Barba Koala
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1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10
January 23, 2026 at 11:30 AM
1. This short thread is about the issue that dominates almost every aspect of politics, and causes or exacerbates most of our problems: the extreme wealth of a small number of people. Here’s the amazing thing: almost the entire political class aligns with the ultra-rich against the rest. 🧵1/10
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This is why solidarity is everything. If you vote for the bigot to persecute the people you’re bigoted against, don’t be surprised if he comes for you
Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
January 20, 2026 at 9:24 PM
This is why solidarity is everything. If you vote for the bigot to persecute the people you’re bigoted against, don’t be surprised if he comes for you
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The EU is working on what is in essence a new Open Source strategy for Europe, and the call for evidence is now open. This is our cue to provide feedback and input to the strategy!
If you are involved in the Open Source community in any way, if you benefit (or could benefit) in any way from […]
If you are involved in the Open Source community in any way, if you benefit (or could benefit) in any way from […]
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camp.smolnet.org
January 7, 2026 at 12:36 PM
The EU is working on what is in essence a new Open Source strategy for Europe, and the call for evidence is now open. This is our cue to provide feedback and input to the strategy!
If you are involved in the Open Source community in any way, if you benefit (or could benefit) in any way from […]
If you are involved in the Open Source community in any way, if you benefit (or could benefit) in any way from […]
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Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again | Cory Doctorow
Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again | Cory Doctorow
The US president is weaponising tech, but his tariffs and Brexit provide a surprising opportunity to gain back digital control of our lives, says science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Trump may be the beginning of the end for ‘enshittification’ – this is our chance to make tech good again | Cory Doctorow
This is exactly the endgame & a reason for the gold rush; to become embedded in our life's supply chain. Part of a broader pattern where we willfully trade ownership for subscription convenience. In this case, outsourcing thinking to a rented robot brain. Infinite revenue for them, addiction for us.
example bad outcomes, in increasing severity:
• you can't work during outages or without wifi
• the VC subsidy ends and it becomes unaffordable
• billionaires dictate what kinds of software you can build
• you can't work during outages or without wifi
• the VC subsidy ends and it becomes unaffordable
• billionaires dictate what kinds of software you can build
January 10, 2026 at 5:28 AM
This is exactly the endgame & a reason for the gold rush; to become embedded in our life's supply chain. Part of a broader pattern where we willfully trade ownership for subscription convenience. In this case, outsourcing thinking to a rented robot brain. Infinite revenue for them, addiction for us.
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📮 Help us deliver hope one letterbox at a time.
Join us and join in ⤵️
Join us and join in ⤵️
January 7, 2026 at 5:31 PM
📮 Help us deliver hope one letterbox at a time.
Join us and join in ⤵️
Join us and join in ⤵️
Historian: where did the greatest resistance to the American Empire come from?
Ameribot: ... in summary, social media posts, whilst capable of inflicting precise hurt feelings and expressing huge disappointment, were ultimately unable to stop the tanks & bombs. Shall I add more porn to this answer?
Ameribot: ... in summary, social media posts, whilst capable of inflicting precise hurt feelings and expressing huge disappointment, were ultimately unable to stop the tanks & bombs. Shall I add more porn to this answer?
January 7, 2026 at 4:26 AM
Historian: where did the greatest resistance to the American Empire come from?
Ameribot: ... in summary, social media posts, whilst capable of inflicting precise hurt feelings and expressing huge disappointment, were ultimately unable to stop the tanks & bombs. Shall I add more porn to this answer?
Ameribot: ... in summary, social media posts, whilst capable of inflicting precise hurt feelings and expressing huge disappointment, were ultimately unable to stop the tanks & bombs. Shall I add more porn to this answer?
Once in a generation opportunity to secure a large swathe of wild land for public enjoyment and nature preservation. Funding deadline is Sept 2026.
www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...
www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...
Donate to Secure the Rothbury Estate | The Wildlife Trusts
Stretching over 3,800 hectares, the Rothbury Estate in Northumberland is abundant with opportunity. It’s the largest continuous area of land to appear on the market in 50 years. Its sale creates a uni...
www.wildlifetrusts.org
December 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Once in a generation opportunity to secure a large swathe of wild land for public enjoyment and nature preservation. Funding deadline is Sept 2026.
www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...
www.wildlifetrusts.org/appeals/roth...
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
5:43 AM (4 hours ago)
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsgr3rwyckhiavgqzdcuzm6i/bafkreifg5kvowgazg6uwqulfbdvxurqafbcescazwvgcl2catgvlrsc2fi@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
I ❤️ coding for the little highs that come with figuring out fixes to self-inflicted failures. That's why LLMs are so unattractive; they value a rush to the output over the pursuit itself. And of course that's why your boss insists you use AI. We need new bosses.
