
We’re bringing #TakeBackTech III to you! Join us for a three-part broadcast of our main stage moments and conversations, starting Thursday May 21 at 7:00 PM ET | 4:00 PM PT. We’re starting strong with a double feature! First up is our opening convo with Naomi Klein where she sets the scene of how tech oligarchs are spiraling us toward end times fascism by design. After that, you’ll hear directly from data center organizers in The Race for Our Future plenary. KeShaun Pearson, Memphis Community Against Pollution; Jorge Lopez, Movimiento Socioambiental Comunitario por el Agua y el Territorio (MOSACAT); Gina Mangham, Renew DeKalb; and KD Minor, Alliance for Affordable Energy.

We’re bringing #TakeBackTech III to you! Join us for a three-part broadcast of our main stage moments and conversations, starting Thursday May 21 at 7:00 PM ET | 4:00 PM PT. We’re starting strong with a double feature! First up is our opening convo with Naomi Klein where she sets the scene of how tech oligarchs are spiraling us toward end times fascism by design. After that, you’ll hear directly from data center organizers in The Race for Our Future plenary. KeShaun Pearson, Memphis Community Against Pollution; Jorge Lopez, Movimiento Socioambiental Comunitario por el Agua y el Territorio (MOSACAT); Gina Mangham, Renew DeKalb; and KD Minor, Alliance for Affordable Energy.
In or near #Atlanta next weekend? (Maybe for #TakeBackTech?)
Come to @sandbox for a low-key Co-op Cloud meet-up, 6-10 pm Eastern, Saturday 18th April.
And a little bonus: the next "Self-hosted infrastructure speedrun", with Ammar and 3wordchant going (co-operatively) head-to-head to fire up some radical self-hosted technology.
The AI griftosphere is starting to show its ass. Good. May that hasten its overdue demise.
Latest from @Zitron
from 03/24/2026:
"The AI Industry is Lying to You"
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-industry-is-lying-to-you/

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