#politics

Laurens Hof writes about decentralised online social networks and does so very well, covering the wider social, political, and technical aspects. In his most recent post/newsletter he connects Elon Musk calling for race-based pogroms, the (unrelated) resignation of Keir Starmer as UK Prime Minister, and both the "structure of permission" and "amplification layer" that decentralised social networks could make even worse.

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My experience of Fable 5 this week was limited, and I didn't really notice much difference between it and the Opus models. I've been following people's experiences on Reddit, however, and it's been game changing for them. Simon Willison, also gave a hint of how 'proactive' it can be.

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