Andrew Popp

andrewpopp.bsky.social

18 October 2026 10:41

It looks pretty and the water's still fine, but with 5c air temperature and blowing an absolute hooey, this morning was the season's first real test of mettle.

Aaron HM

aaronhm.bsky.social

18 October 2026 06:53

“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

doctorow.pluralistic.net

18 October 2026 06:52

You can be forgiven for rolling your eyes when the subject of "digital sovereignty" comes up. Rhetorically, "digital sovereignty" is a coded way for a politician to say, "We should build a fuckton of AI data-centers while bypassing any environmental review": datacentremagazine.com/technology-a...

By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)

doctorow.pluralistic.net

18 October 2026 06:52

But AI has *nothing to do* with digital sovereignty. It is *not* load-bearing. All it takes to understand this is a little thought-experiment. Imagine that we removed all the chatbots from Canada, or the UK, or the EU, or the USA. What would fall down? Nothing important.

Ragnhild Holmås

ragholmas.bsky.social

18 October 2026 06:09

"Jeg ser ikke problemet. Jeg står inne for innholdet", sier kokk som blir fersket i at den autentiske, hjemmelagde middagen han selger, egentlig er Fjordland han har slengt i mikroen