There is a genuine sadness to this era of tech. This IS the Rot Economy, and what you get when growth is all that matters. Every person defending LLMs is ultimately defending growth itself. It’s not about technology and hasn’t been for a long time. It’s about more things to sell and develop for.

Still so excited for everyone who showed up to this yesterday! It was stunning to see a sea of creatives overwhelm that tiny hearing. We had an overflow room of artists and the line for 30 second public commentary literally had to be cut off!

You made a huge difference
yesterday.

Thank you!

These are images intentionally made with plagiarism software by the US Department of Labor. No artist was paid to create this propaganda. Does it look familiar? Do you see what’s happening?

I urge you to read this prescient article that came out in February:

newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

crying about whales in the club

uh... this is an understatement this week…

Happy to report the AI adoption rate for large firms is going in the right direction — that is, down down down 📉 (according to US Census data)

Whenever someone questions market impacts of GenAi, show them this article.

Make them read each heart breaking story.

People’s livelihoods are being negatively impacted, by a tech that relied on the work of those same people to function at capacity.

The whole thing makes me sick.

When you feel yourself becoming complacent or surrendering to hopelessness or apathy, remember that everything that exists today exists because someone(s) dreamt it up and decided to put in the work to make it a reality. We can create new ways of doing things, new ways of being, new worlds.

Apparently a lot of you need to hear this, but bugs aren't jerks, they're not evil, they're not vindictive, mean or anything else. They're simply bugs, trying to live and will defend their nests and lives when necessary. They don't give enough shit about you to be a jerk to you in particular.

Folks, US banning any kind of AI regulation happening in the states is about to be voted on soon!! CALL your Senators ASAP!!

Zach gave us a great break down bellow so check out his thread and lets do it! It’s GO TIME!

Them: Autism is way overdiagnosed and everyone's saying they're autistic now because it's "in" 😒

Me: No. People are finally discovering their very real MISSED diagnoses because better information about autism is being shared in accessible ways.

🧵: my entire existence has centered around making sense of my experience as a highly sensitive person. I perceive everything as highly saturated and thus have a strong appreciation for nuance, the imperceptible spaces in-between that most don’t even notice. It’s a double edged life tho.

Here is a comic I made a couple of years ago for #autismacceptancemonth about Autism and Trauma.
Although the impact is long lasting, it took a very long time to untangle and understand. I've met alot of ppl since posting this who have had a similar experience, and I'm glad we're not alone in that.

I absolutely do regret being supportive to some people who turned out to be terrible. The world would be a better place if I just was mean to them from the start.

Breaking autism down into simplistic 'mild' and 'severe' labels, both misunderstands how we define/diagnose autism, *and* creates problems that makes it harder for autistic people to be supported when they need it and to thrive when they can!

Happy #autismacceptancemonth !
Here's an old (like 10 years now lol) comic that explains the Autism Spectrum- still much needed, as I continue to see people- and most recently a book read out on bbc radio 4- think you're either 'mildly' or 'severely' autistic. Please give it a read 💖