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It is a vile scandal that 2 of the biggest AI companies in the world attack children by inciting them to self-harm, and by generating sexually exploitative imagery of kids for profit. I wanted to document this so that people in tech will stop saying they don't know: https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/18/threatening-kids-with-ai/

It is a vile scandal that 2 of the biggest AI companies in the world attack children by inciting them to self-harm, and by generating sexually exploitative imagery of kids for profit. I wanted to document this so that people in tech will stop saying they don't know: https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/18/threatening-kids-with-ai/

It is a vile scandal that 2 of the biggest AI companies in the world attack children by inciting them to self-harm, and by generating sexually exploitative imagery of kids for profit. I wanted to document this so that people in tech will stop saying they don't know: https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/18/threatening-kids-with-ai/

It is a vile scandal that 2 of the biggest AI companies in the world attack children by inciting them to self-harm, and by generating sexually exploitative imagery of kids for profit. I wanted to document this so that people in tech will stop saying they don't know: https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/18/threatening-kids-with-ai/

It is a vile scandal that 2 of the biggest AI companies in the world attack children by inciting them to self-harm, and by generating sexually exploitative imagery of kids for profit. I wanted to document this so that people in tech will stop saying they don't know: https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/18/threatening-kids-with-ai/

It is a vile scandal that 2 of the biggest AI companies in the world attack children by inciting them to self-harm, and by generating sexually exploitative imagery of kids for profit. I wanted to document this so that people in tech will stop saying they don't know: https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/18/threatening-kids-with-ai/

It is a vile scandal that 2 of the biggest AI companies in the world attack children by inciting them to self-harm, and by generating sexually exploitative imagery of kids for profit. I wanted to document this so that people in tech will stop saying they don't know: https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/18/threatening-kids-with-ai/

It is a vile scandal that 2 of the biggest AI companies in the world attack children by inciting them to self-harm, and by generating sexually exploitative imagery of kids for profit. I wanted to document this so that people in tech will stop saying they don't know: https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/18/threatening-kids-with-ai/

It is a vile scandal that 2 of the biggest AI companies in the world attack children by inciting them to self-harm, and by generating sexually exploitative imagery of kids for profit. I wanted to document this so that people in tech will stop saying they don't know: https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/18/threatening-kids-with-ai/

It is a vile scandal that 2 of the biggest AI companies in the world attack children by inciting them to self-harm, and by generating sexually exploitative imagery of kids for profit. I wanted to document this so that people in tech will stop saying they don't know: https://www.anildash.com/2026/02/18/threatening-kids-with-ai/

Excited to share our community vision for @Mastodon today: we are for the people.

This year our focus is on ensuring everyone can have a safe and fun experience on #MastodonSocial and #MastodonOnline, and doing more to support and celebrate the diverse servers running #Mastodon, its forks, and every #Fediverse application out there.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/mastodon-is-for-the-people/

The third in our blog post series is by @haubles - sharing our work and ideas around how to grow and nurture the community, for everyone. #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/mastodon-is-for-the-people/

The third in our blog post series is by @haubles - sharing our work and ideas around how to grow and nurture the community, for everyone. #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/mastodon-is-for-the-people/

The third in our blog post series is by @haubles - sharing our work and ideas around how to grow and nurture the community, for everyone. #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/mastodon-is-for-the-people/

The third in our blog post series is by @haubles - sharing our work and ideas around how to grow and nurture the community, for everyone. #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/mastodon-is-for-the-people/

Excited to share our community vision for @Mastodon today: we are for the people.

This year our focus is on ensuring everyone can have a safe and fun experience on #MastodonSocial and #MastodonOnline, and doing more to support and celebrate the diverse servers running #Mastodon, its forks, and every #Fediverse application out there.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/mastodon-is-for-the-people/

Excited to share our community vision for @Mastodon today: we are for the people.

