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"If “AI” is actually more expensive than paying actual people actual wages that’s still a good investment for capital because it is about breaking up the structures, networks and organizations that help workers organize and fight for labor standards and fairer wages."
(Original title: Winning the wrong game)
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Winning the wrong game
With studies upon studies showing that actual measurable productivity gains through “AI” (which these days basically means chatbots) are really hard to come by and that “workslop” (meaning the extra work created for the rest of the organization by one person using “AI” lowering their work quality) eats up a lot of what might have […]

The Opposition Is Winning in Minneapolis (William Kristol/The Bulwark)
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-opposition-is-winning-in-minneapolis-trump-noem-bovino-miller-alex-pretti-ice-border-patrol-homeland-security
http://www.memeorandum.com/260127/p42#a260127p42

Award-Winning Documentary On India’s Dairy Industry Removed By YouTube #AnimalRights

Award-Winning Documentary On India's Dairy Industry Removed By YouTube
Maa Ka Doodh,' an award-winning documentary on India’s dairy industry, has been removed by YouTube due to alleged violation of its policies

Studies showing that "AI" isn't creating the productivity gains that "AI" boosters promised are important but I think that they sadly don't help us win as much as some believe. We're winning at the wrong game:
https://tante.cc/2026/01/25/winning-the-wrong-g…

Winning the wrong game
With studies upon studies showing that actual measurable productivity gains through “AI” (which these days basically means chatbots) are really hard to come by and that “workslop” (meaning the extra work created for the rest of the organization by one person using “AI” lowering their work quality) eats up a lot of what might have […]

Cowboys Request Interview With Super Bowl Winning Assistant Coach https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/cowboys-request-interview-with-super-bowl-winning-assistant-coach

POL-WOB: Wohnungseinbruch - Richterin erlässt U-Haftbefehl Wolfsburg (ots) - Nach einem Wohnungseinbruch am Samstagmittag in der Straße Wellekamp wurden zwei 34 und 57 Jahre alte Männer vorläufig festgenommen. Ein dritter Täter ist weiter flüchtig. Ein Zeugin beobachtete gegen 13.00 Uhr, wie zwei ... https://www.pressepo…

I had a womens studies professor try to coax a class to understand
that it’s not ’wrong’ for an alcoholic homeless person
to take your change you tossed and spend it on alcohol.
People were livid lol.
It really changed my perspective on giving.
it's freeing to give without expectation.
-- @inthemidwest.bsky.social

Tressie McMillan Cottom (@tressiemcphd.bsky.social)
I once taught a whole lesson on the narratives of deservedness in the very strange concept of “stealing” books from something conspicuously branded as a “free” little library. The students struggled with it. A lot of internalized beliefs about poverty and worth. But I think it was a good lesson. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Regardless what the US and russian propaganda is saying, Russia is not winning...
"Data on Russian forces’ rate of advance indicates that a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent. Russian advances elsewhere on the frontline have been opportunistic and exploited seasonal weather"

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 26, 2025
Data on Russian forces’ rate of advance indicates that a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable.

Bundestrojaner: BND soll zur Spyware-Installation in Wohnungen eindringen dürfen
Kanzleramt reformiert BND-Gesetz: Mehr Befugnisse, inklusive Eindringen in Wohnungen zur Installation von Spionagesoftware.

Former New York City Mayor Eric Adams, rigged City Hall in the waning days of his term with a maze of governmental booby traps primed to stymie his successor, Zohran Mamdani.
Most of those efforts failed through a combination of bad timing, limits on Adams’ power and general ham-fistedness.
But the former mayor managed to lay one tripwire so consequential that it has triggered weeks of legal and political scrambling
— and raised questions about whether it can be disarmed a…