The people holding up the internet
You know the xkcd strip about how all modern internet architecture is eventually built on something a hobbyist maintains for free? Someone went out and found them all. {read}
“Just Send us Pictures of Your feet”: Consent and Biometric Extraction in the AI Supply Chain
My name is James Oyange, though many of my comrades in the tech space know me as Mojez. For years, I’ve worked in the “invisible” levels of the online space…
It Could Happen Here: Sanctions, Terror, and the Internet
Margaret joins James to discuss a new round of sanctions against, among others, Autistici/Inventati and the internet infrastructure services they provided. {listen}
An automatic copying device in 1890
the Automatic Cycostyle Gestetner, from 1890s.
Imaginary Worlds: Widow’s Bay Builds a History with Horror
I’m a little obsessed with Widow's Bay. It’s a horror-comedy series on Apple TV set on a fictional island off the coast of Massachusetts. The island isn’t as famous as…
California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt
California’s legislature has passed Assembly Bill 1856, exempting open-source operating systems from the State’s Digital Age Assurance Act months before the law is due to take effect on January 1,…
The genius engineering of the 3½ inch floppy disk
A look at the brilliant physical design and engineering of the 3.5" diskette.
AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books
“we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.
This is just to say I have OCRed
David Pritchard
Is your printer tracking you?
why those tiny yellow dots are on every printed page