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Ian Brown 👨🏻‍💻<p>“Almost everything being done by <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> will weaken the <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> in its rivalry with <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>. This rivalry can and must be managed… I, for one, desperately want the core values of <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> of opinion, <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democratic</span></a> politics, the rule of <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> and <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/openness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openness</span></a> to the world as a whole to survive.” <a href="https://on.ft.com/4kLwmet" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">on.ft.com/4kLwmet</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Rohini Lakshané<p>I intended to use the copy of the gazette to maintain references on several articles on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wikipedia</span></a> that had suffered link rot.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archiving</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openness</span></a></p>
Rohini Lakshané<p>Thread: TIL that Indian central and state gazettes are archived by PublicResource.org at <a href="https://archive.org/details/gazetteofindia" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/gazetteofi</span><span class="invisible">ndia</span></a>. </p><p>This is an invaluable reference considering that copies of the gazette are either not available online or there are several issues with accessing them.</p><p>In 2013, I tried to get CDs of the Maharashtra Gazette because of problems with its website including copies of the gazette just having disappeared or turning gibberish. I have quite a story to tell.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archiving</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openness</span></a></p>
Jan R. Boehnke<p>Very interesting keynote by Mirjam Stieger<br>If we have this as a goal, "Can Digital Interventions Change Our Personality?"</p><p>Explanation of conceptual framework<br><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40359-018-0257-9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">link.springer.com/article/10.1</span><span class="invisible">186/s40359-018-0257-9</span></a></p><p>Self-selecting increasing conscientious or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Openness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Openness</span></a> to experience<br><a href="https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1002/per.2267" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/</span><span class="invisible">10.1002/per.2267</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SingleGroup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleGroup</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RCT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RCT</span></a> on self-selected <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Big5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Big5</span></a> change<br><a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2017548118" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas</span><span class="invisible">.2017548118</span></a><br>with 12month follow up:<br><a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jopy.12898" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/fu</span><span class="invisible">ll/10.1111/jopy.12898</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hslu_luzern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hslu_luzern</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UniBern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UniBern</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://gaysex.cloud/@sodiboo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sodiboo</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://possum.city/@tauon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tauon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://transfem.social/@puppygirlhornypost2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>puppygirlhornypost2</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://possum.city/@silly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>silly</span></a></span> I don't think it's much of a <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a>"</em> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a> but rather that the few devices and OS versions in circulation, alongside everyone from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/jailbreaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jailbreaker</span></a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a> (espechally <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>govware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>developers</span></a>) want to crack it open result in way more personnel <em>and</em> money behind it.</p><ul><li>OFC the fact that the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> experience is worse from that POV is the lack of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/repairability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repairability</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/openness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openness</span></a> that would make shit work. Most cheap <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/phones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phones</span></a> are done with even cheaper <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SoC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoC</span></a>'s by manufacturers who can't be assed (or frankly don't give a shit at all!) when it comes to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/mainline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mainline</span></a> support. (I mean, you've seen the video where <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@SexyCyborg" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SexyCyborg</span></a></span> demanded a vendor to give her the sourcecode as per <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv2</span></a> for her device?)</li></ul><p>Granted <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GrapheneOS</span></a></span> does limit their support to devices that can comply with their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> standards.</p><ul><li>The issues are mostly caused by <em>hostile app developers</em> that specifically decided to <em>knee-jerk</em> their users / customers for no good reason.</li></ul><p>I do wish for both vendors like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fairphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fairphone</span></a> to up their game <em>and</em> regulators like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> to actually push for more <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/openness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openness</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LongTermSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LongTermSupport</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartphones</span></a>, because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ManufacturedEwaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ManufacturedEwaste</span></a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SOYES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SOYES</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WiKo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WiKo</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Unihertz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unihertz</span></a> and others that ship <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/outdated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>outdated</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AndroidDevices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AndroidDevices</span></a> <em>and</em> never even a <em>single update</em> are a major problem!