Dillon Mahmoudi
@marxist.af
At ⋂ of software/tech, cities, political economy, uneven dev, labor. Data centers, AI, climate. Obsidian/QGIS/R/LaTeX. (he/him)
Geography Prof at UMBC; Chair Urban Geography SG of AAG.
SEA/THR/ATL/DUB/ATX/PDX/BWI/MTL.
Geography Prof at UMBC; Chair Urban Geography SG of AAG.
SEA/THR/ATL/DUB/ATX/PDX/BWI/MTL.
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Gmail privacy has always been a misnomer.
This is a crisis.
This is a crisis.
FBI Caught Spying on Signal Group Chat of Immigration Activists
Keep a close eye on who’s joining your group chats.
newrepublic.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Gmail privacy has always been a misnomer.
This is a crisis.
This is a crisis.
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Maps silence and they other, what is 'off the map' is as important as what is 'on the map'
1835 Florida map showing the Everglades untouched & undeveloped.
Fernandina Historic Museum.
Fernandina Historic Museum.
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Maps silence and they other, what is 'off the map' is as important as what is 'on the map'
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"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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This was the look my high school girlfriend's grandma gave me when I told her how delicious her knishes were.
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This was the look my high school girlfriend's grandma gave me when I told her how delicious her knishes were.
"Boxtown is a neighborhood in South Memphis established in 1863 by emancipated former slaves. Since 2024, it is also the home to one of the world’s largest supercomputers, property of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI."
Technoecologies - Daniel Cardoso Llach - The Mississippi Colossus
Boxtown is a neighborhood in South Memphis established in 1863 by emancipated former slaves. Since 2024, it is also the home to one of the world’s largest supercomputers, property of Elon Musk’s artif...
www.e-flux.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Boxtown is a neighborhood in South Memphis established in 1863 by emancipated former slaves. Since 2024, it is also the home to one of the world’s largest supercomputers, property of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI."
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“Trump is losing control of the Republican Party. And that's great. It seems like there's a lot of schisms. What worries me is I think people are sleeping on the fact that MAGA really isn't Trump… The energy that he has unleashed is here to stay."
- @laurajedeed.bsky.social
- @laurajedeed.bsky.social
GLOBAL WARNING: Laura Jedeed (Ep 5)
YouTube video by AWKWORD
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
“Trump is losing control of the Republican Party. And that's great. It seems like there's a lot of schisms. What worries me is I think people are sleeping on the fact that MAGA really isn't Trump… The energy that he has unleashed is here to stay."
- @laurajedeed.bsky.social
- @laurajedeed.bsky.social
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that's it. replies have now been permanently disabled on social media. the reply to end all replies has been sent!
November 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
that's it. replies have now been permanently disabled on social media. the reply to end all replies has been sent!
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Abolish ICE by Manuela Guillén.
November 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Abolish ICE by Manuela Guillén.
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“If just bad guys can take lives, system’s broken”
November 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“If just bad guys can take lives, system’s broken”
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“We're not going to react to every single thing that Trump does. We can't stop that. What we can do is we can help feed the hungry people in our community. We can help provide shelter and warmth to the houseless people in our community.”
- @emily.gorcen.ski
- @emily.gorcen.ski
GLOBAL WARNING: Emily Gorcenski (Ep 4)
YouTube video by AWKWORD
youtu.be
November 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
“We're not going to react to every single thing that Trump does. We can't stop that. What we can do is we can help feed the hungry people in our community. We can help provide shelter and warmth to the houseless people in our community.”
- @emily.gorcen.ski
- @emily.gorcen.ski
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seeing LLMs as "ideology that can pretend to be a person" helps make it clear what "talking to chatbots" accomplishes: Althusserian "interpellation"
I do, of course, have a paragraph from "Why We Fear AI" for this
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
seeing LLMs as "ideology that can pretend to be a person" helps make it clear what "talking to chatbots" accomplishes: Althusserian "interpellation"
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Excellent op-ed by environmental sociologist Eric Bond and Viktor Newby.
