@wearenew_public @anneapplebaum between federated tech, like mastodon, email, and web pages, and open source software, like Linux and LibreOffice, the biggest problem with ditching fascist controlled companies is the giant cloud providers. Hardware is more scarce than software.

@jollysea downloading fine art images from
gopher. Blew my mind. Also asking questions on Usenet and getting answers from kernel (SunOs/NetBSD) devs in a matter of hours.

@petergleick I guess that is the dynamical behavior of fascist groups - something about it makes them psychologically or structurally unable to stop themselves. Once they get sufficiently detached from honoring truth, they are only stopped by external forces. They delete the feedback loops that keep ordinary human groups sane.