Reposted by RendezvouxTyler King @tyleraking.com · 29/09/2026A key component of the Cambridge Analytica outrage was your friends subjecting you to data theft without your consent or knowledge. Facebook is running the same playbook on your text messages. Even if you’re not on Meta properties, they’re ingesting your interactions. 182012975
Reposted by RendezvouxJohn Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 27/09/2026Important context on rationalism as a religion ("sex cult") is that it is far from isolated. All of the TESCREAL bundle is studded with interlocking micro-religions. Silicon Valley is religiogenic, like the burned-over district of 19th century upstate New York. 25722
Reposted by RendezvouxAmbrose @ambrosia-engine.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Reaffirming bias is a really important point here. 0127
Reposted by RendezvouxOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 28/06/2026Destroying history is a feature not a bug 415257
Reposted by RendezvouxKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 11/09/2026omg. (it wasn't me) www.famouscampaigns.com/2026/09/meta...famouscampaigns.comMeta smart glasses mocked by fake notices on London UndergroundLondon’s backlash against camera-equipped smart glasses has reached the Tube, with spoof stickers styled as official TfL safety notices appearing inside Underground carriages and warning wearers that ... 381891552
Reposted by RendezvouxDhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 11/09/2026NEW: Meta is facing a proposed class action alleging it used Facebook and Insta photos to build its NameTag face-recognition system and train AI models without consent. WIRED found code for NameTag hidden inside Meta’s AI app downloaded by tens of millions. Meta said the feature “doesn’t exist.”wired.comMeta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition SystemsThe proposed class action alleges Meta illegally harvested people’s Facebook and Instagram photos to train its AI image-generation models and to build its unreleased “NameTag” face recognition feature... 15546239
Reposted by RendezvouxTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026This has been your public service announcement. Feel free to read a WHOLE BOOK I wrote about this and how far back I've been around these clowns. bsky.app/profile/timn... 19117
Reposted by RendezvouxTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026This man objected to my warning that apocalyptic "AI extinction" talk is corporate ploy for regulatory capture, marketing, and side stepping accountability. He said he left DeepMind, like the Anthropic "whistleblower." So lets have a brief history lesson about DeepMind's origins in doomer cults🧵 6351139
Reposted by RendezvouxAnirvan Chatterjee @chatterjee.net · 10/09/2026Yowsers! I had no idea de-guardrailed LLMs as a service was even a thingwired.comI Let an AI Agent Hack All My Gadgets—and I’d Do It AgainAfter I removed the safety guardrails from a powerful open-source model, it found vulnerabilities in my household devices and hacked into a PC. But it also told me how to make everything a lot more… 011
Reposted by RendezvouxNora Benavidez @attorneynora.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Awareness & outrage about extractive technology is at an all-time high since I began working in the digital civil rights space. It’s exciting. We’ve got work to do: www.freepress.net/blog/surveil...freepress.netAs Surveillance Ramps Up, a New Campaign Amplifies Ways to Fight BackThe Solidarity Over Surveillance campaign is designed to counter the rise of authoritarianism by uniting communities to put an end to the extraction, storage and use of our data. 05419
Reposted by Rendezvouxwinston @winston.cc · 10/09/2026If you're in the Twin Cities and working in tech (broadly defined! fuck gatekeeping!) i've lobbied for the next Tech Workers Coalition meetup to be a burnout support group. TBD what that means, come find out Sept 24 at Bruhaven. I'll be there! 2229
Reposted by RendezvouxSuresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · 10/09/2026this is worth repeating again and again. 05115
Reposted by RendezvouxYan Basque @yanbasque.com · 10/09/2026Everyone claiming this is an "accessibility feature" for Deaf people, I urge you to familiarize yourself with the term "disability dongle." blog.castac.org/2022/04/disa...blog.castac.orgDisability Dongle | PlatypusDisability Dongles are contemporary fairy tales that appeal to the abled imagination by presenting a heroic designer-protagonist whose prototype provides a techno-utopian (re)solution to the design pr... 314279
Reposted by RendezvouxMark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026For anyone wondering about the cozy relationship the Ellisons have with the President and his family and how that relationship is driving and economically profiting from this merger. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comJared Kushner – and three Arab monarchies – are at the heart of the Paramount-WBD bid | Mohamad BazziThe president’s son-in-law is once again at the center of an international business deal that will require administration approval 10532311513
