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Mastodon has established itself as a US 501(c)(3) with a really exciting new board. I'm a long-term fan of Esra’a Al Shafei in particular - but the whole group is quite something. This coincides with Germany stripping Mastodon of non-profit status for unknown reasons. Hopefully
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"Here’s what you’re not being told: The most pressing threats to our safety as Jewish students do not come from tents on campus. Instead, they come from the Columbia administration inviting police onto campus, certain faculty members, and third-party organizations that dox undergraduates." A useful first-hand
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"I have to admit that it's breaking my heart to watch a new generation of anxious parents think that they can address the struggles their kids are facing by eliminating technology from kids' lives." I've got so much more to say about this,
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"Mondragón has become a beacon for the co-operative model, as a more humane and egalitarian way of doing business that puts “people over capital”. Every worker has a stake in the company’s fortunes and a say in how it is run, and receives a share of the profits.
I’m paralyzed by the world. We seem to be at a kind of crossroads. There’s so much to be appalled by, so much to be worried about, and I worry that not saying something might be considered to be acquiescence or approval. So, in this moment, I thought
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"The University administration respects all student protests, just not this one. Students have fought for many important causes over the years, and their right to protest is sacrosanct. In this case, however, we must arrest and slander them." Just completely spot on. #Democracy [Link]
Evan Prodromou asks if we agree with Aristotle that there are three kinds of government: monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy. (As Evan points out, he actually defined six, with Polity — government by political organizations — ranked first. Which is what we have. Lucky us.) I’m a qualified yes on this — I
The requirement for TikTok to relinquish Chinese ownership or face a nationwide ban was signed into law today, as an add-on to a foreign aid bill: But even as ridiculous as it is to tack on a TikTok ban to foreign spending support, Biden had made it clear he supported
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Marc Andreessen on poor people: “I’m glad there’s OxyContin and video games to keep those people quiet.” This also resonated with me: "One participant was a British former journalist become computer tycoon who had been awarded a lordship. He proclaimed that the Chinese middle class doesn’t
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Buried here: "Vox Media’s technology news publication The Verge says it also has plans to federate its own site to have more ownership over its content and audience, according to The Verge editor-in-chief Nilay Patel." The fediverse is both the future of social media and the future
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This is genuinely wonderful: “The FTC’s final rule to ban noncompetes will ensure Americans have the freedom to pursue a new job, start a new business, or bring a new idea to market.” This was already true for California; banning it nationwide is an enormous step for innovation everywhere.
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"This has long been the dream, and it seems like the platforms betting on it in various ways — Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, Flipboard, and others — are where all the energy is, while attempts to rebuild closed systems keep hitting the rocks." Just an enormous deal: for the web, for