do you not know how big companies work? pressure to work as fast as possible and not care about the world around you (“externalize costs”) comes from every level of the business.

1. board demands results
2. c suite creates the strategy and demands upper management fulfill it
3. upper management sets targets and uses funding allocation to pressure middle & lower management
4. middle & lower management pressure workers to hit/exceed targets, often by making them compete with each other
5. workers do what they have to to stay employed, which in this case means blocking the bike lane because Amazon doesn’t even let their workers take bathroom breaks..

Amazon in particular uses “subcontractor” drivers who are paid less, have few/no benefits or protections, and who compete with each other on speed and other metrics. it’s yet another reason to stop caring about the world around you.

https://theconversation.com/the-unraveling-of-workplace-protections-for-delivery-drivers-a-tale-of-2-workplace-models-268164

actually the board, C suite, and upper management are the ones who control what the employees do. maybe you’ve experienced this at your own job.

“New Yorkers”
Looks inside
One of the biggest corporations in the world

you may be able to find them on matrix, mastodon, or even start a piefed community. good luck

pretty dumb take

i have switched to another provider and tell people how good an experience it has been. a few have switched, so my emails with them are not on Google.

also gmail is slow as hell

nah. no way to know what strangers are doing with them

one person can’t fight them everywhere, but a bunch of connected local movements can.

3/4 of the board will be working for anthropic. that doesn’t mean zulip will be integrated with anthropic or anything, but I’d like to see a new board soon

this is the kind of thing that makes me want to never post or comment anywhere on the internet

Memes work! They deliver a punchy message in a tiny package. I’d aim them at people who don’t already have a strong political identity and people who are unsure or wavering.

Sure. I guess some memes are for in-jokes among those who read long theory books (which includes me!) and others are for actually reaching people.

It’s very well written. This is just AI affecting how people view well-organized, nicely-formatted, and clear writing these days. Thanks for keeping us updated on the progress of the fediverse and for doing it so thoroughly!

I am once again asking leftists to use plain language in their memes instead of jargon.

“The world if we were in charge of our labor instead of the capitalists.” See how easy that was?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X39IkX2OpBs

tl;dw consumption alone is meaningless. you need organization first and foremost

get a “digital signage” monitor with a full android install on it and you can skip the firestick (it’ll still have Google play services etc). make sure to check it has all the connectivity & ports you need.

commafeed

it’s hard to keep your brand new society when the tanks show up immediately. this is not a weakness of anarchism or any political system.

you can look to rojava and the zapatistas for an example of defense that has worked for years despite long odds.

they did it for years in a significant territory. the state had no power there during that time. that was a success, even if it was rolled back by a nationalist military (supported by nazi Germany) and undermined by authoritarian communists. also, again, there’s rojava & zapatista Mexico currently, plus other historical examples.

why are you demanding an impossible standard of perfection before you are willing to fight for a better life for yourself and everyone else? that’s just doomerism and it serves the capitalists.