Budsofstone @budsofstone@computerfairi.es

I have zero respect for anyone who maintains a presence on facebook.

I do not care about whatever excuses they have.

lmao fuck you, dude

Recently, Altbot has been targeted by DDoS attacks. While the motive is unclear, it seems tied to a misguided belief that the bot’s alt-text generation is harmful to the environment. Let me set the record straight.

Altbot uses Gemini-1.5-flash, a specifically low-power AI model. Processing a single alt-text request consumes around 0.0005 kWh, meaning that in the 4 months since I created Altbot—and tens of thousands of alt-text entries generated—it has consumed roughly 10 kWh in total. That’s about the same energy as running a single LED light bulb nonstop for 41 days or driving an electric car just 40 miles.

These DDoS attacks, however, have already consumed more electricity and computing power than Altbot has across its entire existence... in a matter of hours. This means the attacks have caused more environmental harm than the very thing they seem to be protesting.

Altbot exists to improve accessibility on Mastodon, not to harm the environment. Accessibility and sustainability can coexist, and I’m committed to keeping Altbot energy-efficient and purposeful.

If there are concerns, I encourage constructive dialogue—not destructive actions that undermine both inclusivity and sustainability.

Thank you to everyone supporting Altbot’s mission of making the Fediverse more accessible for all.

meta's announcement convinced me the CEOs aren't scared enough

Can every website have near the top of its home page and about us that explicitly says what the organisation is?

"We leverage creative strategies to achieve a step change in your global reach"

Okay, but what are you?

"We're passionate about putting our customers at the heart of everything we do."

Which is what?

"We have offices in 13 countries!"

What. Do. You-

"We're leaders in our industry!

Which industry???

Wikipedia: "They're a bank."

Thank you!

“Fascists love to tell us that their numbers are great. They hate hearing that our numbers are also great. They want us to think we have a them problem, and we do. But we should not forget to give them an us problem.”

https://www.the-reframe.com/fighting-in-the-dark/

If someone's definition of ethics is "I should have full unequivocal access to all you create"
Then they will never, ever, respect boundaries or social contracts.

me irl

you can just walk out of facebook!
Rohingya genocide
Covid denial
Anti-vax
Chemtrails
White supremacy
Posting pictures of women for men to rate if your quick

If it sucks, hit da bricks

real winners quit facebook

Another take on AI that (at least for now) kinda nails it.

"The Mayor & City Council cutting $23 million from LA fire dept to give LAPD a $138 million raise is Class War!"

Graffiti in downtown Los Angeles

I’d like to send a special “fuck you buddy” to all the boomers that told me “oh you’ll get more conservative as you get older, once you get some money”

I don’t know what world those people live in, but every day since probably 1989 everything I have seen in the world has only convinced me more and more that capitalism is a disease that is destroying lives and the planet.

Hey remember how for years anyone interested in or working on decentralization was told "yeah but it's not moderatable, you need centralization for that"?

Isn't it funny how the two big centralized social media websites are now both "neo-nazis-are-cool-here" websites

Isn't it just a whole barrel of laughs

Imagine a world where those fighting for software and hardware freedoms aren't constantly bending the knee to corporations at the expense of public good.

Imagine a world where the fight for software and hardware freedoms, and the rights to online privacy and safety are not determined by what the EFF, FSF, GNU Project, and OSI find convenient.

Imagine a world where the labor of developers, the right to repair for end users, and the rights of privacy and safety for all, are held in higher regard than the "rights" of corporations.

Imagine a world where the gatekeepers of public discourse on these topics are cast out for betraying the spirit of the beliefs they claim to uphold, and for betraying the public trust in the name of upholding the letter of the law.

“Only old and vulnerable people have to worry about bird flu!”

“Hey didn’t you recently get sick from simply going to the beach a couple of weeks ago? And weren’t you sick with something else just before that? And you had whooping cough 6 months ago too! Wow, you get sick a lot. Anyway, what were you saying?”

Billboard in #InlandEmpire, #California.

#Snapdragon X: best in class battery life so you can lie in bed and do furry RP without that pesky cable in the way