The voluntary commitments proposed by #Apple won’t fix this. The #UK Competition and Markets Authority must mandate interoperability by default, ensuring all developers, including #FreeSoftware #OpenSource ones, get equal access to Apple’s OS (#iOS) and hardware features.
oh, yes! Georeferencing the Black Maps was one of the Summer Student projects at Environment Canterbury for years. You can access many of them now on Canterbury Maps:
https://canterburymaps.govt.nz/news/check-out-our-newly-digitised-historic-maps-black-maps/
Which also means you can add them as layers onto other maps!
And you can read more here: https://apps.canterburymaps.govt.nz/BlackMaps/index.html
Where I come from, the WW2 hasn't ended yet.
A Dubai based hedge-fund executive has said to the FT:
No one knew 'you were getting exposed to geopolitics when moving to Dubai. It was not a consideration. People have moved families. This element of concern is new'!
Given the Hedgies are supposed to be the smart guys, how did they miss the Middle East is suffused with global oil politics, and that it has been unstable politically for generations....
Oh that's right; low taxes, folks... it'll all be fine
Housing Justice: A Lexicon for Building Solidarity provides accessible language for housing scholars and activists. This Kickstarter supports the publication and dissemination of this vital volume. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ww3/housingjustice
Contributors draw from case studies and organizing experiences around the world, foregrounding the complex entanglements of housing with racial capitalism, settler colonialism, migration control, and state violence.
Chapter 18 of 'Cooperative Enterprise & Market Economy' just dropped!
"In this chapter, Luis Razeto identifies the key to the democratic transformation of the market – “the formation of a new social block, a subject of transformational action, the bearer of a new structure of social action” – and analyzes the various theoretical and practical obstacles that must be overcome in order for it to occur." ~ @Matt_Noyes
https://geo.coop/articles/cooperative-enterprise-and-market-economy-chapter-18
Florida wants its own CIA. That could lead to unchecked domestic surveillance
A bill to create a state intelligence operation would allow scrutiny based on "opinions" — and could prompt other states to follow
FPF's Seth Stern and Lauren Harper explain:
Igalia is proud to announce our Coding Experience program for 2026! Open to all new programmers, students and self-learners alike, applications are invited till the 3rd of April in one or more of five areas of Open Source development.
Apply now!
https://www.igalia.com/2026/02/27/Igalia-2026-Coding-Experience-Open-for-Applications.html
"Maybe climate change is a good way of dealing with overpopulation"
~Epstein-funded tech fascist Joscha Bach
Big Tech has long discussed which of us are worth saving. Their answer is "the richer the worthier."
Via Musk, Thiel, et al, this fascist eugenics is now operating as US Trump govt policy
Millions are dying every year from govt inaction on climate:
#USPol #EUPol #EpsteinFiles #Eugenics #ClimatePurge #news #racism #BigTech .
The FBI should try having a director who isn't a weird Republican freak. https://www.gocomics.com/brian-mcfadden/2026/03/02
Good news from around the world that nobody is talking about!
France has banned influencers from promoting dangerous cosmetic surgery and extreme dieting products to protect young people
Iceland legally guarantees equal pay for men and women, making the gender pay gap illegal
In Thailand, recycled billboards become shelters and save stray dogs
At 13 years old, Lucas Jemel Janova became the first patient in the world to be cured of a terminal brain cancer.
I #DIDit
Today I published my very last post on Instagram!
It took me some time to prepare this sad moment, but I am happy it's here now.
I shared @_elena great introduction video and wrote in the captions about how the Fediverse is such great place for creatives, artists, hobbyists, tinkerer, writer, art lovers, photographers, blogger, nerds and just everybody. And how one can find interesting people to talk to, original artworks, diverse communities and discover great music and journalism... and all this without annoying ads or stupid algorithms.
💪 I've even (hello non tech person here!) made a little website for my friends with some info and links to help them switch to the Fediverse.
#DiDay #DID #DigitalIndependenceDay ##GlobalSwitchDay #DigitalSovereignty #DUTgemacht
I am Canadian.
Despite what my elected officials say:
- I do not consider Israel an ally
- I do not consider Iran an enemy
My allies are the civilians in harms way, wherever they are.
My enemies are governments that recklessly massacre civilians in service of the #Epstein class, wherever they are.
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa