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@cubicgarden.eurosky.social
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New podcast from the making the familiar strange, a podcast about intimacy and relationships. The stories we tell ourselves with
@jessicasymons.bsky.social
and
@cubicgarden.mas.to.ap.brid.gy
redcircle.com/shows/95190f...
podcast.datingmanifesto.cc
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Making the familiar strange podcast
A podcast exploring modern relationships, intimacy, loneliness & love
https://podcast.datingmanifesto.cc/
5 days ago
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Brian Merchant
5 days ago
NPR has a 'Word of the Week' series, and this week it's LUDDITE I spoke with Emma Bowman about who they really were and about the new luddites organizing against big tech + AI A fun one and, since it's airing on All Things Considered, maybe the biggest-audience luddite rehabilitation effort yet
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Get with the times — here's what a 'Luddite' means today
It's often a derogatory term used to describe digital dinosaurs and technophobes. That wasn't always the case. NPR's Word of the Week looks back at the not so backwards-looking Luddites.
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/19/nx-s1-5853589/luddite-meaning-history-ai
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Ian Forrester | @cubicgarden
10 days ago
Ok!,you know it's serious when you can pre-order Club Mate a month ahead! 🤣🤣🤣 #emf2026 By the way, I will be mixing live on the
#pacemakerdevice
#emf2026
and giving a talk (not at the same time) You might like to check out my peertube mixes -
https://rankett.net/c/webmixgarden/videos
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Tᴏɴʏ Cʜᴜʀɴsɪᴅᴇ
about 1 month ago
Wow. At the exact same time as we were awarded Silver at the ARIAs last night we also picked up SIX Golds at the New York Festivals Radio Awards for… Comedy Gold, Sound Art Gold, Editing Gold We just finished series 16 of The Skewer if you haven’t heard it yet…
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
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I feel one step closer to Europe...again... 🇪🇺 Goodbye
@bsky.app
Hello
@eurosky.social
and
@blackskyweb.xyz
10 days ago
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Think its time to move off
#bluesky
, heading to
#eurosky
and
#blacksky
10 days ago
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Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂
13 days ago
Prerequisite: In order to build for community, you should first have at least one. By the people, for the people. Who the people? We The People ✊🏾
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Open Rights Group
11 days ago
Public money should be spent on public code that benefits us all. We call for Digital Sovereignty with open source tech, so we can switch providers without changing systems. End the
#BigTechRipOff
that keeps us dependent and out of pocket. Tell your MP ➡️
action.openrightsgroup.org/tell-your-mp...
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#Techgrumps
3.41: The KadasElons of AI
rss.com/podcasts/tec...
Recorded just after coming back from
#pubconf26
With
@wendyg.bsky.social
@rnalexander.bsky.social
and
@eastmad.bsky.social
Should have added more about the
@publicspaces.net
but I did include European Social Stack -
european.social
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Techgrumps 3.41: The KadasElons of AI | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Techgrumps 3.41AI roundupAI elites don't get ithttps://www.404media.co/podcast-elites-just-dont-get-ai/ Mathematicians worrieshttps://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/mathematicians-warn-of-ai-thre...
https://rss.com/podcasts/techgrumps/2903708
13 days ago
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Anuj Ahooja
17 days ago
🗣️🗣️🗣️ THE OPEN SOCIAL WEB IS THE LONG GAME If we win, it'll be for the next generations. Sit with that thought, move accordingly.
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Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂
21 days ago
chat, I'm on a 3rd panel. The People vs. AI 💪🏾 "Come and swing by for food, drinks and a talk about how we can assist the government to make more inclusive AI systems from the beginning. And answer the true question: Is AI really necessary?"
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Laurens
21 days ago
a first look at the
@ec.europa.eu
new Tech Sovereignty Plan, which says that the EC will continue to use Mastodon, but is low on ambition for sovereign social networking infrastructure otherwise and all the rest of the fediverse news of the last month
connectedplaces.online/reports/fr16...
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FR#165 – Fediverse News May 2026
On overview of all the news in the fediverse for the last month.
https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fr165-fediverse-news-for-may-2026/
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
21 days ago
EFF is on the front lines of the fight against tech-enabled tyranny, but we aren't alone. Our team depends on your help to fight back against the surveillance state.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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We're Fighting Mass Surveillance Tech—and Winning
People around the world are pushing back against the mass surveillance that undermines privacy and free expression for everyone. You can help during EFF's spring membership drive.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/get-flock-out-here
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Laurens
21 days ago
lets gooo baby, the
@ec.europa.eu
published the Europe Tech Sovereignty plan today, and we're doing Web 4.0! Europe is leading the future of the internet! Its a whole number up from everyone's beloved web 3.0! 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺
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Viktor Pankraz
28 days ago
@elenarossini.com
writes about W Social. I also enjoyed her first article on that topic. Highly recommended read if you are interested in all things social media, EU and trust. This is journalism like it should be.
blog.elenarossini.com/the-untold-s...
#socialmedia
#eu
#wsocial
#ageverification
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The Untold Story About W Social: Unconventional Beginnings, Strategic Pitches and Conflicting Signals
A deep dive into the origin story of W Social, an analysis of the strategic arguments they have been using to appeal to government officials, media companies and advertisers... and the discussion of c...
https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-untold-story-about-w-social-unconventional-beginnings-strategic-pitches-conflicting-signals/
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#techgrumps
3.40 is now available for your listening pleasure... With the voices and grumpiness of
@rnalexander.bsky.social
@wendyg.bsky.social
@eastmad.bsky.social
From Zuckerberg's AI twin to plugin solar Its all in techgrumps 3.40 - Teletubbies vision of judge dredd
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Techgrumps 3.40AI round upAll BirdsSam Altman vs Elon Musk over OpenAIMocking Richard Dawkins:https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/05/richard-dawkins-ai-consciousness-anthropic-claude-opena...
https://rss.com/podcasts/techgrumps/2818077/
about 1 month ago
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Making the
#familiarstrange
#podcast
is now on
#Applepodcasts
, Well worth listening to the last 2 episodes which are with
@rnalexander.bsky.social
and studiojuliajanssen
podcasters.apple.com/support/5570...
