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Peter Henry<p>There is a strange mixture of fear, loathing, derision and wishing that <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> will fail.</p><p>It reminds me of the 70s when there was absolute joy when computers sent out £0 gas bills. You know the sort of thing - the weird look on their face when they explained - "and you know - I sent a payment cheque made out for £0 - that'll screw it" </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>luddites</span></a> must have felt much the same - dazed confused angry and redundant</p>
it's kat! 🇵🇸✊<p>sans-culottes &amp; luddites meet cute. log off, comrades.<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>luddites</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sansCulottes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sansCulottes</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illustration</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fuckAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fuckAI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>revolution</span></a></p>
Chris Pitts<p>Remember, never train an AI to do your job. If anything, throw a clog into it <a href="https://agilodon.social/tags/luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>luddites</span></a><br><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@tante/114859287369529030" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tldr.nettime.org/@tante/114859</span><span class="invisible">287369529030</span></a></p>
Nicole Hennig<p>Sabotaging the Miracle Machine: The High Cost of Luddite Policies <a href="https://danieljeffries.substack.com/p/sabotaging-the-miracle-machine-the" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://danieljeffries.substack.com/p/sabotaging-the-miracle-machine-the</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23AI" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23innovation" target="_blank">#innovation</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23luddites" target="_blank">#luddites</a><br><br><a href="https://danieljeffries.substack.com/p/sabotaging-the-miracle-machine-the" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Sabotaging the Miracle Machine...</a></p>
Nicole Hennig<p>Sabotaging the Miracle Machine: The High Cost of Luddite Policies <a href="https://danieljeffries.substack.com/p/sabotaging-the-miracle-machine-the" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">danieljeffries.substack.com/p/</span><span class="invisible">sabotaging-the-miracle-machine-the</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>luddites</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The teen '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddites</span></a>' rethinking how they use tech ahead of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a>'s#under16's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialMediaBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMediaBan</span></a></p><p>By Lucia Stein and Fiona Pepper for Brain Rot</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-09/luddites-phone-free-australia-teen-social-media-ban/105343034" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-07-09/lud</span><span class="invisible">dites-phone-free-australia-teen-social-media-ban/105343034</span></a><br> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TheLudditeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheLudditeClub</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LudditeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LudditeClub</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InternetCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetCulture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MentalWellbeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalWellbeing</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Teenagers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Teenagers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Parenting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddites</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JoinTheLudditeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoinTheLudditeClub</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MeaningfulConnections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MeaningfulConnections</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReadBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReadBooks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CreateArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreateArt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WriteBadPoetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WriteBadPoetry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BePresent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BePresent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechAddiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechAddiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SmartPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartPhones</span></a> are <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DumbingUsDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DumbingUsDown</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>abcfeeds</span></a></span> Excellent! New members of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LudditeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LudditeClub</span></a>! </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InternetCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetCulture</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MentalWellbeing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalWellbeing</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Teenagers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Teenagers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Parenting</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddites</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime</span></a></p>
Dr Pen<p>I am beginning to hate bigtech. Is it purposely designed to make us feel disempowered, erode any sense of control over our choices, lives? Do we buy stuff just to be manipulated by it? Its getting really mad though. I get a bad feeling. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gemini</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/degoogle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>degoogle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>luddites</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maliciouscompliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maliciouscompliance</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/07/unless-users-take-action-android-will-let-gemini-access-third-party-apps/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/security/2025/</span><span class="invisible">07/unless-users-take-action-android-will-let-gemini-access-third-party-apps/</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“The natural worry for anyone hoping to have a job in five years’ time is what <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> might do to that job. And while there are few certainties, Autor and Thompson’s framework does suggest a clarifying question: does AI look like it is going to do the most highly skilled part of your <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>job</span></a> or the low-skill rump that you’ve not been able to get rid of? </p><p>The answer to that question may help to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/predict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>predict</span></a> whether your job is about to get more fun or more annoying — and whether your <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/salary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>salary</span></a> is likely to rise, or fall as your <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ExpertWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExpertWork</span></a> is <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/devalued" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devalued</span></a> like the expert work of the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddites</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MartinWolf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MartinWolf</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/b67bcbaa-67b9-48f8-ad4d-4cd6f9bdc1b7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/b67bcbaa-67b9-4</span><span class="invisible">8f8-ad4d-4cd6f9bdc1b7</span></a>&gt; (paywall) / &lt;<a href="https://archive.md/Cn6lu" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/Cn6lu</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>&gt;</p>
Wulfy<p>Ferriers, agistment and grooms.<br>Take heart.<br>This unseemly automobile fad will soon burst.<br>The land will not bear all the motorways and the fumes will choke the air.<br>I for one will rejoice when the investors see no return on their squandered fortunes into this mechano folly!</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/llm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>llm</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>luddites</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/spicyautocomplete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spicyautocomplete</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/regulateai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulateai</span></a></p>
Chris Pitts<p>“Why is the code taking twice as long to write?”<br>“Because I generated it with AI as requested by you, then I need to review it carefully and write tests. Since the code is not generated to be tested this takes time. Then I had to throw it all away because it doesn’t work and write it correctly”<br>&lt;phones Union lawyers just in case&gt;<br> <a href="https://agilodon.social/tags/Luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddites</span></a></p>
Chris Pitts<p>Ooooh boy…I do hope I get one of these ridiculous edicts. <br>“Why did this production problem happen? Why doesn’t this code work?”<br>“It wasn’t me. It was the AI. I used it exactly as you requested”<br>&lt;phones Union lawyers, just in case&gt;<br><a href="https://agilodon.social/tags/Luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddites</span></a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-internal-memo-using-ai-no-longer-optional-github-copilot-2025-6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">businessinsider.com/microsoft-</span><span class="invisible">internal-memo-using-ai-no-longer-optional-github-copilot-2025-6</span></a></p>
