Bernie the Wordsmith

https://neopaquita.es/@berniethewordsmith

Periodista y documentalista. En mi cuarentena. Stop the genocide in Gaza. Trans rights are human rights. Tuiteo sobre #cibercultura, #rol, #medios, #literaturafantástica y #cienciaficción. #journalist #archivist #librarian. Posts are deleted after 2 months with some exceptions. Las publicaciones se borran a los dos meses para evitar el rastreo por parte de brokers de datos con políticas dudosas de retención y uso de los mismos.

Pronouns: He/Him
Blog: https://berniethewordsmith.bearblog.dev/blog/
The leftist/anarchist reading pipeline: https://bookwyrm.social/list/3367/s/the-leftistanarchist-pipeline

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2026-04-10 01:35:24 UTC

Very interesting text from @npub1fdr…lvhs on the communities' trilemma:
a) A community of like-minded people;
b) Useful information; and
c) The largest possible audience.
You get to choose 2.
https://pluralistic.net/2026/02/16/fast-good-cheap/

2026-03-29 00:35:54 UTC

AI bros in social media: "Hahahaha AI is coming for your job you better get used to it. Sorry your resume sucks, AI told us. AI told us you do not need healthcare anyway lololol fuck youuuuu"
AI bro report: "Analyzing the curious trend of workers refusing to use AI tools 🧐 🤔"

2026-02-23 22:08:15 UTC

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called this "Habsburg AI" and I find the name incredibly fitting

2026-02-23 08:43:24 UTC

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I also worry about this. There is certainly an effort to convince people to settle with "just ok" stuff

2026-02-23 07:31:52 UTC

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Every time you do a "both sides" stuff between "AI hypers and deniers" you are basically telling me that the person worried about the destruction of their life, their job and the environment has the level of delusion of a person like Peter Thiel, an eldritch horror in a vessel made of flesh that thinks humanity, umm, should not exist.

2026-02-23 07:23:48 UTC

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Look, we get it. AI sounds hot. We read the same science fiction books and it is nice to think that maybe one day LLM technology can be leveraged against oppression. News about fake open models are fun in a sense because every time one of those pops up, some idiot is going to lose millions yadda yadda. But you are missing a very important point here: a permission structure is being built around us, and stopping it is absolutely crucial

2026-02-23 07:16:26 UTC

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You keep mentioning fear of the machines.
Not about that.
You keep mentioning grammar checking and transcription functionality.
Not about that.

2026-02-23 07:13:58 UTC

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And please spare me with the "both sides" argument. Because one of them is trying to force feed things to the other. And one of them has all the money and resources and the other has not. This is not people taking sides. This is people trying for the boot to stop pressing against their face.

2026-02-23 07:10:31 UTC

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Look, we do not have a lot of ways to avoid that shit in the workplace lately. But people like to select their own fun.
Books about AI are fun.
Books made by AI are not.

2026-02-23 07:08:18 UTC

Saying that you do not want GenAI in the #books you read, the things you watch or the games you play is an understandable and NORMAL position. Maybe they have ethical concerns, maybe they love their artist homies. Maybe they don't like the bland garbage that AI generates. Stop framing this like an horde of neoluddites is starting the Butlerian Jihad (would be fun doh) just because they do not want to follow a romance autor who has a computer shitting novels instead of writing them herself.

2026-01-27 20:24:36 UTC

#Mozilla has published what I can only call as an exercise of violence disguised as a website. What. The fuck. Is this. There is NO ONE at the wheel here. All of this is fucking unserious, ridiculous and in some parts, plain gaslighting. I am sorry, but I'm moving out. What the fuck is this, a brainrot manifesto? Fuck GenAI seriously
https://stateof.mozilla.org/

2026-01-21 19:56:14 UTC

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Old is new!
Tshirt is cool as fuck imho

2026-01-21 18:43:01 UTC

Reading about #Nvidia CEO crying about people not liking #AI, though it was a good time to recover this historic piece of art from the Copyright wars of the start of the century. Cc'ing @npub1fdr…lvhs
Original at https://www.flickr.com/photos/akma/9208227/
https://neopaquita.es/system/media_attachments/files/115/934/544/265/001/846/original/5933492f31d7975a.png

2026-01-14 01:30:17 UTC

@npub1fdr…lvhs The EU Commission has launched a Call for Evidence regarding how to break the dependency of US tech and to promote #OpenSource. It seems they got part of your memo! #foss https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=intcom%3AAres%282026%2969111

2026-01-12 17:14:52 UTC

So far, @npub18wv…53pp has been the fastest #Mastodon client for #Android that I ever used

