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Grrrh! I could get really annoyed about this! Living and working in rural Stirlingshire has its advantages for sure, but fast broadband is not one of them.
When the U.S. security state announces that Big Tech's centralized censorship power must be preserved, we should ask what this reveals about whom this regime serves.
Simulation, Gamification, and the Rise of Algorithmic Capitalism
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I love Longmont’s municipal broadband, but we had to fight Comcast every step of the way to get it.
Crypto is known for its toxicity towards outsiders. Similar attitudes are emerging from some who oppose crypto.
It's a shortcut to understanding, and there are no shortcuts
This is my personal blog. The views expressed on this page are mine alone. Update, April 8, 2013: Can you hear it? Take the watermark listening test. Update, January 14, 2015: Check out the results of the listening test. A while ago, I wrote about my confusion regarding Weird Spotify Compression Artifacts. It turns…
Six companies control 90% of what you read, watch, and hear. Here's why that's dangerous.
We confirm that in 2020 and 2021 we observed and notified the government of the United Kingdom of multiple suspected instances of Pegasus spyware infections within official UK networks, including the Prime Minister’s Office and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
The Citizen Lab, in collaboration with Catalan civil society groups, has identified at least 65 individuals targeted or infected with mercenary spyware, including members of the European Parliament, Catalan Presidents, legislators, jurists, and members of civil society organisations.
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Here’s a simple way to take over Twitter for way less than $43 billion dollars.
From the highly eclectic blog of Mark Dominus
This is a different type of post. Here, instead of presenting the voice of a single person, I have translated selected stories shared on Weibo and elsewhere on the Chinese Internet—or more fittingl…
The science of psychedelics is everywhere – but we should treat it with serious scepticism
The web was established with the best of intentions. The basic idea was that if everyone could share their thoughts and ideas with the world, the best ones would be vetted and float to the top. The bad ones would be ignored and pushed to the bottom.
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Recent revelations from an alleged industry insider paint a disturbing picture
A few weeks ago I was contacted by a journalist at the New York Times, who asked if I felt that film critics were losing touch with the tastes of the broader public.
A century ago, the father of modern architecture, Le Corbusier, was commissioned by a French industrialist to design some homes for factory workers near Bordeaux. The resulting development, Cité Fr…
Avoided emissions seem like a (well-intentioned?) shell game
