BitterITLeftist
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SE Michigan based, Madison born. Nothing is too good for the working class. Free Palestine and abolish "AI". linguistics stan. "insane jewish communist"
i just remember when i started using "the internet" in the mid 90s, i had the feeling that it was a fundamentally lonely / isolating technology
November 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
i just remember when i started using "the internet" in the mid 90s, i had the feeling that it was a fundamentally lonely / isolating technology
"The more alone we are, the more vulnerable we are, the more we need this technology to function. We’re human. We need connection— we’ll take the debased virtual kind with a robot if that’s the only thing we can get. This technology feeds on loneliness — it can’t function without it." (Yasha Levine)
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
"The more alone we are, the more vulnerable we are, the more we need this technology to function. We’re human. We need connection— we’ll take the debased virtual kind with a robot if that’s the only thing we can get. This technology feeds on loneliness — it can’t function without it." (Yasha Levine)
"What I want to stress is this: loneliness. Being alone, devoid of friends in the flesh, devoid of any real social connections in the physical world — this is the key to this technology’s success and also the key to our own demise. ..."
November 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"What I want to stress is this: loneliness. Being alone, devoid of friends in the flesh, devoid of any real social connections in the physical world — this is the key to this technology’s success and also the key to our own demise. ..."
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November 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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ICE-spotting app developers tell 404 Media the decision to host CBP’s new app, and Google’s description of ICE officials as a vulnerable group in need of protection, shows that Google has made a choice on which side to support during the Trump administration’s violent mass deportation effort.
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
ICE-spotting app developers tell 404 Media the decision to host CBP’s new app, and Google’s description of ICE officials as a vulnerable group in need of protection, shows that Google has made a choice on which side to support during the Trump administration’s violent mass deportation effort.