"Western civilization" is such a great concept.
You get to keep all the benefits of "white supremacy", but it is squishy enough to accommodate willing people from former or present day colonies.
You might be able to tell I came across something by the violence affirming philosopher CEO of an American tech company, 😉.
What about for those who want to go analog?
We should be able to have desktop-only Signal. Why is a smart phone app still required? #privacy #surveillance #tech
This sounds bad. 😬
"In the past five weeks, the market has collapsed, shedding almost 40 per cent, and threatening the livelihood of millions of South Koreans...
More than a million South Koreans are underwater as a result of the crash, and several hundred thousand have lost everything, and then some.
They borrowed to the hilt to take part in a frenzied splurge on technology stocks, particularly memory chip makers, in a market now experiencing a savage reversal.
Nothing, not even the stellar earnings of the country's two biggest chip makers, has been able to stem the panic, primarily because the debt that fuelled the stock market boom is now accentuating the crash."
#AI #Stocks #tech #technology #SouthKorea #economy #bubble
Anthropic spent billions of dollars to slice the spines off millions of books, including very rare ones.
AI companies are purchasing large quantities of used and rare books and scanning their contents to train LLMs. They then turn the originals to pulp.
The sum of human thought, digitized and shredded. Every book that gets scanned disappears from the physical world permanently.
Books that survived wars, fires, and centuries of handling are being shredded so an AI can learn to write a better marketing email.
The very first image from the surface of Mars, transmitted to Earth from NASA's Viking 1 lander, 50 years ago today.
nasa.gov/image-article/our-fir… #science #nature #history #tech
“Touchdown, we have touchdown!” At 5:12 a.m. PDT, July 20, 1976, mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory erupted in cheers as they learnedMichele Ostovar (NASA)
btw on the #ReflectOrbital business, that catastrophically offensive startup who wants to put a big floating mirror in #space called "Eärendil-1". they're claiming to offer "sunlight as a service" and pretending it's a green energy thing. almost certainly they're lying about that and only REALLY want to put a big fucking bright light in the sky because...well these are #tech dunces. the vandalism is the point. they want to leave a mark on the Universe and they don't care if the mark is a gaping wound.
but I can also believe easily that techbros are so impatient and cloddish that they can't wait for the Sun to come up
Just met my first #glasshole in person
Asked him why he was wearing them
He said he'd "the feeling he needs them" because you can hear music with them ¯\(°_o)/¯
And saw no problem with #privacy at all - from what he'd said he didn't know the concept...
Got a bit pissed that I asked him, bc he saw it as "his decision" & "freedom" to wear a piece of surveillance tech in his face
How do you guys act in situations like this? Or am I too 2010ish ;)?
A new state tool lets you tell data brokers to stop tracking you. Will they comply? Help us investigate.themarkup.org
#Minneapolis and #StPaul folks in #tech, come to the #TechWorkersCoalition meetup on Thursday the 25th at Arbeiter Brewing in South Minneapolis.
- meet colleagues who like democracy and worker power
- enjoy summer vibes
- advocate about issues you care about
- organize more social events, coworking, etc
- organize at work!
These are hard times. Let's see what we can do together as tech workers to make things better for us and everyone else.
The gig economy is moving into healthcare and trying to make nurses bid on shifts through apps. It’s madness.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with Katie Wells to dig into the threat gig work poses for patients and hospital workers alike. There are already horror stories.
Listen to the full episode: techwontsave.us/episode/332_si…
#tech #healthcare #health #nurses #gigeconomy
Texas:
"A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Massive Data Center Instead."
#ai #datacenters #climatechange #environment #capitalism #tech
I hope the estate sues them!
A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Massive Data Center Instead
404media.co/a-farmer-donated-l…
#Farmer #Donation #park #DataCenter #AI #Tech
In 1999, a farmer gave away 87 acres of land to a small Texas city to use as a park. The city sold to a data center developer for $10 million.Matthew Gault (404 Media)
We are making amazing #tech advances!
Do not question questionable tech projects as creepy personality extensions of sleazy #techbros and transgressive shit hyped by douchebags!
