Goldgrave
@goldgrave.bsky.social
Leatherworker, software tester, seeking wisdom and compassion in a kinda fucked up world.
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Morale at paypros call centers is in the toilet right now. It’s not just normal Black Friday stress, they’re being pounded. Corporate is pressuring bosses to end the paypros call campaigns. Source familiar w/ internals at MC stressed that folks should stand their ground but be kind to agents (1)
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Morale at paypros call centers is in the toilet right now. It’s not just normal Black Friday stress, they’re being pounded. Corporate is pressuring bosses to end the paypros call campaigns. Source familiar w/ internals at MC stressed that folks should stand their ground but be kind to agents (1)
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The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
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Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities.
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Starbucks workers' union escalates strike on Black Friday
() -The Starbucks workers' union said on Friday it is escalating an indefinite strike to more than 120 stores and 85 cities, demanding higher pay and staffing levels at the coffee chain. The walkout,...
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November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities.
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
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Part of the 30% cut that Valve takes is the implicit agreement that they'll protect developers from the hassle of dealing with individual payment providers, and if they're not actually willing to go to bat for us, why are we paying them so much again
Saw someone cite the Collective Shout thing and payment processors in regards to the Horse situation and say "Valve can't fight them by itself", and I think we maybe shouldn't be defending multi-billion dollar companies for arbitrary takedowns of artistic works and acting like they're the little guy
November 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Part of the 30% cut that Valve takes is the implicit agreement that they'll protect developers from the hassle of dealing with individual payment providers, and if they're not actually willing to go to bat for us, why are we paying them so much again
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Backlash surrounding Metroid Prime 4’s chatty supporting cast has inadvertently bled into one gamer’s relationship.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Backlash surrounding Metroid Prime 4’s chatty supporting cast has inadvertently bled into one gamer’s relationship.
paletteswap.site/dif...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
In writing news, the nanofiction one-off I wrote about a gender-bent, militant Christ has suddenly caromed right back into my forebrain and has upset the balance of my STALKER/Roadside Picnic homeworld.
Sometimes, my brain is fun and I appreciate what it does.
Sometimes, my brain is fun and I appreciate what it does.
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
In writing news, the nanofiction one-off I wrote about a gender-bent, militant Christ has suddenly caromed right back into my forebrain and has upset the balance of my STALKER/Roadside Picnic homeworld.
Sometimes, my brain is fun and I appreciate what it does.
Sometimes, my brain is fun and I appreciate what it does.
Holy Shit, read this short scifi story.
Bone-eater Earth was in @unchartedmag.bsky.social.
If we don’t get our act together, Mother Earth is gonna make some big decisions for us. So, hey, maybe we consider degrowth, instead?
CW: amputation, rude language, techbros
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/bone...
If we don’t get our act together, Mother Earth is gonna make some big decisions for us. So, hey, maybe we consider degrowth, instead?
CW: amputation, rude language, techbros
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/bone...
Bone-Eater Earth - Uncharted
I lose my finger during the private flight back from Japan. It isn’t the whole finger, of course, just the bone. When I drugged myself into oblivion at the start of the flight, it was totally fine. Wh...
www.unchartedmag.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Holy Shit, read this short scifi story.
I have never needed to get in contact with Salvatore Gannaci more than I do today.
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I have never needed to get in contact with Salvatore Gannaci more than I do today.
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This is the correct take. Whoever is refusing to comply with fascism from inside the Coast Guard, thank you.
To everyone holding the line for democracy from within the government, the American people thank you.
To everyone holding the line for democracy from within the government, the American people thank you.
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This is the correct take. Whoever is refusing to comply with fascism from inside the Coast Guard, thank you.
To everyone holding the line for democracy from within the government, the American people thank you.
To everyone holding the line for democracy from within the government, the American people thank you.
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Furries, do NOT buy this game if it is using any of that generative ai BS. Even if it is "just a little". This is how they slowly add it in and make it more accepted, and they WANT that. THAT is their plan.
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Furries, do NOT buy this game if it is using any of that generative ai BS. Even if it is "just a little". This is how they slowly add it in and make it more accepted, and they WANT that. THAT is their plan.
We already did this song and dance about Palestine, friend.
Goofy_Ill_do_it_again_meme.png
If you want to fuck around with a transphobic candidate, don't complain when you find out *again* that some Democrats have a fucking backbone.
Goofy_Ill_do_it_again_meme.png
If you want to fuck around with a transphobic candidate, don't complain when you find out *again* that some Democrats have a fucking backbone.
If he ends up being the Democrat on the presidential ticket in 2028, you would rather vote republican or not vote at all because of this issue?? That’s the million dollar question. Not the hill I would die on and def not worth losing an election over!
