Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialChild of Prog @devindoyle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The sheer lunacy of this. 0123
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialSarah Z @sarahz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Guy on lichess had a Netanyahu themed username so I checkmated them with a pawn 492478199
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialillumi @yallchemist.bsky.social · 02/10/2026lol one of our website designers used our organization's entire monthly claude credits yesterday and now half the company doesn't know how to do their jobs. it's october 2nd. 15565271140
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.social★ 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 ★ 𝘚𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘱𝘰𝘱 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 ★ @thebitchdigital.com · 27/08/2026"AI is inevitable" bro three years ago you bought a jpeg of a monkey 91388582
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 27/08/2026Really hard to decide whether to chalk this one up to the illiteracy or the Nazi fanboyism 31803151
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 26/08/2026It's my hater-versary! Spoiler:anthonymoser.github.ioI Am Still An AI HaterI mean, you’re not surprised, right? 615056
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialGarry @thegmcconnachie.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is why Dolly Parton will be remembered and loved ❤️📚 106143435749
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialjenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 18/08/2026browsing the AI coding reddits and seeing a lot of posts like "im outputting code at 100x the rate i used to but im getting a bit worried about the fact that nobody at the company understands any of our codebase anymore" and the replies range from existential crises to "its fine. this is the future" 561798186
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.social404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026SCOOP: 404 Media placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it. What did we find? It ended up at an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. Yes. This is literally the logo outside the Amazon warehouse door. Read now:404media.coWe Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training FacilityWe placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. 15162273922
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialcira-csu.bsky.social @cira-csu.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Totality observed in Spain as the moon's shadow arrived at the Iberian Peninsula moments ago. 2638238
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 12/08/2026The pervert glasses are the actual opposite of cool. Meta can try to sell it as convenient or useful, but it can never be cool because at a design level the tech is about violating consent and is profoundly antisocial. No celebrity endorsement can outrun this. 37430
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialWes Fenlon @wes.readonlymemo.com · 12/08/2026To translate opt-out and opt-in for those who don't live in spin city: "People don't enable options when they suck ass" 0213
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialBrandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 12/08/2026This is the entirety of the tech industry right now, but it's never been stated this honestly 8363101
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/08/2026In the summer of 2013, two esoteric, technical, incredibly important texts were published within weeks of one another: the first is the Snowden leaks, which revealed a system of global, pervasive digital surveillance. 1/ 14852429
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialngrok @ngrok.com · 11/08/2026Compression and LLMs are trying to solve the exact same problem: predicting what comes next. @anniesexton.com's interactive essay walks us through the basics of compression to reveal its surprising overlap with every language model you've ever used. 513125
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialMarcin Wichary @aresluna.org · 11/08/2026I was hoping for your help with something. (Please RT for reach.) Is there a particular font that’s instantly recognizable to someone who lives where you do, and appreciated/recognized/hated there, but completely unknown elsewhere? Road signs, street names, transit, infrastructure, stuff like that? 72262121
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialParis Marx @parismarx.com · 11/08/2026says a lot how the tech industry has shaped narratives that borsook fell into obscurity while kara swisher parades around pretending to be a tech truth teller as she launders the bullshit of many of the top tech billionaires 113636
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialGil Durán @gilduran.com · 11/08/2026This is so great. Paulina Borsook deserves her flowers. One of the best things about the past year has been (accidentally) helping to get her book re-published. Paulina is one of the only tech critics who got it right. Buy her book! Put her on your show! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comA tech prophet finally gets her second comingIn 2000, Paulina Borsook published a book foretelling the anti-government sentiments of the tech world. Now that it’s too late, people are ready to listen. 11405145
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026If you have enough money that you can blow $100,000,000 on avoiding taxes, you have enough money to pay $100,000,000 *on* taxes that will help your fellow citizens, you self-centered prick. 1295273658186
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Banger after banger after banger in Zuckerberg’s delusional AI fever dream essay www.404media.co/mark-zuckerb...404media.coMark Zuckerberg Posts Deranged 6,500-Word Essay About Giving Everyone AI Superintelligence"The future is for everyone," Zuckerberg says, describing future that is primarily good for Meta. 1591210295
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialMayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 10/08/2026If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon. Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability. 908378089486
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 09/08/2026I don’t know if this really happened. But if it did, I salute you Alan. 271825283
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialAftermath @aftermath.site · 07/08/2026Hello local business, your AI ads are costing you customers: aftermath.site/ai-poster-ad-f... 21356751486
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialJosephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 06/08/2026I really have to use this response more often in conversations 014225
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.social20's Plenty for Us @20splenty.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Its great to see this new webpage from DfT that maps casualty stats over the last 5 years in communities. It has filters such as age, speed limit, local authority and you can drill down into every crash. Seedft.maps.arcgis.comArcGIS DashboardsArcGIS Dashboards 13610
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialThe War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Appealing to our better angels just isn't enough, apparently. 1339299
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialMegan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 05/08/2026It's honestly nice to hear that most of the AI bubble really is people play-acting to keep their jobs: hermit-tech.com/blog/ai-mani... Doctorow has a big essay on this, but I prefer the source (this isn't an outsider, they're a high profile tech consultant actively mixing it up in the biz)hermit-tech.comAI Mania Is Eviscerating Global DecisionmakingThe reality of how much damage AI mania is doing to our ability to run institutions effectively. 511838
