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from
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The Death of un
So win we may A merciful time of the heart Moreso apart than victory White lies to approach And in the pontificate- There was subtlety to the news Murder on the fifteenth And I saw you that day Rising lines to freedom And China surely won The centrifuges had stopped And Korea waved with pride And a distance anthem Mean and beautiful men But we closed the reactor Words a-blaze for Pontchartrain And in being Eden- Like any Android Volumes of hair and makeup and history But to see this puppet And all of his stuff Vengeful abuses in this as May We fought for Argentina And stayed in verse as henchmen- and Soviets, and the Japanese paid for war- over this fruitless decay of beta particles We were too powerful to survive the bloodbath- and escaped to all our stuff But we had Allen keys and escaped measles Merciful respect to him- the freightline to freedom And he blessed us in captivity And just ashore to the deceased It was a wistful day And about forty two degrees And two years maximum to the Sun We were committed to Bonn Fits of yearly worry Justin Trudeau noticed war- And made men plan ahead Blessed Communion And we were fond of communication I was afraid of the draft But minions have rights And we were the best to be seen Toad The Wet Sprocket- A sympathy spell on the weary Wearing Uranium Black Doing show-tunes for each destiny You canāt stop Korea- The Super Wonder But leagues have voices And we brought our wrenches free Long-live democracy And better fields to grow upon Stay low and unassumed And Royals will meet- At the death of Kim Jong-un Lakes of fire.
from
Roscoe's Quick Notes

Today's second MLB Game in the Roscoe-verse features the Chicago Cubs playing the Philadelphia Phillies. Opening pitch is nearly two hours away, so I've got plenty of time to enjoy Chicago sports talk on 104.3 The Score ahead of the radio call of the game.
And the adventure continues.
from Lastige Gevallen in de Rede
[ā] Het lied van De Aanvinkclub
Ik weet pas hoe het gaat Als het in een hokje staat zonder vakje kies ik geen partij er moet voor de zekerheid een vinkje bij alles wat komt is makkelijker te slikken als ik het eerst zorgvuldig aan kan klikken er moeten altijd een aantal opties open tussen liggen, zitten, staan, kruipen, rollen of lopen een netjes goed leesbaar overzichtelijk keuze menu tussen het signaal en de zenuw want zonder een dergelijk vakgebied heb ik geen idee dan is er geen ja mogelijk en ook geen nee ik weet het pas echt niet als ik dat ergens in kan vullen en alleen met vijf betaalopties koop ik die spullen ik moet kunnen kiezen uit kleuren en aantal een optie voor het meest gekozen paardje uit de stal ik wil een keuze lijst voor het beste lied er moet een vinkje bij anders bestaat het niet zonder invulvakjes durf ik niet eens te kiezen dan zal ik waarschijnlijk het overzicht op alles verliezen geef me een vakje en ik weet weer hoe ik me voel een meerkeuze vraag en ik weet weer wat jij bedoeld het al en het bijzondere moet op een rijtje staan dan kies ik zonder twijfel de juiste banaan ik ben een man met een wil om kruizen te zetten zelfs op een kieslijst voor lange afstandsraketten als ik ergens een hokje zie dan vul ik het in dat is dan ook het enigste waar ik goed in ben vraag het niet open maar vraag alles dicht dan worden zware problemen luchtig en licht oorlog en vrede elk in hun genummerde hokje en daaruit kiezen onder druk van een tikkend klokje geluk, ongeluk, pijn, genot, start of stop ieder woord is goed als het komt met een invulknop ik durf wel te zeggen dat feitelijk elke geschreven taal beduidend meer waard is met zo'n helder signaal vinkje er op vinkje er in ja zo gaat ie goed vinkje er bij vinkje er onder ik zou niet weten of ik trouw ben zonder, zo'n hokje met mijn huwelijkse staat hokjes voor vinkjes zijn voor altijd en eeuwig mijn enige echte steun en [ā] toe [ ] ver [ ] laaaaaaaaat
Bent u gelukkiger na het lezen van dit vers?
[ ] Ja [ ] Nee [ ] Weet ik niet
from
The happy place
As I made my way home from fitness dance class, I saw a man falling haplessly on the paving stones outside the main entrance to his apartment building.
ā are you OK?, I asked
ā yes but the PIN code doesnāt work, he said, meaning to the door
ā Do you need help getting up? I asked
ā I live here, he responded now slowly getting on his feet unsteadily
Heād dropped his pizza, box lay upside down on the ground. And the plastic containers of sauce were spattered on his wallet and his phone which heād also dropped.
