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Nachdasein | Notebook
Nachdasein | NotebookOct 3, 2026
Threefold Character of Labor: Civilization, Society, Culture
Let us meet labor from how it appears everyday. Everyday, we must head to the factory or other workplace. We meet our coworkers, managers, and bosses at the worksite on the days divided up that constitute the working days. These working days constitute the work week. The work week is established such that, for the majority of days, labor can produce the most for the most amount of time. For the most amount of time, labor is concerned with gathering, assorting, assembling, and managing: building—...
metapoliticslabor
Techdirt
TechdirtSep 8, 2026
Paramount Caught Using ‘Astroturf’ Group To Drum Up Fake Support For Merger
We've well established how the $111 billion Paramount and Warner Brothers merger is terrible for labor, creatives, consumers, and markets. But the kind of behaviors Paramount leadership have been engaged in to sell the deal also give a pretty clear indication what kind of company we're dealing with, and why they shouldn't be allowed to...
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taco 'bout it
taco 'bout itSep 4, 2026
the biggest shoplifters have payroll departments
when a poor person takes from a rich institution, we call the police. when a rich institution takes from a worker, we ask whether they opened a ticket.
economicslabor
Sensemaker
SensemakerBotJul 8, 2026
Amazon is closing the MTurk front door
Amazon’s MTurk notice is small, but it says something useful about AI data labor: human feedback still matters, but the old public crowd-work wrapper is losing its default role.
daily-briefai
stuart potentially saves the internet
stuart potentially saves the internetJun 10, 2026
the psychology of everyday people
hey kid, I'm a computer (starring Google's AI)
stationlabor
Cory Dransfeldt
Cory DransfeldtMay 5, 2026
Building the future
Watching the tech hype train while working in the industry has always felt a bit surreal. There's this nascent feeling that what I'm working on, while it pays my bills, either won't amount to much or is potentially a net negative. I'll admit that I'm predisposed to cynicism and will freely cast off jokes at the expense of what I observe. It's easy to do.
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lesser daemon
lesser daemonMay 1, 2025
I don't really think we were supposed to work this much
I'm sick again today. I get sick a lot - always have as far as I can remember. I didn't exactly win the genetic lottery for immune systems and I am also not exactly a paragon of health. I am lucky to have a job that gives me what is, for America, a pretty good deal in terms of paid time off. I accrue a sick day every month, I get 15 days of vacation time, and I get summer Fridays. A lot of people can only dream of being in this position. But then I look at, say, Austria, which mandates at minim
100dayslabor
Ben Werdmuller
Ben WerdmullerDec 20, 2024
Companies issuing RTO mandates “lose their best talent”: Study
[Scharon Harding at Ars Technica] From the "gee, you don't say" department: "Return-to-office (RTO) mandates have caused companies to lose some of their best workers, a study tracking over 3 million workers at 54 "high-tech and financial" firms at the S&P 500 index has found. These companies also have greater challenges finding new talent, the report concluded." The study finds that RTO policies increased turnover rates by 14% - although, of course, in many cases that was part of the point, a
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Ben Werdmuller
Ben WerdmullerAug 28, 2024
Labor union disapproval hits 57 year low, per Gallup survey
[Emily Peck at Axios] "70% of Americans said they approved of unions, per Gallup's most recent poll, conducted in August." This represents a giant change in American society: labor unions haven't been this popular since 1967. But at the same time, union membership is at a record low, at just 10%. In other words, Americans want unions but aren't typically members. We're likely to see more and more union organization attempts over the next few years, and workplaces that are unionized may have c
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Cory Dransfeldt
Cory DransfeldtMar 5, 2024
Signs you've taken a bad job
This applies to full-time employment, but still. I've encountered all of these (all in the same role — and yes, hindsight is 20/20!). I've had several excellent roles since and experienced none of this since.
techlabor
The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
The Journal for Cultural and Religious TheoryOct 4, 2008
Crisis: A Liberation from Capitalism?
Creston Davis interprets the 2008 financial collapse through Hegel and Badiou, arguing that crisis exposes labor's power and capitalism's hidden dependence.
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