2026-04-27T06:35:55Z https://yabu.me Mark Hurst https://yabu.me/npub12jv9wwv7f3teqhc5d68hu2vy47nkgm77d06wc8530kuv3jv96m3q0m2y5m https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/409/823/original/0621f774f8f78712.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/000/409/823/original/0621f774f8f78712.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdutfp54xysrxl3rss5fcwfzw27jwsk0zsm8ze5248t3gkkkl583gzyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwycq9q32 &#34;The clam chowder in a New England diner and the clam chowder in a Florida diner come out of the same Sysco can.&#34;<br/><br/>On regional collapse in restaurants - h/t <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><a href="https://www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-dinner-got-worse-on-purpose">https://www.worseonpurpose.com/p/your-dinner-got-worse-on-purpose</a> 2026-05-02T12:11:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg3370fxhtqdjz20k9j8tr4m8cejx745tsdsskhzyccztnxhcjjdczyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwye4gd2n Our culture is so dominated by developers &amp; investors in software that any possibly tiny improvement to coding efficiency suddenly becomes The Thing That Everyone Must Use, Just Be Quiet And Use It, It&#39;s Inevitable.<br/><br/>Can we get thru to them - not everything in the world revolves around programming-! 2026-04-28T19:54:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgz985af7gf8chrjf26kuuhw0zgfhhwxwu6gr6xdm5q25qv9q2vmgzyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwyhe22uj From &#34;What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat&#34; by Noah Hawley:<br/><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/05/billionaire-consequence-free-reality/686588/">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/05/billionaire-consequence-free-reality/686588/</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/448/600/339/906/254/original/9a152fbe6a52a4a2.png"> <br/> 2026-04-22T13:30:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfrxy92efm4s7pz8rluvkrzjdlddgl7alkp9jvx6h8g9r0j2cxnmqzyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwytf0nqp I spoke with astronomer Samantha Lawler - <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dgcla3rthltveuxzp7pvnu6rzug2076hhu9dwq8axzmg8r7jvcmq82cla4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Prof. Sam Lawler</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dgc…cla4</span>)</a></span> - about how Elon Musk has proposed to burn up in the sky one truck-sized satellite *per hour*. Unclear what that will do to the atmosphere, but it&#39;s not good.<br/><br/>Full episode:<br/><a href="https://techtonic.fm/episodes/2026-04-20-starlink-and-kessler-syndrome-feat-astronomer-samantha-lawler/">https://techtonic.fm/episodes/2026-04-20-starlink-and-kessler-syndrome-feat-astronomer-samantha-lawler/</a><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/443/899/279/665/587/original/bc348adf1088d654.mp4"></video><br/> 2026-04-21T17:36:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf6x52e0zjgs6z00xjr2wmyfy3saedpskuasqxj7uhfuaxd52wjggzyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwyq57045 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw4p82xn4s0qxzp8g843v3hdtq45wrumakyj53cpq2ml679gvaflsxjkvk2'>nevent1q…kvk2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>see also <a href="https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/good-news-in-the-fight-against-big-tech/">https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/good-news-in-the-fight-against-big-tech/</a> 2026-04-07T19:20:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgd8w7uca93m3xwhrywv7tqxxuxr96vgvtzql8kvrt8a8gs6pm78qzyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwy9wgfxm Now THAT&#39;s a headline.<br/><br/>&#34;The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents&#34;<br/><br/>#edtech #education <br/><br/><a href="https://fortune.com/2026/02/21/laptops-tablets-schools-gen-z-less-cognitively-capable-parents-first-time-cellphone-bans-standardized-test-scores/">https://fortune.com/2026/02/21/laptops-tablets-schools-gen-z-less-cognitively-capable-parents-first-time-cellphone-bans-standardized-test-scores/</a> 2026-02-21T21:17:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr8gw0h2edpscsn8p4gmx8guq9hl2ukzntkzy55egzngwfe4jklpczyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwydwr7xy &#34;Streaming&#34; is just &#34;downloading&#34; with the &#34;save file&#34; button removed.<br/><br/>Well said by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> in today&#39;s essay -<br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/07/aimsters-revenge/">https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/07/aimsters-revenge/</a> 2026-02-07T14:18:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ec706flqsh5ht240av0wq37ucg6ctmfm3c5dsps9ch3k4jkj9ngzyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwyf6a3ej We&#39;re living in an age of extraction. On Tim Wu&#39;s book, a recent <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> essay, the horrible news this past week, and feeling the weight of it all.