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ben.werd.social.ap.brid.gy
I lead technology at ProPublica and write speculative fiction. This is a personal account. Every day, I write about tech, democracy, and society at https://werd.io […] [bridged from https://werd.social/@ben on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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@taoish I enjoyed it then too!
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@EllenJS I'm on the up but still pretty bad! Nothing long-form coming from me for a little while.
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@vees Thanks! The wild thing is that they're now saying it's safe. I feel like I drank a bottle of whisky last night. (I did not.) Drinking lots of water and hanging out by the shore.
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@taoish That is surprisingly reasonable!
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@natematias YES! I loved it!
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@octothorpe Do you know, I have never ever read a Le Carré. I should.
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@taoish ????!!!!!
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@EllenJS @molly0xfff Yes! POSSE actually comes from the #indieweb community: https://indieweb.org/posse
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In the same way that I think every American should read The Jakarta Method, every American should see this. (They cover some of the same ground.) A really important history of imperialism and control.
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@evan Trustworthy access permissions are a big deal. Particularly given our current context.
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@evan I would! Friends and family would be neat. I don't have a great way to do that on my website though.