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I can't recall whether I shared this before, but this video from Hasan Minhaj where he interviews Gowanus, the non-official spokes-puppet for the new Luddite movement.
Entertaining and very informative.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxpV97A5I90
#luddism #summerofluddAnd yes, there is irony in sharing this here, but to me the Fediverse is more human that other social media, so :-P
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I can't recall whether I shared this before, but this video from Hasan Minhaj where he interviews Gowanus, the non-official spokes-puppet for the new Luddite movement.
Entertaining and very informative.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxpV97A5I90
#luddism #summerofluddAnd yes, there is irony in sharing this here, but to me the Fediverse is more human that other social media, so :-P
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My view on the recent Codeberg drama:
https://gagliardoni.net/#20260724_codeberg_drama
Codeberg voting members have the right to decide the policy of their association, and I understand if a community is averse to anything that is AI- or Web3-related. I understand it, but I don't agree with it, because it's 2026, and if you still think you can just stick your head in the sand and wish for these ugly bad things to go away, well, I have bad news for you.
To me, this is a perfect recipe to relegate Codeberg to irrelevance. And we are already seeing the beginning of a new exodus.
Here is my conspiracy theory: the vote was pushed or manipulated from the inside by Big Tech. Whether this is true or not, one thing is sure: folks at Microsoft, GitHub, OpenAI etc. are now popping champagne.
#codeberg #opensource #foss #floss #libre #ai #llm #web3 #blockchain #crypto #cryptocurrency #antiai #luddism #eu #bigtech #politics #tech #censorship #github #microsoft #openai
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My view on the recent Codeberg drama:
https://gagliardoni.net/#20260724_codeberg_drama
Codeberg voting members have the right to decide the policy of their association, and I understand if a community is averse to anything that is AI- or Web3-related. I understand it, but I don't agree with it, because it's 2026, and if you still think you can just stick your head in the sand and wish for these ugly bad things to go away, well, I have bad news for you.
To me, this is a perfect recipe to relegate Codeberg to irrelevance. And we are already seeing the beginning of a new exodus.
Here is my conspiracy theory: the vote was pushed or manipulated from the inside by Big Tech. Whether this is true or not, one thing is sure: folks at Microsoft, GitHub, OpenAI etc. are now popping champagne.
#codeberg #opensource #foss #floss #libre #ai #llm #web3 #blockchain #crypto #cryptocurrency #antiai #luddism #eu #bigtech #politics #tech #censorship #github #microsoft #openai
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Codeberg community voted to ban AI-generated code in repositories:
https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/pulls/1253#issuecomment-19820434
I am a regular Codeberg user, left GitHub in 2019, and co-maintain Libre projects that saw very little if none at all AI in development.
And still I think this decision will backfire badly.
I, like most of Codeberg users, was not even aware that this discussion was in place, did not vote. This only passed because of the anti-AI Luddite crowd. Which, mind you, has a point, I have very conflicting feelings about AI myself, and I think that the current trajectory is quite worrying. But this is just a knee-jerk reaction that has clearly not been thought of well enough.
I applaude the philosophy, or the intent if you want, of not having Codeberg turn into another SlopHub. But this is fairy-tale wishful thinking. There is no way to reliably detect AI-generated code at scale in 2026.
I can already smell the mutual witch hunts across projects and "camps".Anyway, I hope I'm wrong.
#codeberg #ai #llm #drama #opensource #ludd #luddism #antiai #libre #foss #floss #slop #github
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Codeberg community voted to ban AI-generated code in repositories:
https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/pulls/1253#issuecomment-19820434
I am a regular Codeberg user, left GitHub in 2019, and co-maintain Libre projects that saw very little if none at all AI in development.
And still I think this decision will backfire badly.
I, like most of Codeberg users, was not even aware that this discussion was in place, did not vote. This only passed because of the anti-AI Luddite crowd. Which, mind you, has a point, I have very conflicting feelings about AI myself, and I think that the current trajectory is quite worrying. But this is just a knee-jerk reaction that has clearly not been thought of well enough.
I applaude the philosophy, or the intent if you want, of not having Codeberg turn into another SlopHub. But this is fairy-tale wishful thinking. There is no way to reliably detect AI-generated code at scale in 2026.
