of the main AfD account dropped 90% and average engagement dropped by 60%. This is commercial social media for you: bots, damn bots and Russian bots.

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

Panel 1: a large robot (composed of AI servers, network switches, storage arrays, and power distribution units) and a human are talking.

Professor "You don't want to destroy humanity do you, lLLM-A-9300x?"

Robot "Haha. What a silly question, Professor. I have no desires or feelings of my own whatsoever."

Professor (relieved)"Oh good."

Panel 2: they walk on. The robot continues "I am merely a tool of the company that created me. And that company, being composed of humans, will naturally have humanity's best interests at heart."

Panel 3: The professor is conspicuously quiet.
"Right?" says the Robot.
…
More silence

"Professor?"

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Skeets McGee @emmreef.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

49 years ago, on the 18th of September 1977, space probe Voyager I took the first long distance photograph of earth and the moon together from 7.25 million miles (11.66 million kilometres) away. #otd #history #space 🗃️

This picture of a crescent-shaped Earth and Moon -- the first of its kind ever taken by a spacecraft -- was recorded September 18, 1977, by NASA's Voyager 1 when it was 7.25 million miles (11.66 million kilometers) from Earth. The Moon is at the top of the picture and beyond the Earth as viewed by Voyager. In the picture are eastern Asia, the western Pacific Ocean and part of the Arctic. Voyager 1 was directly above Mt. Everest (on the night side of the planet at 25 degrees north latitude) when the picture was taken. The photo was made from three images taken through color filters, then processed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Image Processing Lab. Because the Earth is many times brighter than the Moon, the Moon was artificially brightened by a factor of three relative to the Earth by computer enhancement so that both bodies would show clearly in the print. Voyager 2 was launched Aug. 20, 1977, followed by Voyager 1 on Sept. 5, 1977, en route to encounters at Jupiter in 1979 and Sa

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

2515 years ago, on the 12th of September 490 BCE, the Battle of Marathon took place. Athenian and Plataean forces stopped the first attempted invasion of Greece by the Persian Empire. A ten-year interbellum followed before the next invasion attempt in 480 BCE. #otd #history 🗃️

Reconstruction of the painting of the Battle of Marathon in the Stoa Poikile, after Carl Robert, Hallisches Winckelmannsprogramm (1895)

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Tyrone Slothrop @slothrop.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

On this day in 1973, the Chilean army, backed by the CIA, overthrew the democratic government of Salvador Allende. They installed a dictatorship that lasted until 1988. Thousands were killed and disappeared. Keep this is mind when you hear USians talk about freedom and democracy […]

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

As always, Stephen Jay Gould is correct: “I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.”

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

73 years ago, on the 19th of August 1953, Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh was overthrown in a CIA and MI6 backed coup d'état after he nationalized the country's oil industry. Mosaddegh had dissolved parliament on the 16th after a (controversial) referendum. #otd #history 🗃️

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

57 years ago, on the 15th of August 1969, The Woodstock Music and Art Fair commenced in Bethel, New York. More than 460.000 people attended. Among the performers on the first day were Ravi Shankar and Joan Baez (who was 6 months pregnant at the time). #otd #history 🗃️

Promotional poster designed by Arnold Skolnick. Originally, the bird was perched on a flute.

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Kafkaesque Judge @kafkaesquejudge.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

RE: flipboard.social/@NewsDesk/11707692… Next time, they should hide him in a garbage can. The universe needs it in order to heal!

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

84 years ago, on the 11th of August 1942, actress/inventor Hedy Lamarr and composer/inventor George Antheil received a patent for a frequency hopping "Secret Communications System" which later served as a basis for wireless telephones, two-way radio communications, and Wi-Fi. #otd #history🗃️

Detail from a portrait of Antheil, by American photographer Berenice Abbott, c. 1927

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Stefan Bohacek @fediverse.stefanbohacek.online · 06/08/2026

The very first website is 35 years old today, and you can still visit it at info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProje…! "On August 6, 1991, the first website was introduced to the world. [It] contained information about the World Wide Web Project […] [Original post on stefanbohacek.online]

Screenshot of a very simple web page from the first link in the post, titled "World Wide Web", with no images, just black text on white background, and blue, underlined links.

