Oh no, our competitors are doing stupid things! We must also do stupid things or be left out!

— CEOs everywhere.

Fuck optimism: Optimism is just a form of fatalism, a view of the world in which our deeds are irrelevant to the outcome: “No matter what I do, things will get better.”

Hope, Not Optimism – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/03/hope-not-optimism/

Air to Ground Message:

NO WIFI HERE WHERE AM I GOING

Area: St. Louis, MO, USA
Type: Boeing 737-700
A: #a72961debc8
F: #f7590b4d6f7

#acars #vdlm2

I saw this on a Finnish post, so let me reformulate it a bit and post it in English.

Finnish universities 1996:

"Here's an operating system we created for you. Here's a chat network we created you can use with the operating system."

Finnish universities 2026:

"We don't know how to replace Facebook for public communications."

Learned helplessness.

#Linux #IRC #Finland #Suomi