I know things are bad on the open web…but it could get even worse. Imagine any of these scenarios:
1. What if the Internet Archive got shut down after all those lawsuits. Ref: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
2. What if Google suddenly stopped high-ranking Wikipedia links. Ref: mastodon.social/@ricmac/114205…
3. What if the next generation of internet users doesn’t read and so short looping videos *completely* take over. Ref: overcast.fm/+AA1Ledu9mbc
Scary times. All we can is continue to support #openweb.
Richard MacManus (@ricmac@mastodon.social)
@wdenton@cosocial.ca That Wikipedia page is brand new!? I must admit I didn’t know who he was, so googled him after seeing @tante@tldr.nettime.org’s post…the second link was the Wikipedia page.Mastodon
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I wrote about this last year too - saying that we were spending hundreds of millions on meticulous inquiries and then wasting the learning by not implementing recommendations www.bmj.com/content/386/...
RE: bsky.app/profile/did:plc:vqvci…
What is the point of inquiries...
What is the point of inquiries?
The UK needs a stronger, more efficient system for ensuring that recommendations from inquiries are implemented to avoid repeated failures, writes Christina Pagel The UK Covid-19 Inquiry has just published its Module 1 report two years after the in…The BMJ
FPV drones of the Samosyd operators of the 11th brigade hit 3 Zala. Kherson region, March 2025.
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🚨 Wisconsin voters 🚨
We urge you to vote NO to Question 1 on April 1!
#Wisconsin already has some of the strictest voter ID requirements, and this proposed state constitutional amendment will make it even harder for residents at home and abroad to vote.
Protect your right to vote and vote NO on April 1!
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A study has found nearly half of the landslides, debris flows and washouts that occurred during British Columbia’s atmospheric river disaster in November 2021 originated in areas that had been logged or burned by wildfire.
A study has found nearly half of the landslides, debris flows and washouts that occurred during British Columbia's atmospheric river disaster in November 2021 originated in areas that had been logged or burned by wildfire.https://www.cbc.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Dreamlab – An app that fights Climate change, Covid-19 and cancer whilst we sleep.
https://www.vodafone.com/vodafone-foundation/focus-areas/dreamlab-appBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
Link to Text Fragment – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
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Sociaaldemocratische MFK behaalt absolute meerderheid bij verkiezingen Curaçao
Parlementsverkiezingen Curaçao: De partij behaalde dertien van de 21 parlementszetels. Daarmee kan MFK zonder andere partijen een regering vormen.Roland van Erven (NRC)
Found 1 new servers and 19 servers died off since 5 hours ago
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Netanyahu kondigt aanval aan op tientallen doelen in Libanon
De Israëlische premier Benjamin Netanyahu heeft de krijgsmacht van zijn land zaterdag opdracht gegeven om tientallen doelen aan te vallen in Libanon.Eline Nugteren (NRC)
NVIDIA's Open-Source Kernel Driver Ported To Haiku OS, Mesa NVK Adapted To Run On Top
Haiku OS developer X512 has managed a rather impressive feat: porting NVIDIA's open-source kernel modules to Haiku. Not only did he get NVIDIA's official Linux kernel modules running on Haiku but he also ported the Mesa NVK Vulkan driver to be able to run atop the NVIDIA kernel driver interface...
phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Haiku…
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Aufgeregte Bauarbeiter kommen mit einem Schatz in der Hand angelaufen
Ein kleines Wunder auf einer Baustelle: Unter einer Kirche kommt es zu einer sensationellen Entdeckung.Martin Trotz (www.schwaebische.de)
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Cloudflare turns AI against itself with endless maze of irrelevant facts | New approach punishes AI companies that ignore “no crawl” directives.
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2 teenage boys shot in Toronto Friday night, police say
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/teenage-boys-shot-toronto-1.7490739?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Toronto @toronto-cbcnews
#AkademyES 2025 se celebrará en Málaga los días 20 y 21 de junio 🥳
Será dentro del evento sobre tecnología y cultura libre @opensouthcode, en La Térmica, el centro de referencia nacional e internacional de la cultura en Málaga.
Consulta toda la información en la página oficial de Akademy-es 2025.
kde-espana.org/akademy-es-2025
Con esta será la segunda ocasión que los simpatizantes del proyecto KDE organicemos nuestro encuentro estatal conjuntamente con #OpenSouthCode, tras Akademy-es 2023.
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