He looked about to fall again, I asked
ā Can I pick your stuff up for you?
ā No, he replied, but you can hold the door for me.
He managed to gather his stuff, but I took the pizza and handed it to him
ā this still looks edible, I said encouragingly
One hand on the door frame, he took the pizza in his hand and I saw then that his arm was incredibly muscular.
ā take care now, I said as we parted ways
And with thoughts of the ruined pizza on my mind I went home
I am thinking about it still.
from
wystswolf

'What is your home?' A stranger asks.
Home (for you, my love)
Home?
No. Not what I once named it. Not walls, nor roads remembered by the bodyās tired return.
Home has slipped its geography. It no longer answers to maps.
Listen, I will tell you, my friend, of a home with no address, no door, no fixed sky...
only a mind.
The mind.
Yours.
Where I wander like a pilgrim without sleep, touching the edges of your thoughts as if they were holy cloth.
I left a place once called home; a source, perhaps, a well I drank from without ever being quenched.
What is a home if the heart refuses it? If it does not loosen there, does not lay down its armor, does not breathe?
Noā
Home is not where a man hangs his hat.
It is where he loses himself entirely.
And mine... mine is not here.
Not fully.
It is cleaved. like light through glass, like a prayer spoken in two languagesā
here, and there, and in the terrible distance between.
You...
You are my home.
I have driven whole nights through the dark of myself to reach you,
whispering your name like a rhythm against the wheel, like a vow I could not break if I tried.
I would come to you in the hour when breath is deepest, when the world forgets itselfā
not to wake you, but to feel you there, to exist in the same quiet as your dreaming body.
That would be enough. Godā that would be everything.
There:
in that imagined room, in that borrowed closeness,
I am unafraid.
My demons do not follow. My doubts cannot cross the threshold.
There is only the heat of being known, the slow unraveling of all I pretend to be, the dangerous relief of becoming myself in the presence of you.
Amber-eyed, ocean-removed, twelve hundred leagues of absence and still
you are nearer to me than my own hands.
What is this place we make without touching?
What is this fire that asks nothing and takes everything?
I live there in the thought of you, in the shape of your name inside my mouth, in the quiet confession of wanting.
And one dayā
if the world is merciful, or cruel enough
here and there will collapse into one,
and I will stand beside you with nothing left to lose,
and say, at last,
not as metaphor, not as longingā
but as truth:
I am home.
#poetry #wyst
from Blip-A
Itās been a while since I wanted to start a blog. Years really. I kept telling myself that Iām not ready, no one will care, Iām too busy etc. It really is just standard stuff when it comes to starting something new or when you put yourself out there. You make up any excuse just so you can delay the whole thing until you either forget about it or you just donāt care about it anymore. Pretty neat defence mechanism.
You try to justify the whole delay so you can plan out everything in advance, everything can be perfect so you donāt make a mistake. It doesnāt work like that. I should know this by now that Iām 34 years old. Year by year I feel like I lie less to myself but it still happens daily. At least Iām aware. That is something I guess.
Okay so like I said Iām a 34 year old guy. I was born in Hungary but I moved to England in 2014 when I was 23. To this day I donāt know if that decision was good or bad. Probably never will. Because of this, English is my second language and that means Iāll make mistakes. This was another excuse I liked to tell myself. I mean my English is not perfect but I can convey my thoughts pretty well I feel like and I hope it adds some uniqueness to my posts. I donāt want to run all my stuff through an AI or spellchecker. Iāll obviously try to minimise mistakes especially spelling ones but I donāt want to sound like a robot. I honestly despise this whole new era of āeverything is AIā.
The biggest thing that helped me get started was when I realised I donāt have to share this blog with anyone. No one needs to know who I am. It doesnāt matter if anyone reads it or not. I just like writing. I always have. I wrote very basic stories when I was a kid. Okay I admit they were heavily mimicking existing ones. I remember one that was basically Robinson Crusoe but written by a 12 year old.
I really started rambling here. I didnāt think I will write about that Robinson story, I honestly even forgot about it until 2 minutes ago. It is funny how much stuff comes to surface when you are trying to organise your thoughts so you can put them down in a readable fashion.
I have loads of interests and I like taking walks whilst I think about a lot of stuff. I used to have a car but I sold it. I walk to and from work too. I really donāt want to get lazy and I hate driving. Iāll write posts just about anything I think. My plan is to write at least one post per week. (I refuse to call my work an article because it feels pretentious.) I might even write multiple a day. Who knows? I just want to get going.
