Dawn Nafus
@dawnnafus.bsky.social
Trained as an anthropologist, former tech worker, now... who knows?
Books--Ethnography for a Data-Saturated World, Quantified, & Self-Tracking.
Permaculture, fungi, foraging, & climate justice get me out of bed.
Books--Ethnography for a Data-Saturated World, Quantified, & Self-Tracking.
Permaculture, fungi, foraging, & climate justice get me out of bed.
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Dawn Nafus
@dawnnafus.bsky.social
· Aug 29
Why Saying “AI Uses the Energy of Nine Seconds of Television” is Like Spraying Dispersant Over an…
TLDR: the smaller the number, the more you should be worried
medium.com
Google's claim that each AI prompt uses the energy of 9 seconds of television is like throwing dispersant over an oil slick.
The only way to get a number that low is with massive scale, which you should definitely worry about. medium.com/@dnafus/why-...
The only way to get a number that low is with massive scale, which you should definitely worry about. medium.com/@dnafus/why-...
Um, why is the Guardian promoting surveillance as a perfectly acceptable consumer good?
The seven best video doorbells tried and tested – and Ring isn’t top
The seven best video doorbells tried and tested – and Ring isn’t top
Whether you want to bolster your home’s security or simply make sure you know who’s at the door, the latest generation of smart doorbells will help put your mind at ease
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Um, why is the Guardian promoting surveillance as a perfectly acceptable consumer good?
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When the AI bubble pops, who’s going to be left holding the bag?
When the housing bubble burst, approximately 10 million Americans lost their homes. What will we lose this time?
www.commondreams.org/opinion/who-... via @saqibbhatti.bsky.social
When the housing bubble burst, approximately 10 million Americans lost their homes. What will we lose this time?
www.commondreams.org/opinion/who-... via @saqibbhatti.bsky.social
When the AI Bubble Bursts, Working Families Will Pay the Price | Common Dreams
When the housing bubble burst, approximately 10 million Americans lost their homes. What will we lose this time?
www.commondreams.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
When the AI bubble pops, who’s going to be left holding the bag?
When the housing bubble burst, approximately 10 million Americans lost their homes. What will we lose this time?
www.commondreams.org/opinion/who-... via @saqibbhatti.bsky.social
When the housing bubble burst, approximately 10 million Americans lost their homes. What will we lose this time?
www.commondreams.org/opinion/who-... via @saqibbhatti.bsky.social
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Everyone should know that you can type “-ai” at the end of your Google search to leave off the AI crap…
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Everyone should know that you can type “-ai” at the end of your Google search to leave off the AI crap…
OK now I'm *really* mad
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
OK now I'm *really* mad
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A bipartisan group of 13 governors urges Congress to “reform” energy permitting. It’s a terrible idea.
6 Democratic Governors Have Linked Arms With the GOP to Push Fossil Fuels
A bipartisan group of 13 governors urges Congress to “reform” energy permitting. It’s a terrible idea.
buff.ly
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A bipartisan group of 13 governors urges Congress to “reform” energy permitting. It’s a terrible idea.
Larry Summers moves from neoliberal asshat to full fledged sex pest. Fitting.
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Larry Summers moves from neoliberal asshat to full fledged sex pest. Fitting.
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AI billionaires are enshittifying our lives, jacking up our electricity bills, destroying our jobs, and inflating a bubble that may crash our economy. For @newrepublic.com, I ask if Democrats will take, or waste, this obvious opportunity? newrepublic.com/article/2028...
Americans Hate AI. Will the Democrats Join Them?
There’s widespread anger at the AI industry—and last week’s elections showed that it’s a winning issue.
newrepublic.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
AI billionaires are enshittifying our lives, jacking up our electricity bills, destroying our jobs, and inflating a bubble that may crash our economy. For @newrepublic.com, I ask if Democrats will take, or waste, this obvious opportunity? newrepublic.com/article/2028...
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so it turns out that fascism is unpopular
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 AM
so it turns out that fascism is unpopular
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Our new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry, is out today!
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
November 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Our new book, Notes Toward a Digital Workers’ Inquiry, is out today!
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
Use the code DIGI-WORKERS-HOMIE on the @commonnotions.bsky.social site for a 25% discount
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Bill Gates's climate memo showed a stunning lack of political vision.
The climate fight was always going to require technologies AND markets AND a social movement to make inconvenient demands upon the powerful.
What did he think he was signing up for?
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
The climate fight was always going to require technologies AND markets AND a social movement to make inconvenient demands upon the powerful.
What did he think he was signing up for?
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
Bill Gates's stunted political vision
Bill Gates went full Llomborg. Never go full Llomborg.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Bill Gates's climate memo showed a stunning lack of political vision.
The climate fight was always going to require technologies AND markets AND a social movement to make inconvenient demands upon the powerful.
What did he think he was signing up for?
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
The climate fight was always going to require technologies AND markets AND a social movement to make inconvenient demands upon the powerful.
What did he think he was signing up for?
open.substack.com/pub/davekarp...
No, you can't run a planet like a buggy Windows system from the 90s.
thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
Michael Mann to Bill Gates: You can’t reboot the planet if you crash it
What Gates is putting forward aren’t legitimate arguments that can be made in good faith. They are shopworn fossil fuel industry talking points.
thebulletin.org
November 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
No, you can't run a planet like a buggy Windows system from the 90s.
thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
thebulletin.org/2025/10/you-...
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‼️ ICYMI: Amazon Ring announced a partnership with the notorious surveillance tech company Flock, which was recently exposed for secretly sharing camera data w/ ICE & law enforcement investigating people who travel for abortion care.
October 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
‼️ ICYMI: Amazon Ring announced a partnership with the notorious surveillance tech company Flock, which was recently exposed for secretly sharing camera data w/ ICE & law enforcement investigating people who travel for abortion care.
