NPR has a 'Word of the Week' series, and this week it's LUDDITE
I spoke with Emma Bowman about who they really were and about the new luddites organizing against big tech + AI
A fun one and, since it's airing on All Things Considered, maybe the biggest-audience luddite rehabilitation effort yet
Thousands of people die each day in India because of the heatwave, w/temperatures between 45-48 degrees Celsius and extreme humidity. "Shop it like it's hot" is a bit too much on the nose in 2026, @lululemonus.bsky.social, especially when your garments are made of #oil. These deaths are on you.
I løpet av noe uker siden dette ble publisert, ble #Musk den første trillionaire. Skuffende hvor enkelt det er å akkumulere mer når man allerede har mer enn nok.
anyway, you should read this important piece about how elon is, in fact, a killer:
Ingen i Norge bør ha en årsinntekt på over 2 millioner kroner. Ingen. Det er ikke nødvendig og rett og slett uanstendig i et samfunn bygd på ideer om solidaritet og likestilling. frifagbevegelse.no/loaktuelt/st...
"Uber and Lyft ... routinely charge different customers significantly different prices for the same rides, a monthslong Consumer Reports investigation has found. Across the routes we tested, the median difference between the lowest and highest price groupings was about 50 percent."
Why hasn't the world made production of polyester illegal yet?