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In short, the problem here is not that Signal ‘chose’ to run on AWS. The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players. 11/
October 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
In short, the problem here is not that Signal ‘chose’ to run on AWS. The problem is the concentration of power in the infrastructure space that means there isn’t really another choice: the entire stack, practically speaking, is owned by 3-4 players. 11/
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Director of European Transport Safety Council: "Europe now risks being flooded with oversized, under-regulated US pick-up trucks and SUVs – heavier, more dangerous to other car drivers, pedestrians and cyclists, and completely out of step with Europe’s vision for safer, more sustainable mobility.”
This is an INSANE decision by the E.U.
“By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.”
This will kill people.
“By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.”
This will kill people.
ETSC: Mutual recognition deal with U.S. will cost lives on Europe’s roads
By signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the United States, the European Union has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail – it is a political choice…
etsc.eu
August 30, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Director of European Transport Safety Council: "Europe now risks being flooded with oversized, under-regulated US pick-up trucks and SUVs – heavier, more dangerous to other car drivers, pedestrians and cyclists, and completely out of step with Europe’s vision for safer, more sustainable mobility.”
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Join us over the next six weeks while we explore "Who Runs the Internet?" youtube.com/watch?v=7gMN...
Who Runs the Internet?
Many of us use the Internet every day, but have you ever wondered who keeps this global resource running?For the next six weeks, we’ll be unpacking this ques...
youtube.com
June 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Join us over the next six weeks while we explore "Who Runs the Internet?" youtube.com/watch?v=7gMN...
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As a researcher working on migration and displacement who does a lot of public communication, the hardest thing about the current situation is that none of the ‘crises’ are real.
We’re trying to fight against a deeply embedded narrative that’s completely disconnected from empirical reality.
We’re trying to fight against a deeply embedded narrative that’s completely disconnected from empirical reality.
what people seem to believe is that there is a large number of criminal, layabout immigrants who can be easily found and deported. they support doing so snd are dismayed by the deportation of otherwise law abiding people. the problem is that the criminal group is imaginary!
Wow. New CBS poll finds majority (55%) supports the *general goal* of deportations, but a bigger majority (56%) dislikes how Trump is carrying them out. And 63% want due process.
Again, we need a better discourse around public opinion on immigration, as I've argued:
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
Again, we need a better discourse around public opinion on immigration, as I've argued:
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
June 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
As a researcher working on migration and displacement who does a lot of public communication, the hardest thing about the current situation is that none of the ‘crises’ are real.
We’re trying to fight against a deeply embedded narrative that’s completely disconnected from empirical reality.
We’re trying to fight against a deeply embedded narrative that’s completely disconnected from empirical reality.
What a headline www.404media.co/openai-furio...
OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From Us
OpenAI shocked that an AI company would train on someone else's data without permission or compensation.
www.404media.co
January 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
What a headline www.404media.co/openai-furio...
"Attempting to address security and privacy concerns one app at a time is ineffective and potentially harmful. Countries should instead look to comprehensive privacy and collaborative security measures to protect people online." www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/01...
The Global Impact of a US TikTok Ban - Internet Society
Banning TikTok would be a dangerous decision putting the security of millions and the open, global Internet at risk.
www.internetsociety.org
January 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
"Attempting to address security and privacy concerns one app at a time is ineffective and potentially harmful. Countries should instead look to comprehensive privacy and collaborative security measures to protect people online." www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/01...
Been thinking about this a lot. We are already so far behind on both housing and on climate action. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/b...
Los Angeles Wildfires Will Make a Serious Housing Shortage Worse
With so many people displaced and looking for rentals, the region’s housing options could grow even scarcer and more expensive.
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Been thinking about this a lot. We are already so far behind on both housing and on climate action. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/09/b...
What a legend. www.latimes.com/food/story/2...
Socorro Herrera, founder of tiny Los Feliz taco stand Yuca's Hut, dies
From a shoeshine booth turned taco stand, Socorro 'Mama Yuca's' Herrera was a taco champion and James Beard Award winner at her Yuca's Hut in Los Feliz.
www.latimes.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
What a legend. www.latimes.com/food/story/2...
The PM's apology might carry more weight if he weren't in a coalition goverment with the Finnish far right. (Whose fanbase, incidentally, never met a Swedish speaking tradition in Finland that they didn't hate. Until this week.)
Black woman targeted by racist abuse in Finland over festival role
Black woman targeted by racist abuse in Finland over festival role
Finnish PM apologises to Daniela Owusu after she received hate messages after becoming first Black woman to represent Saint Lucia
A young Black woman who was subjected to racist abuse after being selected to lead celebrations of a Swedish festival of…
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2024 at 12:37 AM
The PM's apology might carry more weight if he weren't in a coalition goverment with the Finnish far right. (Whose fanbase, incidentally, never met a Swedish speaking tradition in Finland that they didn't hate. Until this week.)
