evilstevie @evilstevie@mastod1.ddns.net

@mattround Yep. And they are definitely listening too much to accountancy firms and related software companies, and not enough to the people actually working freelance.

@eclectech You just know some filing service will get hacked or do something dodgy

absolutely buried

#photography #snowphotography #streetphotography

When talking with people I say “defense in depth” but sometimes it feels like “hope in layers.”
#CyberSecurity #RiskManagement #HonestSecurity

Looking for people who can let my friend crash with them for a while. Or for organizations that will get them support and/or housing. They're black, trans, and very young, and have had no success with being able to find a shelter or other stable housing or a job.

I've posted asking for mutual aid before (https://retro.pizza/@uncoolmouse/115815824713819696) and some of y'all have been super helpful, but they're feeling really exhausted and hopeless after telling their story again and again and being turned away because the systems are overloaded.

They're currently in Bellingham, Washington, but if you're anywhere in Washington or Oregon, my friends and I could chip in to get them there.

(Boosts really appreciated)
#mutualaid #MutualAidRequest

457) Mushroombot. Uses its big cap to create dank little corners in your garden to encourage the growth of mushrooms. Also just generally a good mushroom pal. #SmallRobotsRemastered

What people don't understand is it never used to be this bad. Even the tunnels under the Internet used to be well-kept by their inhabitants. Radscorpions were trained by diligent owners and didn't need leashes. There was a sense of community.

I miss when people actually gave a fuck about reliability

#SilentSunday #Iceland #Travel #BirthdayTrip

#silentSunday #Scotland #waterfall

In case you're looking for Canadian right now, we're not available.

#HNOM #Olympics #GoCanadaGo

Coin operated vending machines dispensing kibble for streetcats are my favourite shared infrastructure discovery this week.

Sunday

my absolute rock bottom expectation in this moment is some basic fuckin solidarity with pro-worker causes

if you're here to make claims like "yes this anti labor tech is bad but here's why it's ok for me" - ya blocked

"being anti labor tech absolutists is some kind of privilige" - again, ya blocked, son

@ploum @cstross
I am reminded of a line from a William Gibson novel
"And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human."

The LLM discourse on the Fediverse has really irked me the last few days.

Refusing to read writing made with the use of LLMs and refusing to give time to writers who use, promote or justify the use of LLMs is not purity culture, it's a boycott. It's a political act of withdrawing my time, resources and support for something that I find deeply morally wrong. It's protest. I have a choice and I refuse.

LLMs are exploitative, destructive, biased, mediocre parroting machines. Using them has a negative impact on the climate, the arts, the quality of the internet, the job market, the economy, the accessibility of electronics, even on skill development, creativity and mental health. LLMs are made and trained on the unpaid labour of millions -if not billions- of people who didn't consent. Their generic output litter the path to finding anything by true human creators.

Wherever I can, for as long as I can, I reject LLMs and anything that is related to them. I'm boycotting.