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    Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Feb-2025 21:10:49 JST Aral Balkan Aral Balkan

    Was talking with a friend of mine in academia here in Ireland about introducing one of the universities in Dublin to the concept of the Small Web and Small Tech. She asked her faculty if they’d be interested.

    Their response?

    “We’re not looking to change things.”

    I shit you not.

    (In case you’re wondering why we’re fucked or who exactly is complicit. These are folks that have multi-million euro relationships with Big Tech.)

    #BigTech #SiliconValley #academia #institutionalCorruption #education #neoliberalism #fascism #SmallTech #SmallWeb #humanRights #democracy

    In conversation about 4 months ago from mastodon.ar.al permalink
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      Abhiram (axel@social.glitched.systems)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Feb-2025 21:31:32 JST Abhiram Abhiram
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      @aral@mastodon.ar.al I constantly run into this same exact attitude here in India too.

      It is incredibly frustrating as an educator when you get stonewalled with no room for discussion because the people in charge just want to coast along and not actually do anything.

      In conversation about 4 months ago permalink
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      grey (grey@basilisk.gallery)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Feb-2025 21:37:14 JST grey grey
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      @aral

      I dunno if you've seen this trailer for a parody film called Silicon Docks by Graham Jones:

      https://youtu.be/W5z-kQcyHRM?si=fgzW0jjvX199gRIf

      It's the trailer for the longer film mocking American tech giants:

      https://youtu.be/cG8gwP3kQfE?si=rNhzWwQPvRl3jqdd

      Unfortunately they've definitely got their claws into Ireland as you well know.

      In conversation about 4 months ago permalink

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      1. American Tech Giants on Irish Pub Crawl
        from Graham Jones
        "All the makings of being a cult classic" -GONZO MAGAZINE "A sarcastic animated gem" -ANIMATION MAGAZINE "Wickedly funny" -SEARCHMYTRASH.COM "I never thoug...
      2. Animated Feature Film Mocks U.S. Tech Gods
        from Graham Jones
        "All the makings of being a cult classic" -GONZO MAGAZINE "A sarcastic animated gem" -ANIMATION MAGAZINE "Wickedly funny" -SEARCHMYTRASH.COM "I never thoug...
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      Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Feb-2025 21:37:14 JST Aral Balkan Aral Balkan
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      • grey

      @Grey Hadn’t. To be fair, have zero life to spare to even watching a parody of those assholes.

      In conversation about 4 months ago permalink
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      ricardo (cpdxdev@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Feb-2025 21:51:43 JST ricardo ricardo
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      @aral you’re trying to get them to drop MS office for libre office or something?

      In conversation about 4 months ago permalink
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      Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Feb-2025 21:51:43 JST Aral Balkan Aral Balkan
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      • ricardo

      @cpdxdev “introducing one of the universities in Dublin to the concept of the Small Web and Small Tech”

      Small Web:

      - https://ar.al/2020/08/07/what-is-the-small-web/
      - https://ar.al/2024/06/24/small-web-computer-science-colloquium-at-university-of-groningen/

      Small Tech:

      - https://small-tech.org/about/#small-technology

      In conversation about 4 months ago permalink

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      1. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: small-tech.org
        About
        from Small Technology Foundation
        We’re a tiny and independent two-person not-for-profit based in Ireland. We’re working on building the Small Web.
      2. Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: ar.al
        What is the Small Web?
        Updated June 19th, 2023 Sorry, your browser doesn't support embedded videos. But that doesn’t mean you can’t watch it! You can download Small Is Beautiful #23 directly, and watch it with your favourite video player. Small Is Beautiful (Oct, 2022): What is the Small Web and why do we need it? Today, I want to introduce you to a concept – and a vision for the future of our species in the digital and networked age – that I’ve spoken about for a while but never specifically written about:

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      Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Feb-2025 00:15:49 JST Aral Balkan Aral Balkan
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      • grey

      @Grey I’m not even fighting them. Waste of energy. I’m working on something that will hopefully make them irrelevant.

      In conversation about 4 months ago permalink
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      grey (grey@basilisk.gallery)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Feb-2025 00:15:50 JST grey grey
      in reply to

      @aral I get it, it's a constant grind fighting them.

      In conversation about 4 months ago permalink
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      Katrina Katrinka :donor: (katrinakatrinka@infosec.exchange)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Feb-2025 02:17:02 JST Katrina Katrinka :donor: Katrina Katrinka :donor:
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      @aral
      Cost might come into play as big tech has discounts for schools and nonprofits.

      In conversation about 4 months ago permalink
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      Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Feb-2025 02:17:02 JST Aral Balkan Aral Balkan
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      • Katrina Katrinka :donor:

      @katrinakatrinka This wasn’t about procurement. It was about hearing about a different way of doing things. And possible collaborating on research, etc.

      But yes, they get multi-million euro grants for working with industry. Hence why they’re perfectly fine with technofascism.

      In conversation about 4 months ago permalink

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