I can already smell the mutual witch hunts across projects and "camps".Anyway, I hope I'm wrong.
#codeberg #ai #llm #drama #opensource #ludd #luddism #antiai #libre #foss #floss #slop #github
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@tante sorry, the "how will people enforce this" argument is real, dismissing it will not make it disappear.
I am a regular Codeberg user, left GitHub in 2019, and co-maintain Libre projects that saw very little if none at all AI in development.
And still I think this decision will backfire badly.
I, like most of Codeberg users, was not even aware that this discussion was in place, did not vote. This only passed because of the anti-AI Luddite crowd. Which, mind you, has a point, I have very conflicting feelings about AI myself, and I think that the current trajectory is quite worrying. But this is just a knee-jerk reaction that has clearly not been thought of well enough.
I applaude the philosophy, or the intent if you want, of not having Codeberg turn into another SlopHub. But this is fairy-tale wishful thinking. There is no way to reliably detect AI-generated code at scale in 2026.
I can already smell the mutual witch hunts across projects and "camps".Anyway, I hope I'm wrong.
#codeberg #ai #llm #drama #opensource #ludd #luddism #antiai #libre #foss #floss #slop #github
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@tante sorry, the "how will people enforce this" argument is real, dismissing it will not make it disappear.
I am a regular Codeberg user, left GitHub in 2019, and co-maintain Libre projects that saw very little if none at all AI in development.
And still I think this decision will backfire badly.
I, like most of Codeberg users, was not even aware that this discussion was in place, did not vote. This only passed because of the anti-AI Luddite crowd. Which, mind you, has a point, I have very conflicting feelings about AI myself, and I think that the current trajectory is quite worrying. But this is just a knee-jerk reaction that has clearly not been thought of well enough.
I applaude the philosophy, or the intent if you want, of not having Codeberg turn into another SlopHub. But this is fairy-tale wishful thinking. There is no way to reliably detect AI-generated code at scale in 2026.
I can already smell the mutual witch hunts across projects and "camps".Anyway, I hope I'm wrong.
#codeberg #ai #llm #drama #opensource #ludd #luddism #antiai #libre #foss #floss #slop #github
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Oh. While this topic is up.
Stop blaming Australia for Murdoch. He was birthed here, but as soon as the US offered him citizenship he renounced.
He is not Australian. He’s a product of an ironically globalist capitalism.
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Oh. While this topic is up.
Stop blaming Australia for Murdoch. He was birthed here, but as soon as the US offered him citizenship he renounced.
He is not Australian. He’s a product of an ironically globalist capitalism.
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Murdoch - and I don’t say this without evidence - is a horrible cunt.
If I believed in a hell, I might comfort myself with that. But hell does not exist. Justice needs to be exacted on Earth.
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Murdoch - and I don’t say this without evidence - is a horrible cunt.
If I believed in a hell, I might comfort myself with that. But hell does not exist. Justice needs to be exacted on Earth.
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Linus has nothing to worry about; he's a millionaire tech celebrity and can retire from his position as "Benevolent Dictator for Life" at any time. And kudos to him for his good fortune at making the #1 operating system for billionaires and anarchists of all stripes alike - nobody likes being told what to do; it's understandable... it would just be nice if the people at the top had as much empathy and compassion as everyone else down here struggling to get by in a world controlled by the fantasies, dreams, and whims of a deluded few who no longer have to engage in our crass reality of precarity.
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Linus has nothing to worry about; he's a millionaire tech celebrity and can retire from his position as "Benevolent Dictator for Life" at any time. And kudos to him for his good fortune at making the #1 operating system for billionaires and anarchists of all stripes alike - nobody likes being told what to do; it's understandable... it would just be nice if the people at the top had as much empathy and compassion as everyone else down here struggling to get by in a world controlled by the fantasies, dreams, and whims of a deluded few who no longer have to engage in our crass reality of precarity.
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Waymo attack recently in LA. The New Luddite revolution is gaining momentum bigtime. If you search for video of waymo attacks youll find a lot, not only in the US. Anti data centre activism is expanding rapidly across the globe too. Brian Merchants blog follows this stuff closely, but others are now picking up this ball. Academia needs to take notice of this. Their blanket acceptance of big tech is going to backfire in their face.
