https://blue.feedland.org/?river=http://data.feedland.org/blue/feeds/dave.xml The feed for my FeedLand notes. Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:37:43 GMT feedland v0.6.43 https://cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:37:44 GMT http://rpc.rsscloud.io:5337/pleaseNotify Sat, June 13, 2026 5:37 AM EDT <p>Bluesky and Twitter/X look similar on the surface: short posts, follows, reposts, likes, replies, feeds, and public conversation. The difference is architectural and cultural.</p> <p>X is the older, larger, more centralized system. It is still the place where many politicians, journalists, celebrities, sports fans, finance people, and obsessives go when something is happening right now. Its home page still frames the product around “what’s happening,” live commentary, news, sports, politics, and entertainment. That scale is X’s main advantage: the network is already there.</p> <p>Bluesky is smaller but more interesting structurally. It is built around the AT Protocol and describes itself as an “open network,” where one account can work across an expanding social web rather than only inside one company’s app. Bluesky also puts more emphasis on user control: custom feeds, account portability, moderation choices, and now planned “communities” with public, invite-only, and private modes.</p> <p>The cultural difference follows from that. X feels like a gigantic global arena: fast, consequential, chaotic, and often hostile. Bluesky feels more like a rebuild of Twitter by people who remember what early Twitter was good for: conversation, links, jokes, communities of practice, and lightweight publishing.</p> <p>For developers and publishers, Bluesky’s open design is the important bet. X is a platform you publish into. Bluesky, at least in theory, is a protocol-based network you can build on. X has reach. Bluesky has possibility. Which one matters more depends on whether you need the crowd that exists now, or the web-like system that might exist next.</p> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:37:43 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=815403 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=815403 Bluesky and Twitter/X look similar on the surface: short posts, follows, reposts, likes, replies, feeds, and public conversation. The difference is architectural and cultural. X is the older, larger, more centralized system. It is still the place where many politicians, journalists, celebrities, sports fans, finance people, and obsessives go when something is happening right now. Its home page still frames the product around “what’s happening,” live commentary, news, sports, politics, and entertainment. That scale is X’s main advantage: the network is already there. Bluesky is smaller but more interesting structurally. It is built around the AT Protocol and describes itself as an “open network,” where one account can work across an expanding social web rather than only inside one company’s app. Bluesky also puts more emphasis on user control: custom feeds, account portability, moderation choices, and now planned “communities” with public, invite-only, and private modes. The cultural difference follows from that. X feels like a gigantic global arena: fast, consequential, chaotic, and often hostile. Bluesky feels more like a rebuild of Twitter by people who remember what early Twitter was good for: conversation, links, jokes, communities of practice, and lightweight publishing. For developers and publishers, Bluesky’s open design is the important bet. X is a platform you publish into. Bluesky, at least in theory, is a protocol-based network you can build on. X has reach. Bluesky has possibility. Which one matters more depends on whether you need the crowd that exists now, or the web-like system that might exist next. <p>The term social web is probably too big a compromise. The &quot;web&quot; part is the only part that&#39;s imho useful. The sad part is that &quot;social&quot; means &quot;we removed most of the features of the web.&quot; Why? Some vague sense that people would write too much if given the space. Or link too much. Or edit too much. Or be too emphatic.</p> <p>It&#39;s worse than Disneyfied -- at least at Disneyland you get actors, and color and rides, and bland food with tons of sugar and fat. But there is some fun and nutrition. In the social web, it&#39;s just memes and slogans. Not even much room for a metaphor.</p> <p>There&#39;s so much more to say about being human.</p> Mon, 20 Jan 2025 18:33:22 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=788147 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=788147 The term social web is probably too big a compromise. The "web" part is the only part that's imho useful. The sad part is that "social" means "we removed most of the features of the web." Why? Some vague sense that people would write too much if given the space. Or link too much. Or edit too much. Or be too emphatic. It's worse than Disneyfied -- at least at Disneyland you get actors, and color and rides, and bland food with tons of sugar and fat. But there is some fun and nutrition. In the social web, it's just memes and slogans. Not even much room for a metaphor. There's so much more to say about being human. <p>the fact that zuck is turning into a total maga is disturbing to say the least.</p> <p>it means that he sees that as the way it&#39;s going to shake out, because what&#39;s he going to do if maga is just a phase as we all hoped it was when biden won.</p> <p>zuck must believe that it&#39;s permanent. he might be right.</p> <p>and just imagine the pressure this puts on bluesky.</p> Sun, 12 Jan 2025 02:12:26 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=788094 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=788094 the fact that zuck is turning into a total maga is disturbing to say the least. it means that he sees that as the way it's going to shake out, because what's he going to do if maga is just a phase as we all hoped it was when biden won. zuck must believe that it's permanent. he might be right. and just imagine the pressure this puts on bluesky. <p>We need an AI chatbot that can work with GitHub repos. That is, in my prompt I say, the following questions are about this GitHub repo. At that point it is ready to answer any question about the project.</p> <p>This an incredibly important intersection of capabilities. As far as I can tell, GitHub doesn&#39;t offer it.</p> <p>Anticipating people will suggest I use their editor, I don&#39;t want to use their freaking editor. This keeps coming up everywhere. You can&#39;t use this or that unless you use their editor. Insidious form of lock-in. And it also limits their market to people who use their editor.</p> <p>We need to start thinking about choice. If it applies to developers, it&#39;s more likely they will follow through in the designs of their own projects and give their users choice as a matter of principle.</p> <p>I&#39;d also like to use a chatbot that incorporates the philosophy of the open web. They have opinions btw. One of the first things Claude.ai does when I give it some JavaScript code is that they &quot;modernize&quot; it. That is also insidious. I choose which constructs I use carefully, and follow the rule that one way to do something is better than two, no matter how much better the second way is.</p> <p>The bots can be bullies because the companies that make them are tech companies and thus shortcuts to make money, and thus handicap their users. Maybe the users are starting to figure this out. One can hope.</p> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 15:28:44 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=788086 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=788086 We need an AI chatbot that can work with GitHub repos. That is, in my prompt I say, the following questions are about this GitHub repo. At that point it is ready to answer any question about the project. This an incredibly important intersection of capabilities. As far as I can tell, GitHub doesn't offer it. Anticipating people will suggest I use their editor, I don't want to use their freaking editor. This keeps coming up everywhere. You can't use this or that unless you use their editor. Insidious form of lock-in. And it also limits their market to people who use their editor. We need to start thinking about choice. If it applies to developers, it's more likely they will follow through in the designs of their own projects and give their users choice as a matter of principle. I'd also like to use a chatbot that incorporates the philosophy of the open web. They have opinions btw. One of the first things Claude.ai does when I give it some JavaScript code is that they "modernize" it. That is also insidious. I choose which constructs I use carefully, and follow the rule that one way to do something is better than two, no matter how much better the second way is. The bots can be bullies because the companies that make them are tech companies and thus shortcuts to make money, and thus handicap their users. Maybe the users are starting to figure this out. One can hope. <p>A quick update on @feediverse.bsky.social aka &quot;Little Feed Reader.&quot;</p> <p>I now have the ability to include photos with the posts, but unfortunately most feed items don&#39;t include them, and many are very large and not related to the story.</p> <p>Bluesky itself should look for metadata in the story and do what most other social web apps do (including Masto, Threads, Twitter, Facebook) and include the title, description and image with the post, automatically.</p> <p>It has been suggested we do that, but that seems like a bad idea because eventually they are sure to do it, and then it&#39;ll be there twice, and the effort will have been wasted.</p> <p>Also the 300-character limit and the fact that the length of the link is included in the 300 chars, makes it problematic to include the description, because it may not be apparent why some posts have descriptions and others don&#39;t because they have long links which are not visible in what users see.</p> Mon, 06 Jan 2025 13:42:28 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=788060 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=788060 A quick update on @feediverse.bsky.social aka "Little Feed Reader." I now have the ability to include photos with the posts, but unfortunately most feed items don't include them, and many are very large and not related to the story. Bluesky itself should look for metadata in the story and do what most other social web apps do (including Masto, Threads, Twitter, Facebook) and include the title, description and image with the post, automatically. It has been suggested we do that, but that seems like a bad idea because eventually they are sure to do it, and then it'll be there twice, and the effort will have been wasted. Also the 300-character limit and the fact that the length of the link is included in the 300 chars, makes it problematic to include the description, because it may not be apparent why some posts have descriptions and others don't because they have long links which are not visible in what users see. <p>I don&#39;t want to be critical of anyone in the WordPress world, there&#39;s already a lot of that going around. I want to be off on the side, seeing the immense value of the platform, and things we can do with it that aren&#39;t possible any other way.