Happy Valentine’s Day



https://divine.video/video/b25f3a7f5f45b3b21edfdd6a49d6561d7dc4636619c3898c2be234145acf546f

So UpScrolled just got removed from the google play store.

https://x.com/realUpScrolled/status/2022696096041177563

The reason we need alternative ways of distributing apps like @Zapstore is that centralized platforms like Google Play can and do shutdown apps.

This week on revolution.social I talk to Mike McCue the ceo of Flipboard and former Netscape executive. We talk about the open web, how it was built, how it was lost in the social media era, and how we’re reclaiming it with open protocols.

https://fountain.fm/episode/0vjUP8LWvOjSpIPto25z

Discord announced everybody will be required to provide faceid or a government id and if they don't their account will be restricted to teen mode. I'm sure Discord will be good stewards of this important private data, after all they've not had a major leak of ID's and personal information since October 2025.

I just found out that Marques Brownlee, the creator who is probably the best at reviewing tech products out there, is also a serious semi-pro ultimate frisbee player who has played on the US National Team. He's REALLY good at ultimate, not just reviewing products. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V91irPU1dZA

You know who's not in the Epstein files? @jack

Squarespace and Wix feel like dinosaurs advertising on the superbowl hoping they'll somehow not get destroyed by AI...

Private social media companies have the right to implement whatever content moderation and algorithmic system they want. It's state overreach and bad for a democratic open society if Gavin Newsom does it, just as it was when Texas & Florida tried to do it for opposite political reasons.

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/02/hey-gavin-newsom-investigating-tiktoks-moderation-is-just-as-unconstitutional-as-when-texas-florida-tried-it/