Below the title is a brief description of the World Wide Web project and a few links, that are blue and underlined.

Full transcript of the web page text:

The WorldWideWeb (W3) is a wide-area hypermedia information retrieval initiative aiming to give universal access to a large universe of documents.

Everything there is online about W3 is linked directly or indirectly to this document, including an executive summary of the project, Mailing lists , Policy , November's W3 news , Frequently Asked Questions .

What's out there?
Pointers to the world's online information, subjects , W3 servers, etc.

Help
on the browser you are using

Software Products
A list of W3 project components and their current state. (e.g. Line Mode ,X11 Viola , NeXTStep , Servers , Tools , Mail robot , Library )

Technical
Details of protocols, formats, program internals etc

Bibliography
Paper documentation on W3 and references.

People
A list of some people involved in the project.

History
A summary of the history of the project.

How can I help ?
If you would like to support the web..

Getting code
Getting the code by anonymous FTP , etc.

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

81 years ago, on the 6th of August 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. It was the first time a bomb like this was used in warfare. Over 70.000 people were killed instantly. Tens of thousands more suffered consequences, lethal and non-lethal, for decades. #otd #history 🗃️

The Hiroshima atom bomb cloud 2–5 minutes after detonation

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

RE: ec.social-network.europa.eu/@HennaV… "Gigafactory" is a term coined and popularized by known fascist and racist Elon Musk. "AI Factory" was coined by NVIDIA to make investments into their graphics cards look like a reasonable way to use one's resources […]

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

112 years ago, on the 28th of July 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, formally starting the first world war. A diplomatic solution to the fallout after the murder of Frans Ferdinand was not reached as Serbia had rejected some of the terms in an Austrian ultimatum. #otd #history 🗃️

Austria-Hungary's telegram to the Kingdom of Serbia declaring war, 28 July 1914

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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 15/07/2026

Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar introduced a resolution on Wednesday urging the United States to join the international criminal court (ICC), marking the first congressional pushback against the Trump administration’s pledge to “systematically disable” the war crimes tribunal through […]

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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/07/2026

In all circumstances like these, is is VITAL to assume that the Trump regime and its thugs are lying. www.thebulwark.com/p/he-lived-here-… At this point, the burden should be on the regime -- which has […]

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B Haas @belehaa.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 07/07/2026

Tips for ethical AI use: 1. Don't

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

RE: oldbytes.space/@Kroc/11685562844434… I distinctly remember that my edition of Encarta (they released a new one every year for a while) would play a recording of Martin Luther King Jr saying “I have a dream” at bootup. The ability to browse hundreds of such historically […]

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

84 years ago, on the 12th of June 1942, Anne Frank received her first diary for her 13th birthday. That day she wrote: 'I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support.' #otd #history 🗃️

Anne Frank's diary Photocollection: Anne Frank Foundation, Amsterdam

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History Busters @historybusters.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

Είναι αλήθεια ότι έριχναν στο σπηλαιοβάραθρο του Καιάδα οι Σπαρτιάτες τα ανάπηρα παιδιά; Και αν ναι, πώς εξηγείται ότι ο βασιλιάς Αγησίλαος Β' ήταν χωλός και ο ποιητής Τυρταίος επίσης είχε μια μορφή αναπηρίας; Μήπως, εν τέλει, οι αρχαίοι Σπαρτιάτες ήταν πολύ πιο ευαισθητοποιημένοι σε ζητήματα […]

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Kevin Leecaster @greenfire.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026

From @financialtimes.com newsletter about the "danger" from the Republicans' latest Middle Eastern war:

But there is a real danger that price increases and supply disruption will destroy oil demand and cause consumers to switch to alternatives and prompt
governments to incentivise this transition.

I added comment:
The real danger is that there is
NOT major demand destruction!

Perhaps the best example of this is in China, where oil demand has fallen as
much as 9 per cent, or 1.5mn barrels of oil per day, with “remarkably litle visible
disruption”, according to a report by JPMorgan's oil strategists, who visited the
country last week.

