Mastodawn

RE: https://mastodon.social/@SteveRudolfi/116279083767770070

If one definition of evil is its wanton destruction of everything that is good and whole in the world, then Google is an active agent of evil.

It is setting out to destroy the world wide web and steal the livelihood of everyone who builds and depends on the web.

I honestly don't know how to mobilise normies to care about and stop this evil. It probably seems too niche and incremental until it's too late.

Oh yeah, and in the UK an ex-Google exec is now running the BBC. . .

Fawkes 20h ago

nixCraft 🐧21h ago

Microsoft spent 4 years stuffing Windows 11 with unwanted ads, forced Copilot integrations, stealing data to train its shity AI and other bloatware, now they want applause for promising to remove it. Reasons for a Change of Heart:
1 Increased Linux gaming
2 Apple's entry into the low end PC market with 0 forced AI
3 The "Microslop" social media shaming campaign
4 Increased costs due to AI leading to almost 0 ROI since there is no consumer demand https://www.sambent.com/microsofts-plan-to-fix-windows-11-is-gaslighting/

Microsoft's "Fix" for Windows 11: Flowers After the Beating

Microsoft spent four years stuffing Windows 11 with ads, forced Copilot integrations, and bloatware, now they want applause for promising to remove it.

Sam Bent

Fawkes 1d ago

Adrianna Tan 2d ago

Sometimes I feel sorry for people who say ‘you’re too emotional’ as an insult. Imagine growing up with a world view that tells you feelings and emotions are weakness, and that people with feelings and emotions are not to be trusted. How broken that must be. But I don’t feel sorry for them.

Fawkes 1d ago

Pauline von Hellermann 2d ago

#ClimateDiary Meanwhile, this too.

State of the Climate report finds Earth’s energy has moved dangerously out of balance, with oceans absorbing vast majority of trapped heat

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/23/earth-being-pushed-beyond-its-limits-as-energy-imbalance-reaches-record-high?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Fawkes 1d ago

ℹ️❤️🖥 aka Compy-chan 2d ago

Sums up my experience growing up

Fawkes 4d ago

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Fawkes 4d ago

Dan Gillmor 5d ago

BlueSky wants you to trust them, but they raised $100 million from a crypto fund almost a YEAR AGO and didn't tell anyone.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/19/bluesky-announces-100m-series-b-after-ceo-transition/

Bluesky announces $100M Series B after CEO transition | TechCrunch

The additional funds have been used to scale Bluesky's team, while the company continues to develop Bluesky's app and the underlying ATProto that powers it.

TechCrunch

Fawkes 5d ago