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  • @pluralistic Don't Be Evil (11 Apr 2026)

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    Tyler SmithP
    @pluralistic Cory also argues, in other posts, that an open internet isn't the single defining issue of our time. But if we lose it, we lose our ability to fight the many other problems we face.Which I think is entirely consistent with Naomi Klein's (I think, and doubtless others) position that all struggle for justice is rooted in climate action. (or maybe it was the other way around).The oligarchs are counting on us acting as individuals whose only agency is choosing what to buy. And failing that, that they can partition our resistance into silos of limited scope (and ideally opposing goals): surveillance capitalism, racial equity, gender equity, climate action.
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    Evan ProdromouE
    @killbait this is an interesting factoid.
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    ChristopherK
    @frankBut what else is the Internet for, reallly?
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    Steven D. Brewer 🏳️‍⚧️S
    @slott56 @Firlefanz Yeah, but @pluralistic did a great job of laying out in this talk how the USA has pressured basically every country in the world to pass identical anti-circumvention legislation. He's pointed out that they could reclaim their digital sovereignty by repealing those laws and allowing their people to circumvent the techbro's lock on innovation: https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/#the-new-coalition
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    Robin MarxA
    @Tim_Eagon Looks like Allan Varney of Bundle of Holding is trying to get in touch with the site owner (Paul of Cthulhu) to work out some sort of sponsorship. It would definitely nice to see all the discussions and materials be archived at a minimum.
  • Make the New Year the Year of Your Personal Website

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    Alex KeaneS
    I read a blog post from Virtual Moose about how we should consider making 2026 The Year of the Personal Website.Like he says, it’s nice having a place of my very own to put down thoughts on things I enjoy without worrying about the 288 character limitation of the Social Media site formerly known as Twitter, or even the more generous limits on Mastodon. It’s nice to not need to engage in the dystopian self-censorship that rules in places like Facebook and TikTok. I set my rules for what I think the proper tone and vocabulary for speaking about things are.I also love using an RSS reader to curate my own feed of people I like to hear from and want a chance to go back and see their stuff if I wasn’t online at the exact right moment to see it. Nothing in my RSS feed gets buried by the latest thoughts on Milkshake Duck or Bean Dad, or whoever the internet has dubbed the main character of the day.So go out and fight against the status quo that Doctorow dubbed “four websites filled with pictures of the other three” and make your own space to fill however you like!
  • Lame.

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    GrickleG
    Lame. #grickledoodle #vampire #horror #internet #movies #cartoon #art #drawing #funny
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    Strange QuarkS
    The Man in #Seat61 seems like a relic from a forgotten age of the #Internet.Seat61.com is a genuinely useful website created by just one guy, a train travel enthusiast who has curated a vast array of information that will help anyone who would like to travel in #Europe by #train He is not trying to sell you anything and there are no adverts (apart from a few affiliate ids).His website has won various "best travel website" awards. Notably the last one was in 2012.https://www.seat61.com/