</p><ul><li>I don't blame projects like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@LineageOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>LineageOS</span></a></span> that they can't cover <em>every device &amp; SoC</em> even tho they propably have the widest compatibility, I just think that there needs to be <em>pressure</em> that manufacturers don't just vomit stuff on the market and let customers frustratingly figure out the rest.</li></ul><p>I do have to give <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> credit where it is due, and that is that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a> does have consistency and accessibility nailed down very well. Something that they obviously are able being the <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BenevolentDictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BenevolentDictator</span></a>"</em> of a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleVendor</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleProvider</span></a> - platform. </p><ul><li>Obviously since they are the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/vendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vendor</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a> and the sole [<em>"legitimate"</em> / <em>official</em>] <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/distributor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distributor</span></a> for any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apps</span></a> they do OFC cross-finance their relatively long <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>support</span></a> with their 15-30% cut from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/App" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>App</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sales</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InAppPurchase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InAppPurchase</span></a>|s they charge, which is why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AndroidPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AndroidPhones</span></a> suffer the <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3DO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3DO</span></a> syndrome"</em>: Needing to charge more since they only get to make money once with hardware sales and not after that, so there's no incentive for them to give a shit beyond <em>"brand value"</em> to care. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Samsing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Samsing</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Fairphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fairphone</span></a> and very few others do, but most don't as they close the books on the product once launched and sold out (<em>angrily stares at Unihertz</em>)...</li></ul><p>Maybe one day the folks at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@frameworkcomputer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>frameworkcomputer</span></a></span> acquire Fairphone and decide to bring the same modularity to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartphones</span></a> and get something done that makes it easy to maintain long-term and that even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GrapheneOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GrapheneOS</span></a> are willing to support.</p><ul><li>Until then the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a> is ruining everything as usual...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://possum.city/@tauon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tauon</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://gaysex.cloud/@sodiboo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sodiboo</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://possum.city/@silly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>silly</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://transfem.social/@puppygirlhornypost2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>puppygirlhornypost2</span></a></span> I don't deny them to be cool.</p><ul><li>Some people may say that the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Openness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Openness</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> is why there isn't as much pressure to innovate there than on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a>!</li></ul>
Xamanismo Coletivo<p>"The feeling is one of loss of the world. As if the world were fading, as if there were less of it. This can seem paradoxical, especially considering the brutal, horrifying wars taking place right now, which, with all their death and suffering, seem like an <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/overload" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>overload</span></a> of reality, but they come here as images; they are <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/twodimensional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twodimensional</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/manipulable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manipulable</span></a>, and they arrive in the midst of a flood of other images. Within me, there exists a feeling that what I see, I control, and that I in a way have an overarching perspective on it. All the images I’ve seen of places I’ve never been, people I’ve never met create a kind of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/pseudomemory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudomemory</span></a> from a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/pseudoworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoworld</span></a> that I don’t participate in. The images arrive already complete; there is no communication between them and myself, no reciprocal exchange. So as much as we like to say that the world is opening up to us, since we can see every part of it, we can also say that the world is <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/closing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>closing</span></a> itself off—in all its <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/openness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openness</span></a>."</p>
Graham Perrin<p>Exit, stage left: X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>10th January 2025: <a href="https://www.uni-weimar.de/en/university/news/bauhausjournal-online/titel/universities-and-research-institutions-leave-platform-x-formerly-twitter-united-for-diversity-fr/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">uni-weimar.de/en/university/ne</span><span class="invisible">ws/bauhausjournal-online/titel/universities-and-research-institutions-leave-platform-x-formerly-twitter-united-for-diversity-fr/</span></a></p><p>"Universities and research institutions leave Platform X (formerly Twitter): United for diversity, freedom and science</p><p>"Over 60 German-speaking universities and research institutions have decided to take a stand and collectively announce their decision to cease activities on Platform X (formerly Twitter). This withdrawal comes in response to the platform's current direction, which is incompatible with the core values of the participating institutions: openness to the world, scientific integrity, transparency, and democratic discourse. …"</p><p>23rd January: <a href="https://www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-universities-2025-1-university-of-leeds-first-russell-group-institution-to-quit-x/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">researchprofessionalnews.com/r</span><span class="invisible">r-news-uk-universities-2025-1-university-of-leeds-first-russell-group-institution-to-quit-x/</span></a></p><p>"Leeds becomes first Russell Group university to quit X … Elon Musk’s social media site “no longer aligns with our university values” …"</p><p>27th April: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/grahamperrin_university-of-brighton-university-of-sussex-activity-7322162293465649152-t2-R" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">linkedin.com/posts/grahamperri</span><span class="invisible">n_university-of-brighton-university-of-sussex-activity-7322162293465649152-t2-R</span></a></p><p>"University of Brighton, University of Sussex, and other like-minded institutions should – now – be at the UK forefront of what began in Germany. … Now. Do the right thing. Please."