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@dilmandila “Writing dystopia empowers the oppressor fascism rises where there is misery and no hope; writing solarpunk gives hope to the oppressed by providing an alternative future to look forward to.”
I love that! #solarpunk #dystopia
@dilmandila “Writing dystopia empowers the oppressor fascism rises where there is misery and no hope; writing solarpunk gives hope to the oppressed by providing an alternative future to look forward to.”
I love that! #solarpunk #dystopia
Highly recommended site:
https://www.authoritarian-stack.info/
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
Supported by: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
Funded by: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Future of Work
Highly recommended site:
https://www.authoritarian-stack.info/
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
Supported by: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung
Funded by: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Future of Work
Just started @pluralistic's Walkaway 📚
#Solarpunk #IntentionalCommunity #Enshittification #Communes #Utopia #Dystopia #NowReading #Reading
Just started @pluralistic's Walkaway 📚
#Solarpunk #IntentionalCommunity #Enshittification #Communes #Utopia #Dystopia #NowReading #Reading
"I believe in America"
｢ New gates at the entrance automatically swing open when customers walk in, but they’re set to trigger an alarm if someone attempts to back out. And if you walk into Safeway and change your mind about grocery shopping, you might find yourself trapped: Another gate that only opens if you scan your receipt blocks the store’s sole exit ｣
https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/sf-grocery-store-installed-security-measures-21138800.php
"I believe in America"
｢ New gates at the entrance automatically swing open when customers walk in, but they’re set to trigger an alarm if someone attempts to back out. And if you walk into Safeway and change your mind about grocery shopping, you might find yourself trapped: Another gate that only opens if you scan your receipt blocks the store’s sole exit ｣
https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/sf-grocery-store-installed-security-measures-21138800.php
"ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien."
Every person involved in this decision needs to be hit over the head with a copy of Kashmir Hill's "Your Face Belongs to Us" until they come to their senses.
The 21st century version of "Papieren Bytte"
Is a secretive app developed by a shadowy techbro.
This is NOT the #cyberpunk #dystopia I signed up for.
#mobilefortify
😲 ⚠️
"AI-powered browsers that can take actions on your behalf are powerful yet extremely risky. If you’re signed into sensitive accounts like your bank or your email provider in your browser, simply summarizing a Reddit post could result in an attacker being able to steal money or your private data."
#AI #dystopia https://mas.to/@carnage4life/115421197807638793
😲 ⚠️
"AI-powered browsers that can take actions on your behalf are powerful yet extremely risky. If you’re signed into sensitive accounts like your bank or your email provider in your browser, simply summarizing a Reddit post could result in an attacker being able to steal money or your private data."
#AI #dystopia https://mas.to/@carnage4life/115421197807638793
My "everything is a bank" rant of the day
｢ The application, filed with the US Trademark and Patent Office on October 13, lists plans for a "mobile app and online services for a range of banking, financial advisory, crypto exchange, and other services." It would exist under the "MrBeast Financial" brand ｣
Radicalized is a collection of novellas written by Canadian-British-American author Cory Doctorow. Radicalized explores such issues as digital rights management, police brutality, radicalization in internet communities, and doomsday preppers.
This was a great collection of stories, all of them really interesting to read through. I especially loved "Unauthorized Bread" which accurately depicts the control corporations aim to push on us, control that is willingly given away by our profit hungry capitalist governments.
"Model Minority" is an ugly story of justice and policy brutality. Not even from the future. Except for the flying super hero guy.
"Radicalized" deals with the possibilities for radicalization in the dark web for those who get denied justice in our corporate driven society.
"Masque of the Red Death" is the weird one in the bunch. Maybe harder to identify with as the whole concept of "doomsday preppers" is such an American concept. Though, looking at the world developing, maybe we should start some of that in Europe too.
Oh, and Cory is the first author whose book I post about that I know is on the Fediverse! Follow recommendation to @pluralistic@mamot.fr
Radicalized is a collection of novellas written by Canadian-British-American author Cory Doctorow. Radicalized explores such issues as digital rights management, police brutality, radicalization in internet communities, and doomsday preppers.
This was a great collection of stories, all of them really interesting to read through. I especially loved "Unauthorized Bread" which accurately depicts the control corporations aim to push on us, control that is willingly given away by our profit hungry capitalist governments.
"Model Minority" is an ugly story of justice and policy brutality. Not even from the future. Except for the flying super hero guy.
"Radicalized" deals with the possibilities for radicalization in the dark web for those who get denied justice in our corporate driven society.
"Masque of the Red Death" is the weird one in the bunch. Maybe harder to identify with as the whole concept of "doomsday preppers" is such an American concept. Though, looking at the world developing, maybe we should start some of that in Europe too.
Oh, and Cory is the first author whose book I post about that I know is on the Fediverse! Follow recommendation to @pluralistic@mamot.fr
I have never written a novelette before, let alone a story told entirely in notes and lists. Let's see how this turns out!
https://chavanniclass.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/inktober-day-1-mustache/
#writing #inktober #Inktober2025 #india #SFF #dystopia #apocalypse #journal
I have never written a novelette before, let alone a story told entirely in notes and lists. Let's see how this turns out!
https://chavanniclass.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/inktober-day-1-mustache/
#writing #inktober #Inktober2025 #india #SFF #dystopia #apocalypse #journal
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