"A confusing contradiction is unfolding in companies embracing generative AI tools: while workers are largely following mandates to embrace the technology, few are seeing it create real value. [...] In collaboration with Stanford Social Media Lab, our research team at BetterUp Labs has […]

Windows 10 support ends on October 14. Help the people around continue to be protected by helping them switch to Linux. They don't need to go buy a new computer just because Microsoft made a decision for them. Follow @Endof10 for success stories and resources for how to help people switch! […]

https://badtastegoodcause.com/ Because.... "Daddy is a paedo" hologram stickers are genius

https://sfstandard.com/2025/09/16/peter-thiel-antichrist-san-francisco/ #deathmetal will save America from the freak that is #peterthiel 🤘and #bigtech How many know that "[in a] podcast, Thiel explained that he believes the Antichrist will present itself as an advocate for regulation, pushing […]

#eightyearsagotoday #arewegreatyet September 21, 2017 – Twenty-two of Donald Trump’s appointees to the Department of Agriculture had no prior experience with agriculture. Some even lacked a college degree. However, all 22 did work on the Trump campaign in 2016. #trumpkillsamerica […]

If you care about digital privacy, and not supporting the anti-democratic forces of #bigtech then sometimes it's a bit depressing and you feel helpless. Cheer yourself up by seeing just how many organisations are out there fighting that fight for you 💪🏼 […]

Come on #ireland you're slacking - make some privacy tech! Just because #bigtech have invaded the country doesn't mean you can't be working on ethical alternatives. #ethtech #foss

This is super depressing: Ireland hires Meta lobbyist to regulate #meta https://noyb.eu/en/former-meta-lobbyist-named-dpc-commissioner-meta-now-officially-regulates-itself Please tell me this is not true, and I'll wake up from this nightmare @johnnyryan

https://www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/keir-starmer-no-more-tech-giveaways-to-trump/ Please sign this #petition to stop Starmer giving in to #trump and #bigtech pressure to sell out and get massive data centres in the UK. #ai is sometimes useful, but mostly empire building and hype. These […]

Happening RIGHT NOW in London https://stoptrump.org.uk/protest/ Marching Piccadilly Circus to Westminster. Arriving Westminster 5pm, rally there until 7. Join the protest if you can!

Pro tip - you'll make it much easier to transition away from #bigtech products if you first start using a password manager. Why? Because you'll want to run the new ethical services on parallel to start with, effectively doubling the amount of passwords you need to keep. Also, storing them in […]

Consider sending funds to people in Gaza with Mastodon accounts verified at https://gaza-verified.org/ E.g. https://gofund.me/adb495094 this family #gazagenocide

"sorry we used your data to throw an election and rob hundreds of millions of people of their privacy. here's twenty eight dollars as a sorry"

Good to see a music industry body go after #bigtech for massive IP theft: https://www.billboard.com/pro/ai-firms-steal-music-scrape-copyright-icmp-investigation/

More detail has been added about the #bigtechwalkout2025 - including an easy program to follow: https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/collectiveaction.html We've also added info about other campaigns from other privacy and media orgs that you can support, as well as info about the #nokings protests […]

URGENT - sign this Foxglove #petition to stop the UK gov from giving too much away to #trump and his #bigtech#petition#trumpronies on his visit this week (polluting data centers, no regulation etc) https://www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/keir-starmer-no-more-tech-giveaways-to-trump/

The #bigtechwalkout2025 getting some exposure on Lemmy 😊 https://lemmy.ml/post/36160085 See how far you can get with #bigtech alternatives by New Year's Eve! Join the #digitalexodus and reject the #technofascism #broligarchy

Resitance doesn't have to be difficult or dangerous. #bigtech invaded your personal life so you can kick them out again. We've added some detail on an 'easy' program version of the #bigtechwalkout2025 here https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/collectiveaction.html Please send to your friends and […]

"Please come back to the US!! I'm failing. My economy is tanking. We'll be nice again. Many people have said, 'Sir, it's such a pleasure to work in the US. We'll invest everything here!'" #TrumpDidThis #republicansdidthis #gopkakistocracy #project2025 #norepublicanseveragain #USpol

"“Me speech” is a common practice among rich and influential Americans. Practitioners of “me speech” use the phrase “free speech” quite a bit. But what they mean is free speech for themselves. They want a monopoly on it." Via Randi Weingarten: Really important Timothy Snyder column […]

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/713456 I started this petition six months ago to try to raise awareness of the core of the Internet's problem: the #surveillanceeconomy It was really useful to get conversations going but, as you can see, it has failed to get serious traction. Hopefully […]

Charlie Kirk in His Own Words: 17 quotes you should read from the right-wing activist and Trump ally who was tragically shot and killed on Wednesday in Utah. https://zeteo.com/p/charlie-kirk-in-his-own-words

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwydezxl0xlo #musk gives speech at racist fascist rally in UK today. Calls for immediate change of gov. After whipping up support for the march on X there were 150,000 people there 😬 The #broligarchy has to go, along with all others with the #billionairemindvirus

It blows my mind (and not in a good way) that every #google #android phone is sending back your IP address (even if you use a VPN) and your physical location to Google - constantly. For every android owner on the planet. Always 🤯😵‍💫 THAT is a dystopia. How did we allow that? […]

