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Seems like this should be getting more attention
"Faking the moon landing is a good step toward faking a Mars colony, but itās not a good step toward actually putting astronauts on Mars."
Exclusive: Unionized tech workers at the New York Times have filed grievances accusing management of using AI-powered performance tools to track and discipline staff.
The Tech Guild says recent disciplinary notices appear to be generated using one of the tools.
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šØšØšØšØ VICTORY! Following months of negotiations between
@pen-guild.bsky.social leadership, WBNG, and POLITICO management, the company has agreed to shut down both AI products at the heart of last Novemberās landmark arbitration ruling!
wbng.org/2026/05/22/p...
NEW: An investigation by @thecity.nyc, based on a database of more than 1,200 lawsuits, shows that ICE agents in the field have seized Latinos in numbers that far exceed their share of the undocumented population.
Before my visit, Raw Farm's founder Mark McAfee told me he's a trailblazer:
āIāve put a couple kids in the hospital, and they have been sick, but they recovered," he said.
"But hereās the thing: Iām a pioneer. And Iām going against the grain here. Iām climbing a mountain they say you canāt climb."
lotta ppl sayin wild things rn
A federal IT staffer filed a complaint about DOGE, then went public. Shortly after Elon Musk boosted a post calling his claims false, his brake lines were cut. Now heās suing for defamation.
horrible. this countryās turn away from science based medicine in the name of āwellnessā is killing children and will kill a lot more. www.propublica.org/article/more...
Congrats to the Texas Tribune Guild for getting a contract with meaningful AI guardrails and common sense seniority order in layoffs. If TT's management can agree to these very basic things, so can @propublica.org's. Lets go @propublicaguild.org!
Al Shaw
The company is using AI performance tracking software, the union says
The POLITICO and E&E News Guild (PEN Guild) members have earned a resounding final victory in one of the most significant labor-AI disputes in American journalism: following months of negotiations bet...
wbng.org
"To fully appreciate the scope of the Knicks' comeback, New Yorkers cannot forget the miasma that awaited the team before they even took the floor, thanks to their billionaire owner and his coterie of vulgar vampiric quarter-zips, who nearly doomed everything."
hellgatenyc.com/knicks-overc...
An investigation by THE CITY, based on a database of more than 1,200 lawsuits, shows that ICE agents in the field have seized Latinos in numbers that far exceed their share of the undocumentedā¦
