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#internet

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David Megginson

The Internet is the so-called information. superhighway, okay? Thousands and thousands of computer systems, all connected by a Telnet system. It is worldwide. On that highway are millions of turn-offs, places to go.

A young, supposedly techie character trying to explain websites in a 1999 novel by Michael Connelly. 🙂

#internet#web#tech
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#Russian cable attacks ‘threaten to cut off world’s #internet’
#Telecoms companies including Vodafone, O2 owner Telefonica and Orange have written to UK, EU and #NATO officials warning that a rise in #sabotage incidents was putting critical services at risk.
At least 11 subsea cables have been damaged in the #BalticSea since October 2023 and similar outages have been reported in the #NorthSea.
telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/

The Telegraph · Russian cable attacks ‘threaten to cut off world’s internet’By James Warrington
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Zockbursche

But what if I really want a faster horse?

#Netflix today is very different. It’s not a library—it’s an experience. Instead of reliably showing me what I "have" and recommending what I might like, it shuffles content on each interaction, sometimes changing the cover images of shows in real time, like some black-market charlatan.

rakhim.exotext.com/but-what-if

Found on #hackernews

Graph. x-axis: time, y-axis diversity of mediums Charts start at different points on the y-axis and decrease to join up all at the same point which is called "TikTok"
#media#internet#Enshittification
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Víctor R. Ruiz

This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED youtube.com/watch?v=TZOoT8AbkNE

Carole fue quien dio la primicia sobre Cambridge Analytica. Se pasó tres años luchando en los juzgados por ello. Vuelve a TED para avisar del golpe de estado en ciernes por parte de las grandes empresas tecnológicas. La política es ahora la tecnología. Los datos personales son la droga de Silicon Valley, la privacidad es nuestro poder.

YouTubeThis Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TEDBy TED
#política#internet
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Jantien Borsboom

Are you worried about the ecological impact of our internet and data usage? Join the Data Morgana watchparty this monday to dive deeper into the subject with our talkshow and engage in conversation with the talkshow guests.

theguardian.com/environment/20

Sign up via: formz.publicspaces.net/s/cm99q

The Guardian · Revealed: Big tech’s new datacentres will take water from the world’s driest areasBy Luke Barratt
#sustainability#datacenters#datamorgana
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Metin Seven 🎨

"𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚜𝚔 𝚊 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗; 𝚒𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚠𝚎𝚛."

─ 𝘊𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘩𝘢𝘮'𝘴 𝘓𝘢𝘸

#quote#quotes#thoughts
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Spike :donor:

Hey there, fellow retro-tech nerds! The @mediaarchaeologylab has posted its open call for practitioners-in-residence in the lab for the next season, which begins in September. Submit your proposal by May 15!

Please boost for reach.

mediaarchaeologylab.ghost.io/p

The theme for the 2025/2026 residency is Counter Computing: Alternative Imaginaries.

Lab director Lori Emerson describes it this way: "We are interested in any form of artistic and/or scholarly practice that engages counter-computational practices, such as glitching, hacking, tinkering, queering, subverting, (un)making and (re)imagining. Through such experimentation, we encourage you to explore how our relation to (and imagination of) technology can be remade to envision alternative pasts, presents and futures."

The lab is asking interested parties to submit a proposal for an up-to-4-week residency that includes full access to the lab and its resources, and logistical support. Residents are expected to produce a public lecture, demo, video, performance, or exhibition as part of the residency. Examples of previous technical reports can be seen at mediaarchaeologylab.com/projec

Get to it, my peeps! We'll see you in the lab starting in the fall.

mediaarchaeologylab · Practitioner-In-Residence Open CallWe forgot about March & so feel less bad about sending out a second bulletin, especially because it is to announce that APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2025/2026 PRACTITIONER-IN-RESIDENCE COHORT ARE NOW OPEN! The theme for our 2025/2026 residency is Counter Computing: Alternative Imaginaries. We would like to see your interpretation
#retrocomputing#retrotechnology#AppleII
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Statistisches Bundesamt

Noch nie im #Internet: Gut 4 % der Menschen in Deutschland im Alter zwischen 16 und 74 Jahren waren im Jahr 2024 sogenannte Offliner. Das entspricht knapp 2,8 Millionen Menschen. Im EU-Durchschnitt lag der Anteil der Offliner laut Eurostat bei 5 %. Zwischen den einzelnen EU-Mitgliedstaaten gab es dabei deutliche Unterschiede. Mehr dazu in unserer Pressemitteilung: destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pressemi

Grafik mit der Überschrift „Noch nie online 2024“, Anteil der 16- bis 74-Jährigen in %, ausgewählte EU-Staaten. Die horizontale Balkengrafik zeigt den prozentualen Anteil der Bevölkerung im Alter von 16 bis 74 Jahren, die im Jahr 2024 noch nie das Internet genutzt haben. Die Werte werden für zehn ausgewählte EU-Staaten dargestellt. Dargestellte Länder und Werte: Kroatien (EU-Maximum): 14 % Griechenland: 11 % Polen: 9 % Italien: 7 % Rumänien: 5 % Deutschland: 4 % (hervorgehoben in Gelb) Österreich: 4 % Frankreich: 3 % Spanien: 3 % Niederlande (EU-Minimum): weniger als 1 % Der EU-27-Durchschnitt ist mit 5 % angegeben. Quelle: Eurostat, Veröffentlicht vom Statistischen Bundesamt (Destatis), 2025. Rechts unten steht das Logo „Europa in Zahlen“.
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