What I always hear: “We can’t afford to pay our workers more than $15 an hour.” What I never hear: “We can’t afford to pay our CEO millions of dollars a year.” Funny how that works.

They aren't trying to be funny, but also, did they not read (or watch) to the end? Sauron's all seeing eye missed a few details...

The folks looking for the cheat code are the same dudes who are willing to believe someone with decades of experience is a DEI hire while the male, white television hosts are "merit-based" hires in various positions in military, government, and business roles...

The problem here isn't that it doesn't make sense, I think.

May I suggest it's possible to feel bad for someone on a human level without indulging his plans to kill millions of people? We don't have to hate him to stop allowing him to treat our country like he treated the east wing of the white house

RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!” “A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”

Happy Merry!

Techbros are convinced that workers are a drain on productivity rather than the source of it. They believe the weight of their own legs is what keeps them from flying, so the legs should be cut off.

Excited that our hopeful anthology about resistance is on this amazing list!

It's again that time of year when people mock our firm for falling victim to a pair of scammers, based on a slanted documentary which did not paint our efforts at inclusive hiring in a fair light.

Great piece that articulates the way folks misunderstand how AI works and thus what it can (and can't) do well.

I'm not trying to be pedantic, and of course I understand what generative means... And also, spelling and grammar checkers are increasingly using LLMs. I sincerely don't understand where the "no LLMs" line is, exactly. Insulting anyone asking the question isn't an answer.

Another win for fuck you, make me.

Shocking. Not.

This is the scene in A Christmas Carol where Scrooge says "If they would rather die, they had better do it and decrease the surplus population." The billionaire class *wants* to kill off as many people as possible to increase their chances of surviving climate catastrophe.

Not that there isn't a lot of doom and gloom in the world - but there is some pretty great stuff happening, as well. www.bbc.com/future/artic... #PostGoodNewsToo

We all know Clarke's "sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" Well we have corollary:

Da'Rell will be an excellent guest! It's such fun to see local #Filmmakers get wider recognition!

Fonts?? They're going after Microsoft's standard font for being too woke?? And folks are taking it seriously? Really???

Know your rights. Protect your neighbors. New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.

Protest at the Indiana State House, fighting against redistricting (the war on people of color in Indiana) and the war against Venezuela (the war on people of color around the world)

I interviewed the farmer with a flock of gay sheep, found out why there are no current plans for a flock of lesbian sheep, and felt conflicted about biological essentialism.

Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him? That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.

It might be an unusual way to get into File 770, and maybe doesn't really count but imma take the win regardless. :) file770.com/a-file-770-s...

nerds did a study on why kissing is good lmao

Clean power growth is now covering all new global demand. Solar and wind generated 635 TWh in the first nine months of this year, exceeding the 603 TWh rise in global electricity demand, and holding fossil generation flat for the year. buff.ly/zRmwAmg #ShareGoodNewsToo

Happy Thanksgiving from Apex! 🦃 Being trapped in a home with family can sometimes be a horror show. Luckily, we’re horror experts! Here’s a thread of some of our shortest fiction, perfect reading for those five-minute bathroom breaks we all take when we can’t take it anymore. See you on the toilet!

Also important... it *is* possible to provide a pension. We're paying for MTG's... why shouldn't everyone have access to financial stability later in life?

It also killed lots and lots of people, making the planet safer for billionaires who think the rest of us are NPCs anyway.

"If you don't nurture the soft parts of yourself that made you show up in the first place, you will become hard, you will stop feeling things." - @mskellymhayes.bsky.social on the importance of taking time for your grief amidst the work.

Hm... I'm sure this is a coincidence but did anyone else notice the government taking "professional" status away from teachers, nurses, social workers... basically anyone with a legal obligation to report child sexual abuse? #notacoincidence

Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat

I'm happy to print whistles for folks who need them.

It’s #LaunchDay for the ANTIFA LIT JOURNAL, VOLUME 2: HUNGRY WORK, a collection by talented, brave creators willing to stand up to fascists’ threats. Order yours now! bit.ly/AV2HW And register for the Anti-Fascist Write-athon here: bit.ly/AFWa

The ultimate intersection of fiction and fact: Star Trek. We were so honored to interview Dr. Mohamed Noor and dive deep into how the show's focus on discovery and scientific integration pushes our understanding of the universe. @mafnoor.bsky.social 📺 Watch the full interview: youtu.be/P9d936OOFYo

The Trump regime is an evil, fascist enterprise. Its supporters are hateful, cowardly, or deceived, but are all responsible. And I will speak out against it every day until they lose power or come for me. …because I’d rather die trying than live knowing I stayed silent. bit.ly/FFwyV

Full speed astern wapo.st/4rdDQew (gift article)

8675309 is prime, and so is 8675311, so if you ever need a middlin'-large pair of adjacent primes to test your cryptographic suite, all you need is a 1980s earworm and a +2 and you're all set.

If she (or anyone) believes all of the regime's orders are legal, why is she so upset? Why is "don't break the law" not a perfectly reasonable thing to suggest? Unless...

Democratic Senators: Don't follow illegal orders Republicans: Like WHAT?! Trump: Kill the Senators!!!

They haven't proven a negative? Huh. It's notoriously simple to prove negatives, right? (What do you mean no serious scientist or honest intellectual thinks proving a negative is possible??? Weird.) It's almost like they're playing games with people's lives cuz they think everyone else is an NPC.

What we're hearing in the news is monstrous beyond most experience. It is also true that run of the mill abuse of kids is rampant. How are those choices made, and how could we protect people from having to make them? open.substack.com/pub/lisameec...

You are correct, sir. I needed to see this image.

Of course the virus was airborne. The regime is just so deeply against vaccines that it will ignore any evidence that points to their usefulness.

Cover Reveal! The ANTIFA LIT JOURNAL, VOLUME 2: HUNGRY WORK comes out this Friday, but you can pre-order it now. Short stories, poems, and (full color) artwork by talented, brave creators willing to stand up to fascists’ threats. Order yours now! bit.ly/ALJhw

I'm excited to be a part of this Journal - the work in it is fantastic, and the mission behind it is essential. Humans must imagine a thing before they can create it, and here are some people imagining together what a better future might look like.

Capitalism is incredible. Sorry, former teacher, your retirement fund is gone because 5 guys who've collectively never worked a full hour told the banks to put all the money in the country into virtual girlfriend futures

Sigh. Even if the author is a terrible person, there's a whole publishing /printing / distribution network in place that employs actual people trying to survive in the capitalist hellscape. Are you cool stealing from each of them, too?

See also, the latest Moon Channel about the large overlap between K-On fans and right-wing incels (with stops at Holden Caulfield and Humbert Humbert). www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDne...