#Watching The Internship (2013) reminds me how tectonically the narratives around corporate tech have changed in the last decade. I doubt you couldn sell an aspirational story about interning at Goggle now.
We did that. All of us. Working *together*.
We live in a fantastic, abundant era yet suffer from global headlines with profoundly misguided/misaligned attitudes.
This applies to social tech, LLMs, and all the technologies that shape our global society, today.
We need to stop handing over the global microphones to those whose survival and livelihood are rooted in the continuation of using aggressive algorithms and full fledged LLMs just for entertainment purposes.
Indieweb Social states its "a home for those who build, study, promote - or are just fascinated by - #openweb, #indieweb, #federated & #humanetech practices & tech"
I'll add to that. It's also a place for 80s style nerds like @tchambers
#PledgeDrive 13/ to sit in the back of the class and giggle until you stare at them
Donate: patreon.com/c/indiewebsocial
#PledgeDrive 13/
Other interests:
* Exercise: #Surfing #Surf #Triathlon
* Food: #Vegan #Veganism #PlantBased
* Life-support: #Sustainbility #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateActivism #Climate #Environmentalism #Science
* #Voting reform: #RCV #Democracy
* Tech: #Coding #OpenSource #OSS #SoftwareEngineering #HumaneTech
* #Games: #Gaming #BoardGames #PCGaming #VideoGames
* Philosophy: #Stoicism #Minimalism #Buddhism #FIRE #FI #ERE
* Languages: #Japanese #Spanish
* More music: #DJing #Vinyl #Mixtapes
My favorite #Mastodon feed? The Local feed of my instance, indieweb.social
Why? Because with about ~1300 monthly active users, and ~10 posts/hour, or less, it is actually possible to check *everything* that was posted today in a reasonable time!
And, I automatically have something in common with everyone here; the instance's focus: #openweb, #indieweb, #fediverse & #humanetech
It feels like the good old days of being a regular on a bulletin board forum around a topic I really enjoy.
@evan And if there is any platform that should center #HumaneTech and #Calmtech versus the more toxic and intense and addictive choices commercial siloes do to drive ad clicks, etc, it should be us. In theory, the non-commercial elements of the Fediverse should have no other incentive but a healthier online space.
This is an important distinction that @pixelfed and the #Fediverse can offer: a respite from the storm of AI junk posts, junk images, and noise. #CalmTech and #HumaneTech is built into the Fediverse DNA.
https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/112554306111278137
#followfriday Tech/digitaal/ai 
@publicspaces publieke waarden op internet
@Taler digitaal geld
@aral #SmallTech
@rms Richard Stallman, FSF
@noybeu #GDPR
@erikkemp EU en #DigitaleSoevereiniteit
@rysiek #infosec
@onrust #LibreTech #Palestina
@bert_hubert
@marleenstikker
@ron_roozendaal
@smallcircles #HumaneTech
@pluralistic #enshittification
@openstate
@sovtechfund
@nluug Nl Linux en Unix User groep
@tfiebig BigTech researcher
@eff
@bitsoffreedom
@davidrevoy tekenaar, AI criticus
@xot Jaap-Henk Hoepman, privacy professor
@Frederik_Borgesius Law Prof at iHub
@fight
@codefornl #PublicTech
@onepict #RFC1984
#Introduction
Avid reader, cyclist, pianist, fractal maker. Farm brat and lapsed poet, with previous gigs as a non-profit drudge, website administrator, and writer on opera and music. Now exploring the world beyond the aviary.
Manic about:
#cycling #hiking #photography
#learning #literature #books #linguistics
#opera #ClassicalMusic #jazz
#fractals #HumaneTech (a bit of a #luddite)
#environment #biodiversity #PlanetEarth
#cooking #gardening
Here's my #introduction:
I live in The Netherlands. I work as a self-employed campaign and communications consultant for world-changing organisations like Fairphone, Partij voor de Dieren (Party for the Animals), ASN Bank and Consumentenbond. I have way too many interests and am childfree by choice :)
Writing about:
#humanetech #systemthinking #publicaffairs #deliberativedemocracy #animalrights #childfreechoice #books #podcasts #ethics #climatecrisis #food #music #politics and #pressfreedom
Welcome to INDIEWEB.SOCIAL - a home for those who build, study, promote - or are just fascinated by - #openweb, #indieweb, #federated & #humanetech practices & tech.
Special thanks to @jeannie who is a co-admin here, & who graciously donated the domain name to this effort. Key links:
Our code of conduct & terms of use: https://indieweb.social/terms
Our mission statement: https://indieweb.social/about/more
Thanks all, & help us get out the word of this new community!
Wendy 
