Lawrence B. Almeida

@mstrlaw
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I build digital things. Interested in exploring new solutions for discovering and consuming information and making sense of the world.
Currently working on https://criticalfuture.tech and https://fedilinks.com 

Believer of #technology for humans, #media literacy, #tech literacy and preserving #democracy.

Expect the occasional photo of #cats, #moss and #nature.
Most posts deleted after 3 months.
Based in #portugal 🇪🇺
Websitehttps://mstrlaw.com
Fedilinkshttps://fedilinks.com
Critical Future Techhttps://criticalfuture.tech

What a great set of resources.

"[...] people around the world are mobilizing to resist the empires of AI and to nourish visions of the future that work for all of us. Amid an onslaught of negative news, this project centers hope."

http://airesistlist.org/

#AI #airesistlist #artificialintelligence #privacy #surveillance #labor #technology #tech

The AI Resist List

A living directory of ways communities resist AI harms—and build alternatives worth fighting for.

I'm looking for my next role! I love working on the front of the front end, using component libraries and design systems. CSS makes me swoon, especially when paired with glorious, semantic, and accessible HTML.

Static site generators like 11ty are my jam, and I've worked with WordPress and Craft (with some Drupal long ago). My comments are often longer than my code because great documentation = awesome collaboration.

I've also been a web director, but now I'm focusing on senior+ dev or engineering manager positions. Send me a note and let's talk about it!

#GetFediHired

If you haven't read it, I highly recommend it:

https://allr.cat/a-strange-stain-in-the-sky/

A Strange Stain in the Sky: How Silicon Valley Is Preparing A Coup Against Democracy

(TL;DR: We no longer understand the reality around us and live in a state of growing confusion. The culprit is Silicon Valley, which is preparing a dystopian coup against democracy.) Wherever you go these days, everyone expresses in one way or another that reality seems to have stopped making sen

albertlloreta.cat

RE: https://mstdn.social/@criticalfuturetech/116595001738721170

Really happy to have had a chance to talk with @allr and dive deeper into his great essay from last year (will link it in this thread).

Although it was written last year, its content is still as relevant as ever (that is, if keep tabs on the #us tech #oligarchy that has formed in the past decade or so - otherwise you're in for a ride).

If you liked this one and are feeling generous, share it around and perhaps subscribe to the RSS feed too! (or email / Podcast if that's your thing).

Enjoy!

Welcome to the post-truth society. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIslop #truth

"Global institutions have dramatically underestimated demand for eggs that look like Marc Andreessen. This failure will reverberate through the rest of the decade and beyond, but it's not too late to roll up our sleeves and start fixing it."

https://marc-egg.eieio.games

#markandreessen #eggs #techbro #drawing #game #games

marc andreessen egg game

It's time to build eggs that look like Marc Andreessen

marc andreessen egg game

Found a baby Fire Salamander under our doormat.

Pretty cool to know that they keep roaming around.
#animals #critter #salamander #cute #outdoors #nature

Today I'm launching Sourcefeed - a pop-up RSS service: https://blog.terrygodier.com/2026/04/28/today-im-launching-sourcefeed-a.html
Today I'm launching Sourcefeed - a pop-up RSS service

Why? Some writing wants to be a website. Some wants to be a newsletter. Some wants to be a feed. Sourcefeed is for the third kind. RSS-only. No website, no …

If you're in #lisbon in May you can watch the documentary "Ghost In The Machine" on the 2nd and 5th at Culturgest.

It questions “What is AI?”, “Who is building it?”, & “What will humans become?” by exploring how emerging technologies have historically reshaped identity, culture, and global power, while also exposing the current fronts of human exploitation without which AI would not function.

https://festival.sundance.org/program/film/6932f9b4bd8651819060f65c

https://indielisboa.com/en/film/ghost-in-the-machine/

#ghostinthemachine #ai #tech #portugal #culture

I ♡ SF.