#open-web — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #open-web, aggregated by home.social.
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Looking back: 15 years of working on the #openweb
Looking back through #dotcons notes and blog posts, it's striking how little the underlying issues have changed. The language has evolved, the technology has moved, but the same struggle keeps resurfacing.
Back in December 2010 - "The battle for the internet is switching from a cold war to a hot war." At the time this sounded dramatic. Today it feels almost understated. The enclosure of the web has accelerated. A handful of corporations dominate communication, control public discourse and increasingly shape #mainstreaming politics. The battle is no longer hidden, it is happening in plain sight.
Around the same time - "There is NO GOOD FUTURE in corporate social networks. FULL STOP." Fifteen years later, this feels less like a prediction than an observation. The #dotcons built business models around surveillance, advertising and behavioural manipulation. Those incentives inevitably produced outrage, misinformation, polarisation and dependency. These outcomes weren't bugs - they were features of the economic path.
In 2011, I was reflecting on experiences with #climatecamp, #indymedia and horizontal organising, I described people as: "Mannequins dancing to barely visible strings." That image has stayed with me. Much of our activism became reactive, pulled by hidden incentives, #NGO funding priorities, social media algorithms and media cycles. We believed we were acting freely while following paths laid out for us by systems we barely noticed.
By 2017, frustration with this pattern had become sharper "The #fashionistas are making lame excuses not to embrace the #reboot of the #openweb." Too many people who talked endlessly about change continued investing their time, energy and communities into the very #dotcons corporate platforms causing the problem. The excuses changed, but the outcome stayed the same: further enclosure and further dependence.
Then in 2019, the thinking behind the #OMN had become clearer *"The #OMN is a social technology held together by the #4opens that pushes into being a digital commons. What we then do with this liberated space is up to us." This remains the heart of the project.
#OMN has never been about building yet another platform. It is about creating social infrastructure. The technology matters, but only because it enables communities to organise, publish, collaborate and govern themselves.
The #4opens are not simply a development methodology; they are a way of building trust. They create the conditions for commons to grow.
Looking back, I'm pleased that the core direction hasn't really changed. The problem was never simply Facebook, Twitter or Google.The problem was always centralisation. The answer was never another app.The answer was always rebuilding the commons.
The task now is much the same as it was fifteen years ago to stop feeding the #dotcons, compost the failures, nurture the green shoots and continue the long reboot of the #openweb.
Some ideas age badly. Others simply become more urgent.
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Looking back: 15 years of working on the #openweb
Looking back through #dotcons notes and blog posts, it's striking how little the underlying issues have changed. The language has evolved, the technology has moved, but the same struggle keeps resurfacing.
Back in December 2010 - "The battle for the internet is switching from a cold war to a hot war." At the time this sounded dramatic. Today it feels almost understated. The enclosure of the web has accelerated. A handful of corporations dominate communication, control public discourse and increasingly shape #mainstreaming politics. The battle is no longer hidden, it is happening in plain sight.
Around the same time - "There is NO GOOD FUTURE in corporate social networks. FULL STOP." Fifteen years later, this feels less like a prediction than an observation. The #dotcons built business models around surveillance, advertising and behavioural manipulation. Those incentives inevitably produced outrage, misinformation, polarisation and dependency. These outcomes weren't bugs - they were features of the economic path.
In 2011, I was reflecting on experiences with #climatecamp, #indymedia and horizontal organising, I described people as: "Mannequins dancing to barely visible strings." That image has stayed with me. Much of our activism became reactive, pulled by hidden incentives, #NGO funding priorities, social media algorithms and media cycles. We believed we were acting freely while following paths laid out for us by systems we barely noticed.
By 2017, frustration with this pattern had become sharper "The #fashionistas are making lame excuses not to embrace the #reboot of the #openweb." Too many people who talked endlessly about change continued investing their time, energy and communities into the very #dotcons corporate platforms causing the problem. The excuses changed, but the outcome stayed the same: further enclosure and further dependence.
Then in 2019, the thinking behind the #OMN had become clearer *"The #OMN is a social technology held together by the #4opens that pushes into being a digital commons. What we then do with this liberated space is up to us." This remains the heart of the project.
#OMN has never been about building yet another platform. It is about creating social infrastructure. The technology matters, but only because it enables communities to organise, publish, collaborate and govern themselves.
The #4opens are not simply a development methodology; they are a way of building trust. They create the conditions for commons to grow.
Looking back, I'm pleased that the core direction hasn't really changed. The problem was never simply Facebook, Twitter or Google.The problem was always centralisation. The answer was never another app.The answer was always rebuilding the commons.
The task now is much the same as it was fifteen years ago to stop feeding the #dotcons, compost the failures, nurture the green shoots and continue the long reboot of the #openweb.
Some ideas age badly. Others simply become more urgent.
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2011 was very active around #visionontv, producing/distributing activist video, critiquing mainstream & corporate platforms (especially #Facebook), and exploring open source tools and grassroots media structures. This laid groundwork for the stronger #openweb focus in later years.
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2011 was very active around #visionontv, producing/distributing activist video, critiquing mainstream & corporate platforms (especially #Facebook), and exploring open source tools and grassroots media structures. This laid groundwork for the stronger #openweb focus in later years.
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Tuesday's #DailyBlogroll has all the July goodness from @[email protected], Wilhelm, Tipa, Mailvaltar, Michael, Pixel One, Shintar, Nimgimli, Jamie Zawinski, Tobold, Warner, David and more!
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Tuesday's #DailyBlogroll has all the July goodness from @davew, @wilhelm_arcturus, Mailvaltar, @virtualmoose.org, @WarnerCrocker and more!
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Tuesday's #DailyBlogroll has all the July goodness from @davew, @wilhelm_arcturus, Mailvaltar, @virtualmoose.org, @WarnerCrocker and more!
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#visionOnTV was, and in many ways still is, part of a long-running effort to build alternative, grassroots media distribution on the #openweb.
Launched around 2006, the project set out to create an internet-based distribution channel for alternative news, activist video and independent reporting. Its aim was simple: to help communities publish and share their own stories, rather than relying on corporate media gatekeepers.
The platform aggregated, hosted and promoted reports from grassroots movements, campaign groups and independent journalists, providing coverage of protests, social movements and issues that were ignored or distorted by the mainstream media. Alongside publishing, the project produced original videos, documented activism and helped train people to create their own media.
The original project grew into the wider #OMN (Open Media Network) path, which evolved into a broader approach to decentralised, #4opens media infrastructure. The goal was never simply another website, but a federated network where communities could own and control their own publishing while remaining connected through shared #4opens standards.
Like many activist media projects of its time, #visionOnTV also used the #dotcons to reach wider audiences. Its YouTube channel still exists as an archive of much of this work, preserving years of grassroots reporting and video documentation.
From the beginning, the project explored open standards, peer-to-peer distribution and decentralised publishing as alternatives to corporate-controlled media. More recently there was an attempt to reboot the platform using #PeerTube, continuing this commitment to the #openweb, though the effort faced the familiar challenges of limited resources and volunteer capacity.
The decline of core mission is more than the loss of a website. It represents a loss of activist memory, media history and the living infrastructure needed for communities to tell their own stories. Rebuilding that infrastructure remains a core part of the #OMN path.
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#visionOnTV was, and in many ways still is, part of a long-running effort to build alternative, grassroots media distribution on the #openweb.
Launched around 2006, the project set out to create an internet-based distribution channel for alternative news, activist video and independent reporting. Its aim was simple: to help communities publish and share their own stories, rather than relying on corporate media gatekeepers.
The platform aggregated, hosted and promoted reports from grassroots movements, campaign groups and independent journalists, providing coverage of protests, social movements and issues that were ignored or distorted by the mainstream media. Alongside publishing, the project produced original videos, documented activism and helped train people to create their own media.
The original project grew into the wider #OMN (Open Media Network) path, which evolved into a broader approach to decentralised, #4opens media infrastructure. The goal was never simply another website, but a federated network where communities could own and control their own publishing while remaining connected through shared #4opens standards.
