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Once upon a time, I thought nothing could be worse than the proliferation of websites driven by SEO. That was before I learned of the existence of AEO: answer engine optimization. In my day, I could get lost in the glorious SI Vault; now I can find those old gems only if I know exactly what to search for and deploy the Wayback Machine. Not all of this is specifically Google’s fault. But the company’s new priorities seem like they’ll only exacerbate the general state of dilapidation online. ...

Digital sovereignty is not about owning everything, it is about ensuring that nothing essential can be taken away. Source: What is Digital Sovereignty - TDF Community Blog — Really like how Libre Office defined digital soverignty here.

Climate change is raising temperatures , but one factor that adds to that is often ignored. Walk down a city street and you see what would have been front gardens a decade or so ago have now been tarmacked over and turned into driveways. Source: The Coversation Climate change is such a massive challenge that I feel it leads most people to ignore it—not out of disbelief, but out of hopelessness. So much of that hopelessness stems from the narrative that each of us individually has to do “our part.” Sure, we can all do a little more, but the truth is none of that moves the needle on its own. I’m fine with paper straws, even though so many people have made their entire identity about opposing such a meaningless thing. But the paper straw represents something bigger: it represents passing the buck from those responsible for our current situation down to the “little people.” ...

On Thursday (July 9), Lorde performed at the Mad Cool Festival in Madrid and spoke up against smart glasses. “Increasingly in our world it gets harder and harder to know what is real,” the pop star said onstage. “You don’t know if someone is wearing sunglasses or if they’re wearing those fucked up fucking… Can I just say, for the record, ‘Fuck the Glasses.’ Don’t get the glasses. Not sexy.” ...