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Socket Runtime’s #p2p takes #wasm out of the cloud, beyond the edge, and makes it ubiquitous. “Edge” computing is just a half step on the historic path away from the costs and constraints of the data center.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vjFzXzVBG80&feature=youtu.be

Alan Turing is widely recognized as a hero and a genius. He’s considered the father of theoretical computer science and AI.

But he was also a gay man whom the British government chemically castrated.

Turing killed himself because of the way his government treated him.

What more might he have done had he lived?

As this wave of hatred sweeps the US, I wonder how many gay and trans Alan Turings we’ve already lost, and how many we’ll continue to lose.

I find myself saying "community-owned independent social media sites" rather than "fediverse" in mixed company because it gets a much better reaction (active interest rather than blank stares)

I realize that the venn diagram of the two does not overlap perfectly but the overlap is precisely the stuff I actually care about and I'd rather be inaccurate in a way that garners interest than similarly-inaccurate in a way that doesn't

@koalie @w3c The bit of technology that makes the web overwhelming impactful in our lives is <a>, the link. Without hyperlinking, the web would not be the web. The link is everything.

I'm really excited to be presenting my work on using Datalog to build decentralized systems at @causalislands later this month, in Toronto!

It's a future of computing conference some of my colleagues are putting on, and the lineup is full of some fascinating talks by people like @edwinb, @maggie, and @jenn!

You can use my code for 20% off on tickets if you'd like to come: WILTON20

https://www.causalislands.com/

Testing Hubzilla again, one federating software i found, that installs on shared hosts with Cpanel, but w/o (real) root access.

The concept of a "nomadic entity" is enticing.

This is part of a grant project i 'm currently working on & to show, that we artists & musicians can do _much_ better in _not_ submitting our own audience to personalized user tracking etc.

We've to demonstrate through our own use of tech, how to do this right.

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#hubzilla

It's incredible how much space is given to a few people in motor vehicles vs so many more people on foot or wheels. It's a vast inequity.

Nowhere is this more stark than #ShibuyaCrossing; the world's busiest pedestrian crossing with as many as 3,000 people crossing at a time. Compared to around 12 cars fromone direction of the junction in one sequence. #Urbanism #CitiesForPeople

Last year I sat looking at my psychologist, explaining that I couldn't come out as a #trans woman, because I couldn't face the hate that would come at me from every direction. She told me, bluntly, "Get off Twitter. The real world isn't like that."

Since I came out, other than keyboard warriors, I have been embraced and cared for in ways that I literally could not imagine, I have been accepted and loved well.

This afternoon, I sat face to face with some friends and had The Conversation, again. With the same outcome.

Acceptance, & support. Care for both my wife and I, as we grapple with something that I spent the last 7 years trying to avoid, for her sake above all else.

I've always tried to be authentic, consistent, and transparent (no pun intended).

I don't know if that's the reason that the people I've had The Conversation with have treated me the way they have, if I'm just privileged to know a bunch of wonderful folks, or if it's just that most Australians aren't transphobes, but this has been a blessing beyond words.

So this is my #TransJoy, and even though I know it may not always end up like this, I just wanted to share it.