One of the benefits of being a freelancer is flexibility. Friday is usually the first day of our weekend, but as the weather forecast today was much better than tomorrow, and tomorrow is a public holiday (which are a pain in the arse if you're a freelancer), we decided to swap days and have today off as part of our weekend - and work tomorrow instead.
Good scheme: weather was lovely today, places were open and we didn't have to pay a public holiday surcharge on anything. :)
Yesterday morning at 05:30 am our twitter assistant found this little #newt on his to #work #hedgewatch at the entrance of the basement 
It was washed there by the heavy #rain in the #night. Our #neighbours with the #pond allowed it to move in
Great little short I just stumbled across on Youtube...
Today I'm #WFH for #work and so, it's going to be very comfortable outside, with a high in the low 70's (Farhenheit), so I flung all the windows open and put a fan to exhaust to blow all the inside air outside. So my one feline, Keeley, is having a staring match and cosplaying as an apex predator with a bunny. #catsofmastodon #wabbit
Wellcome Collection exhibition Hard Graft: #Work, #Health and #Rights’ delves into the stories of underrepresented #workers and their rights within precarious and unsafe #labour environments. From #protests to #healing practices, the exhibition unveils hidden histories of #resistance and collective action. https://wellcomecollection.org/exhibitions/hard-graft-work-health-and-rights (Until 27 April, #London, #England)
Let’s be honest: jobs don’t define us. Our #value isn’t tied to #productivity
#UBI isn’t about replacing #work — it’s about replacing fear. Fear of hunger, eviction, medical debt.
When people are #secure they #create #innovate and #thrive 
A #BetterWorld isn’t just possible — it’s necessary.
SFGATE: Business Insider co-founder roasted over creepy blog post about AI workers
If a boss posted openly about swiping right on a human employee's dating profile, that would constitute sexual harassment
"...Henry Blodget, a famed-then-disgraced Wall Street investor who went on to co-found the news site Business Insider, has a brand new venture. It’s off to a creepy start: He immediately hit on his artificial intelligence-generated first “employee.”..."
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/henry-blodget-invents-ai-employee-20289048.php
https://www.europesays.com/2018444/ DETR releases local employment statistics for March 2025 | Local News #business #EconomicEfficiency #EconomicProblems #economics #economies #Economy #employment #jobs #labor #LabourEconomics #MacroeconomicProblems #macroeconomics #Nevada #SocialIssues #unemployment #WasteOfResources #work
Meetings
File this one under first world problems.
I just want to have some lunch. I usually break at 1:00pm but I was added to a meeting at that time. I punted lunch to 2:00pm but when the 1:00 ended I was added to a 2:00. I tried to reschedule my 3:00pm but I needed to keep it in place.
Dude… I just want to go to lunch. Why can’t I go to lunch? It is 5:00pm now and still no lunch. At least I will be able to have dinner soon.
What a day! Here’s a cat.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/robj_1971/54468767075/in/datetaken/
#365 #365Challenge #365Project #Busy #busyDay #busyWorkDay #Cat #Kitty #lunch #lunchBreak #meetings #photoADay #photoADayChallenge #photoADayProject #photography #robin #work #workDay
https://www.europesays.com/uk/41943/ DETR releases local employment statistics for March 2025 | Local News #Business #EconomicEfficiency #EconomicProblems #economics #economies #Economy #employment #jobs #Labor #LabourEconomics #MacroeconomicProblems #Macroeconomics #Nevada #SocialIssues #UK #unemployment #UnitedKingdom #WasteOfResources #Work
I wouldn't mind giving being the pope a go.
Leggo con una certa invidia le risposte automatiche del tipo: "Sarò assente fino al XXX, con limitato accesso alla posta elettronica. Vi risponderò al mio ritorno." Mah... io anche in vacanza dedico sempre almeno un'ora al giorno a leggere e rispondere alla posta elettronica e, guarda caso, non mi trovo mai in condizioni di avere "accesso limitato alla posta elettronica". Probabilmente sono stupido io... #email #work
Here's what I suspect why GenAI is hyped like this.
IT giants gathered coders like collectables. The best coders got involved in actual projects while the rest just got something meaningless to fiddle around. They did so to guarantee their oligopoly on labor.
Over time, especially after inflation raised, this behaviour became too expensive. At some point, employers (who invested in OpenAI) finally snapped, ordered the publication of LLMs and levered the hype among surprised lays to release that superfluous coder stock.
Concerning AI, we have been swung to "peak of inflated expectations". In 2-5 years generative AI will reach "plateau of productivity".
edit: corrected time till productivity
A store in the Jirō Ramen chain, which is infamous for its 2,000+-calorie oversized bowls, is asking customers not to force new employees to eat the gut-busting servings as a hazing ritual. Indeed, one legal expert (& ramen fan) says that could amount to workplace harassment.
The Workplace Justice Program is here to help workers in Nova Scotia understand their rights & fight to make their workplaces better. Our goal is to teach workers about the laws that protect them, give them tools to solve problems as they come up, & support them in fighting for changes to improve the law for everyone. First... "Know Your Rights At Work". Please post and share widely, in Halifax.
#work #nspoli #rights #employment #HalifaxNS #halifax