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I ❤️ coding for the little highs that come with figuring out fixes to self-inflicted failures. That's why LLMs are so unattractive; they value a rush to the output over the pursuit itself. And of course that's why your boss insists you use AI. We need new bosses.
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Do you remember this?
Back in 2019 *this post* caused quite a stir on social media.
Back in 2019 *this post* caused quite a stir on social media.
December 17, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Do you remember this?
Back in 2019 *this post* caused quite a stir on social media.
Back in 2019 *this post* caused quite a stir on social media.
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The EU has launched a Consortium for Digital Commons. Authorities were crystal clear on how large our digital autonomy challenges are today. I delivered a talk in which I outlined how dependent we are technically AND culturally on big tech & I offered some modest advice: berthub.eu/articles/pos...
Keynote opening Digital Commons EDIC: Moving beyond the Digital Uncommons - Bert Hubert
Last Thursday, 11th of December, saw the launch of the new Digital Commons European Digital Infrastructure Consortium. In attendance were delegations from the launching member states (and the observer...
berthub.eu
December 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
The EU has launched a Consortium for Digital Commons. Authorities were crystal clear on how large our digital autonomy challenges are today. I delivered a talk in which I outlined how dependent we are technically AND culturally on big tech & I offered some modest advice: berthub.eu/articles/pos...
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#E2EE must be explicitly protected, and client-side scanning must be excluded entirely. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
After Years of Controversy, the EU’s Chat Control Nears Its Final
After a years-long battle, the European Commission’s “Chat Control” plan, which would mandate mass scanning and other encryption-breaking measures, at last codifies agreement on a position within the
www.eff.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:34 AM
#E2EE must be explicitly protected, and client-side scanning must be excluded entirely. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Time again for my favorite christmas post ever, one that still makes me laugh every time i read it
December 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Time again for my favorite christmas post ever, one that still makes me laugh every time i read it
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This should make any human with values sick.
December 8, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This should make any human with values sick.
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A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Utter insanity. Can we turn the country off and on again?
I wish more people were aware of this. Considering the scale of the threat, the media's near-silence is both remarkable and culpable.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Utter insanity. Can we turn the country off and on again?
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cool job at a very special computer company
- write TypeScript and Rust
- everyone makes $235k
- fully remote
- everything is open source
- write TypeScript and Rust
- everyone makes $235k
- fully remote
- everything is open source
Product Engineer / Oxide
oxide.computer
November 19, 2025 at 6:33 PM
cool job at a very special computer company
- write TypeScript and Rust
- everyone makes $235k
- fully remote
- everything is open source
- write TypeScript and Rust
- everyone makes $235k
- fully remote
- everything is open source
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British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Worth your time:
terminal.ahumanfuture.co/posts/2025-1...
(can't recall link source; apologies if it was you!)
terminal.ahumanfuture.co/posts/2025-1...
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October 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Worth your time:
terminal.ahumanfuture.co/posts/2025-1...
(can't recall link source; apologies if it was you!)
terminal.ahumanfuture.co/posts/2025-1...
(can't recall link source; apologies if it was you!)
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Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
Larry Ellison predicts rise of the modern surveillance state where ‘citizens will be on their best behavior’ | Fortune
Oracle's Larry Ellison believes citizens and police alike will be under constant surveillance of each other.
fortune.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Larry Ellison envisions a surveillance state in which techbros rule. '“Citizens will be on their best behavior, because we’re constantly recording and reporting everything that is going on,” Ellison said in an hour-long Q&A during Oracle’s Financial Analyst Meeting last week.'
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Hi Bluesky!
The diagram for puzzle lovers. Save it so you can find these games on Steam later 🎮💥
#puzzle #games #Steam #indiegames #puzzles #game #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #streamers #youtubers #streamer #YouTuber #stream #twitch #youtube
The diagram for puzzle lovers. Save it so you can find these games on Steam later 🎮💥
#puzzle #games #Steam #indiegames #puzzles #game #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #streamers #youtubers #streamer #YouTuber #stream #twitch #youtube
September 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Hi Bluesky!
The diagram for puzzle lovers. Save it so you can find these games on Steam later 🎮💥
#puzzle #games #Steam #indiegames #puzzles #game #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #streamers #youtubers #streamer #YouTuber #stream #twitch #youtube
The diagram for puzzle lovers. Save it so you can find these games on Steam later 🎮💥
#puzzle #games #Steam #indiegames #puzzles #game #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #streamers #youtubers #streamer #YouTuber #stream #twitch #youtube