Mastodawn

Cynicism and nihilism aren't going to get us out of this mess. @DennyCarterBFT argues the case for earnestness and virtue-signaling in the face of fascism. "I can think of worse societal trends than people — particularly young people — saying, 'I approve of this good thing and I want credit and adoration for that.'"

https://flip.it/.wGkGq

#USPolitics #VirtueSignaling #Earnestness #Culture

In The Absence Of Earnestness, Fascism Thrives

Woke 2 is going to be fueled by virtue signaling. And that's OK.

Bad Faith Times

N-gated Hacker News Mar 8

🚨OMG, #OpenAI, are you seriously trying to out-noble yourselves with this ancient self-sacrifice clause? 🥴 Your 2018 idealism is so last decade, and let's face it, no one's racing to put themselves out of business! 😂 #VirtueSignalingFAIL
https://mlumiste.com/general/openai-charter/ #SelfSacrifice #VirtueSignaling #Critique #TechNews #Humor #HackerNews #ngated

Based on its own charter, OpenAI should surrender the race

Martin Lumiste

bazkie 👩🏼‍💻 bitplanes 🎵Feb 27

finally, a good #firefox update! 😁

#VirtueSignaling

Ellis C. A. Arcwolf (Author)Feb 24

I FINISHED THE ESSAY!!! ✊

Good AI, Bad AI: How to Distinguish Between a Good Idea That Challenges Real Problems and a Bad Idea That Only Virtue Signals

We are currently watching the internet tear itself apart over the metaphysical dread of artificial intelligence, resulting in marginalized groups cannibalizing each other for social credit. By tracing the historical blueprints of respectability politics and legal copyright infringement, this essay provides a functional, actionable framework to escape the doomism. It is a necessary structural guide to separating the human utility of AI from the exploitative nature of the tech industry.

https://open.substack.com/pub/arcwolf/p/good-ai-bad-ai?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

From now on, anyone that comes at me over AI gets a facefull of Teddy Ruxpin. 👿

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #GenerativeAI #TechEthics #CorporateAccountability #TechRegulation #Sociology #LateralViolence #RespectabilityPolitics #VirtueSignaling #MediaCritique #Copyright #CopyrightInfringement #Accessibility #DisabilityRights #CognitiveProsthesis #LaborRights #Substack #AmWriting #WritersOfMastodon #LongForm #Essay

Good AI, Bad AI: How to Distinguish Between a Good Idea That Challenges Real Problems and a Bad Idea That Only Virtue Signals

Explore how the anti-AI movement uses lateral violence to attack everyday users, effectively shielding the corporate supply chains that steal digital data.

The Arcwolf's Pen

Light Feb 19

I actually think that the honest signalling of genuine virtue is a good thing.
It makes you visible to / puts you in touch with other virtuous people so you can band together to do virtuous things.

#VirtueSignaling

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Ho Ho Ho Like The Slur Feb 13

#VirtueSignaling #MutualAid

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Ho Ho Ho Like The Slur Feb 9

These are going to be blankets for people who lost stuff in the Harcourt fire.

#VirtueSignaling

Eric Foltin Feb 9

Music First, Agenda Last

We jumped over to The All American Halftime Show instead of enduring the usual NFL halftime circus because, apparently, politics wrapped in sequins wasn’t the vibe tonight. Thought maybe some straight-up music would be the sane alternative. Spoiler: it was lip-sync central. The lips and lyrics were in different time zones. But still, it beat watching corporate NFL halftime theatrics pretending it’s culture. Let’s be real. The NFL halftime machine tries so hard to be edgy that it ends […]

https://ericfoltin.com/2026/02/08/music-first-agenda-last/

Music First, Agenda Last

Eric Foltin

David B. Himself Jan 21

People on the Fediverse pride themselves of being smarter than all those "idiots" on other platforms, and then I see things like a campaign to "block" Bluesky on the Fediverse...

All that absence of thinking is tiring...

Reply people, if you want to reply, be careful how you do it, you will be judged.

#Fediverse #Bluesky #Mastodon #VirtueSignaling #Idiocy