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• Post #4361865

  The Wikimedia Foundation hasn’t just refused to recognize their workers’ unions; they’ve also hired one of the most notorious union-busting firms out there. https://medium.com/regarding-wikipedia/the-wikimedia-foundation-hired-the-union-busters-its-own-encyclopedia-warned-about-42b7142a5cd1 #1u #unions #TechUnions

• Post #4299881

  “Organizing is not about putting coins in a change vending machine. It’s about trying things and throwing stuff against the wall and building networks of care that sustain to the next fight, whether you win this one or not. The things that won last time may not win this time. The things that lost this time may win the next. The point is, you gotta try even when it seems pointless, as long as you try together.” @phire@phire.place does such good work on @showuptoronto@cosocial.ca, y’all. https://...

• Post #4250196

  modern computing is just repeatedly muttering “no, i do not want to click the sparkle button” to yourself as you try to get your work done

• Post #4074261

  okay have a good weekend everyone don’t forget to plug in your mouse butts

• Post #3816795

  🦊 When I redesigned my website, I added a statement about how I used (or didn’t use) “AI” on it. I quickly learned that there were *so* many similar statements already out there, representing a wide spectrum of approaches and opinions. I learned a lot from them, so I thought I’d share a few of my favorites. https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/folded-between-the-pages/

• Post #3403698

  RE: https://discuss.systems/@dev/116807460725864716 i read softbank’s latest unhinged slide deck last night, and both “goose was not valued” and “eggs do not lay eggs” have already entered my lexicon of overused phrases apologies to literally everyone i’ve texted, please do not block me

• Post #3349570

  🦊 Wrote down some rambling thoughts on “AI”: as generational damage, on what repair might look like, and on asking what happens next. https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/all-tomorrows-parties/

• Post #3228328

  And here’s @henry@front-end.social nailing the key point: it doesn’t matter if so-called AI “works.” What matters is that the value of your labor goes down, and workers are pushed further into precarity. But what *really* matters, of course, is what we collectively decide to do about that. https://henry.codes/writing/it-doesnt-matter-if-it-works/

• Post #3058011

  I was quite literally in the middle of typing something when this happened

• Post #3023220

  logging on

• Post #3003785

  “The nature of generative AI is in fact degenerative, serving only to cut information loose from its tether. It is the opposite of learning.” — https://endlessbookshelf.net/2026/05/15/reading-the-structure-of-the-world/

• Post #2567208

  RE: https://todon.eu/@jalcine/116567257798953928 When @jalcine gets excited about something, I pay attention. Really looking forward to seeing what he’s working on.

• Post #2548036

  “The story is that a specific kind of executive, the one who needs a progressive headline every quarter, has been running an uncontrolled experiment on your workforce. The data on that experiment is now in, and it is not flattering.” This is good: https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2026/05/14/the-ai-layoff-bill-is-coming-due-and-ctos-are-going-to-pay-it-twice/

• Post #2452297

  i cannot remember the last time i purchased software more quickly https://lexfriedman.com/gnome/

• Post #2306189

  RE: https://phire.place/@phire/116454650955163880 I’ve been a @showuptoronto subscriber for ages, and I’d recommend it to just about anyone. Even if you’re not in Toronto! I think Jenny’s writing is invaluable for activists and organizers, regardless of where you find yourselves showing up.

• Post #2214122

  It is very possible some of you haven’t read @aworkinglibrary before. Her latest essay—on war, on work, on refusal—is possibly the best opportunity to remedy that: https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/into-the-gap

• Post #2148208

  oh hello https://www.wired.com/story/google-deepmind-workers-vote-to-unionize-over-military-ai-deals/ #1u #labor #TechLabor #unions #TechUnions

• Post #2079160

  i get the impression some of you may not be subscribed to @aworkinglibrary’s coaching blog, if so may i gently suggest there’s an opportunity in front of you because holy shit yes this https://everythingchanges.us/blog/energy-makes-time/

• Post #2017821

  “As I learn how to work with AI coding agents, know that I will be thinking ill of you the entire time. Not because I don't get to write `for` loops, but because you have made yet another part of the economy impossible to engage with ethically.” — @Crell, https://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/selfish-ai

• Post #2001057

  billions of dollars poured into data centers doing unspeakable things to our planet, and all modern recommendation algorithms still basically amount to > YOU ENGAGED WITH PICTURE OF: CAT > HERE IS FOUR MILLION MORE PICTURE OF: CAT

• Post #1775859

  i think it’s beautiful that our society provides spaces for people to go out in public for the very first time in their lives. like in this grocery store

• Post #1725021

  “Magic: The Gathering Arena workers at developer Wizards of the Coast are unionizing, the group, called United Wizards of the Coast, announced Monday.” WHAT WONDERFUL NEWS https://aftermath.site/magic-the-gathering-arena-team-unionizes-at-wizards-of-the-coast/

• Post #1521993

  🦊 Giving an in-person talk for the first time in SEVEN YEARS. A thing I used to do *all the time*, and now it feels novel. New, even. An almost-decade can bring a few changes. Apparently. https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/retour/

• Post #1513594

  logging on

• Post #1437711

  the links are never honorable, but today? even less so

• Post #1272205

  Here’s @aworkinglibrary with the questions we need to be asking right now—about “AI”, the work they want us to do with it, and the *kind* of workers they want to create with it: https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/designed-to-be-specialists

• Post #1256948

  logging on

• Post #1182315

  happy hades 2 update day to those who celebrate, see you all next year

• Post #1182314

  logging on

• Post #1165089

  Personally, I doubt even a tenth of the linked post is true. But as a statement of intent — not least about the value of labor, and the humans who do it — it’s pretty vile stuff. https://mastodon.social/@kottke/116403677544329157