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Mike McCue

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Co-founder and CEO, Flipboard https://flipboard.com/@mike Interests: #Climbing #Backpacking #Photography #Sailing #ActivityPub #Startups #Design [bridged from https://flipboard.social/@mike on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]

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Make Something Wonderful | Steve Jobs Read Steve Jobs in his own words in this free online book featuring speeches, quotes, emails, and photographs from the Steve Jobs Archive.

@ben This free online book: Make Something Wonderful

https://book.stevejobsarchive.com

I look at it often.

26.02.2026 22:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screenshot from Riverside podcast platform featuring Shane Gill, Mike McCue and Riley Testut

Screenshot from Riverside podcast platform featuring Shane Gill, Mike McCue and Riley Testut

Dot Social is back in the saddle! Here's a quick peek at @mike recording a new episode today with @rileytestut and @shanegill.io of @altstore

#dotsocial @dot_social

24.02.2026 20:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Twitter: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Twitter: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

What can we do? Get 10 friends to join @bsky.app. An excellent reminder that Twitter is "an active liability". Thank you @lastweektonight.com for the 30 minute recap!

26.02.2026 02:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Alaska on the beach among the grizzlies. This one started running right at us but luckily veered at the last minute. No zoom. ๐Ÿ˜จ

24.02.2026 07:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@mapache @Flipboard We love PeerTube

23.02.2026 21:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Peru near Machu Picchu

#filmfeed

20.02.2026 08:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@mapache ping

14.02.2026 10:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Testing

14.02.2026 00:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Original post on mastodon.social

This week on my revolution.social podcast I talk to @mike of Flipboard, the dot.social podcast, and former Netscape executive. We go through the way we created an open internet on the web and how that was lost in the social media smartphone era, concluding with the struggle to restore an open [โ€ฆ]

12.02.2026 23:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
swastika and substack branding side by side

swastika and substack branding side by side

nazi video recommendations on substack

nazi video recommendations on substack

[Hate speech from substack]

These are actual screen shots I just took after reading the Guardian article and checking substack to see if these hate speech substacks were still live:

- swastika + substack branding

- substack recommending nazi content in "related notes"

07.02.2026 23:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
NY Times headline:

Super Bowl Visitors Find San Francisco Better Than Its Apocalyptic Image

Problems with homelessness and open-air drug use have been widely broadcast, but many visitors this week said they found the city surprisingly pleasant.

NY Times headline: Super Bowl Visitors Find San Francisco Better Than Its Apocalyptic Image Problems with homelessness and open-air drug use have been widely broadcast, but many visitors this week said they found the city surprisingly pleasant.

The New York Times has done as much as any Big Journalism organization to badmouth San Francisco in recent years. Now it pretends to discover -- by quoting visitors -- that the image isn't the reality.

No doubt, the doom-loop crap will return soon.

07.02.2026 05:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 14 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Image shows woman sat at computer. Text says me- stressing over every word in a simple email.

Billionaires โ€œhay wen we mtg 2do crime$โ€™

Image shows woman sat at computer. Text says me- stressing over every word in a simple email. Billionaires โ€œhay wen we mtg 2do crime$โ€™

06.02.2026 14:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 34 ๐Ÿ” 117 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The image by European Elopement and Wedding photographer Sturmsucht depicts a tranquil, rustic scene in mountainous Norway, illuminated by warm, golden sunlight. In the foreground, a woman with long reddish-brown hair, wearing a dark flowing dress and a white top, walks up a gentle grassy path to the left, suggesting a peaceful stroll. To the right, two traditional wooden houses stand side by side: the closer one is deep red with horizontal planks and a steeply pitched, moss-covered terracotta roof; the other, slightly behind, is made of weathered brown wood with a prominent white-framed window and a white chimney. A rustic wooden fence winds through trees in the middle ground. In the distance, rolling green hills and a hazy mountain ridge stretch beneath a soft, partly cloudy sky. Lush foliage and scattered trees enhance the natural beauty. The overall atmosphere is one of quiet rural charm, evoking an old village or farmstead nestled in a serene valley.

The image by European Elopement and Wedding photographer Sturmsucht depicts a tranquil, rustic scene in mountainous Norway, illuminated by warm, golden sunlight. In the foreground, a woman with long reddish-brown hair, wearing a dark flowing dress and a white top, walks up a gentle grassy path to the left, suggesting a peaceful stroll. To the right, two traditional wooden houses stand side by side: the closer one is deep red with horizontal planks and a steeply pitched, moss-covered terracotta roof; the other, slightly behind, is made of weathered brown wood with a prominent white-framed window and a white chimney. A rustic wooden fence winds through trees in the middle ground. In the distance, rolling green hills and a hazy mountain ridge stretch beneath a soft, partly cloudy sky. Lush foliage and scattered trees enhance the natural beauty. The overall atmosphere is one of quiet rural charm, evoking an old village or farmstead nestled in a serene valley.