<br/><br/>New from me:<br/><a href="https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/life-in-an-age-of-extraction/">https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/life-in-an-age-of-extraction/</a> 2026-01-09T16:15:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs24l5a32czawhawn6dfyurfajafqrqwzrljl8nh9vgamdun007rxszyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwyu0qy50 Sending this question into the fediverse: does anyone know Giuliano da Empoli? Trying to invite him onto Techtonic to talk about his book &#34;The Hour of the Predator.&#34; 2026-01-07T21:16:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9v68ygctg7qvjlet85cygrah7akfp3evv704uzhkkg64r8ehunlczyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwy3te8pf One of the best pieces I&#39;ve read in awhile. Emily Bressler in @mcsweeneys.net writes &#34;I Work for an Evil Company, but Outside Work, I’m Actually a Really Good Person&#34;:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-work-for-an-evil-company-but-outside-work-im-actually-a-really-good-person">https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-work-for-an-evil-company-but-outside-work-im-actually-a-really-good-person</a> 2025-11-15T20:18:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqpa8lqrqlxrzpk3uuw40w5mr69zy07d6svntxeqshd866p4q87fczyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwyysmyuv Insane image. &#34;Model of the distribution of space debris around Earth.&#34; Read the key: 2,000 billion objects between 0.1 mm and 1 mm.<br/><br/>(from the European Space Agency, in this report: <a href="https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_Debris/Sounding_the_alarm_ESA_introduces_space_environment_health_index">https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_Debris/Sounding_the_alarm_ESA_introduces_space_environment_health_index</a> )<br/><br/>(via [@michael_w_busch](<a href="https://mastodon.online/@michael_w_busch">https://mastodon.online/@michael_w_busch</a> ) )<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/418/609/396/734/028/original/9b5a2a28141310b9.jpg"> <br/> 2025-10-22T15:52:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgyt7rlqr5q8hvxhmcapfw55ccwv203qaqc5svsk0eujfhztwwrlgzyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwy9psthk Low-cost, locally running AI agent - not connected to the internet, so it doesn&#39;t leak your data. (via <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> &#39;s newsletter today)<br/><br/><a href="https://petewarden.com/2025/10/16/why-does-a-local-ai-voice-agent-running-on-a-super-cheap-soc-matter/">https://petewarden.com/2025/10/16/why-does-a-local-ai-voice-agent-running-on-a-super-cheap-soc-matter/</a> 2025-10-16T17:45:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs97427uzdkqp4yz9ykx96dlgjzed27pf65uwevcx7xnv9xp2z28xszyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwyrvmxaj RE: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@markhurst/115266737778371360">https://mastodon.social/@markhurst/115266737778371360</a><br/><br/>Peter Thiel keeps talking about the Antichrist. Here&#39;s an explanation, incl. a quote from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> &#39;s excellent &#34;The billionaires aren&#39;t OK&#34;:<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1m7yr0rhmwe3t93k5ghlatpejjhxuq0zszj8nnvn3kvrs49e3k7hqgrma4j" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1m7y…ma4j</a></span><br/> </div> NEW: My view of the future vs. Peter Thiel's.<br/><br/>Thiel seems to believe we're in the Last Days, that people who work for a more just society are somehow allied with the Antichrist. <br/><br/>I see the oligarchs and their power - from surveillance, from monopoly - as the problem.<br/><a href="https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/my-view-of-the-future-vs-peter-thiels/">https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/my-view-of-the-future-vs-peter-thiels/</a> </blockquote> 2025-09-26T13:52:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdlzph3mahvc4jcm2ytl74sueftnwq83gpfreekfcmxpc2jucm0tszyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwyydz4g8 NEW: My view of the future vs. Peter Thiel&#39;s.<br/><br/>Thiel seems to believe we&#39;re in the Last Days, that people who work for a more just society are somehow allied with the Antichrist. <br/><br/>I see the oligarchs and their power - from surveillance, from monopoly - as the problem.<br/><a href="https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/my-view-of-the-future-vs-peter-thiels/">https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/my-view-of-the-future-vs-peter-thiels/</a> 2025-09-25T20:07:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqsdj38c854fr68hkh7xacnxjdafptxj5jl359372cr2arq0qt9nszyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwyghpvfq On the horrible Google antitrust ruling.<br/><br/>During the new techtonic.fm episode I read an excerpt by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> (Cory Doctorow) about the decision. See below.<br/><br/>Listen to the whole show (click pop-up player):<br/><a href="https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/155884">https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/155884</a><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/176/224/693/545/963/original/bca5734ded3b2b0a.