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Transforming “users” into “netizens” who are critically engaged with the software, systems, and tools that run the world

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A well written deep dive on Internet infrastructure...
Will Manidis
@WillManidis15 Jun 2022
In April, a team of cyberattackers attempted to breach an undersea cable off the coast of Hawaii. The cable is part of a network that carries over 95% of the world’s data. The attack is one of in a series of mysterious attacks on US infrastructure. Let's dig in.
Firefox's Total Cookie Protection 🍪 is the kind of opinionated privacy feature that will make the Internet safer & less creepy. Nice wwwork @mozilla! blog.mozilla.org/en/products…
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Is your browser made by a non-profit working to make the Internet better or is your browser made by an ad company? 👀
I did a short workshop on DATA in the Art University of Braunschweig and realized I had to re-write the old tutorial for RAW databending, sonification ... Maybe it is also of interest to some of my twitters friends : ) PDF >>> beyondresolution.nyc3.digita…
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Google fires another AI researcher who reportedly challenged findings (updated) - Engadget

Google has fired another AI researcher, this time for challenging the company's previous findings.

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What if RSS and Web 1.0 make an insane out-of-nowhere comeback just as Twitter and web3 implode
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ATTN: artists, archivists, academics, researchers and journalists, let's fire up those vacuums! techcrunch.com/2022/04/18/we…
netizen co-founder @NBriz will be show/sharing a new generative + realtime + prepared-desktop + essay/lecture on data + algorithms/AI + surveillance capitalism at the Gene Siskel Film Center @filmcenter this Thursday at 6pm (TONIGHT!) siskelfilmcenter.org/evening…
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Great thread on ClearviewAI, and why and how to fight mass surveillance for profit #ReclaimYourFace
Reclaim Your Face@ReclaimYourFace7 Apr 2022
ClearviewAI has 10 BILLION images of our faces. Read our easy explainer on what the company does and how our #ReclaimYourFace partners and other allies fight against it. 👇🧵
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Nice thoughts on self hosting...🏠🖥️ rohanrd.xyz/posts/why-you-sh…
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Today's my last day at Google. Starting tomorrow I'm joining @timnitGebru at @DAIRInstitute as Director of Research. On my way out, here's some thoughts on the tech company as a racialized organization and the power of complaint. alex-hanna.medium.com/43fd80…

On Racialized Tech Organizations and Complaint: A Goodbye to Google

Today (Wednesday, February 2, 2022) is my last day at Google. It’s been a year and two months after my former manager Timnit Gebru was…

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Laurie Voss
@seldo27 Jan 2022
I have spent too long thinking about this, I have got myself too tangled. My friends, I need feedback on this. Does it make anything clearer? Can you think of missing examples?
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Marginalia is a refreshing, independent, & DIY search engine that focuses on non-commercial content. It attempts to highlight sites you perhaps weren't aware of in favor of the sort of sites you probably already knew existed. search.marginalia.nu/
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📄🗄️📜📁🗃️📚📎🗞💾 File Format Fans: The Formats site is one of the premiere resources in the world for in-depth information about digital file formats. 💥 blogs.loc.gov/thesignal/2021…

Fun with File Formats | The Signal

Today’s guest post is from Kate Murray, Marcus Nappier, and Liz Holdzkom of the Digital Collections Management & Services Division at the Library of Congress. Are you a file format fan? If you’re...

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Considering reconsidering social media in the coming year? Maybe hyperlocal/superpersonal && un/less mediated approaches will foster fresh vibes? runyourown.social/
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An Evening with @cleogirl2525 at @MuseumModernArt featuring ._SUITABLE_FOR.EXE[CUTION] (in collaboration w/ @NBriz) ++ a program of #newmedia artworks, including @jonsatrom && others! moma.org/calendar/events/743…

Watch An Evening with SHAWNÉ MICHAELAIN HOLLOWAY | MoMA Virtual Cinema Streaming | MoMA

New media artist and poet SHAWNÉ MICHAELAIN HOLLOWAY presents a program that traces uses of computing in moving-image art, from broadcast and playback to interactive software environments, net art...

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a very nice history by @simonstl —wrecking balls, browser wars, contentious consensus, && a eulogy for semantic markup... #balisage @Balisage youtube.com/watch?v=77qDvd5u…
Trying to think of a "movement" or "vibrations/vibes" pun, but can't... But, if I was able to, and you laughed or chortled, the app you're using to read this might know your reaction. mysk.blog/2021/10/24/acceler…
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