@davidgerard it’s curious that “nuanced” is often thrown, sorry, flung like a steaming wet turd, at people who have arrived at a strong “NoAI” position after considering the many risk, environmental, and societal problems with AI, and any (if any) “benefits” (or, more specifically, if the outputs are “beneficial” to *any* degree).
In what way is that consideration and arrival at an anti-AI position *not* nuanced, or reasonable, or thorough.
It’s almost as if their handwaving “it’s good for certain uses”, or “but you just have to review the output”, or “it has gotten to know my needs in my field” is meant to hypnotise us into submission and make us say one of two things:
• “Oh, I never thought of it that way! Wow, how insightful!” or
• “Yes, I do acknowledge there is a spectrum of suitability, and I accept your use, or the use you posit, is an acceptable use for AI.”
It’s not a dialog. To be considered “nuanced” your view *has to* allow AI acceptable use carve outs.
And that introduces AI’s own version of “the ineffective centrist”, and AI’s own version of the Overton Window.
Huh, now why do they seem such appropriate parallels…?
Marcia Howard of the Minneapolis Federation of Educators says trade unionists, including educators, are among those detained in Minnesota’s federal anti-ICE indictments.
“I find it telling that they are going after unionists.”
RE: https://journa.host/@samlitzinger/116784883875340095
I'm so fucking tired of hearing these murderous bastards say that the people they killed 'were not targets', as if that is a coherent statement.
When you drop bombs, you've targeted. Period. You are responsible for what you destroy. Period.
I’d be very wary of restructuring all of education programming, and media around a technology whose economic viability beyond a few months to a year is highly dubious and whose long term sustainability is contingent on figuring out a way to rearchitect it from scratch on a shoestring budget
But what do I know?
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The World Cup needs more than yellow and red cards. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/6/19/800057432/cartoon/new-cards-for-2026/
“Show your hands honor for the strange power they bring you – Aresluna”
https://aresluna.org/show-your-hands-honor/
> I feel he’d also appreciate the swipe up gesture on the iPhone, which is a masterclass in how to design an interaction
This is my one constant quibble with pretty much every otherwise wonderful and thoughtful design essay that I've read. Have you ever tried to help somebody with even minor motor control issues navigate the gesture-laden interface of an iPhone?
I should add: There's nothing wrong with shipping something in tiny bits in proportion to what your client needs. But uh, you've gonna bring something better than this to the party if you're going to lecture people on not using AI enough.
Saw a guy telling everyone about his all-agent workflow on HN. Credit to the guy, he didn't publish anonymously.
Less credit to the guy, all his scoping and consulting links have no availability ever, there doesn't appear to be a launched product, and the privacy policy hasn't had the [YOUR COMPANY NAME] slots filled in.
This has happened every single time someone that swears by "no human in the loop" programming has shown me an artefact.
🔥 The Bonfire Social 1.0.5 release candidate is out!
This one brings archipelago mode (opt-in, allow-list federation for tightly-knit communities and networks), a more lightweight search backend (see changelog for migration steps), broadcasting announcements, another embeddable widget, PGP-encrypted emails, and many UX improvements and fixes.
If you're running an instance and want to give it a go, please let us know if you run into any issues.
Full changelog: docs.bonfirenetworks.org/cha...
AP's piece on Reflecting Pool algae is a perfect of example of how Big Journalism allows itself to be a conduit for Trump world's lies. The phrase "without offering substantiation" -- better than nothing -- doesn't make up for being a stenographer for deceit.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-reflecting-pool-paint-algae-6b7b499ada2701a34bc6bc380013ad04
After months of "not making videos due to being excessively On The Farm," I'm rolling one out tomorrow!
About how Jane Austen explains a lot about "industrial" agriculture! (Bc she wrote about rural life & how economics/politics out there actually work)
Behold, a Rejected Thumbnail
Goes up at 10am ET tomorrow morning! (Sun 6/21)
youtu.be/rbcVCDr6PZI
Congress should say NO to the NO FAKES Act. Read more about why: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/no-fakes-act-could-silence-satire-commentary-and-news
Government coercion of online platforms can threaten free expression. But not every communication between government and platforms is unconstitutional. Getting the line right matters. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/new-bill-takes-aim-government-pressure-silence-lawful-online-speech
The doors are open to use https://probes.dev so you can use it to monitor your personal site, your customers' sites, APIs, or any other HTTP-based service.
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Gajim 2.4.7 has been released! 🎉
This release brings support for modern OpenPGP encryption #openpgp 🔒️ and comes with many small improvements and bugfixes.
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