Notices by bk (knutson_brain@sfba.social)

@georgetakei
Past Vance is banned by present Vance.

On #enshittification :
"These are the two factors that make services terrible: captive users, and no constraints."
-- @pluralistic
(keep your options open)

https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/20/capitalist-unrealism/#praxis

"My rule – I don't join a service that I can't leave without switching costs – is my Ulysses Pact, and it's keeping me safe from danger I've sailed into too many times before." -- Cory Doctorow
( wise advice from @pluralistic )

https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/

#uspol
Spouse: "She is clearly so much better than him, so how can the polls be so close?"
Kid: "Lord of the Flies!"
Me: *secretly beams with pride*

@thomasfuchs These people should not run the government. 🤡

Essential (and sobering) overview of how #Misinformation spreads on #SocialMedia by @jayvanbavel (e.g., negative emotional and political content is particularly viral regardless of veracity, which has implications for intervention):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QR5luzqK7Y

@w7voa Except Tucker…he can stay.

How to get off the grid:
1. Solar panels / roof
2. Batteries
3. Heat pump / electric stove
4. Electric vehicle
5. Gas bill disappears
6. Electricity bill disappears
TBC... (#sustainability)

@arstechnica How far down the phylogenetic line is rapid eye movement sleep conserved?

Instead of asking whether some Large Language Models are like humans, perhaps we should ask whether some humans are like Large Language Models…