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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.

sophielwang.com

JPEG compression

How compression formats dictate our visual culture.

lardel.li

Soon owning will be impossible

It‘s maybe time to think about the theoretical limits of the current economic system (which could surprisingly soon become very practical).

anthropic.com

The Anthropic Institute

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

terrygodier.com

The last quiet thing

Your possessions came alive. Now they won’t stop talking.

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.

danielmiessler.com

The great transition

A mental model for thinking about all the big changes that are happening as a single transition.

nottoday.diy

Technofascism Network Map

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

peoplevsbig.tech

People vs. Big Tech

A growing, global movement fighting for a better digital future.

ilyabirman.net

Design is dead, it’s all evolution now

There’s no design in digital products anymore. It’s been replaced by evolution.

seangoedecke.com

Large tech companies don’t need heroes

It's processes and incentives that determine what happens, not any individual heroics.

chrbutler.com

Progress without disruption

There’s nothing about progress that inherently requires disruption—except our inability to cooperate for stability.

unsung.aresluna.org

How to shoot a screen using a board of keys

The world is divided into two groups: people who know how to take screenshots in a Mac, and...

intertapes.net

Intertapes

Obscure tape finds and their stories.

resonantcomputing.org

The Resonant Computing Manifesto

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

iterativewonders.com

The word “Computer” meant human (at some point)

Originally named after the person it was meant to replace.

alexharri.com

A deep dive into ASCII rendering

A look at how I used shape vectors to achieve sharp, high-quality ASCII rendering.

tangiblemediacollection.com

Tangible Media

A historical collection of information storage technology—information you could hold in your hand.

blog.avas.space

Privacy is a value we can lose

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

youtube.com

The persistence of decay

A funeral for a lighthouse, a sermon in fungus, our vanishing digital media, and the arrow of time.