2026-01-10 23:00:30 UTC

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#forkiverse Welcome y'all! Couple stuff in case you are still sorting things out:
Use hashtags. This network does not have an algorithm, so they are the main way to find content. You can subscribe to them in the client of your choice. Some people of other instances are already giving some advice.
Some random hashtags to start (I used a space so I do not disturb all of the hashtags)
# catsofmastodon - self explanatory
# dogsofmastodon - ditto
# bookstodon and # books - for bookish stuff
# monsterdon - We gather every Sunday night to watch a crappy sci-fi/horror movie. John us!
# getfedihired If you want to signal that you are looking for job.
# mutualaid if you are in a rough patch and need assistance or want to help others in a rough patch (I'd suggest you inform yourself about mutual aid before using it if you are not familiarized with the term).
Speaking about clients and apps: There are many nice and cool apps for Mastodon both in iOS and Android that add functionality (a "for you" page if you need that kind of stuff, etc)
There is an established culture in the fediverse. Please do not feel overwhelmed. We do not expect you will get everything right in day one. Just be open and kind and people will be as well. This is a diverse place. We still have work to do, but there are minorities that see this place as a safe haven for them and their loved ones. If you are a LGTBQ+ person, you may feel comfy here. Speaking about that, this network is extremely involved in the fight against transphobia.
For Mods: Get a good mod list as soon as possible. Will not bore you with the details here, but do some research about it.
Also for Mods: follow the # fediblock hashtag, it is kind of a crowd sourced alert system against instances and users with illegal/racist/bigoted content.
That One Mastodon Joke:
John Mastodon is the creator of Mastodon and the ruler of the Fediverse.
Hope this helped. Happy browsing!

2026-01-02 15:56:09 UTC

No se vosotres, pero yo empiezo a asombrarme de la gimnasia mental de la peña que todavía está en X. Después de ser el nazi bar oficial y ahora de convertirse en la red de la IA para pederastas, pues francamente no se cuantas líneas rojas quedan ya

2025-10-05 07:52:50 UTC

To the new people coming from #Bluesky, welcome to Fedi. Our policies are to ban transphobes and Nazis before they can start saying the word "concerned".
That book on the table? It's the Communist Manifesto. We can talk about that later. For now, I will make a small thread 🧵

2025-10-03 14:57:23 UTC

If you hear about #Omarchy, be warned. The creator of that distro has... Opinions about race 🤢
https://jakelazaroff.com/words/dhh-is-way-worse-than-i-thought/

2025-09-30 02:11:58 UTC

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"We are in the midst of one of the darkest forms of software in history, described by many as an unwanted guest invading their products, their social media feeds, their bosses’ empty minds, and resting in the hands of monsters."

2025-09-30 02:06:23 UTC

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"You can add as many levels of intrigue and “reasoning” as you want, but Large Language Models cannot be trusted to do something correctly, or even consistently, every time"

2025-09-30 02:03:15 UTC

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"Where we sit today is a time of immense tension. Mark Zuckerberg says we’re in a bubble, Sam Altman says we’re in a bubble, Alibaba Chairman and billionaire Joe Tsai says we’re in a bubble, Apollo says we’re in a bubble, nobody is making money and nobody knows why they’re actually doing this anymore, just that they must do it immediately."

2025-09-30 01:58:58 UTC

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"Underpinning these stories about huge amounts of money and endless opportunity lies a dark secret — that none of this is working, and all of this money has been invested in a technology that doesn’t make much revenue and loves to burn millions or billions or hundreds of billions of dollars."

2025-09-30 01:54:47 UTC

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"Business Idiots see our labor as the result of a smart manager saying “do this,” rather than human ingenuity interpreting both a request and the shit the manager didn’t say."

2025-09-30 01:53:52 UTC

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"A writer doesn’t just “write words.” They jostle ideas and ideals and emotions and thoughts and facts and feelings into a condensed piece of text, explaining both what’s happening and why it’s happening from their perspective, finding nuanced ways to convey large topics, none of which is the result of a single (or many) prompts but the ever-shifting sand of a writer’s brain"

2025-09-30 01:52:03 UTC

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"When you’re a big, stupid asshole, every job that you see is condensed to its outputs, and not the stuff that leads up to the output, or the small nuances and conscious decisions that make an output good as opposed to simply acceptable, or even bad."

