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For the last month the buses I use seem to have decided on the most batshit diversions possible. Just spent 15 minutes going completely the wrong way and, somehow, stopping at every stop that's not actually on the route. Driving me mad.

Being from SE London I've met a fair few Millwall fans over the years, some of whom loudly declared that they were friendly, decent people. Pretty much every single one has ended up trying to start a fight. I'm sure decent Millwall fans exist, I've just never met one. Only aggressive, bigoted pricks

My wife bought new salad cutlery and because of the weird number of arms on the fork my first impulse was "that's AI". Which of course doesn't make sense because I was holding the object in my hands.

I had not some across this before, but if you want an example Nathan Cofnas’ scholarship, this is a doozy. Again I say, being sacked is not the problem; being recruited in the first place is what deserves scrutiny.

I just looked at a dog, a real, physical dog and thought 'that looks like AI'. I might need a day off.

I am never more productive than when I have a real job to avoid.

Look at me, exploring things.

His official account... amazing.

I was on a podcast talking about AI and resistance, so that's a nice thing.

British fraudsters are using #AI to doctor insurance claims: www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/20... #ArtificialIntelligence

Group of teenagers lurking outside a Curry’s trying to bully you into buying them an iPad so they can go on Pinterest

One thing I've noticed about my PhD is that spending most of your time, every day, thinking about a thing makes you really unsure whether you ever actually think about a thing or actually know anything about it.

The joys of malicious compliance... sayyesdono.com/fire-ill-tak...

On the 8th of July, as part of London Data Week, me and some colleagues will be on a panel exploring what AI really is and what it really isn't here at King's College London. All welcome so feel free to sign up now! luma.com/2aoxft1z

Anti-AI anthology... Started going through the submissions for this (still time to contribute if you're interested!) and it's a genuine pleasure to immediately find stuff that's really good... sayyesdono.com/anti-ai-anth...

I'm a guest editor on this so hope all you AI critical folks are up for it...

Some thoughts on faux-social LLMs and the financial death of friends and lovers... sayyesdono.com/tech-bros-st...

Some thoughts on the increasing shift towards the criminalisation and problematisation of anti-AI resistance. sayyesdono.com/old-tactics-...

Counterpoint: No I will not

Proud to say I had some minor involvement in this but all credit to everyone from We & AI and beyond who did the real work.

Looks like Richard Florida's back on the menu boys.

Good, but also depressing that not signing a contract with the anti-Christ doomsday cult surveillance company ends up being seen as a real win. Our base line is subterranean.

They’re going to call you Stalin no matter what you do, so why not just do some good things that people actually like rather than burning up every last atom of public goodwill trying to impress people who hate you.

Project I'm working, please do share if you know anyone who might be interested.

To be fair this is an excellent reaction to being called out. Next time any editor questions my stuff I will immediately 'launch an investigation' too.

"In YouTube Shorts, a new “Remix” option will let users write a prompt to remix a creator’s video by changing its style or even adding themselves into the video, without changing the basic context of the video." Only fascists will use this feature and only fascists will enjoy watching.

A few bits of resistance related new I've seen this week... sayyesdono.com/monday-resis...

Some thoughts on how 'AI' is becoming a made up term and one of the best motivators for resisting it. sayyesdono.com/exposure-the...

Take that Richard Dawkins...

Monday AI Resistance update... Just random bits I pick up throughout the week which may be of interest. sayyesdono.com/monday-ai-re...

I love reading beyond all other forms of cultural experience but I always forget just how easily effected I am by it. Any halfway decent book ends up being a reality I struggle to escape, for better or worse.

It's May so final month for submissions to the anti-AI anthology I'm working on - sayyesdono.com/anti-ai-anth... Responses will go out next month but the sooner you submit the better, got a growing pile to go through already.

Have added my own jangling, caffeine induced thoughts to the original article @ sayyesdono.com/data-centres...

Good article which happily takes the right approach to the hype - reporting it and then letting the weight of criticism grind it into nothingness. A lot of it could easily transfer to counter the Doomer narratives around AI too - idle talking points which ignore real, immediate harms.

It's absurd and depressing to see statements like this about entirely non-conscious AI while human workers are having to fight for any kind of support as they're bombarded with horrific, traumatising content to moderate for training data. archive.ph/M7sIi#select...

Spotted in Portugal - Burn Teslas, Kill AI...

Finally added some social media for SayYesDoNo.com - it's a project to explore and share resistance to AI and technosolutionism in general.

From yesterday - my weekly Monday Resistance Update for random bits of news I find about resisting AI... sayyesdono.com/monday-resis... #luddite #antiai

Currently a work in progress - the deadline for submissions is 1/5/26 - but I'm working on an anthology of anti-AI poetry, prose and art. Details here... sayyesdono.com/anti-ai-anth...

Second of my Monday Resistance Updates, a very incomplete guide to stuff that's happened around AI resistance this past week. sayyesdono.com/monday-resis...

Little side project in the works...

Going to try and make a habit of this - the Monday Resistance Update over at Say Yes, Do No. A far from comprehensive guide to stuff I've seen/read/heard recently around AI resistance... sayyesdono.pagecord.com/monday-resis...