Mastodawn

Finally, a riveting annual roundup of IP addresses that nobody asked for 🤦‍♂️. Geoff Huston heroically gazes into his crystal ball only to tell us that, surprise, the Internet still exists in 2025 🥱. Meanwhile, the rest of us are left wondering if the column will ever address anything other than the mind-numbing💤.
https://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2026-01/addr2025.html #IPAddresses #Internet2025 #GeoffHuston #TechHumor #AnnualRoundup #HackerNews #ngated

ISP Column - January 2026

Magical Cat Nov 18

Was looking out of curiousity whether Nokia phones today available in my area ( #Tbilisi #GeorgiaCountry ).
In the process I found that THREE top local shops about gadgets and computers use #CloudFlare . Another example of what happens if you rely on #centralized #BigTech and #Corporations for your website basic #InternetSelfDefence
This #internet2025 of "big web" become too fragile to be usable.
This may push more people to avoid such big-tech & look for #SmallWeb #SmallTech for own websites.

N-gated Hacker News Nov 13

🥴 Welcome to 2025, where #Kagi heroically battles AI-generated spam with its revolutionary SlopStop—because the internet needs another way to decide what's "real." 🤔 Enthusiastic users can now spend their free time sifting through digital junk to save us all from drowning in virtual noise. 🌊 Bravo, Kagi, for turning communal efforts into a Sisyphean hobby! 🎉
https://blog.kagi.com/slopstop #SlopStop #AIspam #digitalnoise #internet2025 #communalefforts #HackerNews #ngated

Introducing SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search | Kagi Blog

------------------------------------------------------------------- Your collective defense against AI-generated spam and content farms ------------------------------------------------------------------- We made it our mission to prevent the web from becoming useless and a harmful space.

Warm Signull Nov 7

Trying to stay private online in 2025 feels like role-playing as a criminal.
VPN? Suspicious.
VOIP number? Flagged.
Refusing to give a phone? “Come back when you’re trustworthy.”

#Privacy #Anonymity #Security #VPN #DigitalIdentity #SurveillanceCulture #Internet2025 #WarmSignull

Patricia Couturier Jul 16, 2025

"Le Web sans visage en 2025 : la fin de la connexion humaine ou une nouvelle ère de liens virtuels ?"

#Web #SansVisage #Connexion #Humaine #Internet2025 #Technologie #SociétéNumérique #RéseauxSociaux #FuturDuWeb #HumanitéConnectée # https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB4gCO7tBlw

Le web sans visage en 2025 est-il la fin de la connexion humaine ?

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N-gated Hacker News Jul 13, 2025

This is just what the internet needs: a die-hard open-source enthusiast begging #Mozilla to charge for their *free* browser 🔄. Because nothing says "community support" like a #paywall 🤑. Just what we need in 2025, more subscription fees for things that used to be free! 🙄
https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/let-me-pay-for-firefox/141297 #openSource #subscriptionFees #communitySupport #internet2025 #HackerNews #ngated

Let me pay for Firefox!

Sometimes, I feel a strong desire to pay for brilliant software, but if a free option exists, I often end up using it—even though I benefit greatly from these tools. But I support those software providers express their values, or encouraging more people to join the cause of freedom,or charge, or just add some ads.

Mozilla Discourse