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Waymo attack recently in LA. The New Luddite revolution is gaining momentum bigtime. If you search for video of waymo attacks youll find a lot, not only in the US. Anti data centre activism is expanding rapidly across the globe too. Brian Merchants blog follows this stuff closely, but others are now picking up this ball. Academia needs to take notice of this. Their blanket acceptance of big tech is going to backfire in their face.
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"„The New Republic“ titelte gerade: „Es dauerte eine Weile, aber die Amerikaner könnten etwas gefunden haben, was wir alle hassen.“
Sogar innerhalb der MAGA-Bewegung macht sich massiver Widerstand gegen den hemmungslosen Ausbau der KI-Fabriken breit"
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"„The New Republic“ titelte gerade: „Es dauerte eine Weile, aber die Amerikaner könnten etwas gefunden haben, was wir alle hassen.“
Sogar innerhalb der MAGA-Bewegung macht sich massiver Widerstand gegen den hemmungslosen Ausbau der KI-Fabriken breit"
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Summer of Love, Summer of Ludd #luddism
Inside the Luddite Festival Harnessing Gen Z’s Rage Against Big Tech | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-luddite-festival-harnessing-gen-zs-rage-against-big-tech/ -
Summer of Love, Summer of Ludd #luddism
Inside the Luddite Festival Harnessing Gen Z’s Rage Against Big Tech | WIRED
https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-luddite-festival-harnessing-gen-zs-rage-against-big-tech/ -
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@cyberlyra/116844864803984763
Hey @TheOnion, I have a great idea how you could make shit loads of money. How about doing the same thing one more time with some kind of evil company - just buy some stocks right before your story breaks - watch the spike happen - sell the stocks - and then invest the profit in a luddite anti-AI project of your own choosing - then write a hilarious onion story about what you did.
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RE: https://hachyderm.io/@cyberlyra/116844864803984763
Hey @TheOnion, I have a great idea how you could make shit loads of money. How about doing the same thing one more time with some kind of evil company - just buy some stocks right before your story breaks - watch the spike happen - sell the stocks - and then invest the profit in a luddite anti-AI project of your own choosing - then write a hilarious onion story about what you did.
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This Sunday, two of the grad students in my lab (Shira Abramovich and Audrey Le Meur) are co-organizing a #FAccT2026 CRAFT workshop on AI refusal.
If you'll be at the conference, I recommend checking it out!
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This Sunday, two of the grad students in my lab (Shira Abramovich and Audrey Le Meur) are co-organizing a #FAccT2026 CRAFT workshop on AI refusal.
If you'll be at the conference, I recommend checking it out!
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RE: https://dice.camp/@StefanEJones/116643947733950818
“The moral of the story is we’re here on Earth to fart around. And, of course, the computers will do us out of that”
Wise words to live by, indeed👇🏻😍
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RE: https://dice.camp/@StefanEJones/116643947733950818
“The moral of the story is we’re here on Earth to fart around. And, of course, the computers will do us out of that”
Wise words to live by, indeed👇🏻😍
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"The substitution of machinery for human labour, is often very injurious to the interests of the class of labourers"
"The opinion entertained by the labouring class, that the employment of machinery is frequently detrimental to their interests, is not founded on prejudice and error, but is conformable to the correct principles of political economy."
--David Ricardo 1821
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/technology-capital-and-skills
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"The substitution of machinery for human labour, is often very injurious to the interests of the class of labourers"
"The opinion entertained by the labouring class, that the employment of machinery is frequently detrimental to their interests, is not founded on prejudice and error, but is conformable to the correct principles of political economy."
--David Ricardo 1821
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/technology-capital-and-skills
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It doesn’t matter if it works | Henry From Online
🔖 https://henry.codes/writing/it-doesnt-matter-if-it-works/
🔗 https://ellyloel.com/it-doesn-t-matter-if-it-works-henry-from-online/ -
It doesn’t matter if it works | Henry From Online
🔖 https://henry.codes/writing/it-doesnt-matter-if-it-works/
🔗 https://ellyloel.com/it-doesn-t-matter-if-it-works-henry-from-online/ -
"My intent is to be AI Amish, which means Internet Amish. Not 1780, but 1980.”
