Social Media
Mastodon Is More Exciting Than Twitter
Mastodon offers a wild, untapped, landscape of incredible potential.
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Technology
Tools, machines, and the systems behind them — reviewed, repaired, and judged by what they do to the people who use them.
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Open Source
The Libre Lag: Open-Source Software Needs a Change
How open-source and libre software can benefit from compassion and a good UI
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Social Media
How Privacy-First Social Media Fails
A story of MeWe and the bad actors who now call it home.
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History
How the Barcode Was Born
The whole thing started when an inventor named Joe Woodland sketched Morse Code in the sandy shore of a beach
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Fediverse
An Alternative to YouTube: Internet Freedom in an Age of Giants
A good YouTube alternative is hard to find.
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History
Trains Are Awesome
So why is this most effective transportation technology not used more in the United States?
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Transportation
E-Bikes are Coming to Replace Your Car
Or they would be, if it weren’t for these obvious problems There are so many reasons to be excited about e-bikes — even if there are problems left to solve.
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News
21 Million Passwords Have Been Breached
As well as 773 Million Email Addresses. And they are all up for sale. An unprecedented breach of the security of millions of people have been released and placed up for the highest bid. The time is now to secure yourself-now, before it’s too late.
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