Like many activist media projects of its time, #visionOnTV also used the #dotcons to reach wider audiences. Its YouTube channel still exists as an archive of much of this work, preserving years of grassroots reporting and video documentation.
From the beginning, the project explored open standards, peer-to-peer distribution and decentralised publishing as alternatives to corporate-controlled media. More recently there was an attempt to reboot the platform using #PeerTube, continuing this commitment to the #openweb, though the effort faced the familiar challenges of limited resources and volunteer capacity.
The decline of core mission is more than the loss of a website. It represents a loss of activist memory, media history and the living infrastructure needed for communities to tell their own stories. Rebuilding that infrastructure remains a core part of the #OMN path.
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The #Fediverse could be an interesting time to live through. The #openweb smells, this is a good thing.
We need more food for thought about soft networks vs hard networks. We need digital tools to make this web deeper, we need to make this depth from links not scale.
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The #Fediverse could be an interesting time to live through. The #openweb smells, this is a good thing.
We need more food for thought about soft networks vs hard networks. We need digital tools to make this web deeper, we need to make this depth from links not scale.
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The left/liberal landscape is a wasteland of failure. Decades of compromise, managerial politics and #mainstreaming have left it exhausted.
But even in the rubble, green shoots are emerging. The task isn't to mourn what's failed - it's to nurture what can grow.
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The left/liberal landscape is a wasteland of failure. Decades of compromise, managerial politics and #mainstreaming have left it exhausted.
But even in the rubble, green shoots are emerging. The task isn't to mourn what's failed - it's to nurture what can grow.
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"Wikipedia is in peril.
In a world where trust in truth is crumbling, the grande dame of collective online fact-gathering is under threat on every front.
The MAGA right, with Elon Musk at the fore, is slinging accusations of political bias and antisemitism and has even questioned the site’s nonprofit status. Artificial intelligence is raiding the encyclopedia’s resources and draining attention. Repressive governments have hauled its volunteer editors into penal colonies.In Wikipedia’s 25-year history, it has never had to fight this hard.
The organization that supports the site, the Wikimedia Foundation, is increasing its lobbying budget and advertising in Times Square. It is charging companies like Google and Meta that gobble up the encyclopedia’s 65 million articles, and throttling access for certain scrapers. And it is expanding its human rights team to better protect volunteers against rising harassment, surveillance and retaliation.For an organization that holds neutrality as a cardinal rule, it is a lot of conflict, requiring Wikimedia to go on the offensive — diplomatically, of course.
So it found a diplomat: Bernadette Meehan, 50, became Wikimedia’s chief executive in January, after stints as the U.S. ambassador to Chile and at the Obama Foundation, at the State Department, at the National Security Council and on Wall Street.
In a career full of high-wire acts — helping to negotiate nuclear deals with Iran, facilitating talks with Cuba — being the custodian of one of the world’s 10 most visited websites could be Ms. Meehan’s trickiest task. The trilingual former public servant is the first with her background in the Wikimedia job, succeeding mostly women from fields like law, journalism and Planned Parenthood.
Ms. Meehan will not say Wikipedia is at war — not after she spent much of 2007 in Iraq, in an actual war zone where she witnessed “the supreme cruelty of human beings.”"
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"Wikipedia is in peril.
In a world where trust in truth is crumbling, the grande dame of collective online fact-gathering is under threat on every front.
The MAGA right, with Elon Musk at the fore, is slinging accusations of political bias and antisemitism and has even questioned the site’s nonprofit status. Artificial intelligence is raiding the encyclopedia’s resources and draining attention. Repressive governments have hauled its volunteer editors into penal colonies.In Wikipedia’s 25-year history, it has never had to fight this hard.
The organization that supports the site, the Wikimedia Foundation, is increasing its lobbying budget and advertising in Times Square. It is charging companies like Google and Meta that gobble up the encyclopedia’s 65 million articles, and throttling access for certain scrapers. And it is expanding its human rights team to better protect volunteers against rising harassment, surveillance and retaliation.For an organization that holds neutrality as a cardinal rule, it is a lot of conflict, requiring Wikimedia to go on the offensive — diplomatically, of course.
