@anildash@me.dm2026-03-01 01:53:12
Apple is adding video support to its podcasting apps — that’s great. But the way it’s doing so might jeopardize the openness that’s kept podcasting from getting enshittified like every other form of media. It’s not too late for them to fix this. https://anildash.com/2026/02/28/apple-vid…
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social2026-03-31 12:42:56
"Openness in the Archives: Educational Equity and Primary Sources"
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/986770
"Academic libraries and colleagues within the larger educational sector commonly prioritize educational equity and affordable course content. While higher education frequently inc…
@adulau@infosec.exchange2026-05-01 12:54:02
Post-quantum defaults and GnuPG
@… email is a very insightful overview of where the standards, implementations, and openness of the community.
After years of using OpenPGP, the PQC discussions are a good opportunity to rethink what we should prepare for next and especially which community we should work with.
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@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social2026-03-31 12:42:13
"Mining the commons: AI extraction, Wikipedia, and the case for a multi-stakeholder settlement"
https://policyreview.info/articles/news/commons-ai-extraction-wikipedia/2089
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@matthiasott@mastodon.social2026-04-28 10:37:38
Incredible day-2 opener by @… at #btconf, who condensed >25 years of building music software into his in-browser openDAW – a case for openness … and persistence. Including a 🤘 live performance by @…
@geant@mstdn.social2026-02-24 15:58:55
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@hikingdude@mastodon.social2026-04-26 12:06:25
Starting the day with going through the #bergwelten magazine once more. Sometimes I wish I'd knew the focal length of the photos.
Later we did two nice walks near #dietramszell and enjoyed spring and the sun. Wrist is also feeling better.
We saw really a lot of cyclists. But …
@mapto@qoto.org2026-02-21 05:48:29
Regarding the extremely insightful exchange between @… and @… that unfolded yesterday, there is a bit too much of ideology in it for my taste. However, I couldn't help noticing that arguably the strongest point of Tante about the ideology of LLMs is based on an …
@adulau@infosec.exchange2026-02-24 21:11:49
The Open Contributions Descriptor (OCD) is an open, machine-readable JSON format that allows an organization to publish a structured description of its participation in the open ecosystem.
It's still a bit in flux but the goal of OCD is to make organizational openness discoverable, interoperable, and automatable.
#opensource
@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social2026-02-17 11:53:42
"Brauchen wir eine ‹wehrhafte Openness›? Sophie G. Einwächter zur Notwendigkeit strategischer Grenzen von Offenheit"
https://mediastudies.hypotheses.org/7387