Mastodawn

Today, after a long battle with cancer, we lost @fvt

His wife asked that we share the news of his passing, "His love for the community that he was in (as a curmudgeon 🤣). His joy for being involved with every thing that he & any team that he worked with. He fought to the very end."

Jack Rendor Apr 22

Glyph Apr 18

going to try coining a new term

there's a genre of LLM usage side-effect where someone will start being ever so slightly more impatient, less curious, less able to think critically (by which I mean examine problems from multiple perspectives, use empathy, use doubt as an interrogative tool), more reliant upon LLMs for basic tasks. it's subtle but I think it's pretty clear in a lot of cases. but calling this "AI psychosis" is hyperbolic and probably pretty inaccurate.

may I propose: "vibesick"

Jack Rendor Apr 22

hell \ Rebekah Hellberg Apr 19

Unless you want #microslop to steal your code to make more #slop :

don't forget to disable
"Allow GitHub to use my data for AI model training" @ https://github.com/settings/copilot/features

#aislop #copilot #microsoft #github

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GitHub

Jack Rendor Mar 26

evacide Mar 22

For people who are concerned about having their devices seized at US airports starting Monday when ICE "assists" the TSA, EFF has this guide: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/journalist-security-checklist-preparing-devices-travel-through-us-border

A Journalist Security Checklist: Preparing Devices for Travel Through a US Border

We wrote this checklist to help journalists prepare for transit through a U.S. port of entry while preserving the confidentiality of your most sensitive information, such as unpublished reporting materials or source contact information. It’s important to think about your strategy in advance, and begin planning which options in this checklist make sense for you.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Jack Rendor Feb 28

Feb 28

AI corporations can't get your money, because most people don't want to pay for that. And they need a lot of money to justify their investment.

So they're going after government contracts, with their powerful network of lobbyists. That way, your government can give them your money anyway. To pay for that, they will very likely cut in public services.

If you don't want that to happen, email or call your government representatives.

#NoAI

Jack Rendor Dec 12

endrift 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 10

As we reach the end of 2025 and prepare for 2026, I'd just like to remind everyone to start making goals for next year, so you don't wind up like GitHub, which still doesn't support IPv6.
https://social.treehouse.systems/@endrift/113718631117556272

endrift 🏳️‍⚧️ (@[email protected])

As we round out 2024 and go into 2025, I'd just like to remind everyone to look to the future, so you don't wind up like GitHub, which still doesn't support IPv6.

Treehouse Mastodon

Jack Rendor Nov 25

Cafou Fraise 🍓Nov 25

Github actions yeah but what about Github consequences

Jack Rendor Nov 24

Robert McNees Nov 22

Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies.

Jack Rendor Nov 22

Nov 15

Saying No and refusing to use unethical tools and platforms can be a powerful way to protest.

Do not minimize the power you have in refusing to participate.

#Privacy #NoAI #DigitalRights #HumanRights

I want an AI Window and all this other AI crap in my browser as much as I want cesium-137 in my shrimp.

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/ai-window/
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Introducing AI, the Firefox way: A look at what we're working on and how you can help shape it | The Mozilla Blog

We recently shared how we are approaching AI in Firefox — with user choice and openness as our guiding principles. That’s because we believe AI should

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