Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

Explain it to me like I'm a techbro:

"I get it. I get that there are people that use LLM-powered software, and I must be clear that anecdotal examples of some people using some software that they kind-of like is not evidence that generative AI is a sustainable or real industry at the trillion-dollar scale that many claim it is.

"I am so very bored of having this conversation, so I am now going to write out some counterpoints so that I don't have to say them again."

https://www.wheresyoured.at/longcon/

I continue to be negative about generative AI assistants insofar as every time someone has written a piece of any length "co-written by an AI" it has all sorts of errors I point out the author hadn't even noticed were there

Most irritatingly is that MULTIPLE TIMES people have written drafts about my work that simply injected and made up history. If they had just published them, that history would be cyclically referenced in the future as if fact

That kind of thing just happens all the time now

Dear USAnians:

once you get around to beheading the Stale Dorito and the Incel-in-Chief, and start rebuilding your country, can you please please pretty please with cherry on top SWITCH TO THE METRIC SYSTEM while you're at it?

Sincerely,

Rest of the World

Publications like #clarkesworld already have trouble reviewing all the submissions.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2360672-sci-fi-magazine-overwhelmed-by-hundreds-of-ai-generated-stories/

The outcome is that newbies will have a hard time getting in because of lack of #trust .

I expect a turn to invite-only or invite-primarily networks. Trust is transitive. If you're a contributor of good stuff, you're likely to invite other good contributors. And you wouldn't risk inviting a spammer.

Wait, I've seen it somewhere... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive_(Black_Mirror)

#slop #ai #socialmedia #spam

I spoke with Katherine Stewart about her new book, which she wrote after spending much of the past couple of years embedded with the movement to end democracy.

It's called "Money, Lies and God" and is a ground's eye view of American fascism.

https://www.salon.com/2025/02/18/his-mission-is-to-eradicate-woke-jesus-how-money-lies-and-religion-are-abused-to-gut-democracy/

Have something to leak? Not sure?

Contact us securely over Signal at Disclosure.01, or use the link or QR code.

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Jewish man mistakes two Israeli tourists for Palestinians and opens fire on them in Miami - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/17/miami-shooting-israeli-men "both the alleged pro-Israel perpetrator and the pro-Israel victim in the Miami Beach shooting reportedly hold racist anti-Palestinian views" #hate

https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=5/-27.10/133.53

Straya!

https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=6/-41.89/171.93

Kiwiland!

Dump gargle maps!

#openstreetmap #FOSS

If someone out there knows Carole Cadwalladr personally, please ask her to put her new newsletter anywhere but Substack. She is obviously not aware that its funders include people who loathe what she does, and that its management is glad to help right-wing extremists amplify and monetize their bile.

*chef's kiss*

#Meme #Twitter #Elon #Fascism #FirstAmendment #Censorship

Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics. https://theintercept.com/2025/02/17/elon-musk-trump-government-tesla-spacex/

Fonterra continues to ignore the effect of nitrogen pollution, and is only interested in 'methane emission reduction'. Sadly, the nitrogen pollution, that's destroying freshwater in much of the motu, especially here in Canterbury, cannot be mitigated without *reducing the dairy herd substantially*.

We must halve the herd. As it is, everyone else is effectively subsidising dairy farmers because we absorb the cost of their pollution as they privatise the profit &socialise the costs.

Hello world! #introduction time!

We are workers.coop. We're a federation and network of worker-led cooperatives and supporters, based in the #UK.

This account is a bit of an experiment (by @da5nsy, for now) but the plan is to post information about news and events, and boost cool things related to #WorkerCoops and the wider #cooperative movement.

#coop #cooperatives #coops

#Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal Washington DC plane crash - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/feb/17/elon-musk-doge-irs-donald-trump-ukraine-europe-us-marco-rubio-politics-live?page=with:block-67b342168f08e06902fe8bcf#block-67b342168f08e06902fe8bcf after all, nobody voted for air safety, so getting rid it is perfectly fine...

'Honestly terrifying': #Yosemite National Park is in chaos - https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/yosemite-national-park-in-chaos-20163260.php "California's beloved national park is on the brink of disaster" all thanks to #trump

#Solar has taken off in red states. #Trump’s funding freeze is causing panic - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/17/red-states-solar-trump-funding-freeze "On his first day, the president paused billions of dollars in funding for clean energy projects initiated by Biden"

HBD to Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party. The group was created in 1966 to combat police brutality, promote self-defense, and establish community programs like free breakfast for children and healthcare clinics. Despite relentless state repression, his legacy endures in the ongoing fight for Black liberation, self-determination, and radical social change.

“I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people.” - Huey P. Newton

Stanford must end its complicity in COVID harms

https://stanforddaily.com/2025/02/13/stanford-conference-covid-harms/

The #fluConf retrospective article we'd planned is finally live!

https://fluconf.online/blog/fluconf-2025-retrospective/

#fluConf2025