Whole-known-network
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://discuss.systems/@adrian" class="u-url mention">@<span>adrian</span></a></span> real talk though let's consider circulating a real letter</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://discuss.systems/@palvaro" class="u-url mention">@<span>palvaro</span></a></span> linked from here <a href="https://new.nsf.gov/executive-orders" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">new.nsf.gov/executive-orders</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://discuss.systems/@adrian" class="u-url mention">@<span>adrian</span></a></span> right on where is this form</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://discuss.systems/@palvaro" class="u-url mention">@<span>palvaro</span></a></span> well this is going nowhere, but it was cathartic</p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@neuronakaya" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neuronakaya</span></a></span> Spoiler alert: the ending is a great summary of the current overall mood « I’ve worked hard to keep these kinds of men out of my personal life, to keep them away from me, out of my goddamn sight. Now they are in my face daily, not only influencing the world for the worse but making me nauseous at how uncool and pathetic they are, on top of their other sins. It’s too much, I can’t take it, there needs to be a change.</p><p>It’s time for us to start getting revenge on the nerds.« </p>
<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://discuss.systems/@adrian" class="u-url mention">@<span>adrian</span></a></span> as a matter of fact, *right now* would be the perfect time to resign!</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/29/white-house-budget-office-spending-freeze/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/business/20</span><span class="invisible">25/01/29/white-house-budget-office-spending-freeze/</span></a></p>
<p>Anti-intellectualism is the real cancel culture.</p>
<p>"The spectre of AI does nothing for growth if it gives away what we own so that we can rent from it what it makes." - that's some extremely skilled political rhetoric, really great speech writing</p><p>(Prior to the Lords she had a long career as a film director in the UK, which I think shows)</p>
<p>I pulled out a few illustrative quotes from Baroness Kildron's barnstormer of a speech yesterday in the House of Lords opposing the UK's proposed new copyright-exempt AI training legislation <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/29/baroness-kidron-speech/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/29/</span><span class="invisible">baroness-kidron-speech/</span></a></p>