Future Knowledge: Enshittification
The internet wasn’t ruined by accident—it was ruined on purpose. In this episode, Cory Doctorow joins us to break down enshittification, his term for the slow, deliberate process that transformed…
Sisters with Transistors
Sisters with Transistors is a 2020 American documentary film directed by Lisa Rovner in her directorial debut. The documentary is made up of rare testimonies and archive footage. It chronicles…
Surveillance isn’t “out there” anymore
it’s on our streets
Who is Larry Ellison?
Here’s everything you need to know about the billionaire IDF donor who may soon have the keys to the TikTok algorithm in the US.
99% Invisible: Your Call Is Important to Us
What if all those dropped calls, endless wait times and dead end hotlines every time you try to reach customer service weren’t accidents but part of the plan?
Open Printer
Finally, an open hardware printer you can actually understand, repair, and upgrade
Webweaving and blogging can change your life
Making my own website and blog, as well as participating in the indie web helped me to cultivate a more meaningful relationship with the web, by carving my own space…
Homecoming: the small web and release from the unitary public self
In 1776, a Quaker living in Philadelphia recovered from a severe illness with a peculiar conviction: they had died and been reborn as the Public Universal Friend. The Public Universal…
The craft of building websites evolves when it follows web browsers, instead of fighting against them
The reason social media platforms have taken over people's content is because there is a perception that setting up a website is inherently difficult. While there is certainly some work…
Building a slow web
The internet I came to love was quieter. Smaller – which is not to say small. It was still vast, but it was a vast collection of small sites instead…