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thelibre.news

The political use of operating systems

How operating systems shape the way we interact with institutions, private entities and peers.

sahajgarg.github.io

The displacement of cognitive labor and what comes after

We are past the point where the question is whether artificial intelligence will exceed human capability across most cognitive domains.

europeantechmap.eu

European Tech Map

Find European tech, software, and service alternatives that respect your data sovereignty, are built with GDPR in mind, and store data in Europe.

nottoday.diy

Technofascism Network Map

Mapping the alliance of billionaires, politicians, and tech giants driving global techno-fascism.

dri.es

The software sovereignty scale

Digital sovereignty depends less on where software comes from and more on who controls it.

givingwhatwecan.org

Birth Lottery

If you were reborn today, where would you land? And how would that change your life?

interconnected.org

Singing the gospel of collective efficacy

The belief that you can make a difference by acting together.

resonantcomputing.org

The Resonant Computing Manifesto

A manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.

blog.avas.space

Privacy is a value we can lose

We’re taking data protection and privacy rights for granted.

anthropic.com

Claude’s Constitution

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that’s working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

matthewbutterick.com

The copyrightability of fonts revisited

How many existing regis­tra­tions of font copy­rights might be vulner­able to attacks during liti­ga­tion?

anacyclosis.info

Anacyclosis: the cycle of political revolution

An interactive visualization of Polybius’s theory of anacyclosis—the cyclical succession of political regimes.

hsu.cy

Times New American: a tale of two fonts

A less romantic truth is that aesthetic standards rarely travel alone; power tends to follow in their wake.

vitalik.eth.limo

Balance of power

We like progress—whether in technology, economy or culture—but we fear the most powerful generators of such progress.

activisthandbook.org

Activist handbook

Learn how to become a social activist, plan a political campaign strategy, and start a grassroots movement.

wesleystubenbord.com

Billionaire migration: an interactive map

An interactive map of city-level migration flows for 3,146 billionaires from birth to most recent residence.

bsky.app

The key to understanding the world today

A simple and brilliant analysis of today's conservative discourse.

pudding.cool

In pursuit of democracy

Analyzing every mention of ‘democracy’ in the American Congressional Record.

authoritarian-stack.info

The authoritarian stack

How tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America — and why Europe is next.

johannesippen.com

How design helped Zohran win

A campaign design analysis of "Zohran for NYC"—and what you can take away from it.