KrisztinaStar

Can AI actually lead to a heavier workload? More than 30% of corporate employees in a new survey said AI has increased their workload, nearly double the percentage of employees reporting a workload decrease.

Dude ... maybe the #AI is crappy?!!?!! Not inadequate training, my goodness ...

“The signs of #AIfatigue look a lot like burnout because it’s rooted in overwhelm,” Toothacre said. “In a lot of cases, it comes down to inadequate training ... ”

www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2026/fe...

The Postal Service will run out of cash within a year, Postmaster General warns: 'We have to have a conversation with the American public' | Fortune “How long are employees going to work and vendors going to show up if we're not paying them?" David Steiner said.

“unless Congress lifts a decades-old cap and allows the agency to borrow more money” - BORROW? Just fund it like the military!

#USPS will run out of cash within a year, #PostmasterGeneral warns: ‘We have to have a conversation with the American public’
fortune.com/2026/03/06/p...

Olympian Alysa Liu has also inspired fans off the ice — in the hair salon The gold medal-winning figure skater came to the Milano Cortina winter games with a distinctive "raccoon" hairstyle — alternating rings of dark and light hair. Now, fans are following her lead.

#HaloHair cool!!!!!!

Olympian #AlysaLiu has also inspired fans off the ice — in the #hair salon: www.npr.org/2026/03/06/n...

Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester A court record reviewed by 404 Media shows privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail handed over payment data related to a Stop Cop City email account to the Swiss government, which handed it to the ...

#DefendtheAtlantaForest ( #DTAF ) #StopCopCity #ProtonMail payment information provided to the FBI 👀

www.404media.co/proton-mail-...

Noem Can’t Explain Why She Hired 8-Day-Old Company for Ad Campaign Kristi Noem struggled to defend hiring a company linked to a political operative.

WTF “subcontractors are not required to be made public in federal contracting databases, effectively allowing the whopping taxpayer sum to vanish”

Noem Can’t Explain Why She Hired 8-Day-Old Company for Ad Campaign: newrepublic.com/post/207381/...

Heads up if you've purchased frozen fried rice at TJs or Kroger stores:

Meta Ray-Bans send 'sensitive' videos to human data annotators A new report says that video feeds from Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses are sent for review by human data annotators...

Meta’s #RayBan #smartglasses #AI = humans in Kenya!!!

“footage is sent to human data annotators whose job it is to manually identify objects seen in these clips.”

9to5mac.com/2026/03/03/m...

Dubai Turned Off Its Stock Market. Nobody Can Turn Off Bitcoin - DailyCoinPost When missiles hit the Gulf and Dubai shut its stock exchange, Bitcoin kept trading. Here's why that matters more than any price chart right now.

#Dubai Turned Off Its Stock Market. Nobody Can Turn Off #Bitcoin:

dailycoinpost.com/dubai-closed...

KPMG-Audited Companies are Trading Strangely on Polymarket Disclaimer: I’m not saying anything nefarious is occurring (remember this!).

👀

#KPMG -Audited Companies are Trading Strangely on #Polymarket: eventwaves.substack.com/p/kpmg-audit...

This is not democracy! “The bill was rushed through the Kansas Legislature in January using a "gut and go" procedure that bypassed nearly all public input on its key provisions.”

One person dead in avalanche near Joffre Lakes Park in B.C.'s Sea-to-Sky region | CBC News RCMP say the individual was skiing near the Anniversary Glacier. A search-and-rescue team have located the deceased and the recovery is ongoing.

RIP

One person dead in #avalanche near #JoffreLakesPark in B.C.'s Sea-to-Sky region; 4th avalanche death of season in B.C., third recorded in the last week: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

PREACH! "Passively allowing the system to operate without a peep is compliance." #Privacy #FacialRecognition

Is there any point in resisting face scanning? Yep. And you should: www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...

Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

“53 pages of interview documents and notes missing from the public #Epstein database.”
www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

Reading Is Sexier Than a Six-Pack: Why Bookworms Get More Dates Step aside, gym rats and world travelers—bookworms are stepping up to steal the spotlight in the dating world.

READERS REJOICE!!!!

"24% of people instantly swipe right on dating profiles that show someone reading. What’s more, 75% prefer a well-read partner over a physically attractive one."

#Reading Is Sexier Than a Six-Pack: Why Bookworms Get More Dates:
www.vice.com/en/article/r...

