Mar Hicks

episode 110

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Introducing Luddenites Playing off both LUDENS and LUDDITES, LUDDENITES is envisioned as a collective whose goal is to counter oppressive technologies like surveillance tech and generative AI, instead seeking communal infra...

Introducing LUDDENITES: a collective whose goal is to counter oppressive technologies like surveillance tech and generative AI, instead seeking communal infrastructures in service of CONSENTFUL PLAY and CREATIVE JOY.

blog.wellssanto.com/luddenites/

I'm going to echo Damien here and also say stop acting like "generative AI" provides you with anything resembling expert advice or guidance.

It doesn't. It can't. It can't because expert guidance requires understanding the context in which you are asking the question.

Stop this. Just… Stop it. Stop using "generative AI" for anything that might actually matter, and especially things that, if it gets them wrong, *Might Fucking Kill You.*

Why does this need to be said? Why is this not obvious??? Why is this not the default way of fucking operating?! What the FUCK.

A spherical cow (drawing)

Assume

eugenics is based in seeing politics as a tool for improving humanity

rather than seeing politics as a tool for improving the conditions that humanity inhabits

PS: Similarly, the “Kids” at Harvard’s student-produced #Crimson news outlet have been leading the field re covering #MAGA’s attempted takeover of “The World’s Greatest University.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2025... Harvard Pres Garber Tells Faculty He Is Not Considering a $500 Million Deal w Trump

Good. Also reminder: Theo Baker, son of @peterbakernyt.bsky.social + @sbg1.bsky.social, is or was (not sure if he’s graduated yet) the student Journo @stanfordpress.bsky.social who exposed the Unethical scholarship of the (now former) university pres, Marc Tessier-Lavigne. NepoBaby aside, it was 💯👏🏾

the amount of imperfection people are willing to put up with from Bernie (and I like him!) compared to the amount of imperfection they are willing to put up with Warren is so obviously gendered. she's one of the best Dems in the Senate and one of the few that understands the aesthetics of fighting.

CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them?

Some union, please make this demand at the next contract bargaining!

What Are My Rights During an ICE Raid? Immigration law can be tricky, but here's what you should know.

Dealing with law enforcement can be stressful, so it’s important to know your rights before you’re face-to-face with ICE agents. While there’s never any guarantee that law enforcement officers will follow the law, here’s what they can and can’t legally do to you and what you can legally demand. ⬇️

Goddamn. What a sobering and poignant piece of conceptual art. What an amazing artist.

I’m Captain Ahab and I Say We Must Never Transition Away from a Whale-Based Energy Industry When I heard that the globalist oligarchs and fat cats in the Washington marshland were conspiring to invest in alternative, non-whale-based energy...

"Reducing our dependence on whales as an energy source will send us sliding down the slippery, spermaceti-lubricated slope to socialism. If we give up whaling, what will those lackwits come for next? Will I have to surrender my peg leg for a titanium prosthetic?"

PSA for anyone using instagram, go to settings and turn off location sharing cause your posts and stories show where you are down to the block now

Stanford newspaper sues Trump administration over student deportations The lawsuit challenges Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ability to revoke student visas and deem an individual deportable based on the content of their speech.

Stanford University’s student-run newspaper sued two senior Trump administration officials Wednesday, challenging Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s ability to revoke student visas and deem an individual deportable based on the content of their speech.

The student newspaper.
This fell. To the student. Newspaper.

Comedian Norm Macdonald on Saturday Night Live saying, "Now this might strike some viewers as harsh, but I believe everyone involved in this story should die."

The New York City Menace's statement to Norm Macdonald dated February 27, 1996. It details Brandon Teena's tortuous rape and murder and forcefully condemns Norm for his hateful words on Saturday Night Live.

When you share this image, you are blindly repeating one of the most unapologetic, vile pieces of transphobia ever uttered on television. Spitting on Brandon Teena's grave for Internet points. I'm posting this because I still see it randomly posted without any context.

Trump posts picture showing aftermath of alleged attack on DOGE staffer ‘Big Balls’ President shares photo of bloodied federal employee on Truth Social and claims crime ‘out of control’ in Washington, D.C.

We really do live in a society of some sort I guess

a cartoon of a bunny with gasp written on it ALT: a cartoon of a bunny with gasp written on it

Dont get me wrong, cats are great. But I follow bunny-people here on Bluesky with the hope of seeing more bunnies. So why is my feed so full of cats?!

Small gray rabbit, sitting inside profile on a white and black rug

Same photo, but close up on the rabbits face

🫡

Achilles and Bentley, two bunnies, lie on a rug near one another. Near Achilles' hindquarters is a basket of pine cones and a water dish.

She says, "Thank you!"

Her name is Bentley. I also have Achilles, the fuzzy guy on the bottom part of the photo.

‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe

Israel is using Microsoft Azure to store recordings of every phone call made by Palestinians in the occupied territories, then using AI to analyze the contents and select targets. Microsoft is (dubiously) claiming ignorance.

brb creating my own insights from electrified meat

brb bedazzling belts

Me too who else is in

How Trump is reshaping government data The Trump administration has influenced data used by researchers, economists and scientists — an effort that drew more attention after the president fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

How Trump is reshaping government data
The Trump administration has influenced data used by researchers, economists and scientists — an effort that drew more attention after the president fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Data corruption is not good.

In Praise of City-Owned Grocery Stores - Truthdig As private grocers abandon low-income neighborhoods, Zohran Mamdani’s public ownership proposal offers a solution to market failures that create food insecurity.

As private grocers abandon low-income neighborhoods, Zohran Mamdani’s public ownership proposal offers a solution to market failures that create food insecurity.

we know what solves homelessness: more housing

we know what solves medical debt: universal healthcare

I'm 48 years old and I've never heard a single pundit say this on national/corporate TV

fuck yes.

This is why Charlottesville melted down its Lee statue. If the statue is removed and simply put in storage, it remains what @artcrimeprof.bsky.social calls “America’s strategic racism reserve.”