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[–] hrrrngh@awful.systems 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not familiar with Indian politics but I'm curious if anyone understands what this site is or what its politics are https://democracycollective.in (I'm just nosy and curious, I saw this pop up out of nowhere)

Though maybe I already have an idea:

[–] sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

You can read a blog post from the dude who started that site here: https://rushabh-mehta.medium.com/starting-a-new-political-party-28a2e70cc8c3 I didn't spot any huge red flags, but I didn't dig too deep (nor do I know the first thing about Indian politics).

Apparently he aims to start an online political party without any leaders or hierarchy where everything gets voted on. Not to be too cynical, but looking at how small it is right now I imagine they won't get far enough to see why that doesn't really work.

[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

Jeremy Keith on the bullshit "privacy sandbox" in chrome and firefox: https://adactio.com/journal/21285

I like Jeremy because he is an OG, but I think his requirement for proof that targeted advertising "works" before the browsers implement these features is off the mark for me. He's an agency guy, a bit like Andy Budd, so they tend to have these really visceral takes about the state of the web but with this skewed perspective of best interests

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[–] dgerard@awful.systems 6 points 3 months ago

pivot-to-ai.com needs a new theme. Blocksy looks really nice - but it doesn't work with WP Dark Mode and caches badly.

Need a 2 column blog theme suiting full short posts on the front page, that plays nice with Dark Mode. Any tips?

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)
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[–] slopjockey@awful.systems 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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