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  1. @Blender easy: RETURN THE MONEY. State AND abide by a total, complete, absolute, comprehensive opposition to everything anthropic is.

    See? Easy!

    #Blender #anthropic #ai #LLM #slop #unethical #FOSS

  2. Wow! This is nuts. So, LLMs that are destroying our planet as we know it, are for 'entertainment' purposes only.

    Articles like this expose Si Valley's savage disregard for the user. And of course, codebro users who love their illusion of 10x productivity with LLMs couldn't give two shits about ethics or the planet and god forbid the poor.

    Programming needs to be bombed back into the stone age ?

    #SiValleyGrift #UsersAreFodder #copilot #microslop #ai #llm #unethical

    theregister.com/2026/04/02/cop

  3. The proposal takes aim ​at the actions of #bar associations & similar professional organizations, not government entities, that investigate alleged ⁠#unethical conduct by #lawyers & consider actions such as #disbarment, which involves revoking a #license to practice #law [cuz, yeah, sane humans believe Rudolph Giuliani should still have legal authority /s].

    #LegalEthics #judiciary #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #ABA #Federalism #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

  4. The proposal takes aim ​at the actions of #bar associations & similar professional organizations, not government entities, that investigate alleged ⁠#unethical conduct by #lawyers & consider actions such as #disbarment, which involves revoking a #license to practice #law [cuz, yeah, sane humans believe Rudolph Giuliani should still have legal authority /s].

    #LegalEthics #judiciary #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #ABA #Federalism #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

  5. The proposal takes aim ​at the actions of #bar associations & similar professional organizations, not government entities, that investigate alleged ⁠#unethical conduct by #lawyers & consider actions such as #disbarment, which involves revoking a #license to practice #law [cuz, yeah, sane humans believe Rudolph Giuliani should still have legal authority /s].

    #LegalEthics #judiciary #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #ABA #Federalism #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

  6. The proposal takes aim ​at the actions of #bar associations & similar professional organizations, not government entities, that investigate alleged ⁠#unethical conduct by #lawyers & consider actions such as #disbarment, which involves revoking a #license to practice #law [cuz, yeah, sane humans believe Rudolph Giuliani should still have legal authority /s].

    #LegalEthics #judiciary #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #ABA #Federalism #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

  7. The proposal takes aim ​at the actions of #bar associations & similar professional organizations, not government entities, that investigate alleged ⁠#unethical conduct by #lawyers & consider actions such as #disbarment, which involves revoking a #license to practice #law [cuz, yeah, sane humans believe Rudolph Giuliani should still have legal authority /s].

    #LegalEthics #judiciary #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #ABA #Federalism #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

  8. You may have seen the story this week about an "AI" (LLM) bot that opened a pull request against the Python #matplotlib library. When the request was closed, the story was that the #bot posted aggressive condemnations of the maintainer(s) in the thread, particularly Scott Shambaugh, and then posted an article to a blog attacking him.

    There's a lot of speculation about how much of that action was driven algorithmically vs manually instructed by the bot operator.

    Anyway, so far so interesting. Lots of online media coverage of it, because it was novel.

    But then, Ars Technica published an article about it. And Shambaugh read it, and posted that the second half of the article contained alleged quotes from him that he never said. The article appears to have been "AI"-generated, without any acknowledgement of that fact, which is not good for Ars' credibility.

    Worse, Ars then quickly pulled the #article - silently. No mention of it left, no #apology to Shambaugh, no note to the readers of what they'd done.

    That is absolutely #unethical in #journalism. It is unforgivable.

    Ars was once a technical site with additional coverage of science and other geek-adjacent topics. Then it went commercial, was bought by a huge publishing conglomerate, and became a lot less technical.

    But this is a slide too far. Unless they fix this, quick, I won't renew my subscription.

    Mirror of yanked article:
    mttaggart.neocities.org/ars-wh

    #ArsTechnica #ars #ethics #PR #LLM #AI

  9. Today's job search matches:

    * "AI"
    * "AI"
    * "AI"
    * "AI"
    * algorithmic trading
    * gambling
    * weird non-engineering management role
    * 3 x duplicate posting of the previous
    * "innovative financial product", i.e. how to milk more fees from poor people
    * Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft ... and laughably underpaid for a Principal Engineer role
    * "FinOps and AI"
    * "AI"
    * Weirdly aggressive "If this isn't you, don't bother." at top of job description
    * trying to replace human therapist with software
    [...]

    Every single one of those is in blatant contradiction with my personal ethical code, with the possible exception of the weird non-engineering role (which isn't described well) and the all-Microsoft shop one, which isn't my wheelhouse.

    My industry has gone to shit.

    #software #engineering #SoftwareEngineering #ethics #ethical #unethical #enshittification

  10. #WillLewis’ tenure has been rocky from the start, marked by layoffs & a failed reorganization plan that led to the departure of former top #editor #SallyBuzbee.