So it found a diplomat: Bernadette Meehan, 50, became Wikimedia’s chief executive in January, after stints as the U.S. ambassador to Chile and at the Obama Foundation, at the State Department, at the National Security Council and on Wall Street.
In a career full of high-wire acts — helping to negotiate nuclear deals with Iran, facilitating talks with Cuba — being the custodian of one of the world’s 10 most visited websites could be Ms. Meehan’s trickiest task. The trilingual former public servant is the first with her background in the Wikimedia job, succeeding mostly women from fields like law, journalism and Planned Parenthood.
Ms. Meehan will not say Wikipedia is at war — not after she spent much of 2007 in Iraq, in an actual war zone where she witnessed “the supreme cruelty of human beings.”"
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This week, we cover the writing layer of the fediverse: Ghost, WriteFreely, Micro.blog, Plume, WordPress, and Flipboard. Text was ActivityPub's first real workload, but these platforms didn't all arrive at federation the same way.
Ghost: a UK non-profit that funds Fedify (by @hongminhee) the framework its federation is built on. it's a publisher and a fediverse client at once, with an inbox as well as an outbox. Our newsletter is also powered by it, so @index is followable from any Mastodon app right now.
WriteFreely: one primary maintainer, Matt Baer (@matt), roughly 1,400 of 1,900+ commits, going since 2015. Funded by his own hosted product, Write.as.
Micro.blog: a Kickstarter By Manton Reese (@manton) that funded the platform before it had a single user. POSSE, native ActivityPub, and native Bluesky, no bridge.
Plume: a simple platform that also supported collaborative multi-author blogs. But no longer actively developed - it recommends WriteFreely and WordPress instead of itself.
WordPress: built-in ActivityPub (using plugin by Matthias Pfefferle - @pfefferle) plus a native AT Protocol plugin and real moderation tooling.
Flipboard: curating other people's writing rather than hosting its own.
Part 3 of the "Fediverse Beyond Mastodon" series.
#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Ghost #WriteFreely #MicroBlog #WordPress #OpenWeb #Blogging
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This week, we cover the writing layer of the fediverse: Ghost, WriteFreely, Micro.blog, Plume, WordPress, and Flipboard. Text was ActivityPub's first real workload, but these platforms didn't all arrive at federation the same way.
Ghost: a UK non-profit that funds Fedify (by @hongminhee) the framework its federation is built on. it's a publisher and a fediverse client at once, with an inbox as well as an outbox. Our newsletter is also powered by it, so @index is followable from any Mastodon app right now.
WriteFreely: one primary maintainer, Matt Baer (@matt), roughly 1,400 of 1,900+ commits, going since 2015. Funded by his own hosted product, Write.as.
Micro.blog: a Kickstarter By Manton Reese (@manton) that funded the platform before it had a single user. POSSE, native ActivityPub, and native Bluesky, no bridge.
Plume: a simple platform that also supported collaborative multi-author blogs. But no longer actively developed - it recommends WriteFreely and WordPress instead of itself.
WordPress: built-in ActivityPub (using plugin by Matthias Pfefferle - @pfefferle) plus a native AT Protocol plugin and real moderation tooling.
Flipboard: curating other people's writing rather than hosting its own.
Part 3 of the "Fediverse Beyond Mastodon" series.
#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Ghost #WriteFreely #MicroBlog #WordPress #OpenWeb #Blogging
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Eulogies for @belghast keep coming in, but that's not all you'll find in today's #DailyBlogroll from @wilhelm_arcturus, @davew, @nicole, @Blockade85, Luna, @rogeredwards, Bhagpuss, @brennanbrown, @monsterladysdiary.com and more!
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Eulogies for @belghast keep coming in, but that's not all you'll find in today's #DailyBlogroll from @wilhelm_arcturus, @davew, @nicole, @Blockade85, Luna, @rogeredwards, Bhagpuss, @brennanbrown, @monsterladysdiary.com and more!
