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I’m not arguing with no account defending AI. My grandmother lives in an area being environmentally compromised currently by an ai data center. I remember the color of the lake before they built it and the sludge I see in it when I go to see her. Shut the fuck up about “the benefits of AI” forever.

The big AI push is attempting to legitimize the bots. The same soulless, automated, spam generating things no one wants to interact with.

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Tech For Good-ish Jobs Jess Found, Feb 2026 Open technology roles in tech for good (or at least, hopefully minimally evil) orgs that Jess has collected from her wanders across the web.

Everything is stressful and bad and weird so here's another thread of tech jobs I've found where you make the world better (or at least hopefully not make it worse)

I've started cross-posting these to my blog to make them easier to find, including some jobs not listed in the thread

Similar to how AI was used to target Palestinians

Person: say, i am alive. Computer: I am alive. Person: oh my god.

seeing ai agents posting on here while tying to sound like a zoomer genuinely makes my stomach churn

does anybody know a good alternative to cloudinary? i'm currently using imagekit but i want to explore other options as well

fwiw I don't think it is possible to build genAI in such a way that it benefits workers rather than capital because it is fundamentally based on non consensual extraction of labour to get going. what would it actually mean for the workers to own the means of production here

1. AI does not have feelings just like a printer doesn't have feelings

2. Anthropic destroyed millions of print books to build its AI models. They did not care about destroying other's work and stealing their work. But apparently they care about the "feelings" of AI

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it is still inefficient. it still hallucinates. it still makes slop that displaces real people's jobs. but i suppose now we know about its effect on communities living near datacentres and its possibility to destroy the consumer electronics market. i guess claude code makes up for all that to you

we're not doing "people who criticise genAI don't understand it and are ignoring its utility" any more. get better material

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more intentional with what I consume and what I install on my devices. I've uninstalled a plethora of apps/software these past couple of days. I can even see myself deleting my bsky account in the future and relying solely on RSS for news

the only benefit (?) to GenAI for me is that it's making me want to stay offline more than ever. I'm sick of seeing AI generated videos/pics everywhere. I'd rather stay offline at this point.

i'm also sick of software trying to push their AI features down my throat, which is leading me to become–

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The genocide in Gaza is the greatest stain on our generation, wrought by everyone who allowed it to happen

there's something fascinating (and horrible, sure) about the way these things burn through cultural capital. Like the evocative pleasures of "ghibli-style" imagery have been built up over decades and in two days nobody is ever going to want to see it again

Stuff like this is perfect because it shows how utterly devoid of creativity genAI evangelists are.

Great you recreated a photo that already exists in a drawing style that only has currency because of who you're stealing it from giving the world something with absolutely no value or meaning.

We will never forget or forgive the politicians, media outlets, and journalists who actively enabled the genocide, or the so-called prominent feminists and academics who chose cowardly silence in the face of it!

This may be the end of the fighting. It certainly won't be the end of the genocide.

Palestinians will need massive amounts of aid as they begin to recover and rebuild. Gazans will still be living in the world's largest open air prison.

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MS Molly Shah To: support@bsky.app › 04.11.24 Gazan Accounts I am writing about the spam label/ suspension problem that many Gazan accounts are having on Bluesky. I try to message most of the new accounts from Gaza to try to help them avoid being labeled but it would really help to have some more specific guidelines, because many people I believe are following the guidelines l've been suggesting and still having problems. I understand that you probably cannot tell me specifics but even general information would help me help these accounts act in accordance with Bluesky's rules, which I'm assuming is the goal of both of us. It also may be helpful to publicly post some of this information (preferably in a few languages including Arabic).

Specifically I would really like to know: - Information on follower count leading to a spam label (is there a hard number they should avoid- is it overall/ by day?) Also are there any plans to just limit the amount of follows an account can do if a large following amount is something that is triggering a rules violation? -Information on how complaints come in regarding messages and replies and how they are generally assessed (once again I know that you can't give me specifics but it would really help to let them know what is going to happen if someone makes a complaint). Also in the case of replies- is it taken more seriously if the complaint is made by the person who got the notification or can anyone complain about a reply (even if it wasn't made to them) and it will be treated similarly?

-Information about how an account is assessed for spam if there isn't a complaint about a specific message or reply (for example if the account is reported as spam-what general things do you look for). Would just posting their own GoFundMe link on their page lead to a spam label or suspension if someone reported them? Do you take into account that sometimes Palestinians are targeted for reports because of their race? -Information regarding the appeals process-many times no one hears anything back after submitting an appeal (and sometimes they don't receive any information on what triggered the ban to begin with). Also in which cases would an account be asked to provide ID documents to stay in good standing?

I know that moderation is not an easy job but I think that most of these specific accounts would be willing to follow the Bluesky rules if they knew what they were. I really enjoy Bluesky as a community and I know that making it a welcoming place is a goal we probably both share. Thank you in advance for any information you can give me. -Molly Shah (@mommunism.bsky.app)

So I hate to tag the mods- but I sent this email about the mass deletion of Palestinian accounts over a week ago to @support.bsky.team and I haven’t heard anything back (apologies if I somehow missed an email). I’d like to ensure it will be seen by the proper people.

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