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Kraft Heinz net profits for the twelve months ending March 31, 2023 was $2.423B, a 97.8% increase from last year.

If prices go up, and profits go up, it’s price gouging, not inflation.

#pricegouging #notinflation

Have you ever had a teenage student who trusted you, told you ish they told no-one else? No? Then you have no business talking about what teachers should do in that circumstance.

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The Authors Guild's Open Letter to Generative AI Leaders calls on the CEOs of OpenAI, Alphabet, Meta, Stability AI, IBM, and Microsoft to obtain consent, credit, and fairly compensate writers for the use of copyrighted materials in training AI. #cosowriters #WritingCommunity https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/authors-guild-open-letter-to-generative-ai-leaders

If a system, when functioning as it has been designed to function, yields results that are racially biased, you have systemic racism. You may not want racist results but you're getting racist results, so to fix the outcome you will need to change the system.

@White_Rabbit

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#PayTheWriter #WGA #HarlanEllison

If you back Uncanny Magazine you can sign up for either a full manuscript critique for $300 or a gift basket from Korea for $100.

I charge a penny per word for a full manuscript edit. This is a steal. Go get it.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lynnemthomas/uncanny-magazine-year-10-a-decade-of-delightful-defiance

#LianaEdits
#AmEditing

Hitler did not operate the gas chambers himself. But he was responsible.
Bin Laden did not fly the planes himself. But he was responsible.
Trump did not storm the Capitol himself. But he was responsible.
Justice matters.

Authors do not need a publisher to have successful writing careers. We have plenty of indie authors making money off writing to prove that.

Publishers cannot survive without authors and editors. You can't replace creatives with AI. It's not going to work long term.

From Bobby LeFebre, Colorado's Poet Laureate.

If you’re a Democrat and you’re running for office – please have your Communications Director contact me. Body language/nonverbal skills are essential in campaigning, debating, and winning.

#streetart

Seems like @th3j35t3r worked hard overnight to protect us from some unsavory characters. Consider going PRO if you can and give back to the community. He’s got our backs.

“There's no urgent need for AI to write a novel," said Alexander Chee, the bestselling author of novels like Edinburgh and The Queen of the Night. "The only people who might need that are the people who object to paying writers what they're worth."

And that is the problem in a nutshell.

https://apple.news/ArFiFcW9lTDyfZao0gRqAUQ

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Regarding the #wga and sag-aftra strikes, and watching movies and streaming shows, this is Neil Gaiman’s take:

To All The New Folks.

Wellcome Home !

#CoSoTips

Lurking here on CoSo is a wonderful thing. If you are one who seldom posts, but enjoys reading, you are wanted and welcome. Posting is not required. You don't need to explain, nor in anyway feel less than, for lurking. In fact let's get rid of that word, and just say you are a reader.

All writers need readers. Reading is semi-miraculous act. And respect is due.

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"This tendency to elevate someone’s worth based upon the impression we have of them as hard workers can lead to some bad organizational outcomes. Someone in an office can be toiling away 50-60 hours each week but not actually producing work of more true value than someone working strategically and optimally for 30 or 40 hours."

https://racebannon.substack.com/p/is-working-hard-a-moral-signal