Anyone else seeing different AI licensing deals and then think about how to avoid using that publication?

Hey #apple when a QR code has a specific site to go to let them go there instead of redirecting it to another site

No one should ever use Yahoo mail

I would mark this up in the realm of #enshittification which is #appification of life. I work in library where we support people with what I call low level tech issues. But the appification of life is so bad that people are so used to go to google is to open the google app. so when they open […]

She was shouting at the shadows of the birds on the wall. Is this the cat equivalent of ‘old man yelling at clouds?’ #cats #catsofmastodon #torties

Moments in greatness When a patron using a MacBook asks for support and I see a 20 something that uses Firefox! In the 3 years I have worked at the library and as a regular Firefox user, though the library does not support Firefox*. I have run into two interactions with patrons where Firefox […]

Five years after Meta's Oversight Board its first five cases, it's clear that its ambitions to become Facebook's Supreme Court have failed. I talked to insiders about where it goes next: https://www.platformer.news/meta-oversight-board-5-years/

@murena Somehow I missed this feature in snappymail "Unsubscribe from this list" under the triple dots! Nice feature in the #degoogled world

Also trying to flesh out how I want to keep books listed and reviewed, i have a bookwyrm account, just wish they could be connected instead of separate... thoughts #mastodon #bookwyrm

Looking for book recommendations on the topic of a thriller, that involves trains, modern or historic. Already on my list: Bullet Train Murder on the Orient express Add in replies #books #bookrecs #bookwyrm #bookrecommendations

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Crypto is down (I could care less) but it is down while at the same time Trump is on the attack against cartels, granted in the wrong country, but I do wonder if Trump wants crypto to go up he is essentially going to need to back the cartels, since after all they benefit tremendously from crypto […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/115652218332070543 A good piece to read

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Capitalism drive to enter the schooling system through standardized exams, circa No Child Left Behind is in part the reason that AI use as a way to write papers and not used as a tool to write papers is why education in this country will dip even more that it already has #ai #hottake

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I wrote about our interview with Roblox's CEO and how platforms got too big to feel shame https://www.platformer.news/roblox-ceo-interview-backlash-analysis/

🌞 Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #news bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 49F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi. #onthisday in 1859, Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" was published. A judge threw out cases brought by the Trump administration against former FBI Dir. James […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@murena/115605504416790577 This is a pretty sweet deal! No better time to #degoogle then today a good step to #deenshittification

Thinking of bringing working on posts, no podcasts yet, on @root

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Ok @nextcloud and #NextCloud folks give me an example of a successful public sector campaign where there were hearings and pressure put on elected members of said municipality to either use Nextcloud or migrate to it? asking for a friend

Ever get the feeling that NOW people are starting to rethink leaving #bigtech companies? If or rather when this #ai #bubble bursts I guess there will be GPUs on the cheap to buy #economy

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RE: https://flipboard.com/@theverge/gaming-4oihgk74z/-/a-BsSph4RcRr6WTJrFU7lRQA%3Aa%3A43611565-%2F0 This is great news!!!

In the end, all it took down to bring down the government's case against Meta was a simple experiment https://www.platformer.news/ftc-loses-meta-case-analysis/

RE: https://flipboard.com/@newyorktimes/home-page-91uottdbz/-/a-0Iy9o_QgSKq9qiPdkPG3ow%3Aa%3A3195393-%2F0 #enshittification in action

More of the #enshittening https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/technology/meta-antitrust-monopoly-ruling.html

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/115571176487731036 This is great episode with @pluralistic and I highly recommend both listening to it and also get the book!! #enshittification we can #deenshittify !!

RE: https://mastodon.social/@gbhnews/115571449426809866 Love it!

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@murena/115565640607556074 And also if you want you have the option to leave and build your own server!

[poop related] PSA: Anyone use a bathroom with a urinal in it, that is NOT where you take a #2 #librarylife #library #libraryworker

🌞 Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #news bringing you the world from #boston. It's 45F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi. Pepsi says new Doritos will be...*checks notes* less orange. Anthropic says Chinese hackers used their #ai in cybercrime. The president of Boston University's College […]

This is why I love #enshittification seriously get this book so worth it!

🌞 Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #news bringing you the world from #boston. It's 49F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi. Newly released Epstein emails mention a wide array of powerful men, including Trump. The US Justice Department is suing to block redistricting efforts in California that […]

I kid you not the following happened at the library... Two older women walk up and ask "Do people check out books or are they just on display?" 🤯 me "yes of course people still check out books, you can see on the ones on hold on the wall and borrower services checks out plenty" #library […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@murena/115526006114185123 Made for a nice change from #google and matching and going beyond the cloud many have been used to. Keep it up!

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I wrote about Europe maybe retreating from strong privacy protections in the name of AI competitiveness and why it may be making a mistake https://www.platformer.news/eu-ai-act-changes-proposal/

@pluralistic I am struggling to find a book for like 9-12 years olds, any suggestions?

The cool history in an historic library is actually in the books, not the building #boston #library

Wonder if the AI assault on the internet users will draw people to finally leave big tech companies services #ai #bigtech

every time I explain to my coworkers that a social media influencer from out of town has convinced the Trump administration that the Portland police are antifa, they look at me like I've sprouted a second head www.theverge.com/policy/81340...

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