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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>🚨<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechWeenie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWeenie</span></a> Alert</p><p>“I expected at least a few people to leave the walk-up line immediately, but the only ones who did were two families of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> owners who went back to order from within their cars. </p><p>Even if the app didn’t work for them, they would still get their <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> faster. The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/hierarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hierarchy</span></a> was clear: things were broken for everyone, but owners of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> products had to suffer slightly less.”</p><p>USA is broken. 🤣😂☺️</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Food</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/automation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>automation</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/dining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dining</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/26/elon-musk-tesla-diner-hollywood" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">ul/26/elon-musk-tesla-diner-hollywood</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“AI is cutting a swath across a number of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CreativeIndustries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeIndustries</span></a> — with AI-generated <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BookCovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookCovers</span></a>, the Chicago Sun-Times publishing an <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AIGenerated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIGenerated</span></a> list of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> that *don’t exist*, and AI-generated stories at CNET under real authors’ bylines. </p><p>The music industry is no exception. But while many of these fields are mired in questions about whether <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AIModels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIModels</span></a> are illegally <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/trained" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trained</span></a> on pirated <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a>, the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MusicIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MusicIndustry</span></a> is coming at the issue from a position of unusual strength: the benefits of years of case law backing <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> protections, a regimented <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/licensing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>licensing</span></a> system, and a handful of powerful companies that control the industry. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/RecordLabels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RecordLabels</span></a> have chosen to fight several AI companies on copyright law, and they have a strong hand to play.”</p><p>Note the use of the word DATA. Music isn’t data, it is if you are a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechWeenie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWeenie</span></a> wanting to strip mine artistic music for profit.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arts</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/musicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>musicians</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/artists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artists</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/StripMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StripMining</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/695290/suno-udio-ai-music-legal-copyright-riaa" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/ai-artificial-int</span><span class="invisible">elligence/695290/suno-udio-ai-music-legal-copyright-riaa</span></a>&gt;</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“Woodside, the referee da Silva said. Then he lost a second one. His opponent pinned him down and began choking him. </p><p>Zuckerberg let out a guttural rasp, indicating that he was losing consciousness. “I can’t forget his eyes,” da Silva recalled. “You know, when someone is looking towards you but they’re not looking at you?”</p><p>Da Silva ended the match, calling it in the other fighter’s favour. When he’d recovered, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a> loudly disputed the loss”</p><p>It is a long gushy article but I didn’t have to read it all to know the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechWeenie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWeenie</span></a> got his arse kicked. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/marketing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marketing</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/a86f5ca3-f841-4cdc-9376-304e085c4cfd" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/a86f5ca3-f841-4</span><span class="invisible">cdc-9376-304e085c4cfd</span></a> &gt; (paywall&gt; / &lt;<a href="https://archive.md/rzKVN" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/rzKVN</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>&gt;</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AIBoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIBoom</span></a> has led to claims and concerns about a job wipeout caused by companies using AI to replace <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> that had otherwise been done by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humans</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DarioAmodei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DarioAmodei</span></a>, the CEO of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Anthropic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anthropic</span></a>, the company behind the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> model <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Claude" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Claude</span></a>, told Axios last week that AI could reduce entry-level <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/whitecollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whitecollar</span></a> jobs by 50% and result in 20% <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/unemployment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unemployment</span></a> in the next five years.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechWeenie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWeenie</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ZeroHourWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZeroHourWork</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/09/us-attacks-on-science-and-research-a-great-gift-to-china-on-artificial-intelligence-former-openai-board-member-says" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/jun/09/us-attacks-on-science-and-research-a-great-gift-to-china-on-artificial-intelligence-former-openai-board-member-says</span></a>&gt;</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“Judging by recent controversy around the gamified <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a>-learning app he co-founded, it is not just <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> that can misjudge communication. Last month, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/vonAhn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vonAhn</span></a> shared on LinkedIn an email he had sent to all staff announcing Duolingo was going “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AIFirst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIFirst</span></a>”. “I did not expect the amount of blowback,” he admits.</p><p>“Unbelievable,” wrote one LinkedIn commenter, “Cancelling my account NOW.” “Well, there goes my 1,098 day streak,” posted another.