Claude Desktop dark patterns from the author below: 1. Forced bundling across trust boundaries. 2. Invisible default, no opt-in. 3. More difficult to remove than install. 4. Pre-authorisation of software the user has not installed. 5. Scope inflation through generic naming. 6. Registration into software the user has not installed. 7. Registration into browsers Anthropic publicly says it does not support. 8. Fixed target list with no user visibility. 9. Automatic re-install on every run. 10. Retroactive survival of user consent. 11. Code signed, notarised, and shipped.

That Privacy Guy!

Anthropic secretly installs spyware when you install Claude Desktop — That Privacy Guy!

Anthropic

Back in my school days I worked on a vertical farm design. Noting here for later: “Whether there will be any current survivors, or the industry will be built on the boneyard of the pioneers, there is value there,” Mr. Zelkind said. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/business/vertical-farms-tried-to-compete-with-open-field-farming-it-isnt-going-well.html?unlocked_article_code=1.VVA.nnKS._zG9DNblYVXy&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Haha I love it. Never forget yer chatbot's real name is Crusty from Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief. Crusty says, "All my customers are Never six feet exactly. So inconsiderate. And then they complain about the fitting." View quoted note →

unrecognized wordplay lol

#beestr #grownostr

The University of Sydney

Aussie native buffet creates honey with stronger anti-microbial punch

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"I can see where I could get a phone call and the AI voice is exactly that of a friend, family member, or personal lawyer; and on top of that, it has all this information on me that makes me think it is someone I know and trust." ~oldschooldude But it's what we're doing now, so maybe we gotta be the bison and walk into the storm to get to the other side sooner, I guess. At least people are seeing it for what it is.

National Review

You Can’t Escape the AI Grid | National Review

Citizens looking for security and privacy are about to get neither.

The 15-minute city was not and is not a psyop. It is simply good urbanism that was the norm before American suburbia. View quoted note →

As a parent, every once in a while this verse comes to mind when the guilt of my own fuck ups overwhelms me. Happy Sunday, parents of nostr. Enjoy! 😉 This Be The Verse BY PHILIP LARKIN They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you. But they were fucked up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern And half at one another’s throats. Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can, And don’t have any kids yourself.

This Be The Verse | The Poetry Foundation