I wrote this with a heavy heart and a newfound fire in me to oppose the tech barons: "The rebellion will be federated" https://elenarossini.com/2024/11/the-rebellion-will-be-federated/

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#blog #FLOSS #bigtech #education #resist #rebel #activism #Fediverse

The rebellion will be federated — Elena Rossini

This is how I plan to rebel against the tech barons and kleptocrats for the next 4 years: through activism, education and FLOSS

^{Elena Rossini}

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.12 👩‍🚀

"Beyond technical features: why we need to talk about the values of the Fediverse (part 2)"

https://blog.elenarossini.com/beyond-technical-features-why-we-need-to-talk-about-the-values-of-the-fediverse-part-2/

mentioning: @alttexthalloffame @Gargron @FediTips @ivory @IceCubesApp @Tusky @Simx72 @phanpy @jon @mathi_gwithyas @rysiek

#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #BigTech #SocialMedia #FOSS #blog #accessibility #AltText #CW #ContentWarnings #Phanpy #Ivory #Tusky #Mastodon #IceCubes

Beyond technical features: why we need to talk about the values of the Fediverse (part 2)

A deep dive into the mindful, considerate culture of the Fediverse, focusing on the use of alt text and content warnings

^{Elena Rossini}

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.11 👩‍🚀

"Beyond technical features: why we need to talk about the values of the Fediverse (part 1)"

https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-values-of-the-fediverse-ethical-social-media/

with shout-outs to: @bengrosser @rysiek @phanpy @pixelfed and all the lovely people I've been interacting with on here ❤️

#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #activism #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #blog #privacy #consent #Matrix

Beyond technical features: why we need to talk about the values of the Fediverse (part 1)

The Fediverse has a different value system than commercial social media: striving for genuine connections, protecting privacy and championing accessibility

^{Elena Rossini}

TIL that a #BlackBox #AI can be defined as #OpenSource.

Granting the “freedom to fine tune” cannot be enough to qualify as Open Source AI just like granting the “freedom to configure” cannot be enough to qualify as Open Source Software.

Yet, for #OSI it's enough.

And you can't provide effective solutions to the problem they pretend to see into making training data available.

Or you will be silenced.

https://opensource.org/blog/copyright-law-makes-a-case-for-requiring-data-information-rather-than-open-datasets-for-open-source-ai

#OpenSourceAI #OpenWashing #OpenWashingAI
#OSS #OSAI #AIAct #BigTech #GAFAM

Copyright law makes a case for requiring data information rather than open datasets for Open Source AI

When we look at applying Open Source principles to the subject of AI, copyright law comes into play, especially for the topic of training data access.

^{Open Source Initiative}

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.10 👩‍🚀

"My Fediverse summer & the top 3 lessons I learned"

https://blog.elenarossini.com/fediverse-summer-3-lessons/

with shout-outs to: @poliverso @phanpy @ivory @MonaApp @pixelfed @Tusky @MoogleMaestro

#TheFutureIsFederated #blog #tech #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #Fediverse #Mastodon #Wordpress #Friendica #Pixelfed #Lemmy #Kbin #Mbin #Firefish #Ivory #Phanpy

My Fediverse summer & the top 3 lessons I learned

The 3 biggest lessons I learned this summer about the Fediverse as I went from 1 account to 9!

^{Elena Rossini}

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.9 👩‍🚀

The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 4: Lemmy, PieFed & Mbin)

https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-4-lemmy-piefed-mbin/

with shout-outs to @informapirata @Bro666 @dansup @phanpy @fedidb @vjprema @neblem @FediTips

#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #activism #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #blog #threadiverse #mbin #kbin #piefed #lemmy #reddit #activitypub

The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 4: Lemmy, PieFed & Mbin)

An exploration of Fediverse content aggregators as an alternative to Reddit, with a twist: the magic of ActivityPub, allowing communication with other Fediverse projects

^{Elena Rossini}

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.8 👩‍🚀

The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 3: #Friendica)

https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-3-friendica/

with shout-outs to @anubis2814 @dansup @fedidb @heidilifeldman @tchambers @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews @ryanbroderick @caseynewton @ferrante @informapirata @russandro @hankg @tio

#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #activism #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #blog #activitypub #diaspora #bluesky #tumblr

The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 3: Friendica)

A "show and tell" of my favorite features of Friendica, which has fast become my favorite place in the Fediverse

^{Elena Rossini}

Need a brief and accessible explainer about the actual harms of AI?

Show folks this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TtVJ4JDM7eM

@thejuicemedia hitting it out of the park, yet again.

#ai #corporations #corporatocracy #billionaires #climateCrisis #BigTech #SiliconValley

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