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Joe Ortiz
@joeo.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Here's how the Bluesky team has described future plans to make the protocol and platform financially sustainable: developing a subscription model for extra features like high-quality video and customizations, while keeping all basic features free bsky.social/about/blog/1...
I feel we need some more information on their decentralization and federation plans before giving them money.
From Cory Doctorow:
pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/u...
From Cory Doctorow:
pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/u...
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This effort by telecom execs to force tech companies to pay them huge new surcharges for no reason has been a generation in the making. It's what started the net neutrality wars.
This new effort will be couched under a lot of empty rhetoric claiming it's necessary to "bridge the digital divide."
This new effort will be couched under a lot of empty rhetoric claiming it's necessary to "bridge the digital divide."
May 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
This effort by telecom execs to force tech companies to pay them huge new surcharges for no reason has been a generation in the making. It's what started the net neutrality wars.
This new effort will be couched under a lot of empty rhetoric claiming it's necessary to "bridge the digital divide."
This new effort will be couched under a lot of empty rhetoric claiming it's necessary to "bridge the digital divide."
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I wrote about how Republicans like Brendan Carr (R, AT&T) will likely soon push a new tax on your Netflix bill that they claim will be used to expand broadband access, but will likely help fund new boats for telecom executives:
New Law Would Add New Tax To Your Netflix Bill So AT&T And Comcast Execs Can Get Richer
Telecom lobbyists have been working overtime for decades in the US and EU, trying to get policymakers to support the idea of “Big Tech” paying “Big Telecom” billions of additional do…
www.techdirt.com
May 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I wrote about how Republicans like Brendan Carr (R, AT&T) will likely soon push a new tax on your Netflix bill that they claim will be used to expand broadband access, but will likely help fund new boats for telecom executives:
The FDA says that it will indeed block most Americans from getting COVID vaccines, thus severely restricting it to people over 65 or a person with "pre-existing conditions".
Welp, it begins to people dying at a rapid alarming rate. :(
apnews.com/article/vacc...
Welp, it begins to people dying at a rapid alarming rate. :(
apnews.com/article/vacc...
New Trump vaccine policy limits access to COVID shots
Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy.
apnews.com
May 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The FDA says that it will indeed block most Americans from getting COVID vaccines, thus severely restricting it to people over 65 or a person with "pre-existing conditions".
Welp, it begins to people dying at a rapid alarming rate. :(
apnews.com/article/vacc...
Welp, it begins to people dying at a rapid alarming rate. :(
apnews.com/article/vacc...
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Every Democrat supporting censorship bills like KOSA and the repeal of Section 230 is actively helping carry out Project 2025’s vision of erasing trans people and abortion information from the Internet.
Our health care is being taken away. Our existence is criminalized. Democrats are helping do it
Our health care is being taken away. Our existence is criminalized. Democrats are helping do it
May 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Every Democrat supporting censorship bills like KOSA and the repeal of Section 230 is actively helping carry out Project 2025’s vision of erasing trans people and abortion information from the Internet.
Our health care is being taken away. Our existence is criminalized. Democrats are helping do it
Our health care is being taken away. Our existence is criminalized. Democrats are helping do it
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this was Verizon's reward for buckling under Trump's demands that they be more racist, and sitting on their hands while Elon Musk steals their $2 billion FAA contract
Verizon wins FCC approval for $9.6-billion Frontier acquisition
The FCC approval paves the way for the biggest U.S. phone company to expand its high-speed internet business.
www.latimes.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
this was Verizon's reward for buckling under Trump's demands that they be more racist, and sitting on their hands while Elon Musk steals their $2 billion FAA contract
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hey, folks.
as soon as i can, i’ll whip up short KOSA call scripts if it helps. but a thing you need to know is that *calling* elected reps is pretty much the lowest effort bar. for real.
sadly, social media tags do nothing to change votes.
you can’t just @ a rep & say “i did my part.”
as soon as i can, i’ll whip up short KOSA call scripts if it helps. but a thing you need to know is that *calling* elected reps is pretty much the lowest effort bar. for real.
sadly, social media tags do nothing to change votes.
you can’t just @ a rep & say “i did my part.”
GOD FUCKING DAMN IT.
KOSA is vile & every single republican openly plans to weaponize it.
blackburn straight up said it exists to “protect minors from the transgender in society” & 22 GOP attorneys general openly said, “yes, i *would* use it to go after abortion info.”
KOSA IS A GIFT TO FASCISTS.
KOSA is vile & every single republican openly plans to weaponize it.
blackburn straight up said it exists to “protect minors from the transgender in society” & 22 GOP attorneys general openly said, “yes, i *would* use it to go after abortion info.”
KOSA IS A GIFT TO FASCISTS.
