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id Software just unionized, we LOVE to SEE IT

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Id Software devs form "wall-to-wall" union, with workers at Doom studio the latest to vote in favour

165 workers at Doom studio id Software have voted to unionise under the Communication Workers of America (CWA).

It is that time of year, so I thought I’d mention that my book YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION is very much a thing you can buy for any tech workers in your life. Or yourself! You can buy it just about anywhere books are sold, or ask your library to grab a copy!

You Deserve a Tech Union — ethanmarcotte.com

Read this page on ethanmarcotte.com

#books #bookstodon #1u #YDATUbook

turns out `font-size: 105rem` produces a dramatically different effect from `font-size: 1.05rem` you know. in case you were wondering

slapping `reddit -ai` to the end of everything i type into the world’s most popular search engine, the tech industry is fine and cannot possibly be improved

🦊 “Artificial intelligence isn’t going anywhere. It’s the future.” I hear that line a lot. The thing is, futures are tricky.

The line and the stream. — ethanmarcotte.com

“Artificial intelligence is the future,” they tell me. The thing is, futures are tricky.

This interview feels like a tremendous missed opportunity: it reads like an airing of talking points, rather than properly interrogating a billionaire donor who’s comfortable slapping some nice fonts on openly fascist policies: https://www.dezeen.com/2025/11/18/america-first-chief-design-officer-joe-gebbia-interview/ #uspol

that’s a nice decentralized network you’ve got there, be a real shame if capitalism happened to it

logging on

🦊 IN WHICH ONE AUTHOR tried to file a claim in the Anthropic copyright case, failed, got frustrated, then blogged about it while still pretty hot under the collar. (it’s me; i’m author)

A right to copy. — ethanmarcotte.com

This is one author’s short, failed journey to file a claim in Anthropic’s copyright lawsuit. (Oops. Spoilers, sorry.)