Last autumn days in Norway. We passed by an old historic farm and were lucky to be the only people visiting the heritage farm with its colourful houses. The sun brought warmth and beautiful light as it crossed the surrounding mountains. Green meadows and [โ€ฆ]

[Original post on pixelfed.social]

04.02.2026 14:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@chris.zielecki dude! What a wonderful image.

04.02.2026 21:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Original post on flipboard.social

China is to ban hidden door handles on cars. Instead, vehicle doors must have a mechanical release function, inside and outside. The purpose is to make cars safer after electric vehicle accidents where electronic doors reportedly failed to operate and trapped passengers inside. Here's more from [โ€ฆ]

04.02.2026 18:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Top Substack writers depart for Patreon A platform better known for paid podcasts is poaching top newsletter talent. Patreon has successfully lured some top Substack newsletter writers โ€” including Anne Helen Petersen, Lyz Lenz, and Virginia Sole-Smith โ€” in recent days. These are hardly the first writers and journalists to leave Sโ€ฆ

Love seeing this.

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/top-substack-writers-depart-for-patreon/

03.02.2026 03:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Original post on flipboard.social

TikTok's transition to U.S. ownership involves collecting even more data about its users, including precise location and AI interactions. It's also likely that the new privacy policy will lead to you seeing more targeted ads. Here's the lowdown from @WIRED.

https://flip.it/TNynho

#Technology [โ€ฆ]

23.01.2026 23:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Global publisher Google traffic dropped by a third in 2025 Google search traffic was down globally by a third in the year to November, according to new Chartbeat data.

Google traffic to publishers dropped by ONE THIRD in 2025 https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/google-traffic-down-2025-trends-report-2026/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

16.01.2026 16:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@dangillmor They are saying it out loud: One of ours. All of yours.

13.01.2026 03:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Original post on mastodon.social

"We are far past the stage of permissiveness with white-supremacist violence inside DHS. We are at the stage of active, enthusiastic commission of it."

Big Journalism doesn't get it, because it doesn't want to. So we have to rely on independent reporting that does [โ€ฆ]

13.01.2026 00:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 35 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
geocities mode for website

geocities mode for website

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Geocities mode for @kevin 's vibe coded web site is so good.

10.01.2026 07:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Prospect Park in the snow on my 3D-Printed 6:17 camera.

09.01.2026 16:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@Davidimel absolutely love this.

10.01.2026 03:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I created a new mastodon account today as part of theforkiverse.com (yes I'm Fediversemaxxing as Casey says) and I have to say that new user onboarding has gotten SO much better. Particularly love the welcome email. Well done @Gargron and team!!

10.01.2026 01:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

RE: https://theforkiverse.com/@Casey/115865873920636233

Love this!!!

10.01.2026 00:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Original post on flipboard.social

Today's Search Engine and Hard Fork podcasts were super fun to listen to!!

Excited that @caseynewton @kevinroose and @PJVOGT are building their own Mastodon instance called the Forkiverse.

And I absolutely loved the vibe coding experiments Casey and Kevin did to make their own personal web [โ€ฆ]

09.01.2026 22:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Original post on flipboard.social

โ€œI feel like we're rebooting to the last version of the Internet that I felt uncomplicated joy about.โ€

@Casey, @kevin and @pj on why they set up their Forkiverse fediverse server.

https://www.searchengine.show/the-fediverse-experiment/

#Fediverse #Federation #ActivityPub #Forkiverse [โ€ฆ]

09.01.2026 19:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 16 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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The author of a viral Reddit thread alleging fraud at a food delivery company tried to back up his claim by sending me AI-generated documents. Today I'm publishing those documents in the hopes that it helps other reporter see what we're up against in the age [โ€ฆ]

[Original post on mastodon.social]

06.01.2026 01:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 123 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

@j12t yes great interview!

04.01.2026 22:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mastodon creator shares what went wrong with Threads and ponders the future of the fediverse In a wide-ranging interview with Eugen Rochko, creator of the decentralized social network Mastodon, Rochko shared why Threads federation fell flat, why ActivityPub and ATProto will likely never merge, and what it will take to grow the fediverse.

I had missed that interview. Interesting!!

https://coywolf.com/news/social-media/mastodon-creator-shares-what-went-wrong-with-threads-and-ponders-the-future-of-the-fediverse/

04.01.2026 18:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 11 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0