    His initial choice to take over for Buzbee, Robert Winnett, withdrew from the job after #ethical questions were raised about both he & Lewis’ actions while working in England. They include paying for info that produced major stories, actions that would be considered #unethical in US #journalism.

    #FourthEstate #WashingtonPost #JeffBezos

  11. @JuxGD those are some good questions re: #Monero.

    1. Obviously #XMR doesn't fluctuate extremely hard (it does have some peaks, but for the most part, it's pretty stable)

    2. #Monero is in fact less harmful than all the other #Shitcoins by virtue of being anti-ASIC and running best on consumer devices.

    3. All #capitalism is #unethical, but Monero being the closest to #DigitalCash makes it better than any #Shitcoin and allows #Sexworkers and others #discriminated and #debanked to recieve money.

  12. @JuxGD those are some good questions re: #Monero.

    1. Obviously #XMR doesn't fluctuate extremely hard (it does have some peaks, but for the most part, it's pretty stable)

    2. #Monero is in fact less harmful than all the other #Shitcoins by virtue of being anti-ASIC and running best on consumer devices.

    3. All #capitalism is #unethical, but Monero being the closest to #DigitalCash makes it better than any #Shitcoin and allows #Sexworkers and others #discriminated and #debanked to recieve money.

  13. @JuxGD those are some good questions re: #Monero.

    1. Obviously #XMR doesn't fluctuate extremely hard (it does have some peaks, but for the most part, it's pretty stable)

    2. #Monero is in fact less harmful than all the other #Shitcoins by virtue of being anti-ASIC and running best on consumer devices.

    3. All #capitalism is #unethical, but Monero being the closest to #DigitalCash makes it better than any #Shitcoin and allows #Sexworkers and others #discriminated and #debanked to recieve money.

  14. @JuxGD those are some good questions re: #Monero.

    1. Obviously #XMR doesn't fluctuate extremely hard (it does have some peaks, but for the most part, it's pretty stable)

    2. #Monero is in fact less harmful than all the other #Shitcoins by virtue of being anti-ASIC and running best on consumer devices.

    3. All #capitalism is #unethical, but Monero being the closest to #DigitalCash makes it better than any #Shitcoin and allows #Sexworkers and others #discriminated and #debanked to recieve money.

  15. @JuxGD those are some good questions re: #Monero.

    1. Obviously #XMR doesn't fluctuate extremely hard (it does have some peaks, but for the most part, it's pretty stable)

    2. #Monero is in fact less harmful than all the other #Shitcoins by virtue of being anti-ASIC and running best on consumer devices.

    3. All #capitalism is #unethical, but Monero being the closest to #DigitalCash makes it better than any #Shitcoin and allows #Sexworkers and others #discriminated and #debanked to recieve money.

  16. Daniel Dale: "Here is our highly subjective list of Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025.

    We chose some because the president repeated them particularly often, some because they were about notably consequential topics, and some because they were especially egregious in their distance from reality":
    cnn.com/2025/12/27/politics/an
    #Trump #dishonest #unreliable #unethical #politics copy: @renewedresistance

  17. Daniel Dale: "Here is our highly subjective list of Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025.

    We chose some because the president repeated them particularly often, some because they were about notably consequential topics, and some because they were especially egregious in their distance from reality":
    cnn.com/2025/12/27/politics/an
    #Trump #dishonest #unreliable #unethical #politics copy: @renewedresistance

  18. Daniel Dale: "Here is our highly subjective list of Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025.

    We chose some because the president repeated them particularly often, some because they were about notably consequential topics, and some because they were especially egregious in their distance from reality":
    cnn.com/2025/12/27/politics/an
    #Trump #dishonest #unreliable #unethical #politics copy: @renewedresistance

  19. Daniel Dale: "Here is our highly subjective list of Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025.

    We chose some because the president repeated them particularly often, some because they were about notably consequential topics, and some because they were especially egregious in their distance from reality":
    cnn.com/2025/12/27/politics/an
    #Trump #dishonest #unreliable #unethical #politics copy: @renewedresistance

