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Wealth Taxes Will Barely Slow Inequality. So Why Do the Super-Rich Resist Them? (truthout.org)

a day ago | robtherobber | truthout.org | newest

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Tech Billionaire Marc Andreessen Bet Big on Trump and It's Paying Off (propublica.org)

a day ago | robtherobber | propublica.org | best

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Our Naive "Innovation" Fetish (2014) (newrepublic.com)

a day ago | robtherobber | newrepublic.com | newest

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Autocrats and tech bros want to live for ever (theguardian.com)

a day ago | robtherobber | theguardian.com | newest

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Burdens of ischemic heart disease and stroke due to long working hours (2021) (sciencedirect.com)

2 days ago | robtherobber | sciencedirect.com | newest

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Truckmakers lobby European Commission to weaken their emissions targets (transportenvironment.org)

2 days ago | robtherobber | transportenvironment.org | newest

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Fight for Your Right to Be Lazy (2022) (jacobin.com)

3 days ago | robtherobber | jacobin.com | newest

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BBC correspondent-fixer shaping Ukraine war coverage is PR operative (thegrayzone.com)

3 days ago | robtherobber | thegrayzone.com | newest

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How tech lords and populists changed the rules of power (ft.com)

3 days ago | robtherobber | ft.com | newest

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Chinese Yutong buses purchased by Norway can be remotely updated and diagnosed (ruter.no)

3 days ago | robtherobber | ruter.no | newest

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Tech workers' fight for living wages and a 32-hour workweek is a battle for all (thechiefleader.com)

3 days ago | robtherobber | thechiefleader.com | best

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Rockstar accused of "ruthless" firing ahead of GTA6, cutting unionised employees (gamesradar.com)

5 days ago | robtherobber | gamesradar.com | newest

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Wavelog – Web-based, open-source amateur radio logging software (wavelog.org)

5 days ago | robtherobber | wavelog.org | newest

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How Much Top Tech Companies Earn per Employee (digitalinformationworld.com)

5 days ago | robtherobber | digitalinformationworld.com | newest

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Scalable In-Context Ranking with Generative Models (research.google)

a week ago | robtherobber | research.google | newest

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Linux Mint Debian Edition7 "Gigi" Released (linuxmint.com)

3 weeks ago | robtherobber | linuxmint.com | best

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André Gorz predicted the revolt against meaningless work (2023) (znetwork.org)

2 weeks ago | robtherobber | znetwork.org | frontpage

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I Became a Police Abolitionist (2020) (theatlantic.com)

3 weeks ago | robtherobber | theatlantic.com | newest

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"The Economics of the Colonial Cringe" – about The Economist magazine (1991) (theatlantic.com)

3 weeks ago | robtherobber | theatlantic.com | newest

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UK funded radio show to sway Nigerian voters, leaked docs show (thegrayzone.com)

4 weeks ago | robtherobber | thegrayzone.com | newest

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The Nature of Leisure Revisited – An Interpretation of Digital Leisure (2015) [pdf] (core.ac.uk)

4 weeks ago | robtherobber | core.ac.uk | newest

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Clockss: Digital preservation services run by academic publishers and libraries (clockss.org)

4 weeks ago | robtherobber | clockss.org | frontpage

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Humans and their environment: beyond the nature/culture opposition (2023) (brynmawr.edu)

a month ago | robtherobber | brynmawr.edu | newest

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CEO-to-worker compensation ratio, and stock prices ($2024) 1965–2024 (epi.org)

a month ago | robtherobber | epi.org | newest

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Portugueses de Bem – Keeping track of the crimes the Portuguese far right party (portuguesesdebem.pt)

a month ago | robtherobber | portuguesesdebem.pt | newest

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General strike against 13-hour work day brings Greece to a halt (theguardian.com)

a month ago | robtherobber | theguardian.com | frontpage

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F-Droid says Google's new sideloading restrictions will kill the project (arstechnica.com)

a month ago | robtherobber | arstechnica.com | newest

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The UK constitution is more vulnerable than the US constitution (prospectmagazine.co.uk)

a month ago | robtherobber | prospectmagazine.co.uk | newest

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US States spend billions on data center incentives (pluribusnews.com)

a month ago | robtherobber | pluribusnews.com | newest

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Against Improvement (newleftreview.org)

a month ago | robtherobber | newleftreview.org | newest

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New Exposé of Johnson and Johnson Indicts a System (newrepublic.com)

a month ago | robtherobber | newrepublic.com | newest

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The ultra-rich are different from you and me. Their tax rates are lower (news.berkeley.edu)

a month ago | robtherobber | berkeley.edu | newest

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Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a "reduced traffic zone" (greeneuropeanjournal.eu)

a month ago | robtherobber | greeneuropeanjournal.eu | best

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RateMyEmployer (Employer Review Platform) (github.com/kabi10)

a month ago | robtherobber | github.com | newest

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Calling your boss a dickhead is not a sackable offence, UK tribunal rules (theguardian.com)

