2026 is the year of #AI sobriety - a Quiet #Rebellion in a World full of #Slop

- by persistent bloom

Invidious:
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=y39n3Mn6jac
(or YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y39n3Mn6jac)

"Does this allow me to hear myself think? Or does it make it harder to hear what voice is my own?"

I absolutely love this! 💯 So many good points!

I also highly agree with the usefulness of smaller open language models.

#AISober #AISobriety #LLM #LLMs #ArtificialIntelligence #Art #Philosophy #CriticalThinking

Today in Labor History December 25, 1831: The Great Jamaican Slave Revolt, the largest slave uprising in the British West Indies, began on this date. Samuel Sharpe, a black Baptist deacon, led the revolt of 60,000 enslaved people. The 11-day uprising began as a General Strike, but quickly turned violent. 14 whites and 207 enslaved black people died in the siege. However, another 340 rebels were executed afterward. The rebels had been inspired by the abolitionist movement in London and had intended to call for a peaceful uprising. The rebellion was depicted in Andrea Levy's 2010 novel, “The Long Song,” and in Herbert de Lisser’s The 1929 novel “The White Witch of Rosehall.”

#workingclass #LaborHistory #slavery #abolition #revolt #uprising #jamaica #samuelsharpe #rebellion #books #novels #writer #author #fiction #BlackMastodon @bookstadon

Dear Fedi friends,

I just hit "publish" on my blog post "A newbie's guide to #selfhosting with #YunoHost. Part 1: reasons + requirements". It's here if you wanna read it:

🔗​: https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-with-yunohost-part-1-reasons-requirements/

This guide is intended for true newbies who are curious about self-hosting some essential digital services. I'm hoping to dispel some myths about self-hosting and make it appear accessible to all. Well, at least to people curious about it but hesitant to get started because they think it's too complicated. That was me up to a year ago.

Special thanks and shout-out to @ilja for setting my journey in motion. And eternal gratitude to @yunohost for the way they are empowering us all with the tools to self-host

#MySoCalledSudoLife #blog #BigTech #rebellion #digitalsovereignty #NextCloud

Dear Fedi friends,

I just hit "publish" on my blog post "A newbie's guide to #selfhosting with #YunoHost. Part 1: reasons + requirements". It's here if you wanna read it:

🔗​: https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-with-yunohost-part-1-reasons-requirements/

This guide is intended for true newbies who are curious about self-hosting some essential digital services. I'm hoping to dispel some myths about self-hosting and make it appear accessible to all. Well, at least to people curious about it but hesitant to get started because they think it's too complicated. That was me up to a year ago.

Special thanks and shout-out to @ilja for setting my journey in motion. And eternal gratitude to @yunohost for the way they are empowering us all with the tools to self-host

#MySoCalledSudoLife #blog #BigTech #rebellion #digitalsovereignty #NextCloud

Après 3 années de procès, cinq de nos collègues qui avaient participé à des actions de désobéissance civile lors de la campagne de @ScientistRebellion en Allemagne en 2022 ont été condamnés à 11 250 € d’amendes par la justice allemande. Vous pourrez trouver plus de détails sur le procès, notre analyse, le contexte et les amendes dans le communiqué de presse publié sur notre site web.

https://scientifiquesenrebellion.fr/textes/presse/pour-la-premiere-fois-cinq-scientifiques-condamnes/

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#climat #BlackRock #BMW #DCNV #rébellion

Après 3 années de procès, cinq de nos collègues qui avaient participé à des actions de désobéissance civile lors de la campagne de @ScientistRebellion en Allemagne en 2022 ont été condamnés à 11 250 € d’amendes par la justice allemande. Vous pourrez trouver plus de détails sur le procès, notre analyse, le contexte et les amendes dans le communiqué de presse publié sur notre site web.

https://scientifiquesenrebellion.fr/textes/presse/pour-la-premiere-fois-cinq-scientifiques-condamnes/

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#climat #BlackRock #BMW #DCNV #rébellion

Looking back at my life,
so I can look forward to my life…

“Personal as Political:
Early CyberFeminism &
Internet of Humans
during breakup of Yugoslavia”

Or

"In the Footnotes of History"

at

(GRADE) conference, on 14. March 2025, Belgrade / online

"Grassroots of Digital Europe: from Historic to Contemporary Cultures of Creative Computing"

The slides :

https://wiki.techinc.nl/images/6/65/Vesna-grade-2025-slides-with-notes-xs.pdf.pdf

#belonging #community
#overcoming #oppression
#rebellion #recovery
#collapse #regeneration

Looking back at my life,
so I can look forward to my life…

“Personal as Political:
Early CyberFeminism &
Internet of Humans
during breakup of Yugoslavia”

Or

"In the Footnotes of History"

at

(GRADE) conference, on 14. March 2025, Belgrade / online

"Grassroots of Digital Europe: from Historic to Contemporary Cultures of Creative Computing"

The slides :

https://wiki.techinc.nl/images/6/65/Vesna-grade-2025-slides-with-notes-xs.pdf.pdf

#belonging #community
#overcoming #oppression
#rebellion #recovery
#collapse #regeneration

Artist Shepard Fairey is having an exhibition in LA called “Out of Print,” at Beyond the Streets. Looks like it’s gonna be fire. Wish I could see it in person.

More on the exhibit:
https://beyondthestreets.com/blogs/articles/beyond-the-streets-presents-shepard-fairey-out-of-print

More on Shepard:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepard_Fairey

(Hat tip: @colossal)

#ShepardFairey #OutOfPrint #Art #Exhibition #LA #California #Illustration #Protest #Rebellion

The irony is not lost on me that I’m posting this to social media. 🤷🏻‍♂️

(Hat tip: @markchappelle)

#SocialMedia #SocialNetworks #Books #Reading #AI #Rebellion

Even if hope is all we have, it’s something. If we lose hope we lose an possibility of burning fascism to the ground.

So fight on, fellow humanitarians. Remember to care, cuss, and drink water. Fuck fascism. ✊🏻

#Hope #Rebellion #Resist #Antifascism #StarWars #JynErso

The irony is not lost on me that I’m posting this to social media. 🤷🏻‍♂️

(Hat tip: @markchappelle)

#SocialMedia #SocialNetworks #Books #Reading #AI #Rebellion

To all of the brave folks out there, fighting injustice. Those who call themselves antifascists, and those who don’t even know that they are. Those at the protests. Those in the flotillas. Those harassing ICE in the streets. All of you…

I just wanted to say you’re fucking rad. Thank you for fighting the good fight and getting in good trouble.

Cry, grieve, and have moments of despair. But don’t give up. Don’t lose hope.

✊🏻

#Resist #Antifascism #Resistance #Rebellion #Hope #Solidarity