people in power are not supposed to tell you what to care about.
they are only supposed to be given power if they care about what you care about.
trolley problems will exist in this world but, this country is dictated by trollies being allowed to lay their own tracks.
Imagine being a coder but thinking there's no artistry to writing code. What an empty existence
William Gibson: In my book I invented cyberpunk dystopia as a cautionary tale
Tech Companies:
After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X.
This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5)
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
The "ecosystem isn't broken" on X--it's working as intended.
X is a fascist propaganda network because Elon Musk manipulates the algorithm to promote fascist content.
Musk manipulates the algorithm to promote fascist content because he is a fascist.
The game is rigged.
Totally worth stalling out your professional development to create a rentable dependency on this crap.
google doesn't actually sell your data to third parties
(why would they? it's valuable! they're much better off being the broker who lets people target things *based* on that data. there's all sorts of other privacy reasons to be critical of google, but "selling your data" is not one of them)
Left. The right one just looks like a smiley face. The left one suggests it's some kind of device with buttons or knobs (to me at least)
Turns Out That Advertisers Not Wanting To Fund Neo-Nazi-Adjacent Content Isn’t An Antitrust Violation
Remember when Elon Musk told advertisers to "go fuck" themselves and then sued them for the crime of taking his advice? A federal judge has now dismissed that lawsuit — with prejudice — confirming…
yes on account of i cannot imagine a purchasing process which does not necessitate 10000 open tabs
if giving up and letting AI corpo slop infest an entire creative medium is to "man up" then ig I'll continue to woman down
this is a choice, just don't use it, it's literally that easy
www.pcgamer.com/games/action...
Graph showing renewables overtaking fossil fuels
For when someone tells you everything is irredeemably broken - tell them that the EU produced more electricity with renewables in 2025 that from fossil fuels. And the trend is accelerating (especially after the current oil / gas price disasters).
📣 @gpscongreso.bsky.social y @movimientosumar.es quieren blindar legalmente el secreto en los precios de los medicamentos colándolo en una ley sobre discapacidad.
La maniobra ha quedado expuesta y ya hemos avisado por carta formal a diputadas y diputados de las comisiones implicadas.
👀 🧵 ⬇️
A cassette tape from CGDC 1989 labeled "The Golden Days of Computer Games."
New collection announcement: We're live at GDC... 1989!
We've digitized 21 hours of talks from the third ever Computer Game Developers' Conference, now available for free in our digital library 🔊
gamehistory.org/cgdc-1989-ta...
If the computer is a prosthetic (and it is) then this means we legitimately have to be careful about what software we run, because we are deciding what to make part of our selves, part of our minds
i still think the response to this should not be "giving up" but dramatically changing media consumption habits to prioritize irl and collective sources with physical proximity + high trust
in case you've never seen it, this is Roger Ebert on The Mummy
Nice to see @doctorow.pluralistic.net joining the party. With a did:web at that! (Of course it's a did:web we'd all be disappointed if it wasn't)
pluralistic.net/2026/03/05/e...
Mandatory :
with covert surveillance tech like glasses and doorbells you gotta be thinking "if someone picked up their physical camera and took this picture right now would i smash it out of their hands?" every single second
We are a few thousand subscribers away from being a bigger print newspaper than the Washington Post.
We are a mere flurry away from humiliating one of the two Big Space Perverts.
Ask not how a Space Pervert can dominate you. Ask how you can dominate a Space Pervert.
Subscribe below.
I feel duty bound to link you to this www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea7p...
cant.stop.laughing
Tenemos una ley de secretos oficiales que viene del franquismo. Derogarla tendría el consenso de la cámara. Lo pide especialmente el PNV. Bueno, pues descalificamos el 23F sin tocar la norma. Es un resumen perfecto de un PSOE que pretende mover un gobierno con el freno de mano puesto.
Bluesky has not failed--it's literally just a website.
The left, the progressive movement, and American civil society have failed to organize a boycott of the neo-Nazi propaganda website that's central to political media. That's not on Bluesky.
With alt text because people who need screen readers should still be able to access this gem
