@drawingtheline.bsky.social
Joseph Gordon-Levitt at the UN:
"as market pressures set in, we saw social media gradually change. What had been about connection became more about addiction. Addiction to an algorithmic feed maximizing user engagement and ad revenue."
journal.hitrecord.org/p/tech-optim...
"as market pressures set in, we saw social media gradually change. What had been about connection became more about addiction. Addiction to an algorithmic feed maximizing user engagement and ad revenue."
journal.hitrecord.org/p/tech-optim...
Tech Optimism: Non-Broligarch Edition
Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly Hall was a true life highlight 🤩
journal.hitrecord.org
January 6, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Joseph Gordon-Levitt at the UN:
"as market pressures set in, we saw social media gradually change. What had been about connection became more about addiction. Addiction to an algorithmic feed maximizing user engagement and ad revenue."
journal.hitrecord.org/p/tech-optim...
"as market pressures set in, we saw social media gradually change. What had been about connection became more about addiction. Addiction to an algorithmic feed maximizing user engagement and ad revenue."
journal.hitrecord.org/p/tech-optim...
Hey @vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social, the Labour Party is selling off the country to some of the most dangerous private actors in the World. If this isn't Pollyanna-level naivety, someone would think of corruption.
This isn’t what the country expected when they voted you in.
This isn’t what the country expected when they voted you in.
Yet another huge contract, awarded without any competitive bidding process, to Wes Streeting's favourite NHS supplier, the Hard Right US surveillance tech specialists Palantir, for military decision making capability.
Palantir lands biggest ever UK defense deal
The £240 million contract with the Ministry of Defence has renewed a debate about Britain’s dependence on American technology.
www.politico.eu
January 6, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Hey @vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social, the Labour Party is selling off the country to some of the most dangerous private actors in the World. If this isn't Pollyanna-level naivety, someone would think of corruption.
This isn’t what the country expected when they voted you in.
This isn’t what the country expected when they voted you in.
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There are serious questions about how this feature - which undresses people against their will, including generating undressed images of real children - made it into an app that serves millions of people.
7/n
7/n
January 5, 2026 at 9:28 AM
There are serious questions about how this feature - which undresses people against their will, including generating undressed images of real children - made it into an app that serves millions of people.
7/n
7/n
Emily Bender cutting through the boring, rehashed, unthinkingly pro-tech tosh that is force-fed to us a daily basis.
It is important to remember that the future is not yet written. The arts, journalism, science, education, medicine, and our chances to be human together are all worth fighting for --- and not surrendering to the maw of Big Tech.
/fin
/fin
January 3, 2026 at 6:32 AM
Emily Bender cutting through the boring, rehashed, unthinkingly pro-tech tosh that is force-fed to us a daily basis.
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I've lost count of the number of times just this week that I have accidentally clicked an "AI" button in a service or software, which means a bunch of services are counting me as a regular active "AI" user despite me being about as hardcore "no generative AI, nowhere" software guy as they come.
January 2, 2026 at 11:36 AM
I've lost count of the number of times just this week that I have accidentally clicked an "AI" button in a service or software, which means a bunch of services are counting me as a regular active "AI" user despite me being about as hardcore "no generative AI, nowhere" software guy as they come.
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"No Way To Prevent This," Says Company Spending Billions Of Dollars To Encourage This
December 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"No Way To Prevent This," Says Company Spending Billions Of Dollars To Encourage This
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Tucson residents fought back against Amazon’s secretive plans to build a data center in the desert — and won.
But now, in a blatant attempt to override the City Council and the will of the people, Amazon and the project’s developer is pushing ahead anyway.
But now, in a blatant attempt to override the City Council and the will of the people, Amazon and the project’s developer is pushing ahead anyway.
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Tucson residents fought back against Amazon’s secretive plans to build a data center in the desert — and won.
But now, in a blatant attempt to override the City Council and the will of the people, Amazon and the project’s developer is pushing ahead anyway.
But now, in a blatant attempt to override the City Council and the will of the people, Amazon and the project’s developer is pushing ahead anyway.
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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Political figures using a picturebook character as a propaganda tool. Another disgusting thing only made possible by generative AI
A new post from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth just a couple hours after President Trump said he wouldn’t have wanted a second strike on alleged narco boats and that Hegseth said he didn’t order second strikes.
December 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Political figures using a picturebook character as a propaganda tool. Another disgusting thing only made possible by generative AI
@vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social Is this what we want to become?
'Health minister says UK should cash in on NHS patient data - Zubir Ahmed says new central service for medical datasets should be leveraged for ‘benefit of Treasury coffers'' www.ft.com/content/0531... - the State emulating social media's surveillance-to-monetisation pipeline.
December 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
@vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social Is this what we want to become?
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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AI types like to argue that image models - like Google’s new one yesterday - will make illustrators more efficient, or will actually create *more* work for the best artists.
But what they will really do is put artists out of work, and do so unfairly.
🧵 1/n
But what they will really do is put artists out of work, and do so unfairly.
🧵 1/n
November 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
AI types like to argue that image models - like Google’s new one yesterday - will make illustrators more efficient, or will actually create *more* work for the best artists.
But what they will really do is put artists out of work, and do so unfairly.
🧵 1/n
But what they will really do is put artists out of work, and do so unfairly.
🧵 1/n
It isn’t their work
The world’s 3 biggest music companies have all licensed their works to an AI music startup.