</p> <p>With that in mind -- for a product that is so incredibly useful for writers, not much attention has been paid to how writers work. We can do a lot better, imho.</p> <p>Again, not meant to be in any way personal. It&#39;s just the way it happened.</p> Wed, 01 Jan 2025 22:44:43 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=788030 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=788030 I don't want to be critical of anyone in the WordPress world, there's already a lot of that going around. I want to be off on the side, seeing the immense value of the platform, and things we can do with it that aren't possible any other way. With that in mind -- for a product that is so incredibly useful for writers, not much attention has been paid to how writers work. We can do a lot better, imho. Again, not meant to be in any way personal. It's just the way it happened. <p>It took me a long time to figure out that when people respond to you on twitter-like systems they aren&#39;t actually speaking to you, they&#39;re talking over your shoulder to the masses they imagine are reading what you posted. Three comments.</p> <p>First, there are no masses. You can see this by looking at the stats for each tweet, available on most platforms.</p> <p>Most users on the social web are trying to get attention for themselves, the only reason they read the posts is to see if there&#39;s a place for them to attach their message.</p> <p>A simple tweak to the software would make it so that only the author of the post being responded to could see the replies. Then they could RT a reply if they thought everyone should see it. This would make the social web a lot more useful imho.</p> Mon, 30 Dec 2024 16:50:57 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=788015 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=788015 It took me a long time to figure out that when people respond to you on twitter-like systems they aren't actually speaking to you, they're talking over your shoulder to the masses they imagine are reading what you posted. Three comments. First, there are no masses. You can see this by looking at the stats for each tweet, available on most platforms. Most users on the social web are trying to get attention for themselves, the only reason they read the posts is to see if there's a place for them to attach their message. A simple tweak to the software would make it so that only the author of the post being responded to could see the replies. Then they could RT a reply if they thought everyone should see it. This would make the social web a lot more useful imho. <p>I am ready to start programming ChatGPT, the same way I have built my own code writing and deploying software on Macintosh. I want to create rules in some kind of macro language that it will never violate.</p> <p>I find it has huge problems with memory, it says it&#39;s remembering something, but has forgotten it 24 hours later. This is like the Fail Whale in the early days of Twitter. Cute, because the system is doing something so new, futuristic and useful, but after a while it&#39;s not cute because we&#39;re using the system for real work.</p> <p>The web is programmable, our operating systems are, of course the AI-o-verse will be programmable too. We are able to create entirely new development environments, these platforms deserve a fresh new look at everything.</p> <p>At the same time, the platforms are breaking through in web user interfaces. Remarkable progress.</p> Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:24:00 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787986 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787986 I am ready to start programming ChatGPT, the same way I have built my own code writing and deploying software on Macintosh. I want to create rules in some kind of macro language that it will never violate. I find it has huge problems with memory, it says it's remembering something, but has forgotten it 24 hours later. This is like the Fail Whale in the early days of Twitter. Cute, because the system is doing something so new, futuristic and useful, but after a while it's not cute because we're using the system for real work. The web is programmable, our operating systems are, of course the AI-o-verse will be programmable too. We are able to create entirely new development environments, these platforms deserve a fresh new look at everything. At the same time, the platforms are breaking through in web user interfaces. Remarkable progress. <p>After reading a few articles about Mike McCue’s announced Surf product I asked meta.ai to explain how it’s different from social web app like threads, Bluesky, twitter. Here’s what it said.</p> <p>Focus on curation: Surf emphasizes human curation, allowing users to create personalized feeds that combine content from various platforms.</p> <p>Aggregation of content: Surf aggregates content from multiple platforms, including social media, blogs, and podcasts, into a single feed.</p> <p>Open protocols: Surf is built on open protocols like ActivityPub and AT Protocol, which allows for seamless integration with other platforms and enables users to own their relationships and data.</p> <p>Less emphasis on real-time discussions: While Surf allows for interactions like liking, commenting, and boosting, the article doesn&#39;t suggest that it&#39;s focused on real-time discussions like Twitter or Threads.</p> Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:38:38 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787941 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787941 After reading a few articles about Mike McCue’s announced Surf product I asked meta.ai to explain how it’s different from social web app like threads, Bluesky, twitter. Here’s what it said. Focus on curation: Surf emphasizes human curation, allowing users to create personalized feeds that combine content from various platforms. Aggregation of content: Surf aggregates content from multiple platforms, including social media, blogs, and podcasts, into a single feed. Open protocols: Surf is built on open protocols like ActivityPub and AT Protocol, which allows for seamless integration with other platforms and enables users to own their relationships and data. Less emphasis on real-time discussions: While Surf allows for interactions like liking, commenting, and boosting, the article doesn't suggest that it's focused on real-time discussions like Twitter or Threads. <p>The Democrats are, of course, failing to lead the 75 million who voted for them in the last election, which was a bit over a month ago.</p> <p>Maybe they should factor that into their thinking, what kind of relationship would you have with an organization that only cared about what you thought if they needed something very specific from you in that exact moment. Any other time, who are you again?</p> <p>We are without leaders.</p> Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:53:19 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787907 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787907 The Democrats are, of course, failing to lead the 75 million who voted for them in the last election, which was a bit over a month ago. Maybe they should factor that into their thinking, what kind of relationship would you have with an organization that only cared about what you thought if they needed something very specific from you in that exact moment. Any other time, who are you again? We are without leaders. <p>Nom Wah Tea Parlor - Historic dim sum spot since 1920.</p> <p>Hop Kee - Classic Cantonese cuisine since 1968.</p> <p>Deluxe Green Bo - Famous for soup dumplings and scallion pancakes.</p> <p>Wonton Noodle Garden - Comforting wonton noodle soup.</p> <p>Mei Lai Wah - Renowned for baked pork buns and pastries.</p> Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:50:17 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787858 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787858 Nom Wah Tea Parlor - Historic dim sum spot since 1920. Hop Kee - Classic Cantonese cuisine since 1968. Deluxe Green Bo - Famous for soup dumplings and scallion pancakes. Wonton Noodle Garden - Comforting wonton noodle soup. Mei Lai Wah - Renowned for baked pork buns and pastries. <p>The AI industry could give us easy tools to build our own models, from our own archived writing, for private use. This may be a blind spot. It&#39;s as if when personal computers started, instead of spreadsheet editors,</p> <p>we were offeredgreat sets of tabulated recalc&#39;ing data. Fun to watch, maybe useful for researchers, but nothing compared to the utility of playing &quot;what if&quot; on our own models.</p> Sat, 14 Dec 2024 20:50:13 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787832 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787832 The AI industry could give us easy tools to build our own models, from our own archived writing, for private use. This may be a blind spot. It's as if when personal computers started, instead of spreadsheet editors, we were offeredgreat sets of tabulated recalc'ing data. Fun to watch, maybe useful for researchers, but nothing compared to the utility of playing "what if" on our own models. <p>Michael Atkinson: Former Inspector General of the Intelligence Community.</p> <p>Lloyd Austin: Defense Secretary under President Joe Biden.</p> <p>Brian Auten: Supervisory Intelligence Analyst, FBI.</p> <p>James Baker: Former General Counsel for the FBI and former Deputy General Counsel at Twitter.</p> <p>Bill Barr: Former Attorney General under Trump.</p> <p>John Bolton: Former National Security Adviser under Trump.</p> <p>Stephen Boyd: Former Chief of Legislative Affairs, FBI.</p> <p>Joe Biden: President of the United States.</p> <p>John Brennan: Former CIA Director under President Barack Obama.</p> <p>John Carlin: Acting Deputy Attorney General, previously led DOJ’s National Security Division under Trump.</p> <p>Eric Ciaramella: Former National Security Council staffer during the Obama and Trump administrations.</p> <p>Pat Cipollone: Former White House Counsel under Trump.</p> <p>James Clapper: Former Director of National Intelligence under Obama.</p> <p>Hillary Clinton: Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate.</p> <p>James Comey: Former FBI Director.</p> <p>Elizabeth Dibble: Former Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy, London.