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<p>Let&#x27;s Encrypt is 10 years old today! <br>Let&#x27;s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority brought to you by the nonprofit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG). Huge thanks to everyone involved in making HTTPS available to everyone for free </p><p><a href="https://letsencrypt.org/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>letsencrypt.org/</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/security/" rel="tag">#security</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/encryption/" rel="tag">#encryption</a> <a href="/tags/https/" rel="tag">#https</a> <a href="/tags/letsencrypt/" rel="tag">#letsencrypt</a> <a href="/tags/isrg/" rel="tag">#ISRG</a></p>

<p>Little Bits: Issue <a href="/tags/30/" rel="tag">#30</a> For October 2025</p><p>An important message about the threat of losing software freedom, what you can do about it and over a hundred and fifty new little bits to uncover.</p><p>Please boost to spread awareness.</p><p><a href="https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/little-bits-issue-30/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.adamsdesk.com/posts/little-bits-issue-30/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.adamsdesk.com/posts/little</span><span class="invisible">-bits-issue-30/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/freesoftware/" rel="tag">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#OpenSource</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/linkdump/" rel="tag">#LinkDump</a></p>

<p>I Love Free Software Day: Celebrate and Appreciate</p><p>Learn about the free software movement and when it all started on this day of celebration and gratitude for I Love Free Software Day!</p><p>📣 Lets spread the love by giving a boost!</p><p><a href="https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/i-love-free-software-day-celebrate-appreciate/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.adamsdesk.com/posts/i-love-free-software-day-celebrate-appreciate/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.adamsdesk.com/posts/i-love</span><span class="invisible">-free-software-day-celebrate-appreciate/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kev" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>kev</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@mike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mike</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@joel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joel</span></a></span> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@carrotcypher" rel="nofollow">@carrotcypher</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@grueproof" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>grueproof</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@lulu_powerful" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lulu_powerful</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ru" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ru</span></a></span> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@wholesomedonut" rel="nofollow">@wholesomedonut</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://nixnet.social/users/amolith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>amolith</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://hostux.social/@fsf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fsf</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fsfe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fsfe</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/ilovefs/" rel="tag">#Ilovefs</a> <a href="/tags/ilovefreesoftware/" rel="tag">#ILoveFreeSoftware</a><br><a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#OpenSource</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="/tags/software/" rel="tag">#software</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a></p>

I wonder if there&#x27;s a psychological price that a web developer has to overcome to make a non-trivial web page with no pop-ups of any kind. It seems like a compulsion.<br><br>At least in the way I use computers as a low vision person, pop-ups are extraordinarily anti-accessibility. Yes, even tooltips and alt-hovertext, depending on how they&#x27;re done. Some websites are close to unusable because of these things.<br><br><a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/dev/" rel="tag">#dev</a> <a href="/tags/web/" rel="tag">#web</a> <a href="/tags/darkpatterns/" rel="tag">#DarkPatterns</a> <a href="/tags/accessibility/" rel="tag">#accessibility</a><br>

<p>🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.14 👩‍🚀 </p><p>“A new way to describe the Fediverse and its opposition to Big Tech”</p><p><a href="https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-new-way-to-describe-the-fediverse-and-its-opposition-to-big-tech/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.elenarossini.com/a-new-way-to-describe-the-fediverse-and-its-opposition-to-big-tech/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.elenarossini.com/a-new-wa</span><span class="invisible">y-to-describe-the-fediverse-and-its-opposition-to-big-tech/</span></a></p><p>I think I may have finally found a way to explain the Fediverse and make it appealing to people not familiar with it - a very Italian, highly accessible way to frame it, via an analogy that anyone could understand.</p><p><a href="/tags/thefutureisfederated/" rel="tag">#TheFutureIsFederated</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#activism</a> <a href="/tags/bigtech/" rel="tag">#BigTech</a> <a href="/tags/bigfood/" rel="tag">#BigFood</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/neilpostman/" rel="tag">#NeilPostman</a> <a href="/tags/healthylifestyle/" rel="tag">#healthylifestyle</a></p>