Senators Marsha Blackburn and Richard Blumenthal reintroduce the Kids Online Safety Act, mandating platforms like Meta to mitigate harms; Apple supports KOSA (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
May 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
hey, folks.
as soon as i can, i’ll whip up short KOSA call scripts if it helps. but a thing you need to know is that *calling* elected reps is pretty much the lowest effort bar. for real.
sadly, social media tags do nothing to change votes.
you can’t just @ a rep & say “i did my part.”
as soon as i can, i’ll whip up short KOSA call scripts if it helps. but a thing you need to know is that *calling* elected reps is pretty much the lowest effort bar. for real.
sadly, social media tags do nothing to change votes.
you can’t just @ a rep & say “i did my part.”
US Senators have reintroduced KOSA today and sadly I expect this to become law invevitably as it gained even more support (from Apple most notably) since it was stalled late last year.
www.theverge.com/news/666729/...
www.theverge.com/news/666729/...
The Kids Online Safety Act is back
KOSA passed the Senate before dying in the House last year.
www.theverge.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
US Senators have reintroduced KOSA today and sadly I expect this to become law invevitably as it gained even more support (from Apple most notably) since it was stalled late last year.
www.theverge.com/news/666729/...
www.theverge.com/news/666729/...
This is going to get real ugly very soon, and many aren't ready for it.
I don’t think people have internalized that even if we sign a deal with China tomorrow, we are in for a several months-long supply shock.
The shelves are going to go bare.
There is no way to avoid it at this point.
The shelves are going to go bare.
There is no way to avoid it at this point.
May 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This is going to get real ugly very soon, and many aren't ready for it.
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Just like with Covid those watching who actually understand what is happening know that we haven’t even seen the impact yet.
The ripples haven’t started to turn into waves yet and they will.
America is about to go through some things in a way that many do not even remotely understand.
The ripples haven’t started to turn into waves yet and they will.
America is about to go through some things in a way that many do not even remotely understand.
Not a single international cargo ship at the Port of Seattle. The port is dead. The last ship from China will dock at a West coast port on the 29th, and the last Chinese ship will dock on the East coast around May 10th. After that, there will be no more shipments arriving from China. We’re screwed.
April 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Just like with Covid those watching who actually understand what is happening know that we haven’t even seen the impact yet.
The ripples haven’t started to turn into waves yet and they will.
America is about to go through some things in a way that many do not even remotely understand.
The ripples haven’t started to turn into waves yet and they will.
America is about to go through some things in a way that many do not even remotely understand.
Oh it will be, and it's yet another blatant unconstitutional bill that the courts are being forced to address.
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/c...
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/c...
April 29, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Oh it will be, and it's yet another blatant unconstitutional bill that the courts are being forced to address.
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/c...
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/c...
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They murder us.
The stop work orders affect the development of an intranasal vaccine for COVID-19 and an intravenous shot for immunocompromised people. cen.acs.org/pharmaceutic... 🧪
US halts funding for new COVID-19 vaccines
Despite the termination, the 2 companies plan to forge ahead without HHS grants
cen.acs.org
April 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
They murder us.
Here's a very informative piece on the FCC under chairman and censor-in-chief Brendan Carr as he approaches his first 100 days and it's a great takedown and bashing as you can expect from Karl.
He's anti-consumer, pro-censorship, very pro-telecom (mostly towards Starlink), and much more.
He's anti-consumer, pro-censorship, very pro-telecom (mostly towards Starlink), and much more.
Over at The Verge I wrote about how Brendan Carr has transformed our top media and telecom regulator into a dangerous, incoherent, grievance-fueled censorship and harassment machine:
Brendan Carr’s FCC is an anti-consumer, rights-trampling harassment machine
The White House’s personal censor.
www.theverge.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Here's a very informative piece on the FCC under chairman and censor-in-chief Brendan Carr as he approaches his first 100 days and it's a great takedown and bashing as you can expect from Karl.
He's anti-consumer, pro-censorship, very pro-telecom (mostly towards Starlink), and much more.
He's anti-consumer, pro-censorship, very pro-telecom (mostly towards Starlink), and much more.
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How far do we think we are from Trump trying to quarter law enforcement in people's houses to wait for their prey to come home?
The Justice Dept. has authorized law enforcement officers to GO INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES WITHOUT SEARCH WARRANTS if they suspect that someone is an "alien enemy"
I talked to @usatoday.com about Attorney General Bondi's "Guidance for Implementing the Alien Enemies Act," links below
I talked to @usatoday.com about Attorney General Bondi's "Guidance for Implementing the Alien Enemies Act," links below
April 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
How far do we think we are from Trump trying to quarter law enforcement in people's houses to wait for their prey to come home?
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The FBI just arrested a Wisconsin circuit court judge for failing to assist ICE to its satisfaction in their kidnapping of a human being out of court custody and into a death camp.
Any attempt to soften the reality of that statement is fascist propaganda.
Any attempt to soften the reality of that statement is fascist propaganda.
