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“First of its kind” AI settlement: Anthropic to pay authors $1.5 billion

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/first-of-its-kind-ai-settlement-anthropic-to-pay-authors-1-5-billion/

More please!

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Abolition is both destruction and reconstruction; in abolishing work, you become able to create it anew. For too long, “work” has been synonymous with waged work, with the work we long for an escape from. And everything else becomes the “life” that stands in opposition to work, as if work were somehow an equal to the life it sucks dry.

But what if work was all the change we make in the world, with all the people we make that change with—colleagues and comrades, neighbors and friends, kin in all the kingdoms. What if work wasn’t only what we do at work, but all the ways that work moves out into the world, and all the work we do elsewhere—whether in our homes or in our streets. What if our work is all the things we give a fuck about? What becomes possible then?

— @aworkinglibrary commenting on André Gorz’s, Reclaiming Work

https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/everything

#Books #Reading #Work #Unions

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#books, #reading, #work, #unions

I’m so scared that I’ll never
get put back together

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8ASR_HD554

#mjbMusic #MatchboxTwenty #Bent

Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/115146423558453585

#mjbmusic, #matchboxtwenty, #bent

859 contributions to 6 repositories, says my #CNCF Contributor card

And the whole journey started with a contribution to #Flatcar, thanks to @thilo

https://contribcard.cncf.io/jasonbraganza

Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/115111847852736843

#cncf, #Flatcar

Is Math discovered or invented?

Both.

Pure math is invented nonsense passed off as if it were authored by nature. Thus it is best described as a *forgery* or a *fabrication*.
Meanwhile, applied math is the human attempt to take credit for discovering nature’s work. Thus, it is best described as *plagiarism* or *intellectual theft.*
— Ben Orlin

https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025/08/25/is-math-discovered-or-invented/

#Math #Maths #Mathematics #BenOrlin

Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/115098839836099076

#math, #maths, #mathematics, #BenOrlin

You were my first editor (thank you @kushal) as I stepped into the vast new world, that was programming.

RIP #Mu! I will miss you.

I owe a deep debt of gratitude to @ntoll and all the other lovely people who made this wonderful gift for me

#Python

https://madewith.mu/mu/users/2025/08/16/rip.html

Original: https://toots.dgplug.org/@jason/115042048320510174

#mu, #python

How can I go on
Pretending
I’d given up on
Happy endings