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   @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: (reiver@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Apr-2026 06:06:10 JST @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

   What makes an ActivityPub Actor an Actor?

   I think it is probably a bad idea to just restrict it to things with 'type': "Application", "Group", "Organization", "Person", and "Service". Restricting it to just those would mean you couldn't have new actor types (and sub-types) in the future.

   So then, do we do it in a duck-typing way? And if "yes", how?

   Maybe if something has an "inbox" OR and "outbox" it is an Actor. I.e., it could have just one of those.

   #ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #FediDev

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   Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮 (gamingonlinux@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Apr-2026 19:09:16 JST Liam @ GamingOnLinux 🐧🎮

   With the price of hardware everywhere going up, we've had a long hard think about the future.

   So, we're going to rebrand and refocus to enable us to continue to exist past the end of 2026.

   Announcing our new name: GamingOnPenAndPaper

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   Futurist Jim Carroll (jimcarroll@mastodon.futurist.info)'s status on Friday, 12-Dec-2025 20:34:14 JST Futurist Jim Carroll

   "Always remember that conformity is where tomorrow's greatness goes to die." - Futurist Jim Carroll

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   Futurist Jim Carroll is writing his end-of-2025 / introduction-to-2026 series, 26 Principles for 2026. You can follow along at 2026.jimcarroll.com. He welcomes your comments.
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   I've long suggested that one of the best ways to align with the future is through this thinking: when everybody is running one way, run the other way!

   Be the contrarian. The hole in the bucket, the square peg with a bunch of round holes, the one who says "why not?' when everyone else is saying 'why?'

   We are on Day 17. Yesterday, we looked at the terrifying math of the future—the sheer scale of change that is coming. 1-2-4-16-64 vs. 1-2-3-45.

   When faced with that kind of overwhelming scale, the natural human instinct is to feel overwhelmed. And I am willing to admit that one reaction I see in common with all of my audiences is that this feeling is universal. I've been doing text-message-based polling from the stage for over 15 years, and one overwhelmingly consistent attitude is that people feel universally overwhelmed by the speed of the future.

   So they try to avoid it. They try to fit in. They take the cautious route.

   They choose the comfortable over discomfort.

   The result? When we feel a need for comfort, to fit in, to follow the herd instinct, we try to be like everyone else. We look for safety in numbers. Case in point: we look at our competitors and say, "Well, they are doing AI this way, so we should too." Korn Ferry made this observation about AI: "Among the most expensive keeping-up-with-the-Joneses games in corporate history."

   Need more proof? We seek out "best practices," which is usually just a fancy word for "copying the average."

   I rest my case.

   In a linear world, fitting in was a survival strategy. You survived by being a cog that fit perfectly into the machine.

   In an exponential world, conformity is a death sentence.

   Here's why: read the full post at the link below.

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   **#Uniqueness** **#Conformity** **#Contrarian** **#Rebellion** **#Innovation** **#Curiosity** **#Differentiation** **#Misfits** **#Authenticity** **#Exponential**

   The story of Oblio has defined much of Futurist Jim Carroll’s approach to life.

   Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/12/decoding-tomorrow-mastering-2026-16-unapologetic-uniqueness-always-remember-that-conformity-is-where-tomorrows-greatness-goes-to-die/

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   Ricki Yasha Tarr (rickitarr@beige.party)'s status on Friday, 04-Jul-2025 23:47:20 JST Ricki Yasha Tarr

   Here's a thing about me, usually, I love holidays and celebrations. Life is short and often cruel, so celebrating feels like a rebellion against the difficulties of life. As many of you know, today is American Independence day, and it's been hard, in many ways, today feels more like a funeral, than a party. I don't always know what do with these feelings, I try to be optimistic, but sometimes trying to find the good is very hard.

   Today I've decided to celebrate the world I'd like to live in, I'm going to celebrate the people I am working to build that life with (hey, you all are those people)! If they take all of our joy and traditions, then they have already won. Joy and kindness in uncertainty is the greatest part of humanity. The fact that we strive to go on in the face of so much ugliness is a thing of beauty.

   Women in concentration camps would share recipes and create fantasy cookbooks of dishes they would serve when they could again. These people in the darkest places still believed in preserving their joy, culture, and dignity. Their act of resistance was hope for the future.

   So, I'm trying, when I'm scared, when I'm overwhelmed, to remember that I am also more resilient than I often feel, and I hope you will too. Love to all.

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   Futurist Jim Carroll (jimcarroll@futurist.info)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Apr-2025 18:38:25 JST Futurist Jim Carroll

   "In a downturn, most companies don’t fail because they lack opportunity - they fail because they can’t get out of their own way." - Futurist Jim Carroll

   Leaders build. Managers cut. That much is known. What is also known is that if you want to grow during a downturn, now is the time to move, not wait.

   But let’s be honest. You can’t build what’s next if you’re still stuck in what’s holding you back.

   That’s what this post is about.

   Before you get into a growth mindset in a downturn - which seems like a contradiction - you have to face the barriers that will hold you back. And here's what I know from the advising leadership team during every major downturn since 2001: recessions don’t just expose economic volatility. They expose internal vulnerability.

   What are those vulnerabilities? Business models that no longer fit. Teams that are afraid to act. Cultures allergic to risk. Short-term thinking that kills long-term opportunity. Things like that. Over time, I've seen a clear pattern emerge in the way organizations respond to volatility - there are two kinds of companies:

   - those who got stuck in their economic rut, too paralyzed to move

   - and those who became fast, focused, and fearless innovation leaders

   Both types were in the same economy - but only one type made it to the other side stronger.

   So what separates them? It’s not industry. Not funding. Not even market conditions. It’s this: the ability to confront what’s really holding them back. Because the reality is big disruption happens during big uncertainty, but most companies miss it, because they’re too focused on defending the past instead of designing the future.

   So ask yourself:

   What’s holding you back right now?

   What decisions are you avoiding?

   What assumptions or habits are you still clinging to?

   Because before you can talk about growth strategy…before you can reimagine business models…before you can disrupt...you need to confront what’s holding you back.

   This isn’t about what’s happening around you.

   It’s about what’s happening inside your organization.

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   Futurist Jim Carroll believes that this current moment in time is as much an innovation story as it is a recession story. Act accordingly.

   **#Barriers** **#Growth** **#Leadership** **#Mindset** **#Risk** **#Innovation** **#Velocity** **#Opportunity** **#Adaptation** **#Momentum**

   Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/04/decoding-tomorrow-your-daily-future-inspiration-in-a-downturn-most-companies-dont-fail-because-they-lack-opportunity-they-fail-because-they-cant-get-out-of-their-own/

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   Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Sunday, 20-Apr-2025 14:11:58 JST Strypey

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   Another wriggle I strike frequently is that although the current MOLE Training tech can't produce intelligence yet, future versions will. Which is equivalent to saying that although current fusion energy tech can't produce cold fusion, future versions obviously can. Nope.

   The existence of one body of tech that didn't used to exist, with hard limitations, doesn't prove that tech without those limitations will automatically come into existence in the future.

   So much magical thinking.

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