Mastodawn

RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116217477822586442

The whole "AI" industry is just based on the hope that they can deskill people fast enough that they'll have to rent back cognitive support systems. Forever.

It's like Uber. Just that they don't try to break existing transportation infrastructures but your brain.

d12n ⁂Mar 6

Alex Hanna Mar 6

What coders lose by relying on AI. From our event with the University of Washington Office of Public Lectures. (with @emilymbender)

d12n ⁂Feb 26

Ricardo Lafuente Feb 26

Time to announce something new: @aiscarvalho and me have set up a dedicated consultancy to help organisations migrate away from big tech platforms.

https://devicediversa.org

We help inform your decisions: we map your requirements, present alternatives, list the pros and cons involved, and give you support and advice throughout the migration process.

We draw from our 15+ year experience using F/LOSS software and managing our digital infrastructure in order to help other organisations do the same, with technical expertise that we know how to convey in clear and human terms.

So if you know an organisation that wants to get away from Google, Microsoft, Oracle, Dropbox, Salesforce, Zoom, Notion, AirTable, Adobe or Figma, we're here to help!

device/diversa

We're a specialised consultancy focused on helping organisations move away from big tech digital services.

d12n ⁂Jan 17

Bruce Sterling @bruces Jan 17

*Maybe AI is a really strong conservative force that only goes where the convenient Big Data already is

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09922-y

d12n ⁂Jan 16

Abby Cabunoc Mayes Jan 16

Looking for examples: do you know any open source projects that have updated their contribution process to handle AI-assisted PRs thoughtfully?

Specifically interested in:
* PR templates that ask for intent/reasoning
* Policies around comprehension checks
* Other methods for adding more friction to creating a PR

Would love to learn from communities already experimenting here

d12n ⁂Jan 16

Anne Pasek Jan 16

I'm going to Cables of Resistance, a movement conference for anti-fascist/anti-climate delay tech activism in Berlin in April. Anyone else I know planning on being there?

https://cableresist.de/#overview

Cables of Resistance -- A movement conference

Cables of Resistance is organised by movements and anti-capitalist activists who practise various forms of resistance against big tech. It will be held April 10-12, 2026, in Berlin, Germany.

d12n ⁂Nov 25

Tommi 🤯Nov 25

Queen @cwebber in conversation with @jboy is something you do not want to miss 👀👀👀👀

Come to Social Media: We Can Change the Defaults! Free attendance, registration required.

#Amsterdam #event #Fediverse #Spritely #social #socialMedia

Social Media: We Can Change the Defaults

Christine Lemmer-Webber, best known as co-author of ActivityPub, the decentralized social networking protocol, will speak about the crisis technologists face. Why must we revise the default assumptions of the web 2.0 era? She will introduce the work the Spritely Institute is doing to make a positive future possible.

SPUI25

d12n ⁂Nov 20

The Spritely Institute Nov 20

If you're in Amsterdam next week, our Executive Director @cwebber is giving a keynote: "We Can Change the Defaults: Building Networks of Consent and Spaces of Joy in the Ruins of Social Media" https://spui25.nl/programma/we-can-change-the-defaults-building-networks-of-consent-and-spaces-of-joy-in-the-ruins-of-social-media/

Social Media: We Can Change the Defaults

SPUI25

d12n ⁂Nov 16

Jeff Pooley Nov 15

Sharing this short piece, “The Matthew Effect in AI Summary,” about dynamics of cumulative advantage (and patterned reputation-laundering) in AI summary-and-citation tools from both the giant AI co’s & the big scholarly publishers https://www.jeffpooley.com/2025/11/the-matthew-effect-in-ai-summary/

The Matthew Effect in AI Summary | Jeff Pooley

d12n ⁂Nov 15

Ada Palmer Nov 13

In Ecuador’s Pastaza province, the Kichwa community of Pakayaku has kept 400 km² of Amazon rainforest free from mining, oil and logging through a self-organised guardian force. 45 women patrol the territory, enforcing ancestral laws and mapping sustainable livelihoods in a “plan of life.” Their vigilance has preserved both forest ecosystems and cultural autonomy amid growing national extractive pressures. https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/indigenous-guardians-successfully-keep-extractives-out-of-ecuadors-amazon-forests/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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Indigenous guardians successfully keep extractives out of Ecuador’s Amazon forests

PAKAYAKU TERRITORY, Ecuador — Deep in the heart of Ecuador’s Amazon, where the Bobonaza River winds through ancient forests in Pastaza province, Sacha Gayas spreads out a hand-drawn map across her wooden kitchen table. Her fingers, stained with the rich earth of her homeland, trace the boundaries of 71,000 hectares (175,000 acres) of lands that her […]

Mongabay Environmental News

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