"Vote with your wallet" is an expression that could only come from a society that lost the distinction between being a citizen and being a consumer.

A vote establishes a commitment between the mandate of the elected and the representation of the electorate. Your vote is your voice. It matters.

A purchase is transactional. It's over and done. You can "vote with your wallet" all you want but if private equity decides scraping for parts is more profitable, your purchases said nothing.

❝ But I just use AI for boilerplate!" you whimper, clutching your Co-Pilot subscription. Listen to yourself. If you’re writing the same boilerplate every day like some industrial-age cog monkey, automate it yourself. Write a library. Invent a macro. Reclaim some dignity. If AI’s doing your "boring parts", what exactly is left for you to do? Fidget with sliders? Paint by numbers while the inference works it's magic? ❞

I admit I have better things to do this morning than read this, but it's brilliantly funny and soooooo refreshingly on point: https://deplet.ing/the-copilot-delusion/. #LLM #CoPilot #Programming

Capitalism didn't give us the internet.

Large-scale cooperation, open protocols, and free software gave us the internet. Capitalism gave us mobile sites that don't work because fifteen ads cover the screen.

At the local library where they're having a "Read to Dogs" event.

Kids will come in and read outloud to dogs. It's a way to learn reading and pronunciation and public speaking. Parents will bring in very young children and read to both the kids and the dogs. The dogs love the attention. Local towns folks volunteer and bring their very calm and trained dogs in to be read to and give attention to children. The librarians facilitate through scheduling and handing kids coming in and out.

It's a relaxing day at the library.

#library #librarians #solarPunk #mutualAid