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  • TikTok’s enshitification with its new right wing owners may accelerate as fast as X’s did. Might be next window for the open social web. #tiktok

    www.thewrap.com/tiktok-pu…

  • Case study that sometimes it takes an “extinction moment” to start doing something you should have been doing for over the last decade or more: organic, authentic digital outreach. #Democrats www.npr.org/2025/09/1…

  • This summarizes the situation better than anything else you will read. There, saved you a lot of time. #charliekirk youtube.com/shorts/tg…

  • Well played, Apple. #theStudio #Emmys

    A large billboard displays a message of gratitude to Sal Saperstein from Apple TV+ against a backdrop of trees and buildings.
  • Pretty accurate progression so far. #Charliekirk

    A tweet from Molly White satirically lists several entities as being "trans," including a shooter, bullets, and a roommate.
  • Just a note. #groyper

    A social media post jokes about the term "Groyper" being specific to France, comparing it to the term "sparkling Nazi."
  • This is my priors on this too, btw. But we will see what we see. As i said before believe nothign you don’t see validated by trusted sources. #charliekirk

    A post by "olive consumer" discusses Tyler Robinson's apparent motivations, describing him as an "online-poisoned idiot gamer" rather than a "violent antifascist leftist" or "groyper."
  • Hashtag #BandofFools #FBI

    A social media post expresses surprise that the FBI hasn't caught a killer, suggesting that podcast hosts tracking a podcast host's killer should be in their skill set.
  • Yeah, pretty much. #CharlieKirk

    A tweet by Bluesky Elder discusses replacing FBI agents with loyalists.
  • Every year, I’m: “Just double the battery life and I’ll upgrade IMMEDIATELY.” #AppleEvent www.theverge.com/news/7745…

  • On most stoplight polls at each intersection at my area near work. #FreeDC

    Posters on a street pole feature a person in a mask with the message "TAKE OFF YOUR MASKS! PUBLIC SERVANTS SHOULD FACE THE PUBLIC."
  • ✊ Am happy to endorse this statement - along with many thought leaders from both #ATProto and #ActivityPub sides of the Open Social Web dev community… writings.thisismissem.social/statement…

  • A small but big thing: every profile UX on the open social web should copy #Threads: Show the full handle w/ domain plus a “Copy” button in account details. None do now—Mastodon, Bluesky, PixelFed, etc. Only Threads does, and it’s a must-have.

    A description of the Fediverse is provided, explaining user connectivity across servers, along with a username for sharing within the network.
  • I can track with this.

    A post by sweetpeainkcreative: "Hot tip: Your 40s and 50s are for reclaiming everything you gave away when you were younger in order to be liked."  receiving 288 likes, 9 comments, and 8 shares.
  • First real study of #Threads-#Fediverse interop at scale. Key bits: Fedi→Threads replies dominate (likely due to current UX on Threads for fedi), surges tied to rollout events, steady growth, & interop didn’t worsen convo tone. Early but encouraging data: arxiv.org/html/2502…

  • Words I commonly misspell - such as colleague, bureau, restaurant, technique, liaison and others - when I look it up, all were derived in English imported in from French. For my poor spelling, I firmly blame the French.

  • Am working on tracking progress on #SevenUXSins article I wrote. Anyone interested in helping me in tracking browser support for custom protocol handlers? (Key ti fixing Sin 3) www.timothychambers.net/2025/06/1… Ping me in comments if so….

  • Love all of these. Hard to pick just one. #SandwichGuy www.teepublic.com/stickers/…

  • Not sure how this is a “new business model” isn’t it just an old fashioned rev share? www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/…

  • Walking is great for you; walking on a trail by some trees doubly so. I love that there are beautiful forest hiking trails blocks from my home. www.newscientist.com/article/2…

  • Good advice: “Do Not Keep These ‘High Risk’ Apps On Your iPhone Or Android….” www.forbes.com/sites/zak…

  • #Wikipedia is one of the most important and underrated digital platforms around - every other one should take notes on this. www.theverge.com/report/75…

  • Consider me a pedant, then. #podcast www.fastcompany.com/91380550/…

  • Amen. ““My strongest belief about the social web is that if we want it to succeed, we have to keep lowering the barrier to entry.” #Ghost john.onolan.org/reflectio…

  • Updated #podcast numbers and #YouTube is dominating - worrisome as they do not use open podcast formats…. sherwood.news/business/…