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DavidK Feb 17, 2023

Drew Harwell Feb 16, 2023

Just realized it's now been two months since I was locked out of Twitter for factual reporting. I could delete the (non-rule-breaking) tweet and go back but, to be honest, I just don't feel any real desire to. It's a social network built for one, and not a place where you can trust that real reporting won't be punished on a whim. Every tweet supports a place that's hostile to what we do. Why enable that?

DavidK Feb 3, 2023

MacRumors.com Jan 31, 2023

Anker Admits Eufy Cameras Did Not Offer End-to-End Encryption as Promised, Pledges to Do Better https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/31/anker-eufy-camera-security/

Anker Admits Eufy Cameras Did Not Offer End-to-End Encryption as Promised, Pledges to Do Better

Back in November, Anker's Eufy brand made headlines after security consultant Paul Moore discovered that Eufy security cameras were sending data...

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Dan Gillmor Jan 24, 2023

Musk and his minions have reinstated the account of one of the nation's most prominent bigots. This is not remotely surprising to anyone who's paying the slightest attention.

I remain surprised, and disappointed, that so many people in the journalism world still choose to use that platform -- knowing that they are supporting people who want to see the U.S. become a right-wing dictatorship.

Journalism has options, but most journalists ignore them.

DavidK Jan 20, 2023

Six Colors Jan 19, 2023

Twitterrific is gone (Link) https://sixcolors.com/link/2023/01/twitterrific-is-gone/

Twitterrific is gone

Sean Heber of The Iconfactory makes the death of Twitterrific official: Since 2007, Twitterrific helped define the shape of the Twitter experience. It was the first desktop client, the first mobile…

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DavidK Jan 6, 2023

Dan Gillmor Jan 6, 2023

Reminder that journalists who would never consider working for the Murdoch family's Fox "News" -- because they have too much integrity to participate in its relentless poisoning of our civic life -- continue to pour their work into Elon Musk's Twitter.

DavidK Dec 25, 2022

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Chris Trottier Dec 23, 2022

Some people are asking, "What's wrong with referring to the 'Mastodon social network'?"

Here's the problem:

1. It's inaccurate. Mastodon is not a social network.
2. It doesn't acknowledge other projects that make Mastodon happen. For example, without ActivityPub, Mastodon can't do anything.
3. It feeds into the narrative of centralization. No software should be the "default".

I acknowledge most people don't care -- but they should!

A decentralized Internet is extremely important.

DavidK Dec 23, 2022