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07 Mar 2016

If you're trying to change media for good, anywhere, I can't recommend this community enough. Apply: http://matter.vc/apply/ #matternyc

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Plugging the gaps won't save news. It's time to redesign

"Journalists, cultural workers, content creators, and other trusted messengers are enabling better civic insight for communities. How do we economically support the civic information future that society needs?"

07 May 2026

The way to save news is not to create monopolistic monocultures

"Why, a funder asked me recently, do two intermediaries this funder saw as offering duplicative services both still exist? Because you—and your funder colleagues—let them, I said." But consolidation is a dangerous road.

03 May 2026

Open source maintainers need to go in with open eyes

"To labour out of love, and to choose to share their work freely in a market society, OSS developers find themselves in a position where they are vulnerable to exploitation and harm."

02 May 2026

Claude Opus can now identify an author from their writing

"AI only needs 150 words to identify me. What does that mean for you?"

01 May 2026
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Ben Werdmuller explores the intersection of technology, democracy, and society. Always independently published, reader-supported, and free to read.