Reposted by RendezvouxYvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Citation People of any gender, we are always looking for volunteers! unbreaking.orgunbreaking.orgUnbreakingDocumenting damage and resistance. Unflooding the zone. 093
Reposted by RendezvouxThe Verge @theverge.com · 09/09/2026Apple says it can’t access users’ raw audio from its new Audio Intelligence features. www.theverge.com/tech/992919/...theverge.comRead the Apple document explaining how new listening features still protect your privacyWill you be using Audio Intelligence? 7243
Reposted by RendezvouxAlex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 09/09/2026What makes you think that they won't be highly rewarded for doing things like this? There is billions of AI safety money out there for the taking... Like Ilya Sustekever got $2b for a company called Safe Superintelligence that doesn't even have a product 413626
Reposted by RendezvouxHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 09/09/2026Essay from 2023 that I had not seen until now. “Pretending that AI poses an existential threat only elevates the status of the people closest to AI and suggests easier rules they’d love to play by. This is not a mistake society can afford to make.”undark.orgAI Creators Want Us to Believe AI Is an Existential Threat. Why?Opinion | A public fixation on extinction from AI could empower industry insiders and distract from AI’s more immediate harms. 25522
Reposted by RendezvouxMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/09/2026Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828. 142135232191
Reposted by RendezvouxTennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 09/09/2026“The American people deserve better than to be used as a beta test for unproven technology that is turning local police departments into mini-CIAs,” said Sullivan County Commissioner Joe Carr of Flock Safety cameras.tennesseelookout.comFlock cameras divide Tennessee governments, residents over privacy as some end their contracts • Tennessee LookoutIn East Tennessee, several counties swear by Flock license plating-reading technology, while others vote to end contracts. 33514
Reposted by RendezvouxFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 08/09/2026this isn’t even exaggeration. this is me pretty soberly describing actual reality about what Meta and X/Twitter now routinely facilitate. (And they’re currently working to make sure THEY can keep doing this stuff while legislating the rest of the internet out of existence over age verification) 6342102
Reposted by RendezvouxSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 06/09/2026When you understand the pervasiveness of anti-blackness, a lot of bewildering scenarios are simplified. 13882242
Reposted by RendezvouxMeredith Rose (from the grave) 👻 @mrose.ink · 09/09/2026This is about 80% of public engagement with AI policy, right here. People can feel however they want about it. But your feelings are not policy solutions. 2206
Reposted by RendezvouxJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A low-effort report by a conservative think tank is pushing the narrative that anti-Flock sentiment is being pushed by China and a far-left billionaire. This "study" was picked up by Sinclair broadcasting and pushed in dozens of cities around the country: www.404media.co/smear-campai...404media.coSmear Campaign Says Anti-Flock Movement Is Chinese PropagandaSinclair Broadcasting is pushing the idea that China and the No Kings protesters are the reason people don't like Flock. 29474152
Reposted by RendezvouxIpsita 🎃Mad Social Scientist🎃 Chatterjea(she/her) @ichatterjea.bsky.social · 09/09/2026So always recording...without consent of any but the person wearing it? This is Apple's answer to Facebook's Perv Glasses, but don't worry, its just audio? Can these (how easily can these) watches be hacked? Can LocalStateFeds go to a judge for a warrant Can they just buy the data off a broker? 122
Reposted by Rendezvouxweeder @weeder.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Unfolding my iPhone to show you a Meta Glasses recording of my final divorce proceedings 282564349
Reposted by RendezvouxEoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 08/09/2026OpenAI claimed their model had a breakthrough in a longstanding mathematical problem, but this scientist says that they basically stole his work 9375134
Reposted by RendezvouxTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Maybe related 411820
Reposted by RendezvouxMonteiro @monteiro.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Here is your Saturday read. It’s a (semi) feel-good story about playing pinball. (Except you know it’s not about pinball at all.) “Tilting a pinball machine is a sign that you are a shitty pinball player. Pinball machines don’t respond to force. They respond to care.”buttondown.comHow to play pinballWhat is the best arcade game? Pinball or video, or both. 0182
Reposted by RendezvouxJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 31/03/2026hello 👋 i have developed a new tool called blüuümpíi. blüuümpíi will convert every file on your hard drive to a .wav file without asking you, maximize your system volume, and play them on every bluetooth speaker you have ever connected to. if you offer feedback on blüuümpíi i will take legal action 14884811728
