Bluesky, the Fediverse, and the future of social media 
Ben Werdmuller
Bluesky, the Fediverse, and the future of social media
Today's open social networks have a lot to learn from each other.
Ben Werdmuller
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I lead technology at ProPublica and write speculative fiction. This is a personal account.
Every day, I write about tech, democracy, and society at https://werd.io.
More about me: https://about.werd.io
My little buddy has long hair. Everyone assumes he’s a girl. I’m scared that when he eventually gets a haircut nobody will call him beautiful anymore.
Experienced parents know this already, but holy wow, school photos are a racket. $65 for three digital downloads? I’ll buy them, obviously, but those are theme park prices.
I used to spend hours working on projects in my own time. Now I’m very lucky if I get 20-30 minutes. It makes it very hard to make progress. But still: I am making progress, however slowly.
They made a government department to tear it all down and they called it Doge. Right now the basement-dwelling incel demographic is cackling with glee.
The corner café https://werd.io/2024/the-corner-caf%C3%A9
“Human progress isn’t measured by industry. It’s measured by the value you place on a life. That's what defines an age.”
- Doctor Who, still the best TV show ever made.
Celebrating a major personal milestone this morning. I haven’t reached my goal, but an administrative hurdle has been overcome. That feels very good indeed.
I’m a neurology ICU nurse. The creep of AI in our hospitals terrifies me
Ben Werdmuller
I’m a neurology ICU nurse. The creep of AI in our hospitals terrifies me
[Michael Kennedy and Isobel Cockerell in Coda Story]
Just one example of many of AI being used to take agency away from ordinary workers:
"The up...
Congress About to Gift Trump Sweeping Powers to Crush Political Enemies
Ben Werdmuller
Congress About to Gift Trump Sweeping Powers to Crush Political Enemies
[Noah Hurowitz at The Intercept]
This should be a five alarm fire:
"Up for a potential fast-track vote next week in the House of Representatives,...
Anyone who thinks a candidate who ran on a platform of mass deportations and abortion restrictions is pro-freedom is out of their minds.
PSA: Social media privacy and you
Ben Werdmuller
PSA: Social media privacy and you
Social networks are not private spaces.