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Two exciting things. NEW: Research on what data center development looks like in 5 countries. From democratic consultation (or not), community resistance (or not), impacts on people & nature. Includes recs on what to do to make a dire situation better. themaybe.org/research/dat... Then...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

The philosopher Harry Frankfurt argued that bullshit was "a greater enemy of the truth than lies are". But is generative AI-generated botshit even worse than human-generated bullshit? (Yes) My latest @financialtimes.com here: on.ft.com/3SikRPK

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

LIVE NOW: Portrait artist @ianbrucestudio.bsky.social is doing a week-long live streamed portrait of Elon Musk as a creative protest against billionaire controlled social media. Seeking to raise funds for #FreeOurFeeds www.youtube.com/live/uogmc-c...

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Reading Careless People. Here to report that Zuckerberg’s fave president is Andrew Fucking Jackson.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Really like @albertatech.bsky.social’s humor videos, but this latest serious one explaining what we don’t know about how LLMs at a tech level is a great example of what can help enable better AI criticism. (For example, LLMs are not “just better autocomplete”.) youtu.be/nMwiQE8Nsjc

submitted 11 days ago • 12 comments

KOSA is being reintroduced today. It's always been a dangerous censorship bill. But in this environment, with Trump weaponizing every aspect of the Federal government to suppress speech he doesn't like, KOSA is a catastrophic attack on human rights. We have to stop it. StopKOSA.com

submitted 15 days ago • 26 comments

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor has lost access to his email, because Microsoft canceled it

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

Heard about OpenAI announcing its search for government partners that want 'democratic AI rails'? Curious what an ex-politician, geopolitics expert, and big tech power analyst @marietjeschaake.bsky.social thinks about it?

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

Hell yes! So excited to see this work @article19.bsky.social led by the amazing @ccs.bsky.social.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Hey! David Seligman is running to be AG of Colorado. If you care about states playing a role in the next few years on tech politics, then CO should be on your radar. David is so great. On the power analysis, messaging & even in institution building (a close friend has worked with him for years).

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

The cost of Grok: "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside. How come I can't breathe at home and y'all get to breathe at home?"

submitted 19 days ago • 122 comments

I see you.

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

This data center organizing guide from @kairosfellows.bsky.social and @mediajustice.bsky.social is so f’ing good: concise, informative, and beautifully designed. Print it out, make a zine, etc www.kairosfellows.org/fightdatacen...

submitted 22 days ago • 3 comments

In the most shocking but not the least bit surprising news, a private company building a coal-spewing lying machine wants to globalise ‘democratic AI rails’ for states.

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Good morning, Bluesky.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Last year, Elon Musk's xAI set up its "Colossus" supercomputer in Memphis, Tennessee. Now, the residents of nearby neighborhoods are pushing for facts and fair treatment as the company looks to expand its footprint amid questions about its environmental impact. Listen/read:

submitted 23 days ago • 2 comments

Tortilla face mask

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Pyramid of the Moon in Teotihuacan

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Curious about the aesthetics of AI discourse? Check out: www.scrollthefuture.ai With muted colors and a long scroll, microsites give that hit of 'academic mimicry'. Once you take out nuance and citations, then presto! You can make claims unmoored from, well, anything. H/T @ersatzben.bsky.social

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The thing about those "funny" google AI results is that you can often trace them back to the onion/someone making a joke on the Internet. It's all just stolen content.

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In case you missed it, here’s the recording of our TWC/D&S webinar on data centers, climate, and labor issues with speakers from @mediajustice.bsky.social, Amazon Employees for Climate Justice, Chip Workers for Responsible Mining, Enabled Emissions Campaign, Clean Virginia, and NYC DSA Tech Action

submitted 38 days ago • 2 comments

I don’t just hate the word enshittification because it's gross, it flattens a bevy of real problems into a Dollar Tree of nothingness. We’ve gotten used to glib shorthand in tech critique. Vibes over verbs. “Haha it broke” instead of how it broke, who broke it, & why structures rewards breakage

submitted 41 days ago • 4 comments

‘Accelerationist semiotics’ 🤯 So much insight on the use of simplified language like enshitification in this thread by @ronbronson.bsky.social.

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Good to know the ‘special relationship’ with the UK can continue on. Mostly over a shared love of relentlessly scapegoating trans people!

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

Who knew that it would be so fun talking about the depressing state of tech + politics in the UK right now! Thanks @alixdunn.com, this was a brilliant evening and fascinating (+ genuinely v fun!) convo Ps. pls come to town more often so the London tech justice scene has more excuses to get together

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

The party of rent-seeking.

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Courage is contagious. But how do we catch it? For months, @amifieldsmeyer.bsky.social and I have been asking dissidents and activists from around the world how we can topple authoritarianism. We assembled their lessons into a field guide to courage. www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...

submitted 47 days ago • 26 comments

Had a blast in London last week hosting @tanyaocarroll.bsky.social, @docmattmoudi.bsky.social, Seyi Akiwowo, and @marthadark.bsky.social for a CSM live show with 80 friends. You can listen to the show + takeaways from the convo w @georgiaiacovou.com and I here: www.saysmaybe.com/podcast/ai-c...

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

It was the worst of times, it was the scammiest of times.

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The single most clarifying piece of journalism about Russell Brand that I've encountered is this video from @abbierichards.bsky.social. She charts Russell Brand's political evolution through his video content, and shows just how profitable a right wing grift can be. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo4g...

submitted 55 days ago • 24 comments

The Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, says its bandwidth costs have gone up 50% since Jan 2024 — a rise they attribute to AI crawlers. AI companies are killing the open web by stealing visitors from the sources of information and making them pay for the privilege

submitted 57 days ago • 69 comments

Astonishing fact on #bbcr4today earlier, discussing the Heathrow power failure. Heathrow requires 41MW; a new data centre nearby needs 150MW. Stark illustration of the underpinning energy consequences of data storage.

submitted 67 days ago • 15 comments

Hell yeah @tanyaocarroll.bsky.social beats Meta in court. UK ruling it’s Illegal not to provide a user opt-out from targeted advertising. Their floating subscription service for ad-free users 🤣 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

Who’s going to pick one of the many laws Elon is breaking and, like, prosecute him for it? Have we decided that the legal process is just for trying to stop things and not for accountability?

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

📻 New ep of Computer Says Maybe is up! The ep explores erasure of trans communities online/off, histories of transphobia, and what it's like to be a trans creator online. Made with love and care by @georgiaiacovou.com and ft. four incredible guests. Full ep 👇

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment

Bold enforcement remedies are crucial to meet this moment in AI shaped by Big Tech dominance. My latest for @techpolicypress.bsky.social argues that removing AI divestiture as a remedy in the Google search monopoly case fits the troubling anti-regulatory patterns taking shape around the world (1/2)

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Computer says VC may be cannibalizing the economy. Check out this #ComputerSaysMaybe episode w/ TechEquity Founder & CEO & “World Eaters” author @cbracy.bsky.social. She & @alixdunn.com dig into the history of VC, how it works, &, crucially, how it doesn’t work. www.saysmaybe.com/podcast/vcs-...

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

well this made me cry over breakfast. to any democrats holding even a shred of power right now: look at what’s possible from people far more endangered and vulnerable than you and grow a spine, you fucking cowards www.erininthemorning.com/p/powerful-s...

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