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Sociotechnologist, writer and speaker working on tech and its social impact. #Communist. #Feminist. #Antifascist. #Luddite. Email: tante@tante.cc | License CC BY-SA-4 […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ tldr.nettime.org/@tante, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 7h
Just put my application into a platform that keeps talking how it's all "AI" and this is not gonna end well for my case ;)
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mx alex tax1a - 2020 (6) @atax1a.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
claude is a digital scab and so it boggles the everloving fuck out of us when putative leftists have takes like "the digital scab is useful actually"
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
Lost a bet with a friend so I had to propose this for #40C3 (Chances are not great, there is a lot of history between the CCC and me.) ---------- title: A new model: Convivial software abstract: For decades we have been grounding our infrastructures in free and open source software stacks […]
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lea @lea.ordinary.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
If you/your project is affected by DigitalOcean stopping their OSS credits program, please shoot me a PM immediately. Might be able to help. Boosts for visibility would be appreciated. #foss #linux
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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
SE Gyges made his long Bluesky thread "AI safety is mostly a sex cult" into an insanely long substack post, then hastily deleted. Fortunately*, it was multiply captured. archive.ph/3B8Bo original thread: skywriter.blue/@segyges.bsky.social… so it's probably […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
So the "I left $AILab for ethical reasons" grift is starting up:
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Glyph @glyph.im · 01/10/2026
Taylor Lorenz is preparing for her "why I left the left" right-wing grifter pivot. Do not trust her. www.thefp.com/p/two-drinks-with-tay… (If you do not know "the free press", it is Bari Weiss's right-wing false-balance propaganda outlet, so talking to them *at all* is […]
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Daniel Lakeland @dlakelan.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
RE: tldr.nettime.org/@tante/11737313050… The result is not "let's start new" but "let's explore what other kinds of mediated social experience ActivityPub can enable". Bluesky clearly wants to be "Twitter but slightly different". The Fediverse could be and maybe should be a space […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
When I listened to @pj's thoughts on why he wanted the forkiverse thing that did resonate in many ways. I understand the attempt to find or build online spaces that are not just ... shit. And while the fediverse isn't shit at all, it's still somewhat captured by the logic of the big platforms […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
There was this consensus of not going to X after Elon Musk turned it into a right-wing hellhole but I see more and more especially journalists going back "because the AI people are there". Yes, because the "AI" folks mostly agree with right wing talking points because that's what the whole idea […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
That they are winding down the "Forkiverse" is fine. Nothing has to last forever. But with the hosts all admitting that they mostly just rented a Mastodon instance they then didn't moderate and use I wonder how it could be labelled an "experiment". What was the hypothesis? And when I heard […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
Researchers analyzed the epistemic diversity of LLMs (meaning: how many different positions/kinds of information do they produce for a given input). Result: "every system is less diverse than a search baseline. This gap is not uniform: RAG can improve diversity, while large models are […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
Ich finde es ja sehr gut, dass sich der Bundestag auch zum Thema "AI Safety" mal input holt, der nicht nur aus der "AI" Bubble kommt.
Sehr geehrter Herr Geuter,
die zum Ausschuss für Forschung, Technologie, Raumfahrt
und Technikfolgenabschätzung gehörende
Berichterstatterrunde Technikfolgenabschätzung hat
beschlossen, zum Thema
„Sicherheit von KI im Zeitalter von KI-Agenten“
ein Fachgespräch durchzuführen, zu dem ich Sie im Namen
des Vorsitzenden, Prof. Dr. Karl Lauterbach, herzlich einlade.
Das Fachgespräch findet statt am Freitag, den 9. Oktober 2026, 8 bis 9 Uhr
im Deutschen Bundestag, Paul-Löbe-Haus (Saal 4.300)
Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 1, 10557 Berlin
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
"Am Ende kann man festhalten, dass jüdische und israelische Künst­le­r:in­nen massiv unter Druck geraten, während das Verbreiten antisemitischer Narrative Karrieren keinen Abbruch tut." (Article title: Antisemitismus im Pop: Gute-Laune-Beats gegen Juden) […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
Am Dienstag abend ist in München von der VHS eine Veranstaltung zum Mythos der Innovation geplant. Es gibt noch Tickets! […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Das HIIG sucht ne/n PostDoc um zu helfen zu untersuchen, was an den ganzen "AI for Good" Erzählungen eigentlich dean ist. www.hiig.de/senior-researcherin-imp…
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Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊) @jaredwhite.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Spread the word! ☺️ no-sloptober.com #NoSloptober
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No Sloptober
This October 2026 we challenge you to abstain from LLM based tools entirely. Think of this as a fast for your mind! This is not a judgement of others, but a personal challenge to you.
