Notices by catdad 💃✨ (tcql@octodon.social), page 23

@witchfynder_finder 👀 i want this list

@wxcafe what is this it's wonderful

@ItsJenNotGabby oh absolutely for sure

i think it's something that sounds great IN THEORY but the implications are scary

one of my favorite books that i read as a young person was Feed by MT Anderson, which goes like:

companies build brain implants,
companies use them to advertise to you

teen fucks with the advertising by trying to be "unmarketable" by being eclectic
company has no interest in helping out when their tech renders teen disabled because "not valuable"

@ItsJenNotGabby i think there's the mentioned reasons such as providing accessibility / new ways to augment senses for people with various types of disability, which is cool

but i think mostly people like the idea of being able to be smarter or see better or essentially do magic by having a computer literally plugged in to your brain

imo it's kind of an alluring idea but when it comes to practically executing that the idea is sorta horrifying to me

ASS FEDERATION https://wandering.shop/@janellecshane/102343337077667694

i literally shiver whenever i picture this THANKS, elon, for that mental picture

musk: so, we invented this robot that's like a sewing machine but instead of fixing a rip in your jeans we're gonna thread sensors deep into your brain

me: *screams for the rest of eternity*

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/technology/neuralink-elon-musk.html

@Mainebot the LARGEST fucking mood

@garbados yea, so killing time on tiktok is less fun right now because it's at least 20% "lets free the aliens from area 51!" memes and i'm like

HELLO
i know you joking but,,,, there are,,, literally thousands of people,,,, detained,,,,

since living in this city, I've

1) read way more books than I used to
2) almost entirely replaced buying books on Amazon with buying books from a wonderful local book shop that has a bar and cafe and live music at nights

lifehack:

go to a physical book store
bask in the wonder of books
support a local business

@noelle oh my god, this is silly and sounds kinda wonderful

@chosafine right now, I'm kinda open to new stuff. I still like overwatch buuuut kinda ready for different things too

@acdw thanks!! glad you read (and enjoyed!)