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Get started with Apple Podcasts
Learn key information and helpful insights on getting started with your own podcast.
https://podcasters.apple.com/support/5570-get-started-with-apple-podcasts
about 2 months ago
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Robin Berjon
about 2 months ago
What's remarkable about this analysis is how well it applies to other leaders who are hapless in the same way in this time. How come, and how can we put an end to this stupidity?
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#Techgrumps
3.39 - Mythos only for the elite New techgrumps podcast is available with
@rnalexander.bsky.social
@wendyg.bsky.social
@eastmad82.bsky.social
@mskakapo.bsky.social
and
@cubicgarden.com
rss.com/podcasts/tec...
Available where ever you get podcasts! Picture not real / AI generated!
2 months ago
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Have you thought about your digital legacy? Death is inevitable, yet most of us are woefully unprepared. Using the local, open and secure first methodologies, we will present the start of a project called machine readable wishes.
talks.oggcamp.org/oggcamp-2026...
#oggcamp
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Have you thought about your digital legacy? OggCamp 2026
Death is inevitable, yet most of us are woefully unprepared. Using the local, open and secure first methodologies, we will present the start of a project called machine readable wishes. The project pr...
https://talks.oggcamp.org/oggcamp-2026/talk/RDYAEP/
2 months ago
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Open Rights Group
2 months ago
The UK is in a toxic relationship. Hooking up our digital infrastructure to the proprietary systems of a few tech companies based abroad has left us over-charged and vulnerable to external threats. ORG calls on the government to put in place a UK Digital Sovereignty strategy based on open source.
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MPs, campaigners warn UK dependence on US tech firms is becoming a national security risk
Digital rights campaigners and MPs have warned that the UK’s heavy reliance on a small group of mainly US technology companies represents an economic, security ...
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2026/government/mps-campaigners-warn-uk-dependence-on-us-tech-firms-is-becoming-a-national-security-risk?itc=refresh
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I'm pretty sure I saw somewhere
@rude1.blacksky.team
and/or the
#blacksky
team talk about blacksky cash? or something about working on monetisation/monetization in
#ATproto
? Am I looking under the wrong rug or do I dream it? 😅 Considering how
#interledger
could work in the wider Fediverse
3 months ago
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Devin Gaffney
3 months ago
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Flipboard
3 months ago
Coming soon,
@skylight.social
’s
@buildwithtori.com
talks about building new ways for people to experience and navigate the social web, and Mastodon CEO
@mellifluousbox.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
discusses where the fediverse platform is headed.
about.flipboard.com/inside-flipb...
#DotSocial
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Dot Social Is Back
Today we’re launching the third season of Dot Social. Over the course of eight interviews, Flipboard founder and CEO Mike McCue invites guests to share the open social projects they’re working on, obs...
https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/dot-social-is-back/
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Tori
3 months ago
Thanks for having me on
@mmccue.bsky.social
! It was a pleasure ☺️ Huge shout out to
@flipboard.com
for platforming Open Social voices! If you’re looking for an incredible podcast catalog that deep dives into Open Social, I can’t recommend the Dot Social podcast more! 🙌🏽
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Open Rights Group
3 months ago
An LA Court's ruling on Meta and Google exposes the real causes of online harms. Engagement-driven design and data-fuelled advertising business models put people at risk. Yet the UK government's approach to online safety has focussed on keeping kids out and locking adults in to toxic platforms.
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Meta and YouTube designed addictive products that harmed young people, jury finds
Jury in Los Angeles awards plaintiff damages of $6m, with Meta to pay 70% and YouTube the remainder
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/mar/25/jury-verdict-us-first-social-media-addiction-trial-meta-youtube
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Open Rights Group
3 months ago
TOMORROW 🔔 Come along to our London meet-up. We’ll be on hand to chat about our latest projects and get to know each other. 🗓️ Wednesday 25 March 🕡️ 6:30–10pm GMT 📍 Newspeak House, E2 7DG Sign up now ⬇️
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ORG London Meet-up
Join us in London to get the latest on our campaigns on the Migrant Digital Rights Programme and our calls to reform the ICO.
https://www.openrightsgroup.org/events/org-london-meet-up-3/
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
3 months ago
The UK is moving forward with its efforts to ban social media for young people. Ahead of today's House of Lords debate on the topic, we’re getting you situated with a primer on what’s been happening and what it all means.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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UK Politicians Continue to Miss the Point in Latest Social Media Ban
The UK is moving forward with its efforts to ban social media for young people. Ahead of this week’s House of Lords debate on the topic, we’re getting you situated with a primer on what’s been
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/uk-politicians-continue-miss-point-latest-social-media-ban-proposal
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3 months ago
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Cortlandt Winters
3 months ago
I bought my remote ticket to
#ATmosphereConf
- join me online March 2026
atmosphereconf.org
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ATmosphereConf 2026
ATmosphereConf is the global atproto community conference. Join us in Vancouver, Canada, March 26th - 29th, 2026.
https://atmosphereconf.org
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Ian | Founder & Firestarter
3 months ago
Making the familiar strange podcast is back for episode 4 with special guest
@juliajanssen.bsky.social
-
studiojuliajanssen.com
Ep4 -
redcircle.com/shows/95190f...
Me, Jessica & Julia discuss the sorry state of data, privacy & intimacy within dating apps, services, business models & touch on
#ai
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