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A precautionary warning about the @… Mastodon account at https://mas.to/@doaaalbaz0 that claims to be a journalist in Gaza.
The account followed me and immediately sent a DM. It appe…

Doaa Albaz (@doaaalbaz0@mas.to)
11 Posts, 610 Following, 66 Followers · PALESTINE JOURNALIST BASED IN GAZA 🇵🇸 🎥

Before this #LetterboxdFriday ends, I share my #LastFourWatched
The Greatest Hits (3½★)
Despicable Me 2 (3★)
Despicable Me (3½★)
Sing (1½★)
🔗 https://…

Even if “AI” worked (it doesn’t), there’s many reasons why you shouldn’t use it:
1. It’s destroying Internet sites that you love as you use chat bots instead of actually going to sources of information—this will cause them to be less active and eventually shut down.
2. Pollution and water use from server farms cause immediate harm; often—just like other heavy industry—these are built in underprivileged communities and harming poor people. Without any benefits as the big tech companies get tax breaks and don’t pay for power, while workers aren’t from the community but commute in.
3. The basic underlying models of any LLM rely on stolen data, even when specific extra data is obtained legally. Chatbots can’t learn to speak English just by reading open source code.
4. You’re fueling a speculation bubble that is costing many people their jobs—because the illusion of “efficiency” is kept up by firing people and counting that as profit.
5. Whenever you use the great cheat machine in the cloud you’re robbing yourself from doing real research, writing or coding—literally atrophying your brain and making you stupider.
It’s a grift, through and through.

Time For 9 o'clock #HashTagGames hosted by @… Let's play!
#FilmCharactersViralPost

PSA: "Made in Switzerland" ist nun als Single verfügbar - 2 Tracks, Original und eine KARAOKE VERSION!!!! 🎉🫕🎶🇨🇭
Auf Apple Music https://music.apple.com/ch/album/made-in-switzerland-single/1817687050
und Spotify

„Made in Switzerland - Single“ von Hazel Brugger, Sandra Studer & Petra Mede bei Apple Music
Album · 2025 · 2 Titel

Dringende oproep om ‘onzinnige’ regels rond nieuwbouw te schrappen: ‘We slaan door’ | Wonen | #gelderlander
https://www.gelderlander.nl/wo…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Flying Mojito Bros:
🎵 Glitter
#FlyingMojitoBros
https://flyingmojitobros.bandcamp.com/album/glitter
https://open.spotify.com/track/7jNsuvcAbrJjUeAY1UugmX
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Sources: AI video startup Runway is looking to raise ~$500M at a $5B pre-money valuation; rival Luma AI aims to raise $1.1B at a $3.2B pre-money valuation (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/runway-luma-talks-mul…

Runway, Luma in Talks for Multibillion-Dollar Fundraises as Revenue Picks Up
Startups that use artificial intelligence to make videos for Hollywood studios and amateur filmmakers are getting thirsty for more capital. Runway, a startup that has cut deals with Lionsgate and AMC Networks, is in talks with investors to raise around $500 million at a valuation of at least $5 ...

In which I argue that arguments about whether #genAI is useful or not are the wrong arguments. The important issues are what it’s for and what it costs.
Having very unkind feelings about the people pushing it.
https://www.

The Real GenAI Issue

According to capitalists:
✅ Working for a company like Google or Microsoft that is complicit in genocide.
❌ Displaying images of the genocide.
Maybe if the consequences of your work are considered “Not Safe For Work”, you shouldn’t be doing that work in the first place.*
But, no, it’s just much easier to look away, isn’t it? After all, you’re just following orders, right?
* Update: because I just *know* that someone will pipe in maliciously with “oh, so you mean…