i miss the shoe repair guy

so... i thought the reflecting pool was like where you go to be introspective and stuff, but i guess the military patrolling the area suggests no it's supposed to be a literal reflecting pool?

i think i have seen more of this shoe repair shop than the conference, but in fairness the couple that run it are very very charming

come!! (if you saw this post a minute ago, no you didn't)

Join our #FAccT2026 CRAFT session on resistance to & refusal of AI this Sunday, June 28 at 2:15pm! panel discussion w Renée Sieber @cyberlyra.bsky.social @ali-alkhatib.com @jordant.bsky.social @stoopt.bsky.social @hagenblix.bsky.social & collage workshop to explore resistance together

💀 i left the stickers in the room. might have them later today but if you see me and i'm dejected that's why

these glasses are like if the phrase "you wouldn't hit a guy with glasses, would you?" evolved and became sentient

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NEW: buried within the trove of hacked documents from Madison Square Garden, the folks @404media.co found the company was keeping files on activists that criticized their use of facial recognition. Including me. Here's @fightforthefuture.org's statement: www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2026-06...

out of curiosity, who's in montreal this week?

i'm speechless, you can just spend "AI company PAC" levels of money and take over the cover of a publication like this?

The paper has made no endorsement in this race -- in which polls close tomorrow. But this ad, paid for by an Anthropic-backed PAC, sure makes it look like we have a favorite.

We should get money for having to read dumb comments online, as hazard pay

man, i'm kinda fascinated by the generative ai disclosure sections in these FAccT papers.

there is no such thing as "responsible use of generative ai" in research

I mean this about "AI" in particular, right now, but even just in a general way, I really need everyone to take ten deep breaths and genuinely ask ourselves "what the fuck are we even doing?" Ready? And, begin:

interesting, adding to my reading list 👀

??? which episode are we talking about? meridian? because that's not how that episode went.

me getting ahead of things, not realizing that i'm just hastening the cycle

don't start gardening discourse, please. i'm begging you

Residents of Ypsilanti Township protested against the construction of an AI data center. Now, in a show of support that’s often rare from local leaders, the board is joining the fight, calling out Michigan Gov. Whitmer. @mjgault.bsky.social writes: www.404media.co/we-will-figh...

no it's fine, i'm just going to think about this constantly for the next week or two and then sporadically for the rest of my life.

reposting with alt text and congratulations!!

liberalism is when you want the results of fascism without the gauche aesthetic

My family when I easily find the Christmas wrapping paper on December 1 this year

back when people knew the difference between a disk and a disc.

normal, not psychotically racist country.

it's actually kind of shocking the account is still around 16 hours later. it's almost like this site has serious issues with threats and violence against trans people.

oh my god this is so fucked

oh this is really good so far

nope nope nope

Mona Khalil, Lebanon’s most well-known sea turtle conservationist, died of her wounds today after being injured by an Israeli strike I feel sick

i've been laughing at the new snap glasses literally all day they look so fucking funny

of course the garden is producing stuff 5 days before i travel for a conference for the first time in like 7+ years

i remember complaining about this scummy arrangement where newsom basically had the gov's office hire his photojournalist friend for like 200k/year to take photos of him that would be public domain (he could legally use for a future presidential campaign) and some loser quote tweeted me to defend it

I made a short film about losing my wallet while legally homeless in the US—& the bureaucratic, Kafka-like terror which followed to prove I existed. This is threat facing millions of USians who are legally homeless and/or unsheltered. (With @propublica.org & @brian-goldstone.bsky.social cameos)

BREAKING: I have a source inside the United Auto Workers Constitutional Convention in Detroit, who shares that “We just won divestment from Israeli bonds!!!”

The purpose of this technology is not to accurately identify people but rather to instill in everyone the fear that they are constantly being watched.

AI making the same mistakes cops made based on the data from the colonial powers that always judged non white kids as adults

administration that demonstrably can't handle the responsibilities of a kiddie pool

i honestly can't believe the snapchat glasses are real

i hope @techconnectify.bsky.social ends every video going forward with "after all, that's capitalism"

"edgelord whataboutism" is perfect

wow, trying to weaponize ADA to bring your pervert glasses into spaces is pretty diabolical. reminds me of @fractalecho.bsky.social writing about the "disability diversion", although this is more like an individual using it rather than tech co's (but i'm sure tech co's will capitalize on this)

chlorinated pool water feels totally different though...? like i didn't spend my whole adolescence as a wet-headed rat or whatever she said, but like ???

kind of gross to think about people demanding bodycam footage of the cops that killed that woman's dog. it feels like there's a fetish for transparency but no interest in justice.

If somebody’s trying to tell you some other app is a more secure alternative to Signal, they are ignorant, malicious, or trying to sell you something and you should not take them seriously. Every other app is going to have the same human problems and worse security. Ask every reputable cryptographer