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Hamilton council voted 15–1 to stop datacentre development while the city writes regulations for the facilities. @apasek.bsky.social and I think it isn't really a Hamilton story. Hamilton is the first domino in an urgent national conversation. gift: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1c12514... #HamOnt

“a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction." Love it!!!

On the importance of friendship @lmsacasas.bsky.social channeling Cayley channeling Illich (or channeling Illich as a reflection on Cayley)

“Visitors have raved about how they have been treated here: how they have been welcomed with the joy of the global event itself. It’s a reminder, once again, that the country Trump & his administration are trying to make us into is not, in fact, what we actually are.” @willleitch.bsky.social

Fortunately the construction of data centers gives the public something less abstract to protest. They’re both engines & symbols of technology-facilitated erosion of community, & provide the public w/ an unprecedented opportunity to challenge their enfeeblement & impoverishment—spiritual & economic.

“Tech isn’t exceptional. Abiding by the product safety requirements found in every other industrial sector should be the norm.” @maevewalsh.bsky.social Precisely. The huge mistake we made w/ the internet/social media was abandoning a duty of care. Instead of age gating, let’s ensure accountability.

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Their home page explains their mission: “partnering with governors, employers, & training partners to help the American workforce make a successful transition to an AI economy.” I have a modest proposal—how about we ask tech to respond to our needs rather than asking people to adapt to tech?

Peter Jackson didn’t use forced perspective, scale models, adjustable and ‘“split-scale-sets,” where set pieces, such as tables, chairs, doors, and even some other props, were built in multiple sizes’ and children to double as Hobbits in LOTR, just for sloppy losers to tell us ‘AI is inevitable’.

Interesting development. Now the question of the moment is how we cut off revenue streams to AI companies that are strip mining the world’s cultural heritage (along with our souls) in acts of misappropriation on an unprecedented scale. @wipo.int @unesco.bsky.social

Hey @stevenlevy.bsky.social, you write that plans of EU AI sovereignty are “almost delusional” given that, inter alia, “more than 20 nations would need to…overcome their continental impulses to strangle innovation with red tape…” But what if EU sovereignty was about our sovereignty from AI/tech?

Headlines like this are how Donald's lies morph into reality.

“The songs, stories, images & languages (reflecting 60,000 years of First Nations culture) are living cultural heritage. Any framework that weakens the protection of creative work puts that heritage at risk of being absorbed into AI systems in ways that are extractive, disrespectful & irreversible.”

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Trump says that “communist ideology” hasn’t worked over “thousands of years.” When exactly does he think communism was developed as an ideology? Marx & Engels would like a word.

An American just got sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for moving “Antifa” zines and there’s about 1000x as much media coverage of Trump’s reflecting pool 👍

I love the 2013 version of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social thinking that Elon Musk was a form of Bitcoin. If only! As usual, do yourselves a favor & read her most recent essay. Sarah, any meaning to the fact you posted this at 12:34? Is this a nod to the inherent value of accepted linear progressions?

The Supreme Court's decision in the Temporary Protected Status case proves the Supreme Court *is* racist. They don't merely affirm Trump's racism, they endorse it. And while that's not "news" for anyone paying attention, it's still outrageous. My latest in @thenation.com

“Priscilla Brockington collected garbage to craft her African-themed art. Plastic bottles formed the base for a feathered bird. It resembled a Sankofa, or African mythical bird — a symbol representing the idea that we must look to the past to understand the present and build a successful future.” 🙏🏼💙

A brutal story. We’ve completely & inexcusably forgotten Sudan. 🙏🏼 to @vanityfair.com “Drones have added a new level of misery to this war; modern warfare where one person sits behind a desk playing a kind of video game & the other person dies. It is the ultimate violence without accountability.”

Important piece by @himself.bsky.social h/t @alondra.bsky.social

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Read more about this terrible bill here: zeteo.com/p/trump-cryp...

Is it just me, or do the gods seem unhappy with the Supreme Court?

“A place meant to amplify the ideals of our democracy by reflecting an image of its sacred monuments was now a police zone, where cops carried out what seem to be arbitrary arrests motivated by the president’s need to blame his own mismanagement on an imaginary enemy.” @philipkennicott.bsky.social

Turns out that Soylent Green was a very literal documentary, not a sci-fi warning.

