Many of us know about the Simple Sabotage Field Manual [1] and reference it either ironically or seriously.

Now. Here's the thing. I am 100% sure that it has found its way into LLM training data.

And that is why I think that "AI" is sabotaging us all ;)

#SarcasmButOnlyHalf

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Sabotage_Field_Manual

TIL (Today I learned): As part of the EU AI Act transparency rules, the EU has created a Code of Practice on marking and labelling of AI-generated content [1] that comes with icons [2] to use to mark AI-generated or modified content. As they say:

"The use of these EU icons is optional, but the labelling requirements under Article 50 AI Act are not."

[1] https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/code-practice-ai-generated-content
[2] https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/eu-icons-labelling-ai-generated-content

#ThanksEU

The internet speed at my parents is abysmal. 6 MBit/s down, 2 MBit/s up. For €40/month. Thanks, Deutsche Telekom DSL on the countryside!

Sweden, once a pioneering champion of everything digital, is taking a second look at that strategy.

- Not just cashless: There should be a general obligation for merchants to accept cash for purchases of essential goods. [1]
- Sweden's government is championing a renewed focus on physical books, paper and pens in classrooms, designed to reverse falling literacy levels. [2]

[1] https://www.riksbank.se/en-gb/payments--cash/payments-in-sweden/payments-report-2025/the-riksbanks-work-and-recommendations/the-publics-ability-to-pay-in-times-of-crisis-and-states-of-heightened-alert-needs-to-be-strengthened-/introduce-a-cash-obligation-and-a-threshold-for-cash-payments/
[2] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly0vk77vdko

#DigitalDetox

Übrigens. Wenn ein Tatverdächtiger stirbt, werden die Ermittlungen gegen ihn/ihr eingestellt. Das hilft dann manchmal auch unangenehme Fragen gar nicht erst beantworten zu müssen. Oops. (Rechtsgrundlage: §204, §206a StPO)

So #Debian is proposing a policy similar to #Codeberg with regard to LLMs (Large Language Models). Interesting.

https://www.debian.org/vote/2026/vote_002

I am not a #botany expert. But I may have one amongst my friends and followers here. Two questions. What kind of pear is growing in my parents garden? I have never seen such dark coloured ones. Second question: what’s wrong with the old plum tree? Is it some bacterial or fungal thing and what can be done? This is in Germany, in case that helps to narrow it down.

In France and Spain we are witnessing a wave of climate refugees, fleeing wildfires, caused by climate change. That's the headline, in my opinion.

Using Bluetooth to build a mesh network for local communication will get you a takedown request by the Indian authorities because decentralised communication will be used by terrorists, „anti-national elements“ etc. In this case it is about Jack Dorsey‘s new BitChat app, so you might think he deserves it. That would be wrong, though. Let’s see how Microsoft/Github reacts. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/government-orders-github-to-remove-bluetooth-based-chat-app-bitchat-over-security-concerns-jack-dorsey/article71262049.ece

I like this. OH: The Fediverse is social media. TikTok, X, Facebook etc is algorithmic media. This catches the difference quite well. We should take the term social media back. It is about us, not their algorithms.

"AI" companies buying used books to scan and destroy is a weird flex to avoid copyright problems (at least they hope), but it is not the big scandal some want it to be — in my personal opinion. They are used books that sat in storage. They are bought in bulk. They are not rare books that will be irretrievably lost to humanity.