Old Fucking Punk @lwriemen@librem.one

I wish I could offer more advice and guidance on living without AI-tainted or anti-humanist/fascist software. I think if you're worried about it, and have energy and time, you should try keeping your existing software and hardware going for as long as it is feasible. If updates stop coming, consider moving things to be offline-only. Research repairable alternatives. Learn about emulation. Choose safer options, and you probably will find No-AI list as helpful as I did:
https://noai.starlightnet.work/list.html

Additionally you might want to be aware of Open-Slopware list, though it keeps the projects in the list to a very high standard, including things I personally find forgivable (e.g. MartyPC is in the list): https://codeberg.org/ethical-foss/open-slopware

Finally, if you want my opinion on Linux: I'm sorry but I think it's mostly done for, for my purposes. I don't think I'll find it fully ethical to use after LTS support for the late 5.x/early 6.x kernel drops. And don't get me started on systemd, python and other things that embrace AI.

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RE: https://mastodon.social/@grimalkina/117247701877006103

Speaking of speaking, this is happening next week! East Coast mini book tour!

Excited to be partnering with this conference to give out a generous pile of The Psychology of Software Teams and hoping it sparks software understanding+ compassion at more organizations 😌 📖

If you have an event with a need for a book bulk order...let this be your sign that we can make that happen and with publisher bulk rates it's pretty attainable 🫶😱

“I think everybody knows that a free press is kind of vital to democracy, right? Don't you think?”

**applause**

Watch John Cusack highlight the importance of freedom of the press on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

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That feeling when people in tech finally opt out of “AI” because of sci-fi nonsense and not because of the endless societal, environmental, and economic harms to actual people today

I’m glad, I guess, that they aren’t contributing to the problem anymore

But also, fuck them, up down and sideways.