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baldurbjarnason.com
this is fine

https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116080909947754833

> So I started looking through Claude commits on GitHub, there’s over 2m of them and it’s about 5% of all open source code this month.

> I saw the same class of vulns being introduced over, and over, again - several a minute.
Kevin Beaumont (@[email protected])
Today in InfoSec Job Security News: I was looking into an obvious ../.. vulnerability introduced into a major web framework today, and it was committed by username Claude on GitHub. Vibe coded, basic...
cyberplace.social
February 16, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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molly.wiki
Their "more efficient" process than having writers write:

• AI identifies possible stories
• Reporters do further reporting and produce notes
• Another person uses AI to generate a story from the notes, then rewrites/"tweaks"
• Another person fact-checks/edits
• Reporter reviews
nkalamb.bsky.social Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d
A conscientious journalism grad withdraw from a job when she learned the Cleveland Plain Dealer uses AI to write its stories.

Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”

You can’t make this shit up.

www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
By Chris Quinn, Editor, cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer A college student withdrew from consideration for a reporting role in our newsroom this week because of how we use artificial intelligence. It reminded me again how college journalism programs are failing to prepare students for the workforce. I mentioned this in a column before, and readers asked me to explain
February 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
danknauss.wtf
Always fun and informative! We got killed at Wordly by @michellefrechette.bsky.social too. I think she got more points than all of us combined.
nathanwrigley.com Nathan Wrigley @nathanwrigley.com · 1d
Join us LIVE in a couple of hours for the 'This Week in #WordPress' show. It's fun, and we'd love your comments! Starts at 2pm UK time.
wpbuilds.com/live
Join Nathan Wrigley, Mark Westguard, Dan Knauss, Ahmed Kabir Chaion. @danknauss.wtf
WP Builds LIVE - Watch us live!
Watch us LIVE over at WP Builds. Something WordPress related coming your way!
wpbuilds.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:51 PM
danknauss.wtf
Long-awaited from @stewartbrand.bsky.social 🛠️
February 16, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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michellefrechette.bsky.social
We're looking for 15 women in tech from all over the world to interview live on International Women's Day in our livestream! Sign up on our site. Let me know if you have any questions.

www.underrepresentedintech.com/iwd26/
International Womens Day 2026
www.underrepresentedintech.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:01 PM
danknauss.wtf
"Shadow work" is a great concept, not just from Jung but also Ivan Illich, who used it to refer to a major source of Big Tech's Jungian shadow: requiring more and more free labour from the consumer. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_...
January 31, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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rebeccawilliams.info
Subscribe to my new ~biweekly newsletter, Tech Shadow Work, where I will write about the unspoken "shadow" behind tech policy discourse: rebeccawilliams.info/welcome-to-t...
Welcome to Tech Shadow Work
Tech Shadow Work launches in 2026 as a biweekly newsletter. Each issue uses a recent moment in technology or tech policy to examine its shadow, asking what these decisions reveal about societal power ...
rebeccawilliams.info
January 7, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
1. I am a resident of the Whittier neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota. I am over 18 years of age. I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting. 2. On Saturday, January 24, 2026, at about 8:50 am, I was getting ready to go to work when I heard whistles outside. I knew the whistles meant that ICE agents were in the area, so I decided to check it out on my way to work. I've been involved in observing in my community because it is so important to document what ICE is doing to my neighbors. Connecting to your local community and knowing who your neighbors are is something I profoundly value. 3. I drove to Nicollet Ave. and 26th where I could hear the whistles coming from. I turned south onto Nicollet. There were already several ICE agents there and they'd set up a sort of vehicle convoy on Nicollet and 28th. There were also about 15 observers there, recording and observing ICE. 4. I saw ICE agents surrounding cars and punching car windows. I also saw them stopping vehicles further down Nicollet, so I backed up because I didn't feel safe continuing on. 5. I noticed a man sort of acting to help traffic move more smoothly. He helped me find a place to park. I got out with my whistle and my camera. I went over to him and said something like, "I'm going to film and use my whistle." 6. It seemed like most ICE activity was happening a little farther down the street from us, near 27th. Someone was being thrown to the ground. 7. I started recording. There was an agent by a car across the street. Two observers were a few feet away from the agent, blowing their whistles. One was wearing a backpack. 8. I and the man who was observing and helping direct traffic were standing in the street. There was a phone in the man's hand recording a video. 9. An agent approached and asked us to back up, so I moved slowly back onto the sidewalk. 10. The man stayed in the street, filming as the other observers I mentioned earlier were being forced backward by another ICE agent threatening them with pepper spray. The man went closer to support them as they got threatened, just with his camera out. I didn't see him reach for or hold a gun. 11. Then the ICE agent shoved one of the other observers to the ground. Then he started pepper spraying all three of them directly in the face and all over. The man with the phone put his hands above his head and the agent sprayed him again and pushed him. 12. Then the man tried to help up the woman the ICE agent had shoved to the ground. The ICE agents just kept spraying. More agents came over and grabbed the man who was still trying to help the woman get up. All three of the observers looked to have been badly affected by the pepper spray. I could feel the pepper spray in my eyes. 13. The agents pulled the man on the ground. I didn't see him touch any of them-he wasn't even turned toward them. It didn't look like he was trying to resist, just trying to help the woman up. I didn't see him with a gun. They threw him to the ground. Four or five agents had him on the ground and they just started shooting him. They shot him so many times. 14.1 don't know why they shot him. He was only helping. I was five feet from him and they just shot him. 15. The video I recorded of what happened accurately depicts the events leading up to the agents shooting him and several minutes afterwards. The video is attached as Exhibit 1. 16. I have read the statement from DHS about what happened and it is wrong. The man did not approach the agents with a gun. He approached them with a camera. He was just trying to help a woman get up and they took him to the ground. 17. I feel afraid. Only hours have passed since they shot a man right in front me and I don't feel like I can go home because I heard agents were looking for me. I don't know what the agents will do when they find me. I do know that they're not telling the truth about what happened. I've heard that other witnesses might have been arrested and taken to the Whipple Building. 18. I am disgusted and gutted at how they are treating my neighbors and my state. I keep alternating between crying and feeling determined it is important to remember the value of documenting injustice. We show up for the people who need us to bear witness, because it can't just be one group of people bearing the brunt of their tyranny. This is a struggle to protect our freedom and democracy, those things are on the line. He lost his life for those values. I declare under penalty of perjury that everything I have stated in this document is true and correct. Dated and signed on Jan 24, 2026 in Hennepin County, State of Minnesota.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
danknauss.wtf
And the latest edition of the Web Almanac is out again! Always a pleasure to help out with the highly #WordPress -focused CMS chapter.
httparchive.org HTTP Archive 💾 @httparchive.org · Jan 16
The 2025 Web Almanac by HTTP Archive has been officially released! 🚀

