You know about disposable vapes?

many brands are powered by the same lithium-ion cells that are used to make huge battery packs for electric cars or ebikes

but with vapes, they're just ... thrown out

Chris Doel got 130 dead vapes, took the batteries out, and used them to create a new rechargeable battery pack for his ebike

It worked *great*

His question: "Why they hell are they being thrown away after one use?"

Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-28-neolithic-octopuses-weeping-trees-and/

We are excited to announce that Ted Han and Andrés Monroy-Hernández have joined the IFTAS Advisory Board!

Ted is a distinguished leader in open-source technology and digital public interest work. With his deep expertise in fostering privacy, transparency, and ethical tech practices, Ted brings invaluable insight to our mission of building safer, more equitable digital spaces.

Ted’s career spans pivotal roles in both corporate and nonprofit sectors, with a particular focus on open-source solutions that empower users and prioritize ethical use of data. As Director of Product at Mozilla, he led projects that promote user privacy and responsible tech development. Before Mozilla, Ted was the CEO of DocumentCloud, where he helped investigative journalists access critical information through open-source tools that strengthened transparency in the media landscape.

Andrés leads multidisciplinary research teams that build and study technologies designed to help people connect and collaborate in new ways. He is the director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at Princeton and an assistant professor in Princeton’s Department of Computer Science. He also serves on the board of Crisis Text Line. Andrés and his team have created and deployed social technologies used by millions of people, including the Scratch web site—an award-winning online community for children to learn programming.

At IFTAS, we are committed to creating a decentralised social internet that is safe and inclusive. Andrés and Ted bring a wealth of experience in trust, safety, and decentralised technologies to help steer our initiatives. In joining the advisory board, they will offer strategic guidance on key projects, including our ongoing efforts to develop a robust content classification service for detecting and mitigating harmful content in the Fediverse.

We are thrilled to welcome Andrés and Ted to our team, and we look forward to the exciting collaborations ahead as we continue working toward a safer, more just digital world.

https://about.iftas.org/2024/10/25/ted-han-and-andres-monroy-hernandez-join-the-iftas-advisory-board/

Come to our next meetup on Thurs Nov 14, 5pm PT / 8pm ET >>>

DWeb Meetup — What’s Next? An interactive discussion and meetup

Let's talk about where to take DWeb in the coming year. We want to hear from you about how we can better support each others' projects and efforts to strengthen the decentralized web.

Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-meetup-whats-next-an-interactive-discussion-and-meetup-tickets-1073546890649

Congratulations to our very own @alex for being named in Business Insider's 2024 "AI Power List."

https://www.businessinsider.com/alex-hanna-dair-ai-power-list-2024

📢 We have 97 responses to our 2024 #Moderator Survey, let's get to 100 today!

The survey will ask about your experience moderating or administering a federated community, and what resources and services you want us to focus on in the coming year.

We spend money so you don't have to. If you don't tell us what to do with the funds we raise, we might not get to the thing that would help you the most.

All qs optional. All admins and mods welcome!

https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/kbCuHVByN8EoUPiESliFzU8T8Y+PYVgszLKYeiyCT9k/

#FediAdmin #AskFedi