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Alison Mar 8

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Alison Feb 17

⁂ L. Rhodes Feb 17

Gen AI is an expensive way to create text and images. Right now, much of that cost is being subsidized and hidden, but it will eventually need to be paid. Because charging the actual cost will likely negate most of the value proposition of genAI, the companies that run the big models are focused on altering the social and economic context so that there are big external costs to opting out. E.g. getting companies to fire staff makes it difficult to pivot back away from AI because hiring and training replacement staff can be difficult and costly. Hence, the huge rush and hysterical sense of urgency around adoption: the demand for profitability is an approaching tidal wave, and they need to lock entire industries in before that wave hits.

That's why resistance IN THE PRESENT counts for a great deal. Right now, we have the approaching wave in our favor, and they're counting on cultivating enough dependence before it hits that we'll have no choice to accept the actual costs. The closer they get to locking society into dependence on hyperscale AI systems, the more difficult it becomes to opt out of even the plainly dystopian uses of the technology. And the longer we "wait and see," the less say we may ultimately have in how this technology shapes our society.

Alison Feb 3

Happy first Tuesday in February!

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Alison Feb 1

bebatjof 🇵🇸Jan 31

#FromTheRiverToTheSea #Palestine #FreePalestine

Alison Jan 31

Electronic Frontier Foundation Jan 31

Join EFF's online town hall to discuss ways to stay safer and how the digital rights community can help address ICE and CBP's brutality against immigrants, observers, and those seeking to hold them accountable. Livestream on Thursday at 10 AM PT https://eff.org/livestream-ice

EFF Town Hall: ICE, CBP, and Digital Rights

You see it. We see it. ICE and CBP are out of control. Many people are exercising their right to say it's unacceptable. But what are the limitations around recording immigration agents? Is it true that ICE is using facial recognition technology? Are you unsure how to protect your privacy while...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Alison Jan 31

Indivisible ❌👑Jan 31

Republicans are flailing after being forced to defend the indefensible: Continued funding for a lawless DHS. We’re glad Democrats are finally waking up to this reality, but the bill that just passed the Senate is not a solution. Every day DHS is funded without new restrictions is an all-hands-on-deck emergency for communities across this country. This CR, which keeps ICE and CBP operating as they are, will allow two more weeks of terrorizing our communities. It must end. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-passes-bill-resolve-shutdown-clash-punting-dhs-two-weeks-rcna256540

Senate passes bill to resolve shutdown clash, punting on DHS for two weeks

The government will shut down this weekend, but the House is expected to reopen it quickly next week.

NBC News

Alison Jan 27

petersuber Jan 27

"Health Databases Have Gone Dark Under Trump: ‘The Consequences Will Be Dire’."
https://www.404media.co/dozens-of-cdc-health-databases-have-gone-dark-under-trump-the-consequences-will-be-dire/

"Nearly half of routinely-updated CDC databases have experienced delays or shutdowns in 2025, with vaccination-related systems disproportionately affected, according to a new study."

Primary source: "Unexplained Pauses in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Surveillance: Erosion of the Public Evidence Base for Health Policy."
https://www.404media.co/dozens-of-cdc-health-databases-have-gone-dark-under-trump-the-consequences-will-be-dire/

#Censorship #Data #DefendResearch #Medicine #OpenData #Takedowns #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics

Dozens of CDC Health Databases Have Gone Dark Under Trump: ‘The Consequences Will Be Dire’

Nearly half of routinely-updated CDC databases have experienced delays or shutdowns in 2025, with vaccination-related systems disproportionately affected, according to a new study.

404 Media

Alison Jan 27

Inspirational Skeletor💀Jan 27

Alison Jan 27

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jan 27

Indigenous Canadians Warned about Travel to the U.S. #APTN
https://thetyee.ca/News/2026/01/27/Indigenous-Canadians-Warned-Travel-US

The AFN says it ‘strongly condemns’ reports of First Nations people being questioned and detained by ICE.

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