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  1. Why I'm leaving #GitHub

    source: jorijn.com/en/blog/leaving-git…

    TL;DR

    • GitHub logged 257 incidents in May 2025 to April 2026, 48 of them major. The CTO publicly apologised and said capacity needs to scale 30x to keep up with AI-driven load.
    • In August 2025 GitHub stopped having its own CEO. It is now a unit of Microsoft's #CoreAI division, the same group building Copilot and the broader AI stack.
    • On April 24, 2026 GitHub flipped #Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ user-interaction data to opt-in for AI training by default. There is no repository-level opt-out.
    • US-jurisdictional risk under #FISA Section 702 and the CLOUD Act is unresolved. Microsoft's own attorney told the French Senate under oath he could not #guarantee #EU data was safe from silent US #government access.

    So tell me why do they still use GitHub?

    #news #software #privacy #ai #economy #fail #problem #ethics #protest #foss #floss #opensource #code #coder #developer #nerd #hacker #usa #politics #freedom #internet #online #service #control #access #technology #economy #platform #criticism #future #society #microsoft #bigdata #bigtech #power

  2. Why I'm leaving #GitHub

    source: jorijn.com/en/blog/leaving-git…

    TL;DR

    • GitHub logged 257 incidents in May 2025 to April 2026, 48 of them major. The CTO publicly apologised and said capacity needs to scale 30x to keep up with AI-driven load.
    • In August 2025 GitHub stopped having its own CEO. It is now a unit of Microsoft's #CoreAI division, the same group building Copilot and the broader AI stack.
    • On April 24, 2026 GitHub flipped #Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ user-interaction data to opt-in for AI training by default. There is no repository-level opt-out.
    • US-jurisdictional risk under #FISA Section 702 and the CLOUD Act is unresolved. Microsoft's own attorney told the French Senate under oath he could not #guarantee #EU data was safe from silent US #government access.

    So tell me why do they still use GitHub?

    #news #software #privacy #ai #economy #fail #problem #ethics #protest #foss #floss #opensource #code #coder #developer #nerd #hacker #usa #politics #freedom #internet #online #service #control #access #technology #economy #platform #criticism #future #society #microsoft #bigdata #bigtech #power

  3. Why I'm leaving #GitHub

    source: jorijn.com/en/blog/leaving-git…

    TL;DR

    • GitHub logged 257 incidents in May 2025 to April 2026, 48 of them major. The CTO publicly apologised and said capacity needs to scale 30x to keep up with AI-driven load.
    • In August 2025 GitHub stopped having its own CEO. It is now a unit of Microsoft's #CoreAI division, the same group building Copilot and the broader AI stack.
    • On April 24, 2026 GitHub flipped #Copilot Free, Pro, and Pro+ user-interaction data to opt-in for AI training by default. There is no repository-level opt-out.
    • US-jurisdictional risk under #FISA Section 702 and the CLOUD Act is unresolved. Microsoft's own attorney told the French Senate under oath he could not #guarantee #EU data was safe from silent US #government access.

    So tell me why do they still use GitHub?

    #news #software #privacy #ai #economy #fail #problem #ethics #protest #foss #floss #opensource #code #coder #developer #nerd #hacker #usa #politics #freedom #internet #online #service #control #access #technology #economy #platform #criticism #future #society #microsoft #bigdata #bigtech #power

  4. According to figures from the NRW State Chancellery, which were reported by WDR, the black-green state government frequently fails to respond to parliamentary i... news.osna.fm/?p=45871 | #news #answers #criticism #faces #government

  5. Critical Reception: Russell Brand’s 'How to Become a Christian in 7 Days'

    Russell Brand's book 'How to Become a Christian in 7 Days' is getting very negative reviews from critics and readers. Many say it is confusing and not good.

    #RussellBrand, #BookReview, #Christianity, #NewBook, #Criticism

    newsletter.tf/russell-brand-bo

  6. Russell Brand's new book has received overwhelmingly negative reviews, with many critics giving it one star. This is much lower than expected for a new release.