November 20, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We already did this song and dance about Palestine, friend.
Goofy_Ill_do_it_again_meme.png
If you want to fuck around with a transphobic candidate, don't complain when you find out *again* that some Democrats have a fucking backbone.
Goofy_Ill_do_it_again_meme.png
If you want to fuck around with a transphobic candidate, don't complain when you find out *again* that some Democrats have a fucking backbone.
Gonna tell my kids this is the core tenet of Buddhism.
cure yourself of being ruled by fomo
November 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Gonna tell my kids this is the core tenet of Buddhism.
I find myself hitting a very particular boundary for my Writing Project. How much do I want to give away? How can I hook my players with a world's themes but not go into too much detail?
It's a fine line.
It's a fine line.
November 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I find myself hitting a very particular boundary for my Writing Project. How much do I want to give away? How can I hook my players with a world's themes but not go into too much detail?
It's a fine line.
It's a fine line.
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I came across this and I intend reposting it frequently.
November 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I came across this and I intend reposting it frequently.
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I cannot overemphasize that Marjorie Taylor Greene, Carlson, and Fuentes see a 2028 path to victory that involves building an isolationist populist coalition that traffics heavily in antisemitism and exploits existing negative sentiment against Israel.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I cannot overemphasize that Marjorie Taylor Greene, Carlson, and Fuentes see a 2028 path to victory that involves building an isolationist populist coalition that traffics heavily in antisemitism and exploits existing negative sentiment against Israel.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
We have to be SHARP on the left right now.
Spreading the good word - get your money!
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Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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November 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Spreading the good word - get your money!
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The fact that paypros are actually factually explicitly out for Ana for her activism is *INSANE*
Institutions that hold up the entire payment system shouldn't have the power to do this
Institutions that hold up the entire payment system shouldn't have the power to do this
Spoke to a second source familiar with what’s going on with paypro censorship toward me. It seems I’ve been blacklisted among paypros as a creator, particularly for mommy domme content. This could escalate into debanking, I learned
November 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The fact that paypros are actually factually explicitly out for Ana for her activism is *INSANE*
Institutions that hold up the entire payment system shouldn't have the power to do this
Institutions that hold up the entire payment system shouldn't have the power to do this
When I am at work, I cannot write but want to. When I am at home, I can think of nothing to write despite having the time.
Why am I like this? What is the way forward? Why am I driven to create and then when I look at the blank page all my brain can summon up is fart.wav?
Why am I like this? What is the way forward? Why am I driven to create and then when I look at the blank page all my brain can summon up is fart.wav?
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
When I am at work, I cannot write but want to. When I am at home, I can think of nothing to write despite having the time.
Why am I like this? What is the way forward? Why am I driven to create and then when I look at the blank page all my brain can summon up is fart.wav?
Why am I like this? What is the way forward? Why am I driven to create and then when I look at the blank page all my brain can summon up is fart.wav?
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Now, more than ever, besties.
November 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Now, more than ever, besties.
"Classical Money"?
Like... serfdom? Indentured servitude? Massive estates owned by moneyed elite upon which we labor and are "paid" in "getting to live there and whatever is leftover you can eat i guess idc"?
Like... serfdom? Indentured servitude? Massive estates owned by moneyed elite upon which we labor and are "paid" in "getting to live there and whatever is leftover you can eat i guess idc"?
check out the Forbes cope for the death of the middle class
Capitalism is already dead. Millions of Americans have no material stake in its success, and are only used by it. Tick Tock. Tick Tock.
Capitalism is already dead. Millions of Americans have no material stake in its success, and are only used by it. Tick Tock. Tick Tock.
November 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"Classical Money"?
Like... serfdom? Indentured servitude? Massive estates owned by moneyed elite upon which we labor and are "paid" in "getting to live there and whatever is leftover you can eat i guess idc"?
Like... serfdom? Indentured servitude? Massive estates owned by moneyed elite upon which we labor and are "paid" in "getting to live there and whatever is leftover you can eat i guess idc"?
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Social media de-imagined.
cyberspace.online
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
Writing Project has me conducting a kind of archaeology on older games. Games I played, games I didn't play, games I played but left and then they kept evolving.
I don't have everything, but the snapshots I do have show a fascinating evolutionary process.
I don't have everything, but the snapshots I do have show a fascinating evolutionary process.
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Writing Project has me conducting a kind of archaeology on older games. Games I played, games I didn't play, games I played but left and then they kept evolving.
I don't have everything, but the snapshots I do have show a fascinating evolutionary process.
I don't have everything, but the snapshots I do have show a fascinating evolutionary process.