Tim Chambers
@timothychambers.net
Technologist, researcher, fascinated at how new technologies enable new politics, and vice versa. @[email protected] on Mastodon, which you can follow via: @tchambers.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy
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since this is coming up, I have nothing but appreciation for Mastodon and activitypub. We had another approach we wanted to take and that’s it
it’s pretty normal for folks to root for their communities but it’s not zero sum and we should be rooting for every baby turtle make it off the beach
it’s pretty normal for folks to root for their communities but it’s not zero sum and we should be rooting for every baby turtle make it off the beach
This remains one of my favorite quotes relating to the various flavors of the "open social web."
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Note this: ICE agents are already used to acting with little oversight as their targets are powerless. Now with Trump, Noem, Vance saying Renee Good's killing was okay they'll think they have full impunity.
On the pod, @timdickinson.bsky.social explains this so well:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
On the pod, @timdickinson.bsky.social explains this so well:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
Trump Shooting Horror Takes Darker Turn as Damning Info on ICE Emerges
As Trump spins the Minneapolis shooting while new reporting indicts ICE’s recklessness, a reporter who attended protests explains how Trumpworld is using the shooting to deliberately antagonize blue A...
newrepublic.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Note this: ICE agents are already used to acting with little oversight as their targets are powerless. Now with Trump, Noem, Vance saying Renee Good's killing was okay they'll think they have full impunity.
On the pod, @timdickinson.bsky.social explains this so well:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
On the pod, @timdickinson.bsky.social explains this so well:
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
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Ukrainian civilians endured the deadliest year since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of their country in 2022, with more than 2,500 people killed in 2025, the United Nations said in a new report.
2025 was the deadliest since start of the war for Ukraine’s civilians | CNN
Ukraine endured the deadliest year for civilians since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022, with more than 2,500 people killed
www.cnn.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Ukrainian civilians endured the deadliest year since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of their country in 2022, with more than 2,500 people killed in 2025, the United Nations said in a new report.
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"The president is denying that he had anything to do with this, but I am skeptical of that," says Mary McCord. "This fits into the way he would disparage and call for investigations of others, and then the Justice Department launches those investigations." https://to.pbs.org/4jA8awo
Ex-prosecutor on DOJ’s Powell probe and Trump’s targeting of opponents
To dive into some of the legal questions behind the Justice Department's investigation into the Federal Reserve and Jerome Powell, and similar moves by President Trump, Geoff Bennett spoke with Mary M...
to.pbs.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:00 AM
"The president is denying that he had anything to do with this, but I am skeptical of that," says Mary McCord. "This fits into the way he would disparage and call for investigations of others, and then the Justice Department launches those investigations." https://to.pbs.org/4jA8awo
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Illinois will now give residents until Jan. 31 to choose health insurance plans on the state’s new Affordable Care Act exchange, at GetCoveredIllinois.gov. Previously, the open enrollment period was slated to end Jan. 15.
Illinois extends Affordable Care Act open enrollment, as fate of subsidies remains uncertain
Illinois will now give residents until Jan. 31 to choose health insurance plans on the state’s new Affordable Care Act exchange, at GetCoveredIllinois.gov. Previously, the open enrollment period wa…
trib.al
January 13, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Illinois will now give residents until Jan. 31 to choose health insurance plans on the state’s new Affordable Care Act exchange, at GetCoveredIllinois.gov. Previously, the open enrollment period was slated to end Jan. 15.
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Paramount files lawsuit against Warner Bros. Discovery and threatens a proxy fight in its latest attempt to acquire the entertainment company.
https://cnn.it/4qRWR5b
https://cnn.it/4qRWR5b
January 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Paramount files lawsuit against Warner Bros. Discovery and threatens a proxy fight in its latest attempt to acquire the entertainment company.
https://cnn.it/4qRWR5b
https://cnn.it/4qRWR5b
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Let’s Forkin’ Go! Search Engine‘s PJ Vogt and Hard Fork‘s Casey Newton and Kevin Roose have started a new Fediverse service called The Forkiverse (that’s “Fork” + “Fediverse”). Th...
#Uncategorized #fediverse #Forkiverse
Origin | Interest | Match
#Uncategorized #fediverse #Forkiverse
Origin | Interest | Match
Let’s Forkin’ Go!