  20. #Casting Networks: Stop Fucking With #Actors, #Agents & #Managers

    In this video, Wendy calls out:
    #CastingNetworks and #BreakdownServices for #exploiting actors and reps
    – The #unethical practice of charging agents and managers to submit #talent
    #SAGAFTRA’s failure to protect the very actors who pay their dues
    – The destruction of union #commercial income by the #nonunionmarket
    – The #corporategreed that’s stripping #artists of #fairpay, dignity, and opportunity

    youtube.com/watch?v=aJyeZe5bZ1c

  21. #Casting Networks: Stop Fucking With #Actors, #Agents & #Managers

    In this video, Wendy calls out:
    #CastingNetworks and #BreakdownServices for #exploiting actors and reps
    – The #unethical practice of charging agents and managers to submit #talent
    #SAGAFTRA’s failure to protect the very actors who pay their dues
    – The destruction of union #commercial income by the #nonunionmarket
    – The #corporategreed that’s stripping #artists of #fairpay, dignity, and opportunity

    youtube.com/watch?v=aJyeZe5bZ1c

  22. #Casting Networks: Stop Fucking With #Actors, #Agents & #Managers

    In this video, Wendy calls out:
    #CastingNetworks and #BreakdownServices for #exploiting actors and reps
    – The #unethical practice of charging agents and managers to submit #talent
    #SAGAFTRA’s failure to protect the very actors who pay their dues
    – The destruction of union #commercial income by the #nonunionmarket
    – The #corporategreed that’s stripping #artists of #fairpay, dignity, and opportunity

    youtube.com/watch?v=aJyeZe5bZ1c

  23. #Casting Networks: Stop Fucking With #Actors, #Agents & #Managers

    In this video, Wendy calls out:
    #CastingNetworks and #BreakdownServices for #exploiting actors and reps
    – The #unethical practice of charging agents and managers to submit #talent
    #SAGAFTRA’s failure to protect the very actors who pay their dues
    – The destruction of union #commercial income by the #nonunionmarket
    – The #corporategreed that’s stripping #artists of #fairpay, dignity, and opportunity

    youtube.com/watch?v=aJyeZe5bZ1c

  24. "As The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) celebrates Ethics Awareness Month —one of our sector’s largest digital intermediaries, GoFundMe, stands accused of crossing lines that would make even the most jaded fundraiser blush."

    "…she felt like she’d been “listed without consent on a commercial stock exchange for generosity."

    agitator.thedonorvoice.com/eth

    #GoFundMe #unethical #nonprofit

  25. I've been only able to read this IT note today due to band with constraints. It read like a Stephen King short. Horrific!

    IMHO, In my humble opinion, the company involved used tactics that I can describe as blatantly criminal.

    I have some stories and I may talk about one in another post, using similar of obfuscation techniques

    You would be wise to read this story at least twice.

    Read between the lines.

    Observe that the company was selling open source services yet used criminal tactics to keep people locked in

    Link

    it-notes.dragas.net/2025/10/08

    #Story #Stefano #horrible #ethics #unethical #OpenSource #programming #vendor #lockin

  26. Silicon Valley wants to shape our future - why should we let it?
    The most recent episode on Paris Marx's Tech Won't Save Us podcast
    Recommended by Ron Deibert of the UofT Citizen Lab. (during a 2025 Aug. 21 speech to the Cybersecurity League - LICS from the State University of Campinas.)
    #unethical #surveillancecapitalism

    techwontsave.us/

  27. “You are the livestock of the social media farms.” Ron Deibert of the UofT Citizen Lab.

    2025 Aug. 21 speech to the Cybersecurity League - LICS from the State University of Campinas.
    #spyware #unethical #surveillancecapitalism

  28. 🔗 "Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade website no-crawl directives"

    Once again, Perplexity is stealing data it isn't supposed to access - actively circumventing counter measurements like robots.txt files and IP/User Agent blocks.

    👉 kevingimbel.de/link-blog/re-ht

  29. Faouzia - UNETHICAL
    youtu.be/I1zqCX3Dvxo?si=K5UKdd

    YouTube was correct in guessing that I would like this. Her singing appeals to me and I enjoyed the visuals.

    I seem to remember seeing her in connection with some Chinese competition, but I could be wrong.

    How well known is Faouzia? World famous?
    World famous in Canada? Niche following?

    #Faouzia #Unethical #PopMusic #Canadian #MoroccanCanadian

  30. 🧐Furthermore, the use of #AI to perform #academic #peerreviews is not only lazy, it's fundamentally #irresponsible and #unethical to the development of #scientific #research. Like errant or #corrupt priests and cardinals that needed to be ferreted out by the Church, this disturbing trend in #global #academicresearch, seemingly involving top-tier #universities, sorely needs to be nipped in the bud before it rots and festers the entire #credibility of new #science - to the detriment of #mankind.🤔

  31. More #academic #peerreview cheats🤦‍♂️
    2/2
    "NUS paper was among 17 #research papers fr a # of countries found by #NikkeiAsia to contain te #hiddenprompt. Te report, pub'ed July 1, said te papers were linked to 14 universities, incl'g #Waseda, #KAIST, #PekingU, & U of #Washington & #Columbia. Most of te papers w te prompt were fr #computerscience field.. te misuse of AI tools by #academics is #unethical & unfair.. there cld be gaps in te research tt weren't addressed as a result of #AI #manipulation"

  32. A "stretch goal" is an attempt to accomplish seemingly impossible results. Unsurprisingly, they're often unfulfilled.