</p><p>The chief executive says many social media users mischaracterised the changes as though “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Duolingo</span></a> has no employees, we have fired everyone and everything is being controlled by a massive AI”.</p><p>He attributes this anger to a general “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/anxiety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anxiety</span></a>” about <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> replacing jobs. “I should have been more clear to the external world,” he reflects on a video call from his office in Pittsburgh. “Every <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> company is doing similar things [but] we were open about it.”</p><p>A CEO who expresses *surprise* at a call for “AI-first” in a consumer application is an incompetent TechWeenie. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LuisVonAhn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LuisVonAhn</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Techweenie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Techweenie</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/6fbafbb6-bafe-484c-9af9-f0ffb589b447" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/6fbafbb6-bafe-4</span><span class="invisible">84c-9af9-f0ffb589b447</span></a>&gt; (paywall) / &lt;<a href="https://archive.md/juvfL" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/juvfL</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>&gt;</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://turtleisland.social/@Yehuda" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Yehuda</span></a></span> not unless Mum says yes 🤣</p><p>“Musk's mother Maye <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> has chimed in to decry the idea of her precious son getting bruised by the jiu-jitsu white belt (read: beginner) <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechWeenie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWeenie</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-mom-not-allowed-fight-mark-zuckerberg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/the-byte/elon-mus</span><span class="invisible">k-mom-not-allowed-fight-mark-zuckerberg</span></a>&gt;</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Day 14 cont 🗣️🎙️📺 🇺🇸</p><p>“Price was appointed to lead a government efficiency unit if the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Coalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Coalition</span></a> government is elected after 3 May. The unit, which would sit within the prime minister’s department, has been compared to one led by US <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> billionaire Elon Musk (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechWeenie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWeenie</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Oligarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarch</span></a>), whose Department of Government <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Efficiency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Efficiency</span></a>, or Doge, is taking a razor to US government departments.</p><p>“Let’s be very, very clear, media, you’re obsessed with Donald Trump 🎃. We’re not obsessed with Donald Trump. We’re actually obsessed with ensuring that we can improve the circumstances for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australians</span></a>,” she said.”</p><p>Devoid of any <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/analysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>analysis</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/costing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>costing</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ideas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ideas</span></a> an LNP Senator makes a word salad of foreign phrases about making the “Bond market” sexy again, from a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BowlingClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BowlingClub</span></a> on a Saturday in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Perth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Perth</span></a>.</p><p>Repeat the slogans, <br>Repeat the slogans, <br>Repeat the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/slogans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slogans</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LNP</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/JacintaNampijinpaPrice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JacintaNampijinpaPrice</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/indoctrination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indoctrination</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/12/jacinta-price-says-coalition-will-make-australia-great-again-then-accuses-media-of-being-obsessed-with-trump" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/australia-news</span><span class="invisible">/2025/apr/12/jacinta-price-says-coalition-will-make-australia-great-again-then-accuses-media-of-being-obsessed-with-trump</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“The push to develop in-house chips is part of a long-term plan at <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> to bring down its mammoth <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infrastructure</span></a> costs as the company places expensive bets on <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> tools to drive growth.</p><p>Meta, which also owns <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a>, has forecast total 2025 expenses of $US114 billion ($181 billion) to $US119 billion, including up to $US65 billion in capital expenditure largely driven by spending on AI infrastructure.</p><p>…Meta’s new training chip is a dedicated accelerator, meaning it is designed to handle only <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AISpecific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AISpecific</span></a> tasks. This can make it more power-efficient than the integrated graphics processing units (GPUs) generally used for AI workloads.”</p><p>Move into chip development, to reduce costs 🤣😂☺️</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechWeenie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWeenie</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://archive.md/2ibTc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.md/2ibTc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>&gt; / &lt;<a href="https://www.afr.com/technology/meta-begins-testing-its-first-ai-training-chip-to-challenge-nvidia-20250312-p5livs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">afr.com/technology/meta-begins</span><span class="invisible">-testing-its-first-ai-training-chip-to-challenge-nvidia-20250312-p5livs</span></a>&gt;</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>🚨 <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechWeenie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWeenie</span></a> Alert <br>Headed for technofascism’: the rightwing roots of Silicon Valley</p><p>“An influential Silicon Valley publication runs a cover story lamenting the “pussification” of tech. A major tech CEO lambasts a Black civil rights leader’s calls for diversifying the tech workforce. <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Technologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technologists</span></a> rage against the “PC police”.</p><p>No, this isn’t <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> in the age of Maga. It’s the tech industry of the 1990s, when observers first raised concerns about the rightwing bend of Silicon Valley and the potential for “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/technofascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technofascism</span></a>”. Despite the industry’s (often undeserved) reputation for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/liberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liberalism</span></a>, its reactionary foundations were baked in almost from the beginning. As Silicon Valley enters a second Trump administration, the gendered roots of its original reactionary movement offer insight into today’s rightward turn.