GitHub wants you to email California lawmakers to stop an AI-transparency bill ‘to protect open source.’ The whole ask depends on you not knowing what open source actually is. So let’s fix that.
Convenience isn’t just ease—it’s a containment strategy. The fediverse offers a path to intentional discomfort where we rebuild our political muscles, not because it’s easier, but because the friction is the point.
Self-hosting changes the questions you ask about community and infrastructure — but not everyone needs to own the house. The fediverse works because of the choice, not because of the server.
The first thing any program prints is two useless words that prove the machine is listening. blackflag.dev is live — here’s what it’s for.