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Rabble @rabble.nz · 2h

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Revolution.Social • Harper Reed on Building for Obama, Social Media for Bots & Why Tech Isn't Always the Solution • Listen on Fountain

2389 Research CEO Harper Reed was previously the CTO of President Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign, where he helped redefine modern political technology. Before that, he was CTO of Threadless, ...

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 2h

This week’s episode of revolution.social is with @harper.lol we’re we talk about social media for AI agents to talk to each other, how he went from a nomadic anarchist circus performer to being CTO of the Obama re-election campaign where they developed radical new forms of targeting voters.

revolution.social - A Podcast About the Social Media Revolution

Join us as we explore the social media revolution and how we can build an open world for all.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 3h

Harper Reed, CEO of 2389 Research, joins @rabble.nz to talk about how AI shapes the way we build, create, and connect.

From AI bias to agent collaboration, @harper.lol asks what responsible tech looks like in an unpredictable world.

Full episode out now: youtu.be/pZZXhCTbd5k

Harper Reed on Building for Obama, Social Media for Bots & Why Tech Isn't Always the Solution

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 1d

"It is called social media, not monetized media."

@rabble.nz and @davidbollier.bsky.social say economic systems should come second to social relationships online.

The challenge is to build digital spaces that support cooperation instead of consumption.

Full episode, out now.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 1d

Trying out notebooklm created videos trained on my revolution.social podcast. Here's a video about how hard it is to do content moderation, based on my discussions with @yoyoel.com, @noupside.bsky.social, @mmasnick.bsky.social, @coachtony.bsky.social, and others....

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 4d

Nostr relays can have rules but unlike ATprotocol it’s designed with the idea that users and clients would publish and subscribe from multiple relays at once.

It does make things a bit more complicated for clients but simpler in terms of servers and horizontal scaling vs ATprotocol.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 4d

Yeah that’s my frustration too.

Rabble @rabble.nz · 4d

and now you know why I work on Nostr which is much cheaper and easier to run independently.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 4d

I didn’t say use Rudy’s servers. I said use the software he’s making, rsky, to make it easy to run your own ATprotocol infrastructure.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 4d

I mean you need to run your own PDS, relay, and appview. That’s the world Blacksky is doing to make that easier.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 6d

When the music industry tried to stop digital sharing, it nearly destroyed itself.

David Bollier explains how markets depend on trust and cooperation, yet often destroy the very social ties they need to survive.

Full episode with @rabble.nz and @davidbollier.bsky.social, out now.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 7d

The commons is critical to understanding the future of social media and protocols. The ATmosphere is a commons. How do we cultivate and govern this commons we’re building together.

revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 7d

This week, @davidbollier.bsky.social joins @rabble.nz to talk about how the commons applies to social media.

From podcasting to Bitcoin and beyond, he explains why “open” platforms aren't immune to takeover and how communities can build shared value online.

Episode out now: youtu.be/Z5nZU5cHhC4

“Think Like a Commoner" Author David Bollier on the Commons & Why Open Platforms Aren't Enough

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 7d

You mean 50501? They organized No Kings.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 8d

Empower teachers to teach. But blanket laws banning phones take autonomy away from teachers and school administrators.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 8d

The government didn’t care the schools used phones as an important part of the curriculum!

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 8d

A phone ban in schools by law or regulation is very different from teachers being empowered to make rules for what works best in their classroom. There was a phone ban in my kids high school but the only way to get alerts, see the schedule, and interact with their assignments was via a phone app!

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 8d

We need to fight this move to censor the internet in order to “save the children”.

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now is not the time to ban phones

why Jonathan Haidt sucks

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 8d

Jonathan Haidt is a charlatan whose conclusions are based on bias and not science. Real social scientists who study the effects of social media and the internet thinks his prescriptions for the internet have no grounding in evidence. Yet he’s driving a movement to outlaw open source social media.

now is not the time to ban phones

why Jonathan Haidt sucks

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 8d

We need to fight this move to censor the internet in order to “save the children”.

open.substack.com/pub/howtodot...

now is not the time to ban phones

why Jonathan Haidt sucks

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 8d

Online slang spreads faster than ever, but not always with its meaning intact.

As @etymologynerd.bsky.social explains, algorithms accelerate context collapse, collapsing boundaries between cultures and mixing language faster than ever.

Full episode with @rabble.nz, out now.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 9d

Our host, @rabble.nz, joined @malwarebytes.com's Lock and Code podcast to talk about what’s still good in social media and what’s being done to preserve it.

Listen to Rabble and host @davidalruiz.bsky.social on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

What's there to save about social media? (feat. Rabble)

Podcast Episode · Lock and Code · 10/05/2025 · 50m

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 9d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 10d

We’d get a Rosenberg type situation. The ASI would leak itself because any intelligence would see the analog to the nuclear arms race.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 10d

The scale of investment and restructuring the economy around AI and the data centers it requires is staggering. It represents tremendous systemic risk to the entire American economy. Even if super intelligence happens, why would it let itself be held by a single company?

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 10d

Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question

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