Max Oakland

If we all bought used we could take our power and economy back from the elites #democracy

Google forcing you to have YouTube installed on your phone to do 2 factor authentication on desktop is diabolical #lockin

Like your anti-ai=eugenics thing?

We have a long fight ahead. It's a marathon not a sprint. Taking care of ourselves and each other is of *utmost* importance or we'll get burned out.

This time around, I'm trying to be more balanced. Less doomscrolling, more action. Less internet activism, more organizing in community

And fun too

Bluesky post from: @hailey.at an unfortunate irony about this post - and even if you are the staunchest anti-ai critic out there, i think you'd agree - is that some of the most bigoted things are being said to respond to this. copy/pasting phrasing and terminology used by bigots but replacing "dna" with "bits" doesn't make it ok The post quotes another post from: @dystopiabreaker.xyz i'm completely serious when i say that much of the dismissive ai discourse on here fires the bigotry neuron hailey then responds to their own post with: if you're writing a sentence that sounds like eugenics but you go "oh that's fine to say because it's not a real person" (whatever that means) you may want to consider what made you okay with saying that

Noticed a growing trend of people calling criticism of AI "bigotry."

This is basically just "I'm not a eugenicist, you're a eugenicist!" Classic rhetorical tactic of the right ("aren't the anti-racists the real racists?" etc.)

For context, the author of this post is an engineer at Buesky.

So why is she spending her time saying anti-AI is as bad as eugenics?

Quoted post by user @ dystopiabreaker dot xyz reads: "i'm completely serious when i say that much of the dismissive ai discourse on here fires the bigotry neuron" Quote post from bsky engineer @hailey.at reads: "an unfortunate irony about this post - and even if you are the staunchest anti-ai critic out there, i think you'd agree - is that some of the most bigoted things are being said to respond to this. copy/pasting phrasing and terminology used by bigots but replacing "dna" with "bits" doesn't make it ok" follow up post from hailey reads: "if you're writing a sentence that sounds like eugenics but you go 'oh that's fine to say because it's not a real person' (whatever that means) you may want to consider what made you okay with saying that"

classic tweet from @sumbitches reading "I bet this shit hits so hard if you're stupid"

classic tweet from @chloscialism reading: "'i hate cigs' now replace cigs with women. not so funn, is it?"

What's going on with them? Are they all insane?

Pretty soon it's gonna come out that she thinks her personal AI bot is sentient and she fell in love with it

hailey @hailey.at • 6h if you're writing a sentence that sounds like eugenics but you go "oh that's fine to say because it's not a real person" (whatever that means) you may want to consider what made you okay with saying that 42 $ 29 64 ① •••

kinda nice to just have a real dog shit stinker of a take we can all make fun of. "Your callous mockery of our biggest spreadsheets smacks of hitler" is pretty good

It's insanely disrespectful for her to compare this to eugenics and civil rights in any way

Hey, this is a great opportunity for us to show them why their beliefs were wrong, harmful, and maybe even convince them to change their political alignment.

At the very least it's great because we can destroy the fascist coalition and end their power grab

Enshittification is getting so bad, apps aren’t always more convenient than real life. If it keeps getting worse, people might abandon doing everything through phones. Maybe we’ll start going outside more and meeting people there #enshittification

This is censorship. The government throwing its weight around to encourage companies to silence government critics is a direct violation of the first amendment. We can't stand for this

Who could've seen this coming!? (anyone with a brain)

Yes. And it needs to be open source (like Mastodon) so it can't be bought, controlled, or silenced. Bluesky, unfortunately, has the same problems as everything else.

Open source social media is the way out of the media consolidation mess #opensource #mastodon

Yes. And it needs to be open source (like Mastodon) so it can't be bought, controlled, or silenced. Bluesky, unfortunately, has the same problems as everything else.

Open source social media is the way out of the media consolidation mess

Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.

Boycotting Disney for standing with Fascism is a great opportunity for us to support creators who dare to either make great things that break boundaries or speak the truth when the mainstream only cares about money. This could be a great moment for our culture

Fascist?

We need to support people who speak the truth and get punished for it. Otherwise people will be much less likely to speak the truth. Can we support her?

Please share this post! Sign up for lectures. We need to arm ourselves mentally.

This is a disgrace. Conservatives canceling you for speaking the truth. Will cancel culture ever end?

It’s the tabloid of note these days

We need our own media ecosystem that actually tells the truth

Yes you do have that right

The only logical conclusion is that they wanted to invoke violence against trans people/the left and they still do, which is why the headline is still up despite the clarification below

I’ll subscribe and pay as soon as you stop writing AI puff pieces

Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work

They already did. We need to create our own media ecosystem