It takes a special kind of self-loathing for any woman to vote for a candidate who supports this bill. And for men who do, it’s even worse. Crueler. Indifferent to the voices of women they claim to love. In a rational world, support for this bill would be political suicide. Alas, that’s not our 🌎

Rocket Man’s brain is rotted by the bullshit artists he follows. www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

Thought you might like this @notacquiescing.bsky.social I saw it in Dublin when I was recently there.

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“W.E.B. Du Bois wrote in his magisterial history, “Black Reconstruction—“history loses its value as an incentive & example…when…it paints perfect men & noble nations, but it does not tell the truth.” #TheTruth

Two pages. The same story. SNAP cuts: American children are losing food assistance and going hungry. USAID gutted: Children overseas are dying after humanitarian aid was cut. History won’t remember the excuses. It’ll remember who let children suffer. #RepublicansStarveChildren

“Temperatures are running high, and the last thing we need are hotheaded Democrats spewing hateful, inflammatory statements sourced directly from the president’s speeches,” said Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA)” Thanks @theonion.com!

Responsible/Ethical AI is a dangerous fantasy. Present AI models are rooted in exploitation & misappropriation, & alignment is just PR theater. How does one align an unfixed, constantly changing, products with fixed values? 👀 @abeba.blacksky.app @timnitgebru.blacksky.app bsky.app/profile/neil...

Every American should be outraged by this, regardless of one’s politics. Where are all the “Don’t Tread on Me” folks who thought mask mandates were an impermissible restriction on liberty? Do the 2nd Amendments folks understand that legal gun possession was evidence used here to demonstrate intent?

BREAKING: Over 100 former judges, @DDFund_ & @LDADemocracy have lodged a massive complaint w/ NY bar to investigate acting AG Todd Blanche for *Trump slush fund *DOJ political retribution *Epstein Files fiasco We have never seen anything like this www.democracydefendersfund.org/prs/06.22.26...

ARIAM should be welcomed as a sign that major publishers & studios are no longer treating AI policy as a purely technical debate. But its credibility will depend on whether “responsible innovation” means enforceable copyright or simply softer route for AI deployment under the language of safeguards.

Jack McDermott, who leads mobile growth & marketing at ElevenLabs said: “The idea was, What would be an amazing piece of content, to show what’s possible in the responsible use of AI voice featuring an iconic voice?” Just kill me now. The Odyssey is just fuel for “amazing content.” #gutted

“In a blistering ruling, U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz said there was “no doubt” that the subpoenas were issued to damage Walz — part of what he said was a pattern of Trump administration efforts to use criminal process to punish the president’s adversaries.”

A new group—The Alliance for Responsible Innovation in The Arts & Media—says its mission is to “ensure that AI is developed and deployed responsibly, sustainably and for the betterment of all society.” Love it, but I have some questions… deadline.com/2026/06/disn...

Hey @nytimes.com, can we have a private chat? I’d love to know what motivated you to publish this piece that breaks no new ground & attacks an obvious strawman—particularly given @agsulzberger.bsky.social recent 🔥 speech. Shiller wants us to believe AI has a PR problem. It has a product problem!

“What’s the difference between a dad joke and a bad joke? It’s apparent. —Jeff Anderson” 👀 @histoftech.bsky.social

Still, I read about "authors" who claim that AI has made them vastly more "productive." Those people are not authors. There's no authoring involved in what they do. I don't read them. How productive are you if you have no readers? 4/5

I love the no-AI policy. Bravo @qobuz.bsky.social!

No, technology is not neutral, and calling AI and other technological contrivances “tools” obscures proper understanding of their role & impact. I encourage everyone to read @lmsacasas.bsky.social. Not just this, but everything he writes…but also THIS!

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This is the “content” I came here for! Bravo Norway. The Nordics tend to illuminate the path. I look forward to Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Denmark, Greenland & others joining Norway’s enlightened position shortly. And the rest of the world thereafter. 💙

#SpaceX was awarded the lowest possible environmental, social and governance rating by index provider MSCI ahead of its record $75bn public float. The rating came one day before the IPO, as investors raised concerns about SpaceX’s governance standards www.ft.com/content/a0dd... #ClimateEmergency

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