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Crypto is in crisis, Meta is crashing, Elizabeth Holmes is going to prison, and Elon Musk is doing all he can to destroy the reputation he spent decades building.

The tech industry is at a turning point, but where will it go next and how do we prepare for its next act?

📬 Read my newsletter: buttondown.email/techwontsaveu

#tech #future #economy #siliconvalley #elonmusk

I keep misparsing "venture capitalism" as "vulture capitalism" and frankly, is that really a misreading or an evergreen reading between the lines?

RT @Mar_Onni
@GraffitiRadical
"Inmigrants get out" corrected with
"Ignorants get out"
Spain, via @Davph (thanks)

BREAKING: Free Software Foundation announces that the GIMP ("GNU Image Manipulation Program") will finally shed its controversial name, becoming LIGMA ("Libre Image and Graphics Manipulation Application") early next year.

anyway, go to itch.io and buy some games from marginalized people, even if they're not on sale they are mostly cheap and you're gonna make someone real happy :)

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Today is the 35th anniversary of the Max Headroom signal broadcast intrusion.

1st incident lasted 25s during the sportscast on the 9PM news on WGN-TV; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.

Video: youtu.be/oqgeM6rWSkw

Never forget 11/22/87.

Margaret Hamilton, pictured with the source code to her popular game Flappy Bird

Hi! New to the service, thought I'd start with one of my favorite paintings of mine, "Dreamspace". It combines many of my favorite things.

#traditionalart #painting #furry #feline #acrylic #underwater

The Rockwell Turbo Encabulator Version 2 can be installed in your transmission at any authorized Rockwell Automotive dealer. youtube.com/watch?v=2fjcJp_Nwv

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hive as a platform has more red flags than the average communist party conference

@polymerwitch When are people going to learn that government "cybersecurity" agencies are actually harmful to infosec? :blobglarenervous:

people: set up network free from corporate and governmental influence

governments: join
1 (one) admin: but why don't you want that :(

Nov 22nd marks the 35th anniversary of the Max Headroom Incident, if anyone's keeping track :D

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