there's a writeup to do of Bluesky and AT-protocol as fashtech, start from this one https://azhdarchid.com/delusions-of-a-protocol/
there's more detail to add for the explicit case for atproto as fashtech (including the bit where they're increasingly mask-off rationalists, coiners, neoreactionaries and transphobes), but yelling about decentralisation while keeping a pile of obscured but load-bearing points of central control is a good tell
holy shit that site
as part of Syllable it was absolutely an interesting nerd project "yeah let's write a browser!!"
then fashtech funding knocked on the door, Kling put on his red baseball cap and took ladybird out on the road
I predict Sam will lose big on the S&C claims. They have made fuckin bank on this bankruptcy, but also their fees have already been ruled entirely reasonable given the shitshow in question, and the near complete recovery for creditors will make them look even better.
the robot DJ from the pic mixin' choons, that's fine however
(i.e. the autoplay list)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45453386
nobody mentioned this particular incident, dude just threw it into the discussion himself
largely not available digitally, though someone's putting together a Borsook reissue
surely this is a post about tech nazis, and not a post about how to argue language design features.
Cyberselfish by Borsook, several books by Dery but particularly Escape Velocity
Mark Dery and Paulina Borsook nailed these fuckers square on in the '90s, but nobody reads books
it's a shitty paper but even they couldn't avoid the point forever
there's only one YouTube channel everyone should be following