</p> <p>Mark Esper: Former Secretary of Defense under Trump.</p> <p>Alyssa Farah: Former Director of Strategic Communications under Trump.</p> <p>Evelyn Farkas: Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia under Obama.</p> <p>Sarah Isgur Flores: Former DOJ Head of Communications under Trump.</p> <p>Merrick Garland: Attorney General under Biden.</p> <p>Stephanie Grisham: Former Press Secretary under Trump.</p> <p>Kamala Harris: Vice President under Biden; former presidential candidate.</p> <p>Gina Haspel: CIA Director under Trump.</p> <p>Fiona Hill: Former staffer on the National Security Council.</p> <p>Curtis Heide: FBI Agent.</p> <p>Eric Holder: Former Attorney General under Obama.</p> <p>Robert Hur: Special Counsel who investigated Biden over mishandling of classified documents.</p> <p>Cassidy Hutchinson: Aide to Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.</p> <p>Nina Jankowicz: Former Executive Director, Disinformation Governance Board under Biden.</p> <p>Lois Lerner: Former IRS Director under Obama.</p> <p>Loretta Lynch: Former Attorney General under Obama.</p> <p>Charles Kupperman: Former Deputy National Security Adviser under Trump.</p> <p>General Kenneth McKenzie, Ret.: Former Commander of United States Central Command.</p> <p>Andrew McCabe: Former FBI Deputy Director under Trump.</p> <p>Ryan McCarthy: Former Secretary of the Army under Trump.</p> <p>Mary McCord: Former Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security under Obama.</p> <p>Denis McDonough: Former Chief of Staff for Obama, Secretary of Veterans Affairs under Biden.</p> <p>General Mark Milley, Ret.: Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.</p> <p>Lisa Monaco: Deputy Attorney General under Biden.</p> <p>Sally Moyer: Former Supervisory Attorney, FBI.</p> <p>Robert Mueller: Former FBI Director, Special Counsel for Russiagate.</p> <p>Bruce Ohr: Former Associate Deputy Attorney General under Obama and Trump.</p> <p>Nellie Ohr: Wife of Bruce Ohr and former CIA employee.</p> <p>Lisa Page: Former Legal Counsel for Deputy Director Andrew McCabe at FBI; exchanged texts about Trump with Peter Strzok.</p> <p>Pat Philbin: Former Deputy White House Counsel under Trump.</p> <p>John Podesta: Former Counselor to Obama; Senior Adviser to Biden on Climate Policy.</p> <p>Samantha Power: Former Ambassador to the United Nations under Obama, Administrator of USAID under Biden.</p> <p>Bill Priestap: Former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence, FBI under Obama.</p> <p>Susan Rice: Former National Security Adviser under Obama, Director of the Domestic Policy Council under Biden.</p> <p>Rod Rosenstein: Former Deputy Attorney General under Trump.</p> <p>Peter Strzok: Former Deputy Assistant Director for Counterintelligence, FBI; exchanged texts about Trump with Lisa Page.</p> <p>Jake Sullivan: National Security Adviser under President Joe Biden.</p> <p>Michael Sussmann: Former Legal Representative, Democratic National Committee.</p> <p>Miles Taylor: Former DHS Official under Trump; penned New York Times op-ed critical of Trump under the byline “Anonymous.”</p> <p>Timothy Thibault: Former Assistant Special Agent, FBI.</p> <p>Andrew Weissmann: Mueller’s Deputy in Russiagate probe.</p> <p>Alexander Vindman: Former National Security Council Director for European Affairs.</p> <p>Christopher Wray: FBI Director under Trump and Biden.</p> <p>Sally Yates: Former Deputy Attorney General under Obama and, briefly, Acting Attorney General under Trump.</p> Tue, 03 Dec 2024 18:43:10 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787723 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787723 Michael Atkinson: Former Inspector General of the Intelligence Community. Lloyd Austin: Defense Secretary under President Joe Biden. Brian Auten: Supervisory Intelligence Analyst, FBI. James Baker: Former General Counsel for the FBI and former Deputy General Counsel at Twitter. Bill Barr: Former Attorney General under Trump. John Bolton: Former National Security Adviser under Trump. Stephen Boyd: Former Chief of Legislative Affairs, FBI. Joe Biden: President of the United States. John Brennan: Former CIA Director under President Barack Obama. John Carlin: Acting Deputy Attorney General, previously led DOJ’s National Security Division under Trump. Eric Ciaramella: Former National Security Council staffer during the Obama and Trump administrations. Pat Cipollone: Former White House Counsel under Trump. James Clapper: Former Director of National Intelligence under Obama. Hillary Clinton: Former Secretary of State and presidential candidate. James Comey: Former FBI Director. Elizabeth Dibble: Former Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy, London. Mark Esper: Former Secretary of Defense under Trump. Alyssa Farah: Former Director of Strategic Communications under Trump. Evelyn Farkas: Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia under Obama. Sarah Isgur Flores: Former DOJ Head of Communications under Trump. Merrick Garland: Attorney General under Biden. Stephanie Grisham: Former Press Secretary under Trump. Kamala Harris: Vice President under Biden; former presidential candidate. Gina Haspel: CIA Director under Trump. Fiona Hill: Former staffer on the National Security Council. Curtis Heide: FBI Agent. Eric Holder: Former Attorney General under Obama. Robert Hur: Special Counsel who investigated Biden over mishandling of classified documents. Cassidy Hutchinson: Aide to Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Nina Jankowicz: Former Executive Director, Disinformation Governance Board under Biden. Lois Lerner: Former IRS Director under Obama. Loretta Lynch: Former Attorney General under Obama. Charles Kupperman: Former Deputy National Security Adviser under Trump. General Kenneth McKenzie, Ret.: Former Commander of United States Central Command. Andrew McCabe: Former FBI Deputy Director under Trump. Ryan McCarthy: Former Secretary of the Army under Trump. Mary McCord: Former Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security under Obama. Denis McDonough: Former Chief of Staff for Obama, Secretary of Veterans Affairs under Biden. General Mark Milley, Ret.: Former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Lisa Monaco: Deputy Attorney General under Biden. Sally Moyer: Former Supervisory Attorney, FBI. Robert Mueller: Former FBI Director, Special Counsel for Russiagate. Bruce Ohr: Former Associate Deputy Attorney General under Obama and Trump. Nellie Ohr: Wife of Bruce Ohr and former CIA employee. Lisa Page: Former Legal Counsel for Deputy Director Andrew McCabe at FBI; exchanged texts about Trump with Peter Strzok. Pat Philbin: Former Deputy White House Counsel under Trump. John Podesta: Former Counselor to Obama; Senior Adviser to Biden on Climate Policy. Samantha Power: Former Ambassador to the United Nations under Obama, Administrator of USAID under Biden. Bill Priestap: Former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence, FBI under Obama. Susan Rice: Former National Security Adviser under Obama, Director of the Domestic Policy Council under Biden. Rod Rosenstein: Former Deputy Attorney General under Trump. Peter Strzok: Former Deputy Assistant Director for Counterintelligence, FBI; exchanged texts about Trump with Lisa Page. Jake Sullivan: National Security Adviser under President Joe Biden. Michael Sussmann: Former Legal Representative, Democratic National Committee. Miles Taylor: Former DHS Official under Trump; penned New York Times op-ed critical of Trump under the byline “Anonymous.” Timothy Thibault: Former Assistant Special Agent, FBI. Andrew Weissmann: Mueller’s Deputy in Russiagate probe. Alexander Vindman: Former National Security Council Director for European Affairs. Christopher Wray: FBI Director under Trump and Biden. Sally Yates: Former Deputy Attorney General under Obama and, briefly, Acting Attorney General under Trump. <p>A tariff makes a product more expensive to make, not necessarily more expensive to buy. A manufacturer who was already making a large per-unit profit might choose to accept less instead of losing market share.</p> <p>Only if a vendor feels safe in their share of market will they automatically raise prices for their customers.</p> <p>Sometimes companies even sell products at a loss if they want to make it diseconomic for smaller competitors with less ability to lose money.</p> Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:28:59 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787621 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787621 A tariff makes a product more expensive to make, not necessarily more expensive to buy. A manufacturer who was already making a large per-unit profit might choose to accept less instead of losing market share. Only if a vendor feels safe in their share of market will they automatically raise prices for their customers. Sometimes companies even sell products at a loss if they want to make it diseconomic for smaller competitors with less ability to lose money. <p>Imagine if the Democratic Party ran a Bluesky clone where being able to post means you&#39;re a dues-paying member of the party. We can vote on referendums, support or not support Democratic initiatives.</p> <p>Site would never shut down, and would support campaigns when they&#39;re running. It would cost money to belong to the site. This would keep trolling under control, and would fund projects the community would sponsor, and also pay for operating the service.</p> <p>No advertising, no billionaires sponsoring. They can be members like everyone else.</p> <p>If such a network existed, we would be nominating our own Cabinet members, the shadow Cabinet. Let the journalists compare the qualifications of our candidates vs the incumbent party&#39;s. Create news. That&#39;s what the Dems absolutely suck at.</p> <p>They very quietly pass legislation that the other party (which votes against) takes credit for. One party is on the air, the other is not. We need to change that. We make news. And we listen to each other, not just the stuffed shirts who run the party now.