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Ultimately, it is a "normal" technology we can change for the better - if we engage. If we don't, it is destined to be everything we hate. knightcolumbia.org/content/ai-a...

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AI as Normal Technology

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(3/3) There is much to be done to improve the GenAI landscape. To make it privacy-respecting. (I have a project looking at this) To make it green (same project looking at this). To use ethical training data (see datacollective.mozillafoundation.org)

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Mozilla Data Collective is rebuilding the AI data ecosystem with communities at the centre.

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I know you don’t want them to want AI, but… - Anil Dash

(2/3) The Mozilla Corporation (which makes Firefox) is experimenting with ways to let their users try out different LLM providers. They are still building a safe and reliable browser. Interesting read on this: www.anildash.com/2025/11/14/w...

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A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

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Ryan Sipes @ryanleesipes.me · 17/12/2025

I understand what you are saying, but there are some nuances here I would like to share. The original post is about the Mozilla Foundation doing something good in helping the California government have a thoughtful conversation about how and where it depoys generative AI. (1/3)

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All of what you call out are not the tech itself (LLMs), but what data the models are trained on and what their energy sources are. We'd like to be engaged it moving AI to a better place. Not just complaining about it on the Internet.

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Ryan Sipes @ryanleesipes.me · 16/12/2025

“Our mission has always been to prove that you can imagine and innovate without exploitation. Mozilla Foundation is honored to be part of this Council that embodies those principles at exactly the scale and moment it’s needed most.” Perfect words for what we need to do @nabiha.bsky.social

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Ryan Sipes @ryanleesipes.me · 15/12/2025

Tech Cooperative? Been thinking about how the Thunderbird (Community) Council being involved in our business helps us avoid enshittification. How could we turn that system into something that is more inclusive of all users? Been fascinated by how Coops (think REI) democratize the corporation.

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Ryan Sipes @ryanleesipes.me · 10/12/2025

We are building tech you can trust. Thank you to @ostifofficial.bsky.social and 7A Security for their collaboration on the security audit for Thunderbird Send, our end-to-end encrypted file transfer service (coming to everyone soon, open source now). blog.thunderbird.net/2025/12/thun...

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Thunderbird Send Security Audit with OSTIF and 7ASecurity - The Thunderbird Blog

As we get ready for the Thunderbird Pro launch, we want every service we offer to be secure and worthy of the trust our community places in us. That means being honest about where we stand today and t...

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Ryan Sipes @ryanleesipes.me · 06/12/2025

Truly open, real choice and trustworthy. Mozilla's take on AI. Listen to @mozilla.org President Mark Surman talk with the Financial Times about our vision for AI. youtu.be/eBjqeLg1csI?...

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Scaling Open Source AI: Mark Surman & Tim Bradshaw at the FT Future of AI Summit

YouTube video by Mozilla

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Ryan Sipes @ryanleesipes.me · 04/12/2025

"Big tech. The mainstream of tech is wired to harvest our creativity, to harvest our data, to harvest our money. Only to benefit a few people. We can and must build a different kind of tech industry, that has humans in mind and shares the wealth with all of us"

Mozilla @mozilla.org · 03/12/2025

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Welcome to Mozilla Foundation

With over two decades of global impact, Mozilla Foundation continues to lead the movement for a better technology future—powered by people, open by design, and fueled by imagination.

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Ryan Sipes @ryanleesipes.me · 01/12/2025

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." Strangely seems appropriate for both Jurassic Park and Silicon Valley.

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Ryan Sipes @ryanleesipes.me · 29/11/2025

Due to my job making email application @thunderbird.net, I'm contractually obligated to watch You've Got Mail each year. Amazing how relevant the movie still is. Great afternoon with a brew from @boulevardbeer.bsky.social called "The Nutcracker", Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Here we go. 💌 :)

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Ryan Sipes @ryanleesipes.me · 26/11/2025

The AI debate is stuck between doom‑sayers and hype‑machines—what we need are Realists who see generative AI as the powerful, imperfect tool that it is. Join me in being a Realist. ryanleesipes.me/i-hope-the-a...

