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Dell sales team told to return to office 5 days a week, starting Monday ↗︎ « Capitalists micromanaging and making workers lives miserable - they get off on it. — added 3:54pm on 28/09/24
The “power” of AI ↙︎ — posted 28/09/24, tagged as AI, education, LLMs, power use, heat death, climate change.
Today I have some off the cuff thoughts about global heat death – revisiting an early theme (actually, the earliest in this particular incarnation of dispatches)...
Google Listed as Sponsor, Host of Israeli Military Tech Conference ↗︎ « Inescapable genocide supporters. — added 6:55am on 28/09/24
“Y'all Cannot Actually Be This Stupid”: Ethel Cain Defends Chappell Roan's Election Stance ↗︎ « Roan’s take is probably one of the more enlightened celebrity takes I’ve seen, of course the American “centrists” have issues with it. They love genocide. (And would be far right anywhere else in the world) — added 5:38am on 28/09/24
Survey: 73% of Amazon workers are considering quitting after 5-day in-office mandate ↗︎ « Or, uh, just unionise? — added 5:15am on 28/09/24
Argentina’s poverty rate soars to nearly 53% in first half of 2024 ↗︎ « Poor people convinced by propaganda and hegemony to vote severely against their interests suffer the consequences. This is what happens when the right wins. Terrible things. — added 7:40pm on 27/09/24
Sanders Files to Force First-Ever Vote in Congress on Blocking Weapons to Israel ↗︎ « There are a small handful of sane people in politics. — added 7:13pm on 27/09/24
Trump Sells $100K Gold Watches on Same Day Melania Insists People Can’t Afford Basic Necessities ↗︎ « If people were more awake, they’d realise this is a contradiction of capital. Trumps various mouthpieces show how exploited and enslaved we are — and he promises only more punishing chains. — added 7:09pm on 27/09/24
Lebanon ceasefire hopes fade as Netanyahu issues contradictory statements ↗︎ « The fact he’s even platformed at the UN is a disgrace. The ICC is an ineffectual organ, and the global imperialist project of the USA needs to burn. — added 7:06pm on 27/09/24
Israel accused of breaking global labor law by withholding Palestinian worker pay ↗︎ « Colonialism. It’s sick. Brutal. And deeply racist - like everyone who “stands with Israel’s” genocidal leaders - including this country’s leaders. — added 7:00pm on 27/09/24
International students say ‘we’ve not come illegally’ after Peter Dutton makes ‘boat arrivals’ comparison ↗︎ « Stoking that xenophobia, the Liberals are the alt-right republicans, folks. And our mainstream media still think they’re the moderate centre. — added 6:12pm on 27/09/24
Mark Zuckerberg says there’s ‘no causal connection’ between social media and teen mental health ↗︎ « Smoking doesn’t cause cancer, I guess. But we need to drop “teen” from this. Anecdotally many people I know of all ages rapidly descend into narcissism and personality disorders with hugely increased social media use. — added 5:47am on 27/09/24
Europe weakens wolf protection ↗︎ « “Just kill it” is basically Europes entire (colonial) agenda in a nutshell. — added 5:41am on 27/09/24
OpenAI looks to shift away from nonprofit roots and convert itself to for-profit company ↗︎ « It’s all about the money, money. — added 4:59am on 27/09/24
Trump says Ukraine is ‘demolished’ and dismisses its defense against Russia’s invasion ↗︎ « He appears to be applying a uniform, yet equally colonial genocidal, lens in support of Russia and Israel. A toxic, inhuman, shitty leaders - everywhere. We needn’t put up with this, yet we seem to keep electing them. — added 9:28pm on 26/09/24