<p><a href="https://cse.umn.edu/cbi/just-code-just-published" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="cse.umn.edu/cbi/just-code-just-published"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cse.umn.edu/cbi/just-code-just</span><span class="invisible">-published</span></a></p><p>Just Code, just published!!! Open Access of full book is now freely available, see link above. OA made possible with an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant to CBI! Am so honored to partner w Con &amp; work alongside 19 stellar, fellow interdisciplinary authors on this book! Full ToC in replies!</p><p>On mastodon <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@histoftech" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histoftech</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@scritic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>scritic</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@mysdick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mysdick</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@dylanmulvin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dylanmulvin</span></a></span> </p><p>@histodon <br><span class="h-card"><a href="https://sciences.social/@commodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>commodon</span></a></span> <br>@anthropology <br>@sociology <br>@politicalscience <br>@computerscience </p><p><a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/sociology/" rel="tag">#sociology</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a></p>

<p>Updated: Custom Keyboard Company WASD Keyboards Goes Defunct?</p><p>Can keyboard enthusiasts find answers to the questions we all have been wondering, has WASD Keyboards company gone out of business or was it acquired?</p><p>➡️ See update at the end of the post.</p><p><a href="https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/wasd-keyboards-defunct/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.adamsdesk.com/posts/wasd-keyboards-defunct/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.adamsdesk.com/posts/wasd-k</span><span class="invisible">eyboards-defunct/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/opinion/" rel="tag">#opinion</a> <a href="/tags/keyboard/" rel="tag">#keyboard</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a></p>

<p>Frankly, it’s depressing how one billionaire can fuck up the night sky for the rest of humanity and our collective ability to try to understand more about the universe.</p><p>The new generation of Starlink satellites create even more interference than the old ones.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4dnr8zemgo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4dnr8zemgo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4d</span><span class="invisible">nr8zemgo</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/space/" rel="tag">#space</a> <a href="/tags/starlink/" rel="tag">#starlink</a> <a href="/tags/spacex/" rel="tag">#spacex</a> <a href="/tags/elonmusk/" rel="tag">#elonmusk</a></p>

<p>Promo&#x27;d my Substack yesterday w <a href="/tags/youtube/" rel="tag">#YouTube</a> link. Oops. Now Real One</p><p><a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#DonaldTrump</a> wants a military parade to feel adequate. Sorry, Don, no d*k measuring in democracy. David Shuster&#x27;s fab video on Trumper Denialism. NYT Pitchbot on Maureen Dowd &amp; Signalgate 2. READ (SUB!) to our NEW Blue Amp Substack! </p><p><a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-161966209" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="substack.com/home/post/p-161966209"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/home/post/p-16196</span><span class="invisible">6209</span></a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/poliltics/" rel="tag">#poliltics</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#musk</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/stockmarket/" rel="tag">#stockmarket</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a></p>

<p>TL;DR: Around 300 employees from Google&#x27;s DeepMind in London are pushing to unionize with the Communication Workers Union, expressing dissatisfaction with the company&#x27;s reversal on its AI usage pledge regarding weapons and surveillance. <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/26/googles-deepmind-uk-team-reportedly-seeks-to-unionize/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="techcrunch.com/2025/04/26/googles-deepmind-uk-team-reportedly-seeks-to-unionize/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/04/26/goog</span><span class="invisible">les-deepmind-uk-team-reportedly-seeks-to-unionize/</span></a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/legaltech/" rel="tag">#legaltech</a> ⚖️ 🤖 <a href="/tags/autosum/" rel="tag">#autosum</a></p>

I was using git in the terminal just now and copy-pasted what I thought was a filename. I ended up issuing<br><br>git diff Taco Carne Asada<br><br>and was told<br><br>fatal: ambiguous argument &#x27;Taco&#x27;<br><br>😢<br><br><a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/dev/" rel="tag">#dev</a> <a href="/tags/software/" rel="tag">#software</a> <a href="/tags/git/" rel="tag">#git</a> <a href="/tags/danger/" rel="tag">#danger</a><br>