Rescuers work to save harbor seal shot in face Wildlife rehabilitators are working to save a harbor seal found shot in the face at Hood Canal.

POOR PUP!!!!!

Rescuers work to save #HarborSeal shot in face; Wildlife rehabilitators are working to save a harbor seal found shot in the face at #HoodCanal.

www.king5.com/article/news...

Tap-to-pay options expanding for Puget Sound commuters using light rail, buses The new tap-to-pay options, which begin Monday, will let riders use their debit or credit card or phone wallet on ORCA card readers to pay fares.

FINALLY!!!!

Tap-to-pay options expanding for Puget Sound commuters using light rail, buses; The new tap-to-pay options, which begin Monday, will let riders use their debit or credit card or phone wallet on ORCA card readers to pay fares:
www.king5.com/article/news...

My “con” vote IS LEGITIMATE!

The best part is the survey after “how did we do” 😂

Forget Craigslist scams. The Bay Area has a more sinister rental problem. AI in large apartment complexes has become "pretty close to ubiquitous."

Can confirm, this happened to me twice on my recent apartment hunt: stood up by “AI” scheduling that doesnt actually tell the leasing agents when people are coming ti tour!

www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

Grandson of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup inventor accuses Hershey of "quietly replacing" ingredients Brad Reese claims Hershey is cutting costs by relying on cheaper ingredients, risking the Reese's brand.

#Enshittifaction of #Reeses 😭😭😭

Grandson of Reese's Peanut Butter Cup inventor accuses Hershey of "quietly replacing" ingredients: www.cbsnews.com/news/hershey...

RIP

"I wasn’t close enough to death for her to intervene and perform a D&C procedure to terminate my pregnancy. It didn’t matter that the Iowa abortion ban does have an exception allowing for an abortion if your baby has a fatal fetal anomaly."

#AbortionIsHealthare

Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

If u haven’t watched Stephen Colbert’s ‘banned’ interview with Texas Dem Senator contender James Talarico- pls do. He calls out hypocritical Repubs - “ there is nothing Christian about Christian Nationalism!”. Sorry Russ Vought & Mike Johnson. Watch: youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A

The latest coordinated attack on women's rights #AbortionIsHealthcare #mifepristone

"a coordinated strategy ... to establish a state sanctioned culture of fear"

Anti-Abortion Effort Pushes States for Wastewater Restrictions:

'It's overwhelming': Plastic from 1960s Canada washes up on Orkney's Sanday One litter picker says he has seen a huge increase in the amount of plastic washing up on Sanday this year.

#RetroRubbish

'It's overwhelming': Plastic from 1960s Canada washes up on #Orkney beach: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Girl injured in chairlift mishap clinging to life in hospital, police say | CBC News A 13-year-old girl who was seriously injured in a chairlift mishap during a school trip to a western Quebec ski hill is clinging to life in hospital, according to local police.

HORRIFYING

Girl injured in chairlift mishap clinging to life in hospital, police say; 13-year-old was on school trip at Centre Vorlage when her clothing became tangled in ski lift: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Growing evidence points to link between autism and wildfire smoke Two new studies have identified an alarming connection between exposure to wildfire smoke during pregnancy and autism in young children.

Growing evidence points to link between #autism and #wildfiresmoke; Two new studies have identified an alarming connection between exposure to wildfire smoke during pregnancy and autism in young children.

grist.org/health/growi...

Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel Discord is "experimenting" with an age authentication vendor whose major investors include Thiel's Founders Fund.

the partnership with #Persona has compounded concerns about privacy due to the company's investors.

www.pcgamer.com/software/pla...

Florida pickleball brawl involving up to 20 people results in paddles to the face and felony charges Anthony Sapienza, 63, and his wife Julianne Sapienza, 51, were arrested after multiple people sustained injuries, including a 70-year-old man.

paddles to the face!!!

Florida #pickleball brawl involving up to 20 people results in paddles to the face and felony charges: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s honey-trap targeting Elon Musk through his brother | Fortune New documents released by the Justice Department reveal Epstein pairing at least one of his “girls” with Kimbal Musk, as a path to get to Elon Musk.

‘I gave another girl to #Kimbal’: Inside Jeffrey #Epstein ’s honey-trap plan targeting #ElonMusk through his brother: fortune.com/2026/02/13/k...