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"A.i." doesn't empower anyone. It strips them of belief in themselves and the power of their own minds and hands and abilities and stories.
EVERY KID CAN DRAW. EVERY KID CAN TELL STORIES AND MAKE COMICS.
Fuck "A.i." for telling kids lies and making them less-than.
EVERY KID CAN DRAW. EVERY KID CAN TELL STORIES AND MAKE COMICS.
Fuck "A.i." for telling kids lies and making them less-than.
August 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"A.i." doesn't empower anyone. It strips them of belief in themselves and the power of their own minds and hands and abilities and stories.
EVERY KID CAN DRAW. EVERY KID CAN TELL STORIES AND MAKE COMICS.
Fuck "A.i." for telling kids lies and making them less-than.
EVERY KID CAN DRAW. EVERY KID CAN TELL STORIES AND MAKE COMICS.
Fuck "A.i." for telling kids lies and making them less-than.
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Consumer facing "A.i." is about triggering the excretion of a mediocre product. It's a rejection of PROCESS. Life itself is process, not fucking product. Push "A.i." on kids and you rob them of the joyful experience of life itself. I am not exaggerating.
August 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Consumer facing "A.i." is about triggering the excretion of a mediocre product. It's a rejection of PROCESS. Life itself is process, not fucking product. Push "A.i." on kids and you rob them of the joyful experience of life itself. I am not exaggerating.
Parody as reality.
Fifty different problems in the world just locked into one big uniform piece like a Rubik's cube in my head.
December 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Parody as reality.
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MAJOR BREAKING: Eileen Higgins will win the Miami mayoral runoff election, becoming the first Democrat to serve as mayor of the city in nearly 30 years, Decision Desk HQ projects.
The Republican candidate won the mayoral race in 2021 by 67 points.
The Republican candidate won the mayoral race in 2021 by 67 points.
December 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
MAJOR BREAKING: Eileen Higgins will win the Miami mayoral runoff election, becoming the first Democrat to serve as mayor of the city in nearly 30 years, Decision Desk HQ projects.
The Republican candidate won the mayoral race in 2021 by 67 points.
The Republican candidate won the mayoral race in 2021 by 67 points.
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"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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Everyday they have to find a way to coddle the old man but we were told a woman is too emotional to be president.
December 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Everyday they have to find a way to coddle the old man but we were told a woman is too emotional to be president.
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“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
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U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order
A court ruled that Trump’s effort to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency dedicated to funding libraries, was unlawful.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...
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An astonishing letter published in the Times of London.
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
An astonishing letter published in the Times of London.
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This is a gift. Thank you to @siembranc.bsky.social for sharing this new toolkit with what they did when Border Patrol showed up in NC: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - share far and wide especially with our comrades in MN and LA (New Orleans esp).
Toolkit: how we dealt with Border Patrol
In November 2025, Border Patrol announced it would be coming to Charlotte, North Carolina. We only had a few days’ notice. Just like in Chicago and Los Angeles, they weren’t coming to “keep the peace....
docs.google.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is a gift. Thank you to @siembranc.bsky.social for sharing this new toolkit with what they did when Border Patrol showed up in NC: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - share far and wide especially with our comrades in MN and LA (New Orleans esp).
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Everyone in Chicago needs to read this AND TAKE ACTION. Everyone else should read this and ask what's happening where you are with your public library systems.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Everyone in Chicago needs to read this AND TAKE ACTION. Everyone else should read this and ask what's happening where you are with your public library systems.
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The City of SF is suing 10 makers of ultra processed foods, citing negative impacts on individual and community health. We hope this improves consumer education and access to higher quality, healthier foods across the city.
We’ll be watching to see how this fares in the courts.
We’ll be watching to see how this fares in the courts.
San Francisco sues nation's top food manufacturers over ultraprocessed foods
San Francisco has filed a lawsuit against major food manufacturers like Coca-Cola and Nestle, claiming ultraprocessed foods are causing a public health crisis.
apnews.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The City of SF is suing 10 makers of ultra processed foods, citing negative impacts on individual and community health. We hope this improves consumer education and access to higher quality, healthier foods across the city.
We’ll be watching to see how this fares in the courts.
We’ll be watching to see how this fares in the courts.
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Massive cheese recall! It’s a lot of shredded cheese sold under store brands so please check carefully.
www.allrecipes.com/cheese-recal...
www.allrecipes.com/cheese-recal...