<p>&quot;On 30 April 1993 CERN issued a public statement stating that the three components of Web software (the basic line-mode client, the basic server and the library of common code) were put in the Public Domain [...]&quot;</p><p><a href="https://home.cern/science/computing/birth-web/licensing-web" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="home.cern/science/computing/birth-web/licensing-web"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">home.cern/science/computing/bi</span><span class="invisible">rth-web/licensing-web</span></a></p><p><a href="https://cds.cern.ch/record/1164399/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>cds.cern.ch/record/1164399/</a></p><p>Full text: <a href="https://genius.com/Cern-statement-concerning-cern-w-3-software-release-into-public-domain-annotated" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="genius.com/Cern-statement-concerning-cern-w-3-software-release-into-public-domain-annotated"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">genius.com/Cern-statement-conc</span><span class="invisible">erning-cern-w-3-software-release-into-public-domain-annotated</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/otd/" rel="tag">#OTD</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/theweb/" rel="tag">#TheWeb</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/computers/" rel="tag">#computers</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#PublicDomain</a></p>

<p>A New Partnership is Formed with Keychron</p><p>Adamsdesk expands with a new partnership that provides further options of showing support while curing just about any keyboard enthusiasts desires.</p><p><a href="https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/partnership-keychron/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.adamsdesk.com/posts/partnership-keychron/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.adamsdesk.com/posts/partne</span><span class="invisible">rship-keychron/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/keyboard/" rel="tag">#keyboard</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a></p>

<p>Adamsdesk Receives Haul of Donated Retro Electronics</p><p>Travel along with me exploring the donated retro electronics haul treasures of the past and help to figure out ideas to repurpose all this equipment.</p><p><a href="https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/retro-electronics-haul/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.adamsdesk.com/posts/retro-electronics-haul/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.adamsdesk.com/posts/retro-</span><span class="invisible">electronics-haul/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/retro/" rel="tag">#retro</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a></p>

<p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/blueamp/p/sit-abc-news-sit-good-dog?r=j0lyx&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="open.substack.com/pub/blueamp/p/sit-abc-news-sit-good-dog?r=j0lyx&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/blueamp/</span><span class="invisible">p/sit-abc-news-sit-good-dog?r=j0lyx&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a><br>NEW SUBSTACK (Check it out/Subscribe!): A moment that defines our time. From Trump’s aggressive lying to the lack of pushback/weakness from Terry Moran &amp; ABC’s corporate entanglements.</p><p>Also: David Shuster video (Hilarious!). NYT Pitchbot (Hilarious!). <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#china</a> <a href="/tags/tariffs/" rel="tag">#tariffs</a> <a href="/tags/stockmarket/" rel="tag">#stockmarket</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/nato/" rel="tag">#nato</a></p>

Judge Mehta&#x27;s decision in the Google antitrust case is so bad I think he should be prevented from working in the law in any capacity. He just threw off his clear responsibilities and let an illegal monopoly maintain its illegal monopoly and continue harming everyone, based on &quot;reasoning&quot; that a child could debunk. It&#x27;s embarrassing, it&#x27;s cowardly, it&#x27;s self-contradictory, it&#x27;s lawless, it violates precedent, and it will harm countless people and businesses in the tech sector. A staggering achievement really. It even violates Supreme Court precedent, which dictates that judges must apply remedies that end illegal monopolies (and, I believe, confiscate the illegal gains, though I am less clear on whether that&#x27;s Supreme Court precedent).<br><br>Here&#x27;s an except from <a href="https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/a-judge-lets-google-get-away-with" rel="nofollow">a post</a> on Matt Stoller&#x27;s BIG newsletter, which is very good on the subject of antitrust:<br><p>The last meaningful reference point for an antitrust remedy is the Microsoft case. In that one, the break-up was overturned, and a weak interoperability mandate was imposed. But the real penalty to Microsoft was embarrassment and fear within the executive suite; no longer would the company crush its rivals, from then on, lawyers would cautiously oversee product design. That’s not ideal, Microsoft should have just been broken up and set free to compete. But a chastened leadership did have the effect of not killing the next generation of companies, who ended up creating Web 2.0. That’s deterrence, which is one goal of antitrust remedies.<br><br>This remedy, by contrast, is obviously going to fail. And the main reason is that, unlike Microsoft, Google’s leadership is utterly unchastened. Google CEO Sundar Pichai and chief legal officer Kent Walker will get bonuses for what they did. They see this conflict as one in which they fought bitterly, and kept at it, and shredded documents, and the result was… victory. They will have no compunction continuing to engage in unlawful behavior. After all, what’s the worst that could happen? Would a rival or the government really go before a weak judge who doesn’t want conflict, and convince him to act? I don’t think so. In other words, this decision isn’t just bad, it’s virtually a statement that crime pays.<br></p>(emphasis mine)<br><br>Stoller recently wrote a post titled &quot;Why Is Google Still in One Piece? The Terminating a Monopoly Problem&quot; with the subtitle: &quot;Google has lost three separate antitrust cases, and more are on the way. Why does this company still exist in one piece? It shouldn&#x27;t, but we&#x27;re still dealing with the hangover of the 1990s.&quot;<br><br>The problems with the tech sector go all the way to the tippy top.<br><br><a href="/tags/google/" rel="tag">#Google</a> <a href="/tags/monopoly/" rel="tag">#monopoly</a> <a href="/tags/illegalmonopoly/" rel="tag">#IllegalMonopoly</a> <a href="/tags/antitrust/" rel="tag">#antitrust</a> <a href="/tags/dev/" rel="tag">#dev</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/gemini/" rel="tag">#Gemini</a> <a href="/tags/android/" rel="tag">#android</a> <a href="/tags/chrome/" rel="tag">#Chrome</a><br>

