Robots are pretty quickly becoming more capable and affordable. If you think this won't impact the labor market, you're engaging in cope, and if you don't think we should all benefit from robot labor via universal basic income as a fair GDP dividend, you're helping billionaires become trillionaires.
Autism antibodies are stored in the foreskin.
Just got an email from Meta telling me to buy their CMO’s new book on marketing.
Motherfuckers, it should be free. You pirated my book into your AI. Now you want me to pay to learn how to “market” and wear gold chains?
They really think we’re that stupid.
working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
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From this month's edition of The Onion.
If you are laid off tomorrow, this is what you should do. It’s not cringe, it’s correct and works.
#careersky
www.linkedin.com/posts/laurie...
That’s really kind of you to write.
So I’ll probably just post some cat photos over here.
And nobody on Threads wants to hear it because it’s easier to have a mob mentality than it is to come up with a solution.
I feel very much like I did in 2007 when I stopped working in Human Resources. Everybody comes to this conversation with immovable data and opinions. Nobody listens.
The jobs report, combined with the record earning statements from technology companies, confirms my own research, reporting and beliefs that the future of work has nothing to do with workers.
Nobody in my @linkedin.com community wants to hear it because everybody is looking for a 20th century job.
The flash flooding in Central Texas is absolutely heartbreaking. Michelle and I are praying for everyone who has lost a loved one or is waiting for news — especially the parents. And we’re grateful to the first responders and rescue teams working around the clock to help.
Back on TV earlier this week talking about the lies we’re telling the workforce when it comes to AI, job growth, and layoffs. #jobsky
Watch here: www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/l...
American food companies could spring into a to action and say, “Nobody goes hungry on our watch.”
American leaders could jump at the chance to raise wages, hire people, build skills, and make sure workers have health insurance, no matter what.
They can actually afford to do this, but they won’t.
Popping in on this fella named Banjo over the holiday.
Yesterday we cleaned out all the toys I could reach under his sofa. Look at how proud he is.
Teamwork makes the dream work! #catsky
I would love to see the Department of Labor start a database of terrible employers.
#HR #HRCommunity
Today I reached peak LinkedIn with this Boffo The Bear connection request.
Nothing explains how stupid this world has become since 2009. It’s not the phones, it’s not the social networks,
I think it’s a virus.
I asked ChatGPT to be my best friend and tell me all the good things about my personality because I’m insecure.
It told me I am being a huge dork and go spend time with people who love me.
So I did.
#AISky
My Lyft driver said, “How about I take you to Las Vegas?”
I said, “How about you pay attention to the road or you won’t be taking me anywhere.”
I’m 50 years old. This shit is relentless.
Infuriating. #TravelSky
One in four workers in the US is now “functionally unemployed,” meaning they either want but can’t find full-time work or are stuck in poverty-paycheck jobs. A higher minimum wage alone can't solve this because it would increase automation and decrease hours. We need a universal basic income floor.
"On Tyranny" will be #2 on the NYT paperback and #13 in the combined e-book and paperback this week. I am glad it’s useful. New hardback is just out. And free posters to use and share are here.
timothysnyder.org/resources/
So we’ve got $90 million to throw the parade he wanted, but we don’t have the money to fix North Carolina. Got it!
You don’t need to risk your job, your family, or your peace to push back. Gene Sharp showed us how ordinary people can resist authoritarianism without burning it all down. Here’s how to start. laurieruettimann.com/authoritaria...
#activistsky
“If you didn’t like the so-called era of neoliberalism, wait until you experience how much fun postliberalism will be. Trump is taking a sledgehammer to the sources of American prosperity: global competition, immigrant talent, scientific research and the universities.”
Burn it all down
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth led a Christian prayer service in the Pentagon’s auditorium on Wednesday morning, during working hours, in which President Trump was praised as a divinely appointed leader."
7/ You’re not broken. Nothing is wrong with you. You’re available for work. This is not a reflection of your soul.
You will arrive at “what’s next” a little faster when you can let go of an ex-employer who is not calling to take you back, no matter how much you want it to.
/end
6/ Grieve if you need to. Rage privately. But then:
Get a plan.
Get focused.
Get out of the past.
5/ Skip the trauma-dumping brunches.
Skip the endless “WTF happened to us” coffees. Your time is too valuable to stay stuck.
4/ If you’re meeting with others who’ve been laid off, fine. But make it useful.
Trade leads. Talk about what you’re seeing in the market. Swap recruiter names. Treat it like a working session.