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialonekade @onekade.bsky.social · 05/08/2026This is not a joke. This is a screenshot of the actual case management software used by Massachusetts' 11 District Attorneys. Must-read work here by @nasser.wiki nasser.blog/dial-up-just... 2442596464
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/08/2026If Kagi (with a handful of engineers) can extract useful search results from Google's databases, then Google - a thrice-convicted monopolist that's had its pick of *thousands* of the top computer scientists from the world's most prestigious universities for a generation - could also do so. 14/ 18211
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialJason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 05/08/2026EA officially goes private tonight, meaning: - EA will no longer trade on the NASDAQ for the first time in 36 years - All stockholders of EA (including many employees) will receive $210/share - EA will take on $18 billion (!) in debt, putting it on the hook to pay ~$1.8 billion/year in interest 912344415
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialEMILY WILSON @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukEmily Wilson · An Uncomplicated ManAs they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my... 19761591559
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 30/07/2026"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comAI Companies Are Trying to Hide a Staggering Amount of DebtAI companies are pouring tens of billions of dollars into enormous data centers. They're being built on top of a mountain of hidden debt. 10355922419
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialSven-Erik Volberg @volberg.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Germany to ban Meta’s Pervert Glasses? Hamburg’s Data Protection Office warns that recording people in public with smart glasses violates privacy laws. The tiny LED indicator light isn't prominent enough to prevent secret filming in public spaces. 1/2 www.tagesschau.de/inland/innen...tagesschau.deHamburger Datenschutzbeauftragter: Verbot von Meta Glasses möglichDer Hamburger Datenschutzbeauftragte Fuchs warnt vor Meta Smart Glasses: Die Brillen, die kaum von normalen Brillen zu unterscheiden sind, ermöglichen heimliches Filmen. Ein Verbot sei nicht ausgeschl... 12254104
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126077997
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialAftermath @aftermath.site · 30/07/2026There's already so many ways to play N64 games without supporting a fashy little freak's pet project. Do not buy the war crime n64. aftermath.site/war-crime-n64-... 241428536
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialMichael Homer @mwh.nz · 06/05/2026Are you working to make programming more direct, tangible, and alive? Share your work at LIVE, the world's premier gathering on live programming, held online this October! LIVE welcomes submissions from academia, industry, and individuals. Call for submissions and more details on liveprog.org/liveprog.orgWorkshop on Live Programming (LIVE)The 12th Workshop on Live Programming (LIVE 2026) will take place online. LIVE invites submissions of ideas for improving the immediacy, usability, and learnability of programming. 12115
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialTrades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 16/04/2026An advert promoting an AI company at Bristol Airport has been pulled after backlash. The advert showed a female AI worker who will 'never ask for a raise'. 56846303
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 16/04/2026A very useful survey of the field which might induce you to walk into traffic.open.substack.comWhat the Studies Say About How AI Affects Your Brain: A (Very Big) CompilationThe entire literature clearly points to a single surprising finding 1222
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialThe labor librarian @laborlibrarian.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Still thinking about this note I found in the children’s section of the public library when I worked there back in 2018. This kid tried to warn us… 2749751154
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialBrian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Last week, a 20 year-old man threw a molotov cocktail at Sam Altman's mansion; two days later, people fired a gun at it. Earlier that week, someone fired gunshots into an city councilman's house who approved a data center. Why the AI backlash has turned violent:bloodinthemachine.comWhy the AI backlash has turned violentAnd why it's probably only going to get worse from here. 531638534
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialIris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 09/04/2026“Feel free to adapt and reuse. No attribution needed (…) If you make an adaption that you also want to share, I’d love to know about it, too.” irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2026/04/08/r...irisvanrooijcogsci.comRefusal to ReviewI wrote the below email, when invited to review a paper that was partially processed by ChatGPT. As I imagine the email could be useful inspiration for others, I decided to make it available. Feel … 9478194
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect. 886275376163
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialErika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 10/04/2026AH HA HA HA HA HA HA 1331362
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialElizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I recently re-read Richard Hofstadter’s Anti-Intellectualism in American Life and now every time a Silicon Valley billionaire opens his mouth, I think about it. So I wrote about it for The Nation: www.thenation.com/article/soci...thenation.comThe Anti-Intellectualism of the Silicon Valley EliteHow the self-styled know-it-alls atop the knowledge economy want to dismantle the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake 381116381
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialEmily Lakdawalla 🏳️⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 10/04/2026#Artemis websites I am watching today: Main commentated broadcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR... Uncommentated feed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Rwf... Flickr photostream: www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2... Telemetry feed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mtZ... Amateur-produced live timeline: x37b.nl/artemis/ 315867
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialAstra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 09/04/2026One year after our original Guardian essay, Naomi Klein and I are excited to reveal the North American cover of our forthcoming book END TIMES FASCISM - and the Fight for the Living World. It will be on bookshelves on September 15th and is available for pre-order. More details below. bit.ly/4cbLfEr 21929241
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 09/04/2026So the UK is allowing nonsense AI slop to pass into law... > Writing a law is not something for which there is a technological solution. It is not a perfectible process, it is a moral act that requires belief and responsibility. It is a process of debate. 28935
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Almost a year ago, I was described in the FT as "a Cassandra with a wry grin and twinkling eye", and was entertained becaus Cassandra (famously) was right. It's actually not fun, though, to watch the world do things you've been warning against: www.newstatesman.com/technology/2...newstatesman.comThe silent coupHow AI captured Westminster 923465
Reposted by @loveboat.bsky.socialOh The Urbanity! @ohtheurbanity.bsky.social · 08/04/2026“You’re not supposed to use your phone while driving.” “Got it. Let’s install large tablet touchscreens in almost every single new car.” 31892461244