2 months ago | robtherobber | theguardian.com | best

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EU chief prosecutor goes head-to-head with Brussels elite over corruption fight (ftm.eu)

2 months ago | robtherobber | ftm.eu | newest

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Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now' [video] (youtube.com)

3 months ago | robtherobber | youtube.com | best

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Intel Is Laying Off Workers While Raking in Public Largesse (jacobin.com)

3 months ago | robtherobber | jacobin.com | frontpage

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The Dutch are quietly shifting towards a four-day work week (ft.com)

3 months ago | robtherobber | ft.com | frontpage

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More than 200k UK workers switch to four-day week since 2019 (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | robtherobber | theguardian.com | newest

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Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal (bleepingcomputer.com)

3 months ago | robtherobber | bleepingcomputer.com | frontpage

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Americans Are Overworked. Could AI Change That? (policycommons.net)

3 months ago | robtherobber | policycommons.net | newest

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Ancient Europeans resisted inequality for 5000 years (science.org)

3 months ago | robtherobber | science.org | frontpage

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Papers Please: Personal and Professional Encounters with Surveillance (2012) [pdf] (uchicago.edu)

3 months ago | robtherobber | uchicago.edu | newest

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Substack's Algorithm Accidentally Reveals What We Knew: It's the Nazi Bar Now (techdirt.com)

3 months ago | robtherobber | techdirt.com | frontpage

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Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers (fortune.com)

3 months ago | robtherobber | fortune.com | best

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I tried Servo (spacebar.news)

4 months ago | robtherobber | spacebar.news | best

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Just 1.6% of all adults own 48.1% of all the personal wealth (thenextrecession.wordpress.com)

4 months ago | robtherobber | wordpress.com | newest

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U.S. House tells staffers not to use Meta's WhatsApp (cnbc.com)

5 months ago | robtherobber | cnbc.com | frontpage

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Taxation and Migration by the Super-rich [pdf] (arunadvani.com)

5 months ago | robtherobber | arunadvani.com | newest

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Why Public Transit Helps Young People Get Work (2018) (scholars.org)

5 months ago | robtherobber | scholars.org | newest

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Breaking Down Datadome Captcha WAF (medium.com/glizzykingdreko)

5 months ago | robtherobber | medium.com | newest

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America's infatuation with boy geniuses and 'Great Men' is ruining us (theguardian.com)

5 months ago | robtherobber | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Spyware and state abuse: The case for an EU-wide ban (edri.org)

5 months ago | robtherobber | edri.org | newest

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As Public Records Are Wiped, Independent Databases Are Keeping Separate Archives (time.com)

6 months ago | robtherobber | time.com | frontpage

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Just 100 corporations responsible for 20% of the extractive conflicts (uab.cat)

6 months ago | robtherobber | uab.cat | newest

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How to check if your boss is monitoring your every keystroke (2019) (mashable.com)

6 months ago | robtherobber | mashable.com | newest

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Wendy McMahon Resigns as CEO of CBS News and Stations (deadline.com)

6 months ago | robtherobber | deadline.com | newest

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Boss Is Watching (technologyreview.com)

6 months ago | robtherobber | technologyreview.com | newest

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The average workday increased during the pandemic’s early weeks (2020) (hbs.edu)

6 months ago | robtherobber | hbs.edu | best

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The four-day, thirty-two-hour week: analysing organisational success and failure (osf.io)

6 months ago | robtherobber | osf.io | newest

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[flagged] Iceland approved 4-day workweek in 2019; six years later, predictions came true (farmingdale-observer.com)

6 months ago | robtherobber | farmingdale-observer.com | frontpage

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America's Coming Brain Drain: Trump's War on Universities Could Kill Innovation (foreignaffairs.com)

6 months ago | robtherobber | foreignaffairs.com | frontpage

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Currency Older Than Money: A Foundation for Cultural Mutualism (evolutionofconsent.com)

6 months ago | robtherobber | evolutionofconsent.com | newest

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Peter Turchin's False Prophecy (compactmag.com)

6 months ago | robtherobber | compactmag.com | newest

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The US ruled against Google's monopoly – Europe should do the same (ft.com)

