Good. The wages are dogshit despite things getting more expensive.
Nearly half of workers in Japan engage in ‘quiet quitting’
Some 45% of full-time employees are doing just the bare minimum at work, according to a survey by job-matching company Mynavi.
www.japantimes.co.jp
April 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Good. The wages are dogshit despite things getting more expensive.
I have started playing Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney and I like it. 😲 Still don't like Pokémon though.
April 27, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I have started playing Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney and I like it. 😲 Still don't like Pokémon though.
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Good to see they're really vetting these companies
A politically-connected cybersecurity business has been liquidated months after winning a lucrative Queensland government contract.
Cryptoloc Holdings won a $15m government contract — months later it was liquidated
A politically-connected cybersecurity business has been liquidated months after winning a lucrative Queensland government contract.
www.abc.net.au
April 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Good to see they're really vetting these companies
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Massive Blue is helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protesters.”
This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops
Massive Blue is helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protesters.”
wrd.cm
April 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Massive Blue is helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protesters.”
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The UK has announced a case of avian flu virus #H5N1 detected in a sheep (on a farm with infected birds). I think some of the significance of this (and the wider picture) is being missed in a lot of the reporting. So a short thread...
🧪 #IDsky
www.gov.uk/government/n...
🧪 #IDsky
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Influenza of avian origin confirmed in a sheep in Yorkshire
Influenza of avian origin (H5N1) has been confirmed in a single sheep in Yorkshire.
www.gov.uk
March 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The UK has announced a case of avian flu virus #H5N1 detected in a sheep (on a farm with infected birds). I think some of the significance of this (and the wider picture) is being missed in a lot of the reporting. So a short thread...
🧪 #IDsky
www.gov.uk/government/n...
🧪 #IDsky
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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This is an exceptional piece of writing by an anonymous barrister recently diagnosed with ADHD.
www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/adh...
www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/adh...
ADHD Barrister
Marking Neurodiversity Week 2025, an anonymous barrister shares the revelations and emotions from a mid-career diagnosis with a view to encouraging others to find out more
www.counselmagazine.co.uk
March 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
This is an exceptional piece of writing by an anonymous barrister recently diagnosed with ADHD.
www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/adh...
www.counselmagazine.co.uk/articles/adh...
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I was recently leaked a document that was written by and for think tank and DNC affiliated policy wonks and circulated in private chats. It describes in unsparing terms the threat Curtis Yarvin, Neoreactionary tech founders, and Elon Musk pose to democracy.
shatterzone.substack.com/p/democratic...
shatterzone.substack.com/p/democratic...
Democratic Insiders Are Sharing A Warning About Curtis Yarvin, Elon Musk & Neoreactionaries
DNC employees and think tank workers have compiled a document about the Neoreactionary threat to democracy
shatterzone.substack.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I was recently leaked a document that was written by and for think tank and DNC affiliated policy wonks and circulated in private chats. It describes in unsparing terms the threat Curtis Yarvin, Neoreactionary tech founders, and Elon Musk pose to democracy.
shatterzone.substack.com/p/democratic...
shatterzone.substack.com/p/democratic...
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Yeah I turned mine off immediately.
Hey folks if you got the most recent iOS update, it’s real simple to turn off Apple Intelligence (which has been toggled on by default in hopes you’ll just go with it)
Right there in settings you have “Apple Intelligence & Siri” with a toggle just for AI
Flip that switch babyyyy
Right there in settings you have “Apple Intelligence & Siri” with a toggle just for AI
Flip that switch babyyyy
February 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Yeah I turned mine off immediately.
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Look. You need to be masking in public right now. I don't care why or when you stopped. But right before the cdc was taken offline, even they were encouraging it. Covid never left, bird flu's about to pop off and when it does we won't know. Also, discourage surveillance.
Indiana is the latest to double down on banning masks … still parsing through the bill to understand exactly what this means for those who mask for their health & the health of others.
If you stopped masking, please start again. We must normalize them as a public health tool before it’s too late
If you stopped masking, please start again. We must normalize them as a public health tool before it’s too late
Indiana General Assembly
Website for Indiana's General Assembly
iga.in.gov
January 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Look. You need to be masking in public right now. I don't care why or when you stopped. But right before the cdc was taken offline, even they were encouraging it. Covid never left, bird flu's about to pop off and when it does we won't know. Also, discourage surveillance.
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This is a pre-print study, as Sen. Merkley noted, but still a huge deal, and this story is mostly about related peer-reviewed research on microplastics in human bodies. 🧪
Sen @jeff-merkley.bsky.social just asked EPA nominee Lee Zeldin about his thoughts on a study finding microplastics in the brain, which I broke for The New Lede / @theguardian.com.
