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This came up in my morning HN readings: https://kaveland.no/posts/2025-06-06-library The analogy about opening tons of books labeled "History of the Piano" to be greeted with ads for piano lessons is harrowing. It is the internet now. There are trillions of books, but all of the ones you can...

So "oxygen" and "frequency" in a tweet could get a warning box, no covid mention required. One of the ascii characters in the tweet was a degree symbol, which I think was somehow labeled as related to the 5g networks, a lowercase letter o must have registered as being about oxygen. [/SPOILER]...

This belongs in current events because it is currently happening. A lot of people are affected and should care. I did search the forum and found nothing about this. A couple things about getting flip phones or degoogling or whatever, but this is specific. A couple of years ago Apple introduced...

Lurking on agora long before I ever made an account i've always enjoyed the design and symbolism the site was going for: the road and being a traveler with comfy music on the homepage like you've entered a settlement on your travels. It really captured the feeling of the older web, being a...

Re-posting this essay from my Substack. Let's discuss. :) Public faith in U.S. institutions is at an all-time low. The American populace no longer trusts large technology companies, corporations, and government arms like the police and public schools. Good—maybe these institutions have...

A quick google search of this question gives a resounding answer: "No, IDIOT!" The reason given for why the economy isn't zero sum is "wealth creation", a nebulous ill-defined concept which I'm not entirely sure exists, at least not in the way it's usually touted. A common explanation of why...

They say the oldest tricks are the best because so many people don't believe they'd fall for something so ancient and big as they're much too clever and slick. And thats why they're so effective. In your lifetime you'll Witness the net, as you know it, die. They'll blame the handy, dandy...

CAPTION: I paid $5 to feed 20 photos of myself to an AI avatar generator. The results are a mix of flattering and absurd, but none look quite like me. Fellow Travelers, we're living in a strange limbo as AI exits geek circles to sweep the public consciousness and private marketplace of everyday...

Hey folks, I read this post by @whiteVHS and was intrigued by this line: I've been thinking about how I might do this for a while now, and I think i'm ready to take the leap. How can I de-google, or at least minimize the amount I rely on google. Things I have tied to google: Gmail Account...

This came up on chat. Here: https://www.tumblr.com/nutzo0001/719366781571153920?source=share And officially: https://domains.google/tld/zip/ Just absolute brainrot. The TL;DR is that malicious users have been making .zip domains to spoof sending zip files to people only for those URLs to...

read info on thread "https://forum.agoraroad.com/index.php?threads/retaking-the-internet.5898/" main info "https://forum.agoraroad.com/index.php?threads/retaking-the-internet.5898/post-80214" text-only: - if so, lets go! lets make art movement! i will start thread, for the sake of it if we cant...

One of my mypast times on the internet when I just want to chill out and relax, is to put some vaporwave on and go around random towns on Street View and see what kind of weirdness I can find. At the moment, I've been looking at the sort of streets you get in UK towns leading away from the main...

This thread explores potential proof of Dead Internet Theory as mentioned in posts by IlluminatiPirate, who notes, "This theory was originally written by several anons on /x/ & wizardchan." The basic idea behind Dead Internet Theory is that the internet as it exists now is empty, devoid of real...