</p> Sun, 24 Nov 2024 22:19:12 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787608 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787608 Imagine if the Democratic Party ran a Bluesky clone where being able to post means you're a dues-paying member of the party. We can vote on referendums, support or not support Democratic initiatives. Site would never shut down, and would support campaigns when they're running. It would cost money to belong to the site. This would keep trolling under control, and would fund projects the community would sponsor, and also pay for operating the service. No advertising, no billionaires sponsoring. They can be members like everyone else. If such a network existed, we would be nominating our own Cabinet members, the shadow Cabinet. Let the journalists compare the qualifications of our candidates vs the incumbent party's. Create news. That's what the Dems absolutely suck at. They very quietly pass legislation that the other party (which votes against) takes credit for. One party is on the air, the other is not. We need to change that. We make news. And we listen to each other, not just the stuffed shirts who run the party now. <p>hello world</p> <p>this is just a test</p> <p>safe to ignore</p> Sun, 24 Nov 2024 15:31:45 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787591 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787591 hello world this is just a test safe to ignore What matters with social networks is what you can get done there, not so much the features of the network. Bluesky has the same features today it had a month ago. The difference is we had an election in the US, I guess that was the catalyst. The presence of Elon Musk so close to Trump says there is a need for a Musk-free place. I&#39;ve kept my account on Twitter. I started there in 2006, and I love the web more than I feel it would do any good to erase my presence there. It&#39;s pretty much against my religion to deliberately erase bits of the web. And whatever you think of Twitter, it is most definitely part of the web. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:57:17 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787552 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787552 What matters with social networks is what you can get done there, not so much the features of the network. Bluesky has the same features today it had a month ago. The difference is we had an election in the US, I guess that was the catalyst. The presence of Elon Musk so close to Trump says there is a need for a Musk-free place. I've kept my account on Twitter. I started there in 2006, and I love the web more than I feel it would do any good to erase my presence there. It's pretty much against my religion to deliberately erase bits of the web. And whatever you think of Twitter, it is most definitely part of the web. <p>Joe Trippi posted a video to his new sez.us service where Pete Buttigieg explains what the Russians have done to the US. I see it that way too. When Brian Lehrer asked a few weeks ago how the US got so divided of his guest Bob Woodward (a fascinating time capsule, recorded before the election) they both missed it. We were divided by an enemy that is on the cusp of destroying the US without launching a single nuke. Putin didn&#39;t have to invade Ukraine. I guess even he didn&#39;t think his plan would succeed so spectacularly.</p> <p>BTW, I don&#39;t think Trippi&#39;s network is the answer, but maybe it is. I wish I had had a chance to create the system he was using, we would make a good team. Anyway we need to be further along than his offering is. The right system would allow me to control my presence with only RSS, in and out. Maybe not for everyone, to start, but it would allow us to start building. It&#39;s why I have been lobbying for inbound and outbound RSS as a back-end for all these networks. With the rise of Bluesky in the last couple of weeks (things are happening that fast now) we may have a new shot at it because Masto and Threads are certainly feeling it, and when people feel competed-with they are more open to new thinking.</p> <p>PS: I&#39;m trying this way of posting stuff from my blog here, given the character limit being what it is on Bluesky. You can read the same post with links at the following URL: <a href="http://scripting.com/2024/11/17.html#a152212">http://scripting.com/2024/11/17.html#a152212</a></p> Sun, 17 Nov 2024 15:42:44 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787530 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787530 Joe Trippi posted a video to his new sez.us service where Pete Buttigieg explains what the Russians have done to the US. I see it that way too. When Brian Lehrer asked a few weeks ago how the US got so divided of his guest Bob Woodward (a fascinating time capsule, recorded before the election) they both missed it. We were divided by an enemy that is on the cusp of destroying the US without launching a single nuke. Putin didn't have to invade Ukraine. I guess even he didn't think his plan would succeed so spectacularly. BTW, I don't think Trippi's network is the answer, but maybe it is. I wish I had had a chance to create the system he was using, we would make a good team. Anyway we need to be further along than his offering is. The right system would allow me to control my presence with only RSS, in and out. Maybe not for everyone, to start, but it would allow us to start building. It's why I have been lobbying for inbound and outbound RSS as a back-end for all these networks. With the rise of Bluesky in the last couple of weeks (things are happening that fast now) we may have a new shot at it because Masto and Threads are certainly feeling it, and when people feel competed-with they are more open to new thinking. PS: I'm trying this way of posting stuff from my blog here, given the character limit being what it is on Bluesky. You can read the same post with links at the following URL: http://scripting.com/2024/11/17.html#a152212 <p>Some thoughts about where we are in the social web and politics.</p> <p>To the Twitter founders, amassing that much power and centralizing it as Twitter did, had a cost that we&#39;re paying now. But it&#39;s very hard to stop when the juggernaut is rolling. I understand, but in the future we have to think about this more clearly.</p> <p>When a medium becomes too big and centralized, there&#39;s trouble ahead. It was accidental that Trump was the one to take advantage of this to route around journalism and go direct, but it was not accidential that Musk did.</p> <p>Speaking of Musk, maybe he will temper Trump&#39;s desire for retribution. It may be a vain hope, but I&#39;ll cling to it anyway. Doing business in a world of retribution might not be too conducive to the creativity needed to run innovative tech businesses.</p> <p>A climate of fear doesn&#39;t inspire great software. I know the quality of products Musk makes, I own and love my Tesla Model Y. Best car I&#39;ve ever owned or driven.</p> Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:22:29 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787525 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787525 Some thoughts about where we are in the social web and politics. To the Twitter founders, amassing that much power and centralizing it as Twitter did, had a cost that we're paying now. But it's very hard to stop when the juggernaut is rolling. I understand, but in the future we have to think about this more clearly. When a medium becomes too big and centralized, there's trouble ahead. It was accidental that Trump was the one to take advantage of this to route around journalism and go direct, but it was not accidential that Musk did. Speaking of Musk, maybe he will temper Trump's desire for retribution. It may be a vain hope, but I'll cling to it anyway. Doing business in a world of retribution might not be too conducive to the creativity needed to run innovative tech businesses. A climate of fear doesn't inspire great software. I know the quality of products Musk makes, I own and love my Tesla Model Y. Best car I've ever owned or driven. <p>Some thoughts about where we are in the social web and politics.</p> <p>To the Twitter founders, amassing that much power and centralizing it as Twitter did, had a cost that we&#39;re paying now. But it&#39;s very hard to stop when the juggernaut is rolling. I understand, but in the future we have to think about this more clearly.</p> <p>When a medium becomes too big and centralized, there&#39;s trouble ahead. It was accidental that Trump was the one to take advantage of this to route around journalism and go direct, but it was not accidential that Musk did.</p> <p>Speaking of Musk, maybe he will temper Trump&#39;s desire for retribution. It may be a vain hope, but I&#39;ll cling to it anyway. Doing business in a world of retribution might not be too conducive to the creativity needed to run innovative tech businesses.</p> <p>A climate of fear doesn&#39;t inspire great software. I know the quality of products Musk makes, I own and love my Tesla Model Y. Best car I&#39;ve ever owned or driven.</p> Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:19:50 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787524 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787524 Some thoughts about where we are in the social web and politics. To the Twitter founders, amassing that much power and centralizing it as Twitter did, had a cost that we're paying now. But it's very hard to stop when the juggernaut is rolling. I understand, but in the future we have to think about this more clearly. When a medium becomes too big and centralized, there's trouble ahead. It was accidental that Trump was the one to take advantage of this to route around journalism and go direct, but it was not accidential that Musk did. Speaking of Musk, maybe he will temper Trump's desire for retribution. It may be a vain hope, but I'll cling to it anyway. Doing business in a world of retribution might not be too conducive to the creativity needed to run innovative tech businesses. A climate of fear doesn't inspire great software. I know the quality of products Musk makes, I own and love my Tesla Model Y. Best car I've ever owned or driven. <p>Some thoughts about where we are in the social web and politics.</p> <p>To the Twitter founders, amassing that much power and centralizing it as Twitter did, had a cost that we&#39;re paying now. But it&#39;s very hard to stop when the juggernaut is rolling. I understand, but in the future we have to think about this more clearly.</p> <p>When a medium becomes too big and centralized, there&#39;s trouble ahead. It was accidental that Trump was the one to take advantage of this to route around journalism and go direct, but it was not accidential that Musk did.</p> <p>Speaking of Musk, maybe he will temper Trump&#39;s desire for retribution. It may be a vain hope, but I&#39;ll cling to it anyway. Doing business in a world of retribution might not be too conducive to the creativity needed to run innovative tech businesses.</p> <p>A climate of fear doesn&#39;t inspire great software. I know the quality of products Musk makes, I own and love my Tesla Model Y. Best car I&#39;ve ever owned or driven.