Still grossed out by the AI-positive sentiment experienced at #axecon. Only relieved that I wasn't the only one bordering outrage. I'm so exhausted, trying to explain how harmful this technology really is, especially generative AI, and my concerns are almost always just handwaved away.

So far, I've heard from some great speakers over informative sessions at #axecon. At the same time, I'm deeply disappointed and concerned at ablest rhetoric and tools being pushed under the shielding language of "accessibility".

Huckabee and Carlson are both white supremacists who endorse massive violence against non white people. They have tactical differences about who should get killed first. you do not need to cosign either of them. you do not need to pretend Carlson is "right". He's not right.

I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there. I need you to listen to these people. STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.

I'm deeply ashamed to wake up in a country where this is n9w in the news every day.

With the recent news I am deeply disappointed and disgusted. Disney would be nothing without human artists and with AI or not they will continue to be nothing without human artists. For that reason I don’t think this will last. I will no longer accepting assignments or work based on Disney IP.

Iron Man coming at you soon, nice and sloppy

my toxic trait is that I will wait until something is falling apart to replace it, but then I will still hold onto the ruined thing, and justify "I can still use it, though".

too real lol

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using genAI and calling yourself an artist is like taking a shit and calling yourself a chef

I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:

It's way, way too easy to dunk this dude into oblivion, but I will leave it at: goog|e really doesn't care how much you know or think you know. They care that they are getting your data and your money, and that's about it.

it's exhausting being heavily critical of A I in a tech position. every day I have to hear about snake oil and why I should drink the snake oil.

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

yeah of course he fucking does.

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The terrifying thing is the number of people who seem to want this, who say it saves them from having to think, as if existence should be a unchallenging and comfortable dream.

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

and yet, they make it so easy.

korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in

US Park Police now doing traffic stops in DC, and charged at me with a baton for filming closer than they liked

it's so deranged how rich business owners have demanded for decades that they be called "job creators" despite the fact that every single person i know has experienced a rich guy buying out an existing business and firing everyone and usually completely bankrupting it before cashing out and leaving

"they needed to hire multiple studios to do what the AI promised to do but was completely unable to perform, and are keeping it hidden from the public" is the real story here like what are we doing at this point

sorry to get political, but if they wanted to protect kids, they would feed them. they would invest in their education. they would build more parks, more programs, and invest in their future. if they wanted to protect kids, they would build a world meant for them.

AI coders think they’re 20% faster — but they’re actually 19% slower pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/11/a... - text pivottoai.libsyn.com/20250711-ai-... - podcast www.youtube.com/watch?v=96j1... - video

It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes

none whatsoever!

Stop calling A.I. slop “art” and real human-created works “content”

Incredible.

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who could have seen that coming? (spoiler it was the people the companies laid off, because they had the experience to tell the difference but their useless bosses didn't)

People like this are beyond saving, they're going to hell, and there is no polite conversation to be had with them.

I'm getting advertised how I, an American, can seek asylum in [x] country, and I can't tell if that's hilarious or horrifying. I think it's both.

“Independence day is canceled because of fear of secret police raids” is really a level of on the nose political symbolism you just can’t make up.

in a way, what if the real criminals are the masked gangs roving around in pickup trucks to point their AR-15s and handguns at unarmed people while abducting their innocent neighbors into unmarked vans to drive to unknown locations with the goal of sending them to where they'll be worked until death

going to work as usual while the country stupidly plunges into war is absolutely surreal.

Global Accessibility Awareness Day is finally here. Have a great day everyone! #GAAD

After years of nebulous "anti-terror" policies and Big Tech collaboration with the state, Trump has incredible surveillance tools at his disposal. Experts at three major universities sent a report to the UN warning that "fundamental rights are evaporating" in the US. truthout.org/articles/rig...

dude, what??

It's crazy that this isn't being shared everywhere and talked about. There's a video in there interviewing his parents further about Suchir's death and motivaitons. www.ndtv.com/world-news/s...

+alt because this is A M A Z I N G

I’m sure the tariffs aren’t helping but in this specific case it might be more because we’re locking tourists up in detention centers

woke was keeping both the planes and economy up apparently