The company, called Klay, is building a streaming service where users to remake songs using AI.
Universal Music, Sony Music, and Warner Music have all signed on.
The company, called Klay, is building a streaming service where users to remake songs using AI.
Universal Music, Sony Music, and Warner Music have all signed on.
Major Music Labels Strike Deals With New AI Streaming Service
The world’s largest music companies have licensed their works to a music startup called Klay, which is building a streaming service that will allow users to remake songs using artificial intelligence ...
www.bloomberg.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:18 PM
It isn’t their work
We don’t want private finance taking over the NHS @vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social
"If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a bloody duck...🦆🦆🦆"
@ianbyrnemp.bsky.social says
new private finance is EXACTLY THE SAME as
old PFI deals that led to NHS Trusts spending for hospitals up to x 27 over
Take action today before the budget weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-pfi
@ianbyrnemp.bsky.social says
new private finance is EXACTLY THE SAME as
old PFI deals that led to NHS Trusts spending for hospitals up to x 27 over
Take action today before the budget weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-pfi
Just 5 days to STOP new NHS private finance debts - take action now
Your MP can help STOP plans for new private finance debts in our NHs in the Autumn Budget
weownit.org.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We don’t want private finance taking over the NHS @vickyfoxcroftmp.bsky.social
'For those who argue that the energy cost of generative AI models is the same as using the internet or sending an email, know that it isn't. Models like GPT-4 are trained and deployed on servers that consume 100 times more than a simple AI model (plain and simple).'
Para los que argumentan que el coste energético de los modelos de IA generativa es igual al de usar internet o enviar un email, sepan que no. Los modelos como GPT-4 se entrenan y se implementan en servidores que consumen 100 veces más que un modelo simple de Inteligencia Artificial (a secas).
November 19, 2025 at 7:53 AM
'For those who argue that the energy cost of generative AI models is the same as using the internet or sending an email, know that it isn't. Models like GPT-4 are trained and deployed on servers that consume 100 times more than a simple AI model (plain and simple).'
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just being out at night if you’re anywhere near roads is like actively painful at this point
I wish we, like, regulated shit nowadays. Between car bloat, blinding headlines, and neighbourhoods packed with rental suites but no on-property parking, driving is an absolute nightmare now.
Nearly all drivers say vehicles' lights are too bright in study
The study, commissioned by the Department for Transport, was completed by Berkshire's TRL.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
just being out at night if you’re anywhere near roads is like actively painful at this point
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Why's the government giving tax breaks to tax avoiding big tech while clamping down on people seeking safety?
GOOGLE 'big tech tax cut'
Location: a billboard we hacked in Brixton
GOOGLE 'big tech tax cut'
Location: a billboard we hacked in Brixton
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Why's the government giving tax breaks to tax avoiding big tech while clamping down on people seeking safety?
GOOGLE 'big tech tax cut'
Location: a billboard we hacked in Brixton
GOOGLE 'big tech tax cut'
Location: a billboard we hacked in Brixton
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Water is wet.
Sky News' Data and Forensics team research proved that the X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content.
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Water is wet.
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Yep. Politicians who mindlessly promote data centers are buying into a political liability. Data centers are even worse than the old 'subsidize my factory' scam, creating fewer jobs and draining local water & energy supplies, problems that will get increasingly worse under Trump's bad policies.
my latest: i spent weeks investigating how frustrations about data centers were about to swallow american politics…
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
The Data Center Backlash Is Swallowing American Politics
Activists on both the left and the right are pushing back against rampant AI development.
heatmap.news
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Yep. Politicians who mindlessly promote data centers are buying into a political liability. Data centers are even worse than the old 'subsidize my factory' scam, creating fewer jobs and draining local water & energy supplies, problems that will get increasingly worse under Trump's bad policies.
'giving a shit is intrinsically anti-AI’.
If there’s a T-shirt with this on it, I want one
If there’s a T-shirt with this on it, I want one
ai ads will always be a hallmark of losers, even if the candidate wins. it's just intrinsically loser shit. no consent, environmental and other externalities? loser shit
zohran had staffers who cared to think about the transliteration of his name into Chinese. giving a shit is intrinsically anti-AI
zohran had staffers who cared to think about the transliteration of his name into Chinese. giving a shit is intrinsically anti-AI
Most importantly, the Chinese names are homophonous with "Zohran Kwame" when pronounced in both Cantonese (the spoken language used by first-wave Chinese immigrants from the South) and Mandarin (the spoken language used by new-wave Chinese immigrants from the North).
What an absolute masterstroke.
What an absolute masterstroke.
November 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM
'giving a shit is intrinsically anti-AI’.
If there’s a T-shirt with this on it, I want one
If there’s a T-shirt with this on it, I want one
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The opening statement here is jarring: "the U.S. Army quietly signed away a piece of its sovereignty" - we are supposed identify with some sense of concern, because what? The self-sovereign US Army is a force for good? 'The Authoritarian Stack' www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 4, 2025 at 9:32 AM
The opening statement here is jarring: "the U.S. Army quietly signed away a piece of its sovereignty" - we are supposed identify with some sense of concern, because what? The self-sovereign US Army is a force for good? 'The Authoritarian Stack' www.authoritarian-stack.info
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We asked for one simple thing, and this is what we got instead
November 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
We asked for one simple thing, and this is what we got instead
Led By Donkeys, you heroes!
October 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Led By Donkeys, you heroes!