</p> Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:17:20 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787523 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=787523 Some thoughts about where we are in the social web and politics. To the Twitter founders, amassing that much power and centralizing it as Twitter did, had a cost that we're paying now. But it's very hard to stop when the juggernaut is rolling. I understand, but in the future we have to think about this more clearly. When a medium becomes too big and centralized, there's trouble ahead. It was accidental that Trump was the one to take advantage of this to route around journalism and go direct, but it was not accidential that Musk did. Speaking of Musk, maybe he will temper Trump's desire for retribution. It may be a vain hope, but I'll cling to it anyway. Doing business in a world of retribution might not be too conducive to the creativity needed to run innovative tech businesses. A climate of fear doesn't inspire great software. I know the quality of products Musk makes, I own and love my Tesla Model Y. Best car I've ever owned or driven. <p>If Bluesky is open source, which it appears to be, someone who has time and has experience packaging products, should create a Bluesky distribution for a few popular hosting services, so installing a new instance is as simple as it can be. One click? That would be awesome.</p> <p>We need to have thousands of these running. If it really is like the web, as they say it is, then it should be like the web in every way. There are lots of websites. If you sell your website to a billionaire, that has no effect on my website. Right now we are totally vulnerable to the Bluesky folk selling their service to another country, or our country for that matter -- or a billionaire, or whoever.</p> <p>Whoever did this packaging job would deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. Anticipating the objection that Mastodon is already doing this -- it is not. Setting up and using a Mastodon instance is good for nerds. Not for poets.</p> Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:42:27 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=753259 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=753259 If Bluesky is open source, which it appears to be, someone who has time and has experience packaging products, should create a Bluesky distribution for a few popular hosting services, so installing a new instance is as simple as it can be. One click? That would be awesome. We need to have thousands of these running. If it really is like the web, as they say it is, then it should be like the web in every way. There are lots of websites. If you sell your website to a billionaire, that has no effect on my website. Right now we are totally vulnerable to the Bluesky folk selling their service to another country, or our country for that matter -- or a billionaire, or whoever. Whoever did this packaging job would deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. Anticipating the objection that Mastodon is already doing this -- it is not. Setting up and using a Mastodon instance is good for nerds. Not for poets. <p>I see people are leaving Twitter to go to Bluesky.</p> <p>I gotta say, it might be safer to make Threads our new home because Bluesky could be acquired by a billionaire as Twitter was.</p> <p>Threads already is owned by a billionaire of course, Mark Zuckerberg, but he isn&#39;t likely to sell it. The devil you know vs who the hell knows.</p> <p>We really should be building a network of the people that can&#39;t be sold. A place where democracy can live without fear of control.</p> <p>It might be the place that the Democratic Party starts, in the aftermath of the 2024 election, to forever take it out of the hands of the elites, who are very very afraid of hearing what the people want them to hear.</p> <p>I am holding out and while I am a member of Bluesky, and have developed software that works with, I really want to help the Dems reboot as the online opposition party that can&#39;t be shut down without the people seeing it happen and thus is less likely to be shut down by the coming administration. Bluesky is easy for them to deal with as long as it can be acquired. So please be careful.</p> <p>Attn @hcrichardson.bsky.social who I admire as a great leader, but who is a user and not an architect of these systems.</p> Mon, 11 Nov 2024 13:41:08 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=745620 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=745620 I see people are leaving Twitter to go to Bluesky. I gotta say, it might be safer to make Threads our new home because Bluesky could be acquired by a billionaire as Twitter was. Threads already is owned by a billionaire of course, Mark Zuckerberg, but he isn't likely to sell it. The devil you know vs who the hell knows. We really should be building a network of the people that can't be sold. A place where democracy can live without fear of control. It might be the place that the Democratic Party starts, in the aftermath of the 2024 election, to forever take it out of the hands of the elites, who are very very afraid of hearing what the people want them to hear. I am holding out and while I am a member of Bluesky, and have developed software that works with, I really want to help the Dems reboot as the online opposition party that can't be shut down without the people seeing it happen and thus is less likely to be shut down by the coming administration. Bluesky is easy for them to deal with as long as it can be acquired. So please be careful. Attn @hcrichardson.bsky.social who I admire as a great leader, but who is a user and not an architect of these systems. <p>For all the new people here, I am an old school blogger, I started up podcasting in the early 2000s and I think this technology is going to help us get through the next few years so it&#39;s important.</p> <p>I don&#39;t however think Bluesky is the answer. I&#39;m a skeptic. Been burned too many times. But if this is what you like to use, I will cross-post here. Until the next Musk buys them, which I&#39;m pretty sure is where this thing is going, imho, btw, ymmv.</p> <p>Also they need to increase the character limit. The other networks have 500 character limits or more. This one has 300. Please let&#39;s not have that debate again. Writers need room to write.</p> <p>My blog is at scripting.com.</p> Sun, 10 Nov 2024 17:26:58 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=743460 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=743460 For all the new people here, I am an old school blogger, I started up podcasting in the early 2000s and I think this technology is going to help us get through the next few years so it's important. I don't however think Bluesky is the answer. I'm a skeptic. Been burned too many times. But if this is what you like to use, I will cross-post here. Until the next Musk buys them, which I'm pretty sure is where this thing is going, imho, btw, ymmv. Also they need to increase the character limit. The other networks have 500 character limits or more. This one has 300. Please let's not have that debate again. Writers need room to write. My blog is at scripting.com. There&#39;s absolutely no doubt in my mind that what&#39;s missing in the two-party system in the US is that one of the parties does not own a social network. It is not represented online 7-by-24-by-12 every year, not just presidential election years. Democrats, when you lose it&#39;s because you didn&#39;t show up. It&#39;s happened three times so far, at least. We could have led here because most of the innovators in this space vote Democratic, but the leadership doesn&#39;t listen. The voters could get to know all the stars of the parties. People were right when they said they didn&#39;t know Harris. It&#39;s time to let the leaders rise from the net, not just from the insiders. This is how you do it. Sun, 10 Nov 2024 16:43:46 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=743364 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=743364 There's absolutely no doubt in my mind that what's missing in the two-party system in the US is that one of the parties does not own a social network. It is not represented online 7-by-24-by-12 every year, not just presidential election years. Democrats, when you lose it's because you didn't show up. It's happened three times so far, at least. We could have led here because most of the innovators in this space vote Democratic, but the leadership doesn't listen. The voters could get to know all the stars of the parties. People were right when they said they didn't know Harris. It's time to let the leaders rise from the net, not just from the insiders. This is how you do it. <p>This is a test.</p> <p>Nothing here to see.</p> <p>Please move on.</p> <p>Have a nice day.</p> <p>It&#39;s even worse than it appears.</p> <p>My mother loves me.</p> <p>Your mileage may vary.</p> Fri, 08 Nov 2024 23:51:19 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=739669 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=739669 This is a test. Nothing here to see. Please move on. Have a nice day. It's even worse than it appears. My mother loves me. Your mileage may vary. <p>This is a test.</p> <p>Nothing here to see.</p> <p>Please move on.</p> <p>Have a nice day.</p> <p>It&#39;s even worse than it appears.</p> <p>My mother loves me.</p> <p>Your mileage may vary.</p> Fri, 08 Nov 2024 23:48:38 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=739654 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=739654 This is a test. Nothing here to see. Please move on. Have a nice day. It's even worse than it appears. My mother loves me. Your mileage may vary. <p>I would switch to any podcatcher that let me edit my subscription list outside their app, because I use that list in different contexts, also because I’d like to share my list with others,</p> <p>and would like that to be a dynamic connection, so I could add feeds as I learn about them, or remove feeds that have stopped updating. Also because there are lots of others, aka influencers who’d like to too.</p> <p>You’d own the market if you did this.</p> Sun, 13 Oct 2024 00:44:08 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=663805 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=663805 I would switch to any podcatcher that let me edit my subscription list outside their app, because I use that list in different contexts, also because I’d like to share my list with others, and would like that to be a dynamic connection, so I could add feeds as I learn about them, or remove feeds that have stopped updating. Also because there are lots of others, aka influencers who’d like to too. You’d own the market if you did this. I watched the first five minutes of the debate and turned it off. It&#39;s a vestige of something that didn&#39;t work when both parties had integrity and self-respect. Now only one party does, and the other guy was slick, but still obviously lying in everything he said. I think the news people underestimate us, we know when we&#39;re being lied to and it&#39;s humiliating. The Mets had just won in a decisive way. That had honor and integrity. A philosophical victory. Rather than lose the glow I turned off the TV and went to bed. I&#39;m sure the pundits thought the slick liar won. They&#39;re ignorable too. I&#39;m voting for President Kamala. You should too. Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:28:20 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=644983 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=644983 I watched the first five minutes of the debate and turned it off. It's a vestige of something that didn't work when both parties had integrity and self-respect. Now only one party does, and the other guy was slick, but still obviously lying in everything he said. I think the news people underestimate us, we know when we're being lied to and it's humiliating. The Mets had just won in a decisive way. That had honor and integrity. A philosophical victory. Rather than lose the glow I turned off the TV and went to bed. I'm sure the pundits thought the slick liar won. They're ignorable too. I'm voting for President Kamala. You should too. <p>cross-posting is here now. i am not surprised croissant is getting such a positive reception.</p> <p>that is where the fediverse will be defined imho, in the intersection between the competing social web services.</p> <p>you&#39;ll know it&#39;s working when they feel they have to match each others&#39; features because with cross-posting their difference in character limits, titles, styling, links etc will be much more visible.</p> <p>activitypub is too much. cross-posting is exactly right and here now.</p> Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:40:31 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=643070 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=643070 cross-posting is here now. i am not surprised croissant is getting such a positive reception. that is where the fediverse will be defined imho, in the intersection between the competing social web services. you'll know it's working when they feel they have to match each others' features because with cross-posting their difference in character limits, titles, styling, links etc will be much more visible. activitypub is too much. cross-posting is exactly right and here now. <p>Why does JD Vance have so many opinions about women?</p> <p>Seriously that&#39;s weird. You just don&#39;t see that very much.</p> <p>Can you imagine him and the Mrs on a double date, and the other guy&#39;s wife knows what he thinks about women. If so does he share his opinions, in person, about their worth?</p> <p>Does he entertain their opinions of HIS value?</p> <p>Also, do they have friends who don&#39;t have kids?</p> <p>What are his opinions about men?</p> Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:54:52 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=595825 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=595825 Why does JD Vance have so many opinions about women? Seriously that's weird. You just don't see that very much. Can you imagine him and the Mrs on a double date, and the other guy's wife knows what he thinks about women. If so does he share his opinions, in person, about their worth? Does he entertain their opinions of HIS value? Also, do they have friends who don't have kids? What are his opinions about men? <p>Elon Musk bought the biggest airport on the social web. A major world wide hub like Atlanta, London or Dubai. Bluesky is a regional airport in a cool place, maybe Austin. Mastodon is a small network of airports, like the ones served by Ryanair in Europe.</p> <p>Threads is potentially one of the big airports like the one Musk bought, but it&#39;s not as much of a hub yet. Orlando? Frankfurt?</p> <p>There are lots of scheduled flights in and out of X because it&#39;s where most of the traffic already goes. It&#39;s quite possibly not running that smoothly, like perhaps JFK in NYC, always a mess, under construction, huge traffic, broken systems.</p> <p>But it does actually work pretty reliably most of the time.</p> <p>When I was first getting started in tech, when we got the initial angel funding for LVT, I asked the lead investor, Bill Jordan, if Apple was going to go out of business. At the time, 1983, a lot of people said it would. He asked what their sales were. $1 billion, I said.</p> <p>He said they&#39;re not going away. He said companies that large don&#39;t disappear. After 40 years of experience in tech since then, Bill was right. Companies that lead markets very rarely disappear. It does happen. But not often. More likely is Musk will right the ship, and it will grow to completely dominate the market. Threads will possibly be Pepsi. Mastodon will be Home Depot. Bluesky will be Laurel Canyon. Or who knows?</p> <p>But there&#39;s a high probability that Musk&#39;s company will exist in some form, and make us feel sick, every day, about what it could have been. 😀</p> Mon, 19 Aug 2024 20:10:12 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=524044 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=524044 Elon Musk bought the biggest airport on the social web. A major world wide hub like Atlanta, London or Dubai. Bluesky is a regional airport in a cool place, maybe Austin. Mastodon is a small network of airports, like the ones served by Ryanair in Europe. Threads is potentially one of the big airports like the one Musk bought, but it's not as much of a hub yet. Orlando? Frankfurt? There are lots of scheduled flights in and out of X because it's where most of the traffic already goes. It's quite possibly not running that smoothly, like perhaps JFK in NYC, always a mess, under construction, huge traffic, broken systems. But it does actually work pretty reliably most of the time. When I was first getting started in tech, when we got the initial angel funding for LVT, I asked the lead investor, Bill Jordan, if Apple was going to go out of business. At the time, 1983, a lot of people said it would. He asked what their sales were. $1 billion, I said. He said they're not going away. He said companies that large don't disappear. After 40 years of experience in tech since then, Bill was right. Companies that lead markets very rarely disappear. It does happen. But not often. More likely is Musk will right the ship, and it will grow to completely dominate the market. Threads will possibly be Pepsi. Mastodon will be Home Depot. Bluesky will be Laurel Canyon. Or who knows? But there's a high probability that Musk's company will exist in some form, and make us feel sick, every day, about what it could have been. 😀 <p>No more lies in news, that&#39;s the first new rule of journalism. We&#39;ve had to live with a journalism that tries to give lies equal stature to actual news, but the two just don&#39;t mix. If your news is half lies, the users don&#39;t believe anything you carry.</p> <p>This was predicted, in 2016 when it was clear that Putin&#39;s Russia was heavily influencing American journalism. They had developed their techniques in Ukraine in previous years, and the Ukraine press and government came to the same conclusion we&#39;re now arriving at --</p> <p>Stop at the first lie, turn the microphone off.</p> <p>That&#39;s the main rule, main change that has to take place now, in advance of the November election. They may not do it, but at least now we understand that what they&#39;re doing is stupid, wrong, even corrupt.</p> <p>No matter what they don&#39;t get to keep their rep if they are laundering lies.</p> Sat, 17 Aug 2024 15:42:46 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=521646 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=521646 No more lies in news, that's the first new rule of journalism. We've had to live with a journalism that tries to give lies equal stature to actual news, but the two just don't mix. If your news is half lies, the users don't believe anything you carry. This was predicted, in 2016 when it was clear that Putin's Russia was heavily influencing American journalism. They had developed their techniques in Ukraine in previous years, and the Ukraine press and government came to the same conclusion we're now arriving at -- Stop at the first lie, turn the microphone off. That's the main rule, main change that has to take place now, in advance of the November election. They may not do it, but at least now we understand that what they're doing is stupid, wrong, even corrupt. No matter what they don't get to keep their rep if they are laundering lies. <p>One of the reasons I prefer to write on the open web rather than on Twitter or Facebook is that if I get an Aha! idea about a feature, on my blog I can implement it. On Facebook I&#39;m just a user.</p> <p>That was/is one of the great things about the web. Anyone can develop features for it. On Facebook, just their employees can. No wonder it never moves.</p> <p>When a company dominates an activity, they tend to invest elsewhere. Seems kind of perverse, but that&#39;s why markets don&#39;t always evolve to fill every niche.</p> <p>If you want to perform a new style of music in Central Park, you can. If you want to do it in Carnegie Hall or Lincoln Center, you need to get the approval of a lot of rich people</p> Sun, 11 Aug 2024 12:03:56 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=512498 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=512498 One of the reasons I prefer to write on the open web rather than on Twitter or Facebook is that if I get an Aha! idea about a feature, on my blog I can implement it. On Facebook I'm just a user. That was/is one of the great things about the web. Anyone can develop features for it. On Facebook, just their employees can. No wonder it never moves. When a company dominates an activity, they tend to invest elsewhere. Seems kind of perverse, but that's why markets don't always evolve to fill every niche. If you want to perform a new style of music in Central Park, you can. If you want to do it in Carnegie Hall or Lincoln Center, you need to get the approval of a lot of rich people Before Twitter broke the API, it used to be a quick way for me to channel items from my blog to most of the people who follow me on the social web. Now it isn&#39;t even one of the services I use that I can post to automatically (those are Bluesky, Mastodon, WordPress). None of them are anything like the aggregator of people that Twitter was, and I can&#39;t even reach it from my writing tool. Sun, 28 Jul 2024 15:50:55 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=492487 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=492487 Before Twitter broke the API, it used to be a quick way for me to channel items from my blog to most of the people who follow me on the social web. Now it isn't even one of the services I use that I can post to automatically (those are Bluesky, Mastodon, WordPress). None of them are anything like the aggregator of people that Twitter was, and I can't even reach it from my writing tool. <p>Great wealth is poison, that&#39;s what&#39;s playing out in the NYT-orchestrated overthrow of the American government. They&#39;re driving us into the arms of the Nazis. Who knows why, or even if there is a reason, other than their to find meaning in their great wealth.