TLdr: It would look much more like a government checked by the "conscent of the governed."

"A 435-district map drawn without partisan favoritism shows what fair districts would look like nationwide — more representative, more competitive, and close to guaranteeing that whichever party wins the popular vote wins the House."

🔗 https://heartlandsignal.com/2026/06/09/what-congress-would-look-like-without-gerrymandering/

This is simply irresponsible theft. #SpaceX

"If the company lists on Nasdaq this June as expected, the stock could land in your retirement portfolio within weeks. And some of Wall Street's loudest skeptics think that's a problem. That's thanks to Nasdaq's new "Fast Entry" rule, approved March 30, which slashes the index inclusion waiting period from three months to just 15 trading days for any newly listed company whose market cap ranks in the top 40 of the Nasdaq-100... George… 🧵 1/4

As schools debate the merits of smartphones during school hours, the ABSOLUTELY should be rethinking how they manage the near monopooly of Chromebooks being offered to kids - massively subsidized by Google as an onramp to kid using Google Docs, YouTube, etc ad-infinimtum. Like any good dealer, the first one is always free. It's the biggest onramp to new Google customers ever, and shows all the same risks as other screens. "In Cambridge, where debate over the merits of screens has… 🧵 1/4

Via @nprofile1q... - a good update:

"For many of you, one of the reasons you support indieweb.social here is because our small moderation team work hard. We do our best to respond to reports quickly and fairly. We also closely monitor new sign ups on the server to try and stop the bad guys ever getting near you. We don't always get it right, but we do our best and respond to your concerns when they're raised. We do this 24/7, 365 days a year."

See whole article:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/159548240

Like this Tim Berners-Lee quote in this article. It applies to the web, the social web and now #theagenticweb:

"Today, I look at my invention and I am forced to ask: is the web still free today? No, not all of it. We see a handful of large platforms harvesting users’ private data to share with commercial brokers or even repressive governments. We see ubiquitous algorithms that are addictive by design and damaging to our teenagers’ mental health. Trading personal data for use… 🧵 1/3

Good to hear: Kagi keeps coming up as the one people stick with. I’m still comparing options but it’s on my short list. Not sure how any of them compare in total index size, think many of them license Bing data but add to it.

I know that in some quarters of both the Bluesky and Fediverse side of the #OpenSocialWeb there is a justifiably allergic reaction to AI. I get it and share it. But I'm becoming more convinced than ever at this: if we in the open social web space don't build our own healthy, safe and fair versions of #AgenticWeb interactions here, it will be defined and done for and to us. The big platforms are already building agentic features: social enabled agents that read your feed, draft your… 🧵 1/3

🔥 Calling all bot builders & #Python devs! 🤖
I have a feature request/idea for an "Invite Bot" specifically for our instance, @indeweb.social.
The Idea: A user sends a private mention to the bot, and the bot automatically replies with a valid server invite link that the user can copy/paste to invite their friends.

Since it's single-server, it could probably use a pre-generated pool of links or the admin API if config allows.

#Fediverse #MastodonAdmin #BotDev #IndieWeb #FediDevs #bots

This is a big milestone for the folks at Automatic and the WordPress.com (http://wordpress.com/) reader just became a great deal more connected and integrated to the open social web:

"The plugin’s ActivityPub API (https://activitypub.blog/2026/04/22/8-1-0-by-the-numbers/) now powers its first real production client: the WordPress.com (http://wordpress.com/) Reader. As a WordPress.com (http://wordpress.com/) user, you can now read, follow, and post across the Fediverse through your… 🧵 1/3