Stencils in full swing!
Hey all, it's Nate's birthday today, so I'm going to play hookie from the newsletter this week to spend more time with him. In lieu of a newsletter, here are pictures of some of the shirts we've stenciled this week, and links to other good writing on the internet this week:
Quick Note:
There's been a significant increase in "ClickFix" attacks lately, where hackers embed a fake CAPTCHA on a website asking the user to press certain shortcut keys in order to prove they're human. In reality, those shortcut keys open a terminal, copy harmful code into the terminal, and then execute the code. It relies on the fact that a lot of modern computer users aren't familiar with keyboard shortcuts and won't be able to recognize what they're being asked to do. So if you see anything in the wild that looks like the screenshot above, remember:
- Windows+R opens a terminal
- Ctrl+V posts something from the clipboard
- Neither of these belong in a CAPTCHA.
Links:
- Cory Doctorow on why the AI industry is working so hard to convince us their products are dangerous: https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/16/beggar-thy-neighbor/#red-queens-race
- Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on the rise of fascism among tech bros: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/sep/13/end-times-fascists-essay
- From Kate Gage, a field guide to the different factions within the AI world and which messages about AI are being pushed by which groups: https://kategage.substack.com/p/political-ai-field-guide-factions
Stenciled Tshirts!
It looks like I'm probably going to be able to get ~6 uses out of each stencil, for a total of a dozen shirts with each slogan. The combination of thrifted shirts and handpainted stencils means that every shirt really is one-of-a-kind. They'll be available at the Market for 1.5 Hours/$45 each starting this Saturday, and we'll be making more over the next week before we switch into computer recycling mode for the rest of the fall.
That's it for the newsletter this week! If I don't see you around town, I'll see you back here next.
Pre-meme-ium Content
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