@llamasoft_ox okay,and how many rams do you pet?

@filmgirl.bsky.social welcome back!

@futurebird that would be amazing but even democratic socialists couldn’t buy back all the guns so I doubt it

@zeroday @Tutanota @Miro_Collas we don't have a policy of abject fuckery as yet, we're just exploring the possibilities of abject fuckery

@st3fan IMHO:
s/angespannte pozilei/eine vorgespannte staatsgewalt die weiss das die politik ihr im zweifel einen freifahrtschein ausstellt/

@glynmoody Enshittification?

@chad I'm not trying to win them over1, and I didn't call anyone mind boggingly stupid. I called the explanation mind-boggingly stupid, because it is.

1. I do not debate AI boosters. I point, laugh, and block. ↩︎

@brinazarski@app.wafrn.net @brotosolar@app.wafrn.net

I am more worried about pro Trump comments of proton ceo than tuta using ai in a closed source thing.

I dislike it, but i consider proton a bigger problem

Also i recomend avoiding self hosting email # only pain there

Weather really jolly nice today. Bicycle at the ready. 🚴

@lain a shark in a cat fur lolol

A few years ago, I worked my way through Marx’s *Capital* (especially the first volume). That period was extremely formative for me, and it bothered me that almost every introduction seemed to be aimed at an academic audience. Since I’m not part of that group, I wrote an introduction for people like me that’s easy to understand. The introduction is in the public domain (CC0) and now has a new home:

https://OPEN-MARX.ORG

In addition to the individual PDF, there are ready-made booklets you can print out and lay out—in case anyone likes them. In any case, I’m still very proud of the text to this day.

Boosts are appreciated!

#marx #marxism #capitalism #cc0 #communism #socialism

“I’m anti-AI too, I don’t use LLMs for anything. But”

that’s adorable. I’ve been forced to use LLMs in my professional work or my ability to support myself financially would end. it was a horrid experience. it isn’t the reason why I hate LLMs, that vastly predates me being forced to use them under threat, but it gave me firsthand experience in how fucking backstabby and dishonest teams are when LLMs are used, and how much these things impact people mentally.

it’s great you have the privilege of not being forced to use this crap! some of us are knee deep in shit and we don’t want to be. I know you’re used to speaking for other people, but you sure as fuck don’t speak for me.

that’s why the 404 article about proton resonated with so many of us, while a lot of the privileged fuckers pretending at being anti-AI didn’t even notice it. we’ve all felt that type of abuse. we know what it is to know you’ll be fired if your company finds out you’re not onboard with this horrid crap.

#SciFi folks:

I am convinced that I have, at some point, read an interview with #IainMBanks where he expressed disdain for the idea of refusing to do a small good because it isn't a big good.

I would quite like to find the actual quote, but a variety of search attempts have failed to find any evidence of it.

Does anyone out there, like, just know?

Excerpt from a CPRE email today

Thank you for supporting a pause on unchecked data centre development until the government has a real plan for them. Thousands of other people agree with you.

There are many worrying impacts associated with data centres. They use up land and harm the environment. They’re incredibly resource-intensive. And all too often local communities aren’t getting a say. Applications in places like the North Devon UNESCO Biosphere and London's Green Belt suggest that the countryside is being earmarked for industrialisation.

Learn more about data centres....

https://www.cpre.org.uk/explainer/what-are-data-centres-and-why-are-we-asking-for-a-pause-on-them/

We’ve created this explainer to answer some of the questions you might have about data centres and the campaign we’re developing.

Data centres support our day-to-day digital lives. But new applications are coming in fast – largely to support the growth in AI. Some of the biggest proposals coming forward are in the countryside. They need to be planned smarter and better, and we know it can be done from some of the positive examples emerging in other countries.

But right now, with no dedicated rules for data centres, it feels like a free-for-all. We can’t afford to ignore the impacts. The government needs to come up with a plan now.

Together we can choose a different path for our countryside.

@2003MugishaPhocit cuddling several of our pet rams. 🐏

Everyone at the Discworld Convention is very sorry to hear of the death of the great Sir Patrick Stewart. Like Sir Terry Pratchett, he was a patron of Humanists UK; sadly, also like Sir Terry, he suffered with dementia.

Sir Patrick's wonderful voice and many iconic roles will live on forever, and he will be very much missed by us all.

#DiscworldConvention #TerryPratchett #Discworld #GNUPatrickStewart

@gabboman@gabboman.xyz @BrotoSolar@app.wafrn.net

https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/117532332470870709