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There is no Black Friday - Brett Scott on cultural malware (www.asomo.co)
As the open social web grows, a new nonprofit looks to expand the 'fediverse' (techcrunch.com)
A new project launching today aims to capitalize on the momentum seen within the fediverse, also known as the open social web, which describes interconnected social networking services powered by the ActivityPub protocol. Co-founded by the co-author and current editor of ActivityPub, Evan Prodromou, a new nonprofit organization...
Hezbollah says Israel dropping leaflets with 'very dangerous' barcodes in Lebanon. (therealnews.com)
Israel's pager attack in Lebanon will blow back: Western tech can't be trusted anymore (youtu.be)
Leaked emails reveal how Africa became ‘primary target’ of anti-LGBTIQ actors. (www.opendemocracy.net)
Amazon, Tesla and Meta among world’s top companies undermining democracy – report (www.theguardian.com)
Some of the world’s largest companies have been accused of undermining democracy across the world by financially backing far-right political movements, funding and exacerbating the climate crisis, and violating trade union rights and human rights in a report published on Monday by the International Trade Union Confederation...
TIL it’s the right of women of all ages to go topless wherever men can in the states of Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas and Oklahoma, including all their cities. (www.nbcnews.com)
Why office workers could soon be filmed all day at their desks (metro.co.uk)
Cloudflare's new marketplace will let websites charge AI bots for scraping (techcrunch.com)
TIL of the Great Auk, a northern hemisphere species similar to penguins that was hunt to extinction. Penguins are named after them. (en.m.wikipedia.org)
The great auk (Pinguinus impennis), also known as the Penguin or gare-fowl, is a species of flightless alcid that became extinct in the mid-19th century. It was the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus. It is unrelated to the Penguins of the southern hemisphere, which were named so after their resemblance to the northern...
Exclusive: US to propose ban on Chinese software, hardware in connected vehicles, sources say (www.reuters.com)
WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department is expected on Monday to propose prohibiting Chinese software and hardware in connected and autonomous vehicles on American roads due to national security concerns, two sources told Reuters....
Working on a FOSS tool to convert raw work time data into a clean report for your boss or client. Any interest? (lemmy.sdf.org)
It’s almost done (it would take one or two weeks to clean it up for FOSS release). It’s a CLI tool. It works great for my use case, but I’m wondering if there’s any interest in a tool like this....
TIL about Haitian Independence Debt (en.m.wikipedia.org)
The Haitian independence debt involves an 1825 agreement between Haiti and France that included France demanding an indemnity of 150 million francs in five annual payments of 30 million to be paid by Haiti in claims over property – including Haitian slaves – that was lost through the Haitian Revolution in return for...
Linus Torvalds muses about maintainer gray hairs and the next 'King of Linux' (www.zdnet.com)
In a candid keynote chat at the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit Europe, Linux creator Linus Torvalds shared his thoughts on kernel development, the integration of Rust, and the future of open source.
Turning Everyday Gadgets into Bombs is a Bad Idea (www.bunniestudios.com)
TIL that this cartoonish piranha catching technique actually works (i.imgur.com)
Tho I must admit that I would never get that close to the surface with my bare hands while doing this.
Israel submits legal challenge to ICC warrants, arguing it should investigate itself (www.middleeasteye.net)
Maven Imported 1.12 Million Fediverse Posts (wedistribute.org)
Maven, a new social network backed by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, found itself in a controversy today when it imported a huge amount of posts and profiles from the Fediverse, and then ran AI analysis to alter the content.