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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 4h
My preferred quote summarizing this is, "But where do the seniors come from I wonder?"
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
@edzitron.com is that good?
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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Elon Musk has repeatedly used his platform to support authoritarian political figures. His backing of the AfD, Marine Le Pen, Javier Milei and Nayib Bukele has been accompanied by interventions in Brazil, Italy and Hungary, as well as direct involvement in the UK’s far-right political landscape.
globalextremism.org
Beyond AfD: Tracking Elon Musk’s Support for the Global Far Right
Elon Musk is backing the far right across multiple continents. From Germany’s AfD and France’s Marine Le Pen to Spain’s Vox, Argentina’s Javier Milei and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele, the tech billionai...
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This tech is based on stolen labor, then I reject it. This tech intensifies racism, sexism, and class exploitation, then I reject it. This tech exploits workers in the Global South, then I reject it. This tech exacerbates env & climate problems, then I reject it. All these rationales are valid!
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I'm travelling & so glad I opted to stay where I did in this region rather than the more expected place. So many ads for things I hate.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
From @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me on what we should take from the 2026 summer of AI hype: www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...
technologyreview.com
Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype
Breathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny.
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Context: my brother works on the GenAI technology that I (we all) despise so much him: <working on founding a startup> him: LMK if you want to help with UI/UX me: I'm disgusted by GenAI & have 0 interest him: the future is only going to get worse 🙁 So you admit GenAI is bad?? Makes things worse???
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I grew up there & I wouldn't even blame you
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The accounting is in: In Oregon there are 111 data centers. The TOTAL number of people employed at data centers is just 2,630, or 0.1% of the labor force. Those 100 data centers consumer 23% of all electricity used in Oregon. Meanwhile, electricity rates skyrocket as more centers are built.
opb.org
Oregon data centers by the numbers: 111 facilities consume nearly one-quarter of state’s power, according to new report
A first-of-its-kind report details the footprint of the controversial facilities.
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
do you mean bloke?
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Across the US, workers are souring on AI. The tech industry has insisted that AI would make workers’ lives easier and more productive, that the more people understood and used AI, the more they would like it. Something closer to the opposite has happened.
bloodinthemachine.com
Why office workers are turning against AI
Whether or not you like AI at work ultimately boils down to a question of power.
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
It feels unsafe for me in the software industry to be vocally Anti AI, in the employment prospects sense. Got laid off & have been having trouble finding anti-ai companies to work for
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 27/08/2026
Despite being branded as autonomous and self-sustaining, artificial intelligence relies heavily on human labor — an army of data workers all over the world, primarily in the Global South. These workers “are purposely hidden by the companies that produce AI,” says sociologist Antonio Casilli.
democracynow.org
Exploited Data Workers in the Global South Are “the Secret Ingredient of AI Itself”
Despite being branded as autonomous and self-sustaining, artificial intelligence relies heavily on human labor — an army of data workers all over the world, primarily in the Global South. These worker...
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 25/08/2026
Today's newsletter is the AI Hater's Manifesto - where generative AI fails technically, economically, and morally. From its ever-changing products and rate limits to its ever-increasing demands for trillions of dollars, LLMs exhaust everything they touch. www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-hater...
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Anyone else enjoy marking GenAI ads misleading on reddit?
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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Back to school. ❤️
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
What's your favorite Bible verse? Wrong answers only.
if nothing we do matters, then all that matters is what we do
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
does that mean that the female students aren't using AI?
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
can the void come sooner so I can stop hating my profession
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
If you have so much work to do that you feel you need AI in order to get it all done: you don't. You need a union.
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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
NEW: after our coverage of this company's little scheme to use printed books to train AI, it calls it a "test of the market" and walked the entire thing back: www.404media.co/ai-company-t...
404media.co
Company Offering Printed Books to Train AI Stops After 404 Media Coverage
Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a "test of market interest."
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 11/04/2026
I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses
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Marie Vibbert @reasie.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
No science fiction could have prepared us for just how stupid the end of the world can be. "The environment was on the brink of collapse, and so, rather than deal with that, we burned what fuel we had left getting computers to scam each other for money."
