anyone in this situation is not 'economically inactive', but rather has a crucial role within capitalism, which is to be objectified in a specific way that maintains profitability. being a full human being in spite of this objectification, free from guilt as far as possible, is part of resistance
Vast swathes of news media simultaneously believes it is vital to democracy, and yet does not control, or bear any responsibility, for the spread of information and narratives.
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"Have you tried not being disabled" Fuck labour
Please keep reposting the ice cream monster cake. I would like to see it every day for the rest of my life
Alt text: a woodblock style illustration of a dragon in black ink on a white background. The dragon has been shot with an arrow, and is breathing fire.
Oh no 🙁
Yet another of these articles that completely fails to mention Long Covid. It does tantalisingly refer to numbers not dropping to pre-pandemic levels but doesn't ask why. We don't just need to support people to return to work, we need to stop them getting sick! www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Data dashes hopes that effects of pandemic would subside and labour market would return to pre-Covid state
fortunately they also have the reverse effect as when you walk into a room wearing meta's smart glasses everyone will immediately learn everything they need to know about you
New from 404 Media: someone put facial recognition on Meta's smart glasses to instantly dox strangers. You look at them, sends face to a facial recognition tool. LLM infers name, sends to people site. Gets phone number, address. I've seen it in action www.404media.co/someone-put-...
The technology, which marries Meta’s smart Ray Ban glasses with the facial recognition service Pimeyes and some other tools, lets someone automatically go from face, to name, to phone number, and home...