What happened over the last ten years on our Fediverse path
The first steps were good. #Socialhub emerged as a genuinely grassroots space, shaped to maintain the integrity of the #activertypub native reboot. It grew directly out of the #activertypub affinity group itself - rooted in lived practice rather than imposed structure. So what motivated this native path? The current #openweb reboot wasn’t exactly planned - it was, in many ways, serendipitous. During the #WC3 process, the usual mainstream players were largely absent. That gap created space […]https://hamishcampbell.com/what-happened-over-the-last-ten-years-on-our-fediverse-path/
#Google is now letting users in the #US change their -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/etc-varied.html#12
#Newferry enters service as CalMac faces 'firestorm' -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/uk.html#bbcscotland
‘Discriminatory’ #Israeli death penalty law sparks international -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/uk.html#9
#Hungary #Blocking #EU Sanctions to Benefit #Russian Oligarchs, -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/world-capitals.html#Kyiv
2026 #International #Booker prize shortlist announced -
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/uk.html#9
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Gates vs Bridges: the obscure politics of the #geekproblem
In the #geekproblem mindset, crossing a protocol flow is a gateway were in #openweb terms, it’s a bridge. That difference is not technical - it’s social - the difference between CONTROL and TRUST. A gate is something you lock, permission, authentication, enforcement were a bridge is something you cross, connection, flow, relationship. In the physical world, we don’t put gates on bridges as a default, but in software, we keep rebuilding them, and then wondering why things fragment. RSS […]https://hamishcampbell.com/gates-vs-bridges-the-obscure-politics-of-the-geekproblem/
If you're looking at that "Laurie Voss" @[email protected] thing you *really* need to click through and read all the way down the comments
That clown showed up on Mastodon earlier today and was *not* well-received, to put it mildly
The majority of responders ended up #Muting, #Blocking and #DomainBlocking his entire little self-hosted vacuum cleaner
He's quite proud of himself and the responses he got
A bright-eyed little troll coder-bro, IMO...
YMMV...