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 Or listen where ever you get your podcasts...

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

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#emf2026and giving a talk (not at the same time) You might like to check out my peertube mixes - https://rankett.net/c/webmixgarden/videos

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...

I feel one step closer to Europe...again... 🇪🇺 Goodbye @bsky.app Hello @eurosky.social and @blackskyweb.xyz

Think its time to move off #bluesky, heading to #eurosky and #blacksky

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 ✊🏾

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...

#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

🗣️🗣️🗣️ THE OPEN SOCIAL WEB IS THE LONG GAME If we win, it'll be for the next generations. Sit with that thought, move accordingly.

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?"

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...

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...

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! 🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺🇪🇺

@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

#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 rss.com/podcasts/tec...

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...

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?

#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!

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

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.

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

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

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! 🙌🏽

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.

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 ⬇️

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...

I bought a ticket to watch from a far....

I bought my remote ticket to #ATmosphereConf - join me online March 2026 atmosphereconf.org

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