Update: Gandi support says to use the GDPR form for account deletion, and that an ID won't actually be required, even though that's what the form says.
I gave it a shot. It wanted my first and last name (which I just put my username into) and I got a confirmation. Apparently it will take a while to actually take effect...
Fox News debunks #Trump's "600 percent" price cuts - https://boingboing.net/2025/12/18/fox-news-debunks-trumps-600-percent-price-cuts.html when even #fox calls out your mathematical stupidity, you know it's really stupid
Physicists prove the Universe isn’t a #simulation after all - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/11/251110021052.htm "Using #Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, scientists found that reality requires “non-algorithmic understanding,” something no computation can replicate." exciting stuff
Celebrate the Public Domain with the Internet Archive in 2026!
#PublicDomainDay is nearly here. From first appearances of yet-to-be-named cartoon stars to landmark films and music, works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will soon be free to reuse.
Enter our film contest, join our events, and have a blast! All the details on our blog ⤵️
https://blog.archive.org/public-domain-day-2026/
I've written a summary of the year 2025 for powRSS.
It's a summary of the stats, milestones, costs, and history of this #indieweb project you have all helped me build.
Thank you!
@timnitGebru I LOVED the latest issue of your DAIR newsletter... especially the part about "Our Future is Self-Hosted." Congratulations!!! I hope many more organizations will follow your example 🙌
The Puerto Rico Social Solidarity Network is a platform that connects people and organizations to promote and foster the social solidarity economy. (ft. @ecosentido )
https://geo.coop/articles/puerto-rico-social-solidarity-economy-network
Disagreeing with the logic or strategy of BDS is fine, but it's always too obvious these critics have no understanding of the boycott: we don't claim that all Israelis as monsters, we simply know that Israeli academia is actively complicit in apartheid, and therefore should not be engaged with.
Full article: https://archive.ph/57SJS
#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