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I Hope the AI Bubble Bursts (Because I Love Technology)

The conversation around generative AI is dominated by two extremes—Skeptics focused only on its harms, and Hypers hailing it as a panacea. A missing voice, the Realists, sees LLMs as a normal, powerfu...

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Ryan Sipes @ryanleesipes.me · 25/11/2025

A look into how we (Mozilla) think about our role to play in the AI landscape. We're trying to build a future where people are empowered by AI, not drowning in slop.

Ryan Sipes @ryanleesipes.me · 22/11/2025

You've got to actively make the world you want to live in.

Ryan Sipes @ryanleesipes.me · 21/11/2025

This city really shines in fall. Lots of people planted trees, whose shade they never sat under here in KC. Quite literally.

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Mozilla is more than any group or product. It's the Rebel Alliance A community working to make tech serve everyone, not just the shareholders of seven companies. Technology should be more than a vehicle for profit. It should empower people to live more fulfilling lives. That's Mozilla's mission.

But Mozilla is also more than any group or product. It's a community of people working to make tech serve everyone, not just the shareholders of seven companies. Technology should be more than a vehicle for profit. It should empower people to live more fulfilling lives. That's what Mozilla builds.

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Welcome to Mozilla Foundation

Make good tech the norm. Stand up for a better internet. We have the power and change doesn't happen unless people stand up, roll up their sleeves and do something about it. That's the message of the Mozilla Foundation and its wonderful director @nabiha.bsky.social www.mozillafoundation.org

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With over two decades of global impact, Mozilla Foundation continues to lead the movement for a better technology future—powered by people, open by design, and fueled by imagination.

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Thunderbird — Free Your Inbox.

You deserve better when it comes to managing your email and calendar @thunderbird.net gives you total control of your communication experience and respects your privacy (we can't see any of your data - unlike other clients...) Free your Inbox thunderbird.net

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Thunderbird is a free email application that’s easy to set up and customize - and it’s loaded with great features!

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Get Firefox for desktop and mobile

You can get started right now by changing the tools you use. Don't use data-sucking Chrome, you don't want to be a product. Use @firefox.com - a web browser for good. firefox.com

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Firefox is a free web browser backed by Mozilla, a non-profit dedicated to internet health and privacy.

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Internet for people, not profit

Mozilla is pulling together the Rebel Alliance against Big Tech (aka The Death Star). We're a community fighting for a web for the people, not profit. Come join us. @mozilla.org #mozilla #BigTech #Tech www.mozilla.org

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Mozilla is the not-for-profit behind the lightning fast Firefox browser. We put people over profit to give everyone more power online.

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Ryan Sipes @ryanleesipes.me · 19/11/2025

Exactly. Lots of people find speaking to a computer naturally and getting an understandable response is useful to many. Denying that lots of people are using AI makes it *very* hard to have a real discussion about solutions to the problems these big AI platforms are creating.

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Ryan Sipes @ryanleesipes.me · 18/11/2025

When did we forget that we had power? That the only way to change things was to DO SOMETHING to change it. Let's imagine a hopeful future - and then go out and make it happen.

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Ryan Sipes @ryanleesipes.me · 18/11/2025

Ha! Yes, that is a concern. But we have spoken to a couple of Microsoft people and, so far, they have been gracious and supportive. Hopefully it remains that way.

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Ryan Sipes @ryanleesipes.me · 18/11/2025

Exchange/Microsoft365 account support built into Thunderbird now! Thunderbird users have asked us for this for years and now it is here. Enjoy. For nerds: the architecture built for this opens the door for JMAP support. blog.thunderbird.net/2025/11/thun...

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Thunderbird Adds Native Microsoft Exchange Email Support - The Thunderbird Blog

Thunderbird Exchange support has finally landed for email in the latest monthly release. Find out what's in, out, and still on the way.

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Ryan Sipes @ryanleesipes.me · 15/11/2025

This post from @anildash.com perfectly encapsulates the disconnect in the discussion of AI. Plenty of real people get value from interacting with LLMs. We can't afford to cede this technology to Profit-at-all-costs Big Tech.