@evan @timbl thanks to the two of you for making it possible for us to be here

(2/2) What I did know was that it was to be guided by the overarching values of fuelling creativity, driving collaboration and igniting compassion. These values are even more important in the age of AI, a technology that has the same potential to liberate and cause harm #Web37

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(1/2) 37 years ago today I submitted my proposal for the World Wide Web 🎂. Today, Rosemary & I spoke with students in New Orleans at Walter Isaacson's Digital History Class at Tulane University. I was asked, as I often am, if I ever could have foreseen where we’d be today. I could not.

This is a soundbite from a recent webinar we hosted, titled "What Americans can learn from other nonviolent civil activism movements"

The full recording: youtube.com/watch?v=DtUO2eEF3N

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New apps, updates and AI tools always promise to make tech easier.

But for many older adults, constant changes make devices harder to use, shifting the burden onto family members who provide “technology caregiving.”

theconversation.com/constant-t

The privacy disaster of meta glasses...

but it is already around us with any camera-enabled device, such as phones and smart TVs

svd.se/a/K8nrV4/metas-ai-smart

Waterfall ‘recycling’ at Neist on the Isle of Skye today. The strong westerly wind blowing the falling water back onto the cliffs #IsleOfSkye #Scotland

⚖️ A proposed change to the definition of personal data could soon make it easier for #BigTech to bypass European privacy laws – at least if the EU Commission's #DigitalOmnibus passes.

Watch now to learn more and stay tuned for further videos! 👉 youtube.com/shorts/bGn8084RFZA

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At this point the question is how much conservative America and the supreme court of the US are subordinate to the Kremlin. The MAGA base is clearly controlled through the commercial socials, who are financially dependent on disinformation. But how much of the declining fossil and arms industries are helpless without Russian money?

@mariusz Just don't forget what the algorithm behind your partner is optimised for. I'm afraid that me saying anything beyond that might come across as offensive, although most certainly not intended so.

@TheConversationUS but it doesn't, because commercial algorithms show paid content instead of what is important. This is why the fediverse needs to grow so it can cater also for non-nerd users. We're very far from that and my personal opinion is that the largest gap is in the usability of clients

Snow-covered mountain peaks reflect the Sun's rays back toward space instead of absorbing them, which helps maintain those freezing temperatures even on bright, sunny days, explains a climatologist.

buff.ly/a20MtF3

Darwin called the appendix a useless leftover from our plant-eating ancestors.

Biologists now say he got it wrong. The appendix evolved at least 32 times independently across mammalian species, suggesting it kept evolving for a good reason.
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An extraordinary combination of evidence that Epstein operated a Russian honeytrap and it directed Trump as a Russian asset

US capitalism has been extremely effectively exploited by the Russian deep state to a level that the whole Republican party is covering it up legally and commercially. The evidence is so overwhelming, it is full of admissions of so many people involved.

rawstory.com/raw-investigates/
@nepravda

US "leadership" is rushing to out-dumb Israeli counterparts in tragic real-life parody. It's dubious if they are able to "win" their war, whatever that means. But they are certainly sabotaging the military power of the respective state for decades to come. The case of Pete Hegseth

theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m

A.I. musicians are COOKED. I just recorded an ENTIRE SONG using nothing but my instruments and a few microphones. This would have cost upwards of hundreds of dollars in expensive A.I. subscription fees but for me it was completely FREE. Don't get left behind. This is the future!

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