You all are already using ad-blockers and tracking protection, and many don't use Meta's products, but still, just in case.
"In a blog post on Tuesday, Meta explains that it already uses your off-platform activity, like the games you play or your purchases on other websites, to serve you ads […]
We just released the first beta version of Mastodon 4.6 🎉
Highlights for this release are the profile page redesign and the ability to create curated Collections of Mastodon accounts, but it contains many other changes.
You can find all of them in the release page […]
people want familiarity. inspiration doesn't mean dumbing anything down.
it means taking what already works, ripping out the toxic stuff:
ads, dark patterns, the whole extraction machine, and rebuilding it around privacy and safety.
a safer twitter,
a safer youtube,
a safer instagram,
a safer […]
A ‘semantic Flash’-like future for the human web? Interesting thoughts here…
“The future of the web will likely become more semantic, more structured, and more machine-readable than ever before.
But HTML-in-canvas may allow it to become more expressive than ever, too.” […]
What a treat, and looking forward to the writeup of the new Zeldman.com design soon! #WebDesignHistory https://front-end.social/@zeldman/116697563568403895
One of the killer features from @HolosSocial is for me, that you can use your own domain.
This means, as a band, author etc you can promote everywhere your handle with @name@my_own_domain.tld
This is so perfect. This means your handle will still be correct if […]
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Attached: 1 image You must remember this. It’s early-2000s zeldman.com. Enjoy a look back at 31 years of site design evolution. https://zeldman.com/2026/06/04/remembrance-of-zeldman-coms-past/ #design #blogs #blogging #indieweb #personalsites
New York lawmakers pass one-year ban on new data centers | The Verge https://www.theverge.com/policy/944041/new-york-data-center-moratorium
TLdr: It would look much more like a government checked by the "conscent of the governed."
"A 435-district map drawn without partisan favoritism shows what fair districts would look like nationwide — more representative, more competitive, and close to guaranteeing that whichever party wins the […]
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It’s now up to Gov. Kathy Hochul to decide whether to sign it.