#selfhosting a #ghost blog. Was going well using Docker Compose... Until suddenly the main container cannot access the database one. Anyone seen this error? chown: changing ownership of ‘/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock’: Operation not permitted

Wouldn't they also need to incorporate a bit of the 'symbolic AI' approach to the models? https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/10/thinking-machines-lab-wants-to-make-ai-models-more-consistent/ Symbolic AI states rules of knowledge so that models can fall back on 'facts' or 'frameworks' for solving […]

One thing we need to be absolutely clear on, as we watch our country descend into fascism, is that popular revolts CAN happen. While no society has ever become perfectly good or just, people can organize, and they can come together in a real, organic fashion and spur lasting change for the better.

Seriously, wtf?! https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/20/harvard-dropouts-to-launch-always-on-ai-smart-glasses-that-listen-and-record-every-conversation/?trk=feed_main-feed-card_feed-article-content Just..... Wtf... #ai lack of #ethics #techbro fuckwits

How is #bigtech a #ThreatToDemocracy ? https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/threattodemocracy.html 👆🏼

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/04/asia/deepfake-cfo-scam-hong-kong-intl-hnk This is mental - and it was LAST YEAR - #ai #deepfakes are even better now 😳 Why is there no regulation on a technology that can flood so much dangerous bullshit into the world??! 🤦😔 A future AI terminator is not the […]

Warning - extensive use of #chatgpt (and other LLMs) will erode your ability for critical thinking: https://publichealthpolicyjournal.com/mit-study-finds-artificial-intelligence-use-reprograms-the-brain-leading-to-cognitive-decline And I think that's by design - the #broligarchy want you to […]

As Brad Moss said: Spread it across social media. Don’t let the MSM censor reality. Via Ben Rothenberg: More news breaking at Bounces about Trump's visit to the US Open men's final. The US Open has sent an email to broadcasters, obtained by Bounces, ordering them to censor any reactions or […]

All the fascist techbros, and the mob boss 🤮 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pascal-hetzscholdt_posting-this-for-the-digital-archivists-activity-7369809305132232705-ia7f

This cartoon is funny, and on point, but you don't have to go analog to escape the evils of #bigtech We have collected all the #privacy focused, and fully fictional, alternatives on our site. Start your #digitalexodus now, join the #BigTechWalkout2025 and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Join the #bigtechwalkout2025 as part of the #digitalexodus https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/collectiveaction.html Please share these hashtags widely! Defund the broligarchy with a large scale walkout! Reclaim #privacy reject #fascism and sideline #surveillancecapitalism

https://proton.me/blog/meta-ai-facebook-camera-roll Say "NO" - obviously. #meta #surveillancecapitalism

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cde3eyzdr63o About time. #gazagenocide

Damn. No wonder the coverage in the UK and elsewhere is so tame 😬 Israel has killed more journalists than all other modern wars put together 😳 Source: The Chris Hedges Report https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-betrayal-of-palestinian-journalists #gazagenocide

How did #bigtech get SO big? Find out here: https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/howsopowerful.html They have market cap of mid size countries 😳 That should be a huge red flag to everyone, but many don't seem to connect the dots... #surveillancecapitalism #privacy #techbros #broligarchy

I recommend this blog post everyone as it explains in plain English how #ai LLMs actually work, and why they are fundamentally not fit for purpose: https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/vivaldi-wont-allow-a-machine-to-lie-to-you/ Yes they can be useful, but the takeaway is that their flaws are […]

#OpenAI is happy to sell a product that helps kill kids. Look at this final exchange between this poor kid and #ChatGPT 😌😡 In what other industry could this happen? Teddies that *might* suffocate your child? No. Toys that might poison them? Of course not […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Move away from #deathtech and start using #ethtech (ethical tech): https://www.rebeltechalliance.org/stopusingbigtech.html #bigtech #surveillancecapitalism The endgame of #ai is death tech - more efficient killing.

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#trump appointed a new #czar, Heather Honey, for #election #integrity at the #dhs. She is an #election #denier who worked to overturn #2020election result's in Trump's favor. She as installed into a position that does not exist, to use the power of the #federal #government to control the outcome […]

Does anyone you know use Snapchat? You won't want them to after seeing this: https://www.jolt.film/watch/cantlookaway In this documentary the mum in question, and her lawyer, explain how, in order to grow user numbers and engagement, #snapchat have been deliberately matching teens with adults […]

It turns out that the advertising business model is the root of most of our online problems - the root of the surveillance, the root of the crazy profits for #bigtech and the death of #privacy Sign this petition to make the data harvesting illegal […]

@ghost.org any plans to implement a feature akin to Substack Live? Some creators I like are using it (e.g. The Citizens) but it's not very well implemented by Substack. And the annoying thing is The Citizens also have a Ghost site!

For pete's sake, @mozilla : if you want to measure whether the AI/ML features are worth a damn, put a big green "disable all AI in my browser" button on the version update screen and put some telemetry around how many people instantly click it. Just about everyone I know who has taken the 142 […]

Londoners are pioneering new ways to avoid #facialrecognition