Matt Gorecki
@goreckis.co
Working class solidarity. We can do things ourselves.
Independent IT is important. Shop local counts for us, too.
AI is for huge dorks. The Luddites did nothing wrong.
Montana and Minnesota
Independent IT is important. Shop local counts for us, too.
AI is for huge dorks. The Luddites did nothing wrong.
Montana and Minnesota
"But it’s immediate and cheap".
They are trying to will into existence the fast fashion era of software. Don't build anything of lasting value. Spend all your resources on a thing that sorta kinda works. And after you wear it a few times, it disintegrates.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...
They are trying to will into existence the fast fashion era of software. Don't build anything of lasting value. Spend all your resources on a thing that sorta kinda works. And after you wear it a few times, it disintegrates.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...
Opinion | The A.I. Disruption We’ve Been Waiting for Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 11:03 PM
"But it’s immediate and cheap".
They are trying to will into existence the fast fashion era of software. Don't build anything of lasting value. Spend all your resources on a thing that sorta kinda works. And after you wear it a few times, it disintegrates.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...
They are trying to will into existence the fast fashion era of software. Don't build anything of lasting value. Spend all your resources on a thing that sorta kinda works. And after you wear it a few times, it disintegrates.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...
“A guillotine in every town square!”
That’s a free campaign slogan, no attribution required.
That’s a free campaign slogan, no attribution required.
February 18, 2026 at 5:11 PM
“A guillotine in every town square!”
That’s a free campaign slogan, no attribution required.
That’s a free campaign slogan, no attribution required.
This is actually a good thing. AI companies are signing contracts for something they can’t actually build. It takes years to construct even 1GW worth of generation. This one area alone needs 45GW of new capacity? No amount of money will make that go faster.
the highest ever single day electricity consumption for Virginia occurred this past January 23rd, with a total of 24,768 MW used. our utility is saying that new data center interconnection requests currently filed collectively represent an additional 70,000 MW of daily demand
February 18, 2026 at 3:06 PM
This is actually a good thing. AI companies are signing contracts for something they can’t actually build. It takes years to construct even 1GW worth of generation. This one area alone needs 45GW of new capacity? No amount of money will make that go faster.
Reposted by Matt Gorecki
Ursula Le Guin wrote a response to this kind of nonsense years ago. Read it instead.
www.ursulakleguin.com/a-rant-about...
www.ursulakleguin.com/a-rant-about...
February 18, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Ursula Le Guin wrote a response to this kind of nonsense years ago. Read it instead.
www.ursulakleguin.com/a-rant-about...
www.ursulakleguin.com/a-rant-about...
Nice work fucking up consumer electronics for years to come.
No bread or circuses for anybody.
No bread or circuses for anybody.
February 18, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Nice work fucking up consumer electronics for years to come.
No bread or circuses for anybody.
No bread or circuses for anybody.
I wouldn’t say I’m missing it, Bob.
In fact, fuck AI and everything it touches.
In fact, fuck AI and everything it touches.
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 2:53 AM
I wouldn’t say I’m missing it, Bob.
In fact, fuck AI and everything it touches.
In fact, fuck AI and everything it touches.
Well of course bandwidth usage goes through the roof when you move everything to the cloud.
Now give me the $500k salary that the C-level gets for asking me this stupid question.
Now give me the $500k salary that the C-level gets for asking me this stupid question.
February 17, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Well of course bandwidth usage goes through the roof when you move everything to the cloud.
Now give me the $500k salary that the C-level gets for asking me this stupid question.
Now give me the $500k salary that the C-level gets for asking me this stupid question.
This is very important.
A magical moment with baby donkey George doing a forward roll
February 17, 2026 at 10:59 PM
This is very important.
Reposted by Matt Gorecki
Computer news: no computer for you. Computer is a service now it’s a chatbot that you gave to ask nicely of, just like no more searching for things on your own on Internet or downloading your own files
Now it’s all an app
And it’s your friend. And you owe us money for this now and no birds alive
Now it’s all an app
And it’s your friend. And you owe us money for this now and no birds alive
February 17, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Computer news: no computer for you. Computer is a service now it’s a chatbot that you gave to ask nicely of, just like no more searching for things on your own on Internet or downloading your own files
Now it’s all an app
And it’s your friend. And you owe us money for this now and no birds alive
Now it’s all an app
And it’s your friend. And you owe us money for this now and no birds alive
Discord account deleted.
