Honored to be interviewed about biodigital technologies and Africa for this weeks episode of 'The Battle for African Agriculture' which is the weekly Podcast of the amazing Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) : www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNa6...

AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —

"The Emperors New App" - An old fable rewritten for new times. tldr: AI is bullshit and the Emperor has no clue. Please share. www.scanthehorizon.org/p/fairytalet...

another #AI meme proposal: Rename 'Hyperscale Data Centers' as "Hype and Scale data centers" - since thats what drives the AI bubble - ie hype and scaling

Meme proposal: LLM’s = Large Looting Models. Since LLM’s ( so-called Large language models)facilitate mass theft and exploitation ( of knowledge, text, art, music, images, culture, genetic material, personal data etc) I propose LLM should stand for Large Looting Models . Pass it on / repost!

At AI summit: Abebe Birhane. « Sometimes what we need is no AI » Janet Haven : « We can’t rely on AI to solve social problems . @abeba.bsky.social @datasociety.bsky.social

Stickers circulating at the Paris AI Summit.. the French reads ‘ I already hear the sound of bots’ - ‘bruit des bottes’ ( sound of boots) is a French reference to the sound of marching fascist jackboots.

Finally something inspiring, upbeat, truth telling. Thank you AOC.

🔊 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 🔊 “It’s finally over– I’m going home.” – Leonard Peltier  Today, President Biden granted Leonard Peltier executive clemency and commuted the remainder of his sentence. Read our full press release: ndnco.cc/PeltierCleme...

Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!

Luddites! Artificial intelligence! Synthetic Biology! Generative Biology! Financialising nature! tech bro billionaire space cowboys! All the topics in one wide ranging interview with the breaking green podcast globaljusticeecology.org/breaking-gre...

Uh oh.. www.mercurynews.com/2024/12/13/o...

Biden to increase data centers, pollution and tech power as his parting shot: “The action could allow data centers to exceed pollution limits, open federal lands to data center construction and give data centers priority access to available power supply” subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024...

I don't know who has put this site together but it seems a very well curated overview and explanation of the agendas driving the techbroligarch takeover in washington #siliconswamp www.vcinfodocs.com

Go at it!... too many good choices...

A nyt piece detailing many of the #broligarchs of the #silicon-swamp - www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/u...

I'm not saying MAD got this idea from @raynegrimm.bsky.social - I'm just saying you can get stickers. www.etsy.com/shop/FennecF...

Looks like AI resistance has found its hand gesture!

Jim Thomas @scanthehorizon.bsky.social portrays the CBD #COP16 as a struggle between the interests of the world’s biggest profit makers and the interests of people struggling to safeguard their planet, their food and their economies. He unpacked it all here! 👇🏾 bit.ly/41gzcSs

Time to brand Washington as the new Silicon Swamp? Is anyone keeping a running list of the the new silicon swamp creatures ?? www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/12/...

Today Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), Chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, delivered a powerful speech on the Senate floor calling for President Biden to grant clemency to Leonard Peltier.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre.... Exactly this. Free Leonard Peltier ( and others who don’t happen to be Joe Biden’s son)

Newsletter: We're at peak AI - generative AI models have hit the wall where they won’t improve much further thanks to a lack of training data, killer apps or any kind of sustainable business model. The results of a collapse could be catastrophic. wheresyoured.at/godot-isnt-making-it

Let's make this a thing! Folks researching the political economy of food and agriculture. Let me know if you should be added to this list! go.bsky.app/GykU1LD

Our Director of Policy & Advocacy Janene Yazzie talked global climate policy, the plight of Leonard Peltier, & the push for clemency from President Biden with @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social ➡️About us: www.ndncollective.org ➡️Text “FreeLeonardNow” to 50302 for updates on how to free our relative

Now Biden should pardon someone who’s really suffered long enough. Sign and share this petition asking Joe Biden to Free Leonard Peltier. act.amnestyusa.org/page/96017/a....

I was interviewed about CBD COP16, AI, Synthetic Biology, biopiracy and financializing nature by GPEDOCS. V long interview, much in there so these are select excerpts :-) www.scanthehorizon.org/p/interview-... You can also watch/read the whole thing at gpenewsdocs.com

Essential listening: really great episode of Computer Says Maybe interviews @kevindeliban.bsky.social of @techtonicjustice.bsky.social on the upsetting algorithmic cruelty we are going to see more of with the upcoming DOGE cost cutting of the Musk administration. www.saysmaybe.com/podcast/algo...

Thrilled that @parismarx.com of the brilliant @techwontsave.us and King Ludd himself, @bcmerchant.bsky.social are now teaming up to give us an extra weekly dose of tech-critcial insight and wisdom with System Crash - Timely and neccesary - first episode here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/s...

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Today is the launch of TechTonic Justice, a new org to fight the ground-level harms that AI causes low-income folks! Our groundbreaking report explains and quantifies the ways AI is used in the lives of low-income people. Check out our website, read the report, and share the news far and wide!

Hi friends. I've written a kickass article on why #AI titans are now on the hook to pay billions of $$$ to indigenous and local communities for training data thru the #UNCBD Cali Fund and why this is an important precedent for #artificialintelligence policy www.scanthehorizon.org/p/un-puts-ai...

The brilliant @carolecadwalla.bsky.social offers 20 tips for dealing with the present moment. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...