Tim Chambers
@tchambers.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy
Technologist, writer, who is fascinated by how new politics impacts technology and vice versa. #fedi22 #indieweb #fediverse
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Renewed Resistance (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Just under 1 week till #nokings protest. Here’s the plan: 1. Share / boost this post to grow account - help us grow to largest social reach by 18th ✅ 2. Amp and boost all Nokings posts leading up to 18th. We will, too. ✅ 3. On protest day take pics and share posts from you local protest w/ #nokings tag… join us in boosting every single one! Lets go build community show up in numbers never seen before, and organize the open social web to fight for democracy!
channel.org
This is so important and organizing on the open social web may be the most vital, free, and billionaire-proof places left to do digital organizing. #nokings
https://channel.org/@renewedresistance/115361577846291040
https://channel.org/@renewedresistance/115361577846291040
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Thanks for the card suggestions! Any Fedi artists and crafts people have Christmas tree ornaments for sale? Ceramic, felt, crochet, wood, anything #handmade. US makers, please. 🎄
December 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Thanks for the card suggestions! Any Fedi artists and crafts people have Christmas tree ornaments for sale? Ceramic, felt, crochet, wood, anything #handmade. US makers, please. 🎄
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"By making the news and truth contingent on advertising budgets we’ve created an environment where any narrative can win, as long as the storyteller is willing to pay. If we allow these conditions to continue, we will leave behind the voices that truly matter." #technology […]
Original post on werd.social
werd.social
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"By making the news and truth contingent on advertising budgets we’ve created an environment where any narrative can win, as long as the storyteller is willing to pay. If we allow these conditions to continue, we will leave behind the voices that truly matter." #technology […]
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Fediverse Report #145 - this week's #fediverse news:
- @holos is a project currently in development that allows you to run an #activitypub server on your phone
- More on Threads' user statistics, which do indicate the platform's popularity in Asia […]
- @holos is a project currently in development that allows you to run an #activitypub server on your phone
- More on Threads' user statistics, which do indicate the platform's popularity in Asia […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Fediverse Report #145 - this week's #fediverse news:
- @holos is a project currently in development that allows you to run an #activitypub server on your phone
- More on Threads' user statistics, which do indicate the platform's popularity in Asia […]
- @holos is a project currently in development that allows you to run an #activitypub server on your phone
- More on Threads' user statistics, which do indicate the platform's popularity in Asia […]
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Let's Encrypt is ten years old. It's changed the web for the better. #technology https://werd.io/10-years-of-lets-encrypt-certificates/
December 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Let's Encrypt is ten years old. It's changed the web for the better. #technology https://werd.io/10-years-of-lets-encrypt-certificates/
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Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has posted one of his most important pieces, in which he brings historical context to the ascendance -- and profound malignity -- of the ultra-wealthy who are on the verge of destroying us […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo has posted one of his most important pieces, in which he brings historical context to the ascendance -- and profound malignity -- of the ultra-wealthy who are on the verge of destroying us […]
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"History shows us that all progress comes from the meeting of diverse people, with different ideas, and different backgrounds." The web is no different. #technology https://werd.io/the-web-runs-on-tolerance/
December 8, 2025 at 3:40 AM
"History shows us that all progress comes from the meeting of diverse people, with different ideas, and different backgrounds." The web is no different. #technology https://werd.io/the-web-runs-on-tolerance/
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Lmao over on X “Data Republican”, has just discovered that inauthentic amplification is a thing.
Nick Fuentes’ X followers may not all be authentic American humans. His posts…may be amplified by bots. Fuentes ratioed Elon…but maybe it wasn’t really real. 🤣
Nick Fuentes’ X followers may not all be authentic American humans. His posts…may be amplified by bots. Fuentes ratioed Elon…but maybe it wasn’t really real. 🤣
December 8, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Lmao over on X “Data Republican”, has just discovered that inauthentic amplification is a thing.
Nick Fuentes’ X followers may not all be authentic American humans. His posts…may be amplified by bots. Fuentes ratioed Elon…but maybe it wasn’t really real. 🤣
Nick Fuentes’ X followers may not all be authentic American humans. His posts…may be amplified by bots. Fuentes ratioed Elon…but maybe it wasn’t really real. 🤣
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David Ellison still wants Warner Bros. His coalition, which includes Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners, is launching a $108.4B hostile takeover bid of the company. Last week, Warner Bros.' board agreed a deal with Netflix; this new bid will go directly […]
Original post on flipboard.social
flipboard.social
December 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
David Ellison still wants Warner Bros. His coalition, which includes Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners, is launching a $108.4B hostile takeover bid of the company. Last week, Warner Bros.' board agreed a deal with Netflix; this new bid will go directly […]
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24 of the 27 European Commissioners are still posting on X
Leaving ought to be a moral imperative, especially after what has happened in the past week
A little overview on my blog: https://euroblog.jonworth.eu/musk-wants-to-abolish-the-eu-while-european-commissioners-keep-posting-on-x/
Leaving ought to be a moral imperative, especially after what has happened in the past week
A little overview on my blog: https://euroblog.jonworth.eu/musk-wants-to-abolish-the-eu-while-european-commissioners-keep-posting-on-x/
euroblog.jonworth.eu
December 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
24 of the 27 European Commissioners are still posting on X
Leaving ought to be a moral imperative, especially after what has happened in the past week
A little overview on my blog: https://euroblog.jonworth.eu/musk-wants-to-abolish-the-eu-while-european-commissioners-keep-posting-on-x/
Leaving ought to be a moral imperative, especially after what has happened in the past week
A little overview on my blog: https://euroblog.jonworth.eu/musk-wants-to-abolish-the-eu-while-european-commissioners-keep-posting-on-x/
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#telegram has a nice and fast UI, granted.
