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When they tell us "there is no alternative," what they mean is "stop trying to think of alternatives." To imagine radically is to move beyond the helplessness of prediction: a radical imagination dares to insist that history is what we make, not what happens to us.

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This is what I need denialists to understand: the AI evangelists' wildest fever dreams (sentience, the singularity, whatever-the-fuck) don't need to be real for the tech to be hugely consequential. A machine gun doesn't need to be superintelligent.

“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest

No joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads

Happy Birthday to us 🎂! Today KDE is 30 years old! And, boy, do we have treats for you! #KDEat30 #FreeSoftware #anniversary #party #birthday

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People in California who are facing a terrible ICE surge: remember that if you need whistles, we are still sending them out for free. In fact, we just passed 1.7 million whistles sent out. linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

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Here's a small thing you can do for the future: 🌐 Find a webpage you care about. 💾 Save it. ✔️ That's it. One saved page becomes part of the web's shared memory. Try it today 👉 web.archive.org #ToolsYouCanUse

Want to contribute to open source but don't know where to start? This new guide by Dr. Ibrahim Haddad and LFX Mentorship walks through finding the right project, learning community norms, and making your first contribution. https://bit.ly/4Ao5Vo3

Every day we get closer to this:

Today we're celebrating the two year anniversary of Bellingcat's Online Open Source Investigation Toolkit. The resource that helps you discover and use open source tools is maintained by a group of amazing volunteers. If you've not explored it yet, you can find it here: bellingcat.gitbook.io/toolkit

something fun you can do on wikipedia without knowing a ton about editing is trimming down absurdly long “plot summary” sections to 400–700 words!!! here’s a big list of articles that need it

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