Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

I want Enron-level congressional hearings when the AI industry collapses.

I got the boot this month and am looking for a new software developer job. Rust and Python would be fun, but I can do a lot of stuff in JS/TS, Kotlin, Java, even C/C++ with a bit of a brush up... Bit of a jack of all trades full stack dev.

Working with open source would be awesome if it paid just enough to survive the mortgage and get something to eat. Climate positive job or EU digital independence development is interesting too.

Hybrid work within reasonable distance from Klaukkala is a-OK. Remote probably whole of EU <3. Can't travel.

Having put this https://jago.kapsi.fi/cv.pdf up on the public interwebs, I'm probably unfit to work in any US company...

Not a techbro. Sane person and a long-time ally.

#GetFediHired #FediHire #NoAI

"Seeking new data for AI training is no excuse," EFF’s @falsemirror told @cnet. "Such disproportionate monitoring of workers is an abuse of power and highlights the necessity of legislation to protect worker privacy by requiring consent and due process."
https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/meta-backs-off-data-tracking-of-employees-train-ai-models/

Software used to be more like that. Open a word processor and start typing. It never does anything else unless you tell it to. It doesn't offer to write for you. It doesn't fix your typos unless you ask. It's reliable and constant, and your brain doesn't need to give it much thought.

Modern software is a battle of wills against some experience designer somewhere. They have made assumptions about what you want to do (or what the business wants you to do), and you cannot appeal these decisions.

Corporations are making it harder to repair your devices—locking you out and forcing you to pay for repairs and replacements you don't need.

Join EFF along with Adam Savage and Kyle Wiens, CEO of iFixit. We'll explore the Right to Repair and answer your questions live! https://eff.org/livestream-repair

When a license plate is captured by an automated license plate reader (ALPR), it’s instantly compared against a list of vehicles that the police are actively looking for, known as a “hotlist.” EFF has learned that one of these hotlists targets immigrants on behalf of ICE. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/06/are-your-local-police-using-flock-safety-alprs-scan-immigrants

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Still time to implement these for the knockout rounds. https://patreon.com/BrianMcFadden

🚨THE KIDS ACT IS AN INTERNET SURVEILLANCE BILL🚨

Congress is rushing the KIDS Act toward a vote. This blend of KOSA, the SCREEN Act, SAFE Bots, and other bills is a single package that is a threat to privacy and free expression for ALL internet users. 🧵(1/10)

The new version of KOSA says it doesn’t require age verification, but it also obligates sites and apps to take reasonable steps to determine whether a user is a minor or an adult. How will they do it? By collecting more information about age before a lawsuit happens. (4/10)

People, I am begging you, if you have air con in your flat please PUT IT ON YOUR DATING PROFILE.

“How to talk about "AI" without adding to the anthropomorphization • Buttondown”

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/how-to-talk-about-ai-without-adding-to-the/

In the Prairieland case, the government built a terrorism theory around “antifa,” protest tactics, Signal chats and zines.

This week, the defendants were sentenced. FOIA records now raise questions about evidence the defense says was missing from trial.

https://inthesetimes.com/article/prairieland-antifa-trial-protest-repression-fbi

🚨 Important update about my latest #WSocial article 👀

A user on #ATproto cracked the code and came up with a reasonable explanation for the made up number of comments on W Social's homepage.

The number next to the speech bubble (comment icon) are an "engagement metric": the sum of boosts and likes. It all makes sense now!

https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-fictional-metrics-and-the-beauty-of-open-data/

(scroll down to the end of the article for the update)

Why the spread of powerful local #AI models makes #copyright enforcement even harder - https://walledculture.org/why-the-spread-of-powerful-local-ai-models-makes-copyright-enforcement-even-harder/ #china #redflaglaw

I do appreciate that all of these creepy-ass companies are giving me the heads-up to submit delete requests.

my favorite thing about the slop era is when you get an LLM booster really mad and they reveal the tasks they’re doing that can’t be accomplished without AI and it’s all really basic text editing they never learned to do properly

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This worst part is not the little mistakes, e.g. the wrong condition written on a form. Doctors make those mistakes too, and even though the LLM makes more of them, they're easily corrected.

The bigger issue is the focus problem. The LLM doesn't know what's important.

I'm currently seeing a doctor for a course of treatment. We check in monthly to see how the treatment is going, tweak my other meds, and talk about any issues that come up.

Because he is a normal human person, he starts every consult by asking me how I am and what's happening in my life. At our last consultation, I mentioned some life stress.

The LLM wrote in my consult notes that I was consulting him for the life stress. It doesn't even mention the condition I'm being treated for. Now that's in my notes, and when the doctor goes to review them (or if another clinic needs to look at them), they'll get completely the wrong idea about the consultation. The very serious medical condition is de-emphasised, and the inconsequential chatter is given pride of place.

I'm basically in the position of having to write my own consult notes for every consultation, and give a list of corrections to the doctor. It's another laborious task that makes medical care inaccessible.