I Am Retiring from Tech to Live Offline
https://openpath.quest/2026/i-am-retiring-from-tech-to-live-offline/ -
"My intent is to be AI Amish, which means Internet Amish. Not 1780, but 1980.”
I Am Retiring from Tech to Live Offline
https://openpath.quest/2026/i-am-retiring-from-tech-to-live-offline/ -
Btw: any folks/followers here from #Valencia that are up to meet for a coffee next month? ☕
I'll be in town for https://euspri2026.webs.upv.es/ between 9-12 of June and would love to chat #OpenStreetMap, #OpenScience, #OpenSource, #luddism if anyone is up for it 😊
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Hello world! Luddite Academy investigates the political economy of digital creative practice from a luddite perspective, it aims to produce, curate, and disseminate counter-strategies to reclaim the means of digital production.
We are making our inaugural presentation today at the 3rd Symposium on Digital Art in Ireland at University College Cork
🔗 https://www.ucc.ie/en/dah/news/3rd-symposium-on-digital-art-in-ireland.html
📔 Book of abstracts: https://sample-studios.com/app/uploads/2026/03/Sample_Digital_Art_Booklet_2026_v5.pdf (p. 15)➡️🌐 Follow us here and check our website as the project develops in the coming months https://luddite.academy
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Hello world! Luddite Academy investigates the political economy of digital creative practice from a luddite perspective, it aims to produce, curate, and disseminate counter-strategies to reclaim the means of digital production.
We are making our inaugural presentation today at the 3rd Symposium on Digital Art in Ireland at University College Cork
🔗 https://www.ucc.ie/en/dah/news/3rd-symposium-on-digital-art-in-ireland.html
📔 Book of abstracts: https://sample-studios.com/app/uploads/2026/03/Sample_Digital_Art_Booklet_2026_v5.pdf (p. 15)➡️🌐 Follow us here and check our website as the project develops in the coming months https://luddite.academy
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Oooh, and one more, if I may, perhaps a tad more poignant than the previous one I shared:
"Evangelists in corporations or governments may like to tell us it is as a way of undermining our sense of collective agency, but together with the infinite cast who make up the history of techno-negativity, we know better. At a time when Big Tech is becoming enamored with authoritarian politics, the stakes are higher than ever"
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Oooh, and one more, if I may, perhaps a tad more poignant than the previous one I shared:
"Evangelists in corporations or governments may like to tell us it is as a way of undermining our sense of collective agency, but together with the infinite cast who make up the history of techno-negativity, we know better. At a time when Big Tech is becoming enamored with authoritarian politics, the stakes are higher than ever"
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Another noteworthy quote from that blog post:
"With the emergence of the industrial revolution, technology had become a weapon wielded by the capitalist classes. Against this emergent capitalism, the Luddites developed a spirit of collectivism, fighting for themselves, for their fellow workers, and for a future beyond self-interest and profit"
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Another noteworthy quote from that blog post:
"With the emergence of the industrial revolution, technology had become a weapon wielded by the capitalist classes. Against this emergent capitalism, the Luddites developed a spirit of collectivism, fighting for themselves, for their fellow workers, and for a future beyond self-interest and profit"
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"With every leap in technological advancement, we witness a fierce urge to undo it. Technologies are invented, attacked, delayed, dropped, delayed, re-emerge, vanish again"
Thomas Dekeyser guest blogging in Brian Merchant's Blood in the Machine 👉🏻 https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/a-brief-history-of-techno-negativity
Wonder whether that techno-negativity was as fierce in the good old #Web20 / #Enterprise20 days than nowadays with #GenAI. Did we miss it? 🤔
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"With every leap in technological advancement, we witness a fierce urge to undo it. Technologies are invented, attacked, delayed, dropped, delayed, re-emerge, vanish again"
Thomas Dekeyser guest blogging in Brian Merchant's Blood in the Machine 👉🏻 https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/a-brief-history-of-techno-negativity
Wonder whether that techno-negativity was as fierce in the good old #Web20 / #Enterprise20 days than nowadays with #GenAI. Did we miss it? 🤔
