On Iran and Russia fracturing the Internet: https://www.wired.com/story/russia-and-iran-plan-to-fundamentally-isolate-the-internet/ I Knew that they were planning local, national networks but I figured they would be on the order of Mainland China, where the government just heavily subsidizes local versions of popular websites and apps with a strong filter. I did not realize that they are getting down to the physical with attacks on the Internet. Truly sad for the Iranian and Russian peoples. #internet #freedom #iran #russia #information

Last toot would not allow for tags (again) #capitalism #latestagecapitalism #automation #classwarfare #davos

“Letting an ambiguous conception of ‘robots’ instead shoulder the blame lets the managerial class evade scrutiny for how it deploys automation, shuts down meaningful discussion about the actual contours of the phenomenon, and prevents us from challenging the march of this manifest robodestiny when it should be challenged.” https://gizmodo.com/robots-are-not-coming-for-your-job-management-is-1835127820

This seals the deal on Aung San Suu Kyi for me: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/06/aung-san-suu-kyi-finds-common-ground-with-viktor-orban-over-islam This is one of those times where you need to hold two facts in your head at once: she was once a great woman and is now a flagrant xenophobe (at best). #islamophobia #fascism #orbanviktor #aungsansuukyi

Being a horrible person and being rich are correlated: https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/opinion-why-do-rich-people-lie-cheat-and-steal-more-than-those-on-low-incomes-4647197-May2019/ But I have often wondered the direction of causality. Either way, there is certainly a feedback loop. #ethics #class #capitalism #evil #greed

A American contractor charged 4,000+% makrups to the military: https://theintercept.com/2019/05/28/ro-khanna-transdigm-refund-pentagon/ War is at best a racket. #capitalism #cronyism #war #thievery

In addition to clogging city streets, increasing pollution, and generally being a scam, rideshares have also made the world a slitely less accessible place: https://www.sfexaminer.com/the-city/report-uber-and-lyfts-rise-tanked-wheelchair-access-to-taxis/ The disabled should just lyft themselves uber by their bootstraps! #capitalism #scams #uber #lyft #disability #accessibility #latestagecapitalism

Maybe the 23% of Americans struggling to pay their basic necessities can eat the rich? https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/23/nearly-25-percent-of-americans-are-going-into-debt-trying-to-pay-for-necessities.html #capitalism #unitedstatesofamerica #poverty #hunger

The best take-down of Uber as a scam: https://jacobinmag.com/2019/05/uber-ipo-profitability-value-labor-costs #scams #uber #capitalism #jacobin

A pretty flagrant example of how gig economy nonsense is a total scam: https://www.jwz.org/blog/2019/05/the-uber-of-live-music/ #uber #gigeconomy #scams #capitalism

Cory Doctorow does a great breakdown of monopoly and its intersection with copyright: https://locusmag.com/2019/05/cory-doctorow-steering-with-the-windshield-wipers/ #copyright #monopoly #capitalism #scams #grifts #corydoctorow #locus

Breaking my rule of reading something before I post it because I really could not finish this: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/fashion/jack-dorsey-influencer.html Hard to know where to start with this lifestyle-guru/influencer anti-science nonsense. Ultimately, my take-away is that having too many resources (power, money, land, etc.) just makes you crazy. #twitter #jackdorsey #bs #siliconvalley #scams

@AirRation Exactly. Why would someone 1.) work 70 hours a week filled up with a mix of proper work and gigging or 2.) do some gig economy scam instead of a real job with benefits and a predictable, fair wage? The only answer for either scenario is desperation.

@AirRation And this is supposed to be a *good* thing! Truly shocking. There are some gig co-operatives like Cooperative Cleaning of New York or Kootenay Carshare Cooperative (since 2001!) so there is nothing stopping humane individuals from using these services to *actually* make industries work for everyone. We need to decouple the technology and its advantages from the rapacious scams that profit off of them.

In a shock to no one, Uber is trying to crush public transit: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/25/tech/uber-public-transportation/index.html This is obviously bad for democracy and the entire gig economy is a big grift that will take away the basic social safety net, infrastructure, and job security in an attempt to pit labor against labor and concentrate wealth in a huge surveillance network. It can die in a fire. #uber #publictransit #scams #democracy

Amazon continues to perfect Taylorism with a firing algorithm: https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/25/18516004/amazon-warehouse-fulfillment-centers-productivity-firing-terminations What will happen as we treat humans like robots and think of the workplace as purely a venue for extracting as much value as possible to make the rich richer? #taylorism #labor #amazon

In a shock to no one, Pepsi threatens some small farms in India for growing a variety of potato they claim to own: https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/25/business/pepsico-india-potato-farmer-lawsuit/index.html Intellectual property over organisms is sick. This is a good incentive to boycott Pepsi and all their brands (I have already been boycotting Coca-Cola for several years since they tried to murder Colombian labor leaders). #boycott #pepsi #intellectualproperty #india #potatoes #bullying #litigiousness

Navy brass tried to silence SEALs who wanted an investigation into war crimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/23/us/navy-seals-crimes-of-war.html I wish I were shocked. #war #corruption #warcrimes #silence

Ralph Nader makes me believe in America: https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/521/the-great-work #ralphnader #corporatism #democracy

@th3j35t3r Baller. Looks like we are live again, too. Thanks.