You have to stop participating with companies who hate people.
You have to stop participating with companies who hate people.
February 17, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Discord account deleted.
You have to stop participating with companies who hate people.
You have to stop participating with companies who hate people.
“If a colleague had the reliability rate of an LLM, they would be fired. If ordinary software did, it would be banned... Instead, companies give LLMs responsibilities that they would not trust their top humans with.”
Corporations demand perfection from workers, but AI gets unlimited slack.
LLM users have bottomless patience for inconsistent tools, and no grace left for their colleagues. What if we could flip it around?
productpicnic.beehiiv.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:05 PM
“If a colleague had the reliability rate of an LLM, they would be fired. If ordinary software did, it would be banned... Instead, companies give LLMs responsibilities that they would not trust their top humans with.”
Bro turned off replies and quote posts like a coward.
I'm not asking AI to tell me about how good AI is.
And it doesn't matter anyway. Generative AI is a tool of fascism.
@danielkayhertz.bsky.social
I'm not asking AI to tell me about how good AI is.
And it doesn't matter anyway. Generative AI is a tool of fascism.
@danielkayhertz.bsky.social
February 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Bro turned off replies and quote posts like a coward.
I'm not asking AI to tell me about how good AI is.
And it doesn't matter anyway. Generative AI is a tool of fascism.
@danielkayhertz.bsky.social
I'm not asking AI to tell me about how good AI is.
And it doesn't matter anyway. Generative AI is a tool of fascism.
@danielkayhertz.bsky.social
Bleak.
an editor at Cleveland.com announces that they're "removing writing from reporters' workloads"
(in the midst of a column criticizing a graduating student not understanding this is how the world works now: god forbid a student is looking to actually write) www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
(in the midst of a column criticizing a graduating student not understanding this is how the world works now: god forbid a student is looking to actually write) www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
February 17, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Bleak.
Reposted by Matt Gorecki
every shot-on-video, made-with-a-camcorder horror movie that's just some teenage friend group fucking around in the woods with some fake blood and a monster mask contains more artistic merit, human joy and creative light than anything AI has ever made or will ever, ever make
February 17, 2026 at 2:22 AM
every shot-on-video, made-with-a-camcorder horror movie that's just some teenage friend group fucking around in the woods with some fake blood and a monster mask contains more artistic merit, human joy and creative light than anything AI has ever made or will ever, ever make
The OJ trial.
We watched that daily in the 6th grade.
In retrospect, that was incredibly inappropriate.
We watched that daily in the 6th grade.
In retrospect, that was incredibly inappropriate.
The Challenger explosion and/or Romeo + Juliet
Besides 9/11?
Voyage of The Mimi
Voyage of The Mimi
February 17, 2026 at 3:06 AM
The OJ trial.
We watched that daily in the 6th grade.
In retrospect, that was incredibly inappropriate.
We watched that daily in the 6th grade.
In retrospect, that was incredibly inappropriate.
You have no chance to survive. Make your time.
25 years ago today, ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US began its worldwide invasion on @newgrounds.com.
February 17, 2026 at 1:00 AM
You have no chance to survive. Make your time.
Reposted by Matt Gorecki
The dude riding his bike home with the Little Caesar’s Hot and Ready strapped to the back has it figured out. 🫡
February 16, 2026 at 7:56 PM
The dude riding his bike home with the Little Caesar’s Hot and Ready strapped to the back has it figured out. 🫡
Tim Very, the drummer from Manchester Orchestra passed away.
I understand how strong the urge was to write this headline and I think he’d appreciate it.
I understand how strong the urge was to write this headline and I think he’d appreciate it.
February 16, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Tim Very, the drummer from Manchester Orchestra passed away.
I understand how strong the urge was to write this headline and I think he’d appreciate it.
I understand how strong the urge was to write this headline and I think he’d appreciate it.
To the AI bros: best of luck in your incantations.
February 16, 2026 at 7:07 PM
To the AI bros: best of luck in your incantations.
Update on my daughter’s Humpty Dumpty character study.
February 16, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Update on my daughter’s Humpty Dumpty character study.
I would die of embarrassment.
And I will absolutely shame someone if they ask me this.
And I will absolutely shame someone if they ask me this.
February 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM
I would die of embarrassment.
And I will absolutely shame someone if they ask me this.
And I will absolutely shame someone if they ask me this.
His prompts are his own, guys.
February 16, 2026 at 6:38 AM
His prompts are his own, guys.