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Yesterday, @uofwa.uw.edu faculty and staff received the official announcement of PurpleAI, with the following message: explore.uw.edu/index.php/em... As you might imagine, this whole thing is a cabinet of horrors. 🧵>>
explore.uw.edu
University of Washington
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
results of a political compass test
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Anyone know any *Anti* AI companies hiring web developers?
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
So you not only stole other people's food to run your restaurant, you opened up an 8,000 square foot specialty joint on an expensive corner, with no savings. Not even *good* thieves.
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Michael Nabert @sustainablesong.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Research confirms that the more skilled professionals like doctors and software engineers rely on AI, the more their skills degrade. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good
Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 16/06/2026
Exclusive: I have seen OpenAI's audited financials for 2024 and 2025. In 2025, OpenAI had $13.07 billion in revenue and $34 billion in costs. $867 million of its revenue came from SoftBank, and $303 million came from Microsoft. www.wheresyoured.at/exclusive-op...
wheresyoured.at
Exclusive: OpenAI Losses Increased Nearly 8X in 2025, With Spending Hitting $34 Billion
Soundtrack: In Flames - Colony To further support my independent journalism, please subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $7 a month or $70 a year. If you’re subscribed to the free newsletter and ...
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Remember that t-shirt about "When I test my code, I do it in production"? IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A JOKE. A bad thing! Not for this guy!
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
There's been a ton - and increasing - numbers of "Where's the ROI?" articles and other things indicating the AI Bubble is getting ready to pop. But my CEO has NOT noticed or does not care, and is wanting us to land Vibe Coded (by HIM!) absolutely massive PRs
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
I drank a lot of smoothies when I had mine out
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 08/06/2026
I've been running Follow the Crypto since 2024. Today I'm relaunching it as Tech Influence Watch, expanded to cover AI political spending alongside crypto. They’ve spent more than $400 million this election cycle, and now you can follow it in close to real time. influence.citationneeded.news
influence.citationneeded.news
Tech Influence Watch
Tracking cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence industry influence on 2026 elections in the United States.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 02/06/2026
Free newsletter: The dawn of token-based-billing has shown that generative AI doesn’t have a return on investment. It's too unpredictable, too unreliable, you can't easily measure the cost of tasks, and organizations are already pulling back. www.wheresyoured.at/ai-doesnt-have-roi/
wheresyoured.at
AI Doesn't Have ROI
If you liked this piece, you should subscribe to my premium newsletter. It’s $70 a year, or $7 a month, and in return you get a weekly newsletter that’s usually anywhere from 5,000 to 18,000 words, in...
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
My company switched to a different supposedly cheaper AI reviewer instead. I'm expecting that price to also jump significantly, eventually
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
it's the worst
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 30/05/2026
An $18bn data center project in sulphuric springs Texas that broke ground in June 2025 is being sued by the construction firm that has been left unpaid. Project is halted due to the developers not getting funding. Our first horseman has arrived msbglobalservices.com/matrix-data-...
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@rdd147
X.com
$18.7 Billion Data Center in Sulphuric Springs Texas by MSB has reportedly been halted after
the developers failed to get funding and left
construction companies, engineers, and surveyors on the hook for >$2 million in early site work according to liens filed against the property and shared by local sources.
The site was to host GB300 $NVDA cards.
Pursant to a writen contract by and berween Claimant and MSB Global Services, LLC.
Claimane provided
individuals as the Omner. MSB
nd is due and owing to Claimant. Claimant claims a lien on said property and the improvements located on said property to secure the payment of the above amouet.
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Gabriel Moreno, the undersigned Amlant who swore os his oach that the following facts are true:
My name is Gabriel Moreno, I am the President of Moreno Construction Services (Clalmant" Thi Mdavit is made on behalf of Moreno Construction Services to perfect the Mechanics Lien against the real property described below. I on oath swear thae the following stasements are true and are
1. Moreno Construction Services has an unpaid clalm in the amount of 51,077,610.60 for Labor and
Caster Developenest (ia Maerix Daca Center) Plase 1 (8 Bulding) Sulppur Springs Teas
cosstruction project.
he clalmed amount of $1.077.610.60 ls within my personal knowledge, just and true
ae and unpaid, and all yust and
nount is for Labor and Materials furnished and described below, on which a systematie record had
COnS BO
2. The name and last known address of the ewser or reputed owner of the real property and
etsvowte tis cians is maor n
c/o Reeistered Azere MSB Global Services, LLC
UesShoe Ae Lin
Contoe 1077
Collier Canyoe Rd., Livermore, California 94351-9201. 1 am over eighaten years of age, and 1 am
competene and aschorized to make this affidavit.
