Sunday Taquitos #30: Flock This! Art by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social

For #FollowFriday some folks I appreciate who post on issues related to tech & society: @hypervisible.blacksky.app @wolven.blacksky.app @toniasutherland.bsky.social @drtanksley.bsky.social @meredithmeredith.bsky.social @olivia.science @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social @danhon.com

DoctorSyntax@doctorsyntax.bsky.social · 2w ago

As discussed, it’s #FollowFriday, so follow @rexparker.bsky.social @davidwondrich.bsky.social @reelquinn.bsky.social @histoftech.bsky.social @sethcotlar.bsky.social @aselrod.bsky.social Also re Friday: see my TL for “Add a letter, ruin a novel”

senior male academics giving a conference paper, after being shown the "one more minute" sign

Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct@erindwyer.bsky.social · 2w ago

Time keeping is my passion.

Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏

Metin Seven (Moon Child's dad 🌝)@seven.eurosky.social · 2w ago

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Tech Won’t Save Us@techwontsave.us · 3w ago

Before the Luddites and the arrival of capitalism, it wasn’t just workers pushing back against technology; governments did too. This week @thomas-dekeyser.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss how refusal of technology has a very long history. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/337_...

I know absolutely nothing about the market, but didn't this IPO just make muskrat the world's first trillionaire? Everything's cooked.

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com · 3w ago

Three days of losses have brought SpaceX shares to the brink of falling below their IPO price, a key level that traders and investors watch to assess the health of new issues

“Cornell researchers found that at the current rate of AI growth, the burgeoning industry could represent 24 to 44 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, the equivalent of adding five to ten million cars to US roadways.”

The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensible

The extent of the pollution being put out by thousands of data centers is shocking. Some developers are exploiting regulatory loopholes.

futurism.com

New article provides a detailed analysis of the TESCREAL acronym--specifically written for skeptics. Please read and share widely. You simply cannot make sense of what's happening in Silicon Valley, including the ASI race, without some understanding of the TESCREAL worldview!

Skeptical of the TESCREAL Acronym? Read This.

Artificial superintelligence, the Silicon Valley worldview, and the narcissism of small differences. (6,100 words)

realtimetechpocalypse.com

"They just want to turn it off." A fascinating story of the librarians who have started teaching classes showing people how to remove AI "features" from their phones and apps. www.bangordailynews.com/2026/07/02/m...

These Maine librarians are helping patrons resist AI and Big Tech

Despite breathless reporting on how AI is going to change the world, Hannah Cyrus, a Bangor librarian, said that, in her experience, most library patrons aren’t finding it helpful.

bangordailynews.com

Inside the Luddite Festival Harnessing Gen Z’s Rage Against Big Tech www.wired.com/story/inside...

Inside the Luddite Festival Harnessing Gen Z’s Rage Against Big Tech

New York City’s Summer of Ludd festival is teaching people how to live offline amid the suffocating presence of Big Tech.

wired.com

🚨We're hiring!🚨 Associate or Full Professor with the broad focus "Philosophy and the City" @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social @maastrichtu.bsky.social @ccmmody.bsky.social @sallywyatt.bsky.social @tullioviola.bsky.social @danishanley.bsky.social vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

As public awareness and resistance ramp up, I'm regularly reminded that researchers have been addressing the environmental, geopolitical, and political-economic impacts of data centers for *a very long time*; legislators, journalists, et al just haven't noticed!

Shannon Mattern@shannonmattern.bsky.social · 12mo ago

So much think-piecing and op-ed'ing about data centers. I wish folks knew that some scholars have been studying these things — as real estate, as geopolitical battlegrounds, as ecological disasters — for a decade+. Mél Hogan, Alix Johnson, Ingrid Burrington, Jen Holt, Patrick Brodie, et al

I don't want to hear another word about how much white European visitors are enjoying ranch dressing while team officials, Africa's top referee, and now one of the world's most celebrated fans are turned away from the World Cup. The USA is an utterly unfit host — it's as simple as that

DR Congo superfan denied US visa to support team at World Cup

Michel Kuka Mboladinga is iconic for his motionless tribute at DRC games, but a US World Cup repeat has been denied.

aljazeera.com

so many wonderful course intros shared here along the lines of "I get that u might struggle to study while coping w. the shitstorm that is the world rn... do what u can, don't use ai, I am here to help u" ofc I can't find any of them now that I am trying to write one myself, but thanks for the inspo

The entire book is free to read online, as a downloadable pdf, or you can order a hard copy!!

Mél Hogan / The Data Fix@melhogan.bsky.social · last mo.

+ Huge thanks Stefan Laser and Edward Ongweso Jr, with guest editor Hollis A. Brown @stefanlaser.bsky.social @edwardongwesojr.com @hollisabrown.bsky.social www.matteringpress.org/books/predic...

Ford had to hire back former engineers to fix mistakes made by its automated systems

Ford had to hire back former engineers to fix mistakes made by its automated systems

Ford’s back on top in quality.

buff.ly

“We’ve only had 114 years to do something, let our kids sort it out!”

They gave US zinester Elizabeth Soto *50 fucking years* in prison for publishing a zine that supports an anti-fascism stance. Prosecutors also used her feminism themed zine, and an anti-AI zine as evidence against her. This is unprecedented.

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

This is poetry

Nina Markl 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈@ninamarkl.bsky.social · last mo.

hate to hand it to the guardian too much but this is very funny

If rumours are to be believed I'll be living with a seventh different Prime Minister shortly. If it carries on like this I'm going to stop making the effort to learn their names.

I totally do this. I will try to stop.

Venus Bivar@vbivar.bsky.social · last mo.

How about we do away with "I apologise for the delayed response" for all emails replies that are sent within one week of receipt? I feel like expectations are way outta hand. I'm getting apologies for replies that took less than 36 hours.

How about we do away with "I apologise for the delayed response" for all emails replies that are sent within one week of receipt? I feel like expectations are way outta hand. I'm getting apologies for replies that took less than 36 hours.

The Thomas House in Dublin announcing they will no longer accept AI generated posters or flyers. The Thomas House is beside, as they say here, Ireland's biggest Art College, namely NCAD. This is the way... to keep humans creative. #AIslop #refuseresist

Christopher J Stevens@metaphysiology.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"If I was to use ChatGPT for my designs rather than our designer Sean, that's taking money out of the local area into the hands of a multibillionaire ... removing value from the local community and local artists [and] into the hands of some of the richest people in the world." #AIslop #refuseresist

The World Cup promises joy, pride, and unity. But who profits—and who pays? Our colleagues at @revealnews.org investigate FIFA’s money, power, and politics as the tournament arrives in North America.

The biggest World Cup is here, but who gets to enjoy it?

Three reporters who love soccer dig into the World Cup. Why are tickets so expensive? Why is Gianni Infantino always on camera? And will Haiti win a game?

motherjones.com

>becomes prime minister >wins largest majority seen in labour history >pivots the party hard right, cracks down on palestinian protestors and privacy rights >completely destroys the labour party >resigns what was bro doing any of this for

The Global Eye@theglobaleye.bsky.social · 2mo ago

#BREAKING | 🇬🇧 — UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer reportedly to resign on Monday, according to multiple media reports.

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Simon Usherwood@simonusherwood.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"...we should stop moralising persistence. Survival in academia’s funnel is shaped by privilege, wealth, health, caregiving responsibilities and timing. It is not a clean proxy for superiority. It is often a proxy for who has enough support, security and luck to remain in the funnel" This

one anecdote: I was searching for a link to one of my old papers on Google, and the automated Gemini summary attributed all of my lab's work to my husband

Mel Andrews@bayesianboy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.