As gig workers’ pay gets slashed by algorithms, experts warn that A.I.-driven wage systems mean that no one’s paycheck is safe.
As gig workers’ pay gets slashed by algorithms, experts warn that A.I.-driven wage systems mean that no one’s paycheck is safe.
The clarification comes after rising confusion caused by a 2023 Tax Court of Canada decision that saw a Montreal renter ordered by the CRA to pay six years’ worth of
Sesame Street Workshop Writers Vote Unanimously - 100% - to Authorize Strike Action, if Necessary
Members of the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) at Sesame Workshop voted unanimously, with 100% participation, to authorize a strike if management does not agree to a fair new collective bargaining agreement before their current contract expires on April ...
Sesame Street Workshop Writers Vote Unanimously - 100% - to Authorize Strike Action, if Necessary
Members of the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) and Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) at Sesame Workshop voted unanimously, with 100% participation, to authorize a strike if management does not agree to a fair new collective bargaining agreement before their current contract expires on April ...
Steal from workers = go to jail.
People have uploaded all the episodes to YouTube now.
It’s just not the same though. The true experience is watching it on a TV/VCR on a cart that the teacher wheeled in.
Justice served. This was probably one of those deadbeat renters that wasn’t even tipping their landlord.
Tesla owners: known to always be super chill people.
“High corporate profits are a main driver of ongoing inflation, and companies continue to keep prices high even as their inflationary costs drop.”
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/jan/19/us-inflation-caused-by-corporate-profits
It’s a misnomer to call this “inflation” — it’s corporate collusion-driven price gouging.
Have only played two players so far. Even then, there was a lot of downtime, especially when you get to the third and fourth rounds.
Wyrmspan - First Impressions
It’s a fun, more complex, dragon-themed game built on the foundations of Wingspan — familiar, but very different.
It’s a lot of fun seeing the victory point-generating system you’ve built kick into gear, though once you start chaining things together turns can take forever. This, unfortunately, kind of sucks for the non-active player(s), as there’s nothing to do but sit and wait between turns.
Playing this game with four players must take forever.
More info about Wyrmspan: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/410201/wyrmspan
Ryan Amato and Jae Truesdell quit in the heat of the scandal but made as much as their colleagues who worked all year
From the article:
“It’s normal for government employees to receive severance if they’re fired. But Amato and Truesdell got payouts from the government despite quitting, making their cases unusual, according to three sources who've worked, or work, in ministers' offices, including one who shared a copy of their own contract.”
Toronto’s Black Bull Tavern closing after nearly 200 years
A historic monumental bar is marking "an end of an era," as Queen Street West's The Black Bull Tavern— which has operated since 1833— announces its permanent closure this week.
Michigan GOP legislator posted about ‘illegal invaders’ at Detroit airport. It was Gonzaga’s March Madness team
A Republican state representative in Michigan, Rep. Matt Maddock, claimed on social media on Wednesday night that he had photo evidence of “illegal invaders” arriving at Detroit Metro Airport.
A bunch of school boards in Ontario have launched lawsuits against TikTok, Snapchat, and Meta, alleging the way the social media platforms are designed is harming children and disrupting schools.
Ford disagrees with the lawsuits, but also believes that his ban on cellphones in schools in 2019 was effective. This demonstrates yet again that he and his government are clueless when it comes to education in this province.
Tell me your government is clueless about students and schools without actually telling me
From this paywalled article in The Trillium: https://www.thetrillium.ca/insider-news/education-and-training/i-disagree-with-them-ford-says-of-school-boards-suing-social-media-companies-8524267
Union leaders were responding to Education Minister Stephen Lecce, who said the province is considering “every available option” to address a teacher shortage.
I’m surprised there are still 600 employees to cut.
The Ford government is obsessed with turning TVO into a profit-focused, online education platform, so they can replace real, in-person learning with online learning in Ontario classrooms — to continue cuts to education spending — but then to also sell the education modules they are creating in the US market and abroad.
That’s why the business objectives outlined in a letter from earlier this year from Education Minister Stephen Lecce (TVO is under the Ministry of Education), makes zero mention of journalism.
The Ford government intends to kill TVO’s journalism so it can double down on online learning in Ontario classrooms and other profit-making schemes.
This episode of Wag the Doug provides decent background about how the Ford government’s legislative changes and underfunding of public colleges led them to partner with private institutes to juice the number of foreign students for more cash.
https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/56-students-in-strip-malls/
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Governments need to get back to investing in our publicly funded universities and colleges. Colleges and universities are broke from government underfunding and are turning to foreign students to fill the gap.
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Provinces (especially the Ford government in Ontario) changed the laws, letting private colleges (and private satellite colleges tied to public colleges) run amok, scamming foreign students and benefiting the companies that want to turn our education system into a cash cow.
We should have a robust public education system that is attracting foreign students and providing them with the same quality of education available to domestic students. The players that look at our education system and see $$$ signs need to go.
On Monday, a group of more than 50 on-set employees filed a petition for an election to be represented by IATSE.
I have never encountered hotel rooms that are cheaper than the comparable local Airbnb offerings (at least in Canada and US). Where are these cheaper hotel rooms?
And why isn’t driving like Cars and Trucks and Things That Go? Where’s Goldbug to make all my trips a fun search?