</p> <p>Their problem, and ours, is that it has no meaning, no human can use the money they&#39;ve accumulated. This is a game of make-believe, what if we really were as smart as we think our money says we are. Well you ain&#39;t that smart.</p> Sun, 21 Jul 2024 12:15:29 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=482224 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=482224 Great wealth is poison, that's what's playing out in the NYT-orchestrated overthrow of the American government. They're driving us into the arms of the Nazis. Who knows why, or even if there is a reason, other than their to find meaning in their great wealth. Their problem, and ours, is that it has no meaning, no human can use the money they've accumulated. This is a game of make-believe, what if we really were as smart as we think our money says we are. Well you ain't that smart. <p>fwiw apple shouldn&#39;t boast that macs are inherently more reliable than windows machines.</p> <p>every time you update your computer you run the risk of bricking the machine.</p> <p>macs are just as vulnerable to this as windows machines.</p> <p>a better approach imho would be to offer to help microsoft and otherwise stfu.</p> Sat, 20 Jul 2024 12:14:18 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=481315 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=481315 fwiw apple shouldn't boast that macs are inherently more reliable than windows machines. every time you update your computer you run the risk of bricking the machine. macs are just as vulnerable to this as windows machines. a better approach imho would be to offer to help microsoft and otherwise stfu. <p>Today&#39;s Countdown almost gets to the point of saying what all democracy-supporting American voters think and feel.</p> <p>We&#39;re fed up with electing people who just keep the seat warm while the fascists are sharpening the tools of fascism.</p> <p>One of these times they&#39;re going to win the whole thing.</p> <p>Biden had 3.5 years to prepare for this. He didn&#39;t.</p> <p>It isn&#39;t about who&#39;s at the top of the ticket, it&#39;s about when are you going to start to fight.</p> Tue, 16 Jul 2024 15:26:02 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=475079 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=475079 Today's Countdown almost gets to the point of saying what all democracy-supporting American voters think and feel. We're fed up with electing people who just keep the seat warm while the fascists are sharpening the tools of fascism. One of these times they're going to win the whole thing. Biden had 3.5 years to prepare for this. He didn't. It isn't about who's at the top of the ticket, it's about when are you going to start to fight. When I say textcasting is &quot;applying the philosophy of podcasting to text&quot; -- what I mean in practical terms is that my flow of ideas is available &quot;where ever you get your text.&quot; Choice in subscribing has to be that fluid, commonsense, and choice is something people feel entitled to, as they do with podcasts. I&#39;ve been told people would never understand the philosophy of podcasting, but they do, they understand they&#39;re entitled to choice in how to listen and thus producers are free to choose where to publish. Somehow text, which is so much easier to transmit than audio, is far less flexible. That&#39;s a mistake I want to undo, but I can&#39;t do it alone. I need to work with other people who have writing and reading tools, and people who have something to say and want all the features of writing to be at their disposal, and for it to be easy, inexpensive but not free of charge, and not owned by the titans of tech. Another song comes to mind. &quot;You can get it if you really want.&quot; 😀 Sat, 30 Dec 2023 18:04:12 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=240930 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=240930 When I say textcasting is "applying the philosophy of podcasting to text" -- what I mean in practical terms is that my flow of ideas is available "where ever you get your text." Choice in subscribing has to be that fluid, commonsense, and choice is something people feel entitled to, as they do with podcasts. I've been told people would never understand the philosophy of podcasting, but they do, they understand they're entitled to choice in how to listen and thus producers are free to choose where to publish. Somehow text, which is so much easier to transmit than audio, is far less flexible. That's a mistake I want to undo, but I can't do it alone. I need to work with other people who have writing and reading tools, and people who have something to say and want all the features of writing to be at their disposal, and for it to be easy, inexpensive but not free of charge, and not owned by the titans of tech. Another song comes to mind. "You can get it if you really want." 😀 <p>To my friends at Bluesky. I want Bluesky to win, and Masto, and all the independent devs who have ideas what our networks can do.</p> <p>I desperately do not want Threads to be in the middle. I&#39;ve been through this cycle a lot of times. We&#39;re in a good place now, but so many people want what FB is offering. FB will put us all in their app store, you too. That would be the worst outcome.</p> <p>I think we can have a vibrant developer world. Peer with Mastodon now based on RSS, and give us all a chance to work together w/o having to go through FB.</p> Sat, 16 Dec 2023 18:57:06 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=227583 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=227583 To my friends at Bluesky. I want Bluesky to win, and Masto, and all the independent devs who have ideas what our networks can do. I desperately do not want Threads to be in the middle. I've been through this cycle a lot of times. We're in a good place now, but so many people want what FB is offering. FB will put us all in their app store, you too. That would be the worst outcome. I think we can have a vibrant developer world. Peer with Mastodon now based on RSS, and give us all a chance to work together w/o having to go through FB. I&#39;m pretty sure federation in social media is the wrong bet. We have to think more broadly. What are the benefits we want from interop in social media. Federation isn&#39;t itself a benefit. It&#39;s an idea hatched by techies who aren&#39;t thinking about how people actually use these systems and which features are valued and which are problematic. Imho, what&#39;s valued is the ability to publish something quickly, and without much fuss, and follow others, again easily without having to have a deep understanding of how these things are architected. No one but us programming plumbers care. I think the idea conversation not only is overrated, but it&#39;s where all the problems are, where all the abuse happens. If we focus on the benefits, quick dissemination of news, and the power of the individual to choose their sources and share them with others -- that&#39;s where the juice is. Wed, 13 Dec 2023 14:20:55 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=223948 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=223948 I'm pretty sure federation in social media is the wrong bet. We have to think more broadly. What are the benefits we want from interop in social media. Federation isn't itself a benefit. It's an idea hatched by techies who aren't thinking about how people actually use these systems and which features are valued and which are problematic. Imho, what's valued is the ability to publish something quickly, and without much fuss, and follow others, again easily without having to have a deep understanding of how these things are architected. No one but us programming plumbers care. I think the idea conversation not only is overrated, but it's where all the problems are, where all the abuse happens. If we focus on the benefits, quick dissemination of news, and the power of the individual to choose their sources and share them with others -- that's where the juice is. <p>My two cents on journalism and ChatGPT.</p> <p>Journalists are still trying to land a punch on the AI sphere, but imho it&#39;s already too late. It&#39;s already far better at delivering the truth than all the reference sources on the web, including news orgs.</p> <p>One of the secrets to success in business, media and politics is to learn how to lead journalists to the story you want them to tell. There&#39;s are all kinds of tricks, I know because I succeeded in that world.</p> <p>When I ask ChatGPT to tell me about things that journalism got wrong that I know everything about, it gets it right. I don&#39;t know how that works, because what I think are their sources got it wrong. It&#39;s freaking amazing.</p> <p>Now I totally agree that the small group of super rich people who control tech are not people I&#39;d like to see run the world, they break things I care about far too often. Too much power for people who can&#39;t or won&#39;t see outside their tiny shrinking world.</p> Thu, 23 Nov 2023 14:46:37 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=202910 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=202910 My two cents on journalism and ChatGPT. Journalists are still trying to land a punch on the AI sphere, but imho it's already too late. It's already far better at delivering the truth than all the reference sources on the web, including news orgs. One of the secrets to success in business, media and politics is to learn how to lead journalists to the story you want them to tell. There's are all kinds of tricks, I know because I succeeded in that world. When I ask ChatGPT to tell me about things that journalism got wrong that I know everything about, it gets it right. I don't know how that works, because what I think are their sources got it wrong. It's freaking amazing. Now I totally agree that the small group of super rich people who control tech are not people I'd like to see run the world, they break things I care about far too often. Too much power for people who can't or won't see outside their tiny shrinking world. <p>I have an itch to make a simple chat program for a workgroup whose only output is a simple RSS 2.0 feed. Uses Markdown and supports all the features of textcasting. Open source of course.</p> <p>Something people can test their apps against. A model for the kind of feed I&#39;d like to see every social network generate for each of their users.</p> <p>Think of it as a lifeboat or an insurance policy that whatever you write in this place can be forever. Imagine if T2 had a vision like this, instead of just re-creating Twitter. It&#39;s 2023, Twitter was new in 2006.