Without trying to give you the whole list, below is the stuff I like the most from the top of my head. This doesnāt mean Iāll only write about these but perhaps it gives you an idea of what kind of guy I am.
Guitar ā Especially Rock and Roll, Blues, Hard Rock, Metal (Been playing since 2007.)
Football and Formula 1 ā Favourite teams: Arsenal and Ferrari. Pain. I know.
Books ā Andy Weir is my favourite author.
Films ā Mainly horror, action and science fiction. I have a newfound love for old black and white Japanese films. I like the Human Condition trilogy, okay?
Philosophy ā I was always interested and last year Iāve found stoicism which is probably the one I read the most.
Obviously I like ton of other stuff too. Gaming, cooking, hanging out with people, whatever. You get the gist. I really donāt know why Iām trying to make this into a list.
Anyway I think it is time for me to say goodbye and I hope, future me will be very happy that I started this blog.
Thanks,
Blip-A
from folgepaula
I found a moth inside my elevator. I scooped it up with my hands shaped like a bowl and brought it out to my balcony. Then I started imagining what it would tell its moth friends afterward. Like, how she (yes, I am calling her SHE) suddenly entered this brightly lit moving box and got trapped there, no water, no food, and every now and then a giant would appear, absolutely terrifying her.
Until one day or some hours, she cannot really precise, but it felt like an eternity, a giant with long hair and a weird looking white horse (that's Livi in case you missed the ref) showed up, grabbed her with giant hands, and everything went dark again. She was sure that was the end. But then the hands opened, and there she was, at the highest height she's ever been in life, she was back outside, but outside this time was so enormous, she could see all the buildings and the city from above, all this happening as if sheād been teleported to freedom. Her moth friends would probably call the whole thing an abduction.
Sheād be invited onto moth podcasts to share her testimony. The hater moths would say, āFake. She just wants attention, next thing you know, sheās auditioning for Too Hot to Handleā, etc. Eventually, sheād write a book compiling testimonies from other moths who claim to have been abducted, trying to find patterns. Some would say, āMy giant had short hair.ā Others: āMine was bald.ā Some would insist there was no giant at all, just a huge transparent glass thing, and at the bottom, something that looked like a piece of Spar flyers. Other moths would never swallow the theory of the giant jar with Spar flyers at the bottom. āThis is obviously a marketing move from Spar!ā they would say.
Damn it's so hard to be a believable moth.
/Apr26
I recently watched the seventh season, second episode of Star Trek: DS9, Shadows and Symbols. The character Benny Russell (played by Avery Brooks) is in a psychiatric room writing his story on the walls. He does this because the doctors refuse to give him paper.
A psychiatrist, Dr. Wykoff (played by Casey Biggs) offers Benny a paint roller to erase his writings so he can be ācuredā of his delusions. I wonāt spoil any more so go watch. After watching that episode it gave me an idea.
Inside my home I have blue, white, and yellow walls. What color wall would I choose? Or would I write on all of them? Unfortunately, white and yellow walls are too bright even in low lighting. Blue walls are easier on my eyes and still bright enough when thereās not enough light.
However, all of this doesnāt matter. The real question is: how long can my kids and I write on the walls before my wife goes berserk and makes me clean and repaint them?
#writing #blue #ds9 #startrek #walls #white #yellow
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#shuacantikharem
Sialan kan Wonwoo jadi kepikiran.
Kalo dibilang apa Wonwoo nyesel nyium bibir Joshua karena sekarang dia jadi buronan di kalangan temen-temennya sendiri (dan entah berapa juta manusia di luar sana yang Wonwoo nggak kenal tapi sama keselnya karena bibir Joshua udah direbut cowok anonim), jawabannya tentu aja enggak ya gaes yaaaaa āļø
Wonwoo NGGAK AKAN pernah nyesel karena KAPAN LAGI BISA NYIUM BIBIR JOSHUA HONG WOI, MAU DUNIA KEBELAH KEK BODO AMAT YANG PENTING DIA UDAH NGERASAIN BIBIRNYA JOSHUA JISOO HONGā¼ļøā¼ļøā¼ļøā¼ļø
(eit nggak usah ngiriāļø)
Cuma, yeah, tetep aja Wonwoo kepikiran. Kalo reaksi temen-temennya aja udah radikal begitu, apakah bakal ada ekstrimis-ekstrimis lain yang siap nyulik Jeon Wonwoo pas tau dirinya lah perebut ciuman Joshua, terus Wonwoo dihanyutkan ke sungai Gangga? Ato, worse, ditunjuk jadi duta MBG?? šØ (ih najis)
Dikernyitkannya dahi, auto hidung bangirnya ikut mengerut. Wonwoo berjalan memasuki perpustakaan di area pusat kampus seperti tiap sore dengan kedua lengan melipat di dada. Parasnya kelewat serius buat isi kepalanya yang random saat ini. Kayaknya better Wonwoo agak jaga jarak sama Joshua deh. Nerapin beberapa rules personal yang ketat. Jangan deket-deket biar nggak khilaf ciuman lagi. Jangan berduaan doang di ruang sepi. Janganā
āIkh...ā
...Yaelah. Langsung muncul itu Joshua-nya depan mata. Baru juga mau dijauhin bjirrrrr. KENAPA SIH??!! SEGITU PENGENNYA SEMESTA INI COMBLANGIN WONWOO SAMA JOSHUA, HAH???!!! YAUDAH DEH KALO MAKSA MAH!!!
