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Mastodon’s userbase milestone;
I am once again asking you to move to Mastodon.
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My biggest confession as a professional hacker is that I don’t do a lot of hacking, yet I try to think like a hacker all the time.
I subscribed to a physical magazine in 2024.
BM to DRM: Drop dead.
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It’s finally time to talk about the one book that’s constantly been at the back of my mind since making this blog.
No summary this time – anyone with a pulse should read this book for themselves.
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CONTENT WARNING: Sex, BDSM, questioning authority.
Part I Part II Part III Part IV
YOU CAN’T SAY “ORANGE” TO YOUR BOSS.
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A brief respite from editing posts on polemic books to bring you news about the ex-bird site – news about its ex-users , that is.
The migration from X (formerly known as Twitter) to Mastodon gave researchers a golden opportunity to record data on the collective action problem. Spoilers: it’s pretty good news.
TOOT TOOT
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Twitter friends: Friends, on Twitter, who I left without telling them where I was going.
Our social media predicament: Is it addiction, a you problem? Or does that distract us from the reality of monopolies doing a monopoly?
The EU will force Big Tech companies to interoperate in 2024. It’s got one chance to show the world how interop can work. I hope it does.
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