AmberWavesoFlame @AmberWavesofFlame@qoto.org

#BigTech #Layoffs #Capitalism: "These layoffs have nothing to do with "trimming the fat" or correcting the hiring excesses of the lockdown. They're a project to transfer value from workers, customers and users to shareholders. Google's layoff of 12,000 workers followed fast on the heels of gargantuan stock buyback where the company pissed away enough money to pay those 12,000 salaries…for the next 27 years.

The equation is simple: the more companies invest in maintenance, research, development, moderation, anti-fraud, customer service and all the other essential functions of the business, the less money there is to remit to people who do nothing and own everything."

https://pluralistic.net/2023/03/21/tech-workers/#sharpen-your-blades-boys

Ed Pilkington notes that as public confidence in the Supreme Court falls to record lows — 40% now — the Supremes have quite the ethics problem on their hands, but are not addressing it:

"The chief justice, John Roberts, has insisted that the top court has no need to adopt an ethics code because 'every justice seeks to follow high ethical standards'."

#SupremeCourt #ethics
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https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/mar/24/us-supreme-court-ethics-code-clarence-thomas

Jonah's wife listening to him explain that he's been inside a whale for 3 days.

Susie Dent © @susie_dent
Word of the day is 'latibulate' (17th century): to hide in a corner in an attempt to escape reality.

a mierac
ok well we're bringing that back obviously

Coinbase could face SEC enforcement action for 'potential violations of securities law'

https://cointelegraph.com/news/coinbase-could-face-sec-enforcement-action-for-potential-violations-of-securities-law

#unitedstates #regulation #coinbase #sec #law

/2 I find myself increasing alienated from a “free speech community” that seems primarily concerned not with those legal and procedural safeguards, but with the notion that when Amy Wax says our country should have fewer people who look like my children, that our predominant concern should be that nobody say anything that might make people feel uncomfortable or self-conscious saying things like that.

#Debirdify has been suspended by Twitter without warning or explanation. Apparently it violated ‘Twitter rules and policies’, but that is all they told us.

We contacted Twitter support about the situation, but we are not particularly optimistic.

We always knew this could happen; it happened to other services in the past, so we are neither particularly surprised nor sad about it.

In the mean time, Fedifinder still works: https://fedifinder.social

Use it while you still can!

Minimising energy use is critical for any animal to survive, so given a ship, why wouldn't a bird hitch a ride?

"Birds are often unexpected stowaways on ships around the world. ... The phenomenon has a name: ship-assisted migration. "

But this disconcerting story from Hakai magazine begs a lot of questions about whether there's any species on the planet entirely untouched by our influence. And that gives us a LOT of responsibility.

https://hakaimagazine.com/news/with-ships-birds-find-an-easier-way-to-travel/?omhide=true&utm_source=Hakai+Magazine+Weekly&utm_campaign=371fa0e202-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_06_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0fc1967411-371fa0e202-121628661
#birds #migration #ships

Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #272: Nanobes.
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#nanobes #life #science #tiny #smol #space #bacteria #strangebuttrue #aliens #wtf #webcomic #comics #uselessfacts #uselessfactsbadlydrawn