Wonwoo menghampirinya. Tapi Joshua juga nggak nyadarin kedatangan Wonwoo sih. Dia tengah sibuk berjinjit sambil ngulurin lengan setinggi mungkin, berusaha menggapai salah satu buku tebal di rak paling atas. Wonwoo diem aja ngeliatin dia dari koridor. Kayak biasa, perpustakaan di jam bubaran kampus gini udah tergolong lengang. Hampir nggak ada orang lain di sekitar mereka. Mungkin ada 1-2 orang yang ngumpet, tapi nggak tau deh lagi pada ngumpet di mana tepatnya.
Joshua berusaha jinjit lebih tinggi lagi. Suatu pemandangan yang separo bikin Wonwoo pengen ketawa soalnya Joshua lucuuuuuu bangettt, separonya lagi kesian pengen bantuin. Padahal beda tinggi badan Wonwoo sama Joshua juga nggak jauh-jauh banget, tapi mayanlah, selisih tinggi itu berperan besar dalam situasi kayak gini. Sementara itu, Joshua udah gemeter sebadan-badan, berusaha mengerahkan seluruh inci tingginya biar tangannya nyampe ke buku itu. āDikit, uh, lagi...,ā gumamnya tanpa sadar.
Alangkah kagetnya Joshua pas ada tangan lain menjulur santai, mengambil buku yang dia maksud tanpa kesulitan sama sekali. Arah pandangnya berputar dari lengan ke wajah orang itu yang lagi dongak kayak dia sebelumnya. Jeon Wonwoo. Lengkap dengan kacamata bingkai hitamnya dan wajah serius nan ganteng yang akhir-akhir ini menghantui pikiran Joshua. Salting, Joshua pun perlahan berbalik badan, menatap Wonwoo yang masih berkutat sama buku di rak atas dan membiarkan degup jantung nggak beraturan dalam dada serta rona merah melalap kedua pipinya.
Joshua menelisik satu-persatu fakta: mereka berduaan (lagi) + semburat jingga dari celah jendela jatuh menerangi perpustakaan sore itu + lorong rak di pojokan yang sunyi sepi + jarak tubuh mereka terlalu dekat + Wonwoo tetep seganteng pas nyium dia waktu itu. Deg degan, Joshua lalu memejamkan mata dan mengangkat sedikit dagunya.
Posisi Joshua yang seperti itulah yang Wonwoo temui saat dia akhirnya menunduk, berniat memberikan buku yang baru dia ambilkan. Namun, niat tersebut sirna seketika. Joshua dalam kukungannya jelas menantikan sesuatu, meminta sesuatu dari Wonwoo dengan tindakannya. Degukan ludah membuat jakun Wonwoo naik-turun. Dia yakin dia tau apa yang Joshua minta darinya, tetapi dia nggak berani ngambil kesimpulan segitu cepetnya.
Masa sih...? Masa cowok secantik iniāmakhluk seindah, sesempurna, se-enggak nyata iniānungguin ciuman dari Wonwoo?