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-09-09T20:30:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszr3jpvg6phaflnsxs32jsj92sk3nd83hau22upelu592zl95ktpgzyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwy34525j Below, an excerpt from my <a href="https://techtonic.fm">https://techtonic.fm</a> interview with Cory Doctorow - aka <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> - about his upcoming book &#34;Enshittification.&#34;<br/><br/>Full interview here (click &#34;pop-up player&#34;):<br/><a href="https://wfmu.org/archiveplayer/?show=155658&amp;archive=275677">https://wfmu.org/archiveplayer/?show=155658&amp;archive=275677</a><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/169/435/061/962/716/original/f2e37dbc14356e7a.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-09-08T15:44:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsquvv96gyt5ad8p23vvaq9t6t60hflmk2lmc09hnssztycperhu4szyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwyhph2as On my conversation with Cory Doctorow - aka <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> - reflecting on our unhinged moment:<br/><a href="https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/why-everything-suddenly-got-worse-doctorow/">https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/why-everything-suddenly-got-worse-doctorow/</a> 2025-09-04T17:42:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvdfmnk5vuq2amy4uh5wlkexxxflc7g6h5r8et9acejjde3xx5paqzyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwy09pj25 New: my Techtonic interview with <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> - aka Cory Doctorow - about his upcoming book &#34;Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It.&#34;<br/><br/>- Episode page (click &#34;pop-up player&#34; to listen):<br/><a href="https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/155658">https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/155658</a><br/><br/>- Stream the show:<br/><a href="https://wfmu.org/archiveplayer/?show=155658&amp;archive=275677">https://wfmu.org/archiveplayer/?show=155658&amp;archive=275677</a><br/><br/>- Podcast:<br/><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu/id1285537944?i=1000724465514">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/techtonic-with-mark-hurst-wfmu/id1285537944?i=1000724465514</a><br/><br/>- More Techtonic episodes: <a href="https://techtonic.fm">https://techtonic.fm</a> 2025-09-02T19:38:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0aep42sn3skwzgjreg2eh9ez8dkv9rzg45skncaces7w3mj60nngzyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwy0efyxf Thanks to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> for a paragraph that I&#39;d like to send to every Big Tech company I&#39;m forced to deal with:<br/><br/>&#34;By reading these words, you agree, on behalf of your employer, to release me from all obligations and waivers arising from any and all NON-NEGOTIATED agreements, licenses, terms-of-service, shrinkwrap, clickwrap, browsewrap, confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-compete and acceptable use policies (&#39;BOGUS AGREEMENTS&#39;)...&#34;<br/><br/>The whole statement is here: <a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/26/sole-and-despotic-dominion/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/26/sole-and-despotic-dominion/</a> 2025-08-26T19:59:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd8xht4wmrjea082zgk8j63kteulwddf53vfx83hjj45wh35cqrzszyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwyfgvuvd Words to live by, from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> -<br/><br/>&#34;Monopolists corrupt our political system, maim and impoverish workers, gouge their customers on enshittified, overpriced garbage. They are an existential threat to the survival of the human species.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/28/mamdani/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/28/mamdani/</a> 2025-06-28T13:48:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfaffdjectf0vn3rf2wpg5z7mxjfuaqqmgv5jad2c7chfc5ef5u0qzyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwy9w2a4h Google&#39;s search decay comes up in the latest This Ecommerce Life:<br/><a href="https://thisecommercelife.com/blogs/comics/hey-google">https://thisecommercelife.com/blogs/comics/hey-google</a><br/><br/>It&#39;s a short comic and I recommend reading the whole thing.<br/><br/>(via <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> ) 2025-06-26T18:40:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv79z5rt6gd7l3y6amlhchs6aul00leptp0sahp9kqgs47qtynssqzyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwye9hkeq New from me: Let’s call AI something else. (drawing on &#34;The AI Con&#34; by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub15xvq07ttjr063lkf99nvm62y74w9fgkhqsehg96ynjqpmh37uukqmq0jms" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)</span> (<span class="italic">npub15xv…0jms</span>)</a></span> and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1f68zlf28l0l4n3vufwt2w0epvcjdljxe3m8s0wqvwjhgehr6qu2qyq74ff" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Alex Hanna</span> (<span class="italic">npub1f68…74ff</span>)</a></span> )<br/><br/><a href="https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/lets-call-ai-something-else/">https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/lets-call-ai-something-else/</a> 2025-06-07T20:00:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqrga640t7xk5jaxr9fenrlk3k9k9dwktynj7z4axqdfeswwc47egzyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwygjjvmj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszdyrxu628wgv04cpjlx3p7gk3ev4ex8ht7a6yrudagjx4y4mqsys5f00z9'>nevent1q…00z9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and that&#39;s a point that <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1p095l6jcegr5j3zz0zjg2zukf7aq34awuetvkkpc8z78qwlvwavs5hm5vl" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Aral Balkan</span> (<span class="italic">npub1p09…m5vl</span>)</a></span> has made (including at conferences where they&#39;re speaking) 2025-05-16T23:15:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszdyrxu628wgv04cpjlx3p7gk3ev4ex8ht7a6yrudagjx4y4mqsyszyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwysgjmvw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz9dhhw0vm5r5zsv7y7csj0tcumtxef7jrdf66nrnhmd5yph6kwps35thps'>nevent1q…thps</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>totally agree 2025-05-16T23:15:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9wx7glsj0kdgd4yf0dwkp3m9pp8asfsdhfn9xtn66sap2yh92vhczyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwyyjusgw This week on Techtonic I covered Sarah Wynn-Williams&#39; Facebook memoir, called &#34;Careless People.&#34; I recommend it. <br/><br/>Here&#39;s my review - hoping that this book will convince lawmakers to hold Zuckerberg to account for his actions:<br/><a href="https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/zuck-lied-under-oath-says-careless-people/">https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/zuck-lied-under-oath-says-careless-people/</a> 2025-05-16T20:46:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxvfu4qu93g8jsp37mry22gndsapkg45dzse2efx3wk3yahrh65lszyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwye55n9w The White House is now being served with Elon Musk’s Starlink. Trump officials claim it&#39;s hard to get good internet access.<br/><br/>At the White House.<br/><br/>So we&#39;re running all White House communications through the network owned by Elon Musk, who&#39;s in close touch with Vladimir Putin.<br/><br/>Cool cool. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/elon-musk-starlink-white-house.html?unlocked_article_code=1.404.B0N5.hIiH4Iqy0T00&amp;smid=url-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/elon-musk-starlink-white-house.html?unlocked_article_code=1.404.B0N5.hIiH4Iqy0T00&amp;smid=url-share</a> 2025-03-18T20:41:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf69r5sm9tt2gjxzlueras7klelp6jfh7wskufsgshyz2vjgjszjgzyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwyeeahxp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs28lmwqra7kufxptpxj2r606yengc05d5hpcrj8c90jdf2hm4rlzs90fplr'>nevent1q…fplr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>here&#39;s another metaphor, something about blocking public access to help: <br/><a href="https://mastodon.social/@markhurst/114122038103214335">https://mastodon.social/@markhurst/114122038103214335</a> 2025-03-07T16:44:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrxp2eze9anw4ztnex7q4ng858jrermkgrtjqg264z6ep4e2u5h6czyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwysf6ytw Serious question: when the AIs start quietly editing people&#39;s social media posts to conform to the oligarchs&#39; goals, how will we know? And if we know, how will we alert others? 2025-03-03T14:29:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqr8h7mmzvlk4p45yvjhrzl9uh4vduc0dt6047fv9dfwa0gnydf4czyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwympnvhz GenAI is digital plastic. All of our regret now at filling the ocean with plastics, and our bodies with microplastics, we are now doing by flooding our media and education with genAI plastic. 2025-02-22T17:01:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs92fcgyg53jvrge5yn4k5rrclz7wxw5meeeus2nk2rj404phvz6pgzyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwydfpwhj &#34;We are witnessing a private equity-style plunder of the entire US government.&#34;<br/><br/>You&#39;ll want to punch the wall after you read this piece by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> -<br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/07/broccoli-hair-brownshirts/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/07/broccoli-hair-brownshirts/</a> 2025-02-07T19:32:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8vcghnl64gcxuffsxn0lkmpcj285cqns3l3w3fsljc0klw8uw4ngzyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwyw60ngv NYC bar owner explaining why his bar has an analog jukebox: &#34;We will never have a digital one. We’re just so sick of the internet.