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/integrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>integrity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/discourse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discourse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/openness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>universities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Leeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Leeds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Deutschland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Deutschland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/X" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>X</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a></p>
Ecologia Digital<p>"There’s a certain dark irony in watching tech <a href="https://mato.social/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> who built their empires on the “democratizing power of technology” now actively working to dismantle <a href="https://mato.social/tags/democraticinstitutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democraticinstitutions</span></a>. The same figures who once championed <a href="https://mato.social/tags/connection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>connection</span></a> and <a href="https://mato.social/tags/openness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openness</span></a> are now the architects of the most dangerous centralization of power in modern history."</p><p><a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/17/the-de-in-decentralization-stands-for-democracy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">techdirt.com/2025/04/17/the-de</span><span class="invisible">-in-decentralization-stands-for-democracy/</span></a></p>
h o ʍ l e t t<p>→ They wanted to save us from a dark AI future. Then six people were <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/killed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>killed</span></a><br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global/ng-interactive/2025/mar/05/zizians-artificial-intelligence" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/global/ng-inte</span><span class="invisible">ractive/2025/mar/05/zizians-artificial-intelligence</span></a></p><p>“Rationalists had considerable <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/openness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openness</span></a> to new experiences, but sometimes poor discipline or <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/judgment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judgment</span></a>, and could embody the old joke about being so open-minded that one’s brain falls out […]”</p><p>“It goes without saying that the <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>-risk and <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/rationalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rationalist</span></a> communities are not morally responsible for the <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Zizians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zizians</span></a> any more than any <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/movement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>movement</span></a> is accountable for a deranged fringe.”</p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>future</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/brain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>brain</span></a></p>
-0--1-<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@CardcaptorRLH85" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>CardcaptorRLH85</span></a></span> I just saw your <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OCEAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OCEAN</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BIG5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BIG5</span></a> profile. My <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Openness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Openness</span></a> score was 100% my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Neuroticism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neuroticism</span></a> was %10. I asked a good friend who actually evaluated <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronauts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronauts</span></a> for psych fitness and market research for consumer packaged goods what that meant. His response, "You probably won't be eating at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Friendlys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Friendlys</span></a>" Lololol.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://jorts.horse/@kobilacroix" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kobilacroix</span></a></span> also <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> is used as a means to identify espionage and manipulation attempts and enable quicjer fixing if security issues.</p><ul><li>And that works not only for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a>, but <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenPGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenPGP</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSSL</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenSSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSSH</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenVPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenVPN</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a>, ...</li></ul><p>In fact, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a>'s security is based upon <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/openness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openness</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/KISSprinciple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KISSprinciple</span></a>'d design.</p><ul><li>Not to mention <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> is really frustrating the U.S. Govt. (espechally IRS) <em>because it is <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FLOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLOSS</span></a></em> and with basically <em>billions in value</em> locked in, every cryptographer of every major state and non-state actor is trying to exploit it.</li></ul><p>That's the strenght of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a>:</p><ul><li>With every commit and every line if cide beibg public, noone can get away with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Govware</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Backdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Backdoors</span></a> ob most stuff as they do constantly with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CCSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CCSS</span></a>!</li></ul><p>Cuz you can be shure everytime someone from NSA, CIA, GAFAMs, Huawei, etc. even commits a single line to <code>linux</code> or requests a merge there are countless people <em>literally waiting to find a reason to say no</em> and evidence it's a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/backdoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>backdoor</span></a> of some kind.</p>