Detik berlalu, meleleh menjadi menit. Nggak kunjung datang sentuhan yang diharapkan, Joshua (dengan penuh tanda tanya) perlahan membuka sedikit celah mata, mencari tau di mana kah keberadaan Wonwoo. Rupanya dia masih ada di hadapannya, masih mengukung Joshua, memojokkannya ke rak buku, tapi sekarang dia menatap Joshua lekat-lekat. Tatap mereka bersirobok dan, spontan, Joshua merasa malu. āAh, ini, mm,ā terbata-bata, sembari mukanya begitu merah bagai tomat kematengan. āA-aku enggakāā
āMejemin mata gitu maksudnya apaan nih?ā seloroh Wonwoo, sengaja. Sumpah deh, Joshua Hong itu kenapa bisa begitu gampangnya mancing sisi jail Wonwoo sih? Minta digodain banget?? āLo nungguin gue ngapain?ā
Makin dan makin kebakar aja pipi Joshua. āEng-enggak kok, nggak gitu...,ā balasnya dalam gumaman rendah, saking lembutnya sampe hampir nggak kedengeran andaikan perpustakaan lagi nggak sesepi itu. āCuma...muka kamu deket banget, aku kan jadi keinget...lagi...ā
...Sumpah.
Cantik. Cantiknya pake banget. Cantiknya nggak ngotak. Wonwoo harap Joshua sadar sepenuhnya kalo dia tuh cantik luar biasa dan bahwa dia berhak banget dipuja-puji, disembah bak ratu berlian pemilik hati para budak cinta. Joshua, sumpah lah...
āTerus, emm, jadi aku mikir apa kamu nggak mauāā
Wonwoo majuin kepala buat nutup mulut Joshua pake bibirnya. Refleks, juga dengan sentakan napas, Joshua mejamin mata lagi. Ciuman itu ringan. Hanya bibir ketemu bibir buat beberapa detik. Suara kecupan lah yang tertinggal kala kedua bibir dipisahkan paksa.
Bagai terhipnotis, Wonwoo mengelusi bibir atas Joshua. Lembut. Merah delima. Sedikit lengket, mungkin sisa lip balm yang masih menempel. Mata yang sayu. Pipi yang merona. Bener-bener secantikābahkan jauh lebih cantikādi foto-foto majalah itu. Ibu jari Wonwoo turun ke bibir bawah Joshua, menekannya sedikit hingga terbuka, memperlihatkan geligi dan sekelebat ujung lidahnya. Turun lagi hingga membelai rahang dan menangkup dagu. Bisikan yang semakin rendah, semakin berat.
āCantik...ā
Dagu Joshua diangkat. Tangan Wonwoo yang lowong bertumpu pada rak di belakang Joshua. Nggak bisa menahan diri, Wonwoo kembali mencium bibir manis itu. Alih-alih Wonwoo merundukkan badan sedemikian rupa, kini Joshua lah yang harus menegakkan lehernya agar bisa mencapai bibir cowok itu. Dia pasrah, membiarkan Wonwoo terus menerus memberikan kecupan-kecupan kecil pada bibirnya. Sesekali, tautan bibir mereka sedikit lama, sedikit nggak rela harus terlepas meski sedetik kemudian akan langsung terpaut lagi.
Hati Wonwoo bagai melambung ke atas awan. Joshua Hong yang diidamkan cowok dan cewek sekampus kini berada di bawahnya, dengan bibir begitu penurut mengikuti gerak bibirnya. Wonwoo melepaskan ciuman dengan napas agak memburu, berniat memberikan kesempatan pada Joshua untuk menenangkan diri. Mungkin dia kelewat tergesa-gesa. Mungkin Joshua overwhelmed dan butuh time out untuk mengambil napas.
Di luar dugaan, Joshua malah menaikkan kacamata Wonwoo ke rambutnya, merangkulkan kedua lengannya ke leher Wonwoo dan menarik bagian belakang kepala cowok itu untuk menyatukan bibir mereka kembali. Kali ini bukan lagi kecupan naif yang mereka bagi, melainkan segala yang selama ini dibendung baik oleh Wonwoo maupun oleh Joshua. Bibir Joshua mencumbuinya, secara aktif mengajak Wonwoo untuk melepaskan segala hasrat yang dimilikinya. Ciuman demi ciuman yang mereka bagi semakin panas. Tangan Wonwoo menemukan pinggang Joshua, merangkulnya erat dengan harapan menghapus memori akan Seungcheol di sana. Tangannya yang lain menelusuri punggung Joshua melalui bahan kemejanya yang halus. Bagian depan tubuh mereka menempel nggak kalah lekat dari sepasang bibir.