2025-09-30 01:49:43 UTC

Ed Zitron keeps choosing violence for breakfast: "Every CEO talking about AI replacing workers is an example of the real problem: that most companies are run by people who don’t understand or experience the problems they’re solving, don’t do any real work, don’t face any real problems, and thus can never be trusted to solve them."The Case Against Generative AI. A thread full of bangers 👇 🧵
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-against-generative-ai/

2025-09-11 23:28:13 UTC

What's happening at #Bluesky right now is very interesting. The corpos and the moderation team are sending Nazi bar signals (again), so established alternatives like #Blacksky are opening their doors to a possible mass migration. Blacksky even has a "comrade" option for people who aren't black. I still prefer ActivityPub so far, but the amount of work that Blacksky is putting in this is nothing short of amazing

2025-09-08 07:20:07 UTC

Recordatorio de que el 12 de septiembre la Comisión Europea votará la iniciativa de #chatcontrol para darle el hachazo definitivo a la #privacidad de todas las personas salvo políticos y fuerzas del orden. Por favor, aseguraos de que escribís y llamáis a vuestros representantes. Si podéis llamar, mejor que enviar correo. Las llamadas no son tan fáciles de filtrar. Pásalo https://fightchatcontrol.eu/

2025-08-18 01:41:10 UTC

#monsterdon This week's ACAB moment is brought to you by the Florist Union

2025-08-15 03:10:03 UTC

Ok folks, will need your help with this thingie. The #ChatControl legislation corpse has been reanimated im the EU. I am reading through it and is crazy as fuck, but I need your takes as well. Please read the text that can be found here and share with others. Paging @npub1fdr…lvhs ahshitherewegoagain.gif #privacy #infosec
https://netzpolitik.org/wp-upload/2025/07/2025-07-01_Council_Presidency_LEWP_CSA-R_Compromise-texts_10131.pdf

2025-08-10 00:21:09 UTC

If you listen closely, you will be able to hear a million catgirl hackers typing on their keyboards with only one purpose: block the fuck out of #Meta in any way they can.
I will say this in the kindest possible way: Meta AI chose the wrong people to scrape data from.

2025-08-02 05:28:42 UTC

Hey @npub1fdr…lvhs, Louis Rossman is planning to do some campaigning against certain section of the DMCA to see if it could be taken down. You may want to ping him. I also advised him to try and reach out to you and to the EFF since you have been fighting this for years https://youtu.be/_gZrvHCO83I?si=y22GPB4eKkj9JZTa

2025-08-01 23:30:30 UTC

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Ooooooh I read some stuff from them and they are so good

2025-08-01 22:34:31 UTC

People of the #fediverse, what are your favorite online magazines for long form essays? Any topic goes. I am looking to extend my reading a bit.
Paging @npub1ny7…uv57 and #bookstodon just in case

2025-07-21 18:43:36 UTC

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Raytheon: Ohnoanyways.jpg

2025-07-03 20:28:01 UTC

I have been using a lot more apps from F-Droid store and oh there is so much to fucking love about #freesoftware. Yes, I understand that sometimes it may lack some flashy stuff and accessibility has a long way to go, judging by what blind folks say here. I wanted to make a thread of appreciation because they make me feel good. Also if you are in the US you may need some feel-good stuff now 🧵

2025-05-17 21:46:22 UTC

Me gusta mucho Eurovisión, pero no tengo estómago para verla con lo que está pasando y con la censura que el festival está imponiendo. Creo que Israel debería ser expulsada del festival y su patronazgo del festival retirado también. Bravo por TVE por ese mensaje al inicio de la transmisión

2025-05-10 19:31:49 UTC

This article about #AI and the aesthetics of #Fascism is impressive. Well worth a read.
"If AI was capable of producing art that was formally competent, surprising, soulful, then they wouldn’t want it. They would be repelled by it."
https://newsocialist.org.uk/transmissions/ai-the-new-aesthetics-of-fascism/

2025-05-09 16:46:15 UTC

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The first thing that needs to be said is that we should consider Wynn-Williams as unreliable narrator when she talks about her low level of involvement in certain things. This may be just a hunch doh. Now, I want to be very precise and say that my skepticism does not apply to the episodes in which she is the victim of the company. I believe that shit because 1. Believe women and 2. We know what those monsters are capable of

2025-05-09 16:40:36 UTC

Ok @npub1ny7…uv57 and #bookstodon folks, let me tell your about the White Lotus of a book that is Careless People, by Sarah Wynn-Williams and her account of her years at #Facebook #Meta with Marck Zuckerberg and his cadre of monsters. A 🧵
https://bookwyrm.social/book/1944966/s/careless-people

2025-03-15 20:19:13 UTC

Acabo de publicar la foto de un gatito muy cute que encontré durante un paseo. La manera más rápida de que un montón de servidores reciban los datos de #Neopaquita con los retoots

2025-03-15 20:16:20 UTC

Not sure if this kitten I found during my morning stroll knows about #catsofmastodon, but I think he deserves to be here.
https://neopaquita.es/system/media_attachments/files/114/168/278/475/022/128/original/aeb5b50a377805b3.jpg