We would like to thank all of our contributors from around the globe who made this extensive report possible!

Check out the full report here: almanac.httparchive.org
January 16, 2026 at 8:02 PM
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ebonyteach.blacksky.app
This is quite literally HER land. 🤬
November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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b0rk.jvns.ca
it's happening!!!

from now until the end of the day on Friday, November 28th (if it’s Friday anywhere, the sale’s still on!), all my pdf zines are 50% off, and print zines are 30% off!

wizardzines.com
woman with shell necklace and a redirects belt accessory
November 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
danknauss.wtf
The problem with these definitions is they idealize the mythical single author and exclude paratexts or treat them all as metadata at best.
gofujita.bsky.social Go Fujita @gofujita.bsky.social · Jul 6
以下のふたつの記事が気になる。

Dave Winer. What is a document?
http://this.how/whatIsADocument/

Evan Prodromou. Documents in ActivityPub.
https://evanp.me/2022/11/27/documents-in-activitypub/
October 29, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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openchannelsfm.bsky.social
New in our Federated Flow series. Host @pfefferle.org chats with @evanprodromou.threads.net.ap.brid.gy

openchannels.fm/how-decentra...
How Decentralized Social Platforms Grew from Identica to Modern-Day Mastodon
Join Matthias Pfefferle and Evan Prodromou as they explore the evolution of decentralized social networks and the future of the Fediverse.
openchannels.fm
October 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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stefan.stefanbohacek.online.ap.brid.gy
Interesting. WordPress and Ghost now make up more than half of all fediverse servers.

https://fedi.wrm.sr

#fediverse
A pie chart labeled "Active instances software distribution" with a breakdown of the number and total portion of fediverse servers running specified software: - Ghost: 10,607 servers, 27.46% - WordPress: 9,753 servers, 25.25% - Mastodon: 9,348 servers, 24.2% - PeerTube: 1,639 servers, 4.24% - Misskey: 1,200 servers, 3.11% - WriteFreely: 785 servers, 2.03%
October 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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scripting.com
Working on my slides for WordCamp Canada next week.

I don't think I'll actually use the F-word in the slide. But I it makes me laugh when I see it.

It's funny because it's true. ;-)
October 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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jeffpaul.com
WordCamp Canada 2025 conference talk

Leadership in open source isn’t just about code. At WordCamp Canada 2025, I shared how project and product managers can help lead WordPress releases through coordination, communication, and glue work that keeps contributors aligned and shipping on time. Here’s…
WordCamp Canada 2025 conference talk
Leadership in open source isn’t just about code. At WordCamp Canada 2025, I shared how project and product managers can help lead WordPress releases through coordination, communication, and glue work that keeps contributors aligned and shipping on time. Here’s a look back at the talk, key lessons from the room, and why Ottawa’s vibrant WordPress community made it one to remember, eh?
jeffpaul.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:08 AM
danknauss.wtf
"Clouded Skies for Open Networks" www.wrecka.ge/clouded-skie...
Clouded Skies for Open Networks
Last week, I finished an essay about platform design affordances and content moderation expectations and community-level context collapse on Bluesky for Tech Policy Press and set it aside to cool befo...
www.wrecka.ge
October 28, 2025 at 4:29 AM
danknauss.wtf
This is the source of “the wolf” @scripting.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM
danknauss.wtf
Back home in winterland hinterlands
October 19, 2025 at 4:45 AM
danknauss.wtf
October 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
danknauss.wtf
It’s a beautiful day for contributors at #WordCampCanada!
October 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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werd.io
This is not a solicitation, but if someone had $2-5M to put into an organization to create and support open newsroom tools, there is an awful lot of good that could be done.
October 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
danknauss.wtf
On the Hill last night.
October 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
danknauss.wtf
Good morning #WordCampCanada!
October 15, 2025 at 10:32 AM
danknauss.wtf
Check this new Wapuu out — @joesimpsonjr.bsky.social made it for #WCEH!
October 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM