"Technical innovation expands human possibility and generates new wealth. Tech parasitism sucks value from existing systems and redirects it to already-wealthy investors.
The former builds the future.
The latter loots the present." - @joanwestenberg

#BigTech #Capitalism #Exploitation
The Great Tech Heist - How "Disruption" Became a Euphemism for Theft
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-great-tech-heist-how-disruption-became-a-euphemism-for-theft/

Capitalism thrives off of exploitation.

All visions, dreams, and healthy utopias conjured up by humans are centered around ending all kinds of exploitation while satisfying human curiosity and comfort.

Hence capitalism is directly opposed to any tangible progress of our species, our habitats, and the planet we live on.

Memo

“Wall Street’s takeover of US health-care infrastructure and Silicon Valley’s introduction of gig nursing apps are a dangerous duo that is eroding our health-care system and eviscerating our ability to take care of each other.”

Must read:
https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/uber-for-nursing/

#GigEconomy #HealthIndustry #Nursing #HealthEconomy #Exploitation #NoEmpathy

This is real bad #ScienceFiction.

𝗧𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗶·𝗲·𝘀 𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺𝗲, 𝗹'𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗲̂𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗱𝗲́𝗲𝘀 !

𝗥𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶 𝟮𝟮 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗮̀ 𝟭𝟱𝗵𝟯𝟬
𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗲 𝗹𝗮 𝗥𝗲́𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲 𝗮𝘂 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘀

Ensemble, construisons la société dans laquelle nous voulons vivre.

Une société de tous les #Droits pour toutes et tous, une société de #Solidarité, d' #Adelphité, de #Justice, et de #Respect des #Libertés.

Nous ne voulons pas d’une société raciste !

Ensemble, agissons uni·e·s pour un autre projet de société #Humaniste, #Solidaire et #Égalitaire contre le #Racisme, l’#Exclusion et l’#Exploitation !

L'ensemble des informations :
https://fb.me/e/4wXy0gDrU

"#Uberfication" encroaching on #teaching profession, including at #Oxford, leaves teachers scrambling for precarious #work

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/15/british-council-teachers-gig-economy-tutors-exploiting

I despise Facebook's business practices and think Mark Zuckerberg is an evil psychopath.

That's why I'm excited to add this book to my listening list!

Sarah Wynn-Williams tells the wrenching but fun story of Facebook, mapping its rise from stumbling encounters with juntas to Mark Zuckerberg’s reaction when he learned of Facebook’s role in Trump’s election. She experiences the challenges and humiliations of working motherhood within a pressure cooker of a workplace, all while Sheryl Sandberg urges her and others to “lean in.”

Careless People is a deeply personal account of why and how things have gone so horribly wrong in the past decade—told in a sharp, candid, and utterly disarming voice. A deep, unflinching look at the role that social media has assumed in our lives, Careless People reveals the truth about the leaders of Facebook: how the more power they grasp, the less responsible they become and the consequences this has for all of us.

#books #bookstodon #IReadBannedBooks #resistance #facebook #SocialJustice #exploitation #surveillance #privacy

https://libro.fm/audiobooks/9781250403155-careless-people

#Starbucks: Employees stage #SitIn in #Chicago, 11 arrested for criminal trespass

https://www.irishstar.com/culture/food-drink/starbucks-strike-action-staff-34849435

#India: "We are not your slaves" - IT employees clash with police, burn posters of founders of #Infosys and L&T over unpaid labor, 90 hour weeks, and 14 hour days

https://trak.in/stories/bengaluru-it-employees-burn-posters-of-infosys-founder-lt-chairman-over-long-working-hours-demand/

#Germany: #Ubisoft game devs seek to hold management accountable for #layoffs. "The bosses take the profits, but don’t care for the workers."

https://uniglobalunion.org/news/ubisoft-dusseldorf-layoffs-solidarity-verdi-uni-global-union/

NPArevolutionnaires Union européenne : nouvelle mesure en préparation contre les migrants: L’Union européenne a dévoilé ses propositions pour accélérer les expulsions d’étrangers en situation irrégulière, en… NPA-R #UnionEuropéenne #Migrants #DroitsHumains #Exploitation #PolitiqueImmigration

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NPArevolutionnaires Union européenne : nouvelle mesure en préparation contre les migrants: L’Union européenne a dévoilé ses propositions pour accélérer les expulsions d’étrangers en situation irrégulière, en offrant en particulier un cadre légal à la création de centres pour migrants en dehors de ses frontières. Baptisés « hubs de retour », ces centres de rétention, ou plutôt de… https://npa-revolutionnaires.org/union-europeenne-nouvelle-mesure-en-preparation-contre-les-migrants/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon NPA-R #UnionEuropéenne #Migrants #DroitsHumains #Exploitation #PolitiqueImmigration

"« Pendant le confinement, les gens n’étaient pas très humains. Ils ne pensaient qu’à eux et vidaient les rayons », se remémore Sabine Pruvost, déléguée syndicale centrale Force ouvrière à Lidl, en poste depuis 30 ans. Une de ses collègues, déléguée FO et responsable adjointe d’un Lidl près de Marseille"
Après le confinement la dégradation des conditions de travail chez les caissières est chaque jour de pire en pire.
Cinq ans après le confinement, l’amertume des caissières - Basta!
#exploitation #classeouvriere #Labourgeoisiesebaignedanslesangdenosmorts
https://basta.media/Rien-n-a-ete-fait-pour-nous-cinq-ans-apres-le-confinement-amertume-des-caissieres-hypermarches

On Open Source and the Sustainability of the Commons
—@ploum

｢ Technically, Open Source won. Politically, it lost. The reason is simple: it was easier to build consensus around technical solutions, washing away political implications that were seen as out of scope or too hard to agree ｣

https://ploum.net/2024-07-01-opensource_sustainability.html

#Germany: employees at US bases to #strike. #Union had asked for and was refused a one-time payment of 320 euros and 3% raise

https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2025-03-10/local-worker-walkout-expected-march-12-17095756.html

1973's Wonder Women is high up on my list of awesome 70s exploitation sleaze. It also has some really recognizable faces in it including exploitation superstar Ross Hagen and one of the most significant Asian women in Hollywood in the 60s, Nancy Kwan.

Read the review at https://wp.me/p9XNnZ-38i

no partisan immunity from satyagraha

https://www.americasundoing.com/p/a-massive-american-pay-cut/comment/99433827

A very detailed writeup on CVE-2025–21333 Windows heap-based buffer overflow analysis

cc: @ale98

https://medium.com/@ale18109800/cve-2025-21333-windows-heap-based-buffer-overflow-analysis-d1b597ae4bae