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There’s an idea on the “fluffy” left that we must be nice to bring people into social change. There’s an idea on the “spiky” left that we need to be sharp and confront power directly to be effective.
Both contain truth. The balance is what matters. The clear failure is spending too much energy on the left fighting itself over this balance instead of focusing outward.
#BLOCKING #stupidindividualism and worship of the #deathcult all feed this internal division - don’t get stuck in it.
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There’s an idea on the “fluffy” left that we must be nice to bring people into social change. There’s an idea on the “spiky” left that we need to be sharp and confront power directly to be effective.
Both contain truth. The balance is what matters. The clear failure is spending too much energy on the left fighting itself over this balance instead of focusing outward.
#BLOCKING #stupidindividualism and worship of the #deathcult all feed this internal division - don’t get stuck in it.
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On the #geekproblem, here's one way to think about it:
This century, code is power. Coders play a role a bit like economists did in the last century - they shape the systems we live in.
But user-facing code only has power if people can and want to use it. Without good #UX, it's just #techchurn waiting to be composted.
Too many of our grassroots geeks still #BLOCK this reality, while #dotcons geeks turn good UX into a tool for serving the #deathcult.
As grassroots #DIY #openweb activists, one of our biggest jobs is to #unblock our geeks.
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On the #geekproblem, here's one way to think about it:
This century, code is power. Coders play a role a bit like economists did in the last century - they shape the systems we live in.
But user-facing code only has power if people can and want to use it. Without good #UX, it's just #techchurn waiting to be composted.
Too many of our grassroots geeks still #BLOCK this reality, while #dotcons geeks turn good UX into a tool for serving the #deathcult.
As grassroots #DIY #openweb activists, one of our biggest jobs is to #unblock our geeks.
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We're living inside a full-blown #blinded ideology: 40 years of #neoliberalism layered onto the liberal consensus. That's a powerful #BLOCK on imagining different futures.
One way to push back is to name today's "common sense" for what it is: worship of the #deathcult.
On the grassroots tech path keep it simple: #openweb vs #closedweb. Use the #4opens to judge and compost #techcrap instead of feeding the #techchurn.
Shared #hashtags are simple organising tools.
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We're living inside a full-blown #blinded ideology: 40 years of #neoliberalism layered onto the liberal consensus. That's a powerful #BLOCK on imagining different futures.
One way to push back is to name today's "common sense" for what it is: worship of the #deathcult.
On the grassroots tech path keep it simple: #openweb vs #closedweb. Use the #4opens to judge and compost #techcrap instead of feeding the #techchurn.
Shared #hashtags are simple organising tools.
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The #Fediverse is an accidental #openweb reboot, largely grown by #fashernistas. It's like herding cats to get anything done - neither good nor bad, just the reality of how it evolved.
One path beyond this mess is #OGB: grassroots, #DIY producer governance.
The other is simply to live (and die) with the mess while trying to stop people bowing to the #deathcult. Keeping the #openweb alive starts there.
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The #Fediverse is an accidental #openweb reboot, largely grown by #fashernistas. It's like herding cats to get anything done - neither good nor bad, just the reality of how it evolved.
One path beyond this mess is #OGB: grassroots, #DIY producer governance.
The other is simply to live (and die) with the mess while trying to stop people bowing to the #deathcult. Keeping the #openweb alive starts there.
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It should surprise no one that #mainstreaming institutions like the #EU struggle to imagine paths beyond the current mess. But they do have power and resources, so even a small shift toward genuinely useful work can have real impact.
The challenge is getting them to look away from the #deathcult long enough to support alternatives, We also have our own #geekproblem to overcome. That's the harder part. Ideas matter, but so do resources.
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It should surprise no one that #mainstreaming institutions like the #EU struggle to imagine paths beyond the current mess. But they do have power and resources, so even a small shift toward genuinely useful work can have real impact.
The challenge is getting them to look away from the #deathcult long enough to support alternatives, We also have our own #geekproblem to overcome. That's the harder part. Ideas matter, but so do resources.
