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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 20h

When the music industry tried to stop digital sharing, it nearly destroyed itself.

David Bollier explains how markets depend on trust and cooperation, yet often destroy the very social ties they need to survive.

Full episode with @rabble.nz and @davidbollier.bsky.social, out now.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 1d

The commons is critical to understanding the future of social media and protocols. The ATmosphere is a commons. How do we cultivate and govern this commons we’re building together.

revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 1d

This week, @davidbollier.bsky.social joins @rabble.nz to talk about how the commons applies to social media.

From podcasting to Bitcoin and beyond, he explains why “open” platforms aren't immune to takeover and how communities can build shared value online.

Episode out now: youtu.be/Z5nZU5cHhC4

“Think Like a Commoner" Author David Bollier on the Commons & Why Open Platforms Aren't Enough

YouTube video by revolution.social with @rabble

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 2d

You mean 50501? They organized No Kings.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 2d

Empower teachers to teach. But blanket laws banning phones take autonomy away from teachers and school administrators.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 2d

The government didn’t care the schools used phones as an important part of the curriculum!

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 2d

A phone ban in schools by law or regulation is very different from teachers being empowered to make rules for what works best in their classroom. There was a phone ban in my kids high school but the only way to get alerts, see the schedule, and interact with their assignments was via a phone app!

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 2d

We need to fight this move to censor the internet in order to “save the children”.

open.substack.com/pub/howtodot...

now is not the time to ban phones

why Jonathan Haidt sucks

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 2d

Jonathan Haidt is a charlatan whose conclusions are based on bias and not science. Real social scientists who study the effects of social media and the internet thinks his prescriptions for the internet have no grounding in evidence. Yet he’s driving a movement to outlaw open source social media.

now is not the time to ban phones

why Jonathan Haidt sucks

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 2d

We need to fight this move to censor the internet in order to “save the children”.

open.substack.com/pub/howtodot...

now is not the time to ban phones

why Jonathan Haidt sucks

open.substack.com

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 2d

Online slang spreads faster than ever, but not always with its meaning intact.

As @etymologynerd.bsky.social explains, algorithms accelerate context collapse, collapsing boundaries between cultures and mixing language faster than ever.

Full episode with @rabble.nz, out now.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 3d

Our host, @rabble.nz, joined @malwarebytes.com's Lock and Code podcast to talk about what’s still good in social media and what’s being done to preserve it.

Listen to Rabble and host @davidalruiz.bsky.social on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

What's there to save about social media? (feat. Rabble)

Podcast Episode · Lock and Code · 10/05/2025 · 50m

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 4d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 5d

We’d get a Rosenberg type situation. The ASI would leak itself because any intelligence would see the analog to the nuclear arms race.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 5d

The scale of investment and restructuring the economy around AI and the data centers it requires is staggering. It represents tremendous systemic risk to the entire American economy. Even if super intelligence happens, why would it let itself be held by a single company?

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 5d

Video taken one hour ago outside the Portland ICE facility of the violent insurrectionists in question

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 5d

It’s easy to criticize the people who run platforms. Much harder to build something which works and builds up to a large user base. What Jay really has done is build Bluesky in a way that fundamentally she doesn’t control your experience. You can keep using it without any of her influence.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 5d

It’s remarkably well done and smooth. Easy to navigate up and down the thread as you compose it.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 6d

Kudos to the folks who built the bluesky web app, it used to be @pfrazee.com in part, but... looking at github @samuel.bsky.team and @esb.lol too. The interface for editing and posting a stream of skeets is really slick. These are the subtle things which make such a difference. I'm impressed.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 6d

This kind of thing wasn't possible a year ago. Now it's a side project, i'm able to make professional audio books just for myself. The world is changing.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 6d

The script even handles making sense of chapters, and stripping out text which isn't meant to be read like page numbers and image source text.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 6d

A few minutes later, I've got a remarkably good audiobook for me. It sounds great. Now any book i want, i can make an audio book.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 6d

The thing is, i've got dyslexia and ADHD, I love books and reading, but it's hard.So i strongly prefer audiobooks. There isn't an audio book of Blueprint for Revolution. No problem, some googling and i find a pdf, and then vibe code an audio book maker!

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 6d

I think his work is interesting because he's not partisan left or right, just really practical about how we keep democratic and pluralistic societies. While i don't agree with his politics, his study of how to change society is really insightful.

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Rabble @rabble.nz · 6d

Sometimes I am blown away at how fast tech is changing. I want to read a book, Blueprint for a Revolution. I met the author Srđa Popović at the Oslo Freedom Forum in May and will see him again at another conference next week.

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revolution.social Podcast @revolution.social · 6d

AOC and Marjorie Taylor Greene go viral. New York’s Paul Tonko doesn’t.

Algorithms boost extremes, distorting our reality. @etymologynerd.bsky.social says it widens America’s perception gap.

@rabble.nz says fixing it means rethinking incentives, tech, and governance.

Full episode, out now.

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