Newsletter platform Ghost adopts ActivityPub to ‘bring back the open web’ - I'm pretty sure Ghost started out as a blogging platform, though I know they support newsletters. Did they fully pivot to being a newsletter platform? Anyway it's cool to see they are adding ActivityPub support. Very interested to see what form the features end up taking. My main gripe with ActivityPub implementations is that the reality of users moving between nodes is no way as straight forward as they advertise. I've read several user writeups that describe moving as a nightmare. www.theverge.com #
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North Koreans Secretly Animated Amazon and Max Shows, Researchers Say - It's kind of amazing that these days it's possible to collaborate on animation projects remotely from anywhere. That certainly wasn't the case when I worked in VFX. Seems a bit harsh for sanctions to be cracking down on animation projects, but I guess if the money goes straight into their nuclear program then maybe not. www.wired.com #
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Meta Opens Up its Mixed Reality OS to Third Party Headsets Beyond Quest - The VR OS called Horizon OS will run on any VR devices. It's expected to enable a ton of experimentation by manufacturers attempting to create specialised VR devices. Similar approach that Google took in mobile with Android. Potentially a very big move. www.cnet.com #
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Sunak’s Rwanda deportations bill will become law after peers back down - This seems like a very dangerous and short sighted policy on many levels. I would have thought that just the possibility of it being used maliciously woulld be enough to stop it dead in the water. No matter what the details are, what it sounds like is, there is now a possibility that when entering the UK, you could very well end up in Rwanda, where only relatively recently they were having genocides and putting people's decapitated heads on 10 ft poles. No offense to people in Rwanda but that's a reality. It's probably lovely in some places, that is if the locals accept you. www.theguardian.com #