Reposted by RendezvouxParesh Dave @peard33.bsky.social · 03/09/2026www.wired.com/story/meta-p...wired.comMeta Pushes Its New AI Agent on Employees—but Eases Off on TokenmaxxingThe company is reducing pressure on workers to use artificial intelligence tools while encouraging them to experiment with Hatch, its most advanced AI project yet. 1267
Reposted by RendezvouxLindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 03/09/2026In the age of AI, nobody is confident that a copyright will hold, and that's reflected in what people are willing to pay for your work. So AI steals from you before it steals from you. 14821
Reposted by RendezvouxDr. S.A. Applin @anthropunk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A new one from Jesse Welles, "Nerd Reich." www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwz1...youtube.comThe Nerd ReichYouTube video by Jesse Welles 022
Reposted by RendezvouxAlex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Join the @politicaleducation.bsky.social and @dairinstitute.bsky.social at @socialismconference.org 2026! We'll be doing a workshop on the connection of Marxian political economy, AI, and workers' struggles. 02712
Reposted by RendezvouxProPublica @propublica.org · 03/09/2026Rather than have career CFPB investigators contact Bilt, two political appointees at the bureau reached out to the startup. When Bilt assured them it had resolved its problems, the CFPB officials appear to have taken those assurances at face value.propublica.orgThe Trump Administration’s Plan for Protecting Consumers? Politely Ask Companies to Behave.Rather than investigate a buzzy fintech startup for throwing users’ accounts into chaos, the Russell Vought-led Consumer Financial Protection Bureau trusted that the company was “back on track.” Custo... 21344148
Reposted by RendezvouxYvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 03/09/2026In light of this information, I feel fine about continuing to yell at 1Password while looking for an alternative provider. 4213
Reposted by RendezvouxGil Durán @gilduran.com · 03/09/2026Someone finally wrote a bad review of my book! Its argument: The tech bros are not fascists and we need not worry about them. Its author: a fellow at the Foundation for American Innovation (FAI). FAI's ideological godfather and treasured idol: Peter Thiel. 🫠 742400379
Reposted by RendezvouxGil Durán @gilduran.com · 03/09/2026Chapter 4 of "The Nerd Reich" is called "The New Reality." That was the name of a conference in San Francisco where the tech right and the MAGA right revealed their new alliance. The guest speaker: Kevin Roberts, architect of Project 2025. Main sponsore: FAI. www.thenerdreich.com/reboot-proje...thenerdreich.comReboot 2024: Project 2025, Peter Thiel and right-wing SFA vision of our future politics? 533257
Reposted by RendezvouxGil Durán @gilduran.com · 03/09/2026Of course, it was published by the Bulwark (Republicans with deep Silicon Valley ties). I won't link to it here (waste of time if you really wanna read it). But I appreciate that they couldn't find anyone non-conflicted to try to hit me! 231324
Reposted by Rendezvouxdamniel spookradski @self.agency · 31/08/2026@mapquest.com you gotta fix the audio so the music ducks under it 181
Reposted by RendezvouxElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026... ... Girl, your husband has been cheating on you with Karlach for three years. 2850664
Reposted by RendezvouxElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This reminds me that I'm not remotely prepared for the non-gamer "public discourse" around GTA6. I feel like Clemenza preparing for the mob war. A whole new generation of bad takes. "These things have to happen every 5 year, 10 years. It's been 13 years since the last one." 1221714
Reposted by RendezvouxShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 31/08/2026"In the beginning: cave paintings + harpoons, potter’s wheels, beer + maps, / then boats, silk + ink, bathtubs + alphabets, chess, stirrups, gold coins, / roof tiles + libraries,... in the end, kaleidoscopes / wherein the eye beheld the all-at-once: broken, bright, + falling perfectly into place."yalereview.orgCarolyn Forché: "A History of Invention"A poem by Carolyn Forché: "In the beginning: cave paintings and harpoons, potter’s wheels, beer and maps, / then boats, silk and ink, bathtubs and… 0113
Reposted by RendezvouxYvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Reminder that it is TOO HARD to login to things. Yes, I know it's the Atlantic, but the article, by Will Oremus, accurately describes a big piece of the problem space. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...theatlantic.comLogging In Was Never Supposed to Be This ComplicatedPlease, not another two-factor-authentication code. 021
Reposted by RendezvouxThe Verge @theverge.com · 31/08/2026Amazon responded saying the FTC’s claim “fundamentally misunderstands how advertisers behave.” www.theverge.com/tech/986982/...theverge.comFTC lawsuit alleges Amazon has been ‘secretly and systematically’ overcharging for adsThe FTC claims higher advertising costs were passed on to consumers. 1298
Reposted by RendezvouxYvonne Lam @yvonnezlam.bsky.social · 31/08/2026This is about hiking apps, but I think it applies to a lot of software-mediated information spaces: 4103