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Zzyzx/P<p>Trick of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a>. Get people to vote against their own self-interest. EIG has a report, The Great Transfer-mation. If you look at the map, the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/redder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>redder</span></a> the community, the greater the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dependency</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/funds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>funds</span></a>. And yet, these communities want all social services to be shut down.</p><p><a href="https://eig.org/great-transfermation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">eig.org/great-transfermation/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opposeGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opposeGOP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/saveDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>saveDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/saveTheRepublic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>saveTheRepublic</span></a></p>
Andreas S. :verified_paw:<p>Modern decentralized infrastructure <br><a href="https://beige.party/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/dependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dependency</span></a></p>
JNSLCT<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimesRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TimesRadio</span></a> </p><p>Trump 'buckled under the pressure' of failing markets | Yanis <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Varoufakis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Varoufakis</span></a> explains Trump U-turn</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ou67YmnihY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=0ou67YmnihY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>us</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/markets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>markets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stock</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bonds</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/growth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>growth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dependency</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UkraineWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithUkraine</span></a></p>
Erik van Straten<p>Please block "DN" = "Dutch News" =<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dutchnewsnl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dutchnewsnl</span></a></span></p><p>Blocking is plan B - because plan A failed.</p><p>Plan A: On Mar 14, 2025 (in <a href="https://infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStraten/114160423665905616" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.exchange/@ErikvanStrat</span><span class="invisible">en/114160423665905616</span></a>) I explained to "Dutch News" why using URL-shorteners like "buff.ly" is a bad idea for multiple reasons, and it is not necessary at all. I even described an alternative.</p><p>Because DN are a bunch of evil capitalists who do not care about their visitors, the time has come to block them.</p><p>Let's make the internet a safer place; on Mastodon URL-shortening D-tours (like birdsite's "t.co" crap) are NOT WELCOME.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MakeInternerSafer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakeInternerSafer</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/URLShorteners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>URLShorteners</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PrivacyInvasive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyInvasive</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SecurityRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityRisk</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Gambling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gambling</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DeadLinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeadLinks</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DTour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DTour</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Dependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dependency</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/InternetIsEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetIsEvil</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BigTechIsEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechIsEvil</span></a></p>
Erik van Straten<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dutchnewsnl" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dutchnewsnl</span></a></span> :</p><p>I *never* boost toots that contain one or more "shortened URL's" (if a third party is involved). It would be great if erveryone did like me.</p><p>A "make internet safer" request: please stop using "URL shorteners".</p><p>They are not necessary, they invade the privacy of people who click such links (such services sell "visitor" behaviour"), "visitors" do not know to which website they will be sent AND NEITHER DO YOU (it may work for you today, but there are no guarantees - at all).</p><p>More info (in Dutch) in <a href="https://www.security.nl/posting/879514/rant+-+onveiliginternetten_nl" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">security.nl/posting/879514/ran</span><span class="invisible">t+-+onveiliginternetten_nl</span></a>.</p><p>Mastodon.social (like "my" instance) truncates the readable alternative of long URLs in a smart way, as can be seen in a toot from Dan Gillmor<br>(@dangillmor@mastodon.social) below (tap "Alt" for textual info "behind" the image).</p><p>There is NO REASON whatsoever (unless buff.ly pays you, which wil lead to even more Mastodonts hating you) to use *inherently risky* third party URL-shorteners.</p><p>As an alternative, you could set up a shortened URL service on your own website, like NOS.nl does. For example:</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://nos.nl/l/2558946" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">nos.nl/l/2558946</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>which actually is (readable but not clickable):</p><p>🔗 https:⧸⧸nos.nl/l/2558946</p><p>It opens:</p><p>🔗 https:⧸⧸nos.nl/liveblog/2558946-vs-en-israel-polsten-oost-afrikaanse-landen-over-gazaplan-trump</p><p>(I replaced https:// by https:⧸⧸ in the non-clickable links to prevent Mastodon from shortening those URL's).</p><p>@dangillmor@mastodon.social </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/MakeInternerSafer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakeInternerSafer</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/URLShorteners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>URLShorteners</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PrivacyInvasive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyInvasive</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/SecurityRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityRisk</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Gambling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gambling</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DeadLinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeadLinks</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DTour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DTour</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Dependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dependency</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/InternetIsEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetIsEvil</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BigTechIsEvil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTechIsEvil</span></a></p>
