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I saw a recommendation for Star Maker pop up on LinkedIn (I think). It was wrapped in a near-religious review of the book. I found the audio book and it became my companion on my gym commute. What can I say? The recommendation was correct. This book is simply amazing. Olaf Stapledon starts on the…
Forget the mid-terms… Shawn Fain synced all major union contracts to expire in May 2028 Fain led the UAW to an historic strike: the UAW took on all three of the Big Three automakers, and cleaned their clocks. UAW workers walked away with three new contracts, all set to expire in 2028. Fain then called upon every union to bargain…
There are a number of ex-Uber people I really respect. Still, that business model is getting more and more toxic and needs to die in fire.
“You better check yo’ self before you wreck yo’ self” – Ice Cube Petite bourgeoisie (French pronunciation: [pətit(ə) buʁʒwazi], literally ‘small bourgeoisie‘; also anglicised as petty bourgeoisie) is a term that refers to a social class composed of semi-autonomous peasants and small-scale merchants. They are named as such because their politico-economic ideological stance in times of stability is reflective of the proper haute bourgeoisie (high bourgeoisie or upper class).…
With new headlines cropping up all the time showing how poorly a job Tesla Autopilot actually does at piloting cars, it’s not surprising that the people tasked with building that system’s knowledge out are underpaid and heavily surveilled — or that when they tried to fight back against what they felt was unfair treatment, they were summarily cast aside. https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-autopilot-workers-treatment
Our richest 40% should know the $10b of tax cuts they’ll get & save are being paid for by making poor, sick & disabled kids & nanas poorer, sicker & homeless, not by ‘cutting fat from the system’ https://thekaka.substack.com/p/what-austerity-actually-means-and
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