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chris.whywhatsnext.com
+ indie web presence | - walled gardens + creating art to share | - commodified content + intentional futureshaping | - being tossed by algos + decentralization | - society's eggs in a single basket
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At 37, late to the party, I'm finally participating in public posting. I just remembered: 18 years ago I had a blogspot for 2 months, so to help overcome self-consciousness and mortification, I'll jump into the deep end with this post from a 19-year-old me in 2007: whywhatsnext.com/2025/06/thro...

Untitled Testing my Wordpress->Bluesky/Fediverse pipeline. My main frustration with figuring out how to POSSE has been lack of clear and up-to-date guides. I now greatly appreciate the onboarding UX design of the big platforms. Hoping this works from my own domain without a hitch...😮‍💨 #posse

🎙️ Have you heard Future Knowledge? This new podcast from the Internet Archive and Authors Alliance explores how knowledge is created, shared, and preserved in the digital age. Listen & subscribe ⤵️ Two episodes out now: 🎧 futureknowledge.transistor.fm #internetarchive #podcast

🤣 I am SO RELIEVED that we get such a blatant and clownish example of the latent social dangers of bias-engineered LLMs. I was worried that it would first have global impact in a subtle way before the general population could recognize the threat.

Been bouncing around my head lately: Amend copyright law with #compuright law. The right to copy was mostly a stand-in for 'being able to do something with'. But digital copies are free and unlimited. Digital licensing stepped in to fill some gap. But compuright is next. Is there a 'there' there?

Just a few posts, but I feel deeply seen: blueskyroast.com/roast/chris....