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://nygroove.nyc/nyc-physical-jukeboxes-map/?ref=the-new-york-groove-newsletter">https://nygroove.nyc/nyc-physical-jukeboxes-map/?ref=the-new-york-groove-newsletter</a><br/><br/>via <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1gtrasnupl3s8l3sjukjcqhu2vlvjldqwd8mqxjqvwh2gepc5wd9quwhar7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>jesse jarnow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1gtr…har7</span>)</a></span> 2025-02-07T13:01:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswp9e9xgg8v804nzy77uk3yjjpajcl70yenlpejamsf5g78zcapxszyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwyutjfq8 Today is a bittersweet day for people who appreciate date symmetry. <br/><br/>We&#39;ve had a good 22-year run of one day, every two years, where the day and month are the same and add up to the year.. starting with 1/1 in &#39;02, then 2/2 in &#39;04, and so on.<br/><br/>Today, 12/12 in &#39;24, is the last such day for 77 years. The next one will be on 1/1 in 2102. 2024-12-12T15:25:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszdc77gmsu687at0tdval8fx5s6z2s8qzxrncd8yvqsfs4vupedaszyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwy3y55xh Happy Gingko Day! This is the day in #NYC when all the gingko trees drop all their leaves at the same time*. Scientists aren&#39;t sure exactly how the trees all choose the same day.<br/><br/>*yes, not 100% accurate but have fun with it<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/578/968/237/599/345/original/cafce19f5ca6e98c.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-12-01T18:25:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy579st09lnt3rk74cxackdtxepw4q0es8xtf5vyvu5gm4rlc7engzyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwyhpkvsh Elon Musk&#39;s space junk is a threat to us all. Starlink satellites will pollute the atmosphere, land in your backyard, and - a fresh new nightmare - could hit airliners at 35,000 feet.<br/><br/>My post explains:<br/><a href="https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/musks-space-junk-is-a-threat-to-us-all/">https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/musks-space-junk-is-a-threat-to-us-all/</a><br/><br/>Thanks to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dgcla3rthltveuxzp7pvnu6rzug2076hhu9dwq8axzmg8r7jvcmq82cla4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Prof. Sam Lawler</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dgc…cla4</span>)</a></span> for raising the alarm. (Re-upping to get the proper thumbnail on the post.)<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/544/623/152/135/894/original/a18e7a176e4b54b7.jpg"> <br/> 2024-11-25T16:52:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs22gkl760yxgylnqz2mz462k9l5njkxae93370gjzkumyl6gxyc7qzyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwy5fnd9r NEW FROM ME: Elon Musk&#39;s space junk is a threat to us all. Starlink satellites will pollute the atmosphere, land in your backyard, and - a fresh new nightmare - could hit airliners at 35,000 feet.<br/><br/>Thanks to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dgcla3rthltveuxzp7pvnu6rzug2076hhu9dwq8axzmg8r7jvcmq82cla4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Prof. Sam Lawler</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dgc…cla4</span>)</a></span> for raising the alarm (and for joining me on <a href="https://techtonic.fm">https://techtonic.fm</a> this week to discuss):<br/><br/><a href="https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/musks-space-junk-is-a-threat-to-us-all/">https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/musks-space-junk-is-a-threat-to-us-all/</a> 2024-11-22T20:39:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9ryp83m49n2ppn6ryzyyucjve36swq7mdpwgtcjlvsfunka869lczyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwy9nrlkq WARNING: Starlink satellites are starting to rain down on earth. I spoke w/astronomer Samantha Lawler - <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dgcla3rthltveuxzp7pvnu6rzug2076hhu9dwq8axzmg8r7jvcmq82cla4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Prof. Sam Lawler</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dgc…cla4</span>)</a></span> - on <a href="https://techtonic.fm">https://techtonic.fm</a> about their effects on the atmosphere, and who you should call if space junk lands in your yard.<br/><br/>Listen: <a href="https://wfmu.org/archiveplayer/?show=146229&amp;archive=261820&amp;starttime=0:7:42">https://wfmu.org/archiveplayer/?show=146229&amp;archive=261820&amp;starttime=0:7:42</a><br/><br/>Episode links: <a href="https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146229">https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/146229</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/510/535/595/608/064/original/0e87d4f0d5fa0296.png"> <br/> 2024-11-19T16:22:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszffkzh7pqawr4uzvs2kr2ftf7led9lg5pu77rtpl29xg5ye55ydgzyp2fs4eenex90yzlz3hg7l3fsjh6wer0me4lfmq7j97m3jxfshtwydh7ltx New from me - my election thoughts.<br/><br/>A happy day for Big Tech: the guardrails are coming off.<br/><a href="https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/a-happy-day-for-big-tech/">https://buttondown.com/creativegood/archive/a-happy-day-for-big-tech/</a> 2024-11-06T20:23:04Z