Search Engine’s PJ Vogt and Hard Fork’s Casey Newton and Kevin Roose have started a new Fediverse service called The Forkiverse (that’s “Fork” + “Fediverse”…
socialwebfoundation.org
January 12, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Let’s Forkin’ Go! Search Engine‘s PJ Vogt and Hard Fork‘s Casey Newton and Kevin Roose have started a new Fediverse service called The Forkiverse (that’s “Fork” + “Fediverse”). Th...
#Uncategorized #fediverse #Forkiverse
Origin | Interest | Match
#Uncategorized #fediverse #Forkiverse
Origin | Interest | Match
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Can’t stress enough how major media outlets are continually failing (or aligned with the owner of Twitter) when reporting on this. “Grok” didn’t do anything. The owner of grok made the CSAM generator into a premium service.
Grok limits image generator after backlash over sexualized AI images
Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot faced backlash for creating images of undressed women and children. The image-generating function will now be available only to paying subscribers.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Can’t stress enough how major media outlets are continually failing (or aligned with the owner of Twitter) when reporting on this. “Grok” didn’t do anything. The owner of grok made the CSAM generator into a premium service.
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If we continue to treat contending with NCII and AI-enabled sexual abuse as secondary to innovation, we will keep rediscovering the same harm- only louder, faster, and harder to undo, write WITNESS’ Bruna Santos and shirin anlen.
The Grok Disaster Isn't An Anomaly. It Follows Warnings That Were Ignored. | TechPolicy.Press
AI developers and regulators must treat nonconsensual sexualized imagery as a design-level risk, write Bruna Martins dos Santos and shirin anlen.
www.techpolicy.press
January 9, 2026 at 3:40 PM
If we continue to treat contending with NCII and AI-enabled sexual abuse as secondary to innovation, we will keep rediscovering the same harm- only louder, faster, and harder to undo, write WITNESS’ Bruna Santos and shirin anlen.
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UK revenues for X drop 60% as advertisers flee www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
X UK revenues drop nearly 60% in a year as content concerns spook advertisers
Elon Musk-owned site reports plunging profits amid outcry over use of AI tool Grok to create sexually explicit imagery
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:59 PM
UK revenues for X drop 60% as advertisers flee www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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I went on the Atlantic podcast with my friends and collaborators @mmasnick.bsky.social and @zoew.bsky.social to talk about Resonant Computing: an optimistic vision for tech in the age of AI.
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
Can We Save the Internet?
Grok’s “digital undressing” crisis and a manifesto to build a better internet
www.theatlantic.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:01 PM
I went on the Atlantic podcast with my friends and collaborators @mmasnick.bsky.social and @zoew.bsky.social to talk about Resonant Computing: an optimistic vision for tech in the age of AI.
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
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Chris Murphy: "The amount of training that's given to an ICE officer has been cut in half by this administration. The number of days of training they get are 47. You know why they get 47 days? As an homage to the vanity of POTUS. No wonder the number of violent incidents are going through the roof."
January 11, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Chris Murphy: "The amount of training that's given to an ICE officer has been cut in half by this administration. The number of days of training they get are 47. You know why they get 47 days? As an homage to the vanity of POTUS. No wonder the number of violent incidents are going through the roof."
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New York City turned OUT.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social ✊❤️
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social ✊❤️
January 11, 2026 at 7:31 PM
New York City turned OUT.
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social ✊❤️
@handsoffnyc.bsky.social ✊❤️
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It's actually a good thing that previously apolitical normies are finally getting angry and starting to speak out. We need the numbers in the streets and at the polls.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
January 11, 2026 at 7:49 PM
It's actually a good thing that previously apolitical normies are finally getting angry and starting to speak out. We need the numbers in the streets and at the polls.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
If your response to them is "no, fuck you, too late," then you don't actually care about stopping Trump. You're just preening.
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Froze my ass off at the Iowa City anti-ICE rally, but it was worth it
January 11, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Froze my ass off at the Iowa City anti-ICE rally, but it was worth it
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Somali aunties were giving out samosas to the anti ICE protesters in Minneapolis.
January 11, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Somali aunties were giving out samosas to the anti ICE protesters in Minneapolis.