Read it here.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Read it here.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Microplastics are infiltrating brain tissue, studies show: ‘There’s nowhere left untouched’
Twenty-four brain samples collected in early 2024 measured on average about 0.5% plastic by weight
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This is a pre-print study, as Sen. Merkley noted, but still a huge deal, and this story is mostly about related peer-reviewed research on microplastics in human bodies. 🧪
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🧪
91 days, 21 hours, 43 minutes.
That's how long it took Meta to delete a disgusting, vile post and, presumably, their profile.
They deleted my #SciComm post about Louis Pasteur on World Zoonosis Day in less than two hours.
#Meta purveyors and victims of #PeerPressure?
#VaccinesWork
91 days, 21 hours, 43 minutes.
That's how long it took Meta to delete a disgusting, vile post and, presumably, their profile.
They deleted my #SciComm post about Louis Pasteur on World Zoonosis Day in less than two hours.
#Meta purveyors and victims of #PeerPressure?
#VaccinesWork
![Screenshot of DM from Meta and myself after reporting an abusive, violent post containing racist/sexist/nazi (essentially all the horrid things).
Essentially, it is FB responding repeatedly, claiming the profile and post didn't break community standards (although it certainly did).
The report was made on the 17th of October 2024 - denied 17th Oct 2024 - denied again... eventually accepted this afternoon, 17th January 2025.
Compare that to Meta deleting my post by an [checks qualifications] actual animal scientist/veterinary microbiologist posting on World Zoonosis Day about vaccine-preventable diseases!
Furthermore, the site administrators, in my case, restored my post on three occasions until Meta overruled them, saying my post on public health violated community standards.
Seriously, what in the ever-living [insert all the expletives] is going on?!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:727fzighd5qfgtthoro67tmb/bafkreife34gjr3zzmas6nofds4zgqrad3rgfzil4x5sncvyiqjy5kd4uz4@jpeg)
January 17, 2025 at 5:44 AM
🧪
91 days, 21 hours, 43 minutes.
That's how long it took Meta to delete a disgusting, vile post and, presumably, their profile.
They deleted my #SciComm post about Louis Pasteur on World Zoonosis Day in less than two hours.
#Meta purveyors and victims of #PeerPressure?
#VaccinesWork
91 days, 21 hours, 43 minutes.
That's how long it took Meta to delete a disgusting, vile post and, presumably, their profile.
They deleted my #SciComm post about Louis Pasteur on World Zoonosis Day in less than two hours.
#Meta purveyors and victims of #PeerPressure?
#VaccinesWork
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🍷 Tackling Alcohol Harms in the UK
A national strategy is needed to address alcohol-related harms - now the leading preventable cause of cancer.
A 42% rise (2019 - 2023) in alcohol-related deaths highlights failures in both treatment & prevention.
🔗 doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
#SciComm #Health 🧪
A national strategy is needed to address alcohol-related harms - now the leading preventable cause of cancer.
A 42% rise (2019 - 2023) in alcohol-related deaths highlights failures in both treatment & prevention.
🔗 doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
#SciComm #Health 🧪
UK needs national strategy to tackle alcohol related harms
Sustained funding is needed for screening and care, but industry must also shoulder costs
Alcohol is widely available and drunk by around 80% of adults in the UK. No safe level of alcohol consumption...
doi.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:56 AM
🍷 Tackling Alcohol Harms in the UK
A national strategy is needed to address alcohol-related harms - now the leading preventable cause of cancer.
A 42% rise (2019 - 2023) in alcohol-related deaths highlights failures in both treatment & prevention.
🔗 doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
#SciComm #Health 🧪
A national strategy is needed to address alcohol-related harms - now the leading preventable cause of cancer.
A 42% rise (2019 - 2023) in alcohol-related deaths highlights failures in both treatment & prevention.
🔗 doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
#SciComm #Health 🧪
Here we go again.
🧪🛟💉🧬🖥️🩺🐓
“We're seeing signs that this virus is really moving into humans. There was an infection in a person in Louisiana, who apparently acquired the infection because he had a backyard flock of chickens that had become exposed to wild birds.”
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/bird-fl...
“We're seeing signs that this virus is really moving into humans. There was an infection in a person in Louisiana, who apparently acquired the infection because he had a backyard flock of chickens that had become exposed to wild birds.”
publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/bird-fl...
