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fromInfoQ
1 day ago

Platform Engineering as a Practice of Sociotechnical Excellence

Platform engineering drives sociotechnical change by integrating social and technical systems within organizations for improved collaboration and reliability.
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1 day ago
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Alaska Broadband Office releases interactive BEAD map, two providers tout awards

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1 day ago
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Alaska Broadband Office releases interactive BEAD map, two providers tout awards

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fromNature
1 day ago

I paused my PhD for 11 years to help save Madagascar's seas

Ando Rabearisoa's work in Madagascar transformed coastal conservation through locally managed marine areas, enhancing community control and ecological outcomes.
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fromArchDaily
1 day ago

Research Center of the Colla Indigenous Community of the Municipality of Copiapo / Arquitika

The Research Center of the Colla Indigenous Community in Chile supports community-driven development, innovation, and research on medicinal plants.
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fromSecuritymagazine
2 days ago

Mexico Security Crisis: Never Waste a Crisis

Security crises create opportunities for leaders to secure business support for enhanced security programs, technology investments, and team expansion by demonstrating value during heightened organizational attention.
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fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

The Power of Human-Animal Relationships: 'Unleashing the Bond'

Human-animal relationships significantly influence physical health, emotional well-being, and community resilience through scientifically measurable mechanisms beyond sentimental value.
fromArchDaily
2 days ago

Witoca Laboratory / Al Borde

The chakra is a Kichwa concept and, above all, a model of ancestral agroecology based on high biodiversity. This model of land use and management achieves the double goal of conserving the ecosystem while simultaneously producing within it.
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fromPoynter
3 days ago

How to find the most up-to-date news on Indy area data centers - Poynter

Data center developments across Indianapolis are unifying residents against projects, but newsroom coverage struggles to keep pace with proliferation and complexity of shell company structures.
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fromFortune
3 days ago

Robinhood rolls out long-awaited 'Social' feature to let users track and copy other traders | Fortune

Robinhood launched Robinhood Social, a copy trading feature allowing users to follow and imitate other traders' strategies while verifying user identities to address regulatory and market manipulation concerns.
fromTheregister
3 days ago

Ohio citizens petition to ban supersized datacenters

Residents in some areas of Ohio have organized a petition proposing to amend the state's constitution to enact a ban covering data campuses larger than 25 MW, preventing giant hyperscale sites from springing up anywhere in the Buckeye State. The petition was organized by residents of Adams and Brown counties, not far from Cincinnati, and submitted to the Ohio Attorney General's office on Monday.
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fromPR Daily
4 days ago

The next phase of social strategy: Giving audiences ownership of the story - PR Daily

Brands are shifting from broadcasting authenticity to enabling audience ownership through participatory experiences and community involvement.
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fromGluten Free & More
2 weeks ago

Inspiring Voices in the Gluten-Free World

Community support networks empower gluten-free and celiac individuals through shared experiences, practical resources, and representation that normalize the lifestyle and make diagnosis transitions manageable.
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fromBusiness Matters
5 days ago

How Event Technology Is Transforming Business Conferences and Networking

Event technology transforms business conferences from unstructured networking into data-driven, intentional environments that create meaningful connections and measurable outcomes.
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fromPhys
4 days ago

Personal change thresholds may explain why popular policies fail to spread

Individual thresholds for adopting new behaviors vary widely, and measuring these thresholds through behavioral experiments can help overcome resistance to widely supported solutions like climate change mitigation.
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fromNextgov.com
5 days ago

When disaster strikes, census data can help show who is in harm's way

The U.S. Census Bureau's OnTheMap for Emergency Management tool helps officials quickly estimate population and workforce data in disaster-affected areas to guide emergency response and recovery efforts.
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fromTelecompetitor
5 days ago

Greenlight Networks announces buildout across nine northeast Pennsylvania towns

Greenlight Networks is investing over $24 million to expand fiber-to-the-home internet across Northeast Pennsylvania, bringing ultra-fast connectivity to 42,500 households and businesses with thousands more coming online by year-end.
fromTelecompetitor
5 days ago

How municipal networks compare with provider competitors: Ookla report

Eight of the municipal networks studied beat their local provider competitors in median upload speed. Sherwood Broadband - in the town of the same name in Oregon - was the only one to beat its local competitor in median download speed.
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fromBusiness Insider
6 days ago

Inside the Vegas bash for elite Amazon sellers doing at least 7 figures in revenue

Million Dollar Sellers is an exclusive community of elite Amazon sellers and e-commerce founders generating at least $1 million annually, connecting through in-person events, regional chapters, and annual summits worldwide.
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fromTechCrunch
1 week ago

As people look for ways to make new friends, here are the apps promising to help | TechCrunch

Friendship-focused apps have emerged as a solution to rising loneliness, generating $16 million in U.S. consumer spending with 4.3 million downloads in 2025.
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fromAbove the Law
1 week ago

The CLE Afterparty: Keeping The Conversation - And Connection - Going - Above the Law

Provide valuable supplementary resources and personalized consultations after CLE presentations to transform single events into ongoing professional relationships and networking opportunities.
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fromEntrepreneur
1 week ago

Why Most Businesses Are Invisible to AI - and What They're Missing

AI authority builds in the middle ground between popular platforms like Reddit and elite sources like Wikipedia, not at either extreme where most companies focus their efforts.
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from9to5Mac
1 week ago

Digg shuts down two months after highly anticipated return - 9to5Mac

Digg relaunched platform shut down due to overwhelming bot and spam problems that exceeded the team's mitigation capabilities despite AI and verification measures.
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fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Digg's open beta shuts down after just two months, blaming AI bot spam

Digg's relaunch platform shut down after two months due to overwhelming bot activity that moderation tools couldn't control, despite promises of community-driven content discovery.
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fromTelecompetitor
1 week ago

United Communications announces Middle Tennessee expansion with $18.1M BEAD grant

This investment accelerates our mission to deliver world-class connectivity across Middle Tennessee. Access to reliable, high-speed broadband should not depend on where you live. With support from the BEAD program and our local partners, we're continuing to expand the fiber network that will serve as the foundation for economic growth and opportunity throughout the region.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

These are the 25 happiest cities across the US in 2026. See which city claimed the top spot.

WalletHub ranked 182 US cities on resident happiness using income, well-being, employment, and community factors, finding top happy cities in North Dakota, Arizona, Vermont, and California.
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fromThedrum
1 week ago

Learn how this restaurant is using Messenger orders to keep in touch with local customers

A Breton crêperie owner adapted to pandemic closures by launching a Facebook-based delivery service using quality local ingredients, maintaining customer relationships and supporting local producers.
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fromwww.housingwire.com
1 week ago

Agent Impact Network scales investor and global referral infrastructure to 385,000 agents

The Real Estate Agent Referral Network has grown to over 385,000 members and adds approximately 2,000 monthly, establishing itself as one of the largest professional referral networks in residential real estate.
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fromMail Online
1 week ago

Vegans have four 'special skills' - including occasionally eating MEAT

Vegans employ four adaptive strategies—decoding, decoupling, divesting, and chameleoning—to navigate social situations and reduce conflict with non-vegans.
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fromInfoWorld
1 week ago

Oracle rejects request it give up control of MySQL

Oracle refused to restructure MySQL Community Edition governance despite requests from database companies and 544 users, though it promised increased transparency and feature parity with commercial versions.
fromTheregister
1 week ago

Oracle moves to assure MySQL community it really does care

Oracle firmly believes that MySQL's enduring strength arises from this vibrant global community. We are excited to work with the MySQL Community on the strategy we announced in Belgium, January 29, 2026, including adding more features and functionality, accelerating innovation directly in the MySQL core.
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Community marketing: How to use it to drive customer advocacy and reduce CAC

Community marketing drives customer loyalty, advocacy, and retention by bringing customers together to share knowledge and solve problems, while reducing acquisition costs and support expenses.
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fromTheregister
1 week ago

MariaDB backs down on Galera removal after community outcry

MariaDB reversed its decision to remove Galera clustering technology from open source MariaDB Server after community backlash, but concerns remain about the company's commitment to keeping open source software open.
fromTelecompetitor
2 weeks ago

Broadband Forum announces Wholesale Access project

Wholesale access has been inherently supported by the Broadband Forum's network architecture over the past 20 years, and this project takes the best practices from copper‑based broadband to reshape and evolve them for fiber and cloud networks.
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fromWIRED
2 weeks ago

Why Fandom Discourse Feels Extra Cringe Right Now

Heated Rivalry revitalized Tumblr's fandom community, drawing former users back to the platform and creating positive fan spaces contrasting with hostile discourse on other social media platforms.
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fromTelecompetitor
2 weeks ago

Oregon Broadband Office opens $6.8M grant cycle for technology grants

Oregon offers up to $250,000 grants through ARPA's Digital Connectivity Technology Program to expand broadband access and internet-enabled devices across eligible community institutions.
fromItsnicethat
2 weeks ago

How does a creative residency impact your practice? Quite a lot, according to these artists

