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#FollowFriday I was off of fedi for ~a year, and I transferred instances, so looking for suggestions of folks to follow in the general categories of:

- queer technologists
- robotics/automotive/systems engineering/cybersec
- jewry (:

thanks! <3

Und zum Abschluss des #followfriday möchte ich noch auf die Projekte meiner Familie und mir hinweisen:

Meine Frau macht mit ihrem @DresdnerForschungswerk@dresden.net #Medienbildung für #Schüler, #Lehrer und #Eltern. Ob #Mediensucht #Tracking #Cybermobbing es gibt so viel zu lernen!

Apropos #Lernen: Die @die_lila_Schulbank versucht regelmäßig Angebote für #Bildung zusammenzutragen. Mal #Veranstaltungen mal #Podcast mal #Workshop mal #Bücher

Womit wir bei unserem @BuchShop_der_Zuversicht ...

Replied to Karsten Schmidt

@toxi @gauthier @atomless @danmcquillan @asrg @festal @gerrymcgovern @tante @w0bb1t @bildoperationen @databasecultures @emilymbender @Iris @timnitGebru

Thanks for pulling this together—an essential reading list for anyone trying to cut through the #AI noise and engage with the deeper systemic shifts underway.

Also, appreciate the inclusion in the #FollowFriday list—honored to be alongside so many sharp voices pushing the discourse forward. :heart_fire:

Weekend list of critical reading links about the state[1] of Tech, AI[2] hype/finance/politics, mostly long form:

Ed Zitron's The Hater's Guide To The AI Bubble
wheresyoured.at/the-haters-gui

How to use computing power faster: on the weird economics of semiconductors and GenAI (by @gauthier)
gauthierroussilhe.com/en/artic

Predictive Capital: Roads to Terminal Alienation: Soil to Server Farm, Reason to Vibe (by @atomless)
creativeapplications.net/theor

Honey, AI Capex is Eating the Economy
paulkedrosky.com/honey-ai-cape

Decomputing as Resistance (by @danmcquillan)
danmcquillan.org/decomputing_a

How big tech is force-feeding us AI
bloodinthemachine.com/p/how-bi

Also, in addition to the above, a little more #FollowFriday if you're interested in these topics, their implications and peripheries (in A-Z order):

@asrg
@festal
@gerrymcgovern
@Kurtis_Clark
@tante
@w0bb1t

Academia:

@bildoperationen
@databasecultures
@emilymbender
@Iris
@timnitGebru

[1] As in: "Just look at the state of this..."
[2] As in "generative AI"

Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At · The Hater's Guide To The AI BubbleHey! Before we go any further — if you want to support my work, please sign up for the premium version of Where’s Your Ed At, it’s a $7-a-month (or $70-a-year) paid product where every week you get a premium newsletter, all while supporting my free work too.  Also,