The importance of having our own platforms like this was evident when seeing how many people were reporting me to myself for saying "Palestine." But look at Twitter and who its owned by?
LinkedIn is owned by a corporation who kissed the ring.
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Independent Platforms Challenge Big Tech Censorship and Control
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BlueSky content moderation risks as platform grows
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What will happen if they get orders to shut down certain accounts? You're out, just like that. BlueSky is currently fine for me but I can't imagine it staying that way. I don't see how it won't be like the others as it grows.
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Decentralized Platforms: Essential Investment Against Corporate Control
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All to say that truly decentralized platforms are really crucial right now. We should take this opportunity to invest further in them and ensure that we don't limit our presence to corporation controlled platforms.
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Running Independent Instance with Custom Moderation Rules
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No one can kick me off of our instance. We run our own instance, meaning we decide the moderation rules for those who will be on our instance. And we decide who not to engage with.
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Strategic Bitcoin Ethereum Crypto Reserve for National Security
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I see logical national security and financial security reasons for a strategic crypto reserve that holds only bitcoin and ethereum, based on a projection of how these two will help shape the future. But see no reason to hold XRP, SOL and ADA other than to enrich speculators.
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Elon’s drastic science funding cuts threaten American research
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Honestly Elon, ask *anyone* who works in science in America and they can give you a long catalog of errors. Your cuts on NIH are too drastic. Your cuts on NSF are too drastic. Your cuts on university overhead are too drastic. Letting people like Collins go in favor of likely
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Musk’s Damage to Science and Research Institutions Criticized
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I’m fully with my longtime nemesis @geoffreyhinton on this one, and if Musk can’t even figure out the damage he and his cronies have done to science, including NIH, NSF, universities etc they should get out of the kitchen. Musk’s answer is pretty clear confirmation that he has
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Eastern Europe’s Tech Innovation: Estonia Leads European Digital Future
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If Europe really wants to properly unite, Western Europe (GER/FR/UK) needs to arrive in this century and start taking Eastern Europe, South, and the Baltics seriously. Estonia alone is a deftech innovation powerhouse, startup hub and leader in govtech.
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New tool to assess the impact of AI on human rights
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New tool to assess the impact of AI systems on human rights
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Identifying Unknown Invaders: Accountability and Transparency Issues
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If only we knew who the invader was maybe we could publicly name and blame them.