Her practice uses clay to bring people together with the "therapeutic aspects of tactile making". She first came to ceramics during university, where access to the department allowed her to fall in love with the practice. And so, Ciara is deeply cognisant of the importance of supporting those who struggle to access a ceramics studio due to various social factors.
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fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

No One Is Coming to Help-Except Your Neighbors

Building community-led resilience networks and mutual aid groups nationwide enables neighbors to support each other through overlapping crises including climate change, inequality, and government violence.
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fromStreetsblog
2 weeks ago

How the 'Little Free Pantry' Can Help Feed the Hungry Without Requiring Them to Drive - Streetsblog USA

Micro-pantries are small, community-maintained food compartments addressing food insecurity for people without reliable transportation to traditional food banks.
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fromNature
2 weeks ago

Going 'beyond GDP' should not mean sidelining the SDGs

The UN's High-Level Expert Group will recommend development progress measures beyond GDP, with SDG specialists urging new frameworks to build on existing indicator work rather than start anew.
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fromState of the Planet
2 weeks ago

How Columbia Students and Local Activists Are Co-Creating Climate Justice

An undergraduate course on climate justice teaches students to co-create environmental policies with community organizations rather than imposing top-down solutions, preparing them for real-world professional challenges.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

The digital colonization of flyover states': how datacenters are tearing small-town America apart

Amazon has sought a tax abatement that would see its datacenter exempt from paying property taxes for 30 years in exchange for the funding of local schools and infrastructure projects. The people up on city council are, for the most part, good people. They care about the community, [but] they have been taken advantage of by these companies.
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fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

Mastodon now has a button for sharing content from other websites

The distributed nature of the network is the greatest strength of Mastodon, but it also means that having a share button that takes you to the 'correct' Mastodon server for your account is a lot more involved than a simple hyperlink.
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fromTelecompetitor
2 weeks ago

States and NGOs must bridge senior broadband gap: AARP

32% of older Americans lack home broadband access, affecting 19 million seniors, with disparities among low-income, oldest, and least-educated populations requiring urgent policy solutions.
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fromABC7 Los Angeles
1 year ago

Powwows: Celebrating the culture and community of Indigenous people

The Dix Park Inter-Tribal Powwow brings together Indigenous communities from North Carolina's eight state and federally recognized tribes for cultural celebration, competition dancing, and traditional music.
fromFingerlakes1.com
2 weeks ago

IN FOCUS: Making Upstate communities stronger will require tradeoffs (podcast) | Fingerlakes1.com

While remote work has expanded opportunity and demand for high-amenity, walkable communities, it has also intensified housing shortages in desirable regions. Zoning reform alone will not solve the housing crisis, warning that regulatory changes must be paired with coordinated public-private investment to deliver meaningful supply.
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fromEater
3 weeks ago

Can AI Curate a Great Meal With Strangers?

222 is an AI-powered social platform that matches strangers for curated group activities like dinners and wellness events based on compatibility questionnaires, with penalties for cancellations.
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fromPortland Mercury
1 month ago

Dan Rayfield Joins Oregon ACLU Case Against Feds, False Spring is Over, and Rev. Jesse Jackson Has Died

Oregon Attorney General supports protesters' and journalists' lawsuit alleging DHS excessive force and seeks to maintain court limits on federal tear gas use.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

This shouldn't be normal': developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world's biggest PC gaming storefront

Steam's lax moderation permits pervasive abuse and bigotry, especially targeting transgender creators, undermining developer safety and exposing games to review-based harassment and coordinated campaigns.
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fromCmxhub
1 month ago

CMX Masterclass Recap: Embracing Conflict as Catalysts for Positive Change in Digital Communities with Gina Graziani

Conflicts in digital communities can be leveraged as opportunities for growth, fostering meaningful dialogue and inclusive spaces through a structured five-step conflict-resolution approach.
fromMoneyMade
1 month ago

MySpace dominated social media, but it wasn't competition from Facebook that caused it to lose everything.

MySpace was launched in August 2003 as a project created by employees of the digital marketing company eUniverse in Los Angeles. Founders Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson set up the new platform to enable users to create profiles and connect with each other socially. In those years, online social networking was still experimental and poorly understood. Despite its experimental nature, MySpace experienced explosive growth in its first year as early adopters invited their friends to join the site.
fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago

I Really, Really Needed To See These 23 GOOD Things Happening In America Right Now

They all follow the rule of 'only take one,' and you can rehide other shines you find. The entire city turns into a collective scavenger hunt for roughly a month, and it's common to see packs of humans hunting in the rain and snow, even at night with flashlights. In this small corner of the world, tucked into the armpit of the PNW, someone decided
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