</p> <p>There&#39;s a whole generation of users and developers who have never seen any real innovation on the web.</p> Mon, 06 Nov 2023 02:29:05 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=180060 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=180060 I have an itch to make a simple chat program for a workgroup whose only output is a simple RSS 2.0 feed. Uses Markdown and supports all the features of textcasting. Open source of course. Something people can test their apps against. A model for the kind of feed I'd like to see every social network generate for each of their users. Think of it as a lifeboat or an insurance policy that whatever you write in this place can be forever. Imagine if T2 had a vision like this, instead of just re-creating Twitter. It's 2023, Twitter was new in 2006. There's a whole generation of users and developers who have never seen any real innovation on the web. I am so ticked off that my Twitter friends seem to be embracing Zuckerberg&#39;s attempt to take over from Twitter. Musk is the second worst thing that happened to social media, but Facebook is much worse, because they&#39;re so much more competent, but lack any vision other than sucking up as much of the world into their silo as possible and never doing anything that could possibly benefit anyone else. The only way this ever works is if there is no human being that controls the whole thing. And Mastodon and ActivityPub with the hack of the Fediverse is not the answer. It&#39;s obvious the users want what Zuck is offering, and I don&#39;t blame them, I do too, I just want what Zuck is *not* offering, a system where I get to use the writing tools I like and you get to use the ones you like. We suffered 16 years of stagnation with Twitter, no movement anywhere, stuck with the character limits, and missing the simple and basic text features of the web, and the best we can do is find another tech owner who offers us more of the same. Yet another hamster cage to capture and destroy our dreams. Sun, 29 Oct 2023 15:22:00 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=171880 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=171880 I am so ticked off that my Twitter friends seem to be embracing Zuckerberg's attempt to take over from Twitter. Musk is the second worst thing that happened to social media, but Facebook is much worse, because they're so much more competent, but lack any vision other than sucking up as much of the world into their silo as possible and never doing anything that could possibly benefit anyone else. The only way this ever works is if there is no human being that controls the whole thing. And Mastodon and ActivityPub with the hack of the Fediverse is not the answer. It's obvious the users want what Zuck is offering, and I don't blame them, I do too, I just want what Zuck is \*not\* offering, a system where I get to use the writing tools I like and you get to use the ones you like. We suffered 16 years of stagnation with Twitter, no movement anywhere, stuck with the character limits, and missing the simple and basic text features of the web, and the best we can do is find another tech owner who offers us more of the same. Yet another hamster cage to capture and destroy our dreams. <p>The real killer AI app will be a box you can attach to your computer with a huge amount of memory and CPU that allows you to bake your own bot, as a bootstrap, you use the bot to build the bot</p> <p>you want. We&#39;re all going to architect people. You think it sounds trippy? We thought portable phones were pretty trippy in the late 80s. I kid you not.</p> Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:58:09 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=148487 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=148487 The real killer AI app will be a box you can attach to your computer with a huge amount of memory and CPU that allows you to bake your own bot, as a bootstrap, you use the bot to build the bot you want. We're all going to architect people. You think it sounds trippy? We thought portable phones were pretty trippy in the late 80s. I kid you not. We&#39;re in a long-term political depression. We don&#39;t study this like we do economic depression, but we should, because otherwise how will we get out of it? We have scholars tell us how to recognize fascism, authoritarianism, totalitarianism and all the other terrible human behavior that are on the rise. Let&#39;s also study how cultures emerged from these periods, if possible, without total destruction. Today total destruction might not be survivable on a species level. I just skipped over this the other day when I used the term for the first time. It just occurred to me that one way to emerge from it before it&#39;s too late is if a few Congressional Republicans took the Dems up on their offer to collaborate on choosing the next Speaker. Because enough come from majority Democratic districts, it might just get them re-elected next year. If they go the other way and support a Republican that&#39;s catering to the eight insane House members, the depression will continue unabated for more months or years. When you see an opening, first you have to actually see it. Sun, 08 Oct 2023 14:21:10 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=145952 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=145952 We're in a long-term political depression. We don't study this like we do economic depression, but we should, because otherwise how will we get out of it? We have scholars tell us how to recognize fascism, authoritarianism, totalitarianism and all the other terrible human behavior that are on the rise. Let's also study how cultures emerged from these periods, if possible, without total destruction. Today total destruction might not be survivable on a species level. I just skipped over this the other day when I used the term for the first time. It just occurred to me that one way to emerge from it before it's too late is if a few Congressional Republicans took the Dems up on their offer to collaborate on choosing the next Speaker. Because enough come from majority Democratic districts, it might just get them re-elected next year. If they go the other way and support a Republican that's catering to the eight insane House members, the depression will continue unabated for more months or years. When you see an opening, first you have to actually see it. <p>In the last few months the net effect of ChatGPT has been an order-of-magnitude improvement to searching the web.</p> <p>This time the innovating could not have been done by a duo like Jobs and Woz working in a garage, or a lone programmer like TBL. It required a multi-billion dollar investment, and what amounts to decades of R&amp;D, before any benefit was available.</p> <p>This is an event we will have a much greater appreciation for on the other side, from this side all we can see is how much better it is than what we had before. I&#39;ve been to this place before. It&#39;s the best time to be in tech</p> Tue, 03 Oct 2023 15:31:22 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=140299 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=140299 In the last few months the net effect of ChatGPT has been an order-of-magnitude improvement to searching the web. This time the innovating could not have been done by a duo like Jobs and Woz working in a garage, or a lone programmer like TBL. It required a multi-billion dollar investment, and what amounts to decades of R&D, before any benefit was available. This is an event we will have a much greater appreciation for on the other side, from this side all we can see is how much better it is than what we had before. I've been to this place before. It's the best time to be in tech <p>If I were one of the leaders of the IndieWeb movement, I&#39;d lobby for these ideas being added to the charter.</p> <p>I want to use one editor to write. The one that&#39;s wired into the base of my spine. Where I just think of something and somehow it gets from my brain to the screen.</p> <p>Every time I have to switch gears because I forgot which editor I&#39;m using, or where I have to go to read and edit something, I lose ideas, or punt on getting the writing right.</p> <p>I want text to flow from my editor to the places I write.</p> <p>If I have to use your editor to write on your site, forget it.</p> <p>We have too much social media and not enough great reading sites.</p> <p>The reading experience of the web generally sucks.</p> Sat, 30 Sep 2023 13:58:10 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=137567 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=137567 If I were one of the leaders of the IndieWeb movement, I'd lobby for these ideas being added to the charter. I want to use one editor to write. The one that's wired into the base of my spine. Where I just think of something and somehow it gets from my brain to the screen. Every time I have to switch gears because I forgot which editor I'm using, or where I have to go to read and edit something, I lose ideas, or punt on getting the writing right. I want text to flow from my editor to the places I write. If I have to use your editor to write on your site, forget it. We have too much social media and not enough great reading sites. The reading experience of the web generally sucks. <p>Ten random rock stars from the 1970s.</p> <p>Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)</p> <p>Freddie Mercury (Queen)</p> <p>David Bowie</p> <p>Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones)</p> <p>Jim Morrison (The Doors)</p> <p>Roger Waters (Pink Floyd)</p> <p>Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)</p> <p>Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)</p> <p>John Lennon (The Beatles, solo work in the 1970s)</p> <p>Eric Clapton</p> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 16:29:56 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=130165 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=130165 Ten random rock stars from the 1970s. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) Freddie Mercury (Queen) David Bowie Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones) Jim Morrison (The Doors) Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) John Lennon (The Beatles, solo work in the 1970s) Eric Clapton <p>10 random movie stars from the 1950s</p> <p>Marilyn Monroe</p> <p>James Dean</p> <p>Audrey Hepburn</p> <p>Marlon Brando</p> <p>Elizabeth Taylor</p> <p>Cary Grant</p> <p>Grace Kelly</p> <p>Rock Hudson</p> <p>Bette Davis</p> <p>Gregory Peck</p> Sun, 24 Sep 2023 16:26:42 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=130137 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=130137 10 random movie stars from the 1950s Marilyn Monroe James Dean Audrey Hepburn Marlon Brando Elizabeth Taylor Cary Grant Grace Kelly Rock Hudson Bette Davis Gregory Peck