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"In-group vs out-group" game many #fashernistas play to feel a sense of control and belonging. Sometimes it's useful. Too often it becomes #blocking instead of building.
On the #Fediverse, this tribalism creates more heat than light. The interesting question isn't how to pick a side - it's how to grow beyond the behaviour.
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"In-group vs out-group" game many #fashernistas play to feel a sense of control and belonging. Sometimes it's useful. Too often it becomes #blocking instead of building.
On the #Fediverse, this tribalism creates more heat than light. The interesting question isn't how to pick a side - it's how to grow beyond the behaviour.
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Mozilla published a Firefox roadmap outlining upcoming privacy, productivity, AI, and performance features as the browser continues losing market share. 🦊📋
Planned updates include mobile VPN, customizable shortcuts, HDR support, and optional AI tools designed to keep users in control. 🔐⚙️🔗 https://www.techspot.com/news/112803-firefox-has-ambitious-new-roadmap-browser-also-losing.html
#TechNews #Firefox #Mozilla #OpenSource #Privacy #WebBrowser #HDR #FOSS #Browser #Browsers #Performance #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #OpenWeb #Linux #VPN
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Mozilla published a Firefox roadmap outlining upcoming privacy, productivity, AI, and performance features as the browser continues losing market share. 🦊📋
Planned updates include mobile VPN, customizable shortcuts, HDR support, and optional AI tools designed to keep users in control. 🔐⚙️🔗 https://www.techspot.com/news/112803-firefox-has-ambitious-new-roadmap-browser-also-losing.html
#TechNews #Firefox #Mozilla #OpenSource #Privacy #WebBrowser #HDR #FOSS #Browser #Browsers #Performance #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #OpenWeb #Linux #VPN
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Google is testing a webcam-based reCAPTCHA that maps 21 hand landmarks for human verification, though the limited trial was quickly bypassed. ✋📷
Google says recordings are deleted after verification, while privacy questions remain and Private Access Control Tokens are proposed as an alternative. 🔐🌐#TechNews #Google #reCAPTCHA #Privacy #Biometrics #CyberSecurity #WebSecurity #OpenWeb #Technology #Authentication #Browser #AI #DigitalRights #FOSS
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Google is testing a webcam-based reCAPTCHA that maps 21 hand landmarks for human verification, though the limited trial was quickly bypassed. ✋📷
Google says recordings are deleted after verification, while privacy questions remain and Private Access Control Tokens are proposed as an alternative. 🔐🌐#TechNews #Google #reCAPTCHA #Privacy #Biometrics #CyberSecurity #WebSecurity #OpenWeb #Technology #Authentication #Browser #AI #DigitalRights #FOSS
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Which Nature Are We Growing?
Today I was half joke about ducks and geese, but there's something underneath the joke if you lift the lid. After Darwin, many nineteenth-century elitists became fascinated with cataloguing nature. Too often, though, they also saw their own society reflected back at them. Hierarchy, competition, borders and domination weren't simply political arrangements any more, they were presented as "natural laws". Social Darwinism grew out of this way of thinking, using selective readings of nature to […] -
Which Nature Are We Growing?
Today I was half joke about ducks and geese, but there's something underneath the joke if you lift the lid. After Darwin, many nineteenth-century elitists became fascinated with cataloguing nature. Too often, though, they also saw their own society reflected back at them. Hierarchy, competition, borders and domination weren't simply political arrangements any more, they were presented as "natural laws". Social Darwinism grew out of this way of thinking, using selective readings of nature to […] -
Happy Sunday! Today's #DailyBlogroll features stories by Dave Winer, Wilhelm, Cliffski, Joar, Aywren, Wes, Shintar, Warner, Tobold, @[email protected], Thomas, David and more!
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Happy Sunday! Today's #DailyBlogroll features stories by Dave Winer, Wilhelm, Cliffski, Joar, Aywren, Wes, Shintar, Warner, Tobold, @[email protected], Thomas, David and more!
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Happy Sunday! Today's #DailyBlogroll features stories by @davew, @wilhelm_arcturus, Cliffski, @Joar, @Aywren, Wes Fenlon, @WarnerCrocker, @zarfeblong and more!