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TRUMP 2026: SHUT UP OR WE’LL KILL YOU
Homan: "There will be more bloodshed unless we decrease the hateful rhetoric"
January 11, 2026 at 9:19 PM
TRUMP 2026: SHUT UP OR WE’LL KILL YOU
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I've very much enjoyed the injection of energy from the #forkiverse crowd over the last few days. Nice to have some new kids on the block giving #beigeparty a challenge for the quirky takes we need to dilute the feeds from all the foul outside world stuff that sometimes threatens to dominate.
January 11, 2026 at 10:37 PM
I've very much enjoyed the injection of energy from the #forkiverse crowd over the last few days. Nice to have some new kids on the block giving #beigeparty a challenge for the quirky takes we need to dilute the feeds from all the foul outside world stuff that sometimes threatens to dominate.
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Awesome to see the #forkiverse get started. I begun to listen the podcast episode but life intervened, will finish that tomorrow morning commute. What I did hear captures fediverse: by the people, for the people, cobbled together from the parts available. Welcome, all!
January 11, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Awesome to see the #forkiverse get started. I begun to listen the podcast episode but life intervened, will finish that tomorrow morning commute. What I did hear captures fediverse: by the people, for the people, cobbled together from the parts available. Welcome, all!
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The Golden Globes will recognize podcasting for the first time on Sunday, a sign of the industry’s increasing status in Hollywood.
With the Golden Globes, Podcasts Are Ready for Their Close-Up
The annual awards show will anoint a best podcast for the first time this year, a sign of the industry’s increasing status in Hollywood.
nyti.ms
January 11, 2026 at 6:45 PM
The Golden Globes will recognize podcasting for the first time on Sunday, a sign of the industry’s increasing status in Hollywood.
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Hey #forkiverse! First things first, an #introduction is in order (post your own so people can get to know you):
https://hachyderm.io/@suzannealdrich/111430267596783825
Next, follow some active hashtags that you’re interested in, and maybe some you didn’t know you’d be:
#Monsterdon […]
https://hachyderm.io/@suzannealdrich/111430267596783825
Next, follow some active hashtags that you’re interested in, and maybe some you didn’t know you’d be:
#Monsterdon […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
January 11, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Hey #forkiverse! First things first, an #introduction is in order (post your own so people can get to know you):
https://hachyderm.io/@suzannealdrich/111430267596783825
Next, follow some active hashtags that you’re interested in, and maybe some you didn’t know you’d be:
#Monsterdon […]
https://hachyderm.io/@suzannealdrich/111430267596783825
Next, follow some active hashtags that you’re interested in, and maybe some you didn’t know you’d be:
#Monsterdon […]
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This influx of new users isn't as large as the previous ones, but I get excited seeing new people trying out the fediverse for the first time.
#forkiverse #fediverse
#forkiverse #fediverse
January 11, 2026 at 1:22 PM
This influx of new users isn't as large as the previous ones, but I get excited seeing new people trying out the fediverse for the first time.
#forkiverse #fediverse
#forkiverse #fediverse
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Psyched to see this #forkiverse experiment up and running. Peep their local feed to see all the new users 👥💕 https://theforkiverse.com/public/local
The Forkiverse
Building a better internet with your friends from Hard Fork and Search Engine.
theforkiverse.com
January 11, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Psyched to see this #forkiverse experiment up and running. Peep their local feed to see all the new users 👥💕 https://theforkiverse.com/public/local
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If you have seen this strange hashtag #forkiverse it’s a bunch of people joining a server run by some big podcasts. It seems to have gotten a lot of activity because they just featured it in a podcast episode. Here’s the link to the episode.
https://overcast.fm/+ABBVQRG2SL0
https://overcast.fm/+ABBVQRG2SL0
The Fediverse Experiment — Search Engine — Overcast
overcast.fm
January 10, 2026 at 11:52 PM
If you have seen this strange hashtag #forkiverse it’s a bunch of people joining a server run by some big podcasts. It seems to have gotten a lot of activity because they just featured it in a podcast episode. Here’s the link to the episode.
https://overcast.fm/+ABBVQRG2SL0
https://overcast.fm/+ABBVQRG2SL0
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Bob Weir, a founding member of the iconic American rock group the Grateful Dead who seemingly never stopped touring for six decades, has died at 78. https://cnn.it/3LtRBFV
January 11, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Bob Weir, a founding member of the iconic American rock group the Grateful Dead who seemingly never stopped touring for six decades, has died at 78. https://cnn.it/3LtRBFV