āMmh,ā suara-suara geraman tertahan menemani bunyi cumbuan yang basah. Di satu momen, Wonwoo menggigit perlahan bibir Joshua, berbagi helaan napas bersama, sebelum memasukkan lidahnya ke celah yang tercipta. āHng!ā Joshua mendesah agak kencang, tapi untungnya lidah Wonwoo keburu menemukan lidahnya dan berhasil membungkam keributan tersebut. Decakan terdengar. Peluh menitik di kening Wonwoo. Kaki Joshua hampir nggak tahan untuk mengalungi pinggul Wonwoo, mengundang cowok itu untuk mencumbuinya terus seperti ini di sudut terpencil perpustakaan sampai malam turun.
āUhuk, uhuk!ā
Suara batuk seseorang. Bagai disiram air dingin, Wonwoo langsung melepas Joshua, hampir-hampir melompat mundur menjauhinya. Segera diturunkannya kacamata agar indra penglihatannya kembali. Dia memandangi Joshuaābibir bengkak dan basah, mata sayu, wajah memerah, serta napas memburuālalu meneguk ludah. Dia. Dia yang udah bikin Joshua kayak gini. Jeon Wonwoo.
Tapi,
nggak di sini juga anjir. Kalo ada yang liat, gimana? Terus kalo sampe kesebar rumor kalo dia lah cowok yang udah nyium Joshua, gimana? Minimal digebukin, lebih mungkin digantung terbalik di pohon beringin di halaman belakang kampus. Screw that, nggak peduli nasib dirinya deh, tapi nasib Joshua? Wonwoo nggak mau kalo nama Joshua jadi jelek gegara ulahnya. Dia suka Joshua. Suka banget. Cinta. Karena cinta, makanyaā
āAh, Wonuāā
āsebelum Joshua sempet ngomong apapun, Wonwoo udah berbalik dan pergi (sambil doa nggak ada yang nyadar akan jendolan di celananya, amen), meninggalkan Joshua yang berusaha menenangkan dirinya sendirian sambil menyentuh bibirnya, masih terlena oleh ciuman bergairah dari cowok itu.
Terhalang oleh rak-rak buku, Joshua nggak sadar sama sekali kalo ada orang lain yang merhatiin mereka sejak bercumbu tadi. Orang lain yang menyeringai jahil karena suatu rencana udah terangkai manis di dalam kepalanya. Orang lain yang juga merupakan 'musuh' Joshua Hong akhir-akhir ini.
from drpontus
Instead of only criticizing āAIā (when in fact, the commercial LLM services are really the main issue), here is a more optimistic list of things I support šŖ (followed by a list of bad smells 𦨠in AI):
šŖ Smarter machine learning models that do more with less: less data, less energy, less waste.
šŖ Building models that are better, not just bigger: reliable, effective, and resource-conscious.
šŖ Ethical innovation: training AI without exploiting creators or trampling intellectual property rights.
šŖ Practical AI use cases that truly help people and society, not just corporate bottom lines.
šŖ Sustainable business models that support fair, circular industries instead of endless extraction.
šŖ Respect for language and culture ā preserve diversity, donāt erase it.
...therefore, I stand against:
𦨠Bloated generative AI systems with bottomless appetites for data, energy, and water.
𦨠The expanding footprint of data centers swallowing land and resources.
𦨠Predatory tactics to grab training data at the expense of human rights.
𦨠Turning AI into a tool for surveillance capitalism and exploitation.
𦨠Pretending to care about AI safety while dodging real accountability.
𦨠Systems that funnel power to a few tech giants, making the rest of us renters in their digital empires.
𦨠Human suffering in AIās hidden labor force ā those forced to filter the internetās worst as cheap, disposable labor (usually in the Global South).
𦨠Schemes to dodge taxes and skirt regulations, while claiming to build the future.
𦨠Generative AI services arenāt tools ā theyāre just content repositories, trained on a vast and murky pool of internet data. But the internet is a mess: full of errors, bias, satire, and outright lies. These systems canāt tell truth from fiction, and they strip away context and source credibility. Thereās no metadata to distinguish fact from sarcasm or disinformation. It all looks the same to an AI. Thatās a disaster waiting to happen.
š§ The most sustainable, creative, and ethical model isnāt an algorithm. Itās the human brain. If you want art, writing, or ideas, hire a human being. Youāll get quality and originality, not a regurgitated mashup from a statistical prediction machine.
The right place for AI is in support ā statistical prediction, maintenance, and optimization. That's proper tools. But generative AI services wonāt help us work less or better. Theyāll push us to go faster, sacrificing quality, creating stress, and robbing us of agency. To build a future centered on humans, we must focus on human well-being ā not just on making tech billionaires richer.
(btw, I have nothing against skunks, the icon just represents ābad smellsā š)