    #RussellBrand, #BookReview, #Christianity, #NewBook, #Criticism
    newsletter.tf/russell-brand-bo

  7. RE: mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/11029344

    I wrote this in May 2023 and I'm still fully standing behind this, maybe even more so by now, with a position strengthened by "recent developments" and the ongoing normalization of mythologizing software/technology (and commercially exploiting these myths) rather than being focused on actively demystifying them, communicating the strengths/weaknesses of algorithms/techniques, their behaviors etc, also creatively/artistically...

    #GenerativeArt #AI #Mythology #Criticism

  8. RE: mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/11029344

    I wrote this in May 2023 and I'm still fully standing behind this, maybe even more so by now, with a position strengthened by "recent developments" and the ongoing normalization of mythologizing software/technology (and commercially exploiting these myths) rather than being focused on actively demystifying them, communicating the strengths/weaknesses of algorithms/techniques, their behaviors etc, also creatively/artistically...

    #GenerativeArt #AI #Mythology #Criticism

  9. RE: mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/11029344

    I wrote this in May 2023 and I'm still fully standing behind this, maybe even more so by now, with a position strengthened by "recent developments" and the ongoing normalization of mythologizing software/technology (and commercially exploiting these myths) rather than being focused on actively demystifying them, communicating the strengths/weaknesses of algorithms/techniques, their behaviors etc, also creatively/artistically...

    #GenerativeArt #AI #Mythology #Criticism

  10. RE: mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/11029344

    I wrote this in May 2023 and I'm still fully standing behind this, maybe even more so by now, with a position strengthened by "recent developments" and the ongoing normalization of mythologizing software/technology (and commercially exploiting these myths) rather than being focused on actively demystifying them, communicating the strengths/weaknesses of algorithms/techniques, their behaviors etc, also creatively/artistically...

    #GenerativeArt #AI #Mythology #Criticism

  11. RE: mastodon.thi.ng/@toxi/11029344

    I wrote this in May 2023 and I'm still fully standing behind this, maybe even more so by now, with a position strengthened by "recent developments" and the ongoing normalization of mythologizing software/technology (and commercially exploiting these myths) rather than being focused on actively demystifying them, communicating the strengths/weaknesses of algorithms/techniques, their behaviors etc, also creatively/artistically...

    #GenerativeArt #AI #Mythology #Criticism

  12. Book Review: The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals by Dan Dietz


    Author: Dan Dietz
    Title: The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals
    Other Books Read by the Same Author:

    Publication Info: Rowman & Littlefield (2016)
    Summary/Review:

    The 1990s feels like a transitional decade for Broadway. On the one hand, after a couple of decades of financial decline, the Broadway theater district felt thriving and viable again. On the other hand, many critics – including author Dan Dietz – saw the decade as the Disnification of Broadway.

    Disney introduced only two musicals during the decade – adaptations of Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King – but the overall effect is that family-friendly megamusicals that attracted tourists edged out shows intended for grown-up audiences and local theater buffs. Revivals of books musicals continued to outnumber new productions, including Chicago, which became more successful than its original run and still plays to this day.  Speaking of long running shows, any new production on Broadway had to compete with hits like Cats, Les Miserables, and Phantom of the Opera which occupied theaters throughout the decade.

    The decade also saw an increase in adapting relatively recent movies as musicals including My Favorite Year, The Goodbye Girl, Big, Victor/Victoria, and Footloose.  There were also a number of revues of songs by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stephen Sondhem, Johnny Burke, Johnny Mercer, George and Ira Gershwin and blues and swing by Black artists.  This trend presaged the 2000s when movie adaptations and/or jukebox musical rely on reiterating the familiar and nostalgic at the expense of the new.  Nevertheless, several memorable musicals made their debut in the 1990s including: Once on This Island, The Secret Garden, The Will Rogers Follies, Crazy for You, Falsettos, Jelly’s Last Jam, Kiss of the Spider WomanPassion, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Sunset Boulevard, Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk, TitanicRagtime, Fosse, and Parade.  Dan Dietz, who grows crankier with each volume of this series, disliked most of these shows, and trashed Rent and Ragtime (two shows I love).  Dietz’s obvious prejudices which manifest themselves in his rents against “political correctness” make this unpleasant read. But I do still enjoy that he’s gathered together so many facts about each show in one place that are hard to find anywhere else.

