Co-chair IETF HTTP & AIPREF WGs, member Internet Architecture Board, standards lead at Cloudflare. Interested in the intersection of legal regulation and technical standards. My social media is mostly-write: if you want to be sure I see something, e-mail.https://bsky.app/profile/mnot.nethttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3mkakkisfzi2bEvery online interaction is a lopsided negotiation. For AI to truly work for us, we need more than just safety -- we need to start building true agency. https://www.mnot.net/blog/2026/04/24/agents_as_collective_bargains24 Apr 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkakkisfzi2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3mk5w5r7brx2uImplementation as a browser extension here: https://github.com/mnot/feedmenu-extension23 Apr 2026 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5w5r7brx2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3mk5vuu3als2yPlaying around with a new way to discover feeds on a site; feedback most welcome. https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-nottingham-feed-menu-00.html23 Apr 2026 11:29 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5vuu3als2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3mjzphfnybt2hThis needs to be spread wide and far. https://www.themandarin.com.au/311397-privacy-raised-during-teen-social-media-ban-tech-trial-were-ignored/21 Apr 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzphfnybt2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3mjf2stdnul2cIf this is true, AI creates even more pressure towards centralisation than is obviously apparent (and there's a lot that's apparent). For previous thoughts, see: https://www.mnot.net/blog/2024/11/29/platforms13 Apr 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjf2stdnul2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3mjf2stdnq42yI wrote a while back about Carliss Baldwin's excellent insights into platforms and openness. One of her underlying points (AIUI) is that modularity helps manage complexity, and at a certain scale and under certain conditions distributing it across multiple companies through standard interfaces13 Apr 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjf2stdnq42yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3mj6dvtodfz2cAI seems to have the same pathology that leads humans to name files like "report_final_done_final2_lastone_finanimeanit_revision3"10 Apr 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6dvtodfz2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3mj4g5h6ler2zIn the last few weeks, Trump has done more for the worldwide adoption of electric vehicles than any previous US president. Congratulations.10 Apr 2026 03:49 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4g5h6ler2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3mj4cac34ep2rIn 2026, kids skating in public spaces isn’t annoying - it’s FUCKING WHOLESOME, carrying on a 40+ year legacy, and certainly should not be considered any kind of crime.10 Apr 2026 02:39 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4cac34ep2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3mix2kmtkvc2xGuidelines for aspiring Nobel Prize winners: 1. Do not threaten other countries with wholesale destruction and possible genocide.08 Apr 2026 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mix2kmtkvc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3mhtq26636k2zStandards work is notoriously hard to track. Let’s explore if grounding AI in working group records can make that history more accessible. https://www.mnot.net/blog/2026/03/25/using_ai24 Mar 2026 23:27 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtq26636k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3mhacaixaln24To help find relevant RFCs no matter what your network connectivity, https://rfc.fyi now implements a service worker that caches the data locally for offline use, and can be installed as a Progressive Web app (PWA) -- i.e., you can install it to your iOS or Android home screen. Note that it still17 Mar 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhacaixaln24https://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3mgmbppaiab2iMore belated introspection from the adtech industry. https://www.adexchanger.com/data-driven-thinking/the-privacy-zealots-were-right-ad-techs-infrastructure-was-always-a-risk/09 Mar 2026 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmbppaiab2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3mfb3q63h6r2kOpenness makes the Internet harder to govern — but also makes it resilient, innovative, and difficult to capture. Let's look at how the openness of the Internet both defines it and ensures its success. https://www.mnot.net/blog/2026/02/20/open_systems20 Feb 2026 02:46 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfb3q63h6r2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3mepwcown4w2pThe voluntary nature of Internet standards means that the biggest power move may be to avoid playing the game. Let's take a look. https://www.mnot.net/blog/2026/02/13/no13 Feb 2026 06:53 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mepwcown4w2phttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3meia45gvoc2kHmm, this one shows promise... https://consult.treasury.gov.au/c2026-73950610 Feb 2026 05:27 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3meia45gvoc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3me2xda47lu22Right now, companies are hawking new AI features. They're not built for users -- they're built to satisfy management and investors. I'll know they're serious when they start pushing new features that *happen* to use AI, but are designed to solve specific problems.04 Feb 2026 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2xda47lu22https://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3mdqt5nxsij22Social media companies baking fake notification indicators into their favicon is borderline abusive behaviour.31 Jan 2026 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdqt5nxsij22https://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3mctk2xcssm2kThe Open Web means several things to different people, depending on context, but recently discussions have focused on the Web's Openness in terms of access to information -- how easy it is to publish and obtain information without barriers there. https://www.mnot.net/blog/2026/01/20/open_web20 Jan 2026 06:34 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mctk2xcssm2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3mcdmmaheuk2vhttps://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/world-without-rules13 Jan 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcdmmaheuk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3m7pbn4hm3g23Software update #2: I've made a small tweak to https://rfc.fyi/ to make it much more useful; when considering how many references an RFC has, it also counts those from the RFCs it obsoletes. That means that searching for a term like 'HTTP' or 'DNS' returns the most relevant RFCs first!11 Dec 2025 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7pbn4hm3g23https://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3m7pbn4hn322oSoftware update #1: https://redbot.org/ has a range of new tests -- including updates to caching and support for Content Security Policy, Permissions Policy, and CORS -- and now is multilingual! Please take a look and give feedback.11 Dec 2025 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7pbn4hn322ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3m6m6ic5wtx26French-speaking friends, does this make sense? How awful is the translation? https://gist.github.com/mnot/47d819b1907ca13a8968b611dc56bb8227 Nov 2025 10:38 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6m6ic5wtx26https://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3m6fqjj752k2n“An industry without newcomers is a dying industry.” -- Rolex CEO Jean-Frédéric Dufour at Dubai Watch Week24 Nov 2025 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6fqjj752k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3m5ksxdlp572l"[G]overnments that seek to systematically undermine democratic institutions will seek, first and foremost, to move away from the law and from expertise." https://academic.oup.com/jeclap/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jeclap/lpaf068/830654314 Nov 2025 04:14 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ksxdlp572lhttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3m562wvovun2vDavies draws an interesting line between Ferdinand Porsche, Donald Knuth, and startup culture. https://monocle.com/business/in-defence-of-middle-management/09 Nov 2025 02:32 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m562wvovun2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3m527p5je5l2v"[Meta and Alphabet] are not merely participants in the advertising industry; they are its epistemic gatekeepers. By institutionalizing concepts like programmatic targeting, multi-touch attribution, and performance-based media as unquestioned "best practices" they have engineered a paradigm in which07 Nov 2025 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m527p5je5l2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3m437vc3grr2aSome thoughts about how to schedule online meetings for a global organisation in an equitable way. https://www.mnot.net/blog/2025/10/26/equitable-meetings26 Oct 2025 05:57 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m437vc3grr2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mnot.net/post/3m437mezcf52o"AI hucksters [...] will tell you that there is only one way that this technology can be used: to fire a whole ton of workers and make the survivors do their job at frantic Lucy-in-the-chocolate-factory cadence. While it’s true that this is the only way that their companies could possibly be worth26 Oct 2025 05:52 +0000at://did:plc:zkg4ewjivilugknzibehfghn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m437mezcf52o