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Against all odds, despite being back at work this week we're back for another newsletter. This week: atproto conf, legal challenges to encryption, brining back the small web, and only 2 AI-related stories. my.badtake.space/5-things-atm...

5 Things: "ATmosphere Conf" Edition

Featuring still 2 AI-related stories cause I can't stop reading them.

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He also spoke more cogently and coherently for that entire 24 hours than I've spoken even for my most well-practiced and well-informed 30 minute presentation.

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Booker finally yields after more than 25 hours of speaking 👏👏👏

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Rumor is Cory Booker's gonna end his address by shadow-dropping the Switch 2. Make sure you tune in.

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Look I'm not trying to call folks out for "not doing enough," but if @booker.senate.gov can do this, then you reading this can go hang around outside with a sign for a couple hours this weekend.

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Separately, to all of the cowards who think it's okay to barter with the lives of a marginalized community to try to restore some sense of normalcy that never really existed. Well, I hope you experience a Christmas Carol like change of heart today.

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Happy Trans Day of Visibility to all. And a special thank you to those of you who quietly power all the best parts of the Internet.

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Yes I love collecting everyones' blogs, I'll be keeping an eye on this post. Mine's here: my.badtake.space

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Kagi's search engine and AI features cost money to use. It's not clear to me that this small-web feature costs money, since it doesn't run off of their search index and I can happily "next post" a bunch without being logged in to my account. @kagi.com any clarification?

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Alternative search engine @kagi.com offers something a bit like SU at kagi.com/smallweb

Kagi Small Web

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Anyone who wants to contact their representatives on this topic (or any other topic), I strongly recommend using 5calls.org/issue/sectio... to get some background on the topic and a sample script to use when calling, emailing, or otherwise contacting your representatives' offices.

Oppose a Repeal of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act ⭑ 5 Calls

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has protected free speech online for decades, but now there is a bipartisan effort in Congress to force …

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Spent my lunch contacting my senators and representative, urging them to oppose any efforts to repeal or otherwise "mess with" Section 230. And finalizing a slightly-expanded blog post on the topic. my.badtake.space/nows-not-the... /cc @warren.senate.gov , @markey.senate.gov , @trahan.house.gov

Now's not the time to mess with Section 230

I'm not convinced there will ever be a time, but it's definitely not now.

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This is what I like to see. Gotta push this stuff to its limits or it's just fancy ideas and ideals. Which are all well and good, but between this and Northsky it'll be nice to see folks start putting it to the test.

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Man all this "being back at work" stuff is really cutting into my "spewing a couple thousand words into a blog post every day" time. But there's a rumor that being forced to slow down to allow for editing might be worthwhile.

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