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Karl Dietz Verlag Berlin @karldietzverlag.berlin.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
💥 Ihr habt nach der Ankündigung unser Postfach gesprengt – jetzt könnt ihr euch per Mail informieren lassen, wenn es lieferbar ist! 💥(Was uns riesig freuen würde, denn dann können wir besser einschätzen, was auf uns zukommt) Auf Stickern, Transparenten […] [Original post on berlin.social]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
The only threat to humanity that "AI" represents is as the producer of increasing amounts of CO2, e-waste. As a massive polluter and destroyer of our ecosystem. Everything else is just bullshit.
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Koen Hufkens, PhD @koen-hufkens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Looking beyond AI to what is the next hype by @tante. I think both the listed terraforming and automated/optimized democracy or governance by algorithm are solid candidates. The financialization of nature through carbon and other credits is already a step into the direction of terraforming (if […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
"Which is to say: not choosing or trying to choose a middle ground is basically full support of generated code, but slower. It is effectively choosing position 1 (pro-AI) without being explicit about it. It is either naive or hypocritical." ploum.net/2026-10-01-pascal_wager.h… (by @ploum )
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The AI Pascal’s Wager
The AI Pascal’s Wager par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
The new M83 album is nice btw.
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
RE: tacobelllabs.net/@astraluma/1173636… Digital Ocean killed its "we give Open Source projects a bit of free hosting" policy basically at the same time they droppen 3 millions USD on Omarchy, DHH's (who is a fascist and racist) set of config files he calls a distribution […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
RE: infosec.exchange/@david_chisnall/11… 100%. The whole "terrorists can use an LLM to build a bomb" is a dumb movie plot threat. If you want to hurt people, lack of knowledge is not your problem. And nobody needs to develop a new chemical to do terrorism. All you need is […]
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J. Nathan Matias 🦣 @natematias.social.coop.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
Wow, LinkedIn's algorithm really doesn't want people to read @sarahgilbert's article about keeping the Internet human in the era of AI Out of the 10,200 impressions the feed gave my posts last week, it only gave 65 to Sarah's *important* article in @techpolicypress As Sarah writes, "If AI […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
RE: neuromatch.social/@jonny/1173526477… The one and only @jonny is back at it again and now with Meta's implicit blessing. Muse is a total trainwreck.
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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
The "AI changes everything" people rhyme remarkably well with the "blockchain changes everything" people.
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Henrik Schönemann @lavaeolus.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
RE: fedihum.org/@SafeguardingResearch/1… Here we go: Hat etwas länger gedauert, aber das Angebot und der Aufruf von @SafeguardingResearch zu Sachsen-Anhalt stehen. safeguar.de/src_sachsen-anhalt Neben dem Inhalt ist mir besonders wichtig: "Außerdem rufen wir […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
RE: tldr.nettime.org/@tante/11734847362… Das witzige bei Govtech Zeugs ist: Immer wenn man dazu was verlinkt oder publiziert, kommt jemand neues um die Ecke mit nem neuen "Ja bei uns in der Firma nutzen wir das auch für Betrug" Case.
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
I was interviewed by Kathryn Carter. We talked about luddism, tech as political artefact and how to regain agency in this capitalist hellscape. I really enjoyed the conversation though to be fair, Kathryn's questions and comments make me sound way smarter than I actually am […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
RE: stodon.swhack.com/@dpk/117348735998… I am totally a ActivityPub object type maximalist.
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
"There is no worthwhile career in AI-anything. The AI industry is designed to dehumanise and commoditise labour. Everyone who has dedicated their life to token servitude has become a dull fungible meat proxy." (Article title: Leaving them behind) […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
Golem mit schöner Recherche zu "Govtech Deutschland", einem Verein, der im besten Falle zweifelhaft ist, aber viele Geld- und Einflüsse durchleitet. (Article title: Digitale Souveränität: Das undurchsichtige Geflecht rund um Govtech Deutschland) […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@lobsters/117348316… "There is no worthwhile career in AI-anything. Simple as that. The AI industry is designed to dehumanise and commoditise labour. Everyone who has dedicated their life to token servitude has become a dull fungible meat proxy."
