Business
Yahoo nearly bought Netflix and bought Tumblr instead
Meta going after fake Chinese accounts.
Business: AI Taking Jobs AI could take over writing during writers strike. No one will notice or worry.
ChatGPT is banned at Samsung
Business: IBM to replace workers with AI
IBM replacing 7,800 jobs with AI
It's mostly HR jobs
Here is the CEO saying just that.
Business: Remote Work
Remote Work goes against the way companies today think or act. The company demands a culture and almost kingdome like feel. In Seattle we referred to Microsoft, Boeing, and Amazon as empires. Remote Work is an independent contractor style job where the teams meet, do their thing and then move on. It means much smaller companies and a very different life for the majority of the people. This article says companies will force remote workers to come back to the office.
Open AI CEO says Remote Work bad since he has power now
This baby boomer says GenZ should continue to fight for remote working
Business: Twitter
Twitter is suffering so much right now. Someone released the Super Mario Bros Movie onto it and that Avatar movie as well. They're going down in flames any minute.
Elon Musk says Blue subscriptions can be gifted by other users. The sneetches don't know what to do. Also, 50+% of the users have stayed with their blue checkmark.
The life and death of the blue checkmark. Sneetches get stitches is they have the star now.
People are flocking to this Twitter alternative. This is a lie, but they want it to.
Propaganda
Saudi Arabia begins executing tribal leaders who oppose megacity.
This article would have been lovely in the TTRPG section. Instead, this list of books is entirely for Neurodivergent and Queer kids.
The Supreme Court will look at a case that may upend a decision made in 1984. The judiciary may supercede the federal decision making process.
Seattle has potholes that go completely through, and into the air.
Evil Republicans make something up and attack poor little Biden over nothing! Congress is asking how an investigation was done, and suddenly the knives are out.
10 year old children worked past 2AM at McDonalds
CNBC anchor says that she was pressured to have sex with her CEO for years.
How GenZ changed its mind about gender.
Norway has already accepted electric vehicles, so should you
Propaganda: Immigration
Japan is in population decline. They must accept immigration
Biden to send 1500 troops to border
Propaganda: Schools
A Federal Judge says a school must allow a church of Satan club for after school activities.
A writer says the cost of college is cheap with student aid. He doesn't mention loans. Then he says schools should work on more aid.
Propaganda: Jan 6th Court Cases
The FBI arrested a former agent who said the entire thing was a travesty of justice. He will be put on trial and selling information soon.
Jury receives verdict on Proud Boys Jan 6th case. Most of them plead Guilty. The law being used against them was created right after the Civil War.
Oath Keepers ask for leniency
Propaganda: Tucker Carlson
He was fired for a text, supposedly
Fox sends cease and desist orders to stop videos of Tucker Carlson insulting people off camera.
Propaganda: Florida vs Disney
Florida passes bill to have safety inspections of monorails.
Florida passes bill defunding DEI
Some people are retiring in Alabama
A college professor quit his job dramatically since the college board began to revoke tenure to professors.
Disney is totally going to win their lawsuit against Florida.
Florida Board is counter suing Disney
DeSantis has election police
Propaganda: Russia attacked by Drones
US says they had nothing to do with drone attacks
US media claims Russia staged the drone attacks
Russian media announces more drones spotted in Moscow
Propaganda: Covid
The WHO declares the end to Covid
With Covid gone, all you can eat buffets are back.
Anti-vaccine activists ready to sue the pants off everyone.
Children in Nevada have medical problems that could be linked to Covid lockdown
Propaganda: Economy
Land ownership is stupid.
Baby Boomers don't have retirement savings. Remember all the boomers vs whatever? It turns out the economy has sucked for the last 20 years and destroyed the chances of Boomers retiring.
Peter Thiel doesn't like the Culture Wars and only wants economy stuff
A $1 Trillion coin could save the economy.
A bipartisan bill to stop lawmakers from owning stocks directly.
Bitcoin about to drop $450 Billion
Of course. Countless middle-managers (and above) are in crisis because they cannot get their fix power tripping and micromanaging their underlings.
AI won't destroy a good designer, but it will destroy the management class at work.