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Dave Winer

@scripting.com

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I've been building around WordPress to create a social network based on RSS. I want to get out of being controlled by billionaire-owned sites. I have a feeling we may need a good backup given where we are now. http://scripting.com/2025/08/28/140604.html

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OpenAI will allow verified adults to use ChatGPT to generate erotic content. www.theguardian.com

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‘No Kings’ Has Republicans in Disarray.

‘No Kings’ Has Republicans in Disarray

Why GOP lawmakers are spreading fear about the upcoming rally.

www.thebulwark.com

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Nvidia sells tiny new computer that puts big AI on your desktop. arstechnica.com

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Attard and McHugh on podcasting's democratic dream. www.mediaweek.com.au

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Mike Nelson, Digital Policy Wonk @michaelrnelson.bsky.social · 20h

"Trump's been good for only one thing--podcasting." -- Anthony Scaramucci
#CrisisOfLeadership
m.youtube.com/watch?v=bBDL...

Anthony Scaramucci on Trump and the Threat to American Democracy

YouTube video by Intelligence Squared

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dave.linkblog.org @dave.linkblog.org · 1d

GoFundMe CEO says economy is so challenged people are raising money to buy food. finance.yahoo.com

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Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings.

Barrett turns to Fox News, rather than the docket, to explain her silence in key rulings

Justice Barrett wrote nothing in the racial profiling shadow docket ruling, but had something to say on Fox News Sunday. And, for paid subscribers: Closing my tabs.

www.lawdork.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

"After we win in November, we do not demobilize. The rich and corporate interests who tried to buy this election with the millions they stole from our pockets will want to see us fail.

We won’t let them." - Chi Ossé

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Obama Slams Trump For Sending National Guard to Chicago. www.mediaite.com

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Working on my slides for WordCamp Canada.

This is one of them.

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I think that has a lot to do with how things are turning out.

Remember it's the tools we made that created this mess.

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Working together.

Think about this developers of the web.

How can we pool resources to make the network work better for the people.

Right now we're not working together at all.

Each of us are on our own.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

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dave.linkblog.org @dave.linkblog.org · 1d

Toyota's best-selling car may finally go electric.

Toyota's best-selling car may finally go electric: Here's our first look at the Corolla EV

A fully electric Corolla? Toyota’s best-selling car of all time looks to be finally going electric after the automaker previewed...

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Evan Prodromou is talking about long-form text in the social web in Ottawa on Friday. The very important role WordPress is playing to pull the twitter-like world into the actual web instead of their limited idea of the web. Sounds like harmony to me. ;-) canada.wordcamp.org

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They should be in both places.

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Amazon.com: inflatable costumes. www.amazon.com

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7 Best Small Towns in the Catskills.

7 Best Small Towns in the Catskills—With Wood-fired Hot Tubs, Retro Diners, and New York’s Most Majestic Waterfall

From fiery foliage to summer swimming holes, these charming destinations deliver year-round.

www.travelandleisure.com

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Why America Builds AI Girlfriends and China Makes AI Boyfriends.

Why America Builds AI Girlfriends and China Makes AI Boyfriends

and what it all means

www.chinatalk.media

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A Foreign-Film Starter Pack.

A Foreign-Film Starter Pack

Five movies for viewers who want to try something new

www.theatlantic.com

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When Anti-antifa means Pro-Nazi.

When Anti-antifa means Pro-Nazi (video)

Notes from a Presidential "Roundtable"

snyder.substack.com

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Trump should thank Comey because if it weren't for him Hillary Clinton would have won in 2016.

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Working on my slides for WordCamp Canada next week.

I don't think I'll actually use the F-word in the slide. But I it makes me laugh when I see it.

It's funny because it's true. ;-)

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I see the same thing you say here which is working together is the big challenge. we all want to be heard we want to be successful, but we don’t do anything to help each other. as long as we’re all only fighting for ourselves we’re really easy targets

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 3d

More than 15 million people 55 or older don’t have a spouse or biological children; nearly 2 million have no family members at all.

Who will be there for these solo agers as their lives draw to a close? How many of them will die alone?

An age-old fear grows more common: ‘I’m going to die alone’

As families fracture, people are living longer and are more likely to find themselves without close relatives or friends at the end of their lives.

www.washingtonpost.com

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