But the 1 billion people using TG are at risk because of its big central database that any state security service craves for. Moreover, several anonymization proxy-bot offerings were hacked in 2024, identifying […]
[Original post on chaos.social]
But the 1 billion people using TG are at risk because of its big central database that any state security service craves for. Moreover, several anonymization proxy-bot offerings were hacked in 2024, identifying […]
[Original post on chaos.social]
December 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
#telegram has a nice and fast UI, granted.
But the 1 billion people using TG are at risk because of its big central database that any state security service craves for. Moreover, several anonymization proxy-bot offerings were hacked in 2024, identifying […]
[Original post on chaos.social]
But the 1 billion people using TG are at risk because of its big central database that any state security service craves for. Moreover, several anonymization proxy-bot offerings were hacked in 2024, identifying […]
[Original post on chaos.social]
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A few things #deltachat apps are doing positively different from #signal apps
- easiest onboarding ever; not depending on phone numbers or other private data
- support for multiple chat profiles/identities
- decentralized servers, not depending on US-based GAFAM etc.
- migration from one […]
- easiest onboarding ever; not depending on phone numbers or other private data
- support for multiple chat profiles/identities
- decentralized servers, not depending on US-based GAFAM etc.
- migration from one […]
Original post on chaos.social
chaos.social
December 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
A few things #deltachat apps are doing positively different from #signal apps
- easiest onboarding ever; not depending on phone numbers or other private data
- support for multiple chat profiles/identities
- decentralized servers, not depending on US-based GAFAM etc.
- migration from one […]
- easiest onboarding ever; not depending on phone numbers or other private data
- support for multiple chat profiles/identities
- decentralized servers, not depending on US-based GAFAM etc.
- migration from one […]
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RE: https://chaos.social/@thefinalstrawradio/115679804496870004
Another nice surprise! A careful discussion and appreciation of our almost 8-year long running efforts, and its #deltachat and #chatmail artifacts. The "Signal contingency plan" comes complete with podcast, website and zine!
Another nice surprise! A careful discussion and appreciation of our almost 8-year long running efforts, and its #deltachat and #chatmail artifacts. The "Signal contingency plan" comes complete with podcast, website and zine!
chaos.social
December 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
RE: https://chaos.social/@thefinalstrawradio/115679804496870004
Another nice surprise! A careful discussion and appreciation of our almost 8-year long running efforts, and its #deltachat and #chatmail artifacts. The "Signal contingency plan" comes complete with podcast, website and zine!
Another nice surprise! A careful discussion and appreciation of our almost 8-year long running efforts, and its #deltachat and #chatmail artifacts. The "Signal contingency plan" comes complete with podcast, website and zine!
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I thoroughly recommend reading all of Cory Doctorow's recent speech on AI skepticism, it's crammed with new arguments and interesting new ways of thinking about these problems https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/#u-washington
December 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I thoroughly recommend reading all of Cory Doctorow's recent speech on AI skepticism, it's crammed with new arguments and interesting new ways of thinking about these problems https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/#u-washington
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Resale values of Teslas are in the depths for all kinds of reasons, but the central one -- apart from the taint of Musk -- is that the cars are ridiculously crappy and unreliable as they age. https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/old-teslas-falling-apart
Just one more reason to avoid this […]
Just one more reason to avoid this […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Resale values of Teslas are in the depths for all kinds of reasons, but the central one -- apart from the taint of Musk -- is that the cars are ridiculously crappy and unreliable as they age. https://futurism.com/advanced-transport/old-teslas-falling-apart
Just one more reason to avoid this […]
Just one more reason to avoid this […]
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Several people asked if our artwork, such as the print we offer as a crowdfunding reward, is AI-generated.
It’s not.
It’s an original work by Rocco Lombardi, the artist behind the Bonfire icon and much of our other illustrations, hand screen-printed by BeeInk […]
[Original post on indieweb.social]
It’s not.
It’s an original work by Rocco Lombardi, the artist behind the Bonfire icon and much of our other illustrations, hand screen-printed by BeeInk […]
[Original post on indieweb.social]
December 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Several people asked if our artwork, such as the print we offer as a crowdfunding reward, is AI-generated.
It’s not.
