I will ask chat GPT
I will boil the last of our drinking water
Salt the soil of the scrub-lands
Tear the pages from books and feed them to my fire

I will ask copilot
I will scramble your library
reanimate and puppet the faces of your dead ancestors
I will bury you in poor copies of your dreams

I will ask grok
I will fall silent and never speak to you
I will talk only to myself lost in a maze of my own fantasies
I will forget all who cannot compliment me
I will decouple my soul from this world.

GOOD NEWS: For the first time in history, RENEWABLE ENERGY has overtaken COAL in global electricity production.

Solar and wind are finally outpacing fossil fuels. This is a TURNING POINT for the planet and for all of us.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/07/global-renewable-energy-generation-surpasses-coal-first-time

Today in Labor History Nov 2, 1956: Israel invaded Egypt, followed by Britain and France, during the Suez Crisis. The goal was to regain control of the economically important Suez Canal by western powers, and to overthrow Egyptian leader Nassar, who had nationalized the canal. During the crisis, Israel occupied the Gaza Strip. The conflict resulted in 172 Israeli deaths and up to 4,000 Arab deaths, including 1,000 civilians.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #israel #palestine #nakba #zionism #genocide #freepalestine #EndTheOccupation #suez #egypt

Wow, this is huge! Historic!

Congratulations Egypt on being declared malaria free, after 100 years of effort!

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2yl8pjgn2o

#malaria #egypt #progress #GoodNews #sharegoodnewstoo #EliminateDisease

The wait is over. HTML for People is OUT NOW!

I feel strongly that anyone should be able to make a website with HTML if they want. This web book will teach you how to do just that. It doesn’t require any previous experience making websites or coding. I will cover everything you need to know to get started in an approachable and friendly way.

And it’s free for all. 🚀

https://htmlforpeople.com

How MIT copes without Elsevier

MIT leaders describe their experience of not renewing the largest journal contract as “overwhelmingly positive”.

“For MIT to continue to pay millions of dollars to corporations that lock up the scholarship that comes out of our own campus was just inconsistent with MIT’s history of supporting open education and research,” said Chris Bourg, Director of Libraries at MIT.

...MIT Libraries estimates annual savings at more than 80%....

https://sparcopen.org/our-work/big-deal-knowledge-base/unbundling-profiles/mit-libraries/

"Public Work is a search engine for public domain content. Explore 100,000+ copyright-free images from The MET, New York Public Library, and other sources.”

https://public.work/

Yet another friend has been arrested from his home at the middle of the night for writing or drawing things that upset the government of #Egypt.

My friend Ashraf Omar is facing terrorism charges which is completely outrageous.

https://moftasa.net/ashraf-omar