Notices by Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop), page 3

New in America, I argue that a central thread of Pope Leo's encyclical is to counter the secular apocalypses that have spread in AI culture: https://www.americamagazine.org/short-take/2026/05/29/the-dueling-a-i-apocalypses-and-what-pope-leo-has-to-say-about-both/

If the @mediaarchaeologylab were a business it would be Arcade Laradise up the road in Laramie.

I've really come around to the @nextcloud News app for RSS feeds. I can't recommend enough taking the time to cultivate an excellent and diverse set of feeds for yourself.

Finally, a ride-share union: https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2026-05-26/uber-lyft-drivers-in-massachusetts-form-first-us-ride-share-union Congratulations!

RE: https://social.medlab.host/@medlab/116642148819698706

More evidence that students are thinking about AI way more clearly than most of their teachers.

Guerrilla donation to the @mediaarchaeologylab from my last trip to Mexico

Deadline extended to May 30! Submit your abstracts for "Why We Come Together: Media, Religion, and Community" and come visit us in Boulder this October, along with Fred Moten, Jen Deerinwater, and more: https://www.colorado.edu/cmrc/2026/03/26/why-we-come-together-media-religion-and-community

Just out in The Conversation, I explore how Pope Leo XIV's AI encyclical could reshape the AI industry, akin to what his predecessor did in the Gilded Age: https://theconversation.com/pope-leo-xiv-compares-ai-to-the-industrial-revolution-as-new-alternatives-to-big-ai-firms-take-shape-283249

The tech industry as a grass fire: https://nathanschneider.info/2026/05/the-tech-industry-as-a-grass-fire/

What a thrill to be at the blessing of the new building for @KGNU radio, lifted up by Amy Goodman on @democracynow today!

I'm embarrassed that, after years of critique and whatever about the gig economy, this week I did my first ride-along with a friend doing app-based delivery.

RE: https://social.coop/@ntnsndr/116575061133046095

Is your campus teaching AI as a monopoly fait accompli?

RE: https://flipboard.com/@404media/404-media-qvt3vv94z/-/a-c0vhBz5YTG6lNJS6lipOcw%3Aa%3A4082434389-%2F0

Great conversation on protocols and rural utility co-ops and more!

"Students can experience AI models as not just something someone else does for you but something that can happen in your own community": https://nathanschneider.info/2026/05/a-defunct-email-service-as-a-template-for-campus-ai/

Includes a reference to @ethanz on loyal clients—thanks for the earlier discussion on that:)

A defunct email service as a template for campus AI—lessons from Dartmouth's BlitzMail: https://nathanschneider.info/2026/05/a-defunct-email-service-as-a-template-for-campus-ai/

Grr, how am I supposed to write this when the @internetarchive Wayback Machine is down? Long live digital public infrastructure.

@ethanz Yeah, in different ways, and with some caveats, I think they are. At least in developer ecosystems, I think there's some really interesting loyalty dynamics at play in this industry.

Would things like Open Router, Ollama, Duck.ai, etc. count as middleware for AI? cc: @ethanz

Is there an advantage to using a tiling terminal emulator if you already have a tiling window manager?