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The Steep Cost of Capture - Private computational systems marketed as AI threading through public life & institutions, concentrating power and shaping access to resources and information [https://ssrn.com/abstract=4135581](https://ssrn.com/abstract=4135581) [@planetdyne](https://fed.dyne.org/c/planetdyne)

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Happy 33rd Birthday, Internet! 🎉 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History\_of\_the\_Internet#Internet\_use\_in\_wider\_society](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Internet#Internet_use_in_wider_society) [@planetdyne](https://fed.dyne.org/c/planetdyne)

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info-eco.art

A better understanding of The Nature of Information and communications is now fundamental to our future. Telluride 2024 is hosting a special series of in-person & #LASER Zoom presentations & conversations with individuals setting creative examples for this most urgent realm of understanding, with insights on the sciences, technologies, economies, ecologies, learning, the arts, & on some inspiring, eco-minded, life affirming ways forward. You are invited you to join.

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ladybird.org

From the FAQ: > How can you be "independent" if you have sponsors? > > All sponsorships are in the form of unrestricted donations. Board seats and other forms of influence are not for sale.

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www.theregister.com

An absolute disgrace... Meanwhile, the Internet Archive is in a serious struggle. Despite doing everything by the book, for the good of the commons, with utmost respect for every party involved.

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https://tv.dyne.org/

Shout out to the excellent diode.zone for providing dyne with a steady FOSS video outlet! We loved every moment of it! Seeing how diode needs to scale down, we decided to spin up a PeerTube of our own, check it out! 📺 https://tv.dyne.org If you're a fedihead and were previously following us on dyne.org@diode.zone, you will now be able to find us on @dyne@tv.dyne.org or why not @peertube@tv.dyne.org? Add us to yo' frenz!! Huge ups! https://yewtu.be/watch?v=x3QwMtV4HIY

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXAob_1JXXM

✊🏾 "Una sicurezza, diciamo autoprodotta, che abbiamo in pugno" Invited by Associazione di Promozione Sociale De Componendis Cifris for the "Crittografia e imprese per il Paese" event, @jaromil@fed.dyne.org held a talk in Rome on the importance of sovereignty, and local control over - as well as local knowledge of - security tools. (video in Italian)

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