7 months ago | robtherobber | ft.com | newest

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Worth Is Not Your Productivity (tribunemag.co.uk)

7 months ago | robtherobber | tribunemag.co.uk | newest

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EU OS: A European Proposal for a Public Sector Linux Desktop (thenewstack.io)

7 months ago | robtherobber | thenewstack.io | newest

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The First Leaflet of the First World War (1970) (archive.org)

7 months ago | robtherobber | archive.org | newest

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Zuckerberg in the Dock (pluralistic.net)

7 months ago | robtherobber | pluralistic.net | newest

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UK creating 'murder prediction' tool to identify people most likely to kill (theguardian.com)

7 months ago | robtherobber | theguardian.com | newest

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Trump Is Smashing a "Phenomenal" Deal He Already Has (bloomberg.com)

7 months ago | robtherobber | bloomberg.com | frontpage

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Work time reduction via a 4-day week finds improvements in workers' well-being (osf.io)

7 months ago | robtherobber | osf.io | newest

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Europe needs its own social media platforms to safeguard sovereignty (mediascope.group)

7 months ago | robtherobber | mediascope.group | best

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Trump expanded the presidential pardon power to include corporations (thehill.com)

7 months ago | robtherobber | thehill.com | newest

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Measuring the Income Gap from 1975 to 2023 (rand.org)

7 months ago | robtherobber | rand.org | newest

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Isn't it harmful if worker co-ops don't allow employees to sell their shares? (bobjacobs.substack.com)

8 months ago | robtherobber | substack.com | newest

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European tech coalition calls for 'radical action' on digital sovereignty (techcrunch.com)

8 months ago | robtherobber | techcrunch.com | frontpage

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Is SimpleWall Firewall tool compromised? (borncity.com)

8 months ago | robtherobber | borncity.com | newest

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The Tyranny of Work or Why Are We Still Measured by Our Productivity? (anticapitalistmusings.com)

8 months ago | robtherobber | anticapitalistmusings.com | newest

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Extraordinary Labor Market Developments and the 2022-23 Disinflation (2024) (nber.org)

8 months ago | robtherobber | nber.org | newest

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Musk, Trump, and Your Boss Learned to Hate Democracy (motherjones.com)

8 months ago | robtherobber | motherjones.com | frontpage

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Trump's scrapping of corporate transparency will strengthen dictators (thebureauinvestigates.com)

8 months ago | robtherobber | thebureauinvestigates.com | newest

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The irony of Elon Musk's attack on public broadcasters (indexoncensorship.org)

9 months ago | robtherobber | indexoncensorship.org | newest

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The Cult of the Entrepreneur (newrepublic.com)

9 months ago | robtherobber | newrepublic.com | newest

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The Mythology of Work (2018) (crimethinc.com)

9 months ago | robtherobber | crimethinc.com | frontpage

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Android devices have started installing hidden app that scans your images (mastodon.sdf.org)

9 months ago | robtherobber | sdf.org | newest

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County workers wanted a pay hike, but got a 4-day workweek instead (cbsnews.com)

9 months ago | robtherobber | cbsnews.com | newest

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Franz Kafka was a great procrastinator (2013) (slate.com)

9 months ago | robtherobber | slate.com | newest

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As the Trump admin deletes online data, digital librarians rush to save it (salon.com)

9 months ago | robtherobber | salon.com | frontpage

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Gen Z are over having their work ethic questioned when they can't afford a house (fortune.com)

9 months ago | robtherobber | fortune.com | newest

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Franz Kafka – the workers' friend (2018) (marywcraig.com)

9 months ago | robtherobber | marywcraig.com | frontpage

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From audience to community: An alternative future for watchdog journalism (thefix.media)

10 months ago | robtherobber | thefix.media | newest

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Why more and more journalists are launching worker-owned outlets (poynter.org)

10 months ago | robtherobber | poynter.org | newest

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Universal basic income vs. welfare: What UBI could mean for America's safety net (businessinsider.nl)

10 months ago | robtherobber | businessinsider.nl | newest

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The Video Game Industry Is Unionizing (jacobin.com)

10 months ago | robtherobber | jacobin.com | newest

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'Never Too Much' (nybooks.com)

10 months ago | robtherobber | nybooks.com | newest

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Four-day week at a south London school (theguardian.com)

10 months ago | robtherobber | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Tear Gas Is Way More Dangerous Than Police Let on (2020) (propublica.org)

10 months ago | robtherobber | propublica.org | newest

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How the reduction of working hours could influence health outcomes (2022) (bmj.com)

10 months ago | robtherobber | bmj.com | newest