    Two studies found that employees with more #stretchGoals exhibited more #fear of failure, #anxiety, and even #unethical #work behaviors.

    doi.org/10.1007/s10551-025-060

  33. Is Calling People “Toxic,” #Toxic?

    psychologytoday.com/us/blog/le

    One attempt to nail down the toxic label led to the “Toxic Five” attributes: #disrespectful, #noninclusive, #unethical, #cutthroat, and #abusive. While knowing these attributes can be useful, they are far from a set of reliable interpretations.

  34. Is Calling People “Toxic,” #Toxic?

    psychologytoday.com/us/blog/le

    One attempt to nail down the toxic label led to the “Toxic Five” attributes: #disrespectful, #noninclusive, #unethical, #cutthroat, and #abusive. While knowing these attributes can be useful, they are far from a set of reliable interpretations.

  35. Is Calling People “Toxic,” #Toxic?

    psychologytoday.com/us/blog/le

    One attempt to nail down the toxic label led to the “Toxic Five” attributes: #disrespectful, #noninclusive, #unethical, #cutthroat, and #abusive. While knowing these attributes can be useful, they are far from a set of reliable interpretations.

  36. Is Calling People “Toxic,” #Toxic?

    psychologytoday.com/us/blog/le

    One attempt to nail down the toxic label led to the “Toxic Five” attributes: #disrespectful, #noninclusive, #unethical, #cutthroat, and #abusive. While knowing these attributes can be useful, they are far from a set of reliable interpretations.

  37. Is Calling People “Toxic,” #Toxic?

    psychologytoday.com/us/blog/le

    One attempt to nail down the toxic label led to the “Toxic Five” attributes: #disrespectful, #noninclusive, #unethical, #cutthroat, and #abusive. While knowing these attributes can be useful, they are far from a set of reliable interpretations.

  38. @RoosVonk Het artikel dat blijkbaar de aanleiding van dit stukje is gaat alleen maar over een neuro-biologisch "waardoor", niet om het interessantere "waarom". (artikel is stom genoeg achter paywall, en aangezien ik niet meer aan een uni werk kan ik dit, net als m'n eigen stukken, niet lezen. Dat die gekte ook nog maar eens benoemd is :)
    #OpenAccess #PaywalledScience #unethical

  39. Hey everyone, I know both Zain & his wife, Sophia. We all worked together for #SaveOldGrowth & #StopEcocide work here in #BritishColumbia. What's happened to Zain is unjust & I'm asking you all to please read this whole post & sign the #petition. Thanks for your time & help. Please boost for wider reach.

    * Last week, Prime Minister #MarkCarney revealed Lena Metledge Diab will serve as Canada’s new Immigration Minister.

    The first thing Diab should do as Minister is bring #ClimateActivist Zain Haq back to Canada by greenlighting his Temporary Residence Permit that has been processing since January.

    Zain was deported to Pakistan in January for climate activism that resulted in low-level mischief charges. He’d been living in Canada his entire adult life, and with his Canadian wife, Sophia Papp, since 2023.

    Sophia has been given the devastating choice to remain in Canada without her spouse or relocate to #Pakistan , where she doesn’t speak the language and faces significant barriers to her health and wellbeing.

    A mere 48 hours before Zain was deported, he and Sophia’s Spousal Sponsorship application was rejected by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) without substantive explanation.

    The couple’s lawyer, Randall Cohn, has stated that this eleventh-hour rejection is likely illegal. It also denied Zain and Sophia’s right to procedural fairness, since they didn’t have time to access the appeal process enshrined in the #BillOfRights.

    Zain and Sophia’s situation is reminiscent of the #unethical treatment of many #migrants in the U.S.

    #IRCC ’s last minute rejection of a young couple’s Sponsorship Application without substantive reason should raise alarm bells for anyone of conscience, but especially for those with a #legal background – and before getting into #politics , Minister Diab was a #lawyer in Halifax. That’s why we have to get Zain’s file on her desk as soon as possible. *

    info.dogwoodbc.ca/Nzc0LVNITy0y=

    #BCpoli #CDNpoli #Activists #SocialJustice #EcoJustice #Environmentalist #Injustice #Canada #EndFossilFuels #PowerToThePeoples #PleaseHelp #DogwoodBC #Grassroots #Resistance #Deportation #CanadianImmigration #ClimateAction #ClimateCrisis #DueProcess

  40. Trump’s meme coin isn’t just another scam — it’s a stealth conduit for foreign bribery. Millions are pouring in from anonymous overseas wallets, buying influence with a sitting U.S. president through a crypto backdoor. #unethical — constitutional crisis in real time. newrepublic.com/post/194973/...

    Foreigners Are Funneling Milli...