This year our focus is on ensuring everyone can have a safe and fun experience on #MastodonSocial and #MastodonOnline, and doing more to support and celebrate the diverse servers running #Mastodon, its forks, and every #Fediverse application out there.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/mastodon-is-for-the-people/

The third in our blog post series is by @haubles - sharing our work and ideas around how to grow and nurture the community, for everyone. #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/mastodon-is-for-the-people/

The third in our blog post series is by @haubles - sharing our work and ideas around how to grow and nurture the community, for everyone. #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/mastodon-is-for-the-people/

Excited to share our community vision for @Mastodon today: we are for the people.

This year our focus is on ensuring everyone can have a safe and fun experience on #MastodonSocial and #MastodonOnline, and doing more to support and celebrate the diverse servers running #Mastodon, its forks, and every #Fediverse application out there.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/mastodon-is-for-the-people/

new from me - Where Does Community Live?

A deep dive into how protocols shape what communities can be build on the open social web

https://connectedplaces.online/where-does-community-live/

This is an absolutely fantastic article by @laurenshof.online@bsky.brid.gy connectedplaces.online/where-does-c...

Where Does Community Live?

new from me - Where Does Community Live?

A deep dive into how protocols shape what communities can be build on the open social web

https://connectedplaces.online/where-does-community-live/

new from me - Where Does Community Live?

A deep dive into how protocols shape what communities can be build on the open social web

https://connectedplaces.online/where-does-community-live/

Blacksky went from a "custom feed that created a sense of shared space" to being the first independent ATProto microblogging community outside of Bluesky.

This is where the focus needs to be in the fediverse as well. Creating safe and welcoming communities that people want to be part of.

https://connectedplaces.online/where-does-community-live/

#SocialMedia #community #blacksky #bluesky #fediverse

Blacksky went from a "custom feed that created a sense of shared space" to being the first independent ATProto microblogging community outside of Bluesky.

This is where the focus needs to be in the fediverse as well. Creating safe and welcoming communities that people want to be part of.

https://connectedplaces.online/where-does-community-live/

#SocialMedia #community #blacksky #bluesky #fediverse

This is an absolutely fantastic article by @laurenshof.online@bsky.brid.gy connectedplaces.online/where-does-c...

Where Does Community Live?

Blacksky went from a "custom feed that created a sense of shared space" to being the first independent ATProto microblogging community outside of Bluesky.

This is where the focus needs to be in the fediverse as well. Creating safe and welcoming communities that people want to be part of.

https://connectedplaces.online/where-does-community-live/

#SocialMedia #community #blacksky #bluesky #fediverse

Blacksky went from a "custom feed that created a sense of shared space" to being the first independent ATProto microblogging community outside of Bluesky.

This is where the focus needs to be in the fediverse as well. Creating safe and welcoming communities that people want to be part of.

https://connectedplaces.online/where-does-community-live/

#SocialMedia #community #blacksky #bluesky #fediverse

new from me - Where Does Community Live?

A deep dive into how protocols shape what communities can be build on the open social web

https://connectedplaces.online/where-does-community-live/

Tired: The AI industry is bad because copyright infringement is bad

Wired: The AI industry is bad AND THEREFORE copyright infringement is awesome

https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-only-taboo-left-is-copyright-infringement

Tired: The AI industry is bad because copyright infringement is bad

Wired: The AI industry is bad AND THEREFORE copyright infringement is awesome

https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-only-taboo-left-is-copyright-infringement

"…a theory on #thenewcool: You have to essentially pre-#deplatform yourself.

#Culture right now is determined not by #human teams of editors & producers picking & choosing what youth culture gets the spotlight, but, instead, by the #unthinkingalgorithms that power YouTube & TikTok. Which means the only things that have the level of #scarcity & #danger required to be seen as #cool by young people will, slowly, but surely, be whatever is unacceptable on those platforms."

https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-only-taboo-left-is-copyright-infringement

"…a theory on #thenewcool: You have to essentially pre-#deplatform yourself.