' #women in #Brussels said they were secretly filmed by men wearing #Meta's "smart" #RayBan s, often during unsolicited interactions in the streets. Some of the footage was allegedly intended for #socialMedia content linked to so-called #dating or "seduction" coaching businesses'
Ok never mind
brusselstimes.com/2166072/wome…
Experts in Europe warn that these devices are used to record strangers without their consent, possibly breaching EU law.www.brusselstimes.com
Yet another settlement you can possibly claim.
This one is a bit more involved though.
Thank goodness I didn't throw away my Pixel 6a box.
Check your spam folder: Google's $68M Assistant settlement emails are going out now
androidauthority.com/google-as…
#Google #Assistant #Settlement #Privacy #Hardware #Tech
Google Assistant users have started receiving emails to claim their part of a $68 million privacy settlement.Adamya Sharma (Android Authority)
I don’t think the #AI bros have any idea how great the compulsion to create really truly is for those who are creators.
They will not and cannot “win”
Creativity, self-expression and joy will.
It is our shared humanity.
While it isn't 100% cut, direct action works!
"We pissed off a lot of people": Giant data center plan cut 50% amid protests
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
#DataCenter #AI #Protests #DirectAction #Tech
Developer felt "beaten up," with "no choice" but to shrink data center.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
Gotta at least be making some money...
S&P 500 rejects SpaceX, also blocking entry for OpenAI and Anthropic
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
#SP500 #SpaceX #OpenAI #Anthropic #AI #StockExchange #Tech
SpaceX won’t get easy access to billions of dollars from passive investors.Jeremy Hsu (Ars Technica)
On tonight’s episode of “Powerwashing with the Proletariat”…
Tech Talk ThursPlays: Powerwash Simulator 2 (05/29/2026)
dcanalysts.net/tech-talk-thurs…
On tonight’s episode of “Powerwashing with the Proletariat”… Please consider supporting the channel and the MajorsHouse network at Please check out the shows live on Twitch,…MajorLinux (Desk Chair Analysts)
On tonight's episode of "Powerwashing with the Proletariat"...
Tech Talk ThursPlays: Powerwash Simulator 2 (05/29/2026)
dcanalysts.net/tech-talk-thurs…
On tonight’s episode of “Powerwashing with the Proletariat”… Please consider supporting the channel and the MajorsHouse network at Please check out the shows live on Twitch,…MajorLinux (Desk Chair Analysts)
"When a tech company saturates its market, it has to come up with a way to convince investors that it can still grow, otherwise they will revalue the "growth company" as a "mature company" and lop a massive chunk off its valuation, depriving it of the highly desirable stock that might allow it to resume its growth."
Growth for the sake of growth - the ideology of the cancer cell.
@pluralistic has a new pre-order out. 🧵
kickstarter.com/projects/docto… #tech #ai #reverseCentaur
"Even if only a small percentage of the people who use your product experience harm as a result, if your product is intended for widespread deployment (as chatbots are), you will end up harming a lot of people..." - @pluralistic
This is an incredibly important point, because it's the completely accepted principle of responsibility that the tech world has built its success upon being exempt from.
This has to change.
Today's threads (a thread)Inside: Delusion as a service; and more!
Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/06/04/mis…
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Pluralistic: Delusion as a service (04 Jun 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Pluralistic: Delusion as a service (04 Jun 2026)Cory Doctorow (Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow)
Let's hope they win so I can get so more money!
Amazon-owned Ring should pay Americans for scanning their faces, lawsuit says
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
#Amazon #Ring #Lawsuit #Privacy #Surveillance #Tech
Lawsuit: Ring cameras scan guests and passersby and use AI to identify faces.Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)
We must change the system so that companies like Palantir don’t get their hands on UK public services.
Hitching our wagon to proprietary systems makes it punitive to change providers and leaves us vulnerable to foreign interference.
If we back open source, everything from the NHS to defence is more secure.
Sign the petition ⬇️
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions…
#digitalsovereignty #palantir #nhs #bigtech #tech #ukpolitics #ukpol
From the NHS to our energy grid, we are too reliant on US tech. Help us demand digital independence.38 Degrees
MPs want Palantir OUT of the NHS and the UK public sector!
ORG has long warned about our dependency on Big Tech – from vendor lock-in to security risks from foreign-owned companies.
