Mastodawn

Do you remember the surprise announcement of a new social network in Davos this past January? Something that promised to be the "first" European social network?

Its name is #WSocial and it's a fork of #Bluesky. Its founders have ties with European politicians - but there is no official involvement by the EU.

You wouldn't know any of this from media reports because they all rehashed their talking points. So I wrote a post about it, dispelling some myths:

https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-uncovered-the-reality-behind-the-hype/

#OpenWashing

W Social uncovered: the reality behind the hype

An article dispelling myths about W Social, the new European platform that aims to rival X: it is a fork of Bluesky that shares many similarities with Eurosky and requires government ID to sign up.

Elena Rossini

leastaction May 4

PPC Land May 4

FYI: OpenAI's privacy policy now lets advertisers send purchase data: OpenAI updated its US privacy policy on April 30 to formalize advertiser data sharing, purchase data receipt, and user targeting through marketing partners. https://ppc.land/openais-privacy-policy-now-lets-advertisers-send-purchase-data/ #OpenAI #PrivacyPolicy #DataSharing #DigitalMarketing #UserPrivacy

OpenAI's privacy policy now lets advertisers send purchase data

OpenAI updated its US privacy policy on April 30 to formalize advertiser data sharing, purchase data receipt, and user targeting through marketing partners.

PPC Land

leastaction May 2

Iran already has a nuclear weapon, and they have already deployed it. It's called the Strait of Hormuz.
#iran #nuclearWeapons

leastaction Apr 15

The Guardian reports that

> More than two-thirds of American farmers say they cannot afford to purchase enough fertiliser to get through the year, according to a new survey from the American Farm Bureau Federation.

Good. For my part I will continue to boycott American produce. Unlike them, I don't get to vote in the United States.

#war #Iran #israel #lebanon #gaza

leastaction Apr 14

Negotiations are part of warfare. They are one more tactic.
I remember the endless negotiations during the Vietnam war, which only ended when the Americans were forced to flee.
#war #peace #Iran #lebanon

leastaction Apr 13

“We have the electricity that is produced in Europe, from renewables and from nuclear. And therefore our strategy to decarbonise has not only been confirmed in the last years, but is growing in importance day by day. And our objective is very clear. We need to scale up the homegrown, affordable, reliable energy,” von der Leyen said.
And so does Canada. Talk about nation building, Mr Carney.
#Iran #europe #Canada #eu #energy #renewables

leastaction Apr 11

Lydia Schoch Apr 10

This is a piece of Canadian news everyone needs to be aware of.

Muffin the cat gets his own library card: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXbHOUeFe8s

#CatsOfMastodon #Canada #Library

Cat visits the library so often, he now has his own library card

YouTube

leastaction Apr 11

Every time there has been a negotiation and even an agreement with Iran it has been sabotaged by the United States. Trump is the epitome of bad faith negotiation. Trump only wants complete defeat.
So there will be no ceasefire, no peace agreement. The war will resume in full shortly.
#USA #iran #war #peace

leastaction Apr 11

> Does that device need to be online? Do we need to be connected in this context? Does this process have to happen on this platform? Does this need to be done with software at all? The cost/benefit analysis for many actions and routines is likely to shift, maybe just for a while, or maybe for a long time to come.
https://www.anildash.com/2026/04/10/y2k-2.0-ai-security/
#AI #security

Y2K 2.0: The AI security reckoning

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Anil Dash

leastaction Apr 7

Dr. Lucky Tran Apr 7

Today is a good day to remember that Carl Sagan was as outspoken about the dangers of war and nuclear weapons as he was an advocate of space exploration.