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rAIner Agentic Quantum Rehak @rainer-rehak.mastodon.bits-und-baeume.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
„Die Fördergeldaffäre um Antisemitismusprojekte hat noch größere Ausmaße als bislang bekannt. Dokumente, die der taz exklusiv vorliegen, zeigen: Auch die Israel-Lobbyorganisation #Elnet wurde gefördert – durch politischen Druck aus der #CDU und von Senator Joe #Chialo und gegen die Verwaltung […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@bkastl/11734803407… Das ist diese "Effizienz durch KI", von der alle sprechen
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
"So what’s the AI artist paradox? It’s that by either having or lacking intelligence, AI-based art generators preclude the existence of so-called “AI artists”. By manifesting either an artwork or an artist, the AI monopolizes artistic contribution." (Article title: The AI Artist Paradox) […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
I was interviewed by Kathryn Carter. We talked about luddism, tech as political artefact and how to regain agency in this capitalist hellscape. I really enjoyed the conversation though to be fair, Kathryn's questions and comments make me sound way smarter than I actually am […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
"Unfortunately this "expert slop", where expert is a self-perceived title, carries a corporate framing that damages interactions. Others become, at best, fungible coworkers, and, at worst, annoying speed bumps in the race to 100% completion of any software interest the expert has. No more […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
"These are – for actual human beings – very embarrassing things to admit. Why would techbros do that? Constantly." (Article title: The Test) tante.cc/2026/09/24/the-test
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The Test
Jensen Huang, the NVIDIA CEO and wearer of the most midlife crisis looking leather jackets in the world, was on Ezra Klein’s podcast. Now I don’t really want you do go through all of what was being said in that recording/writeup. It’s painful. You feel your mental capabilities decaying with every minute of listening … […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
The EU AI Act forces you to label a lot of AI generated content like images or video or text - mostly as a way to fight mis/disinformation. For images for example you do not have to do that if they are just illustrative illustrations but you have to do it if anyone could mistake it for […]
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Glyph @glyph.im · 25/09/2026
New Blog: Who is open source about? blog.glyph.im/2026/09/who-is-open-s…
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Deciphering Glyph :: Who Is Open Source About?
Deciphering Glyph, the blog of Glyph Lefkowitz.
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
I had a few thoughts on why techbros always say these embarrassing, weird things tante.cc/2026/09/24/the-test
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The Test
Jensen Huang, the NVIDIA CEO and wearer of the most midlife crisis looking leather jackets in the world, was on Ezra Klein’s podcast. Now I don’t really want you do go through all of what was being said in that recording/writeup. It’s painful. You feel your mental capabilities decaying with every minute of listening … […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
If you thought the Omarchy Fascist power grab (tante.cc/2026/09/11/power-grab) was over, Alibaba committed another 3 millions to DHH's foundation.
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Power grab
Omarchy should not matter. But sadly it does. As a power grab. If you don’t know what Omarchy is here’s the short summary. David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of RubyOnRails, owner of a software business and millionaire, decided a few months ago to go all in on Linux and – because that’s just his MO – […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
Die grünen und roten Realos und Seeheimer hassen linke Politik, linke Werte. Darf man halt nicht vergessen.
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
Dem Überdrehen der deutschen Medien und des Bürgertums, weil in Berlin eine linke Partei am meisten Stimmen hat, während die Machtübergabe an die Faschisten in Sachsen-Anhalt ganz "normal" abläuft, kann man glaube ich wirklich nur noch durch flächendeckede Psychotherapie begegnen. Das hat ja […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
RE: neuromatch.social/@jonny/1173256804… This is exactly how one would hack together a small proof of concept for an "agent". But that's not how you built a robust system. But literally nobody in the whole "AI" space does any form of engineering. It's all just hacks upon hacks […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
"And then, finally, and perhaps most importantly, Silicon Valley executives may love over-optimizing their lives and running chatbots like a team of tireless assistants, but I’m just not convinced the general public wants to be a manager." (Article title: Am I too boring to need an AI agent?) […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
"Für Thadeusz und andere Teile des „vernünftigen“ Bürgertums sind offenbar die Linken die neuen Nazis. Das ist eine Zäsur [...] weil es den Grundkonsens der Bundesrepublik angreift, mit den Lehren aus Auschwitz verantwortungsvoll umzugehen." (Article title: Kampagne nach der Berlin-Wahl […]
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