There are a few important things happening here.



1. VCs inventing justifications for all of the tech employees who are getting laid off. When they were flush with cash, we were the most important thing. Now that they can't afford us, we're useless.

Yesterday was a deepest dream come true. The book cake, which is hanging out in my freezer right now, really set the tone and being in conversation with my sister, @juliaerin80, was so magical and so sacred. Thank you for all your congratulations! I’m still pinching myself.

I know in America that I can't expect too much in the geography stakes. But a USPS employee telling me I had spelt Austria wrong on a package's address is next level. Australia. We're a fucking continent thanks very much.

Tech workers had amassed too much power and leverage. A new generation of employees ushered in by a focus on DEI couldn't be so easily placated by money and perks. The last several years of failing to control us has left these billionaire capitalists bitter and angry.

The thing I like particularly about the fact Isaac Newton invented the catflap is it gives the image of him trying to lay the foundations of classical mechanics but getting distracted by having to let a cat out then in again 40 seconds later & thinking "Fuck I need to sort this."

Glory & power to the women & girls in Iran who have seized the narrative & become object and subject in a feminist revolution they began & which they propel.



They are heroes, yes. But look at Time magazine (L) impose politeness on their revolution (R). Revolutions are not polite

Michelle Yeoh is TIME's 2022 Icon of the Year #TIMEPOY https://ti.me/3XZTE5W

I always feel weirdly hesitant to say this, but in the face of stories like this it’s hard not to feel like we’ve collectively settled on rent-seeking behavior as a default.

The Caribbean was the epicentre of Black Liberation and movements. The Haitian Revolution, the Grenadian Revolution, Negritude Movement, Garveyism, the Cuban Revolution, Tackys Revolt, the Bussa Rebellion of Barbados, the Demerara Rebellion of Guyana etc.

The biggest tech companies in the world imagine a future where AI will replace a lot of human labor. But this vision ignores the fact that much of what we think of as “AI” is actually powered by tedious, low-paid human labor. https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxnaqz/ai-isnt-artificial-or-intelligent

Are you kidding me? Elon only discovered that Jim Baker was the general counsel of Twitter on Sunday? Even the explanation that Elon didn't know internal documents were reviewed by Baker are absurd. Of course the GC reviewed internal documents sent to external parties.

More reasons to start food co-ops: corporate interests do not serve our communities

Starbucks workers have filed repeated charges against the company for illegal union busting. http://jacobin.com/2022/12/starbucks-workers-united-illegal-union-busting-nlrb-union-organizing

ジョーダン・ピール監督と。

Remember when they rebooted Strider into a rad metroidvania? I remember it being pretty good but I never hear anyone talk about!