Laura Hilliger
@laurahilliger.com
Writer, technologist, thinker, activist, the rebel next door. Founding member We Are Open Co-op, Open Org Ambassador, still working with Greenpeace, Mozilla alum. Advocate for 🤔 💬 🤗 ✊
In the fediverse: https://social.coop/@epilepticrabbit
In the fediverse: https://social.coop/@epilepticrabbit
Officials, nonprofits and media folks staying on shitty platforms: Have you forgotten what collective power means? I've boycotted ALL Facebook products since 2008 (or 2009 or 2010?) and even then people thought I was "only hurting myself". It's not true, it's a narrative and we can dispel the myth.
January 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Officials, nonprofits and media folks staying on shitty platforms: Have you forgotten what collective power means? I've boycotted ALL Facebook products since 2008 (or 2009 or 2010?) and even then people thought I was "only hurting myself". It's not true, it's a narrative and we can dispel the myth.
Reposted by Laura Hilliger
When it collapses it will seem sudden, all at once. But if something doesn't change soon this regime is finished. Keep striking, keep fighting, keep pushing where you can, keep building resilience and mutual aid, keep caring for one another and building the world you want to live in.
January 9, 2026 at 4:27 AM
When it collapses it will seem sudden, all at once. But if something doesn't change soon this regime is finished. Keep striking, keep fighting, keep pushing where you can, keep building resilience and mutual aid, keep caring for one another and building the world you want to live in.
true.
"...in the non-profit world, the lack of tech expertise or fluency is often exploited by both the technology vendors and bad actors who swoop in to capitalize on their vulnerability." from @anildash.com www.anildash.com/2026/01/05/a...
"...in the non-profit world, the lack of tech expertise or fluency is often exploited by both the technology vendors and bad actors who swoop in to capitalize on their vulnerability." from @anildash.com www.anildash.com/2026/01/05/a...
How the hell are you supposed to have a career in tech in 2026? - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:09 AM
true.
"...in the non-profit world, the lack of tech expertise or fluency is often exploited by both the technology vendors and bad actors who swoop in to capitalize on their vulnerability." from @anildash.com www.anildash.com/2026/01/05/a...
"...in the non-profit world, the lack of tech expertise or fluency is often exploited by both the technology vendors and bad actors who swoop in to capitalize on their vulnerability." from @anildash.com www.anildash.com/2026/01/05/a...
Once upon a time, long, long ago, a guy in a bar told me how many Twitter followers he had, and I still think about it.
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Once upon a time, long, long ago, a guy in a bar told me how many Twitter followers he had, and I still think about it.
The LinkedIn "Your year in review" sent me over the edge. I sent a raven to coordinate the raining of pox. It will summon its brothers and sisters on the winter solstice and bring sweet damnation to the fuckheads who decided that wrapping up the year with stupid factoids of app use is a thing now.
December 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The LinkedIn "Your year in review" sent me over the edge. I sent a raven to coordinate the raining of pox. It will summon its brothers and sisters on the winter solstice and bring sweet damnation to the fuckheads who decided that wrapping up the year with stupid factoids of app use is a thing now.
"Thou shalt not change default typefaces." Mos def one of the original commandments.
December 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"Thou shalt not change default typefaces." Mos def one of the original commandments.
"...they’d rather destroy democracy and destroy education and destroy the planet than just get therapy." @audreywatters.bsky.social gave a helluva talk this week: 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-grief-obs...
AI Grief Observed
These remarks were delivered this evening at the Creatively Critical Tech Speaker Series at Illinois State University.
"There is no good way to say this."
These are the opening words of Yiyun Li’s l...
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 AM
"...they’d rather destroy democracy and destroy education and destroy the planet than just get therapy." @audreywatters.bsky.social gave a helluva talk this week: 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-grief-obs...
Idk if people who follow me are still writing on substack but if you are, a default privacy setting is set to let AI scrape your writing so you might want to check that. One of the first FOSS projects I did was called Open Attribute, and attribution doesn't matter an iota to these fuckers.
November 14, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Idk if people who follow me are still writing on substack but if you are, a default privacy setting is set to let AI scrape your writing so you might want to check that. One of the first FOSS projects I did was called Open Attribute, and attribution doesn't matter an iota to these fuckers.
Obligatory #mozfest post: www.laurahilliger.com/techie/oblig...
Obligatory Mozfest post – Laura Hilliger
www.laurahilliger.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Obligatory #mozfest post: www.laurahilliger.com/techie/oblig...
#mozfest Pro-tip: As you travel to Barcelona, scroll the schedule and just add ALL the sessions that peak your interest. There's too much happening to make such decisions on the fly and this way you've got a shortened list.
See you soon @mozilla.org :)
See you soon @mozilla.org :)
November 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
#mozfest Pro-tip: As you travel to Barcelona, scroll the schedule and just add ALL the sessions that peak your interest. There's too much happening to make such decisions on the fly and this way you've got a shortened list.
See you soon @mozilla.org :)
See you soon @mozilla.org :)
I wrote about my website as a junk drawer for #reclaimopen and I kind of want to explore the metaphor more : reclaimopen.com/session/my-w...
