Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

Category: uncategorised

twitter.com is blocked | twitter.com refused to connect | ERR_BLOCKED_BY_RESPONSE | …what the hell is this?

2024/01/18
“Daddy Makes Pizza Night” is getting better

2024/01/18
A new variation on the Scunthorpe problem: a cable company which will not accept the surname “Cable”

2024/01/18
The UK’s political class needs to learn to love the economy it actually has | …excellent article

2024/01/16
From Amazon to Facebook and Google, here’s how platforms can ‘decay’ | NPR | …another Cory “enshittification” piece, but having seen USENET & various BBSes decay, I feel he overcooks the “capitalism” aspects

2024/01/15
Gradually, Civil Society is starting to wake up to the idea that “Government algorithms” are less an issue than underlying Government policy of treating people as objects or stereotypes

2024/01/15
Nineteen Eighty Pooh

2024/01/15
Very interesting short thread by @mwdavis84@threads.net re: iMessage and its dominance in the USA from the perspective of a competitor at Microsoft

2024/01/15
Short (but deep-clickable) thread by @matthew_d_green which foreshadows debate about power the UK Government seeks: to prevent fixes of security bugs they are exploiting

2024/01/15
This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI | …I’m always torn whether to call these things “pettyware” or “get off my lawn-ware”

2024/01/15
Is anybody working on algorithmic, engagement-led feed generation for Mastodon?

2024/01/15
Introducing DJI FlyCart 30 | DJI Delivery | Thinks: with 30kg lift capacity & 45MPH top speed, I could deliver the toddler to nursery over morning coffee

2024/01/15