#Culture right now is determined not by #human teams of editors & producers picking & choosing what youth culture gets the spotlight, but, instead, by the #unthinkingalgorithms that power YouTube & TikTok. Which means the only things that have the level of #scarcity & #danger required to be seen as #cool by young people will, slowly, but surely, be whatever is unacceptable on those platforms."

https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-only-taboo-left-is-copyright-infringement

Tired: The AI industry is bad because copyright infringement is bad

Wired: The AI industry is bad AND THEREFORE copyright infringement is awesome

https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-only-taboo-left-is-copyright-infringement

Tired: The AI industry is bad because copyright infringement is bad

Wired: The AI industry is bad AND THEREFORE copyright infringement is awesome

https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-only-taboo-left-is-copyright-infringement

Tired: The AI industry is bad because copyright infringement is bad

Wired: The AI industry is bad AND THEREFORE copyright infringement is awesome

https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-only-taboo-left-is-copyright-infringement

Tired: The AI industry is bad because copyright infringement is bad

Wired: The AI industry is bad AND THEREFORE copyright infringement rules

https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-only-taboo-left-is-copyright-infringement

Tired: The AI industry is bad because copyright infringement is bad

Wired: The AI industry is bad AND THEREFORE copyright infringement is awesome

https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-only-taboo-left-is-copyright-infringement

Tired: The AI industry is bad because copyright infringement is bad

Wired: The AI industry is bad AND THEREFORE copyright infringement is awesome

https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-only-taboo-left-is-copyright-infringement

Current is a new RSS reader that’s more like a river than an inbox https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/current-is-a-new-rss-reader-thats-more-like-a-river-than-an-inbox/

y'all we got techcrunch'd

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/current-is-a-new-rss-reader-thats-more-like-a-river-than-an-inbox/

thank you @Sarahp 🙌

Current is a new RSS reader that’s more like a river than an inbox https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/current-is-a-new-rss-reader-thats-more-like-a-river-than-an-inbox/

Current is a new RSS reader that’s more like a river than an inbox https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/current-is-a-new-rss-reader-thats-more-like-a-river-than-an-inbox/

y'all we got techcrunch'd

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/current-is-a-new-rss-reader-thats-more-like-a-river-than-an-inbox/

thank you @Sarahp 🙌

When I found out Current was going to ship this week, I postponed making a video preview of my own RSS reader because it would feel like I was interfering with Current’s release. Now the tables have turned. Current is so popular that I just need to stay out of its way or I’ll get overshadowed. 🤪

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/current-is-a-new-rss-reader-thats-more-like-a-river-than-an-inbox/

thank you @Sarahp 🙌

https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/19/current-is-a-new-rss-reader-thats-more-like-a-river-than-an-inbox/

#apple #rss #RSSReader #Current

Mother Jones: They Just Wanted to Grow Food. Their Suburban Neighbors Declared War.

“We are a sustainable community, but we are not a rural community.”

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/02/they-just-wanted-to-grow-food-their-suburban-neighbors-declared-war/

#gardening #racism

Mother Jones: They Just Wanted to Grow Food. Their Suburban Neighbors Declared War.

“We are a sustainable community, but we are not a rural community.”

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/02/they-just-wanted-to-grow-food-their-suburban-neighbors-declared-war/

#gardening #racism

Mother Jones: They Just Wanted to Grow Food. Their Suburban Neighbors Declared War.

“We are a sustainable community, but we are not a rural community.”

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/02/they-just-wanted-to-grow-food-their-suburban-neighbors-declared-war/

#gardening #racism

Legal records show that people charged with growing vegetables in residential communities were more likely to be people of color (usually either Black or a recent immigrant).

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/02/they-just-wanted-to-grow-food-their-suburban-neighbors-declared-war/

I opened this from a fedi post and then lost it ☹️

"Nguyen, a garden activist, planned to use his two-acre front yard to grow vegetables to give away. But neighbors fretted that the garden was a security issue: “I am worried about normalizing the presence of many different people in front yards during potentially all hours of the day without any kind of restrictions put on access.”"

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/02/they-just-wanted-to-grow-food-their-suburban-neighbors-declared-war/

Mother Jones: They Just Wanted to Grow Food. Their Suburban Neighbors Declared War.

“We are a sustainable community, but we are not a rural community.”