My website is a junk drawer – Reclaim Open
reclaimopen.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I wrote about my website as a junk drawer for #reclaimopen and I kind of want to explore the metaphor more : reclaimopen.com/session/my-w...
Reposted by Laura Hilliger
I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
Reposted by Laura Hilliger
Given how much the GOP actively and openly disdain women, is it really surprising that their overlord destroyed the East Wing?
October 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Given how much the GOP actively and openly disdain women, is it really surprising that their overlord destroyed the East Wing?
Yep, this is basically what we all think about AI. And it is exhausting to have to pick apart the political, social and economic implications of the ridiculous hype machine every time people outside of tech say stupid stuff about how AI is a game changer
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 2:05 PM
Yep, this is basically what we all think about AI. And it is exhausting to have to pick apart the political, social and economic implications of the ridiculous hype machine every time people outside of tech say stupid stuff about how AI is a game changer
Yesterday my mom showed me her signs for #nokings, which she's going to with her friends. She's in her seventies and mad as hell. I'm super proud. 💜
October 18, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Yesterday my mom showed me her signs for #nokings, which she's going to with her friends. She's in her seventies and mad as hell. I'm super proud. 💜
I feel like #security tips like these, especially for y'all in the US, need to be spread around: social.coop/@dennyhenke/...
Beardy Star Stuff (@[email protected])
A lot of us having been using the word fascism or similar to describe what's going on in the US. We see the power that is being given to ICE, see link as one example. The admin is not hiding how it w...
social.coop
October 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I feel like #security tips like these, especially for y'all in the US, need to be spread around: social.coop/@dennyhenke/...
Ffs #opensource as a concept is mainstream enough that there is absolutely no excuse for anyone working at an OSPO or in #FOSS MGMT to act like this. It's gross:
www.theregister.com/2025/09/22/r...
www.theregister.com/2025/09/22/r...
RubyGems maintainer quits after Ruby Central takes control
: Long-time contributor Ellen Dash steps down after GitHub access shake-up and governance dispute
www.theregister.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Ffs #opensource as a concept is mainstream enough that there is absolutely no excuse for anyone working at an OSPO or in #FOSS MGMT to act like this. It's gross:
www.theregister.com/2025/09/22/r...
www.theregister.com/2025/09/22/r...
Reposted by Laura Hilliger
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I don't love linking to substack but this deposition of Laura Loomer is sadly not surprising. Seems wild, unless you've recently experienced the right-wing illogical logic:
www.wonkette.com/p/laura-loom...
www.wonkette.com/p/laura-loom...
Laura Loomer Says MTG's Got Baloney In Her Slacks
The Loomer v. Bill Maher deposition, well, it's a lot!
www.wonkette.com
August 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I don't love linking to substack but this deposition of Laura Loomer is sadly not surprising. Seems wild, unless you've recently experienced the right-wing illogical logic:
www.wonkette.com/p/laura-loom...
www.wonkette.com/p/laura-loom...
DC violent crime hit a 30 year low this year... www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...
Violent Crime in D.C. Hits 30 Year Low
Total violent crime for 2024 in the District of Columbia is down 35% from 2023 and is the lowest it has been in over 30 years, according to data collected by the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) a...
www.justice.gov
August 14, 2025 at 7:01 AM
DC violent crime hit a 30 year low this year... www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...
It is not the tool, it is the artist who sparks the revolution: The Importance of Art Education with or without AI: www.laurahilliger.com/writing/it-i...
It is not the tool, it is the artist who sparks the revolution – Laura Hilliger
www.laurahilliger.com
August 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It is not the tool, it is the artist who sparks the revolution: The Importance of Art Education with or without AI: www.laurahilliger.com/writing/it-i...
It was a pleasure hearing Audrey give this talk @civicsoftech.bsky.social last week
We have had a century of “big data,” seventy years of “AI,” decades and decades of Bill Gates' bullshit and “computers in the classroom.” It's batshit to believe that this time this time, the ed-tech is going to be good 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/degenerate-a...
Degenerate: Against Education at Scale
Ed-Tech Criticism. AI Refusal.
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com
August 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
It was a pleasure hearing Audrey give this talk @civicsoftech.bsky.social last week
Reposted by Laura Hilliger
"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."
The problem is far bigger than Jeffrey Epstein | Rebecca Solnit
Treating the scandal as an aberration misunderstands the global epidemic of violence against women
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"One of the reasons the epidemic of violence against women is so unacknowledged is because cases like these are talked about individually, and often treated as though they are shocking aberrations rather than part of a pervasive pattern that operates at all levels of society."
During the @civicsoftech.bsky.social conf last week, I saw a colleague from the @writingproject.bsky.social (NWP and @mozilla.org did some stuff together back in the days), and she pointed me to #writeout, which makes my heart full: writeout.nwp.org
Write Out
Place-Based Learning with the National Writing Project
writeout.nwp.org
August 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
During the @civicsoftech.bsky.social conf last week, I saw a colleague from the @writingproject.bsky.social (NWP and @mozilla.org did some stuff together back in the days), and she pointed me to #writeout, which makes my heart full: writeout.nwp.org