FDA Announces Recall on More Than 1.5 Million Bags of Cheese for Potential Metal Contamination
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has announced a cheese recall impacting more than a million bags of shredded cheese. The recalled cheese was produced by Great Lakes Cheese Co. Inc. and may b...
www.allrecipes.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Massive cheese recall! It’s a lot of shredded cheese sold under store brands so please check carefully.
www.allrecipes.com/cheese-recal...
www.allrecipes.com/cheese-recal...
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Kash Patel carrying on J. Edgar Hoover's FBI Director tradition of wearing women's clothes, I guess?
December 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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On your deathbed, you will probably not be thinking, "at least I totally owned those trolls on social media," and if you are it's unlikely there will be anyone there to hold your hand as you go
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:21 PM
On your deathbed, you will probably not be thinking, "at least I totally owned those trolls on social media," and if you are it's unlikely there will be anyone there to hold your hand as you go
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"I want history to remember me not just as the first black woman to be elected to Congress, not as the first black woman to have made a bid for the presidency of the United States, but as a black woman who lived in the 20th century and dared to be herself."
Shirley Chisholm, born on this day in 1924
Shirley Chisholm, born on this day in 1924
November 30, 2025 at 11:26 AM
"I want history to remember me not just as the first black woman to be elected to Congress, not as the first black woman to have made a bid for the presidency of the United States, but as a black woman who lived in the 20th century and dared to be herself."
Shirley Chisholm, born on this day in 1924
Shirley Chisholm, born on this day in 1924
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
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ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
ICE still FROZEN at Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan right now as calls continue circulating for people to join.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
NYPD arriving with barricades.
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If your admin says "but we need to prepare students for AI-driven careers," you can calmly say no. Reiterate that AI-integration is the result of wild capitalist greed, the technologies themselves aren't "generative" or useful in most careers, and students should focus on process-based learning.
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
If your admin says "but we need to prepare students for AI-driven careers," you can calmly say no. Reiterate that AI-integration is the result of wild capitalist greed, the technologies themselves aren't "generative" or useful in most careers, and students should focus on process-based learning.
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I spent a lot of time talking about Joe Sacco in my classes. He was chronicling Palestine in comics form well before anyone else. His work is amazing to look at and if youre not familiar with him you should look him up. Really wishing i could go to this
November 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I spent a lot of time talking about Joe Sacco in my classes. He was chronicling Palestine in comics form well before anyone else. His work is amazing to look at and if youre not familiar with him you should look him up. Really wishing i could go to this
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REP. @crockett.house.gov: “Elon Musk is the real welfare queen.”
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
REP. @crockett.house.gov: “Elon Musk is the real welfare queen.”
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This this this. There are a lot of people who think stealing from artists or replacing jobs are “complicated ethical questions” but if you tell them they’re burning up the planet they have no response.
Ai Slop should be reframed as pollution
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This this this. There are a lot of people who think stealing from artists or replacing jobs are “complicated ethical questions” but if you tell them they’re burning up the planet they have no response.
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Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against the demonic computers
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against the demonic computers
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NEXT WEEK: we will be at FANEXPO at Moscone Center West all weekend, 11/28-11/30 - come and say hi!
on FRIDAY & SATURDAY: we are hanging out with the LUMPIA WITH A VENGEANCE crew!
on SUNDAY: we will be sharing a booth with JESSICA FONG!
you can get your tix here: fanexpohq.com/fanexposanfr...
on FRIDAY & SATURDAY: we are hanging out with the LUMPIA WITH A VENGEANCE crew!
on SUNDAY: we will be sharing a booth with JESSICA FONG!
you can get your tix here: fanexpohq.com/fanexposanfr...
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 AM
NEXT WEEK: we will be at FANEXPO at Moscone Center West all weekend, 11/28-11/30 - come and say hi!
on FRIDAY & SATURDAY: we are hanging out with the LUMPIA WITH A VENGEANCE crew!
on SUNDAY: we will be sharing a booth with JESSICA FONG!
you can get your tix here: fanexpohq.com/fanexposanfr...
on FRIDAY & SATURDAY: we are hanging out with the LUMPIA WITH A VENGEANCE crew!
on SUNDAY: we will be sharing a booth with JESSICA FONG!
you can get your tix here: fanexpohq.com/fanexposanfr...