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/02/they-just-wanted-to-grow-food-their-suburban-neighbors-declared-war/

#gardening #racism

Mother Jones: They Just Wanted to Grow Food. Their Suburban Neighbors Declared War.

“We are a sustainable community, but we are not a rural community.”

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/02/they-just-wanted-to-grow-food-their-suburban-neighbors-declared-war/

#gardening #racism

Mother Jones: They Just Wanted to Grow Food. Their Suburban Neighbors Declared War.

“We are a sustainable community, but we are not a rural community.”

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/02/they-just-wanted-to-grow-food-their-suburban-neighbors-declared-war/

#gardening #racism

Mother Jones: They Just Wanted to Grow Food. Their Suburban Neighbors Declared War.

“We are a sustainable community, but we are not a rural community.”

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/02/they-just-wanted-to-grow-food-their-suburban-neighbors-declared-war/

#gardening #racism

Mother Jones: They Just Wanted to Grow Food. Their Suburban Neighbors Declared War.

“We are a sustainable community, but we are not a rural community.”

https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2026/02/they-just-wanted-to-grow-food-their-suburban-neighbors-declared-war/

#gardening #racism

"Part of the reason I made a hard leftwing turn was because I was burned by my own techno-optimism. I am part of a generation that believed it could change the world, and then was taught a harsh lesson about money and power."

(Original title: The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited)

https://aftermath.site/anthropic-claude-ai-leftist-technology/

"Part of the reason I made a hard leftwing turn was because I was burned by my own techno-optimism. I am part of a generation that believed it could change the world, and then was taught a harsh lesson about money and power."

(Original title: The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited)

https://aftermath.site/anthropic-claude-ai-leftist-technology/

"Part of the reason I made a hard leftwing turn was because I was burned by my own techno-optimism. I am part of a generation that believed it could change the world, and then was taught a harsh lesson about money and power."

(Original title: The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited)

https://aftermath.site/anthropic-claude-ai-leftist-technology/

The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited
L: https://aftermath.site/anthropic-claude-ai-leftist-technology/
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47077731
posted on 2026.02.19 at 14:07:40 (c=1, p=4)

"Part of the reason I made a hard leftwing turn was because I was burned by my own techno-optimism. I am part of a generation that believed it could change the world, and then was taught a harsh lesson about money and power."

(Original title: The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited)

https://aftermath.site/anthropic-claude-ai-leftist-technology/

"Part of the reason I made a hard leftwing turn was because I was burned by my own techno-optimism. I am part of a generation that believed it could change the world, and then was taught a harsh lesson about money and power."

(Original title: The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited)

https://aftermath.site/anthropic-claude-ai-leftist-technology/

"Part of the reason I made a hard leftwing turn was because I was burned by my own techno-optimism. I am part of a generation that believed it could change the world, and then was taught a harsh lesson about money and power."

(Original title: The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited)

https://aftermath.site/anthropic-claude-ai-leftist-technology/

"Part of the reason I made a hard leftwing turn was because I was burned by my own techno-optimism. I am part of a generation that believed it could change the world, and then was taught a harsh lesson about money and power."

(Original title: The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited)

https://aftermath.site/anthropic-claude-ai-leftist-technology/

"Part of the reason I made a hard leftwing turn was because I was burned by my own techno-optimism. I am part of a generation that believed it could change the world, and then was taught a harsh lesson about money and power."

(Original title: The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited)

https://aftermath.site/anthropic-claude-ai-leftist-technology/

"Part of the reason I made a hard leftwing turn was because I was burned by my own techno-optimism. I am part of a generation that believed it could change the world, and then was taught a harsh lesson about money and power."

