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The Internet is not a big truck

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15 Jul 2006

It's a series of tangled up tubes!

Some net neutrality-related Saturday fun. (How often do those words fit together?)

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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
Hey, it's a brain connected to some lightbulbs.

Notable links: May 1, 2026

AI and society; and sustaining innovation has failed us.

01 May 2026
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