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In 2021 I gave a talk about “openness” briefly tracing the history from the Free Software movement, #GNU, and OSS, to open formats like XML and ODF, then to the #FreeCulture and #OpenData movement like

Wren Loud and Bold Ambient (2021-06) - Ambient soundscape from 16WW back garden birdlife; small bird makes big noise! #wren #soundscape #fieldRecording -

Wren Loud and Bold Ambient (2021-06)
Ambient soundscape from 16WW back garden birdlife; small bird makes big noise! #wren #soundscape #fieldRecording

FBI releases new videos of 2021 D.C. pipe bomb suspect, as case remains unsolved (Joe Walsh/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-new-videos-2021-d-c-pipe-bomb-suspect-dnc-rnc/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251022/p176#a251022p176

An Economic Analysis of Electricity Consumption and Electric Vehicle Adoption in California from 2010 to 2021
Pufan Qi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.02530 https://

An Economic Analysis of Electricity Consumption and Electric Vehicle Adoption in California from 2010 to 2021
This paper examines the impact of electric vehicles on total annual electricity consumption across 58 counties in California from 2010 to 2021. Employing a log linear model to analyze the relationship between electricity consumption and EV ownership, alongside a linear log model with an instrumental variable approach, the study finds that annual per capita electricity consumption increased by 0.23% for each additional electric vehicle per 10,000 residents over the 12 years period. The analysis …

"Rich-Get-Richer"? Analyzing Content Creator Earnings Across Large Social Media Platforms
Ilan Strauss, Jangho Yang, Mariana Mazzucato
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.26523

"Rich-Get-Richer"? Analyzing Content Creator Earnings Across Large Social Media Platforms
This paper examines whether monthly content creator earnings follow a power law distribution, driven by compounding 'rich-get-richer' dynamics (Barabasi and Albert 1999). Patreon creator earnings data for 2018, 2021, and 2024 for Instagram, Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Patreon exhibit a power law exponent around $α= 2$. This suggests that algorithmic systems generate unequalizing returns closer to highly concentrated capital income and wealth, rather than labor income. Platforms gov…