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Advice for all the poor clickworkers and AI agents who are trying to create accounts on half-open fediverse servers:

1. Do not begin your reasons for joining with the words, “I’m a genuine Fediverse user …”
2. Do not end the with, “… interested in technology, digital culture, and open communities. I’d like to join fedifreu.de to exchange ideas respectfully, follow diverse perspectives, and be part of a friendly, decentralized social space that values openness and co…

t took only a few minutesbefore everyone in the church knew that another person had been shot.
I was sitting with Trygve Olsen, a big man in a wool hat and puffy vest,
who lifted his phone to show me a text with the news.
It was his 50th birthday, and one of the coldest days of the year.
I asked him whether he was doing anything special to celebrate.
“What should I be doing?” he replied.
“Should I sit at home and open presents?
This is where I’m supp…

Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.

I've signed up for this. Work worth doing: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/01/23/got-ideas-for-growing-the-open-social-web-bring-them/

Got Ideas For Growing The Open Social Web? Bring Them.
Register here for our Growing the Open Social Web Un-Workshop. For over three years now, since Elon Musk decided to spend $44 billion turning Twitter into his personal playground, we’ve been …

Scientists say that AI has become a powerful and rapidly improving research tool, and that whether it is generating ideas on its own is, for now, a moot point (Cade Metz/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/technol

Can A.I. Generate New Ideas?
Systems like OpenAI’s GPT-5 are accelerating research in math, biology and chemistry. But there is a debate over whether it can do that work on its own.

aus der reihe "warum erscheint dieses buch nicht open access?!" heute: "Information Science: History, Ideas, Applications" von Michael Seadle: https://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/page/detail/information-science/?k=9781783306947

Video tutorials for modern ideas and open source tools. #python

Code. Simply. Clearly. Calmly.
Short and simple video lessons that start from scratch. Tools and thoughts that might make your professional life more enjoyable.

We’re getting ready for QGIS Open Day on 28 November 2025! 💚
We’re looking for speakers. If you’d like to share your #QGIS work or ideas, sign up
👉 https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/wiki/QOD-No…

QOD November 2025
QGIS is a free, open source, cross platform (lin/win/mac) geographical information system (GIS) - qgis/QGIS

Got this one from #springer - they're really want to fill their publications with slop. High quality articles with AI writing. No wonder people don't believe in science anymore.
F**king hate #ai #slop