Mali-piaille debarque!My body is a machine that turns machines into broken machines.
#NeoLuddite
#NeoLuddite
DoomsdaysCW@Tooden Um, ultimately, it's a play on #TheBreakfastClub. I'm not quite sure why you're so upset about the term. What about #NeoLuddite? And btw, one of my family lines is #Mennonite, and they are pretty darn #luddite!
Fancy SandwichesHello! Are you a technologist/software person that lives in the #Seattle area? Are you also an AI skeptic ? Would you like to give a talk on the subject at a local meetup? If so I can get you in front of an audience at the meetup I help run, Puget Sound Programming Python, aka PuPPy. Please reach out. Boosts welcome.
Aethelthis one resonated so much! ive quite proudly calling myself a #NeoLuddite and this nay be one of the few cases of 'good ol days' #privacy #luddism #criticaltech
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/im-tired-of-pretending-tech-is-making-the-world-better/
I'm Tired of Pretending Tech is Making the World Better
I'm tired of pretending tech makes things better. I'm tired of kidding myself that all these apps, these chatbots, these "tools" are doing anything but dragging us into the mud and the shit and calling it progress. I sat down at a cafe a few days ago, hungry and ready
Now in College, #LudditeTeens Still Don’t Want Your Likes
Three years after starting a club meant to fight #SocialMedia’s grip on young people, many original members are holding firm and gaining new converts.
By Alex Vadukul
Jan. 30, 2025
"Biruk Watling, a college sophomore wearing a baggy coat and purple fingerless gloves, walked the chilly campus of Temple University in #Philadelphia on a recent afternoon to recruit new members to her club.
She taped a flier to a pole: '#JoinTheLudditeClub For #MeaningfulConnections.' Down the block, she posted another one: 'Do You Desire a Healthier Relationship With Technology, Especially Social Media? The Luddite Club Welcomes You and Your Ideas.'
"When a student approached, Ms. Watling dove into her pitch.
"'Our club promotes #ConsciousConsumption of #technology,' she said. 'We’re for #HumanConnection. I’m one of the first members of the original Luddite Club in #Brooklyn. Now I’m trying to start it in #Philly.
"She pulled out a #FlipPhone, mystifying her recruit.
"'We use these,' she said. 'This has been the most freeing experience of my life.'
If Ms. Watling had a missionary’s zeal, it was because she wasn’t just promoting a student club, but an approach to modern life that profoundly changed her two years ago, when she helped form the Luddite Club as a high school student in New York.
"But that was then, back when things were simpler, before she had embarked on the more independent life of a college student and found herself having to navigate QR codes, two-factor-identification logins, dating apps and other digital staples of campus life.
"The #LudditeClub was the subject of an article I wrote in 2022 — a story that, ironically, went viral. It told of how a group of teenage tech skeptics from Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn and a few other schools in the city gathered on weekends in Prospect Park to enjoy some time together away from the machine.
"They #sketched and #painted side by side. They read quietly, favoring works by #Dostoyevsky, #Kerouac and #Vonnegut. They sat on logs and groused about how #TikTok was dumbing down their generation. Their flip phones were decorated with stickers and nail polish.
"Readers inspired by their message responded in hundreds of emails and comments. Reporters from Germany, Brazil, Japan and elsewhere flooded my inbox, asking me how to reach these students who were so hard to track down online. Snarky Reddit threads and think pieces sprouted. #RalphNader endorsed the club in an opinion essay, writing: 'This is a rebellion that needs support and diffusion.'"
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/style/luddite-teens-reunion.html
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/
#SolarPunkSunday #Nature #NeoLuddite #Luddites #LessScreenTime #MoreBoardGames #MoreGreenTime #MoreOutdoorTime #FlipPhones #MoreBooks #ResistTheMachine
tinydoctorWhen I see "AI" and "revenue" in close proximity, I reach for Enoch's Hammer. #NeoLuddite
https://flipboard.com/@semafor/semafor-qhf227ugz/-/a-HJkv2d6WQjW2C1dX5UaMvQ%3Aa%3A3943444710-%2F0
How Luddite am I? In the realm of kitchen countertop appliances, I used the General Electric toaster given to my parents as a wedding present in 1956 until it died after 60+ years of service. Now I make toast under the broiler in the oven. I like dumb toast, not #smartappliances. #luddite #neoluddite
KostynSome combination of stuff in this old-ass building I live in (older than Marx) buzzes at regular intervals the exact same way an old phone I had did and I constantly feel as if I'm hearing a notification come through. This will either fix or break me. Stay tuned, folks!
Tim Bondy#Abortion #handmaids_tale #ThirdWorld #NeoLuddite
#Amarillo, #Texas wants to know if its citizens want to take that next step of going full Handmaids Tale by actively preventing citizens of the United States of America from helping other US citizens get the medical care they want and in many case the care they need.
Living in Texas must be a fucking maddening thing ... And #idaho is quickly catching up with the shittiness of the Lone Star State.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/19/texas-abortion-travel-ban
Bastian Greshake TzovarasIf you'd like one of the (100% analog chemistry ⚗️, zero computers involved) #neoluddite prints: I've now put them up on Ko-Fi, in 10x15cm & 16x24cm sizes. https://ko-fi.com/s/adca81c7b0
Minimum prices are set to cover the expenses/materials, but hit me up via DM if that's a barrier. 😊
