Ben Werdmuller
Friday links: December 12, 2025
Trump Signs Executive Order To Combat State AI Regulation
2025 on Tumblr: Trends That Defined the Year
US plans to start checking all tourists' social media
10 Years of Let's Encrypt Certificates
The world needs social sovereignty
Why RSS matters
The Web Runs On Tolerance
Friday links: December 5, 2025
Trump administration orders enhanced vetting for applicants of H-1B visa
You can't legislate serendipity
Where Do the Children Play?
Introducing Roundabout
What Happens After the Hype? Lessons from Mobile Internet’s Long Road to Success
Knowing when to leave
imperfect notes & my second subconscious
"Disagree and Let’s See"
The Optical Illusion of Prosperity
The EFF we need now
Of the web
The State of the Open Social Web
Open Source Power
Honor The Maker's Schedule
Jack Dorsey funds diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine's video archive
I Want You to Understand Chicago
Time to start de-Appling
This Physicist Says We Don’t Take COVID Seriously Enough
How can I be most useful to you?
There's no such thing as neutral technology
Trump Administration's Arrival on Bluesky Highlights Growing Pains for Open Networks
This Is How Much Anthropic and Cursor Spend On Amazon Web Services
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
Europe Can’t Defend Democracy on US Servers
What Made Blogging Different?
Why the open social web matters now
Build what makes you special. Buy the rest.
What AI means for the business of: journalism
Telomeres, my son, and me
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
Don’t dwell on “democracy,” and other new findings about how to market local news
The One-on-One Gift Exchange
Your private data isn't as private as you think
Building distributed media for a democratic breakdown
What I learned in the first five years of Platformer
How aesthetics destroyed privacy and polarized us
Using technology skills for positive change
WordPress for newsrooms
Implementing an unlimited PTO policy
Can newsrooms become social platforms?
GregoryAI aims to improve the lives of researchers and patients alike
Bluesky now platform of choice for science community
More UK news publishers are adopting 'consent or pay' advertising model