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Metin Seven 🎨<p>🔍 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚙</p><p>𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘣𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰…</p><p><a href="https://www.searchenginemap.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">searchenginemap.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://graphics.social/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>search</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/SearchEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SearchEngine</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/online" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>online</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/tip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tip</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/tips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tips</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/FediTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediTips</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/MastoTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoTips</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statistics</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knowledge</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a></p>
Metin Seven 🎨<p>🌐 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐞𝐛 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐬</p><p><a href="https://eylenburg.github.io/browser_comparison.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eylenburg.github.io/browser_co</span><span class="invisible">mparison.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://graphics.social/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/browsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>browsers</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/online" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>online</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/tip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tip</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/tips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tips</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/FediTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediTips</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/MastoTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoTips</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macOS</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/statistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statistics</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knowledge</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chrome</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firefox</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Smears, Sadism &amp; Social Security</p><p>Why <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> wants to make seniors suffer<br><a href="https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/smears-sadism-and-social-security" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paulkrugman.substack.com/p/sme</span><span class="invisible">ars-sadism-and-social-security</span></a></p><p>"Under [Musk's] plan, beneficiaries would still be able to call the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SSA</span></a>. But they would have to verify their identity either over the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> or through in-person visits to field offices.</p><p>Bear in mind that we’re talking about older and/or disabled <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a>, many of whom are unable to access the internet &amp; physically unable to visit SSA offices"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Elon Musk’s Starlink Takes Over the White House</p><p>The world’s richest man now has control over the internet at the White House.<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/192855/elon-musk-white-house-starlink-internet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/192855/el</span><span class="invisible">on-musk-white-house-starlink-internet</span></a></p><p>"numerous <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conflicts</span></a> of interest &amp; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> issues. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> already collects billions of dollars through his <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> contracts, &amp; controls <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a>. If <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> employees are using the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> service, he could have access to their <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a>... questions as to how secure Starlink’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/network" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>network</span></a> is."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admn officials said the company donated the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> Counsel’s Office.<br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/elon-musk-starlink-white-house.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/elon-musk-starlink-white-house.html</span></a></p><p>" <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>... controls Starlink...</p><p>the White House “was aware of DOGE’s intentions...” and that it “did not consider this matter a security incident or <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> breach.”</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Outgoing Commerce Official Shreds Elon Musk’s Starlink in Final Email</p><p>An official working on broadband expansion brutally condemned <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>.<br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/192819/commerce-official-elon-musk-starlink" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/192819/co</span><span class="invisible">mmerce-official-elon-musk-starlink</span></a></p><p>" <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> intends to get rich at the expense of rural <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a>...</p><p>“Stranding all or part of rural <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> with worse <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> so that we can make the world’s richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington,” Feinman wrote"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1924471/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1924471/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Bay Area prosecutors reach $1.3 million settlement with telecom provider over environmental violations <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"nine of the top ten <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/online" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>online</span></a> shows are right-leaning...</p><p>right-leaning online shows have amassed nearly 481 million <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/followers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>followers</span></a> across platforms — almost five times more than the 104 million followers for left-leaning shows...</p><p>the result of a deliberate, well-funded <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/strategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strategy</span></a> to colonize the digital <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> landscape with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> voices...</p><p>right-wing personalities are frequently backed by <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a> money"<br><a href="https://www.readtpa.com/p/media-matters-report-on-conservative" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">readtpa.com/p/media-matters-re</span><span class="invisible">port-on-conservative</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@codinghorror" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>codinghorror</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tomkahe.com/@trending_bot" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>trending_bot</span></a></span> Related, longer-term thought, in case it interests you: getting <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@letsencrypt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>letsencrypt</span></a></span> to work with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.privacytools.io/@opennic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>opennic</span></a></span> would put us on a path to set domain names free from the commercial system (after which we could try to get the EU to force browsers to support OpenNIC natively).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/114173316981178689" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.ar.al/@aral/114173316</span><span class="invisible">981178689</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/OpenNIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenNIC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/LetsEncrypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LetsEncrypt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/freeTheDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freeTheDomain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/domainNames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>domainNames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>identity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/decentralisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralisation</span></a></p>