Research Network Digi-Oek.ch<p>[en] <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Luddite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddite</span></a>: anti-progress fanatics, a popular misconception</p><p>"... original ... Luddites weren’t against <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a>. "</p><p>"... wrest back control of technology for <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democratic</span></a> ends ... kind of "<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Luddism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddism</span></a>" which echoes past struggles against high-tech <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>injustice</span></a>."</p><p>"... systemic change towards <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainable</span></a>, <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/transparent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transparent</span></a> and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/usercontrolled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usercontrolled</span></a> infrastructure."</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/digital-luddites-are-rising-they-want-to-democratise-tech-not-destroy-it-251155" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/digital-lu</span><span class="invisible">ddites-are-rising-they-want-to-democratise-tech-not-destroy-it-251155</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/overreliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>overreliance</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/dependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dependency</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/dominance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dominance</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/gafam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gafam</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/techoligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techoligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/antitrust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antitrust</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ethical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethical</span></a></p>
Research Network Digi-Oek.ch<p>[en] Concerns that US could access European <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a></p><p>"The potential harm caused by an <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/interruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interruption</span></a> of public services could <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/disrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disrupt</span></a> the country and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a>, the government auditing agency said" [<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/NL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NL</span></a>]. </p><p>"The report [<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/KPMG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KPMG</span></a>] recommends ... a combination of multiple <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> and <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Dutch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dutch</span></a> providers be chosen for <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a> services."</p><p><a href="https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/02/27/is-overreliance-on-us-big-tech-a-threat-to-europe-the-netherlands-may-soon-find-out" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euronews.com/next/2025/02/27/i</span><span class="invisible">s-overreliance-on-us-big-tech-a-threat-to-europe-the-netherlands-may-soon-find-out</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/overreliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>overreliance</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/reliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reliance</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/dependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dependency</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/dominance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dominance</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/bigtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigtech</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/gafam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gafam</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/techoligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techoligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/declouding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>declouding</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/unclouding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unclouding</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/cloudexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cloudexit</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ms365" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ms365</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/mso365" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mso365</span></a></p>
Geriatric Gardener<p>Well worth a read … even though it’s in the Grauniad!</p><p>“The question no one dares ask: what if Britain has to defend itself from the US?”</p><p>by George Monbiot</p><p>“[..] if the US is now our enemy, the enemy is inside the gate”</p><p>[..] </p><p>“By tying our defence so closely to the US, our governments have created an insecurity state”</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/27/britain-defend-itself-us-military?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/feb/27/britain-defend-itself-us-military?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Dependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dependency</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/VassalState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VassalState</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Enemy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enemy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Rearmament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rearmament</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Integration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Integration</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FiveEyes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FiveEyes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Military</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Putin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a></p>
sebastian büttrich<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@africacenter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>africacenter</span></a></span> </p><p>Interesting ... and a bit depressing, but of course well known.</p><p>And i wonder if there s a corresponding study for <a href="https://mastodon.cc/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> ... Europe's <a href="https://mastodon.cc/tags/Dependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dependency</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.cc/tags/Autonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Autonomy</span></a></p><p> External Actor <a href="https://mastodon.cc/tags/Influence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Influence</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.cc/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> ’s <a href="https://mastodon.cc/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cc/tags/Sector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sector</span></a></p><p><a href="https://africacenter.org/spotlight/external-actor-influence-africa-technology-sector/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">africacenter.org/spotlight/ext</span><span class="invisible">ernal-actor-influence-africa-technology-sector/</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@european_alternatives" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>european_alternatives</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@acbm_com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>acbm_com</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.cc/tags/europeanalternatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>europeanalternatives</span></a></p>
