Dave Winer
@scripting.com
I've been building around WordPress to create a social network based on RSS. I want to get out of being controlled by billionaire-owned sites. I have a feeling we may need a good backup given where we are now.
http://scripting.com/2025/08/28/140604.html
http://scripting.com/2025/08/28/140604.html
Bucky Badger helps out Bad Bunny.
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Bucky Badger helps out Bad Bunny.
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Unidos somos América.
February 9, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Unidos somos América.
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Ring ad: We're just going to use your door cam Batman technology to track lost dogs.
[sure jan]
[sure jan]
February 9, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Ring ad: We're just going to use your door cam Batman technology to track lost dogs.
[sure jan]
[sure jan]
Super Bowl is 100 percent tax dodging oligarchs and stars who work for them. Just people making far more money than any human can use.
February 9, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Super Bowl is 100 percent tax dodging oligarchs and stars who work for them. Just people making far more money than any human can use.
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if i ran firefox, this is what i would say wrt AI in firefox in 2026.
1. ai is exciting!
2. it's also in its infancy.
3. we don't know yet how or if it connects to the web.
4. the web is 100% our #1 priority.
cont'd
1. ai is exciting!
2. it's also in its infancy.
3. we don't know yet how or if it connects to the web.
4. the web is 100% our #1 priority.
cont'd
February 8, 2026 at 7:41 PM
if i ran firefox, this is what i would say wrt AI in firefox in 2026.
1. ai is exciting!
2. it's also in its infancy.
3. we don't know yet how or if it connects to the web.
4. the web is 100% our #1 priority.
cont'd
1. ai is exciting!
2. it's also in its infancy.
3. we don't know yet how or if it connects to the web.
4. the web is 100% our #1 priority.
cont'd
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February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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The tech press did their part in giving control of the public internet to the people who are selling us out.
February 8, 2026 at 6:39 PM
The tech press did their part in giving control of the public internet to the people who are selling us out.
if i ran firefox, this is what i would say wrt AI in firefox in 2026.
1. ai is exciting!
2. it's also in its infancy.
3. we don't know yet how or if it connects to the web.
4. the web is 100% our #1 priority.
cont'd
1. ai is exciting!
2. it's also in its infancy.
3. we don't know yet how or if it connects to the web.
4. the web is 100% our #1 priority.
cont'd
February 8, 2026 at 7:41 PM
if i ran firefox, this is what i would say wrt AI in firefox in 2026.
1. ai is exciting!
2. it's also in its infancy.
3. we don't know yet how or if it connects to the web.
4. the web is 100% our #1 priority.
cont'd
1. ai is exciting!
2. it's also in its infancy.
3. we don't know yet how or if it connects to the web.
4. the web is 100% our #1 priority.
cont'd
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Devotion, 1908 #mondrian #pietmondrian
February 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Devotion, 1908 #mondrian #pietmondrian
We’re going to learn the first amendment the way gun advocates rep the second.
February 8, 2026 at 6:41 PM
We’re going to learn the first amendment the way gun advocates rep the second.
The tech press did their part in giving control of the public internet to the people who are selling us out.
February 8, 2026 at 6:39 PM
The tech press did their part in giving control of the public internet to the people who are selling us out.
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Tim Cook Reportedly Reassures Apple Employees That He Doesn't Want His Friend Trump to Deport Them.
Tim Cook Reportedly Reassures Apple Employees That He Doesn't Want His Friend Trump to Deport Them
Cook and Trump seem to have a difference of opinion on immigration.
gizmodo.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Tim Cook Reportedly Reassures Apple Employees That He Doesn't Want His Friend Trump to Deport Them.
How are we going to replace the disappeared news orgs with something that works much better.
# The reboot that news needs
I would love to see a standard model for community news orgs, starting with the city of Washington DC, with some of the reporters who were recently laid off.
I would love to see a standard model for community news orgs, starting with the city of Washington DC, with some of the reporters who were recently laid off.
February 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM
How are we going to replace the disappeared news orgs with something that works much better.
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‘you can't reason a person out of a position they did not reason themselves into’
February 8, 2026 at 5:04 PM
‘you can't reason a person out of a position they did not reason themselves into’
Very powerful ad. This is the way to do it.
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Very powerful ad. This is the way to do it.
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I kinda love that this is in a dialog box. One has to wonder what action on a computer would elicit this response.
February 8, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I kinda love that this is in a dialog box. One has to wonder what action on a computer would elicit this response.
My favorite recent snarky slogan.
February 8, 2026 at 2:43 AM
My favorite recent snarky slogan.
# The reboot that news needs
I would love to see a standard model for community news orgs, starting with the city of Washington DC, with some of the reporters who were recently laid off.
I would love to see a standard model for community news orgs, starting with the city of Washington DC, with some of the reporters who were recently laid off.
February 7, 2026 at 11:26 PM
# The reboot that news needs
I would love to see a standard model for community news orgs, starting with the city of Washington DC, with some of the reporters who were recently laid off.
I would love to see a standard model for community news orgs, starting with the city of Washington DC, with some of the reporters who were recently laid off.
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Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop. www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop. www.nytimes.com
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Mitchell Hashimoto: My AI Adoption Journey. mitchellh.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:12 PM
Mitchell Hashimoto: My AI Adoption Journey. mitchellh.com
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News from the most-quoted blogs on Hacker News. feedland.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:14 PM
News from the most-quoted blogs on Hacker News. feedland.com
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this:
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A prince, an ambassador, senior diplomats, top politicians. All brought down by the Jeffrey Epstein files. And all in Europe, rather than the United States.
Epstein revelations have toppled top figures in Europe while US fallout is more muted
The Jeffrey Epstein files have rocked Europe's elite, revealing ties to a prince, an ambassador, and top politicians. The U.S.
apnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:25 PM
A prince, an ambassador, senior diplomats, top politicians. All brought down by the Jeffrey Epstein files. And all in Europe, rather than the United States.