A real DOGE: Fire every McKinsey consultant in the federal government
by #MattStoller
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/cutting-government-is-easy-if-you
I was sad I couldn't find anywhere to stream original Muppet Shows, untiiiil....
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIowcfngiKI6w1feV2MAIVO8J5RxKV3Tb
What a treasure trove!!
LEGO MINDSTORMS was discontinued. End of story, right? Well, not so fast. We can fix this together. And you can help!
https://pybricks.com/project/saving-lego-mindstorms/
Instead of chasing the latest gadgets and trends, let's see what we can do with the hundreds of thousands of excellent robots that are already out there. Saving the planet, one programmable brick at a time.
ICYMI:
Following an earlier threat, Gaie Delap is going back to prison as there is no tag that can be used to enforce her non-custodial sentence as a Just Stop Oil protestor.
As has been pointed out already, this is the result of the firm that provides the tags being unable to comply with their legal obligation to provide the means by which she can be monitored:
Result Gaie Delap will spend Christmas in prison.... because profits come before her rights!
Spotify is a creepy, and grossly unethical, platform at this point. it rips off musicians and rewards huge companies -- and itself. Apparently what it's doing is legal, however.
This is great reporting, from a new book by Liz Pelly. A compelling read.
https://harpers.org/archive/2025/01/the-ghosts-in-the-machine-liz-pelly-spotify-musicians/
This is important: another mortgage crisis is emerging, this time mostly in commercial/office estates. Wondered where all the back-to-office nonsense is coming from? It's the landlords—companies that are up to their armpits in subprime offices are trying to fill them. Same with "AI is coming for your jobs", it's to force the serfs back to the office (ideally for less money).
https://atomicpoet.org/objects/9a15e9b7-f0e6-4c79-8743-6b61083c6462
It’s been commonly known for years that Spotify is using “ghost artists” to minimize royalty pay outs to actual working musicians.
Few people care, but it’s worth mentioning anyway because this one company has done more damage to music than Napster ever allegedly did.
https://exclaim.ca/music/article/spotify-is-filling-playlists-with-ghost-artists-new-report-claims
Possible measles exposure at Pearson airport on Dec. 8, Toronto Public Health warns
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/tph-possible-measles-exposure-pearson-airport-1.7416690?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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A lesson for anyone considering a career in being a class traitor.
https://nypost.com/2024/12/11/us-news/who-gets-the-60k-reward-in-search-for-unitedhealthcare-ceos-killer/
"When asked if CBC would stop its employees from using tools such as ChatGPT as a result of the lawsuit, a spokesperson for the Crown corporation declined to answer and referred to the statement from the journalistic outlets."
N.B. This line is from a CBC article.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/openai-canadian-lawsuit-1.7396940