At Least I Have $36 Now

meta, bytedance, and openai (facebook, tiktok, and chat gpt) have been paying workers in africa $1.50 an hour to moderate their ai. those workers are now unionizing, which has gotten a lot of press. however the really important part will come when those workers begin negotiations. keep an eye out in the future for any support they may need. this is going to be a big fucking battle against these massive, super protected entities just to not be paid starving wages

Time

150 AI Workers Vote to Unionize at Nairobi Meeting

More than 150 workers for Facebook, TikTok and ChatGPT pledged to establish the first African Content Moderators Union

Smol Kitty

Things to bring back in books:

Chapter titles

Actually having a synopsis on the back instead of reviews no one will read

my cat still doesn't get that we have different definitions of 'acceptable breakfast time'

heard shuffling noises at 1 AM. turned on my camera. saw this. still not convinced this is a dog

obsessed with the way my robotics team lead talks

she’s reinventing hieroglyphics

i feel like getting shot would feel so interesting for two seconds and then it would probably feel bad

Thunderbolts as onion headlines (No spoilers)

person who goes back in time to try and prevent lincoln’s assassination but they get so enraptured by the play that he’s watching that they forget and he gets shot anyways

I'm pregnant and I don't give a fuck whos it is