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@joanpla.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyGreat lecture by CSS inventor and internet pioneer Håkon Wium Lie in Halden today (at Østfold University of Applied Sciences, the same building where he went to high school many years ago).
Out of context quotes:
-"I want to advise young people to plant an […]
@joanpla.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy"Can the News Exist Without Big Tech? The Atlas Says Yes
A monthly newspaper, distributed as a PDF, is trying to imagine a future for journalism beyond the reach of Silicon Valley" https://towcenter.substack.com/p/can-the-news-exist-without-big-tech
@joanpla.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy"International Criminal Court cuts ties with Axa over US sanctions"
https://www.ft.com/content/e071ee77-2028-4f40-b7bf-fff19e51c47c?syn-25a6b1a6=1
@joanpla.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyEdward Snowden on AI Surveillance and Freedom of Speech (2026-09-24): https://www.youtube.com/live/wytH7dPlCVw?si=Ndnimcpao9QQwggN&t=4878
@joanpla.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy"The Netherlands Built a Nix-Based Linux Desktop Because Microsoft Cut Off the ICC"
https://itsfoss.com/news/netherlands-dawo-initiative/
@ntnsndr.social.coop.ap.brid.gyReposted by @joanpla.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyIf you have some time this weekend to change your relationship to the weirdness of AI, want to try being an early adopter of the Inference Cooperative? A member-governed platform with private, green-energy, and public models: https://inference.coop/
It's an attempt to build for AI what […]
@socialcg.w3c.social.ap.brid.gyReposted by @joanpla.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyThe Social Web Community Group has published a new draft report: LOLA Portability for ActivityPub (0.3) It describes how to move an account at one ActivityPub server to another, so there is a common way of letting users change servers without losing their content or their connections. Thanks […]
@joanpla.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy"Egocentric training's gig workers are helping robots learn how to do your dishes"
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-20/egocentric-training-gig-workers-helping-robots-learn-tasks/107135216 #AI #BlackMirror
@joanpla.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy"OpenAI staff knew the ‘existential threat’ AI posed to publishers, New York Times claims"
https://www.ft.com/content/3df8edae-ae3b-4f56-83a3-40602edc17a3?syn-25a6b1a6=1
@joanpla.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy"Infrastructure as a weapon: Why the US action against Italy’s Autistici/Inventati puts global digital rights on notice" by Chiara Castro […]
@tommi.pan.rent.ap.brid.gyReposted by @joanpla.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyTanto amore e solidarietà da @cbase, @cavallette ❤️🔥
@joanpla.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy"OpenAI fought dirty on career-making math problem, says NYU mathematician"
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/08/openai-fought-dirty-on-career-making-math-problem-says-nyu-mathematician/
@joanpla.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyNow we're talking! "‘Global reckoning for big tech’: Australia to force social media platforms to allow users to opt out of algorithms"
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/08/australia-social-media-algorithm-switch-off-opt-out-digital-duty-of-care
@joanpla.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy"Europeans want a united Europe but question whether it can get there, study finds"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/09/europeans-want-united-europe-union-study-finds
@joanpla.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyGreat talk by Bruce Schneier at Def Con 34: "Hacking AI" https://youtu.be/eEBv0STiYhI?si=uIU3P200M-2NrbVy
@joanpla.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy"French A.I. Start-Up Mistral Raises $3.5 Billion as Part of Strategy Shift Mistral is trying to keep pace with American and Chinese rivals while offering customers a European alternative for artificial intelligence" […]
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