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Though I didn't know it at the time, Jan 29, 2020 was my last day at #BoingBoing; as it happens, that was nearly exactly 19 years after my *first* day at Boing Boing. 1/ 
If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
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Though it was a tough decision, it was the right one, and while I'm no longer helping to write the site, I'm still an ardent reader, a co-owner, and a well-wisher.
I started writing Boing Boing at the age of 30. When I stopped, I was 49. That's a lot of living. 3/
I started writing Boing Boing at the age of 30. When I stopped, I was 49. That's a lot of living. 3/
Europe has a social media #infosec issue. Most social media are American, some Chinese, a few Russian. No European. They were taken over by Facebook on its rise.
Primary issue is their near monopoly power, but this event highlights that ownership is a risk as well.
Primary issue is their near monopoly power, but this event highlights that ownership is a risk as well.
Concentrated media ownership is nothing new. English language mass media has been dominated by the Murdoch family for decades. Media mogul Berlusconi is back in government in Italy. The US had Hearst.
Would seem media are natural monopolies that can be owned&taken. But are they?
Would seem media are natural monopolies that can be owned&taken. But are they?
To be clear, the solution wouldn't be EuroBook (or for that matter Afritter or AsiaTube). Nor as such initiatives like #Mastodon.
You can and should download your data from social networks, but it isn't in itself a solution either.
You can and should download your data from social networks, but it isn't in itself a solution either.
📢 Excited to release My Online Cookbook, a starter kit to build an online cookbook of your recipes myonlinecookbook.xyz
⚡ Easy to set up & maintain (no coding required)
🍳 Optimised for recipes
🙌 Completely free with no ads and no tracking
⚡ Easy to set up & maintain (no coding required)
🍳 Optimised for recipes
🙌 Completely free with no ads and no tracking
It's built with @eleven_ty and @NetlifyCMS, two incredible tools for developers. The challenge here was to make them accessible to non-developers.
I believe it's important for everyone to own and retain control over their own content on the web, unfortunately tools to facilitate this are still mostly limited to developers. #IndieWeb
1/ What's so unsettling about happened on Wednesday is it marks the beginning of a new cycle of violence, & not the end. This is the physical manifestation of @johnrobb's concept of "Networked Tribalism" on the right, & I expect it to continue in 2021.🧵👇
2/ These two images from the attempted insurrection contrast the maturity of tactical sophistication vs a more harmless tourism of sedition. Whether you fall onto on side or the other, then @johnrobb says lessons will be learned from this first iteration.
3/ I doubt there was really a master plan for what to do once they got inside. But there's probably a lot of foreign adversaries who were watching who no doubt got a lot of ideas about how this movement could be exploited for the benefit of their country.
Even though I haven't been a big fan of Twitter threads so far, a lot of people I know have made 100-tweet threads for @threadapalooza so I thought I'll give it a try as well. I will start with #APIs and hopefully end up connecting them with the #FutureOfWork. Let's go ...
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First of all, when I talk about #APIs, I mean HTTP-based interfaces connecting apps and backend servers as well as different services with each other. For now, the technical details, such as whether they use REST, GraphQL, gRPC etc., shall not matter. (1/100)
When humans interact with computers they require a user interface (UI), and when machines interact with each other they need application programming interfaces (APIs). At the end of the day, however, these have to be implemented by humans. Good #APIDesign considers both. (2/100)
This is a test to see ow well @ThreadReaderApp posts through micropub spec.
Even more interesting is how well it will show up under micro.blog; whether multiple posts close together.
Let's see. You'll see in a minute.
So... a while back I tweeted about a bit of functionality I've long thought would be a cool one to have for Twitter:
I would often see people post tweetstorms, long threads of related tweets, to tell an extended story.
Invariably people see these threads and say "Why don't/didn't you just post that on your website as a blog post instead?"
(In fact, why don't you try it on this very tweet?)
(In fact, why don't you try it on this very tweet?)
*tap tap tap*
Is this thing on?
Is this thing on?
We’re in the midst of a global pandemic. The deadly effects of this virus are bad enough, but it arrived during an upswing in nationalism and fascism around the world. Our current leaders thrive by obfuscating truth. In a pandemic, lives are at stake.
The best way for all of us to fight back against disinformation is to amplify real information. That means fighting back against conspiracy theories, but it also means telling our own stories. What are the police doing near you? If you’re on the front lines, are you protected?
Last year I thought it would be fun to outline how people might use their #WordPress websites to actively participate in #PressEdConf20 by posting content on their WordPress website and syndicating copies to Twitter for those following that way.
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My general thought was:
The only thing better than A WordPress and Education, Pedagogy and Research Conference on Twitter would be A WordPress and Education, Pedagogy and Research Conference using WordPress itself!
#PressEdConf20
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The only thing better than A WordPress and Education, Pedagogy and Research Conference on Twitter would be A WordPress and Education, Pedagogy and Research Conference using WordPress itself!
#PressEdConf20
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So let’s give it a spin by providing an outline for how to accomplish it in true #IndieWeb & #DoOO fashion? Perhaps a few people might trying doing this year’s conference this way? Here’s an early #PressEdConf20 presentation to get the juices flowing.
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@NomadWarMachine More #ethos rather than #stuff or step by step journey. Begins with principled community: indieweb.org/principles guided by norms: indieweb.org/code-of-conduct towards shared goal of owning data, better connections and controlling your… quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/2020/02/09/mor…
#IndieWeb philosophy works for education because believe every learner deserves tright to tell their story. It isn't just #cs4all, the way we read, write and participated as shifted at a rate exponentially greater than any time in history. (quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/rWgQd)
Matter of equity and protecting democracy. Can never know how truth is shaped online until you begin to shape your own. Believe in hyper local web where we root infrastructure in libraries and local press, way we have always done it ...since ever (quickthoughts.jgregorymcverry.com/s/5oCEV)