April 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The FBI just arrested a Wisconsin circuit court judge for failing to assist ICE to its satisfaction in their kidnapping of a human being out of court custody and into a death camp.
Any attempt to soften the reality of that statement is fascist propaganda.
Any attempt to soften the reality of that statement is fascist propaganda.
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If you’re feeling the call to buy Jackie Robinson gear to show your love and appreciation for the man who broke the color barrier in modern Major League Baseball, I implore you to skip Fanatics/MLB and buy directly from the @jackierobinsonfdtn.bsky.social Museum at shop42.org.
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April 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If you’re feeling the call to buy Jackie Robinson gear to show your love and appreciation for the man who broke the color barrier in modern Major League Baseball, I implore you to skip Fanatics/MLB and buy directly from the @jackierobinsonfdtn.bsky.social Museum at shop42.org.
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Foreign Friends with Travel Plans to the U.S. for Conventions:
A bit back I said you should maybe reconsider those plans.
I would like to amend my prior statement.
Cancel them. Cancel them now. We cannot keep you safe from our own government. Take your holiday in Spain or something.
A bit back I said you should maybe reconsider those plans.
I would like to amend my prior statement.
Cancel them. Cancel them now. We cannot keep you safe from our own government. Take your holiday in Spain or something.
April 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Foreign Friends with Travel Plans to the U.S. for Conventions:
A bit back I said you should maybe reconsider those plans.
I would like to amend my prior statement.
Cancel them. Cancel them now. We cannot keep you safe from our own government. Take your holiday in Spain or something.
A bit back I said you should maybe reconsider those plans.
I would like to amend my prior statement.
Cancel them. Cancel them now. We cannot keep you safe from our own government. Take your holiday in Spain or something.
If you are planning conferences, conventions and trade shows over the next several months, it's very likely that there will be significant attendance declines due to the current political climate, and rightfully so.
April 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
If you are planning conferences, conventions and trade shows over the next several months, it's very likely that there will be significant attendance declines due to the current political climate, and rightfully so.
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Also, this kind of murder is totally legal if Trump makes the order an official act as the Supreme Court gave Trump immunity from all acts done in an official capacity.
Americans are fully not understanding how deep this goes and how much fascist infrastructure is already in place.
Americans are fully not understanding how deep this goes and how much fascist infrastructure is already in place.
1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
April 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Also, this kind of murder is totally legal if Trump makes the order an official act as the Supreme Court gave Trump immunity from all acts done in an official capacity.
Americans are fully not understanding how deep this goes and how much fascist infrastructure is already in place.
Americans are fully not understanding how deep this goes and how much fascist infrastructure is already in place.
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FDA just missed its deadline to approve a Covid shot
April 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
FDA just missed its deadline to approve a Covid shot
Terrible news, and you're not alone on having to make difficult choices for no reason. :(
cancelling all my streaming services and summer plans after my wife got fired from her nonprofit hospital by drug-addled oligarchs while my modest retirement funds collapse at the hands of a fake business genius who operates at a fourth grade reading level and feeling very patriotic
a bald eagle with an american flag painted on it 's face
ALT: a bald eagle with an american flag painted on it 's face
media.tenor.com
April 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Terrible news, and you're not alone on having to make difficult choices for no reason. :(
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cancelling all my streaming services and summer plans after my wife got fired from her nonprofit hospital by drug-addled oligarchs while my modest retirement funds collapse at the hands of a fake business genius who operates at a fourth grade reading level and feeling very patriotic
a bald eagle with an american flag painted on it 's face
ALT: a bald eagle with an american flag painted on it 's face
media.tenor.com
April 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
cancelling all my streaming services and summer plans after my wife got fired from her nonprofit hospital by drug-addled oligarchs while my modest retirement funds collapse at the hands of a fake business genius who operates at a fourth grade reading level and feeling very patriotic
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The Internet Archive is facing copyright lawsuits from book publishers and record labels that threaten its existence, despite its critical role in preserving cultural history. As govt websites get purged, it's preserving vital lost data—like the Jan. 6 timeline. It remains uncertain without support.
Humming along in an old church, the Internet Archive is more relevant than ever
The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.
www.npr.org
March 24, 2025 at 3:11 AM
The Internet Archive is facing copyright lawsuits from book publishers and record labels that threaten its existence, despite its critical role in preserving cultural history. As govt websites get purged, it's preserving vital lost data—like the Jan. 6 timeline. It remains uncertain without support.
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mRNA vaccines are legit a near-miracle tech, there's one in testing that might be able to cure pancreatic cancer, and this fucking degenerate might take them from us arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Report: mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr’s crosshairs; funding in question
“Kennedy’s war on vaccines has started,” one researcher said.
arstechnica.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
mRNA vaccines are legit a near-miracle tech, there's one in testing that might be able to cure pancreatic cancer, and this fucking degenerate might take them from us arstechnica.com/health/2025/...