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One of the closing ideas of this piece cuts through the 'is AI good or bad?' debate for me: it's about power. AI systems today are deployed to weaken us all in relation to their owners, the same for the web as a platform, as for knowledge workers, as for creative professionals https://anildash.com/2026/03/27/endgame-open-web/

Endgame for the Open Web

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

Anil Dash

Tom 4d ago

Loving Tom Scott's new series. It is quite a skill to make almost any topic interesting through storytelling. The craft and personality that comes across in the first episode, visiting England's last bell foundry in Leicestershire, is beautiful. https://nebula.tv/videos/tomscott-i-helped-break-a-142yearold-bell-and-thats-okay

Tom Scott: England — I helped break a 142-year-old bell, and that's okay.

In Leicestershire, at the John Taylor Bell Foundry, there's fire, sledgehammer swinging, and metal hotter than a volcano. Also, several questions about cheese.

Nebula

Tom Mar 6

Picard Tips Mar 6

Picard management tip: "That's the way it's always been" is never an adequate reason to continue doing something.

Wait till it runs the microwave...

Tom Nov 15

tredford01 Nov 15

Personal computing in the ’90s and early ’00s moved at a rapid pace. At least, that’s how I remember it. School curricula, not so much. Around 2003, I was being taught about the merits of dot-matrix printers, how to choose between a command line interface and graphical user interface, and the intricacies of network topologies. At the same time, I made a hobby of keeping some of my school’s ageing Macintoshes running, replacing their clock batteries.

https://tomredford.eu/archives/94310

Nostalgia for a Possible Future - Tom Scott-Redford

Personal computing in the '90s and early '00s moved at a rapid pace. At least, that's how I remember it. School curricula, not so much. Around 2003, I was being taught about the merits of dot-matrix printers, how to choose between a command line interface and graphical user interface, and the intricacies of network topologies.…

Tom Feb 22, 2025

Did Mechelen just open a contemporary gallery of graffiti art? The newly accessible abandoned swamp hotel in the Vrijbroekpark is packed with amazing art! #2800love #art #graffiti

Tom Apr 12, 2024

If you work in IT, one of my work's initiatives wants to hear from you! We're doing a big survey of tech workers across Europe to better understand what's needed to develop the profession (plus, you could win a €40 Amazon gift voucher, if that's your kind of thing)

All types of IT pro welcomed and encouraged: https://forms.microsoft.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=IAARrKr9wEq38H6rsuyIw6q0A75YkPtBjRHjd0ZIFI1URUNRVkVSTkVNMzdBVDc3SjdLS0xKVEFFSy4u

Microsoft Forms

Tom May 27, 2023

#caturday Perfect afternoon for basking in the sun 🌞

Tom Feb 11, 2023

Hello retro.pizza! Kind of #NewHere after migrating over from mastodon.lol.

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