Hi everybody! My favorite day has arrived, the day I can look in the rearview and watch the holiday season diminish into the west. (Sorry, I rewatched LotR this week.)
So, the position I'd held for 30yrs was eliminated by D*G* back in July, and I've been scrambling to get my official retirement set up AND just healing from the shock since then. I find myself starting 2026 in a good place. I'm inspired and setting up for a new project, starting today. Clear eyes, full heart, can't lose. 😊
Today's threads (a thread)
Inside: The Post-American Internet; and more!
Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/39c3/
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The dystopia moves fast.
March 3: LA Times launches Insights feature. "Now the voice and perspective from all sides can be heard, seen and read —no more echo chamber," says publisher Pat Soon-Shiong.
March 4: Insights feature removed after trying to defend Ku Klux Klan, reports The Daily Beast.
Miss Brown to You at the Jazz Lab this Saturday, March 8th!
8:00 PM. We probably won't sell out but if you want to reserve a table click here:
https://calendar.uco.edu/jazz-lab/event/8862-miss-brown-to-you
We'll have our quartet; Roger Kimball, sax and Todd Balcom, drums. Some Joni Mitchell tunes on the list!
Today Mastodon is taking another step towards its founding ideals: independence and non-profit ownership. We're transferring ownership of key assets to a new, European not-for-profit entity, ensuring our mission remains true to a decentralised social web, not corporate control. #MastodonNonProfit
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/01/the-people-should-own-the-town-square/
It is more important than ever that the social web is not controlled by corporations. Today, Mastodon is taking another step towards its founding ideals: independence and non-profit ownership. We're transferring ownership of key assets to a new European not-for-profit entity, ensuring our mission remains true to a decentralised social web, not corporate control.
@pluralistic 1. This takes me back to the days when I was [email protected], writing white papers on using Supra modems with Mac apps. I specifically remember sitting up all night getting SLIP and PPP to work with the 28.8 models.
2. This particular piece is super timely, with the court ruling coming out today on the WP vs WPE kerfuffle. OMG. https://www.404media.co/wordpress-wp-engine-preliminary-injunction/
Automattic is ordered to undo several of the actions of its CEO Matt Mullenweg in its ongoing legal battle with WP Engine. “It's hard to imagine wanting to continue to working on WordPress after this," Mullenweg said in a community Slack message.
Cory Doctorow
God 
A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆
Patrick O'Keefe
Mary Catherine Reynolds
Taylor Lorenz
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