Brutkey

mr.w0bb1t
@w0bb1t@tldr.nettime.org
The image is a network diagram titled TECHOFASCISM NETWORK. On the left side, a vertical panel includes a search box, sections for ENTITY TYPES (checked boxes: billionaires, media, politicians, tech companies, intellectuals, influencers, others), and NATIONALITY (checked boxes: Argentina (1), Brazil (1), Canada (1), Canada/USA (1), Chile (2), China (1), China/Canada (1)). On the right, a NETWORK STATISTICS box lists Total Nodes: 123, Total Connections: 477, Value Score: 214, Zoom: 100%, with zoom in/out controls. The central area displays a dense network of interconnected green, black, and light blue nodes linked by lines. 76546ef54c617f1d.png Excerpt from the leaked list of ~100,000 websites reportedly used to train Meta’s AI. The list is from a query run directly on the Meta database. The software used to do this internally is called Spidermate. The list has been reformatted for source protection purposes. 843dfaa328398277.png 0749a2e47b5a8d10.mp4 ddef2967a092395e.mp4 The image shows a group of people standing outdoors in front of a building. The ground is covered with gravel, and there is a solar panel on the ground to the left. In the center, there is a golden-colored object with a conical top, resembling a lantern or a decorative item. The people are standing in a line, with some children and adults visible. The individuals are wearing a variety of clothing, including traditional garments and casual wear. The building in the background has a simple, utilitarian design with a concrete facade and a small porch area. The sky is clear, suggesting it is either early morning or late afternoon. The faces of the people are obscured by blue rectangles, indicating that their identities are not to be disclosed.

2d9409ac87ddcaa8.png Jiawen Uffline: sorry, my data is too dirty for your model (working title)
02edc714e44acace.png Refusing Tech Fascism goes beyond blowing up a data center or moving infrastructure towards open source systems. It demands more than making better individual choices or enacting regulations to curb the worst effects of our current technologies. It requires the willingness to let go of what the late David Golumbia called the "Cultural Logic of Computation"3 – the belief that our minds function just like computers, an inhumane ideology that limits our collective imagination and action. The world does not need to be compatible with computers and digital systems, rather, it is the other way around: We need to re-learn to bring democratic values– values of human dignity and rights – back to the core of our thinking, making them the basis of our utopias. We need to remind ourselves that the promises of cold, data-driven efficiency do not serve us, but serve only those in power. We have to reject these logics on a fundamental level. 0b08ae6f70bfd7e8.png 07b72d53975fe3ac.jpeg