@vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com
2026-05-05 20:31 UTC
> But in the brave new world of Knitting Bullshit, all of that accumulated wisdom, all of the real history of knitting as labour, as resistance, as solidarity, as design intelligence, as craft, is now there simply to provide the powerful emotional currency that AI-generated podcasts and videos cynically mine for profit.
I finally got around to reading this Kate Davies post and it's ~3000 words of beautifully righteous rage.
https://katedaviesdesigns.com/2026/04/29/knitting-bullshit/
#Knitting #AI #Nonsense #Bullshit
Replies (3)
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@szadkowski@social.lol 2026-05-05 20:59
@vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com really good read, ty
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@curiousjay@mastodon.nz 2026-05-05 21:25
@vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com Thank you for sharing this - even if I too am now humming with righteous rage that will bugger up my gauge! (I find that I am also humming 4 Non Blondes "What's Up" for some reason...)
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@ratsammich@mastodon.art 2026-05-06 00:35
@vmbrasseur@social.vmbrasseur.com the Luddites were right all along.