@tante@tldr.nettime.orgI wrote about frictionlessness and "AI". The essay is admittedly a bit of a weird ride trying to connect a few very distinct thoughts. I hope it's still worth reading.
https://tante.cc/2025/07/30/friction-and-not-being-touched/
@saraislet@infosec.exchangeI'm not the target audience, but that second paragraph hit me in the gut
"But for many of us, the first real injustices that mattered to us, that ripped our hearts out, weren't the failings of our parents' relationships, or the boys we crushed on who didn't love us, but the Black girls who we wanted to see us and be- friend us instead either ignored or bullied us."
@pgcd@mastodon.onlineI'm almost through The Shepherd's Crown and it's better than I feared - definitely better than Raising Steam, in my opinion.
There are only two things that I find jarring: Nanny Ogg sounds WAY folksier than it does normally, and it's clear he would've edited it massively ("dainty" appears every second page).
Other than that, I have the feeling he wrote the same book in the Good Timeline, the one where the Embuggerance left him alone.
@axbom@axbom.me”I wrote a book and AI is my writing partner.”
or
”Tens of thousands of writers just contributed to my book without me needing their consent or blessing. I simply used a product that stole their writing first.”
@cdarwin@c.im“The Michigan doctor is Bernie’s true heir.” 🔥
It’s Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
– epidemiologist, former Detroit Health Director, and wrote the book on Medicare for All.
𝗜’𝗺 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿. In public service,
I’ve seen how broken politics puts profits over people.
That’s why I led the effort to cancel $700 million in medical debt for 300,000 Michiganders
— 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘬.
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