Matěj Cepl 🇪🇺 🇨🇿 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/@phf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>phf</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@robpike" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>robpike</span></a></span> </p><p>Sure, but also I cannot find the video by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@t3dotgg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/@t3dotgg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> how we are in the same situation when the switch from assembler to structured programming happened … building of software is now so much easier, that most likely astronomically more software will be produced.</p><p><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/Luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddites</span></a></p>
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<p>Hey, remember this guy from Twitter? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICEProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICEProtests</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Waymo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Waymo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USNationalGuard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USNationalGuard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USMilitary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USMilitary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LateStageCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LateStageCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddites</span></a></p>
Wulfy<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>emilymbender</span></a></span> </p><p>This is the paper the journalist references:<br><a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5166938" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf</span><span class="invisible">m?abstract_id=5166938</span></a></p><p>The AI antagonists, once again prove that humans do not need <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> to generate <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/bullshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bullshit</span></a>.</p><p>All that this "research" proves is that at the most generous these Professors are ignorant of how <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> models work. Which is the most generous interpretation of the human <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/hallucinations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hallucinations</span></a> they created. Because the other explanation is less generous, they engage in academic fraud.</p><p>Briefly why:<br>Methodology.<br>They upload a specific full 185 page textbook into the LLM context window (presumably with full permission of the copyright owner), then they ask SUPER SPECIFIC questions, 👉without directing the AI to reference the specific text uploaded👈.</p><p>Once again, be sceptical when humans reference a "study" showing "Bad AI". So far, every time I have seen such a study, it's the human flailing at the controls.<br>Including the "famous" <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> study.</p><p>Newsflash: "Hammers cause thumb injuries in humans who are 👉untrained👈 in their use"</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>luddites</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/aislop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aislop</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/spicyautocomplete" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spicyautocomplete</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ethicalai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethicalai</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JimmyKimmel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JimmyKimmel</span></a> did a great job last night of highlighting the recent run of absolute knucking morons in control of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> &amp; White House. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JFC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JFC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddites</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DisasterPresidency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisasterPresidency</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kimmel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kimmel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TooStupidForPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TooStupidForPolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8CUxJZPS5M" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=f8CUxJZPS5M</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Petra van Cronenburg<p>"He is one of a growing number of people who are actively resisting: people who are terrified of the power of <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generativeAI</span></a> and its potential for harm and don’t want to feed the beast".</p><p>People refusing <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> + <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/genAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genAI</span></a> + <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AIslop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIslop</span></a> become more, with good arguments: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/03/creatives-academics-rejecting-ai-at-home-work" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/jun/03/creatives-academics-rejecting-ai-at-home-work</span></a></p><p>Including the author: "this piece was handcrafted using organic words from my artisanal writing studio. (OK, I mean bed.)"</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/noAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>noAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/humanmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanmade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddites</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/artists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>creativity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/mustread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mustread</span></a></p>
MugsysRapSheet 🔩🐑🐘<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@paul_ipv6" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>paul_ipv6</span></a></span> <br>Dear God. 🤦‍♂️ </p><p>The Stupid. It burns. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddites</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TooStupidForPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TooStupidForPolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LordHelpUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LordHelpUs</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>"It’s really important for a kid to be left alone"- When <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TaikaWaititi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TaikaWaititi</span></a> made his feelings clear about the role of tech in children's lives</p><p>By Sourav Chakraborty<br>Modified May 03, 2025 04:54 GMT</p><p>" 'Exactly, now they’ve all got iPads and it’s done for them! I think it’s really important for a kid to be left alone and left to figure it out for themselves how to pass the time. As a kid, I spent so much time bored and coming up with ideas of how to do things, so I’d write stories or I’d draw pictures or invent worlds through drawing or just in my head, just thinking about things. I think that a lot of my creativity has really come from being bored.' " [SO TRUE!!!]</p><p><a href="https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/movies/it-s-really-important-kid-left-alone-when-taika-waititi-made-feelings-clear-role-tech-children-s-life" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sportskeeda.com/us/movies/it-s</span><span class="invisible">-really-important-kid-left-alone-when-taika-waititi-made-feelings-clear-role-tech-children-s-life</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SmartphoneAddiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmartphoneAddiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechIsDumbingUsDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechIsDumbingUsDown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Imagination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Imagination</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LudditeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LudditeClub</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NeoLuddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeoLuddites</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddites</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LessScreenTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LessScreenTime</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreBoardGames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoreBoardGames</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreGreenTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoreGreenTime</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreOutdoorTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoreOutdoorTime</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FlipPhones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlipPhones</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoreBooks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Smartphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartphones</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechAddiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechAddiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TurnOffYourPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TurnOffYourPhone</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BePresent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BePresent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThinkForYourself" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThinkForYourself</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ResistTheMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ResistTheMachine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoSmartphonesForKids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoSmartphonesForKids</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoreGreenTimeLessScreenTime</span></a></p>
Wen<p>Politicising Science in the US and some of the consequences. Who would have thunk it, a country that has prospered economicaly is busy tearing down the infrastrucure that made American Science world class (and it still is for now).</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/29/trump-american-science" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/may/29/trump-american-science</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Politicisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politicisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Luddites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luddites</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BeginningOfTheEnd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeginningOfTheEnd</span></a></p>