It’s an original work by Rocco Lombardi, the artist behind the Bonfire icon and much of our other illustrations, hand screen-printed by BeeInk […]
[Original post on indieweb.social]
It’s not.
It’s an original work by Rocco Lombardi, the artist behind the Bonfire icon and much of our other illustrations, hand screen-printed by BeeInk […]
[Original post on indieweb.social]
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RE: https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/115650131177527914
Only nine days left to find only 574€ to secure the first stone of a new home for open science: the Open Science Network is built on Bonfire... which is so close to its first goal.
https://openscience.network/
Be the one who crosses the […]
Only nine days left to find only 574€ to secure the first stone of a new home for open science: the Open Science Network is built on Bonfire... which is so close to its first goal.
https://openscience.network/
Be the one who crosses the […]
December 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
RE: https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/115650131177527914
Only nine days left to find only 574€ to secure the first stone of a new home for open science: the Open Science Network is built on Bonfire... which is so close to its first goal.
https://openscience.network/
Be the one who crosses the […]
Only nine days left to find only 574€ to secure the first stone of a new home for open science: the Open Science Network is built on Bonfire... which is so close to its first goal.
https://openscience.network/
Be the one who crosses the […]
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The CEO of The Onion set the publication's goal for 2026 to have more subscribers than The Washington Post. At the rate the latter is going, that won't take long.
"For reasons we don't like or understand, our work has become increasingly important."
"Look, we're an independent company, we […]
"For reasons we don't like or understand, our work has become increasingly important."
"Look, we're an independent company, we […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
December 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The CEO of The Onion set the publication's goal for 2026 to have more subscribers than The Washington Post. At the rate the latter is going, that won't take long.
"For reasons we don't like or understand, our work has become increasingly important."
"Look, we're an independent company, we […]
"For reasons we don't like or understand, our work has become increasingly important."
"Look, we're an independent company, we […]
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"These days people use the term "web" to mean basically something you can view in a web browser. But that does not mean it is *of* the web." #technology https://werd.io/of-the-web/
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"These days people use the term "web" to mean basically something you can view in a web browser. But that does not mean it is *of* the web." #technology https://werd.io/of-the-web/
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I think the EFF has an outsized role to play in ensuring technology doesn’t become an instrument of powerful people to subjugate the rest of us. I wrote about how it can meet the current moment: https://werd.io/the-eff-we-need-now/
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I think the EFF has an outsized role to play in ensuring technology doesn’t become an instrument of powerful people to subjugate the rest of us. I wrote about how it can meet the current moment: https://werd.io/the-eff-we-need-now/
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I've never been a great notetaker. Winnie Lim suggests I might be overthinking it: it's not a second brain but a second subconscious mind. #technology https://werd.io/imperfect-notes-my-second-subconscious/
November 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I've never been a great notetaker. Winnie Lim suggests I might be overthinking it: it's not a second brain but a second subconscious mind. #technology https://werd.io/imperfect-notes-my-second-subconscious/
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Every Friday, I round up the links I've found interesting at the intersection of technology, media, and society, and share some thoughts. Here's today's list - including what happens after the AI hype dies down, why children are flocking to unsafe online spaces, and more […]
Original post on werd.social
werd.social
December 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Every Friday, I round up the links I've found interesting at the intersection of technology, media, and society, and share some thoughts. Here's today's list - including what happens after the AI hype dies down, why children are flocking to unsafe online spaces, and more […]
Good. #maryland
https://marylandmatters.org/2025/12/05/redistricting-supporters-outnumber-opponents-at-maryland-meeting/
https://marylandmatters.org/2025/12/05/redistricting-supporters-outnumber-opponents-at-maryland-meeting/
December 6, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Meta has acquired Limitless.ai.
Instantly Limitless changed its privacy policy and pulled its products from Brazil, China, the European Union, Israel, South Korea, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
Instantly Limitless changed its privacy policy and pulled its products from Brazil, China, the European Union, Israel, South Korea, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
December 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Meta has acquired Limitless.ai.
Instantly Limitless changed its privacy policy and pulled its products from Brazil, China, the European Union, Israel, South Korea, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
Instantly Limitless changed its privacy policy and pulled its products from Brazil, China, the European Union, Israel, South Korea, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.
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NBC - The man charged with planting two pipe bombs near the Democratic and Republican party headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol told the FBI he believed conspiracy theories about the 2020 election […]
Original post on journa.host
journa.host
December 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
NBC - The man charged with planting two pipe bombs near the Democratic and Republican party headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol told the FBI he believed conspiracy theories about the 2020 election […]
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Happy 25th anniversary to this Daily Mail article from the year 2000, proclaiming that internet "may be just a passing fad as millions give up on it".
#internet #theweb #otd #onthisday #history
#internet #theweb #otd #onthisday #history
December 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Happy 25th anniversary to this Daily Mail article from the year 2000, proclaiming that internet "may be just a passing fad as millions give up on it".
#internet #theweb #otd #onthisday #history
#internet #theweb #otd #onthisday #history