<p>没有理由但好讨厌近年来流行起来的干个啥都“新王登基”这个 term……新出个耳机测评也新王登基解说个攀岩比赛也新王登基……真的就这么喜欢君主制吗 <img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/douchi.space/mtfront_roll_eyes_stark.png" class="emoji" alt=":mtfront_roll_eyes_stark:" title=":mtfront_roll_eyes_stark:"> </p><p><a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a></p>

&quot;Cloud&quot; is an appropriate metaphor for that kind of computing. From a distance it can appear solid. Up close, it&#x27;s a fog, with nothing clear and with none of the apparent solidity visible.<br><br><a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/dev/" rel="tag">#dev</a> <a href="/tags/cloud/" rel="tag">#cloud</a> <a href="/tags/cloudcomputing/" rel="tag">#CloudComputing</a><br>

<p>Little Bits: Issue <a href="/tags/24/" rel="tag">#24</a> For April 2025</p><p>A reminder to believe in your own abilities in order to achieve endless possibilities by taking inspiration from those that achieved the impossible.</p><p><a href="https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/little-bits-issue-24/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.adamsdesk.com/posts/little-bits-issue-24/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.adamsdesk.com/posts/little</span><span class="invisible">-bits-issue-24/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#OpenSource</a> <a href="/tags/freesoftware/" rel="tag">#FreeSoftware</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/linkdump/" rel="tag">#LinkDump</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#MAGA</a> Republicans &amp; Their Billionaires Are WHY <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#America</a> Isn&#x27;t The Greatest Nation--Not Even Close </p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/blueamp/p/maga-republicans-and-their-billionaires?r=j0lyx&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="open.substack.com/pub/blueamp/p/maga-republicans-and-their-billionaires?r=j0lyx&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/blueamp/</span><span class="invisible">p/maga-republicans-and-their-billionaires?r=j0lyx&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#writing</a> <a href="/tags/substack/" rel="tag">#substack</a> <a href="/tags/video/" rel="tag">#video</a> <a href="/tags/podcast/" rel="tag">#podcast</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/stockmarket/" rel="tag">#stockmarket</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/europe/" rel="tag">#europe</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#china</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/musk/" rel="tag">#musk</a></p>

<p>🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.9 👩‍🚀</p><p>The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 4: Lemmy, PieFed &amp; Mbin)</p><p><a href="https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-4-lemmy-piefed-mbin/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-4-lemmy-piefed-mbin/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.elenarossini.com/the-futu</span><span class="invisible">re-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-4-lemmy-piefed-mbin/</span></a></p><p>with shout-outs to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.uno/@informapirata" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>informapirata</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@Bro666" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Bro666</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dansup" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dansup</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@phanpy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>phanpy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@fedidb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fedidb</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@vjprema" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vjprema</span></a></span> @neblem <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FediTips</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/thefutureisfederated/" rel="tag">#TheFutureIsFederated</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/activism/" rel="tag">#activism</a> <a href="/tags/bigtech/" rel="tag">#bigtech</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/threadiverse/" rel="tag">#threadiverse</a> <a href="/tags/mbin/" rel="tag">#mbin</a> <a href="/tags/kbin/" rel="tag">#kbin</a> <a href="/tags/piefed/" rel="tag">#piefed</a> <a href="/tags/lemmy/" rel="tag">#lemmy</a> <a href="/tags/reddit/" rel="tag">#reddit</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#activitypub</a></p>

