32 years ago I started working on my first browser, Opera. I left Opera in 2011, but two years later I co-founded Vivaldi. Thus I have been making browsers now for 32 years, with a short break there between 2011 and 2013.

I have always felt that this work is important and no less today than before as more and more of you see the importance of alternatives to Big Tech.

Vivaldi is a European company with headquarters in Norway, servers in Iceland and team in Norway, Iceland, across Europe, Japan and a couple in the US.

We try our best to adapt to your needs. We build powerful browsers, with a lot of flexibility.

I welcome you to try us out and share with your friends!

#Windows #Macos #Linux #Android #iOS #TEchnology #EU #Europa #Norway #Iceland #Browser #Vivaldi #BigTech

https://vivaldi.com

A resounding victory for trans rights in Montana, which also sets an important precedent.

EDIT: In case it wasn't clear, this precedent (that trans people are a suspect class) is only legally binding in Montana. However, I still think it's important that *any* state supreme court has set such a precedent, even if only for the social impact. That's what I meant by “important.”

https://open.substack.com/pub/transitics/p/montana-supreme-court-effectively?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

For the first time in New York State history: a tax on pied-à-terres.

NYC Mayor Mamdani just negotiated a landmark agreement, any second home in NYC valued at $5M+ will now be taxed at a higher rate. This means money back to the people, not billionaires who treat the city like a luxury storage unit.

100 days in. That is all it took. And here’s how we must keep building.

https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/zohran-mamdani-is-winning-and-politicians-everywhere-should-take-notes/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@lisamelton/116405659033229573

Overall response to this post was positive and resulted in some useful discussions about how to customize our feeds here on Mastodon. Which is exactly what I hoped.

Thank you, awesome friends! 💖

Of course, some took exception to me using "jackhole techbro" to describe another person. I stand by what I wrote so I won't bother defending it.

I will, however, point out that it was extremely useful in identifying the few jackhole techbros in my replies.

There is a method to my madness. Always. 😊