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BeccaLewis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BeccaLewis</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/oligarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarch</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechOligarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechOligarch</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2025/jan/29/silicon-valley-rightwing-technofascism" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/ng-</span><span class="invisible">interactive/2025/jan/29/silicon-valley-rightwing-technofascism</span></a>&gt;</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“the recent <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/erasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>erasure</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/submerging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>submerging</span></a> of abortion-related content, so soon after Donald Trump’s return to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a>, has caused fear among some abortion rights supporters that a bigger crackdown could be on the horizon – and concerns that the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> founder <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MarkZuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarkZuckerberg</span></a>’s promise to protect “<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/FreeExpression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeExpression</span></a>” may not apply to all speech.”</p><p>🚨 <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechWeenie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWeenie</span></a> Alert </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/oligarch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oligarch</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/29/abortion-pills-instagram-shadow-banning" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/jan</span><span class="invisible">/29/abortion-pills-instagram-shadow-banning</span></a>&gt;</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@n_dimension" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>n_dimension</span></a></span> Also there is the fashion ware line. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechWeenie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWeenie</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BigGlasses" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigGlasses</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/16/i-knew-one-day-id-have-to-watch-powerful-men-burn-the-world-down-i-just-didnt-expect-them-to-be-such-losers" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/jan/16/i-knew-one-day-id-have-to-watch-powerful-men-burn-the-world-down-i-just-didnt-expect-them-to-be-such-losers</span></a>&gt;</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“We are deeply alarmed by recent <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/leadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leadership</span></a> decisions that have led readers to question the integrity of this institution, broken with a tradition of <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/transparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transparency</span></a>, and prompted some of our most distinguished colleagues to leave, with more departures imminent,… This is about retaining our competitive edge, restoring trust that has been lost, and re-establishing a relationship with leadership based on open <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communication</span></a>,”</p><p>“The Post lost 250,000 <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/subscribers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>subscribers</span></a>, or 10% of its <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/subscription" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>subscription</span></a> base, following its decision not to endorse. This reportedly was a massive contributor to the paper losing a whopping $100m in 2024,”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechWeenie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWeenie</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Bezos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bezos</span></a>/ <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WaPo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WaPo</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://theguardian.com/media/2025/jan/15/washington-post-jeff-bezos" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/media/2025/jan</span><span class="invisible">/15/washington-post-jeff-bezos</span></a>&gt;</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“The <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> layoff wave continued through 2024. Following significant <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/workforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workforce</span></a> reductions in 2022 and 2023, 2024 saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 542 companies, according to independent <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a> tracker <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/LayoffsFyi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LayoffsFyi</span></a>. Large companies like <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Snap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Snap</span></a>, and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> conducted sizable layoffs in 2024, while smaller-sized <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/startups" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>startups</span></a> also experienced cuts, and in some cases, shut down operations altogether.”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechWeenie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWeenie</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/14/tech-layoffs-2024-list/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/01/14/tech</span><span class="invisible">-layoffs-2024-list/</span></a>&gt;</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“Meta lays off staff at WhatsApp and Instagram to align with ‘strategic goals’”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TechWeenie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWeenie</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhatsApp</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/sacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sacking</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/meta-layoffs-whatsapp-instagram-4af727c7fb75f89bc50c84284fef2fee" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/meta-layoff</span><span class="invisible">s-whatsapp-instagram-4af727c7fb75f89bc50c84284fef2fee</span></a>&gt;</p>
David Gerhart<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@atomicpoet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>atomicpoet</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@davidslifka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>davidslifka</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/fediversenews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fediversenews</span></a></span> </p><p>Thanks for taking up the charge. A couple of observations *as a private <a href="https://yankee.social/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> Instance owner* to add.</p><p>Top: An automated instance software upgrade path. As an Ubuntu wannabe, I've been stuck somewhere in 3.x. An availability alert and a trigger in Sidekiq.</p><p>Next: Mature Free Support. Nondevelopers don't grok <a href="https://yankee.social/tags/github" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>github</span></a> <a href="https://yankee.social/tags/techweenie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techweenie</span></a> lingo. Self support like <a href="https://yankee.social/tags/Wordpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wordpress</span></a> comes to mind. Centralized.</p><p>Anyway, thanks!</p>