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Building the dream

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Americans are in denial about the implications here because they wish it wasn't happening. But this is the behavior of a dictator. It's the sort of thing that warrants secession or revolution. The Republic is over the second federal funding is withheld pending a governor's personal apology.

submitted 27 days ago • 100 comments

Does the FBI freeze funds because the EPA doesn't like the law it is obligated to execute? That is some twisted law enforcement techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/f...

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Why Bluesky is far more transformative than recognized, and how it can provide a base to #FreeOurFeeds (@freeourfeeds.com). Excellent, short, very accessible intro, with @robin.berjon.com.

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

It reminded me of how much I miss him. youtu.be/UOTAdvc1MJM?...

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research. I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.

submitted 85 days ago • 825 comments

One major problem with every city outside New York is that no one has a sense of urgency

submitted 86 days ago • 42 comments

As 1st to use the phrase "Free our Feeds" & Twitter hashtag #FreeOurFeeds, it's gratifying to see launch of the Free Our Feeds Foundation to embark on a major step toward that vision. Here brief notes on a long view of how we got here, & why it's promising. 🧵 ucm.teleshuttle.com/2025/01/free...

submitted 91 days ago • 1 comment

I was playing with Grok 2. I wanted to see what it could do. I asked it to create a meme it thought could go viral, giving Trump a hard time for not keeping his promise to cut grocery prices. It was ok. Then I asked it to go dark. It’s response wasn’t what I expected lol youtu.be/f9fxeNNguzY?...

submitted 123 days ago • 565 comments

Shout out to the top 5 skies in the world, pie in the, reach for the, excuse me while I kiss the, Lucy in the, and Blue.

submitted 142 days ago • 197 comments

thought it would be fun to flesh this out and do a bit of a thread on data federation discussing some of the roles in the upcoming federated network & comparing atproto to some of the alternative protocols such as ActivityPub & nostr (long 🧵 incoming)

submitted 580 days ago • 8 comments

"You're overreacting," they said. "If you want an abortion you can just travel to another state," they said...

submitted 596 days ago • 17 comments