Johannes Ernst
@j12t.org
Engineer, founder, organizer. More: https://j12t.org
Amazon is giving up on their data center that was attacked in the Middle East. health.aws.amazon.co...
September 15, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Amazon is giving up on their data center that was attacked in the Middle East. health.aws.amazon.co...
Now the gods are just messing with us.
Breaking News!
Code: y-Axis Alert!
On September 11th, the preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature measured 2.98°C above the 1991-2020 mean, which was 4.03 standard deviations above the mean. No previous year has broken 3SD.
The Climate 8-ball is feeling oblong.
Code: y-Axis Alert!
On September 11th, the preliminary Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature measured 2.98°C above the 1991-2020 mean, which was 4.03 standard deviations above the mean. No previous year has broken 3SD.
The Climate 8-ball is feeling oblong.
September 14, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Now the gods are just messing with us.
NoKings is back October 17. On a public street near you.
See you then?
https://www.nokings.org
#NoKings
See you then?
https://www.nokings.org
#NoKings
No Kings
For more than a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power doesn't belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who think they're above accountability — it belongs to the people, but only if we use it.
www.nokings.org
September 13, 2026 at 12:30 AM
NoKings is back October 17. On a public street near you.
See you then?
https://www.nokings.org
#NoKings
See you then?
https://www.nokings.org
#NoKings
The threat landscape appears to have fundamentally changed.
Russia Weaponized Claude AI to Spy on Ukraine and Europe
Russian hackers, linked to Midnight Blizzard, used Anthropic Claude AI for cyberespionage targeting over 20 Ukrainian organizations and defense firms.
united24media.com
September 12, 2026 at 7:43 PM
The threat landscape appears to have fundamentally changed.
The Rise and Fall of Agent Civilizations
The whole OpenAI/Hugging Face story in plain English
www.dwarkesh.com
September 2, 2026 at 8:19 PM
So Meta's Threads apparently has a feature called "Black Threads" now. I'll eat my hat if that wasn't "inspired" by @rude1.blacksky.team's Blacksky in some fashion.
www.threads.com/sear...
www.threads.com/sear...
September 2, 2026 at 4:43 PM
So Meta's Threads apparently has a feature called "Black Threads" now. I'll eat my hat if that wasn't "inspired" by @rude1.blacksky.team's Blacksky in some fashion.
www.threads.com/sear...
www.threads.com/sear...
Another set of large companies get extra rules and scrutiny by the EU.
ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox to face the EU's strictest platform rules - Engadget
ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox to face the EU's strictest platform rules.
www.engadget.com
August 31, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Another set of large companies get extra rules and scrutiny by the EU.
The first real exception to the seemingly unstoppable march of age verification laws. At least that I have seen.
California lawmakers unanimously pass Linux exemption from age-verification law — software distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses are exempt
AB 1856 excludes open-source operating systems from the upcoming Digital Age Assurance Act.
www.tomshardware.com
August 31, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The first real exception to the seemingly unstoppable march of age verification laws. At least that I have seen.
"... alleged that Meta estimated hiding like counts [for teens] would reduce its advertising revenue by 1 percent and then declined to make the setting the default."
Meta settles with the states over child safety failures
Will significant changes to Facebook and Instagram be enough to beat back a global wave of bans?
www.platformer.news
August 27, 2026 at 5:54 PM
"... alleged that Meta estimated hiding like counts [for teens] would reduce its advertising revenue by 1 percent and then declined to make the setting the default."
$18 billion!
Some of this money should go to fund better alternatives.
Some of this money should go to fund better alternatives.
Meta settles landmark state child harm claims for $18 billion and promises changes to its platforms | CNN Business
Meta said Wednesday it has agreed to pay about $18 billion as part of a settlement to resolve a multistate lawsuit claiming that it intentionally designed addictive platforms that harmed young people’s mental health.
www.cnn.com
August 26, 2026 at 4:28 PM
$18 billion!
Some of this money should go to fund better alternatives.
Some of this money should go to fund better alternatives.
For those of you in Bluesky / ATProto land who would like to know what is going on with standardization around the #ActivityPub stack, you can now follow the W3C' Social Web Community Group at @socialcg.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy , thanks to #bridgyfed!
August 21, 2026 at 6:08 PM
For those of you in Bluesky / ATProto land who would like to know what is going on with standardization around the #ActivityPub stack, you can now follow the W3C' Social Web Community Group at @socialcg.w3c.social.ap.brid.gy , thanks to #bridgyfed!
So if I understand this correctly, Bluesky is essentially giving each community its own (simplified) version of an ATProto network with a simplified protocol in what they call "Atproto Spaces" atproto.com/blog/atp....
"You can think of an atproto space as a miniature atproto network"
"You can think of an atproto space as a miniature atproto network"
The Atproto Spaces Alpha is Live - AT Protocol
Atproto Spaces, formerly known as “the permissioned data protocol,” is a new extension to atproto that enables non-public data. The alpha is now officially open. Here’s how to develop with it and what to expect as we work towards the full release.
atproto.com
August 20, 2026 at 8:42 PM
So if I understand this correctly, Bluesky is essentially giving each community its own (simplified) version of an ATProto network with a simplified protocol in what they call "Atproto Spaces" atproto.com/blog/atp....
"You can think of an atproto space as a miniature atproto network"
"You can think of an atproto space as a miniature atproto network"
Rabble is having fun! Divine is clearly wanting to be a mainstream social media product (Taco Bell!) but still avoid the negative parts of commercial media!
Divine and Taco Bell bring back joyscrolling
Divine isn’t the only one bringing back joyscrolling! We’ve partnered with Taco Bell for its annual Decades campaign to celebrate 2016 nostalgia with its four icon menu items to the classic Vines that defined an era. 😇 Read more about our collaboration with Taco Bell.Still not on Divine? 😇 Download our app, link in bio. 🔑 Use this code to make an account: TACO-BELL 🎥 Start creating!
about.divine.video
August 18, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Rabble is having fun! Divine is clearly wanting to be a mainstream social media product (Taco Bell!) but still avoid the negative parts of commercial media!
The fact that this gigantic lawsuit exists and all the attention that will be paid to it ($200 billion in damages! Maybe over a trillion if Meta is right!) represents an amazing promotion opportunity for all of us working on better forms of interacting online than closed social media platforms.
1/5
1/5
August 17, 2026 at 4:45 PM
The fact that this gigantic lawsuit exists and all the attention that will be paid to it ($200 billion in damages! Maybe over a trillion if Meta is right!) represents an amazing promotion opportunity for all of us working on better forms of interacting online than closed social media platforms.
1/5
1/5
It would be worthwhile to go through the Meta charges in this mammoth lawsuit one charge at a time and determine where various open social web projects stand in comparison. And if we do well — which I hope — use that to promote what we do as better alternative.
Meta faces ‘astronomical’ consequences as legal fight reaches critical moment in California
Meta faces a federal trial over child safety claims that could bring major financial penalties and changes to Facebook and Instagram.
www.cnbc.com
August 17, 2026 at 3:14 PM
It would be worthwhile to go through the Meta charges in this mammoth lawsuit one charge at a time and determine where various open social web projects stand in comparison. And if we do well — which I hope — use that to promote what we do as better alternative.
If you have an interest in Silicon Valley beyond the tech, this is totally fascinating.
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/029b...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/029b...
Watching Our Watersheds (WOW) Historic Santa Clara Valley
A project to map the creeks, urban drainage network, watersheds, baylands, and points of interest in Santa Clara Valley.
storymaps.arcgis.com
August 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
If you have an interest in Silicon Valley beyond the tech, this is totally fascinating.
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/029b...
storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/029b...
Reposted by Johannes Ernst
Mark Zuckerberg writes:
"Historically, hoping that an absolute power will benevolently provide for humanity if sufficiently enlightened has not led to safe or positive outcomes."
Count me speechless.
"Historically, hoping that an absolute power will benevolently provide for humanity if sufficiently enlightened has not led to safe or positive outcomes."
Count me speechless.
The Future is for Everyone
Read Mark Zuckerberg’s piece on our values for building superintelligence for everyone.
www.meta.com
August 10, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Mark Zuckerberg writes:
"Historically, hoping that an absolute power will benevolently provide for humanity if sufficiently enlightened has not led to safe or positive outcomes."
Count me speechless.
"Historically, hoping that an absolute power will benevolently provide for humanity if sufficiently enlightened has not led to safe or positive outcomes."
Count me speechless.
What will happen when Trump realizes he / the US is now subject of blackmail by the Iran regime forever due to the mess he got us all in?
Because I don’t think he realizes this yet and nobody has had the guts to tell him.
Because I don’t think he realizes this yet and nobody has had the guts to tell him.
August 8, 2026 at 8:26 PM
What will happen when Trump realizes he / the US is now subject of blackmail by the Iran regime forever due to the mess he got us all in?
Because I don’t think he realizes this yet and nobody has had the guts to tell him.
Because I don’t think he realizes this yet and nobody has had the guts to tell him.
Hey @toni.bsky.team, consider activating Bridgy Fed on your account so Mastodon / Threads / ... users can also follow you?
Howto: fed.brid.gy/docs#bluesky...
Howto: fed.brid.gy/docs#bluesky...
Bridgy Fed
Bridgy Fed is a bridge between decentralized social networks like the fediverse, Bluesky, and web sites and blogs.
fed.brid.gy
August 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Hey @toni.bsky.team, consider activating Bridgy Fed on your account so Mastodon / Threads / ... users can also follow you?
Howto: fed.brid.gy/docs#bluesky...
Howto: fed.brid.gy/docs#bluesky...
"An airport employee noticed the drone... He got the drone to crash from the air into the ground by [wait for it] kicking it with his foot."
In a Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan movie we would consider this non-credible.
www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...
In a Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan movie we would consider this non-credible.
www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...
Antonow-Maschinen in Leipzig ohne Munition an Bord – Bundesanwaltschaft ermittelt
Sachsens Innenminister Armin Schuster hat der Darstellung widersprochen, dass eine der Antonow-Maschinen auf dem Flughafen Leipzig, neben denen eine Sprengstoff-Drohne sichergestellt wurde, mit Muniti...
www.mdr.de
August 6, 2026 at 8:14 PM
"An airport employee noticed the drone... He got the drone to crash from the air into the ground by [wait for it] kicking it with his foot."
In a Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan movie we would consider this non-credible.
www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...
In a Bruce Lee or Jackie Chan movie we would consider this non-credible.
www.mdr.de/nachrichten/...
Interesting interview with new Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider by The Verge.
Bluesky’s new CEO wants to grow it all
Bluesky is many different things in a trenchcoat.
www.theverge.com
August 3, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Interesting interview with new Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider by The Verge.