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Subsea cable cuts happen all the time, we just hardly ever hear about them. The network’s resilience, and all that goes into it, is at least as exciting as the stories that over-interpret cable faults with little evidence. Thanks to Internet Society Pulse for publishing my piece!
Baltic Subsea Cables: A Story of Resilience Than Fear
The narrative of the story should highlight the resilience of subsea cables and the Internet as a whole to continue wor…
pulse.internetsociety.org
November 22, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Subsea cable cuts happen all the time, we just hardly ever hear about them. The network’s resilience, and all that goes into it, is at least as exciting as the stories that over-interpret cable faults with little evidence. Thanks to Internet Society Pulse for publishing my piece!
I love this for Santa Barbara. www.independent.com/2024/02/28/e...
Elon Musk’s Worst Nightmare Lives in Santa Barbara
Journalist Zoe Schiffer gets the true story of how he ruined Twitter.
www.independent.com
February 29, 2024 at 3:54 PM
I love this for Santa Barbara. www.independent.com/2024/02/28/e...
Peak California: “A septuagenarian member of the City Council was priced out of her rented house, declared herself homeless and was investigated by a grand jury for no longer living within her council district.” www.latimes.com/california/s...
A tent encampment rises outside Ojai's stately City Hall. Its residents might break your heart
Longtime residents of bucolic Ojai, priced out of their homes, are finding community at a tent encampment taking shape at City Hall.
www.latimes.com
February 28, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Peak California: “A septuagenarian member of the City Council was priced out of her rented house, declared herself homeless and was investigated by a grand jury for no longer living within her council district.” www.latimes.com/california/s...
“Only in the face of intense political, economic, religious or social pressures do people stop passing on their mother tongues to children.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The World Capital of Endangered Languages
New York City is home to more threatened languages than anywhere else. One project set out to document them.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2024 at 5:00 PM
“Only in the face of intense political, economic, religious or social pressures do people stop passing on their mother tongues to children.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"Last year 336 people were killed in vehicle crashes, more than in any of the last 20 years." Angelenos, please vote for Measure HLA, a very modest step towards less carnage filled streets. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Editorial: Fear-mongering on Measure HLA ignores what’s really scary — L.A.’s deadly streets
Some of L.A.'s most powerful interests are trying to sabotage a March 5 ballot measure aimed at making streets safer for pedestrians, bicyclists and even drivers.
www.latimes.com
February 22, 2024 at 3:07 AM
"Last year 336 people were killed in vehicle crashes, more than in any of the last 20 years." Angelenos, please vote for Measure HLA, a very modest step towards less carnage filled streets. www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Yikes: Big Tech has claimed so much electric grid capacity in Sweden for future speculative purposes that "municipalities such as Uppsala can not develop public transport electrification projects because of shortages of grid capacity." www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
Dismantling public values, one data center at the time | Reimagining public values in algorithmic futures | University of Helsinki
In this blog post Julia Velkova discusses the problematics related to data centres from the Nordic perspective: Are the Nordic States too reliant on tech giants to in the critical communication infras...
www.helsinki.fi
February 22, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Yikes: Big Tech has claimed so much electric grid capacity in Sweden for future speculative purposes that "municipalities such as Uppsala can not develop public transport electrification projects because of shortages of grid capacity." www.helsinki.fi/en/researchg...
"For decades, robots.txt governed the behavior of web crawlers. But as unscrupulous AI companies seek out more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart." www.theverge.com/24067997/rob...
The rise and fall of robots.txt
As unscrupulous AI companies crawl for more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart.
www.theverge.com
February 17, 2024 at 5:33 PM
"For decades, robots.txt governed the behavior of web crawlers. But as unscrupulous AI companies seek out more and more data, the basic social contract of the web is falling apart." www.theverge.com/24067997/rob...
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very soon, synthetic content will drown the entire www, like a toxic waste
February 10, 2024 at 8:12 AM
very soon, synthetic content will drown the entire www, like a toxic waste
I haven't been this excited about any new music since the 90s. Someone pretty please book these legends for a US tour. "Maustetytöt are an unusual thing: a band with an anti-pop attitude that can’t help but churn out great pop songs." www.theguardian.com/music/2024/j...
Zig-a-zig-pah: Finland’s ‘Spice Girls’ find joy in misery – and a Kaurismäki collaboration
Far from their girl-power namesakes, deadpan duo Maustetytöt have topped the charts at home – and found a kindred spirit in the Fallen Leaves director
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2024 at 5:03 PM
I haven't been this excited about any new music since the 90s. Someone pretty please book these legends for a US tour. "Maustetytöt are an unusual thing: a band with an anti-pop attitude that can’t help but churn out great pop songs." www.theguardian.com/music/2024/j...