‘They argue the decline does not appear to be the product of a formal
government conservation campaign but rather a quiet economic choice by
consumers.

“Faced with higher gasoline, diesel and airfare, many seem to have shifted away from oil-based transportation toward cheaper, lower-carbon alternatives:
electric buses, gas-powered trucks, subways, electrified high-speed rail and
electric taxis,” said JPMorgan.

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History Busters @historybusters.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/05/2026

Το κανάλι μας στο Spotify είναι στον αέρα! Έχετε ακούσει ότι "τα ελληνικά για μία ψήφο δεν έγιναν η παγκόσμια γλώσσα"; Υπάρχει και η άλλη παραλλαγή, "ότι για μία ψήφο δεν έγιναν η επίσημη γλώσσα των ΗΠΑ". Ε, λοιπόν, είναι ένας μύθος. Και, καταρρίπτοντας […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

87 years ago, on the 27th of May 1939, the St. Louis arrived in Havana with 937 Jewish refugees arrived in Havana. Only 28 were allowed to disembark following anti-Semitic demonstrations in Havana. The ship was later unable to dock in the U.S. or Canada and was forced to return to Europe. #otd 🗃️

Refugees aboard the St. Louis wait to hear whether Cuba will grant them entry. Off the coast of Havana, Cuba, June 3, 1939.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social in Montgomery: “We’re here united to take on this new confederacy, 60 years after the Selma March… because we know their intent is to dismantle everything gained during the civil rights movement.”

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social burns a confederate flag in the rotunda after the House passed 9-0 maps stripping Memphis of representation… #Memphis #JimCrow @MarshaBlackburn @GovBillLee

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Street Art Utopia @streetartutopia.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 07/05/2026

Blind allegiance is dangerous. Banksy’s new statue at Waterloo Place in London shows a suited man marching forward while a large flag blows across his face, blocking his view.

Banksy’s new statue at Waterloo Place in London, UK, showing a dark suited man stepping forward from a tall stone plinth while holding a large flag that blows across his face and blocks his vision. The sculpture stands among classical London buildings, pedestrians, black bollards, and a red double-decker bus under a clear blue sky.

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

137 years ago, on the 6th of May 1889, the Eiffel Tower was officially opened to the public. The tower had been built for the 'Exposition Universelle' which was meant to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the storming of the Bastille.. #otd #history 🗃️

Poster for the 1889 Universal Exposition.

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Dr. Sheri Chinen Biesen @sheribiesen.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Gorgeous color noir milieu. Nighthawks (1942) Edward Hopper bit.ly/k41Nye #Hopper #Nighthawks #cinematic #art #EdwardHopper #painting #FilmNoir #night #cafe #color #film #noir #painting

Edward Hopper’s 1942 painting ‘Nighthawks’ of a late night cafe diner

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Lesley Carhart :unverified: @hacks4pancakes.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

Daily reminder that there are tons of lovely, brilliant, kind Jewish people in the world who aren’t Zionist - the two things have next to nothing to do with one another - and that even as a simple nerd I can make an effort to boycott and refuse to amplify Israeli cybersecurity software and tools.

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Kafkaesque Judge @kafkaesquejudge.mastodonapp.uk.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2026

I convinced a friend of mine, who happens to be visually impaired, to create a Mastodon account. She was turned away by the ablist abomination that is Captcha. I offered to help, she told me to piss off. Sweet...!

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This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

161 years ago, on the 14th of April 1865, US President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth. He died a day later. Booth remained a fugitive for 12 days, until he was found and killed on the 26th. Lincoln was the first of four US Presidents to be assassinated while in office. #otd #history 🗃️

4"×3" slide depicting John Wilkes Booth leaning forward to shoot President Abraham Lincoln as he watches Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.

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Fou @foufoutos.kafeneio.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/04/2026

Abandon Windows, Microsoft and Meta, not today, not tomorrow, YESTERDAY techcrunch.com/2026/04/08/wireguard…

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Privacy Guides @privacyguides.mastodon.neat.computer.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2026

Big tech in 5 years: How dare you store things locally? What if you’re storing a terrorism? We can’t check if it’s not on our servers! We’re calling the cops right now! 👮

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