FlohEinsteinxkcd 2347 Dependency überarbeitet für Deutschland und Notepad++<br> <br> <a href="https://pix.kohler.is/discover/tags/xkcd?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#xkcd</a> <a href="https://pix.kohler.is/discover/tags/xkcd2347?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#xkcd2347</a> <a href="https://pix.kohler.is/discover/tags/dependency?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dependency</a> <a href="https://pix.kohler.is/discover/tags/notepadplusplus?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#notepadplusplus</a> <a href="https://pix.kohler.is/discover/tags/donho?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#donho</a> <a href="https://pix.kohler.is/discover/tags/opensource?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a>
Joost VerweijOh, starry night... <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cartoon?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cartoon</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/musk?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#musk</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/starlink?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#starlink</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/privacy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/dependency?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dependency</a>
Recovered Expert<p>To me there are other reasons it seems unlikely I’ll switch from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlueSky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlueSky</span></a> as my primary social media network. Despite the problems that Mastodon currently has.</p><p>On a detail level, there’s the problem with programmatic or algorithmic influence timeline and the easy target it creates for manipulating people.</p><p>Then there’s the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dependency</span></a> company that shares similar roots and vibes with Twitter amid current political turmoil. See also <br><a href="https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/communicating-without-musk-and-trump-cloud-kootwijk/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">berthub.eu/articles/posts/comm</span><span class="invisible">unicating-without-musk-and-trump-cloud-kootwijk/</span></a> <br>by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@bert_hubert" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bert_hubert</span></a></span><br>4/5</p>
BellingenNSW<p>Australia's lack of fuel security</p><p>"Our way of life <br>depends upon cheaper oil and fuel coming from overseas, but it does so at the cost of our security and resilience...The thought of not having food in cupboards and fridges or prescription medicines would likely exercise people's minds a lot more than the ill-informed thoughts they had during COVID about toilet paper." &gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01-07/australia-fuel-security-falling-short-foi-war-game-report/104745210" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-01-07/aus</span><span class="invisible">tralia-fuel-security-falling-short-foi-war-game-report/104745210</span></a></p><p>Tangled up in oil in Petrotopia<br><a href="https://mastodon.au/@Bellingen/113773037156395951" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.au/@Bellingen/1137730</span><span class="invisible">37156395951</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/vulnerabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vulnerabilities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fuel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/petroleum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>petroleum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fuel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/mobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mobility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/dependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dependency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/EnergyDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyDependency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/automobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>automobility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/malls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/highways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>highways</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Petrotopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Petrotopia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PetroMelancholia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PetroMelancholia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CarDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarDependency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MobilityDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MobilityDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/transformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/societies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>societies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FuelSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuelSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MSO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/WayofLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WayofLife</span></a></p>
BellingenNSW<p>Tangled up in oil in Petrotopia</p><p>Imagine life on an Island that has to import 91% of fuel from overseas.<br>And the entire matrix of the place has been set up for oil dependency a century ago.</p><p>Without a car there is no mobility (in Petrotopia)<br>Without a car one can't get stuff (made /transported by fossil fuels)<br>Without a car one can't get to work or other places<br>Without a car one can't drop off the kids <br>Without a car one can't empty the dogs<br>Without a car one can't go for a walk<br>Without a car /mower one can't do the endless lawns<br>Without a car/ boat/ plane one can't re-create or have a holiday</p><p>Australia is reliant on imports for around 91% of fuel consumption. <br><a href="https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/australia-91-reliant-on-foreign-oil-research-report/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">australiainstitute.org.au/post</span><span class="invisible">/australia-91-reliant-on-foreign-oil-research-report/</span></a></p><p>Bondre, N. (2023). Petromobility and Energy Coloniality in Puerto Rico: Reading Luis Rafael Sánchez’s La Guaracha Del Macho Camacho. Green Letters, 27(2), 219–238. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/14688417.2023.2243488" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1080/14688417.2023.</span><span class="invisible">2243488</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/petroleum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>petroleum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/fuel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fuel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/mobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mobility</span></a> modernity <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/dependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dependency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/EnergyDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyDependency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/islands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>islands</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/automobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>automobility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/roads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roads</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/malls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/highways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>highways</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Petrotopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Petrotopia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PetroMelancholia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PetroMelancholia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/CarDependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CarDependency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MobilityDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MobilityDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ClimateBreakdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakdown</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/transformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/societies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>societies</span></a></p>
