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Emotions themselves are neither good nor bad, but they *are* powerful. Especially anger. It has some uses we need right now.

Many of us were literally told there were things we were *not allowed* to be angry about. That is authoritarian control. People "above you" do NOT get to tell you what you may or may not be angry about.

@platypus we have one called 'void'
@investinopen Are we really not able to view this without filling out a google form?
I'm really coming to dislike the word 'thoughtful'.
@dltj @mike I mean some folks are already letting AI regurgitate their docs to less experienced devs so why not
most of my work doesn't really look like work, it looks like some kind of fruitless struggle to bring order to the universe or at least to other people's work, or something.

Lavonnia Moore, a 45-year-old library manager, who had worked at the Georgia library for 15 years, was fired after displaying When Aidan Became a Brother, a children's book about a transgender boy.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/06/christian-extremists-get-librarian-fired-for-displaying-book-about-transgender-child/

#politics #USpol #Georgia #books #bookstodon #censorship #LGBTQIA #trans #transphobia #library

Do people who want to use AI to summarize everything really not understand the value of summarizing and comparing things yourself? Like not even a pro/con AI thing, just if the AI did the work, your brain didn't and so you lost the opportunity to understand something for yourself.
I have done eight distracting things while trying to read one email.

For everyone who was sad to miss it, the recording of the Data & Society event about THE AI CON (me and @alex) and EMPIRE OF AI (@karenhao) moderated by @tamigraph is now online!

https://datasociety.net/events/challenging-ai-hype-and-tech-industry-power

Challenging AI Hype and Tech Industry Power

Authors Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna, and Karen Hao discuss how AI serves as a powerful marketing tool for tech giants who have a product to sell and profits to rake in.

Data & Society