New Green Plenty article
No Plan for Utopia
But a better world is necessary
New Green Plenty article
The six pillars of human happiness
https://greenplenty.substack.com/p/the-six-pillars-of-human-happiness?sd=pf
If you're interested in the Green Plenty concept https://greenplenty.substack.com/p/the-case-for-green-plenty?s=w
I'm also over the defendants of these data vacuums saying "if we give you your information, then it becomes a potential security issue for the company"
No user asked you to monitor every fucking aspect of their online experience for the purpose of advertising - that was (and still is) a business decision. It's also the reason why companies like Microsoft and Facebook have ramped up their own data harvesting projects - in hopes of having something Google did. Apple managed to pull the rug by convincing people that "well if no one but us can read it, you should trust us too".
We shouldn't trust anything we can't publicly and transparently verify (and I swear if someone does the "security through obscurity" bullshit, I want you to stop thinking from the lens of a white cis man and think of those who don't have the privilege of obscurity in a landscape that does everything to highlight how "different" people are). I want literal effort into de-jargoning stupid legalese that aims to make it harder for people to know if Google will allow information to be used for explicit profit and not the benefit of those seeking information.
I need to quit this industry.
Every time some fkwit tells me that AI will write better code than I do.
It's not writing the code, that's maybe 10% of the job
The other 90% is understanding what people actually want and then making sure it's properly tested
Back in the early days they used to call just rewriting bad processes "paving the cow paths"
Nothing has changed
The current crop of AI blx will give you super fast cow paths
Good luck with that
RT @earthygirl011
You absolute fraud @Ed_Miliband You were smeared as an antisemite too, * and* you lost a GE. You know as well as we do this is factional warfare, against socialism. And now you're *using* antisemitism as a weapon. Shame on you, you coward
#ItWasAScam https://twitter.com/ITVNewsPolitics/status/1640644208116609024
Inflation caused by shrinking work force due to early retirement. Not the half a million EU workers who left due to Brexit. Nothing to do with Brexit. Brexit was a great success. #UKPolitics
RT @dtmooreeditor
yes, yes, "targeting," "cracking down," "stamping out," those well-known, very effective methods for stopping people being poor and homeless https://twitter.com/GMB/status/1640219591648456705
This sums up why capitalists shouldn't be in charge https://leasticoulddo.com/comic/20230327
Capitalism is about to implode https://open.substack.com/pub/annpettifor/p/a-sudden-paralysis-of-the-system?r=cfvq7&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
I'm crying with laughter here.
If you needed a demonstration of aristo entitlement ...
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RT @TheGrimm5
Senior royal spokesperson Lady Burlingham Smythe has informed Westminster that in event King Charles III dies before Queen Camilla her full royal title will become "Queen Camilla,Mother of the Nation". In recognition of her service to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
https://twitter.com/TheGrimm5/status/1639260392676270084
Francis. Old guy in the corner. Socialist, maybe even a (shock) Marxist. Can't stop writing. Musician. Coder for over 30 years.