si_irini<p>Prejudices,<br>reservations,<br>are something simply negative</p><p>They limit oneself,<br>one's views,<br>one's world view,<br>his openness,<br>often in a very strong way</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>world</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/love" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>love</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/betterworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>betterworld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/positive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>positive</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>“Competition and openness, not centralization, drive innovation.”<br>—Lina Khan<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/openness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openness</span></a></p>
si_irini<p>An open, diverse society<br>can learn every day<br>and benefit from it</p><p>Why we are drifting in the opposite direction<br>and so many support it with their heart and soul<br>is a real mystery to me</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YouWinAgainSi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouWinAgainSi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>world</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openness</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tolerance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tolerance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/betterworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>betterworld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discussion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/life" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>life</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>nixCraft</span></a></span> The problem is that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mozillaofficial" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mozillaofficial</span></a></span> refuses to acknowledge that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> and it's promise of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/openness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openness</span></a> is their <em>"core <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/product" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>product</span></a>"</em> and that many people, including myself, will <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/divest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>divest</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/boycott" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boycott</span></a> any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/donations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>donations</span></a> to them until they apologize and undo the harm they pushed with <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>"</em> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> - based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enshittification</span></a>. </p><ul><li>And if that means we'll have the same situation as with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenOffice</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solaris</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ZFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZFS</span></a>, (where <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oracle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oracle</span></a> basically <em>"mobbed"</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>developers</span></a> into <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/forking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forking</span></a>-off into <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@libreoffice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>libreoffice</span></a></span>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illumos</span></a> and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@openzfs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>openzfs</span></a></span> ), then so be it.</li></ul><p>In fact, I hope <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> gets handed over to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a> becomes the new <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Upstream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Upstream</span></a>!</p>
Industriebotaniker<p>With <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Prusa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prusa</span></a> turning from <a href="https://social.coop/tags/openness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openness</span></a> with its new Core One model and other cases, there is a need to discuss alternative models to cultivate and sustain <a href="https://social.coop/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> hardware. Although promising approaches exist already, it might be vital to identify the necessary patterns of <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Commoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commoning</span></a>. Read my thoughts here: <a href="https://blog.opensourceecology.de/en/2024/12/why-tech-commons-die/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.opensourceecology.de/en/2</span><span class="invisible">024/12/why-tech-commons-die/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/OpenHardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenHardware</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/CommunitySupportedIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommunitySupportedIndustry</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodontech.de/@OSEGermany" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OSEGermany</span></a></span> cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@GOSH" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GOSH</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@stargirl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stargirl</span></a></span></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:re: WordPress Drama, Mullenweg, Open Source

I was a huge fan of @mozilla@mozilla.social and #Firefox for years – to me, they always stood for #openness, #privacy, and a free #internet.

But ever since Laura Chambers took over, it feels like Mozilla is completely losing its way.
🤔

Instead of focusing on the
#browser, they’re starting projects that have little to do with their core mission. Commercial partnerships are on the rise, and now they’re even shutting down their own #Mastodon instance. That was the perfect opportunity to push #decentralization and openness in the #Fediverse. 🌐

#Firefox used to be my go-to recommendation for privacy – but sadly, I can’t say that anymore. 😕

💬 Do you have any recommendations for a #browser on #macOS and #iOS that focuses on privacy, syncs easily, and is still customizable?

@ShaulaEvans

„Findings: Those who always wore masks were significantly higher in #Compassion for others and significantly lower in sadism compared to those who did not always wear #Masks. Those who always #SociallyDistanced (compared to those who did not) were significantly higher in #Openness, compassion for others, and #Conscientiousness. Those who hoarded were significantly lower in #Agreeableness than those who did not hoard.“

#Covid19 #SarsCov2
#CovidIsNotOver