Chi Onwurah MP has echoed our call for Digital Sovereignty to ensure we have control over our critical infrastructure.
Read more ⬇️
theregister.com/software/2026/…
#digitalsovereignty #palantir #nhs #bigtech #tech #ukpolitics #ukpol
Lock-in to a small number of suppliers holding up digital government plans, committee saysLindsay Clark (theregister)
"Nervous NatSec hawks, ambitious entrepreneurs and technologists, furious digital rights activists. We’re on the same side. What stands in our way?
A prodigious technical challenge, that’s what. But that’s the kind of challenge we’re good at solving..." - @pluralistic
#tech #BigTech #resist #enshittification
Great read from @pluralistic in The Walrus.thewalrus.ca/the-internet-has-…
#tech #governance #privacy #enshittification
The Internet Has Become Too American to Trust | The Walrus
Trump and Big Tech have fused into a new kind of threatCory Doctorow (The Walrus)
Will this stem the bleeding of users from Google Search?
Google will allow websites to exclude themselves from AI search results - Engadget
engadget.com/2186257/google-wi…
#Google #Websites #AI #Search #Tech
The company says opting out won't impact placement in regular searches.Igor Bonifacic (Engadget)
Great read from @pluralistic in The Walrus.
thewalrus.ca/the-internet-has-…
#tech #governance #privacy #enshittification
Trump and Big Tech have fused into a new kind of threatCory Doctorow (The Walrus)
On tonight's episode of "Powerwashing with the Proletariat"...
Tech Talk ThursPlays: Powerwash Simulator 2 (05/29/2026)
dcanalysts.net/tech-talk-thurs…
On tonight’s episode of “Powerwashing with the Proletariat”… Please consider supporting the channel and the MajorsHouse network at Please check out the shows live on Twitch,…MajorLinux (Desk Chair Analysts)
Gotta love being locked out of apps you own...
Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac Will Soon Stop Letting You Edit Documents
macrumors.com/2026/06/02/micro…
#Microsoft #MicrosoftOffice #Mac #Apple #Tech
Microsoft will prevent Office 2019 for Mac owners from editing their documents from July 13, a restriction the company is attributing to the productivity suite's expiring digital certificate.Tim Hardwick (MacRumors)
These supply chain attacks are getting out of hand.
Dozens of Red Hat packages backdoored through its official NPM channel
arstechnica.com/security/2026/…
#RedHat #BackDoor #NPM #SupplyChain #Exploits #Tech
Anyone who has downloaded affected Red Hat packages should investigate immediately.Dan Goodin (Ars Technica)
How do you socially engineer "not" a person?
Meta's AI support chatbot made it ridiculously easy for hackers to take over Instagram accounts - Engadget
engadget.com/2185225/meta-ai-s…
#Meta #AI #Chatbot #Hackers #Instagram #Tech
Meta says it's working on securing accounts that were affected by a hack.Karissa Bell (Engadget)
I wonder if they're gonna charge a server as an accessory.
Yes, I know its a lawsuit...
Florida sues OpenAI, Sam Altman after multiple ChatGPT-linked murders
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
#Florida #Lawsuit #OpenAI #SamAltman #ChatGPT #Murders #AI #Tech
Altman has an "utter disregard" for human lives, Florida AG says.Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica)
Sounds like "malicious compliance" to me...
Amazon Shuts Down Internal AI Leaderboard After Employees Cheated
404media.co/amazon-shuts-down-…
Employees admitted to 404 Media they had cheated to climb the leaderboard's ranks.Emanuel Maiberg (404 Media)
The man who wrote "Don't be evil" said he chose it specifically so it would be hard to remove. Paul Buchheit, the engineer who later built Gmail, suggested the phrase at a Google corporate values meeting on July 19, 2001.
Then in early 2018, internal documents leaked showing that Google had signed a Pentagon contract to build AI to analyze drone footage. By April, over 3,000 Google employees had signed a letter to Sundar Pichai demanding the contract be cancelled.
The letter specifically cited "Don't be evil" as the standard the company was failing to meet. Dozens of engineers resigned in protest.
Sometime between late April and early May, the slogan disappeared from the code of conduct's preface.
