November 17, 2022
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🏞️ Revisiting the public commons
“The collision of Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter with the November elections brings a renewed sense of urgency to how we think about our shared digital public…”
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What Do We Lose If We Lose Twitter?
“When Elon Musk bought Twitter, the suggestion that he might run the platform into the ground was, for many, including me , a shorthand. Many supposed that Musk…”
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Elon Musk lays out options for remaining Twitter employees: click “yes” or you’re done
“In an email early Wednesday morning, billionaire Twitter owner Elon Musk gave the remaining employees at the company an ultimatum. They can stay and sign on to…”
November 15, 2022
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Elon Musk’s Twitter Train Wreck Has Global Implications
“Credit…Muhammed Selim Korkutata/Anadolu Agency, via Getty Images With the benefit of ample hindsight, it has come to feel inevitable that Twitter would turn…”
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The real reasons young straight men aren’t having sex
“People are having sex at historic lows. This is true across nearly every demographic , regardless of gender or age. But it’s the sexual realities of the 30ish,…”
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“photo cred: my dad Some scientists get their ideas while beholding the wonders of the cosmos. Some scientists get their ideas while cutting their way through…”
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“Quick programming notes: NormConf is a real, free conference and it is happening on December 15 . See you there! Second, I recently had the distinct privilege…”
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A Theory of Sprawling Holidays
“Many of the people who read this newsletter the most are those who haven’t yet converted to a paid subscription. If that’s you, and you have the means, consider…”
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iPhone 14 Pro Camera Review: A Small Step, A Huge Leap – Lux
“When the iPhone was first introduced, it packed in quite a few innovations. At a now-legendary keynote , Steve Jobs announced that Apple was launching a…”
November 13, 2022
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“Let’s start with the hot take: I think in the next few weeks, Twitter is going to suffer a major outage, one that might take the site down for a few hours, or…”
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Twitter’s imminent collapse could wipe out vast records of recent human history
“Almost from the time the first tweet was posted in 2006, Twitter has played an important role in world events. The platform has been used to record everything…”
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“This article is a stub . You can help the IndieWeb wiki by expanding it . Longevity is the goal of keeping your data as future-friendly and future-proof as…”
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“Mark Zuckerberg once called Twitter a clown car that fell into a gold mine. Now there is a new clown behind the wheel, and the gold’s all gone. Twitter has long…”
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On Running a Mastodon Instance
“Together with a friend , I’m running the Mastodon/Fediverse instance chaos.social . We’ve been at it for nearly five years now, and I feel like it’s time to…”
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“Dear Reader, Since there’s a good chance that you -like me- are involved in web development and/or have a special interest in technology, I want you to play…”
November 12, 2022
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Notes from a data witch – Everything I know about Mastodon
“Hello there fellow data science person. Have you heard rumours that a lot of folks from our community are moving to use mastodon for social networking? Are you…”
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Trump, Musk and Kanye Are Twitter Poisoned
“Credit…Sargam Gupta I encountered Donald Trump a few times in the pre-social media era, and he struck me as someone who was in on his own joke. He no longer…”
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The future exists now: Bringing William Gibson’s The Peripheral to television
“Enlarge / Louis Herthum plays drug baron Corbell Pickett. Prime Video “Gibson would say his job is not to predict the future, although he really does anyway,”…”
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Making your own Mastodon server in 10 steps | Grow Your Own Services
“As part of creating the Grow Your Own Services site, I set up my own Mastodon server through a managed hosting service , and have written an article about the…”
November 11, 2022
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Musk and the three ways his acquisition of Twitter shows a remarkable approach to legal risk
“11th November 2022 The acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk is fascinating – at least to watch from the outside. * I am not an American lawyer, and I have not…”
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Another major ad agency recommends pausing Twitter ad campaigns
“Omnicom, one of the world’s biggest ad firms, representing brands like McDonald’s, Apple, and PepsiCo, is recommending clients pause spending on Twitter,…”
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Two Weeks of Chaos: Inside Elon Musk’s Takeover of Twitter
“On Oct. 28, hours after completing his $44 billion buyout of Twitter the night before, Mr. Musk gathered several human-resource executives in a “war room” in…”
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Inside Elon Musk’s first meeting with Twitter employees
“With barely 20 minutes’ notice, Elon Musk gathered Twitter employees on Thursday to address them directly for the first time. During a nearly one-hour Q&A…”
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Mastodon Is “Antiviral” Design
“The new social software is subtly designed to reduce the huge, viral surges of attention we see on Twitter Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash Back in 2017 I…”
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Twitter Users Have Caused a Mastodon Meltdown
“Fosstodon is an online community where people chat about open source tech. They talk about VR and tech gear, but they also post pictures of changing autumn…”
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Home invasion – Mastodon’s Eternal September begins
“Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded. Yogi Berra, et al Well, it looks like it’s finally happened. As news sites began reporting that Elon Musk had…”
November 10, 2022
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“Legal Issues from the something-to-look-into dept Thu, Nov 10th 2022 10:00am – Yesterday I tweeted out a question about whether or not there was anyone left at…”
November 8, 2022
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Here’s how a Twitter engineer says it will break in the coming weeks
“On November 4, just hours after Elon Musk fired half of the 7,500 employees previously working at Twitter, some people began to see small signs that something…”
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Twitter Rival Mastodon’s Founder Has a Vision for Democratizing Social Media
“(To receive weekly emails of conversations with the world’s top CEOs and business decisionmakers, click here .) As Twitter changed hands at the end of October,…”
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“After nearly a year of speculation, it will finally be our fault if Wordle is harder. Starting Nov. 7, Wordle will have a dedicated editor, just as the…”