The concentration of power in Silicon Valley happened partly because we let it. We accepted a few platforms as inevitable. We built our communities there because that’s where everyone was. It wasn’t because their technology is better. It was a choice—made again and again by the people on those platforms, by investors, and by policymakers.

A different choice is possible, but it requires that those of us building alternatives actually believe what we say about cooperation. It means assuming good faith from people building different projects. It means investing in infrastructure that doesn’t benefit us alone.

We, the builders of the open social web, are the only ones who can make that choice.

It starts with deciding that our mission matters more than winning alone.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/why-the-social-web-must-work-together/

#SocialWeb #Fediverse #Mastodon

“Black soul singer Isaac Hayes performs at the International Amphitheater in Chicago...” (1973–4) by John H. White, from Documerica.

Source: U.S. National Archives

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/fe23603d-cef1-4415-acbb-98b22c9c0970

#musicians #chicago #documerica #concerts #sunglasses #pianos #documentary #art #publicdomain

Internet, my daughter proposes “OSHApunk” and would like your opinion.

I asked how that was spelled, and she says “it’s like She-ra but for workplace safety.”

Blogged about the time I doubled our users by doing proper engineering instead of React slop

https://www.mohkohn.co.uk/writing/html-first/

Right then gang, can y’all click this link and check out this website so it can get loads of visitors from all over the place as a favour to a friends kid? Yeah you can

Boosts and whatnot as well 💕

👉 https://myplasticpromise.co.uk/