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If you've seen my posts in the past weeks, you've seen me post about Chat Control 🗣️

In case you don't know what this is about, here's a short summary of the issue:

What is Chat Control? 🫢 👁️‍🗨️

"Chat Control" refers to a series
of legislative proposals in the European Union that would make it mandatory for all service providers (text messaging, email, social media, cloud storage, hosting services, etc.) to scan all digital communications and files (including end-to-end encrypted ones), in order to supposedly detect whatever the government deems "abusive material."

This would also affect people outside of Europe, in one way or another  

🚨 This Friday, September 12th, EU countries will finalize their positions on the matter 🚨

Sadly, many countries currently support this proposition for unprecedented mass surveillance.

You can learn more about it, and what you can do to help, in this article 👇
https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/09/08/chat-control-must-be-stopped/#act-now

#Privacy #HumanRights #MassSurveillance #Democracy #DigitalRights #ChatControl

Chat Control Must Be Stopped, Act Now!

Chat Control is back to undermine everyone's privacy. There's an important deadline on October 14th, 2025. We must act now to stop it!

Privacy Guides
I am fascinated by the Jimmy/Saul character in "Better Call Saul". He's an colorful guy, a bit of a peacock. But which signals does he send with his colorful attire? He's authentic, rebellious, flexible, untrustworthy, entertaining, creative, etc.? I think his colorfulness contrast most with the profession he aspires to, and blends in when he's hustling on the street.

A Florida court detained a US Citizen of Latino ethnicity for being an "illegal immigrant." He showed the court proof of citizenship. The court agreed he's a Citizen—but held him in jail anyway. As a human rights lawyer, I criticized the ruling online as unjust.

For my online critique, a Florida Chief judge filed a formal bar complaint to try to strip me of my law license. I've had to spend nearly $10,000 in fees to fight back: https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/a-florida-chief-judge-sided-with

A Florida Judge Tried To Strip Me Of My Law License

Why I need your courage now more than ever to combat injustice in our legal systems and protect due process of law for All people in the United States

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid
I think local #LLMs is the way forward for #AgenticAI. Chatbots and agents based on remote LLMs is a privacy nightmare. Also, an API can be subject to change at any time. Even with the model locked down, you have no control of what's going on between the model and the API endpoint.

I'd love to have someone test my #Python package for a #MCP server for enhancing the experience of using #ClaudeDesktop , meaning adding primarily memorization functionality. It keeps memories private and portable as json files on your machine, much like a "second brain" system based on notes. Looking for testers' feedback before I release it on #PyPI. For now it can be pip installed from GitHub.

https://github.com/TobiSan5/first-mcp

GitHub - TobiSan5/first-mcp: A Python implementation of a MCP server with memorization functionality and with a subset of tool extensions.

A Python implementation of a MCP server with memorization functionality and with a subset of tool extensions. - TobiSan5/first-mcp

GitHub
I'm not sure anyone would feel safe being operated on by a 'vibe-surgeon.' The same goes for being flown by 'vibe-pilots' or rescued by 'vibe-firefighters.' The idea behind 'vibe-coding'—that someone can build an entire product with minimal technical knowledge—isn't just unrealistic, it's dangerously misleading. This hype isn't just naive; it's reckless.

@brunopostle I thought we could start a discussion here on the development of a Python package for IFC-to-gbXML-conversion, with the aim of making it available on PyPI and Conda. By having the discussion here, we might attract the interest of other contributors.

You've already done great work on your fork of MSVisschers' original repo. For reference, I'll link to your repo here: https://github.com/brunopostle/IFC-to-gbXML-converter

#IFC #Conda #gbXML #pypi #python

GitHub - brunopostle/IFC-to-gbXML-converter: Converter from Ifc to gbXML

Converter from Ifc to gbXML. Contribute to brunopostle/IFC-to-gbXML-converter development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub
Important resource for an overview on AI augmentet tool for the AEC industry:
https://stjepanmikulic.notion.site/AEC-AI-Hub-b6e6eebe88094e0e9b4995da38e96768?pvs=4
AEC AI Hub

This hub is a collection of AI tools and resources within the AEC industry (Architecture, Engineering & Construction).

Stjepan's Notion on Notion
I have noticed a lot of emerging buzzwords of AI-extending platforms lately: Langchain, Humanloop, LlamaIndex, ChromaDB, and more. No doubt Retrieval-Augmented Generation is a blooming field. Technology is reshaping the way we work, as we speak. I am myself curious where this leads to next, but my hunch is that the personal AI assistant is going to make apparent the impact AI is going to have.
What kind of mushroom is this? #mushrooms