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Happy Sunday! Today's #DailyBlogroll features stories by @davew, @wilhelm_arcturus, Cliffski, @Joar, @Aywren, Wes Fenlon, @WarnerCrocker, @zarfeblong and more!
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This is a pattern well beyond #Oxfordboaters it’s visible across the #openweb, activist organising, and politics generally. #StupidIndividualism: How We End Up Fighting Over Nothing https://hamishcampbell.com/stupid-individualism-how-we-end-up-fighting-over-nothing/
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This is a pattern well beyond #Oxfordboaters it’s visible across the #openweb, activist organising, and politics generally. #StupidIndividualism: How We End Up Fighting Over Nothing https://hamishcampbell.com/stupid-individualism-how-we-end-up-fighting-over-nothing/
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Stupid Individualism: How We End Up Fighting Over Nothing
One of the biggest problems we face isn't technology, politics or even money. It's #stupidindividualism. By this I don't mean individual freedom, freedom matters. I mean the habit of seeing every issue only through "my" immediate circumstances, with no memory of how we got here and no thought for the wider community. A small example from Oxford boaters illustrates this perfectly. The generator argument - A discussion recently started about extending generator hours beyond the long-standing […]https://hamishcampbell.com/stupid-individualism-how-we-end-up-fighting-over-nothing/
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Stupid Individualism: How We End Up Fighting Over Nothing
One of the biggest problems we face isn't technology, politics or even money. It's #stupidindividualism. By this I don't mean individual freedom, freedom matters. I mean the habit of seeing every issue only through "my" immediate circumstances, with no memory of how we got here and no thought for the wider community. A small example from Oxford boaters illustrates this perfectly. The generator argument - A discussion recently started about extending generator hours beyond the long-standing […]https://hamishcampbell.com/stupid-individualism-how-we-end-up-fighting-over-nothing/
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The #4opens are practical tools for building grassroots collaboration.
Open Data → share knowledge.
Open Source → share code.
Open Standards → make projects work together.
Open Process → build trust through transparency.The result? Less duplicated effort, more interoperability, stronger communities, and shared learning. A common path that helps projects recognise each other, collaborate, and grow outside closed corporate #dotcons platforms.
The #4opens build the trust and shared values we need to create a resilient #openweb.
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The #4opens are practical tools for building grassroots collaboration.
Open Data → share knowledge.
Open Source → share code.
Open Standards → make projects work together.
Open Process → build trust through transparency.The result? Less duplicated effort, more interoperability, stronger communities, and shared learning. A common path that helps projects recognise each other, collaborate, and grow outside closed corporate #dotcons platforms.
The #4opens build the trust and shared values we need to create a resilient #openweb.
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Things are accelerating. From the global lurch toward authoritarianism to deepening #climatechaos, it's understandable to feel overwhelmed.
The answer isn't trying to fix everything. It's staying grounded and building the social and technical infrastructure that can hold the line, nurture trust, and grow what's needed.
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Things are accelerating. From the global lurch toward authoritarianism to deepening #climatechaos, it's understandable to feel overwhelmed.
The answer isn't trying to fix everything. It's staying grounded and building the social and technical infrastructure that can hold the line, nurture trust, and grow what's needed.
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There’s a lot of pointlessness in the world. Open up any space and it tends to flood in.
Meanwhile, what we call “meaning” is often just noise that holds for a moment before it fades.
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There’s a lot of pointlessness in the world. Open up any space and it tends to flood in.
Meanwhile, what we call “meaning” is often just noise that holds for a moment before it fades.
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If you see the political spectrum as a question of social instincts, the right tends towards fear and control, while the left tends towards trust and openness.
Which makes you wonder... where is the "left" in mainstream US politics?
Maybe the debate is happening inside a much narrower space than people like to admit.
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If you see the political spectrum as a question of social instincts, the right tends towards fear and control, while the left tends towards trust and openness.
Which makes you wonder... where is the "left" in mainstream US politics?
Maybe the debate is happening inside a much narrower space than people like to admit.