Starbucks? More like Starsucks amirite πŸ˜‚ But seriously. Stand with labor. #BoycottStarbucks β€œThe Red Cup Rebellion unfair labor practice (ULP) strike grew to over 3,800 baristas in 180+ stores across 130+ cities Thursday as the largest wave yet of union baristas walked off the job to protest Starbucks’ historic union busting and failure to finalize a fair union contract.”
Starbucks Workers United
In Largest Expansion Yet, Hundreds of New Union Starbucks Baristas in 34 Cities Join Historic Red Cup Rebellion as ULP Strike Sweeps Nation - Starbucks Workers United
NATIONWIDE – The Red Cup Rebellion unfair labor practice (ULP) strike grew to over 3,800 baristas in 180+ stores across 130+ cities Thursday as t...
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404 Media (@404mediaco@mastodon.social)
β€œWe’re bringing a new kind of sentience into existence,” Anthropic's Jason Clinton said after launching the bot. https://www.404media.co/ant...
 What a bizarre story! Jason Clinton seems unwell. I'm not saying this as a joke, I really hope he can get the help he needs for his mental health. It's always upsetting when you hear about another case of chatbot psychosis, but it's a unique sort of upsetting when that person is Chief Information Security Officer of a major tech company. 😟 View quoted note β†’
Yet another reminder that when Meta reports any statistics about anything going on on their platforms, a decent percentage of it is all fraudulent. In this respect, the following is not news at all. https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-tolerates-rampant-ad-fraud-china-safeguard-billions-revenue-2025-12-15/
I read this report concerning the latest freakshow re: Time Magaine and literally felt the brain cells in my crainium shrinking. So you probably don't want to read it. (Save yourselves!) But I'll share it anyway, particularly because that quote from Time editor-in-chief Sam Jacobs is so batshit crazy. It explains a lot. πŸ˜‚
Futurism
Time Magazine Deploys AI "Ask Me Anything" Box That Covers Up Its Actual Journalism and Can't Be Closed
The website for Time magazine now features a big AI chatbox that can't be closed and won't go away, blocking even its main headlines.
The worst bait'n'switch in modern history: β€œYou won't be replaced by AI, you'll be replaced by someone else who uses AI.” …a few months later… (in faux-French SpongeBob SquarePants card voice) β€œWe are replacing you with AI.” πŸ«