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I mean, it makes sense. AI's core skillset involves speaking in platitudes and tautologies.
Tanking a once great company seems like more of a human, soft skill thing.
Tanking a once great company seems like more of a human, soft skill thing.
An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’
An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’
Patrick Gelsinger, executive chairman of Gloo, has made it his mission to advance Christian principles in Silicon Valley
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I mean, it makes sense. AI's core skillset involves speaking in platitudes and tautologies.
Tanking a once great company seems like more of a human, soft skill thing.
Tanking a once great company seems like more of a human, soft skill thing.
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From the article referenced below: tldr esp. in authoritarian systems, mediocrities and worse tend to go into the secret police b/c those with better performance have better opportunities elsewhere, so secret police gets the dregs who are extra-dependable because the thing they can offer is loyalty
October 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
From the article referenced below: tldr esp. in authoritarian systems, mediocrities and worse tend to go into the secret police b/c those with better performance have better opportunities elsewhere, so secret police gets the dregs who are extra-dependable because the thing they can offer is loyalty
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Yep—time to give Spotify the Disney+ treatment.
Cancel your subscription:
Cancel your subscription:
October 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Yep—time to give Spotify the Disney+ treatment.
Cancel your subscription:
Cancel your subscription:
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Harbor Freight might make a good alternative, your local ACE Hardware if that owner is cool, tool lending libraries, what else? Local purveyors of supplies and lumber, seek em out. #BoycottHomeDepot
The Home Depot continues to allow ICE to terrorize the communities they pretend to serve. Let’s show them the same kindness we did to target!
use the website boycotthomedepot.network and the toolkit at bit.ly/boycotthomed... to spread the word!
use the website boycotthomedepot.network and the toolkit at bit.ly/boycotthomed... to spread the word!
October 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Harbor Freight might make a good alternative, your local ACE Hardware if that owner is cool, tool lending libraries, what else? Local purveyors of supplies and lumber, seek em out. #BoycottHomeDepot
Wanna see what capitalist propaganda looks like? This is a doozy.
My delusional anti-Semitic neighbor rants about this stuff, sprinkled in with other goodies about how 5g is mind control.
Also, I don't get how an "ism" has a death toll, and not say, an actually existing murderous authoritarian.
My delusional anti-Semitic neighbor rants about this stuff, sprinkled in with other goodies about how 5g is mind control.
Also, I don't get how an "ism" has a death toll, and not say, an actually existing murderous authoritarian.
Florida’s Social Studies standards are getting another update next month.
No, those terrible African American History standards will stay, but there’s a huge update to our Anti-Communism education.
This is just one page.
No, those terrible African American History standards will stay, but there’s a huge update to our Anti-Communism education.
This is just one page.
October 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Wanna see what capitalist propaganda looks like? This is a doozy.
My delusional anti-Semitic neighbor rants about this stuff, sprinkled in with other goodies about how 5g is mind control.
Also, I don't get how an "ism" has a death toll, and not say, an actually existing murderous authoritarian.
My delusional anti-Semitic neighbor rants about this stuff, sprinkled in with other goodies about how 5g is mind control.
Also, I don't get how an "ism" has a death toll, and not say, an actually existing murderous authoritarian.
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Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
October 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."
100% true. The amount of people who have come out of the "AI is no miracle" closet after they got laid off is remarkable. Folks I thought we're drinking the Kool Aid were on the right team all along, just couldn't say it.
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
100% true. The amount of people who have come out of the "AI is no miracle" closet after they got laid off is remarkable. Folks I thought we're drinking the Kool Aid were on the right team all along, just couldn't say it.
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Remember back in January when all these sage politics-knowers were writing about how there had been a vibe shift and now the resistance was over?
lol. lmao.
lol. lmao.
October 18, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Remember back in January when all these sage politics-knowers were writing about how there had been a vibe shift and now the resistance was over?
lol. lmao.
lol. lmao.
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Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
October 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Student media rules. They are lapping a lot of the spineless media orgs this year and showing how solidarity is the way.
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We'd better build more AI data centers, AI will fix this problem for us --
*waits five years*
The oceans have boiled and the drinking water is gone but at least all the intellectual property has been stolen and now I can use AI to create a really accurate representation of Batman fucking Pikachu
*waits five years*
The oceans have boiled and the drinking water is gone but at least all the intellectual property has been stolen and now I can use AI to create a really accurate representation of Batman fucking Pikachu
Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
- CO2 in the air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
@wmo-global.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- CO2 in the air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
@wmo-global.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Record leap in CO2 fuels fears of accelerating global heating
CO2 in air hit new high last year, with scientists concerned natural land and ocean carbon sinks are weakening
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
We'd better build more AI data centers, AI will fix this problem for us --
*waits five years*
The oceans have boiled and the drinking water is gone but at least all the intellectual property has been stolen and now I can use AI to create a really accurate representation of Batman fucking Pikachu
*waits five years*
The oceans have boiled and the drinking water is gone but at least all the intellectual property has been stolen and now I can use AI to create a really accurate representation of Batman fucking Pikachu
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Economists at Goldman Sachs have released an analysis estimating that US consumers are shouldering up to 55% of the costs stemming from Trump’s tariffs, even though the president has repeatedly made false claims that the tariffs on imports exclusively tax foreigners.
Goldman Sachs: Consumers Are Carrying Largest Burden From Trump Tariffs
Up to 55 percent of the cost is being shifted onto consumers, according to a new analysis from the Wall Street bank.
buff.ly
October 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Economists at Goldman Sachs have released an analysis estimating that US consumers are shouldering up to 55% of the costs stemming from Trump’s tariffs, even though the president has repeatedly made false claims that the tariffs on imports exclusively tax foreigners.