"We submitted FOIA requests to every Virginia locality we could identify w/ an existing, approved, or proposed data center. We found that... 25 out of a total of 31 localities have NDAs."
virginiamercury.com/2025/04/30/d...
"We submitted FOIA requests to every Virginia locality we could identify w/ an existing, approved, or proposed data center. We found that... 25 out of a total of 31 localities have NDAs."
virginiamercury.com/2025/04/30/d...
November 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Excellent op-ed by environmental sociologist Eric Bond and Viktor Newby.
"We submitted FOIA requests to every Virginia locality we could identify w/ an existing, approved, or proposed data center. We found that... 25 out of a total of 31 localities have NDAs."
virginiamercury.com/2025/04/30/d...
"We submitted FOIA requests to every Virginia locality we could identify w/ an existing, approved, or proposed data center. We found that... 25 out of a total of 31 localities have NDAs."
virginiamercury.com/2025/04/30/d...
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Prompted by @fintanmallory.com's paper on LLMs as stochastic measuring devices, I propose adopting a metrologist's view of machine learning in general -- it's all measurement systems, always has been. realizable.substack.com/p/the-metrol...
The (Metro)logic of Machine Learning
Is it all just measurement systems?
realizable.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Prompted by @fintanmallory.com's paper on LLMs as stochastic measuring devices, I propose adopting a metrologist's view of machine learning in general -- it's all measurement systems, always has been. realizable.substack.com/p/the-metrol...
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Tomorrow night 6-8 pm EST.
Register to join us. In person and on line. Free. Masks provided.
www.yorku.ca/laps/the-alc...
Register to join us. In person and on line. Free. Masks provided.
www.yorku.ca/laps/the-alc...
October 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Tomorrow night 6-8 pm EST.
Register to join us. In person and on line. Free. Masks provided.
www.yorku.ca/laps/the-alc...
Register to join us. In person and on line. Free. Masks provided.
www.yorku.ca/laps/the-alc...
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People want hacks for health, but it really comes down to this: "proper nutrition is best achieved through diet." Rather than worrying about superfoods, supplements, and other nonsense, food politics should be about making nutritious food widely accessible.
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
Herbal supplements were supposed to make them healthier. Instead, they got sick
Common compounds like turmeric and ashwagandha can overwhelm the liver and lead to health complications
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
People want hacks for health, but it really comes down to this: "proper nutrition is best achieved through diet." Rather than worrying about superfoods, supplements, and other nonsense, food politics should be about making nutritious food widely accessible.
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
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Next year, we'll welcome 125,000 new New Yorkers to our city. But many families don't have what they need to give their babies a healthy start.
Building on @bkbpreynoso.bsky.social's pilot, we'll launch citywide Baby Baskets, providing new parents with essential items and resources.
Building on @bkbpreynoso.bsky.social's pilot, we'll launch citywide Baby Baskets, providing new parents with essential items and resources.
October 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Next year, we'll welcome 125,000 new New Yorkers to our city. But many families don't have what they need to give their babies a healthy start.
Building on @bkbpreynoso.bsky.social's pilot, we'll launch citywide Baby Baskets, providing new parents with essential items and resources.
Building on @bkbpreynoso.bsky.social's pilot, we'll launch citywide Baby Baskets, providing new parents with essential items and resources.
TIL that LindellTV exists
Here's who's in the Pentagon's new "press corps," covering world's most powerful military:
Out: New York Times, Washington Post.
In: Tim Pool's Timcast, Gateway Pundit, the MyPillow guy's LindellTV.
wapo.st/49iiXbn @scottnover.bsky.social
Out: New York Times, Washington Post.