US hotels: We've gone cashless
Me: Ok, how do I tip housekeeping? Venmo?
Hotels: Cash
Me: Can you help me get cash?
Hotels: Sorry no we're cashless
Me: Ok, how do I tip housekeeping? Venmo?
Hotels: Cash
Me: Can you help me get cash?
Hotels: Sorry no we're cashless
November 17, 2023 at 6:05 PM
US hotels: We've gone cashless
Me: Ok, how do I tip housekeeping? Venmo?
Hotels: Cash
Me: Can you help me get cash?
Hotels: Sorry no we're cashless
Me: Ok, how do I tip housekeeping? Venmo?
Hotels: Cash
Me: Can you help me get cash?
Hotels: Sorry no we're cashless
One: excuse me what now?
Two: here's an affordable way to access a significant amount of private data of the third person in line for the White House, via a third party app.
Three: 17 year olds are quite good at circumventing their parents' apps of choice.
Two: here's an affordable way to access a significant amount of private data of the third person in line for the White House, via a third party app.
Three: 17 year olds are quite good at circumventing their parents' apps of choice.
Mike Johnson Admits He and His Son Monitor Each Other’s Porn Intake in Resurfaced Video
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson admitted that he and his son monitored each other’s porn intake in a resurfaced clip from 2022.
www.rollingstone.com
November 6, 2023 at 6:10 PM
One: excuse me what now?
Two: here's an affordable way to access a significant amount of private data of the third person in line for the White House, via a third party app.
Three: 17 year olds are quite good at circumventing their parents' apps of choice.
Two: here's an affordable way to access a significant amount of private data of the third person in line for the White House, via a third party app.
Three: 17 year olds are quite good at circumventing their parents' apps of choice.
Reader, the two dozen German journalists are not wrong.
Opinion: They traveled on Metro for a week and loved it. Can two dozen German journalists be wrong?
Twenty-five participants in a journalism fellowship in L.A. used Metro buses and trains to get to multiple meetings a day for a week. Safely. Happily. And on time.
www.latimes.com
November 6, 2023 at 12:48 AM
Reader, the two dozen German journalists are not wrong.
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“The report found that all four models tested (incl. GPT4) failed when asked to respond to medical questions about kidney function, lung capacity and skin thickness… they appeared to reinforce long-held false beliefs about biological differences between Black and white people…”
AI chatbots perpetuate medical racism, new study shows | FortuneCloseFortuneFortune WellFacebookTwit...
fortune-com.cdn.ampproject.org
November 4, 2023 at 6:58 PM
“The report found that all four models tested (incl. GPT4) failed when asked to respond to medical questions about kidney function, lung capacity and skin thickness… they appeared to reinforce long-held false beliefs about biological differences between Black and white people…”
Episode 1 of Season 7 of Mozilla's podcast, IRL, just dropped. It's called "With AIs wide open."
And behold this amazing cat (inspired by my neighbor's cat that I call Frenchie; brought to glory by my wildly talented colleague).
Find us wherever you get your pods, and at: irlpodcast.org
And behold this amazing cat (inspired by my neighbor's cat that I call Frenchie; brought to glory by my wildly talented colleague).
Find us wherever you get your pods, and at: irlpodcast.org
October 10, 2023 at 4:36 PM
Episode 1 of Season 7 of Mozilla's podcast, IRL, just dropped. It's called "With AIs wide open."
And behold this amazing cat (inspired by my neighbor's cat that I call Frenchie; brought to glory by my wildly talented colleague).
Find us wherever you get your pods, and at: irlpodcast.org
And behold this amazing cat (inspired by my neighbor's cat that I call Frenchie; brought to glory by my wildly talented colleague).
Find us wherever you get your pods, and at: irlpodcast.org
Disappointed that Newsom's presidential aspirations are resulting in some truly awful vetoes.
Newsom vetoes bill that would allow condoms to be freely distributed to public high school students
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday vetoed legislation that would have provided teenagers attending public high school with access to free condoms and prohibited retailers from refusing to sell the...
www.latimes.com
October 9, 2023 at 3:19 PM
Disappointed that Newsom's presidential aspirations are resulting in some truly awful vetoes.
When I complain that the internet sucks at Finnish this is... not the fix I was hoping for. www.wired.com/story/prison...
These Prisoners Are Training AI
In high-wage Finland, where clickworkers are rare, one company has discovered a novel labor force—prisoners.
www.wired.com
October 3, 2023 at 5:32 PM
When I complain that the internet sucks at Finnish this is... not the fix I was hoping for. www.wired.com/story/prison...