vogon

the evil "Website Boy"

member of @staff, lapsed linguist and drummer, electronics hobbyist

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bluesky
if bluesky has a million haters I am one of them, if bluesky has one hater that's me, if bluesky has no haters then I am no more on the earth (more details: https://cohost.org/vogon/post/1845751-bonus-pure-speculati)
irl
seattle, WA

this is 100% true and I'm glad someone is writing about it, but also a lot of the writing around it calls it "redlining", and at this point I suspect that messaging makes it sound like it:

a) is merely a historical accident resulting from the original sin 90 years ago of people choosing consciously to be racist;
b) is not an emergent property of a mode of production that provides vital services preferentially to the people who are most able to pay for them;
c) can and should be remedied by rewarding ISPs with further government subsidies to "extend service to underserved communities" instead of making internet access a public utility with a universal service mandate


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