Mark A. Rayner<p>This is exactly how the Internet got us. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/pirates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pirates</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/clowns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clowns</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/apes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apes</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/celebrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>celebrity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a></p>
Alexander Goeres 𒀯well, this nails it, .... :-)<br><br><blockquote>The fact that CEOs overestimate the size of this market is easy to understand, since "CEO" is the most laptop job of all laptop jobs. Having a chatbot summarize the boss's email is the 2025 equivalent of the 2000s gag about the boss whose secretary printed out the boss's email and put it in his in-tray so he could go over it with a red pen and then dictate his reply.</blockquote><br><br>#<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=computer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">computer</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=internet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">internet</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=CoryDoctorow" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CoryDoctorow</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=ai" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ai</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=ki" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ki</a><br><br> <a href="https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a><span><a href="https://mamot.fr/users/pluralistic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cory Doctorow</a> schrieb den folgenden <a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/114182210518403480" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Beitrag</a> <span class="">Tue, 18 Mar 2025 08:17:44 +0100</span></span> <br>Today's threads (a thread)<br><br>Inside: AI can't do your job; and more!<br><br>Archived at: <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/18/asbestos-in-the-walls/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/18/asbestos-in-the-walls/</a><br><br><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/Pluralistic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pluralistic</a><br><br>1/
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>From elsewhere on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a>...</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…It was…unclear if <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a> communications were <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/encrypted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>encrypted</span></a>. At a minimum, the system allows for a network separate from existing WH servers that people on the grounds are able to use, keeping that data separate.</p><p>“It’s super rare” to install Starlink or another <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> provider as a replacement for existing govt <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> that has been vetted &amp; secured, said Jake Williams, a VP for R&amp;D at Hunter Strategy, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> consultancy. “I can’t think of a time that I have heard of that.”</p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Top broadband official exits Commerce Dept with sharp <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> warning</p><p>“Stranding all or part of rural <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> with worse internet so that we can make the world’s richest man even richer is yet another in a long line of betrayals by Washington,” Evan Feinman warned.<br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/16/official-exits-commerce-department-musk-warning-00232278" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/03/16/o</span><span class="invisible">fficial-exits-commerce-department-musk-warning-00232278</span></a></p><p>" <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration is poised to unduly enrich <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> ’s satellite <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> company w/money for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/rural" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rural</span></a> broadband.</p><p>The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> offered by <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Starlink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starlink</span></a>, Musk’s company, is inferior"</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
Pete Prodoehl 🍕<p>I did a search for something, found no definitive answer, so I wrote up a blog post that has the definitive answer (well, it worked for me) so that in the future others do not need to suffer as I have suffered...</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://rasterweb.net/raster/2025/03/16/warning-att-u-verse-tv-stop-working/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">rasterweb.net/raster/2025/03/1</span><span class="invisible">6/warning-att-u-verse-tv-stop-working/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/att" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>att</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/uverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/router" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>router</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@zbrando" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>zbrando</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://appdot.net/@morrick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>morrick</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@ueeu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ueeu</span></a></span> You’re not wrong.</p><p>But, looking ahead, we can do so much better than the commercial domain name system.</p><p>Commercial domain names are a gold standard example of artificial scarcity. A domain name registrar cost next to nothing to operate. It’s tiny rows of text in a database. It could easily be free to own your own domain name – a huge part of what constitutes identity – on the Internet.</p><p>In fact, a non-commercial service has been operational for 24 years. It would be trivial to regulate that browsers in the EU implement support for it and work together with, say, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@letsencrypt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>letsencrypt</span></a></span> to ensure it can handle TLS.</p><p>That would be an amazing addition to the commons and a future-proof way forward that we could lead on with next to no investment.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/domainNames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>domainNames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/DNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/openNic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openNic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/LetsEncrypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LetsEncrypt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/commons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/ICAAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICAAN</span></a></p>
Technology | The Guardian US<p>‘Deeply uncomfortable’: UK Starlink users switch off over Musk’s political machinations <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/16/deeply-uncomfortable-uk-starlink-users-switch-off-over-musks-political-machinations" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/mar/16/deeply-uncomfortable-uk-starlink-users-switch-off-over-musks-political-machinations</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Broadband" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Broadband</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/UKnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKnews</span></a></p>
Piggleston Pecanpants<p>If you have a Yahoo account you consent to your emails being accessed by Yahoo's AI and third party AI. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Yahoo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yahoo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a></p>
wendinoakland :bc:<p>Some days the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> is like lingering in the best cafe, or the most interesting pub. I don’t necessarily engage but always read and learn. It’s not perfect here, but so far it’s the best interwebs environment I’ve found. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/happy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>happy</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/safeSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>safeSpace</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a></p>
Science | The Guardian<p>Free online virtual reality tool helps people tackle public speaking nerves <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/15/online-vr-tool-virtual-reality-public-speaking-nerves-anxiety" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/mar/15/online-vr-tool-virtual-reality-public-speaking-nerves-anxiety</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Virtualreality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Virtualreality</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Onlinelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Onlinelearning</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anxiety</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Society</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a></p>