*Pursuset to a wrimen contract by and between Claimant and MSB Global Services, LLC,
painst the real property described bel…YEAR INST #
2026
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NOTICE: THIS IS NOT A LIEN.
THIS IS ONLY AN APRIDAVIT CLAIMING A LIEN.
APPIDAVIT FOR MECHANICS LIBN
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF HOPKINS
cos cos cos
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Gabriel Moreno, the undersigned Affiant, who swore on his oath that the following facts are true:
1. Moreno Construction Services has an unpaid claim in the amount of $1,077,610.60 for Labor and Materials furnished on the construction of improvements generally known as the 392-Acre Data Center Development (aka Matrix Data Center) Phase 1(8 Buildings) Sulphur Springs, Texas construction project.
The claimed amount of $1,077,610.60 is, within my personal knowledge, just and true, the same is due and unpaid, and all just and lawful offsets, payments and credits have been allowed. The claim amount is for Labor and Materials furnished and described below, on which a systematic record has been kept.
2. The name and last known address of the owner or reputed owner of the real property and Improvements upon which this claim is made is:
SSDC1 LLC, a subsidiary of MSB Global Services (*Owner ) c/o Registered Agent MSB Global Services, LLC
10213 Shore Acres Lane
Conroe TX 77384
3. The claim amount of $1,077,610.60 represents the unpaid contract price due Moreno Claimants on or and lateras firersed, ls th are desaile yalel of the unpaid portion of
4. Claimant's Labor and Materials furnished for construction of improvements on the real property
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Aram Zucker-Scharff @chronotope.aramzs.xyz · 29/05/2026
Whenever people are like 'the lived experience of the economy is bad, but the economy numbers are good, this doesn't make sense' this is why.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
“They need us to believe not just that AI is useful, but that it is inevitable, arriving fast, and bringing about a radically different world. That’s the only way to keep the cash-furnace stoked.”
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 28/05/2026
Here's the serious bit for anyone who'd rather skip the 4000 words of jokes
Because the truth is, tech doesn't have an image problem. It doesn't have a message problem. It has an intention problem. What's wrong with the axe murderer who broke into my house is not that he hasn't successfully persuaded me to buy into his narrative. What's wrong is that he's trying to kill me with an axe. Similarly, when you launch a product that's designed to put millions of people out of work, block access to sources of verifiable truth, replace human creativity with slop, and lower the barriers to every sort of atrocity, the problem isn't that you haven't told the public a good story about those things. The problem is that you are trying to do them. (
There are things in the world that are more important than money. The fact that you seem not to believe this, that you seem to think any motive beyond ruthless acquisitiveness is fake, dishonest, or childish, is the heart of your problem. Your attitude is not by any means unique to tech, but the
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Shopify checkout other than that checkbox is a pretty smooth experience for me?
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
limitesnumeriques.fr/travaux-prod...
limitesnumeriques.fr
How tech companies are pushing us to use AI | Limites numériques
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Shopify's Checkout Process always has the [X] Sign up for the mailing list ticked by default, which I hate. I GET TOO MANY EMAILS ALREADY.
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
it's cousin "spin for a discount"
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
I hate the "Do you want a discount for signing up for our mailing list?" greeting popups
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〽️ɪɢᴜᴇʟ 🔜 GodotFest @bitbra.in · 27/05/2026
Too many people still confuse Software Engineering with writing code. Code is the artifact. Software Engineering is understanding the problem, making tradeoffs, designing the system, reducing complexity, and deciding what shouldn't be built. No amount of 'vibe coding' can help you with this.
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I have a Samsung Galaxy Watch & barely use its health stats
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
IF both feedback systems are metered, and Claude is cheaper despite being more verbose, I don't see how it isn't subsidized 🤔
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👾 @random-drek.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
My company is switching away from Copilot now that they see what Copilot's gonna charge us for PRs, and are switching to Claude PRs b/c they're 20% cheaper or something But for a little bit we're getting double feedback & the Claude output is SIGNIFICANTLY more verbose.
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