Mix Mistress Alice💄<p>"The most dangerous aspect of this trade-off isn’t the loss of privacy—it’s the loss of awareness that we’re losing anything at all. We’re not just losing skills and privacy; we’re losing the ability to recognize what independence feels like. The question isn’t whether convenience is worth the cost of liberty—it’s whether we’ll recognize what we’ve lost before we forget we ever had it."—Josh Stylman &gt;</p><p><a href="https://truthunmuted.org/digital-control-how-engineered-dependency-erases-our-autonomy/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">truthunmuted.org/digital-contr</span><span class="invisible">ol-how-engineered-dependency-erases-our-autonomy/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/dependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dependency</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/convenience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>convenience</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/amnesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amnesia</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/smartfeatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smartfeatures</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/disconnection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disconnection</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/appintegration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appintegration</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/CBDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CBDC</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/compliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>compliance</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/atrophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atrophy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/dumbingdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dumbingdown</span></a> vs <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/autonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autonomy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/awareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>awareness</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/craftsmanship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>craftsmanship</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/problemssolving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>problemssolving</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/skills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skills</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/makers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>makers</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literacy</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/wellbeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wellbeing</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/capability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capability</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/selfagency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>selfagency</span></a> <br><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/DigitalControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalControl</span></a></p>
derPUPE<p>Looks like nothing has been learned from the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> history and people are happy to enter into a relationship of <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/dependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dependency</span></a> again. </p><p>If <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/decentralization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralization</span></a> is a high <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/value" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>value</span></a> on the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a> and in <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/hacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacker</span></a> culture, I don't understand why people are now mindlessly following the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/bluesky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bluesky</span></a> hypetrain like <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/HinduCows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HinduCows</span></a> without appreciating what has been built here on <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a>?</p>
BellingenNSW<p>Declining reading rates in Australia</p><p>Australians are reading less than other countries. They are buying and reading fewer books than people in many other countries. Why?<br>Car dependency, sprawling suburbia and a public transport desert do not allow for a culture of reading (while commuting).<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/australians-are-reading-less-than-other-countries-a-new-report-shows-why-243272" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/australian</span><span class="invisible">s-are-reading-less-than-other-countries-a-new-report-shows-why-243272</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cars</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/sprawl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sprawl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/commuting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commuting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/mindsets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mindsets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/harm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/automobility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>automobility</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PublicTransport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicTransport</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/MobilityDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MobilityDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FossilFuels</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/dependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dependency</span></a></p>
FreeSchool=W🔁rk & Friendship!#bluesky is not a decentralized network because without their main server yours is useless / disconnected...
Markus Werle<p>Random thought: a **<a href="https://nrw.social/tags/monorepo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monorepo</span></a>** appears as a solution against the **<a href="https://nrw.social/tags/permutation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>permutation</span></a>** hell, but it doesn't make the complexity of the **<a href="https://nrw.social/tags/dependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dependency</span></a>** tree disappear. It hides it, doesn't force you to deal with it now, and carefully think about your codebase's structure. This is why, over time, a mono-repo becomes such a mingle-mangle mess.</p><p>Do you agree?</p><p>**<a href="https://nrw.social/tags/DevOps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevOps</span></a>** **<a href="https://nrw.social/tags/SCM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCM</span></a>**</p>
SpaceLifeForm<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@PeasLuvnJustice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>PeasLuvnJustice</span></a></span> </p><p>A lot of the gas is in storage tanks that are surrounded by water.</p><p>The tanker trucks can not access.</p><p>There are likely many gas stations that have no power, so, even if they have gas, the pumps are down.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Dependency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dependency</span></a></p>
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