Downdetector wants to issue a cloudlfare challenge, but cannot because of the current cloudflare outage. Instead of letting me through or supplying a useful error message, this is what it says. As if I, and my ad blocker, are to blame.<br><br><br>Screenshot reads:<br><br>downdetector.com<br>Please unblock challenges.cloudflare.com to proceed.<br><br><a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/dev/" rel="tag">#dev</a> <a href="/tags/web/" rel="tag">#web</a> <a href="/tags/darkpatterns/" rel="tag">#DarkPatterns</a> <a href="/tags/downdetector/" rel="tag">#DownDetector</a> <a href="/tags/cloudflare/" rel="tag">#cloudflare</a> <a href="/tags/cloudflareoutage/" rel="tag">#CloudflareOutage</a> <a href="/tags/everythingisbroken/" rel="tag">#EverythingIsBroken</a><br>

<p>&quot;We won 3 Supreme Court seats Tuesday. We won the Bucks County, PA, DA&#x27;s race. No biggie, Dems have won it before. In 1891.</p><p>So went PA, which Fetterman betrayed days later. Fetterman&#x27;s the guy you thought was when you first looked at him<br><a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/schumer-and-eight-senate-democratic" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/schumer-and-eight-senate-democratic"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/schumer-and-e</span><span class="invisible">ight-senate-democratic</span></a> <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#trump</a> <a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politiics/" rel="tag">#politiics</a> <a href="/tags/shutdown/" rel="tag">#shutdown</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/democrats/" rel="tag">#democrats</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/snap/" rel="tag">#snap</a> <a href="/tags/healthcare/" rel="tag">#healthcare</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a></p>

<p>NEW SUBSTACK: Go Read The Rest Don&#x27;t Forget To SUBSCRIBE: <a href="https://www.blueamp.co/p/end-stage-democracy-has-a-mascot" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.blueamp.co/p/end-stage-democracy-has-a-mascot"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.blueamp.co/p/end-stage-dem</span><span class="invisible">ocracy-has-a-mascot</span></a> </p><p>&quot;And now, we’ve arrived at the logical conclusion of all this—Eric <a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a>, the barking embodiment of dumb-son nepotism. A laughable lout with inherited intellectual necrosis and the empathy of a Terminator wrapped in designer smugness.</p><p>In Eric we have the heir to a <a href="/tags/political/" rel="tag">#political</a> dynasty so corrupt it saddens Tammany Hall, b/c they’re not here to stand and clap. A guy whose gums allow you to shelter-in-place during EF4 tornadoes. Whose existence makes it so when you say the “the dumb Trump son,” you’re somehow not talking about Don Jr.&quot; </p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/politics/" rel="tag">#politics</a> <a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/media/" rel="tag">#media</a> <a href="/tags/press/" rel="tag">#press</a> <a href="/tags/washington/" rel="tag">#washington</a> <a href="/tags/maga/" rel="tag">#maga</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/us/" rel="tag">#us</a> <a href="/tags/unitedstates/" rel="tag">#unitedstates</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/russia/" rel="tag">#russia</a> <a href="/tags/ukraine/" rel="tag">#ukraine</a> <a href="/tags/china/" rel="tag">#china</a> <a href="/tags/eu/" rel="tag">#eu</a> <a href="/tags/tv/" rel="tag">#tv</a></p>

<p>TL;DR: Elton John and Dua Lipa lead a group of 400 artists warning that AI poses a significant threat to creative industries, appealing for protective measures from political leaders. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c071elp1rv1o" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.bbc.com/news/articles/c071elp1rv1o"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.bbc.com/news/articles/c071</span><span class="invisible">elp1rv1o</span></a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/legaltech/" rel="tag">#legaltech</a> ⚖️ 🤖 <a href="/tags/autosum/" rel="tag">#autosum</a></p>