Alex K. 🔆

When Tucson organizes, things happen The Tucson activist’s cookbook … Project Blue timeline … And a weirdly prescient laugh.

I’m an Education Specialist at Watershed Mgmt Group (water consv nonprf). We threw ourselves into public education. No Desert Data Center, informal coalition, sprung up and did incredible resistance organizing. Tucson pulled together. & we won. Summary here: tucsonagenda.substack.com/p/when-tucso...

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💧 "Ya Basta!" - Tucson Says No to Bezos: The Project Blue Forum That Exposed Amazon's Desert Data Scheme Hundreds pack Tucson Convention Center as residents expose corporate colonialism disguised as economic development

Three Sonorans (local blogger) did a phenomenal job of summarizing the last public meeting before the vote where over 1000 Tucsonans (including me—I’m Melanie Cooley referred to in the article) told the developers HELL NO

threesonorans.substack.com/p/ya-basta-t...

There is def something to be said of people who can barely conceal their jealousy at people of colour for having a *get out of jail free card* in moral arguments.

The entitlement to privilege and envy is such a special emotion.

The UK’s Punitive Ratchet on Civil Liberties There is nothing organic about the global push for digital ID

There is nothing organic about the global push for digital ID
samanthaasumadu.substack.com/p/the-uks-pu...

Don't worry. You can sleep soundly at night. I'm not better than you, right? I would have made the same choice in your shoes, right? I totally would have deemed the lives of people like me, just born in a different place, expendable when compared to your college education or next paycheck, right?

Artificial Intelligence Ethicology (WILL A.I. CRASH OUT?) with Dr. Abeba Birhane — alie ward Who’s babysitting AI? Will it steal your job? What happens when you’re rude to a chatbot? Cognitive scientist, Trinity College professor and Artificial Intelligence Ethicologist  Dr. Abeba Birhan...

How do you feel about AI? How *should* you feel?

Don't ask a hallucinating chatbot; get your info from a living person who studies the ethics of AI, Dr. @abeba.bsky.social Birhane:

www.alieward.com/ologies/arti...

We’re in a terrible time for human rights, people need to be able to stand up and speak out.

A CBP Agent Wore Meta Smart Glasses to an Immigration Raid in Los Angeles Video obtained and verified by 404 Media shows a CBP official wearing Meta's AI glasses, which are capable of recording and connecting with AI. “I think it should be seen in the context of an agency t...

IF Meta smart glasses are being worn by CBP personnel during raids and transmitting agency communications, those must be preserved in accordance to the federal records act - and should be subject to disclosure under FOIA.

Pagliacci goes to see Pagliacci. He's in the audience, but also on the stage. "Is this, fuck," he thinks. "Am I in a Lynch film right now. Am I in Mullholland Drive." Captured by confusion, horror, and strange, exultant sorrow, the clown must admit he is no longer depressed

We're young today, but someday we'll be the elder voices for a new generation of traumatized kids who need support.

I think about that a lot.

I drank moonshine with Jeremy at Chaos Camp, he’s a straight up dude, honestly a terrible look for DEFCON. Dissent is free speech.

!!KICKED OUT OF FEDCON MILITARY RECRUITMENT CONFERENCE (aka @DEFCON) !! - for daring to raise our voice against war criminals and the rise of Al tech fascism. 20 years ago when I spoke at the DEFCON hacker conference it was "spot the fed". After years in prison for hacking charges related to Anonymous, I was excited to finally return - only to find it thoroughly run by feds and deeply enmeshed with the military industrial complex we fight against. A disgusting display, the first hour's fascist fireside chat with DEFCON's Dark Tangent and General Paul Nakasone - a four star general and director of NSA and US CYBERCOMMAND until just last year. With DT saying "Go Army!" shamelessly recruiting for the military and praising Al imperialism as US bombs fall on Gaza - we had to take a stand. As they smugly took their final jello shots with so much blood on their hands, we shouted "War criminal!" "Free Palestine!" "This isn't a hacker conference - it's a military recruitment drive!" For daring to speak out, we were aggressively kicked out by Las Vegas Convention Center security guards - who put hands on us, calling us homophobic slurs. No goons or anyone from DEFCON offered any discussion or due process. Shameful how Fedcon treats real hackers and freedom of speech. Hackers, take a stand against the military co-optation of our communities and the hacker ethic! Jeremy Hammond

repost from @FreeJeremyNet (Jeremy and Jason Hammond) on twitter:

KICKED OUT OF FEDCON MILITARY RECRUITMENT CONFERENCE (aka @defcon.bsky.social ) - for daring to raise our voice against war criminals and the rise of AI tech fascism.

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a tiny aloe plant with a post it note that says LEAVE ME ALONE! TRYING TO LIVE >:(

tell me about it, tiny aloe plant on the counter at the cafe near my house

levered beta is all you need how to win by riding waves you didn't make.

TIL that the companies that are promoting outrageous AI claims (e.g. professing to be your lawyer, professing to be your therapist, professing cheating on exams/interviews is virtuous) *want* you to be outraged about them, as it's free marketing for them. ethanding.substack.com/p/levered-be...

AI industry horrified to face largest copyright class action ever certified Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say.

Good news in hard times:
"Copyright class actions could financially ruin AI industry, trade groups say."
Fuck AI and its techbro masters.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Author statement on the Polari Prize longlist We are writers, editors, publishers and booksellers who stand in solidarity with the trans community. We are profoundly disappointed by the Polari Prize’s decision to include John Boyne on the longlis...

Open letter on the Polari Prize longlist and the inclusion of John Boyne, who openly expresses his transphobic and misogynistic views.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Aka your intentions are not what matters; your actions and the impact it leaves on others and the world are.

This is part of what I find tiresome. People ARE in the streets DAILY and it's not just in L.A. And at this point, folks should just assume that this is true and what's needed is for you to plug in too if protest is important to you.

A graphic with Sailor Moon in her iconic henshin outfit posing in front of the nighttime city. Overlaid on top is bold and (mostly white) text that reads: There is no way to legally watch the original sailor moon english dub online. The dub that raised a generation has been scrubbed from the internet and will never be available for purchase again. The only legally viable way to view it is by dvd box set and you can only buy them secondhand. In bigger, bolder, bright red letters it then says: Serena Says: PIRACY IS PRESERVATION.

I actually don’t need to be a programmer to be able to look at AI-generated art, translation, or written work to deem them inferior to what a very proficient human (that’s me) can produce.

It doesn’t take a tech insider to spot shoddy product being sold for a premium.

Instagram's Map feature raises privacy concerns among some users Meta says it has made it easy for Instagram users to opt out of the feature. But some online said they remain worried.

Something worth remembering is that when a company like Meta make a new "feature" or "product" available, it's not for your benefit, but usually as yet another way to collect your data.

STOP DOING AI

YEARS OF MARKETING yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND

Want to chat with a PDF? We had a tool for that: It was called "EMAILING THE AUTHORS"

"Let’s shove this feature at users. Let’s do this EVERYWHERE" - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged

They have played us for absolute fools

What is concerted activity? Concerted activity refers to actions taken by one or more workers to improve their wages, hours, or working conditions.

What is concerted activity?

Concerted activity refers to actions taken by one or more workers to improve their wages, hours, or working conditions.

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YouTube video by Freedom of the Press Foundation John Cusack: Time to drop paywalls for FOIA reporting

Watch this PSA from our board member @johncusack.bsky.social: Democracy is under attack — and paywalls shouldn’t stand in the way of accessing vital public records.

News outlets, it’s time to drop the paywalls for FOIA-based reporting.

@wired.com did it. @404media.co did it.

Now, it’s your turn.

Transphobes once again fail the "don't sound like an evil alien challenge."

This is almost poetic.

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