(Original title: The Left Doesn't Hate Technology, We Hate Being Exploited)

https://aftermath.site/anthropic-claude-ai-leftist-technology/

Guardian: ‘We’re no longer attracting top talent’: the brain drain killing American science https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/19/trump-science-funding-cuts

The brain drain from science in the US isn't to other countries, but from science to non-science (e.g., I know scientists driving for Uber). The one exception is that students and postdocs are choosing other countries over the US because of the lack of funding, the danger, and the uncertainty.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/19/trump-science-funding-cuts

The brain drain from science in the US isn't to other countries, but from science to non-science (e.g., I know scientists driving for Uber). The one exception is that students and postdocs are choosing other countries over the US because of the lack of funding, the danger, and the uncertainty.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/19/trump-science-funding-cuts

‘We’re no longer attracting top talent’: the brain drain killing American science https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/19/trump-science-funding-cuts #UsNews #Science #Medicine #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #UsPolitics #Research #ResearchFunding

‘We’re no longer attracting top talent’: the brain drain killing American science
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As Trump slashes science funding, young researchers flee abroad. Without solid innovation, the US could cease to have the largest biomedical ecosystem in the worldIn April 2025, le...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/19/trump-science-funding-cuts

‘We’re no longer attracting top talent’: the brain drain killing American science https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/19/trump-science-funding-cuts #UsNews #Science #Medicine #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #UsPolitics #Research #ResearchFunding

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/19/trump-science-funding-cuts

The brain drain from science in the US isn't to other countries, but from science to non-science (e.g., I know scientists driving for Uber). The one exception is that students and postdocs are choosing other countries over the US because of the lack of funding, the danger, and the uncertainty.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/19/trump-science-funding-cuts

‘We’re no longer attracting top talent’: the brain drain killing American science https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/19/trump-science-funding-cuts

‘We’re no longer attracting top talent’: the brain drain killing American science https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/19/trump-science-funding-cuts

"We are in the middle of an amplification renaissance."

https://www.404media.co/we-have-learned-nothing-about-amplifying-morons/

https://www.404media.co/we-have-learned-nothing-about-amplifying-morons/

We Have Learned Nothing About Amplifying Morons

https://www.404media.co/we-have-learned-nothing-about-amplifying-morons/

https://www.404media.co/we-have-learned-nothing-about-amplifying-morons/

almost as if the decision to build all of our media and information platforms on the back of corporate ad engagement was foundationally cancerous

We Have Learned Nothing About ...

"We are in the middle of an amplification renaissance."

https://www.404media.co/we-have-learned-nothing-about-amplifying-morons/

"We are in the middle of an amplification renaissance."

https://www.404media.co/we-have-learned-nothing-about-amplifying-morons/

https://www.404media.co/we-have-learned-nothing-about-amplifying-morons/

We Have Learned Nothing About Amplifying Morons
https://www.404media.co/we-have-learned-nothing-about-amplifying-morons/

"“Looksmaxxers” are losers and freaks, but we let them steer the culture when we adopt their terminology."

📰 "Nie nauczyliśmy się niczego o wzmacnianiu kretynów

Prawie dziesięć lat temu Jason i ja siedzieliśmy w ogrodzie na dachu biura VICE w Brooklynie, aby porozmawiać z Whitney Phillips, profesorką i ekspertką w dziedzinie komunikacji cyfrowej i etyki. Media, naukowcy i eksperci polityczni wciąż próbowali ogarnąć fakt, że Donald Trump wygrał swoje pierwsze wybory prezydenckie, a Phillips rozmawiała z nami na potrzeby analizy, którą pisała na temat tego, jak media w większości zawiodły w relacjonowaniu nowej, skrajnie prawicowej i niezwykle internetowej polityki, która przejęła kontrolę nad kulturą w latach poprzedzających wybory w 2016 roku.

Polityka w Stanach Zjednoczonych i na całym świecie, która w ciągu ostatnich 10 lat skręciła w kierunku skrajnej prawicy, nie jest problemem, za który można winić wyłącznie technologię, internet lub media. Jest to złożona, wieloaspektowa kwestia dotycząca wielu pokoleń, obejmująca ekonomię, geopolitykę, demografię i wiele innych dziedzin. Jednak problem, który ogólnie rzecz biorąc zidentyfikowała Phillips i od którego wzięła nazwę jej badania, dotyczył koncepcji „wzmocnienia”. "

Całość [EN]:
https://www.404media.co/we-have-learned-nothing-about-amplifying-morons/

#polityka #internet #media #społeczeństwo