Bird Flu Is Raising Red Flags Among Health Officials | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Last week the Louisiana Department of Health announced the first U.S. death from H5N1. Samples taken from the individual suggest that the virus has begun to adapt to infect humans better.
publichealth.jhu.edu
January 17, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Here we go again.
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BREAKING: Merrick Garland has released volume one of the Jack Smith report
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Report-of-Special-Counsel-Smith-Volume-1-January-2025
www.documentcloud.org
January 14, 2025 at 5:45 AM
BREAKING: Merrick Garland has released volume one of the Jack Smith report
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
Dwindling population means not enough people to fill roles such as police and other emergency services. mainichi.jp/english/arti...
Japan convenience stores filling role as local safety refuges as police presence declines - The Mainichi
SAPPORO -- Japan's convenience stores are taking on tasks once handled by the dwindling number of local police boxes, instituting measures to respond
mainichi.jp
January 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Dwindling population means not enough people to fill roles such as police and other emergency services. mainichi.jp/english/arti...
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For SoCal friends,
Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.
For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.
For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
January 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
For SoCal friends,
Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.
For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
Here is a list of resources for shelter, animal boarding, free items, and distribution hubs. These places can also use donations (e.g., food, water, masks, and blankets). Please consider donating if you can.
For more info, visit Instagram: mutualaidla
If we can convince men this that would be great. makemenemotionalagain.substack.com/p/you-dont-h...
You don’t hate women and feminism. You hate capitalism.
Why so many men feel threatened today.
makemenemotionalagain.substack.com
January 9, 2025 at 3:56 AM
If we can convince men this that would be great. makemenemotionalagain.substack.com/p/you-dont-h...
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Look, goddamnit, we’ve poured millions into this slop and YOU WILL FIND IT COOL. Otherwise we’re going to have some super awkward shareholder meetings.
New: Days after Meta had to kill its AI-generated profiles due to backlash, some Instagram users are now being shown AI-generated images of themselves that are being automatically created by Instagram and put in their feeds
www.404media.co/instagram-be...
www.404media.co/instagram-be...
Instagram Begins Randomly Showing Users AI-Generated Images of Themselves
Meta AI put a Redditor into "an endless maze of mirrors" as part of a new AI feature it is testing.
www.404media.co
January 7, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Look, goddamnit, we’ve poured millions into this slop and YOU WILL FIND IT COOL. Otherwise we’re going to have some super awkward shareholder meetings.
Friends, can we stop with this? Can you please put something about yourself like your hobbies in your profiles? I can dig the message, but this tells me basically nothing about you. We can talk about this stuff on the date. You need to land the date first.
January 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Friends, can we stop with this? Can you please put something about yourself like your hobbies in your profiles? I can dig the message, but this tells me basically nothing about you. We can talk about this stuff on the date. You need to land the date first.
She's definitely someone's type. Not mine but there's definitely people out there for her.
January 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
She's definitely someone's type. Not mine but there's definitely people out there for her.
F this guy. I fully advocate bullying this man into a mental breakdown.
January 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
F this guy. I fully advocate bullying this man into a mental breakdown.
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From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan, what can two Sierra Leone developments a century apart tell us about urban elitism?
From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan, what can two Sierra Leone developments a century apart tell us about urban elitism?
Sherbro Island City’s vision of an elite urban development brings to mind some of the colonial thinking around the construction of Freetown’s Hill Station enclave a century ago.
dlvr.it
January 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
From a colonial hill town to Idris Elba’s island masterplan, what can two Sierra Leone developments a century apart tell us about urban elitism?
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Sanders pointed out a quiet, fundamental catch to Elon Musk’s argument: his business interests dramatically benefit from open access to inhumanely cheap labor.
Bernie Sanders Slams Elon Musk’s Greedy Motive for Backing Immigration
Elon Musk has come under fire from Donald Trump supporters for backing the H-1B visa program.
newrepublic.com
January 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Sanders pointed out a quiet, fundamental catch to Elon Musk’s argument: his business interests dramatically benefit from open access to inhumanely cheap labor.
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Thousands of miles from Washington, where the funeral of Jimmy Carter is set for next week, an Indian village named after the former US president fondly remembers his visit almost 50 years ago, paying tribute reut.rs/3WrWyS3
Indian village that changed its name to honour Jimmy Carter pays tribute
Thousands of miles from Washington, where the funeral of Jimmy Carter is set for next week, an Indian village named after the former U.S. president fondly remembers his visit almost 50 years ago, paying tribute.
reut.rs
January 3, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Thousands of miles from Washington, where the funeral of Jimmy Carter is set for next week, an Indian village named after the former US president fondly remembers his visit almost 50 years ago, paying tribute reut.rs/3WrWyS3