2026-07-27 23:25 UTC
“It’s Fourth of July weekend in New York City, and the brutal temperatures haven’t stopped a hundred-or-so people from donning pointy hats and dancing in the streets while chanting anti-Big Tech slogans. “Fuck, fuck, fuck AI,” the Luddite gnomes – people in colorful, pointy homemade hats – chant as we march.”
https://www.404media.co/luddite-events-nyc-off-tech-summer-of-ludd/
I would like to suggest that this behavior will be less effective than the real Luddites were. The state will not need to crush this movement.
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@marick@mstdn.social 2026-07-27 23:32
… Reminiscent of the 1967 attempt to “levitate the pentagon” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_March_on_the_Pentagon). Power is not wowed by ostentatious performance. Change requires grinding work plus being poised to take advantage of lucky breaks.
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@deepmud@mas.to 2026-07-27 23:51
@marick@mstdn.social time to reclaim my Luddite crown!