    Rating: ***

    #BookReviews #Books #Broadway #Criticism #MusicalTheater #Reference
  13. Book Review: The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals by Dan Dietz


    Author: Dan Dietz
    Title: The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals
    Other Books Read by the Same Author:

    Publication Info: Rowman & Littlefield (2016)
    Summary/Review:

    The 1990s feels like a transitional decade for Broadway. On the one hand, after a couple of decades of financial decline, the Broadway theater district felt thriving and viable again. On the other hand, many critics – including author Dan Dietz – saw the decade as the Disnification of Broadway.

    Disney introduced only two musicals during the decade – adaptations of Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King – but the overall effect is that family-friendly megamusicals that attracted tourists edged out shows intended for grown-up audiences and local theater buffs. Revivals of books musicals continued to outnumber new productions, including Chicago, which became more successful than its original run and still plays to this day.  Speaking of long running shows, any new production on Broadway had to compete with hits like Cats, Les Miserables, and Phantom of the Opera which occupied theaters throughout the decade.

    The decade also saw an increase in adapting relatively recent movies as musicals including My Favorite Year, The Goodbye Girl, Big, Victor/Victoria, and Footloose.  There were also a number of revues of songs by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stephen Sondhem, Johnny Burke, Johnny Mercer, George and Ira Gershwin and blues and swing by Black artists.  This trend presaged the 2000s when movie adaptations and/or jukebox musical rely on reiterating the familiar and nostalgic at the expense of the new.  Nevertheless, several memorable musicals made their debut in the 1990s including: Once on This Island, The Secret Garden, The Will Rogers Follies, Crazy for You, Falsettos, Jelly’s Last Jam, Kiss of the Spider WomanPassion, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Sunset Boulevard, Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk, TitanicRagtime, Fosse, and Parade.  Dan Dietz, who grows crankier with each volume of this series, disliked most of these shows, and trashed Rent and Ragtime (two shows I love).  Dietz’s obvious prejudices which manifest themselves in his rents against “political correctness” make this unpleasant read. But I do still enjoy that he’s gathered together so many facts about each show in one place that are hard to find anywhere else.

    Rating: ***

    #BookReviews #Books #Broadway #Criticism #MusicalTheater #Reference
  14. Book Review: The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals by Dan Dietz


    Author: Dan Dietz
    Title: The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals
    Other Books Read by the Same Author:

    Publication Info: Rowman & Littlefield (2016)
    Summary/Review:

    The 1990s feels like a transitional decade for Broadway. On the one hand, after a couple of decades of financial decline, the Broadway theater district felt thriving and viable again. On the other hand, many critics – including author Dan Dietz – saw the decade as the Disnification of Broadway.

    Disney introduced only two musicals during the decade – adaptations of Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King – but the overall effect is that family-friendly megamusicals that attracted tourists edged out shows intended for grown-up audiences and local theater buffs. Revivals of books musicals continued to outnumber new productions, including Chicago, which became more successful than its original run and still plays to this day.  Speaking of long running shows, any new production on Broadway had to compete with hits like Cats, Les Miserables, and Phantom of the Opera which occupied theaters throughout the decade.

    The decade also saw an increase in adapting relatively recent movies as musicals including My Favorite Year, The Goodbye Girl, Big, Victor/Victoria, and Footloose.  There were also a number of revues of songs by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stephen Sondhem, Johnny Burke, Johnny Mercer, George and Ira Gershwin and blues and swing by Black artists.  This trend presaged the 2000s when movie adaptations and/or jukebox musical rely on reiterating the familiar and nostalgic at the expense of the new.  Nevertheless, several memorable musicals made their debut in the 1990s including: Once on This Island, The Secret Garden, The Will Rogers Follies, Crazy for You, Falsettos, Jelly’s Last Jam, Kiss of the Spider WomanPassion, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Sunset Boulevard, Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk, TitanicRagtime, Fosse, and Parade.  Dan Dietz, who grows crankier with each volume of this series, disliked most of these shows, and trashed Rent and Ragtime (two shows I love).  Dietz’s obvious prejudices which manifest themselves in his rents against “political correctness” make this unpleasant read. But I do still enjoy that he’s gathered together so many facts about each show in one place that are hard to find anywhere else.