In: Tim Pool's Timcast, Gateway Pundit, the MyPillow guy's LindellTV.
wapo.st/49iiXbn @scottnover.bsky.social
Pentagon announces a new right-wing press corps after mass walkout
A new crop of conservative media and influencers signed an agreement with the Pentagon, including the Gateway Pundit, the Post Millennial, Human Events and the National Pulse.
wapo.st
October 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
TIL that LindellTV exists
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4 grounding questions [if useful at this moment]:
1. What resources exist so I can better educate myself [about x issue]?
2. Who's already doing work around this injustice?
3. Do I have the capacity to offer concrete support & help to them?
4. How can I be constructive?
1. What resources exist so I can better educate myself [about x issue]?
2. Who's already doing work around this injustice?
3. Do I have the capacity to offer concrete support & help to them?
4. How can I be constructive?
October 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
4 grounding questions [if useful at this moment]:
1. What resources exist so I can better educate myself [about x issue]?
2. Who's already doing work around this injustice?
3. Do I have the capacity to offer concrete support & help to them?
4. How can I be constructive?
1. What resources exist so I can better educate myself [about x issue]?
2. Who's already doing work around this injustice?
3. Do I have the capacity to offer concrete support & help to them?
4. How can I be constructive?
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The latest from Christopher Shields, only at Fight the Fire. (Please click for the full view.) All links and subscriptions are free. Check us out!
Find the extremists
Cartoon by Shields
fightthefire.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The latest from Christopher Shields, only at Fight the Fire. (Please click for the full view.) All links and subscriptions are free. Check us out!
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October 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Planning your week? 🎉
Join the #InternetArchive to celebrate The Web We’ve Built — from the first pages to 1 trillion & counting. 🌐
📅 Weds, Oct 22
🎟️ In Person ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626438133...
🖥️ Virtual ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626431011...
#Wayback1T #Livestream
Join the #InternetArchive to celebrate The Web We’ve Built — from the first pages to 1 trillion & counting. 🌐
📅 Weds, Oct 22
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🖥️ Virtual ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626431011...
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For the last few months I've been going through public documents, permits, and satellite images to track the largest data centers in the US.
Today I published the first story about what I've learned.
🧵
www.distilled.earth/p/these-data...
Today I published the first story about what I've learned.
🧵
www.distilled.earth/p/these-data...
These Data Centers Are Getting Really, Really Big
Gigawatt-sized data centers are becoming the new normal
www.distilled.earth
October 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
For the last few months I've been going through public documents, permits, and satellite images to track the largest data centers in the US.
Today I published the first story about what I've learned.
🧵
www.distilled.earth/p/these-data...
Today I published the first story about what I've learned.
🧵
www.distilled.earth/p/these-data...
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Good article on the impacts of ICE raids on rental housing, including landlords, tenants and workers. Evictions & higher rents seem likely.
(One problem with piece: using “housing provider” when “landlord” works just fine and is clearer to most. Hate to see the media adopt landlords’ new PR term.)
(One problem with piece: using “housing provider” when “landlord” works just fine and is clearer to most. Hate to see the media adopt landlords’ new PR term.)
ICE activity is stressing Chicago's building managers, who warn rents could rise
Frightened by federal agents, some tenants can't pay rent on time after missing work, while maintenance staff aren't showing up to job sites. Property owners and managers worry continued ICE activity ...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Good article on the impacts of ICE raids on rental housing, including landlords, tenants and workers. Evictions & higher rents seem likely.
(One problem with piece: using “housing provider” when “landlord” works just fine and is clearer to most. Hate to see the media adopt landlords’ new PR term.)
(One problem with piece: using “housing provider” when “landlord” works just fine and is clearer to most. Hate to see the media adopt landlords’ new PR term.)
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Digital colours completed on this Mothership-inspired ink illustration of mine.
#イラスト #art #illustration #winnipeg #canada #noAI #mothership #horror #scifi #sciencefiction
#イラスト #art #illustration #winnipeg #canada #noAI #mothership #horror #scifi #sciencefiction
October 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Digital colours completed on this Mothership-inspired ink illustration of mine.
#イラスト #art #illustration #winnipeg #canada #noAI #mothership #horror #scifi #sciencefiction
#イラスト #art #illustration #winnipeg #canada #noAI #mothership #horror #scifi #sciencefiction