Training AI models is scab work and should be treated as such.

AI as a Fascist Artifact (This is a bit of a merger of two talks I recently gave about fascism and AI. One was in German at the Cables Of Resistance conference, one in English at the Milton Wolf Seminar on Media and Diplomacy. I added some shots of the slides I used as a structure for the text which […]

In which I argue that "AI" as we understand it today is a structurally fascist artifact.

https://tante.cc/2026/04/21/ai-as-a-fascist-artifact/

憲法守れ　国会前３．６万人/「１９日行動」　各地で連帯も | しんぶん赤旗｜日本共産党 高市早苗首相が今後１年で改憲発議に道筋をつける考えを表明するもとで、１９日、国会正門前で多くの市民が「改憲反対」「戦争したがる首相はいらない」と声をあげました。総がかり行動実行委員会、９条改憲ＮＯ！全国市民アクションによる「１９日行動」。汗ばむ陽気の中、国会前庭も埋め尽くす３万

憲法守れ　国会前3万6千人（主催者発表）
「１９日行動」
各地でも

高市早苗首相が今後１年で改憲発議に道筋をつける考えを表明しています

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A painting of a dancing Sufi on fire.

A painting in The Phoenix Library, the first library to be rebuilt in Gaza is by Aseel. Stunning.

Here’s the link too the library’s fund raiser. chuffed.org/project/firs...

Paper writers guidelines from Omni, Amazing Stories, Analog, and Asimov.

I just found an envelope full of old writers’ guidelines from science fiction magazines when I was sending out stories back in high school.

Best Related Work Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction by Paul Kincaid (Briardene Books) Inventing the Renaissance by Ada Palmer (University of Chicago Press US, Head of Zeus UK) Last War in Albion: "The Cuddled Little Vice (Sandman)" by Elizabeth Sandifer (Eruditorum Press) Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia Butler by Susana M. Morris (Amistad) “Ragnarök vs the Long Night” by Ashaya and Aziz (History of Westeros Podcast, August 10, 2025) The Hugo Spreadsheet of Doom, maintained by Renay (Google Spreadsheet) 479 ballots cast for 250 nominees. Finalists range 31-70.

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Colourfields: Writing About Writing About Science Fiction by Paul Kincaid (Briardene Books)

Inventing the Renaissance by @adapalmer.bsky.social (University of Chicago Press US, Head of Zeus UK)

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That's always good to see! The mayor and city council here have just rolled over and don't seem to care.

There are a lot of echoes between this and what we've been seeing from SK hynix and their efforts to put a chip packaging plant in our neighborhood.

Exposing The Dark Side of America's AI Data Center Explosion | View From Above | Business Insider YouTube video by Business Insider

Here’s a must watch, and good to share with family and friends, about the secretive deals made between big tech and state/local governments to build massive, polluting, downright dystopian data center warehouses. Well researched and reported by @businessinsider.com

'“There will be no change whatsoever to Japan’s postwar path as a pacifist nation for over 80 years, nor to its fundamental principles,” Takaichi wrote.'

Japan lifts post-World War II ban on lethal weapons exports The change, which allows Japanese companies to sell arms to 17 countries, is a major shift from the nation’s pacifist stance and comes at a time of heightened security concerns in the region.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday announced her country will begin selling lethal weapons abroad, a major shift from a post-World War II pacifist commitment during a time of heightened security concerns in the region.
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I've never been a picky eater. (I'm still not, really, other than my voluntary dietary restrictions.) But I remember my mom making chipped beef on toast as a kid, and I just *could not* eat it. Luckily, she listened to me and took that out of rotation.

‘Cheating scandal’ in Purdue class sparks debate over AI’s place in college Chaos ensued after a “cheating scandal” that blew up on social media over the weekend and caught the attention of students on campus and others beyond.

I’d been following the reactions (mostly from students) to this online.

www.jconline.com/story/news/l...

Congrats to him! It’s been, er, just a bit since I went through all that too. (Last week I got an email from NESA and realized it’s been 35 years since I got my Eagle.)

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It's intrigued me from the very beginning, I've just been forgetting to actually watch it.

National Railway Workers' Union - Wikipedia

I was going down a rabbit hole reading about Japanese rail workers' unions earlier. What I wouldn't give for a comprehensive book in English specifically on the history of such unions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationa...

I grew up only having crunchy around the house. My mom said that was because she grew up only having creamy.

At first I bought only creamy for myself, but I now swing both ways, PB-wise.

At first I thought it was a Cruz ship in the strait and began to worry that there was bad weather approaching Texas.

That’s the tape I used to have!

I think I got to Shonen Knife via Nirvana, and just bought the tape, not knowing exactly what it was.

I don’t recall why at the moment, but my first exposure to Shonen Knife was through a tape of other bands covering their songs.

Wide angle view of aircraft prototypes in the Smithsonian Institution Air & Space Museum entry hall

I'm BEGGING for a conversation with any folks who can think of how we get the Smithsonian to open a national transport museum with cool trains, buses, and shit to actually teach and inspire the next generation of transit engineers and planners 😫

okay, this happens to me all the time.
Why do some people get so angry/upset when I tell them that refusal IS my ethical way to engage with gAI?
Guilt?

I mean, you don’t call something “Homeland Security” with the thought “I’m going to be normal about this”.

To be honest, this is exactly what I expected when they formed a department of “Homeland Security” in 2002.

I’m only surprised that it’s taken them so long to be this explicit about it.

Trump-backed Copenhaver targeted by Sen. Deery in ad accusing her of theft ‘It’s character assassination,’ Copenhaver says at Turning Point USA rally in West Lafayette. In Indiana Senate race featuring tons of outside money, Deery says he’s ‘not going to be a punching bag.’

I’ve seen so many online ads about this primary race. It’s funny that the Trump-backed challenger had a Turning Point USA rally at a park shelter with just 30 people.

www.basedinlafayette.com/p/trump-back...

You Do Not Need an AI Policy — Sonja Drimmer You do not need an AI policy. Forget the crisis in plagiarism and cheating; that’s yesterday’s news. It is becoming increasingly common for my colleagues, both within my own university and elsewhere,...

sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2026/...

It seems like something that’s right up my alley. I just haven’t gotten to it yet. I think I’ll do that soon.