    Rating: ***

    #BookReviews #Books #Broadway #Criticism #MusicalTheater #Reference
  15. Book Review: The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals by Dan Dietz


    Author: Dan Dietz
    Title: The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals
    Other Books Read by the Same Author:

    Publication Info: Rowman & Littlefield (2016)
    Summary/Review:

    The 1990s feels like a transitional decade for Broadway. On the one hand, after a couple of decades of financial decline, the Broadway theater district felt thriving and viable again. On the other hand, many critics – including author Dan Dietz – saw the decade as the Disnification of Broadway.

    Disney introduced only two musicals during the decade – adaptations of Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King – but the overall effect is that family-friendly megamusicals that attracted tourists edged out shows intended for grown-up audiences and local theater buffs. Revivals of books musicals continued to outnumber new productions, including Chicago, which became more successful than its original run and still plays to this day.  Speaking of long running shows, any new production on Broadway had to compete with hits like Cats, Les Miserables, and Phantom of the Opera which occupied theaters throughout the decade.

    The decade also saw an increase in adapting relatively recent movies as musicals including My Favorite Year, The Goodbye Girl, Big, Victor/Victoria, and Footloose.  There were also a number of revues of songs by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stephen Sondhem, Johnny Burke, Johnny Mercer, George and Ira Gershwin and blues and swing by Black artists.  This trend presaged the 2000s when movie adaptations and/or jukebox musical rely on reiterating the familiar and nostalgic at the expense of the new.  Nevertheless, several memorable musicals made their debut in the 1990s including: Once on This Island, The Secret Garden, The Will Rogers Follies, Crazy for You, Falsettos, Jelly’s Last Jam, Kiss of the Spider WomanPassion, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Sunset Boulevard, Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk, TitanicRagtime, Fosse, and Parade.  Dan Dietz, who grows crankier with each volume of this series, disliked most of these shows, and trashed Rent and Ragtime (two shows I love).  Dietz’s obvious prejudices which manifest themselves in his rents against “political correctness” make this unpleasant read. But I do still enjoy that he’s gathered together so many facts about each show in one place that are hard to find anywhere else.

    Rating: ***

    #BookReviews #Books #Broadway #Criticism #MusicalTheater #Reference
  16. Book Review: The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals by Dan Dietz


    Author: Dan Dietz
    Title: The Complete Book of 1990s Broadway Musicals
    Other Books Read by the Same Author:

    Publication Info: Rowman & Littlefield (2016)
    Summary/Review:

    The 1990s feels like a transitional decade for Broadway. On the one hand, after a couple of decades of financial decline, the Broadway theater district felt thriving and viable again. On the other hand, many critics – including author Dan Dietz – saw the decade as the Disnification of Broadway.

    Disney introduced only two musicals during the decade – adaptations of Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King – but the overall effect is that family-friendly megamusicals that attracted tourists edged out shows intended for grown-up audiences and local theater buffs. Revivals of books musicals continued to outnumber new productions, including Chicago, which became more successful than its original run and still plays to this day.  Speaking of long running shows, any new production on Broadway had to compete with hits like Cats, Les Miserables, and Phantom of the Opera which occupied theaters throughout the decade.

