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  Whatever the output gains promised by LLMs, their initial productivity surge is erased over time, and replaced by heavier workloads—and that leads to workers experiencing “cognitive fatigue, burnout, and weakened decision-making.” All this from research out of the notoriously pro-worker rag [checks notes] Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it

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  I was *so excited* when I heard JS and Clarissa were working on their new book, AGAINST TECH OLIGARCHY, not least because I couldn’t have written *my* book without their literal years of activism and organizing within the tech labor movement. This is going to be an invaluable read, folks. Can’t wait to get my copy ❤️ https://againsttecholigarchy.com/ #1u #unions #TechUnions

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  The Wikimedia Foundation hasn’t just refused to recognize their workers’ unions; they’ve also hired one of the most notorious union-busting firms out there. https://medium.com/regarding-wikipedia/the-wikimedia-foundation-hired-the-union-busters-its-own-encyclopedia-warned-about-42b7142a5cd1 #1u #unions #TechUnions

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  “Organizing is not about putting coins in a change vending machine. It’s about trying things and throwing stuff against the wall and building networks of care that sustain to the next fight, whether you win this one or not. The things that won last time may not win this time. The things that lost this time may win the next. The point is, you gotta try even when it seems pointless, as long as you try together.” @phire@phire.place does such good work on @showuptoronto@cosocial.ca, y’all. https://...

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  modern computing is just repeatedly muttering “no, i do not want to click the sparkle button” to yourself as you try to get your work done

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  okay have a good weekend everyone don’t forget to plug in your mouse butts

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  🦊 When I redesigned my website, I added a statement about how I used (or didn’t use) “AI” on it. I quickly learned that there were *so* many similar statements already out there, representing a wide spectrum of approaches and opinions. I learned a lot from them, so I thought I’d share a few of my favorites. https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/folded-between-the-pages/

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  RE: https://discuss.systems/@dev/116807460725864716 i read softbank’s latest unhinged slide deck last night, and both “goose was not valued” and “eggs do not lay eggs” have already entered my lexicon of overused phrases apologies to literally everyone i’ve texted, please do not block me

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  🦊 Wrote down some rambling thoughts on “AI”: as generational damage, on what repair might look like, and on asking what happens next. https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/all-tomorrows-parties/

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  And here’s @henry@front-end.social nailing the key point: it doesn’t matter if so-called AI “works.” What matters is that the value of your labor goes down, and workers are pushed further into precarity. But what *really* matters, of course, is what we collectively decide to do about that. https://henry.codes/writing/it-doesnt-matter-if-it-works/

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  I deeply hate to quote myself, but here’s me back in September: “…the technology’s real value isn’t improving productivity, or even in improving products. Rather, [“artificial intelligence” is] a social mechanism employed to ensure compliance in the workplace, and to weaken worker power.” https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/against-stocking-frames/ These platforms are not for you and I, and never were.

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  I was quite literally in the middle of typing something when this happened

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  “The nature of generative AI is in fact degenerative, serving only to cut information loose from its tether. It is the opposite of learning.” — https://endlessbookshelf.net/2026/05/15/reading-the-structure-of-the-world/

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  RE: https://todon.eu/@jalcine/116567257798953928 When @jalcine gets excited about something, I pay attention. Really looking forward to seeing what he’s working on.

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  “The story is that a specific kind of executive, the one who needs a progressive headline every quarter, has been running an uncontrolled experiment on your workforce. The data on that experiment is now in, and it is not flattering.” This is good: https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2026/05/14/the-ai-layoff-bill-is-coming-due-and-ctos-are-going-to-pay-it-twice/

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  i cannot remember the last time i purchased software more quickly https://lexfriedman.com/gnome/

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  RE: https://phire.place/@phire/116454650955163880 I’ve been a @showuptoronto subscriber for ages, and I’d recommend it to just about anyone. Even if you’re not in Toronto! I think Jenny’s writing is invaluable for activists and organizers, regardless of where you find yourselves showing up.

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  It is very possible some of you haven’t read @aworkinglibrary before. Her latest essay—on war, on work, on refusal—is possibly the best opportunity to remedy that: https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/into-the-gap

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  oh hello https://www.wired.com/story/google-deepmind-workers-vote-to-unionize-over-military-ai-deals/ #1u #labor #TechLabor #unions #TechUnions

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  i get the impression some of you may not be subscribed to @aworkinglibrary’s coaching blog, if so may i gently suggest there’s an opportunity in front of you because holy shit yes this https://everythingchanges.us/blog/energy-makes-time/

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  and people tell me that self-promotion is difficul

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  @cory thanks for the link, cory! 💜

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  “As I learn how to work with AI coding agents, know that I will be thinking ill of you the entire time. Not because I don't get to write `for` loops, but because you have made yet another part of the economy impossible to engage with ethically.” — @Crell, https://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/selfish-ai

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  billions of dollars poured into data centers doing unspeakable things to our planet, and all modern recommendation algorithms still basically amount to > YOU ENGAGED WITH PICTURE OF: CAT > HERE IS FOUR MILLION MORE PICTURE OF: CAT

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  i think it’s beautiful that our society provides spaces for people to go out in public for the very first time in their lives. like in this grocery store

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  “Magic: The Gathering Arena workers at developer Wizards of the Coast are unionizing, the group, called United Wizards of the Coast, announced Monday.” WHAT WONDERFUL NEWS https://aftermath.site/magic-the-gathering-arena-team-unionizes-at-wizards-of-the-coast/

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  @erikvorhes ERIK OMG 🥹😭💕

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  🦊 Giving an in-person talk for the first time in SEVEN YEARS. A thing I used to do *all the time*, and now it feels novel. New, even. An almost-decade can bring a few changes. Apparently. https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/retour/

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