Jugglepunk

AI industry groups are urging an appeals court to block what they say is the largest copyright class action ever certified. They’ve warned that a single lawsuit raised by three authors over Anthropic’s AI training now threatens to “financially ruin” the entire AI industry if up to 7 million claimants end up joining the litigation and forcing a settlement.

Authors have until March 30th, 2026 (That is just 9 days as of this reblog, which I am posting on March 21st, 2026) to file their claim against Anthropic to be reimbursed up to $3,000 per work found in the list.

TODAY IS A GOOD DAY.

Honestlyyyy read Mr Money Mustache. Ignore his own overly optimistic tech pro economic politics, and just dive into his whole stoic way of living to give you a sense of how far it can go, then tailor to what you can manage. Like, you don't have to replace your gym membership with a set of free weights in the back yard that you use even in 10 degree weather, like he does, but you could maybe start doing free weight exercises in your living room instead! or switch to a local park district gym or ymca! You can replace all your cleaning supplies with vinegar & dish soap and be pretty well set. A lot of MMM's advice is about not allowing lifestyle inflation creep to unconsciously happen to you simply because every middle class person around you is spending ridiculously and consuming a lot of things wastefully.

A lot of the big money-hemorragers are things you are probably aware of like car payments, cell phone payments, monthly membership services, food delivery, and so on. Eliminate that shit as much as possible. Nobody imo should be leasing a car or a phone, it is a complete scam. There is NO reason to pay for ANY media of any kind really if you're in need of tightening your budget significantly. F movies, Z Library, SteamUnlocked, Archive dot org, Libgen, Sci Hub, etc etc etc.

The Poverty Finance and LeanFire subreddits are great, the piracy subreddit is too. Start with things you won't even miss, or that have really easy workarounds, and then build your way up. use libraries. join some buy nothing groups in your area. go thrifting. it's easier than ever to get access to free/cheap used stuff, and find people who know how to make things or DIY various processes and services on their own. I grew up with the assumption that nothing should or could be paid for, and so my default approach the second I need something new is to try and figure out how I can weasle my way out of paying for it -- though I did take this way too far for a long time and am now practicing how to actually spend money on things like household items or doctor's appointments. So the pendulum can swing too far, to the point where it's just costing you more in the long run anyway.

But if one person learns how to make soap, and everyone in the neighborhood brings them leftover animal fat and gets soap in return, it becomes a lot more manageable. Someone else learns how to spin dryer lint, someone else pulps and recycles paper, someone else grows food, someone else raises chickens, etc, etc, and suddenly you’ve got a whole moneyless circular economy going. Less stuff going to landfills, less money going to corporations, more prosperity for everyone