    The decade also saw an increase in adapting relatively recent movies as musicals including My Favorite Year, The Goodbye Girl, Big, Victor/Victoria, and Footloose.  There were also a number of revues of songs by Rodgers & Hammerstein, Stephen Sondhem, Johnny Burke, Johnny Mercer, George and Ira Gershwin and blues and swing by Black artists.  This trend presaged the 2000s when movie adaptations and/or jukebox musical rely on reiterating the familiar and nostalgic at the expense of the new.  Nevertheless, several memorable musicals made their debut in the 1990s including: Once on This Island, The Secret Garden, The Will Rogers Follies, Crazy for You, Falsettos, Jelly’s Last Jam, Kiss of the Spider WomanPassion, Smokey Joe’s Cafe, Sunset Boulevard, Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk, TitanicRagtime, Fosse, and Parade.  Dan Dietz, who grows crankier with each volume of this series, disliked most of these shows, and trashed Rent and Ragtime (two shows I love).  Dietz’s obvious prejudices which manifest themselves in his rents against “political correctness” make this unpleasant read. But I do still enjoy that he’s gathered together so many facts about each show in one place that are hard to find anywhere else.

    Rating: ***

    #BookReviews #Books #Broadway #Criticism #MusicalTheater #Reference
  17. Life is not just one pleasure ride, there are ups and there are downs and the description, heard many years ago, that life is a rollercoaster still fits to this day. How we weather the individual events of our lives is impossible to regulate, and also to foresee. Events happen which we have not expected, which we could never anticipate, and wit

    Recording the Dark Side of Life
    urban.camera/2026/05/recording

    #Art #Criticism #Education #Jazz #Literature #Music #Society

  18. Dallas Morning News and Texas Monthly journalists win Pulitzer prizes

    "Lamster’s criticism frequently examines the consequences of rapid urban growth, questioning who benefits and who is left out when cities evolve. He’s critiqued proposals to tear down Dallas City Hall and advocated for the building, designed by famed architect I.M. Pei."

    @dallasnews @TexasMonthly

    keranews.org/arts-culture/2026

    #Dallas #Journalism #MarkLamster #PulitzerPrize #Criticism #Architecture #Texas

  19. A quotation from Richard Steele

    It’s a particular Observation I have always made, That of all Mortals, a Critick is the silliest; for by inuring himself to examine all Things, whether they are of Consequence or not, he never looks upon any Thing but with a Design of passing Sentence upon it; by which Means, he is never a Companion, but always a Censor. This makes him earnest upon Trifles; and dispute on the most indifferent Occasions with vehemence.

    Richard Steele (1672-1729) Anglo-Irish writer, journalist, playwright, politician
    Essay (1709-07-14), The Tatler, No. 29

    More about this quote: wist.info/steele-richard/21787…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #richardsteele #appraisal #censor #condemnation #contention #critic #criticism #critics #focus #judgment #objections #sentence #trivia

  20. @holdenweb Criticism of the only #Jewish #political #Party #leader in the UK by a non-Jewish one on the grounds of alleged #antisemitism & illegitimate #criticism of the #MetPolice is absurd & invalid. @thegreenparty aren't stupid & neither is @ZackPolanski. They know, & he knows, just exactly what Keir #Starmer is about - & it STINKS!

  21. A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

    It is the business of this life to make excuses for others, but none for ourselves. We should be clearly persuaded of our own misconduct, for that is the part of knowledge in which we are most apt to be defective.

    Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
    Essay (1880-01/02?), “Reflections and Remarks on Human Life,” § 1.1 “Justice and Justification”

    More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #criticism #excuses #forgiveness #selfawareness #selfblame #selfconsciousness #selfcorrection #selfcriticism #selfdiscipline #selfdoubt #selfevaluation #selfimprovement #selfjudgment #selfopinion #selfregard #blame #selfblame #accountability

  22. A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

    It is the business of this life to make excuses for others, but none for ourselves. We should be clearly persuaded of our own misconduct, for that is the part of knowledge in which we are most apt to be defective.

    Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
    Essay (1880-01/02?), “Reflections and Remarks on Human Life,” § 1.1 “Justice and Justification”

    More about this quote: wist.info/stevenson-robert-lou…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertlouisstevenson #criticism #excuses #forgiveness #selfawareness #selfblame #selfconsciousness #selfcorrection #selfcriticism #selfdiscipline #selfdoubt #selfevaluation #selfimprovement #selfjudgment #selfopinion #selfregard #blame #selfblame #accountability