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Major updates from Bonfire

Earlier today, I received a message from Ivan Minutillo, one of the core team behind Bonfire. He knows that I've got at least one client interested in Bonfire, but also we used to work together on MoodleNet, so he keeps me up-to-date with anything I might have missed.

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Binfluencer vibes

The inimitable Sarah Drummond has created BINFAX 100 which, she says is a way of contributing to the Count Binface campaign:

Yesterday, whilst on a break, I built BinFax.

Helping Count Binface put his manifesto of bringing Ceefax back into action.

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Legitimisation, amplification, and the structure of permission

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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That escalated quickly...

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.