Diarrhea? Read this while you're sitting down. https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/7/17/800070884/cartoon/biohacking-hacks/
hey US folks
if you aren't seeing law enforcement/right wing infiltrators in the progressive spaces you frequent
it's not because they aren't there
this public service announcement brought to you by what's certainly starting to look to me like a coordinated infiltration campaign in western Oregon and Washington
be thoughtful out there, and aware of your history
@zzt i encourage everyone involved with FOSS to make their anti AI stance very clear as soon as possible, because there is no pandering to “both sides”, and if you try, you will end up pandering to only one, and it is the one that worships markov chains and will eventually doom your project
This is not a normal moment. It does not call for timid journalism.
For $5 a month, you can sustain independent reporting that confronts power, stands with working people and helps movements imagine what comes next.
"actually its fine if agentic code is unmaintainable for humans because the agents will just maintain it" is just the next cope in a long series of copes from LLM true believers who said they were going to revolutionize customer support, summaries, art, writing and video, all of which they failed at
genAI is a dead-end technology that creates output without intention that is practically useless. the only reason it hasn't failed yet is because of the trillions pumped into it by business idiots
In 2023, wildfire smoke made the air dangerous while employers expected business to continue as usual.
Workers had other ideas. They pushed for N95S, left unsafe workplaces, and won closures that protected their coworkers.
In a climate crisis, organizing keeps people alive.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/workers-organized-for-better-conditions-after-air-quality-plummeted
Even though the two national teams will be battling it out in the World Cup final on Sunday, the real-life protagonists of both these books were actually fighting against many of the same things. Check out Argentina: A Tale of Two Utopias, and Spanish Punk: Screaming for Democracy in a Post-dictatorial State!
Argentina: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1871
Spanish Punk: https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1770
The call is coming from inside the house!
RE: https://ruby.social/@tekin/116939799012427504
DHH is a racist piece of shit and everyone supporting his shit by buying stuff from his company, inviting him to talks, using or promoting his garbage "distribution" (looking at you @frameworkcomputer ) is compliant and a morally bankrupt human being.
A complete, #openaccess #humanrights textbook. - https://humanrightstextbook.org/digital-book "This leading international human rights textbook remains an open-access publication and is widely used by students, educators, researchers, and practitioners around the world"
Election Interference is Fine For Me But Not For Thee - https://emptywheel.net/2026/07/17/election-interference-is-fine-for-me-but-not-for-thee/
The report oil companies are worried about: Climate attribution science - https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/national-academies-climate-attribution-is-maturing-but-still-has-limits/ "could make it easier to hold companies liable for damages."
Piledrivers.
Kathunk. Kathunk. Kathunk.
https://www.osnews.com/story/145548/follow-the-money-especially-in-open-source/
I have, after two years, allowed myself to talk about my experiences with AI madness again, this time with the benefit of speaking to people all around the world, including Fortune 500 executives. This one is on my regular blog for casual readers, and cross-posted to the company blog if you need to share this with someone and have it look official.
https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/ai-mania-is-eviscerating-global-decision-making/
https://hermit-tech.com/blog/ai-mania-is-eviscerating-global-decisionmaking
#ShlaerMellor, #FunctionPointAnalysis, #punk, #environmentalist, #unionAdvocate, #anarchosocialist
"with a big old lie and a flag and a pie and a mom and a bible most folks are just liable to buy any line, any place, any time" - Frank Zappa