Marty McGuire

Marty Likes Things (Sometimes)

2025
Thu Feb 6
★ Liked https://werd.io/2025/move-fast-and-break-democracy
post from Move fast and break democracy
For the last few years, AI vendors have had an interesting marketing playbook: they’ve described the potential power of the technologies as being so great that it could lead to an artificial general intelligence that could either kill humanity or leave us behind and head for the …
★ Liked https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-76/
Wed Feb 5
★ Liked https://www.404media.co/you-cant-post-your-way-out-of-fascism/
★ Liked https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/05/power-of-positive-thinking/#the-socialism-of-fools
★ Liked https://eieio.games/blog/the-nyc-game-art-tech-triangle/
Tue Feb 4
★ Liked https://fogknife.com/2025-02-04-its-a-coup-and-they-are-soldiers.html
★ Liked https://mellified.men/@srol/113949032807744565
★ Liked https://wagingnonviolence.org/2025/01/how-to-organize-under-authoritarian-creep-in-a-closing-civil-society/
★ Liked https://snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-of-destruction
★ Liked https://fogknife.com/2025-02-02-the-bare-minimum.html
post from The bare minimum
I will not stand aside and let my neighbors come to harm from a corrupted government.
★ Liked https://mastodon.social/@alienmelon/113940761737184428
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The BlueSuburbia world update is now live on itch!
★ Liked https://mastodon.social/@alienmelon/113934377171228462
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lol i nearly wrote out techbrocapitalism instead of technocapitalism and now i’m wondering why i correct myself. the freudian slip is usually much better.
★ Liked https://dead.garden/blog/i-made-an-indieweb-postcard.html
★ Liked https://emmas.site/blog/2025/02/02/was-banning-pronouns-worth-it
★ Liked https://kimberlyhirsh.com/2025/02/03/political-action-guidance-for-the.html
post from Political action guidance for the overwhelmed
Information is my love language and how I like to learn about the world, but I also can start to drown in too much of it and need to scale back. So if you are like me, especially right now when there is A Lot Going On, you might like to do what I’m doing.
★ Liked https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/3/a-computer-can-never-be-held-accountable/#atom-everything
★ Liked https://gomakethings.com/alienating-the-right-people/
★ Liked http://www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/the-bluesuburbia-world-update-is-here
post The BlueSuburbia world update is here!
You can download it here: https://alienmelon.itch.io/bluesuburbia
★ Liked https://a.wholelottanothing.org/a-guide-to-using-signal-for-government-workers/
Mon Feb 3
★ Liked https://blog.codepen.io/2025/02/03/chris-corner-offlinin-aint-easy/
★ Liked https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/sputnik-was-always-an-ai-moment/
Sun Feb 2
★ Liked https://livelaugh.blog/posts/natural-causes/
★ Liked https://disgruntledharadrim.com/2025/02/01/tips-for-black-history-month-2025-emergency-edition/
★ Liked https://werd.io/2025/i-want-you-to-do-these-four-things-right-now
post from I want you to do these four things right now
Okay, friends. Here’s what we’re going to do. It’s not going to take long.Let’s install Signal.Signal is an open-source, end-to-end encrypted instant messaging app. When you message someone with Signal, nobody can intercept your conversation to learn what you’re saying. It’s very …
Sat Feb 1
★ Liked https://pixel.kitchen/@jenn/113925511125258745
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i was going to just review the books i read in january but it turned into more of a plea to PLEASE navigate health and wellness without aiding and giving in to the dismantling/outlawing of democratic practices like literacy https://livelaugh.blog/posts/natural-causes/
Thu Jan 30
★ Liked https://themmefatale.substack.com/p/on-compliance
★ Liked https://thebloggess.com/2025/01/28/no-i-do-not-want-ai-to-polish-me/
post from No, I do not want AI to “polish” me.
I was sending an email when a little magic wand popped up that said “Polish” and I thought that was weird because why would I want to translate my email into Polish?
Wed Jan 29
★ Liked https://www.404media.co/declassified-cia-guide-to-sabotaging-fascism-is-suddenly-viral/
★ Liked https://0xda.de/blog/2025/01/lessons-in-everything/
post from Lessons in Everything
I hold deep a philosophy that there is a lesson to be learned in everything we do. Everything can be a learning experience, if we look at it as such.
★ Liked https://www.wheresyoured.at/deep-impact/