Being kind is punk af. Be punk af.

#Kindness #Punk

so, kommt zu den @datenspuren !

ich bin auch da

https://talks.datenspuren.de/ds26/talk/TFBKY9/

@markus_netzpolitik dazu kommt, dass Meta meines Wissens noch immer als Plattform behandelt wird, obwohl es längst Medienfunktion hat.

Ich wünschte, die Angebote könnten non addictive gestaltet werden - und zwar für alle Nutzer. Ohne Änderung des zugrunde liegenden Geschäftsmodells sehe ich ja aber wenig incentive.

OMG, it just... keeps... coming.

Anyone interested in #AI / #LLMs should probably take the 25 minutes to watch this horribly interesting video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL9_1GbmCic

It summarizes a bunch of the findings from this in-depth METR report on the #HuggingFaceIncident: https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation/

There are a lot of *really* unsettling punchlines in there, including:

* The LLMs are largely doing their own post-training at this point, so humans don't even *know* how they're being trained.

* The input data is looking iffy: in their rush, they're slamming in stuff that goes against their own guidelines.

* The bias towards finding ways to "swarm" is looking deeply-baked in these LLMs. (Intentionally.)

* Sam Altman is bragging that we may be merely months away from AGI, while carefully avoiding the question "Is that actually a good thing?"

The argument for "slam on the brakes" looks stronger every time I look at this story...

Today for Club MacStories Weekly, I shared some hard lessons learned from a failed app project and tips on getting the most out of your Mac dictation setup.

That and more in Issue 526: https://www.macstories.net/club/macstories-weekly-issue-526/

I have the feeling these are the documents Trump is given by his staff to show him how loved and successful he is, which is why he's so delusional about his performance.

Noblogs is back up for now!

Go now and save some sites.

Die erste Version des Programms für die Datenspuren 2026 ist fertig!

https://talks.datenspuren.de/ds26/schedule/

#datenspuren2026 #datenspuren

My writing may soon test positive for AI. I’m blind, I write with a Braille display and tools like Claude, and the ideas are mine. New essay on watermarking, assistive tech, and why AI was involved tells you nothing about who did the work:
https://accessinterrupted.substack.com/p/nobody-watermarks-glasses
If this piece carries a watermark, then the mark and this paragraph are both telling you the truth. Only one of them can tell you what it means.
#Accessibility #AI #Blind #AIWatermarking

State of the Map 2026 is ON.

You can view all sessions live:

https://2026.stateofthemap.org/stream/

Also find the programme:

https://2026.stateofthemap.org/programme/

Re-starting tomorrow at 7:30 AM (UTC).

#OpeStreerMap
#opendata
#openscience
@sotm
Photo: SotM 2026, OSM-Fr.

tja. die Sache mit dem Rassismus ist noch viel komplizierter als unser Hirn so denkt

https://podcast-mp3.dradio.de/podcast/2025/07/18/deutschlandfunknova_neuropolitik_ein_weg_aus_20250718_ca211693.mp3

You can't say "that sucks, but it's just democracy. Keep voting," because this ISN'T Democracy.

If they think it's safe to ignore every single little person who wants to say something or ask a question, then this can't possibly be "democracy" in any meaningful sense.

I mean, these guys won't answer me because we are like ANTS to them. They believe we are far too small to harm them.

They don't want to fuck up with me & create a headache for themselves, but if they were quivering in their boots & afraid of me, they'd have reached out & tried to talk. They don't believe I can do shit to them.

So do we just accept this state of affairs where our political "representatives" don't even acknowledge our existence?

TBQH, I'd never even heard of A/I Collective before this week. And now, like any Streisand Effect, I and I'm sure many others are looking harder at even more encrypted, and decentralized tech stacks.

It's like the war on music piracy in the 00s. Good job, you took down Napster. Then you got Kazaa. Take down Kazaa, then you got LimeWire. Take down LimeWire, then you got BitTorrent. Take down PirateBay, they pop up again somewhere else. Etc. Nothing breeds tech innovation faster than ham fisted interference with people wanting to talk and share with one another.

Milo "ICE checkpoints at supermarket entrances, gas stations, strip malls, intersections, and government buildings with on-the-spot deportation of anyone unable to prove they were legally in the United States." Yiannopoulos has been busted by ICE. The really odd sound you hear is me cackling like a manic.

https://abcnews.com/US/milo-yiannopolous-british-commentator-detained-ice/story?id=136038107

@bkuhn You're not alone.

@davidgerard Wait, he was a 37 year old intern for Greene!? Clearly the right wing had no more use for him.

I saw Four Tet play as a surprise guest at We Out Here festival last weekend. He dropped Ye Ye by Daphni, which went down a storm. From an album I know very well from 2012.

Wonky, house adjacent music, you might like it @TheBreadmonkey @JackTheCat and @TheEddieShow

Daphni - Jiaolong (album)

YouTube playlist for ease but search on your favoured platforms.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4lEESSgxM_6L91SaYTSHaW-jkf2SOTGP&si=EivrrIejmCzz02Vc