Attached: 1 image When executives who got promoted during ZIRP by over-hiring and building unprofitable products blame macroeconomic conditions for why employees aren’t getting promotions or raises this year.

Anyone skeptical about the power of #unions and what they can do for workers (and remember; if you don't own the means of production, you are a worker) should check out Iceland with its 92.2% participation. Today three large unions, that collectively have around 1/5th of the nation as members, agreed to terms with industry representatives and the government for all kinds of workers benefits for the next four years. Unions work, as long as people join them. https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2024-03-07-langtimasamningur-til-fjogurra-ara-undirritadur-406805

You're allowed to post on your blog once every decade, and you don't even need to apologize for it. That's also part of having your own space. Personal sites aren't a competition, and productivity doesn't have to be a metric. (note to self)

China: “Remove all VPNs” Apple: “Sure thing” China: “…and podcast apps” Apple: “Can do boss!” China: “…and also hand over all iCloud data for our citizens” Apple: “I mean why wouldn’t we? Here you go!” EU: “Allow alternate app stores, and do it fairly” Apple: “Ahhh hell no! This is so unfair you guys are bullies! Malware! Privacy! We have standards! Unlike you we care about our users!”

People excusing sexism with "but maybe they're autistic", please fuck off and keep fucking off until you can fuck off no further. Signed, an #ActuallyAutistic person

I am not a fan of folks "donating" their free labor to LinkedIn's Expert Answers feature. Do this for a non-profit or the common good, but why do it for LinkedIn aka Microsoft Corp??? (Looking at you, folks in #Libraries ) #FreeLabor #UnpaidLabor #ExtractiveBusinessModels #UserReliance #CorporateDependence #Commodification #DigitalLabor #IntellectualLabor

Pro tip: Every time you see the word “inflation” in the news, just replace it with “record-breaking corporate profits”.
#CorporateGreed #notInflation

Billionaires aren’t “self-made men.” Trans men are self-made men.

Are you a woman? Do you have some shit to say? I've got no guest blog for this week, on 8th March (international women's day). Pitch me... https://www.girlonthenet.com/guest-blogs/ Guest blogs especially welcome from trans women, gay women, women over 50, disabled women, women who have kinks that I don't normally talk about on the blog, and basically any women who have different perspectives/experience to me. All women welcome, though. WOMEN. NEVER KNOW YOUR LIMITS.

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Hiding behind humour and sarcasm to run away from everything is wayyyy too easy for emotional masochists.

JFC, people in tech are really out there saying that language models will be better at therapy, financial advice, and career advice than trained people. WTF is wrong with you people? Do you really have no clue about what other people’s jobs actually involve? Language models can’t even do maths how are they supposed to get good at financial advice? And therapy? Just… 😑 What’s wrong with people in tech?

My friend just told me of a genius idea: her friend & partner have a secret signal for when they have guests. If one of them makes themselves a hot drink in a specific mug, that means ‘I grow weary of company, please help guests out of the door.’

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My favourite genre of post is when I get to hear about all the cool stuff you’ve achieved. Tried crochet for the first time? Made a healthy choice? A new personal best at best at bouldering? More of this please.

I think maybe my best advice is: definitely get involved in open source, just make sure either nobody uses your software or you quit ASAP 😆

neurodivergent people have been compiled with the `--verbose` flag enabled

If public health agencies can't even advise people to stay home the full time when they are sick, they have given up on trying to prevent disease.

Klarna CEO Boasts His AI Can Do Work of 700 People After Laying Off 700 People in 2022 - https://gizmodo.com/klarna-ceo-ai-chatbot-customer-service-700-jobs-layoffs-1851293200

You know what doesn't get *any* spam? My RSS reader…

Just saw a commercial so it reminds me to say: never use Grammarly, tell your friends not to use Grammarly, hide yo kids, hide yo wife, Grammarly is bad news. Their data policies are and always have been atrocious, and they should be blocked with all due haste in every corporate environment.

Attached: 1 image “This Is What Our Ruling Class Has Decided Will Be Normal” On Aaron Bushnell’s Action in Solidarity with Gaza https://crimethinc.com/AaronBushnell On February 25, we received an email from a person who signed himself Aaron Bushnell, announcing that he was going to engage in an act of protest against the genocide of the Palestinian people. Shortly afterwards, Aaron set himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC. All afternoon, while other journalists were breaking the news, we discussed how we should speak about this. Some subjects are too complex to address in a hasty social media post. Here, we share some of our thoughts about tragedy, urgency, and sacrifice.