Mastodawn

Donald Trump letting you know how the authoritarian capture of the media is going, in case you missed it. Unlike other authoritarians in places like Hungary and Poland he has no worries about advertising his authoritarian take over of the media.

Kyle C. Kelly Mar 7

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Bernie the Wordsmith Feb 23

Every time you do a "both sides" stuff between "AI hypers and deniers" you are basically telling me that the person worried about the destruction of their life, their job and the environment has the level of delusion of a person like Peter Thiel, an eldritch horror in a vessel made of flesh that thinks humanity, umm, should not exist.

Kyle C. Kelly Feb 22

RE: https://mastodon.social/@roughnightshow/116116220894161642

Sorry for the inconvenience folks. We're getting it sorted.

Kyle C. Kelly Feb 22

beem Feb 22

So far AI has had the following consequences:
- dibs on current and future wafers (hardware) supply
- mass layoffs every quarter
- propaganda spread to big tech CEOs that output will x10
- no steam deck and new steam machine
- ram & storage prices increasing
- previous retail hardware manufacturers turning their backs on retail
- stolen code used to train current models
- stricter controls of PRs because openclaw and ai creators decided to say fuck you to open source contributors
- using the people's power grid to power AI infrastructure

And the list keeps getting bigger. And no, you haven't made any profit getting your Claude subscription and yes, you always reach your rate limits because llms are not scalable nor sustainable

But AI is soooo great... Yeah, it's awesome!

#ai #opensource

Kyle C. Kelly Feb 7

The Rough Night Variety Show Feb 7

The #varietyshow will be tonight at 5 Pacific instead of the usual day and time. Sorry for the late notice!
twitch.tv/pretendmonkey and youtube.com/@roughnightvarietyshow.

#twitch #live #youtube #podcast

Kyle C. Kelly Jan 30

Patrick Leavy Jan 30

Will you take the red pill, and follow the #BigTechWalkout 2026 programme - completing your move away from #bigtech products?

https://blog.rebeltechalliance.org/the-big-tech-walkout-2026/

Or will you take the blue pill and go back to billionaire algorithm simulation?

#privacy #control #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism

The Big Tech Walkout 2026

Here is the full detailed programme for the Big Tech Walkout 2026 - bookmark it so you can refer back to it over the year

The Rebel Blog

Kyle C. Kelly Jan 30

Anybody used #presearch ? Stumbled across it today and it looks like a pretty decent, #decentralized , #private #searchengine . Curious if anyone has had issues or know if there's some weird unethical practices going on I'm unaware of.

#security #privacy #tech #decentralization

Kyle C. Kelly Jan 28

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Andrea Chalupa Jan 28

Divest from Big Tech. Google and Amazon are regime collaborators. We need to build our own infrastructure. Go to the Electronic Frontier Foundation and use their Surveillance Self-Defense guide. https://www.eff.org/pages/surveillance-self-defense

Surveillance Self-Defense

Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD) is EFF's online guide to defending yourself and your friends from surveillance by using secure technology and developing careful practices. In addition to tutorials for installing and using security-friendly software, SSD walks you through concepts like making a...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Kyle C. Kelly Jan 25

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Jan 25

Top #Linux Distributions for Beginners: Friendly, Stable, and Easy to Learn | Linux Journal
#Ubuntu: The Standard for New Users
#LinuxMint: Familiar Feel for Former #Windows Users
#ZorinOS: A Windows-Like Experience With Style
Pop!_OS: Optimized for Productivity and Creators
#ElementaryOS: A Mac-Inspired Beginner Experience
#Manjaro: #ArchLinux Without the Hassle
#MXLinux: Lightweight and Friendly
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/top-linux-distributions-beginners-friendly-stable-and-easy-learn

There is also #Fedora the #RHEL upstream!

Top Linux Distributions for Beginners: Friendly, Stable, and Easy to Learn | Linux Journal

Kyle C. Kelly Jan 25

Stop That Jan 25

Statement from the parents of #AlexPretti, the man ICE executed in broad daylight: