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Donald Trump Rushes to Fundraise Off Apparent Assassination Attempt ↗︎ « “But, we have to get over it. We have to move forward.” - Trump, about a school shooting, but here of course the money signs flash. — added 7:17am on 17/09/24
OpenAI is reportedly going all-in as a for-profit company ↗︎ « They aren’t ‘profitable’ as-is. Quite the opposite. And of course, the open in OpenAI stands for open to cash money, not open technology. — added 6:52am on 17/09/24
On burnout ↙︎ — posted 16/09/24, tagged as work, burnout, capitalism, exploitation.
Today I have been contemplating burnout...
PwC to start tracking working locations of all UK employees ↗︎ « The consulting firms like PwC, Deloitte, and so on are often the progenitors of intensification of micromanagement - I’m surprised this wasn’t already happening. — added 6:31am on 16/09/24
Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else” ↗︎ « While it’s great that many could mobilise and leave, I’d be willing to be the poorer of the working class here were disadvantaged - we need unions. — added 6:23am on 16/09/24
Generative AI is reportedly tripling carbon dioxide emissions from data centers ↗︎ « Is mediocre intelligence worth the accelerated global death of our species? To capitalism it sure is — added 9:08pm on 15/09/24
Climate protesters are taking action against Big Oil. UK courts are handing them prison terms akin to rapists and thieves ↗︎ « The continued outlaw of protest across the globe simply to maintain hegemony is desperate and criminal as usual — added 9:06pm on 15/09/24
Alice lives off-grid, but not by choice. ‘Hecs for households’ could radically improve her dilapidated home ↗︎ « Or, hear me out, we could provide adequate socialised housing instead of forcing people into debt — added 4:47pm on 15/09/24
Docker Raises Prices Up to 80 Percent and More ↗︎ « the registry, etc always kept me away from docker I don’t see that changing — added 11:09am on 15/09/24
Aldi to hire 13,000 new workers, raise minimum wages ↗︎ « a start — added 11:09am on 15/09/24
Anthony Albanese fires back at Elon Musk’s ‘fascist’ comment as feud simmers on ↗︎ « even a broken clock like musk is right twice a day - Albo is an absolute fascist — added 11:09am on 15/09/24
Boeing workers go on strike in fresh blow to troubled aircraft giant ↗︎ « — added 11:09am on 15/09/24
Almost 1 in 4 millennials and Gen Z-ers say they won't have kids due to finances ↗︎ « LMFTFY due to the toxic world the capitalists have created — added 11:09am on 15/09/24
YouTube on TVs is cramming ads down your throat even when pausing videos ↗︎ « money money money, it’s a rich man’s world — added 11:09am on 15/09/24
Games industry layoffs not the result of corporate greed and those affected should “drive an Uber” ↗︎ « this is what they all truly believe, the capitalists are not your friends — added 11:09am on 15/09/24