Category Archives: Bidness

AI and Business: It’s About Jobs

Posted on January 15, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Or layoffs actually. A while ago, some asshole with a blog noted: Every day, there’s a new story about how AI is letting bosses lay off workers. Some of this might actually be true, but it’s also about disciplining the … Continue reading →

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Treating Customers Like Criminals: The San Francisco Safeway Edition

Posted on November 24, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

In D.C., several of the Safeway grocery stores have been given nicknames. My local Safeway is, unfortunately, called the Soviet Safeway because, well, it kind of sucks. But San Francisco is really upping the Soviet Safeway game (boldface mine): At … Continue reading →

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D.C. Decision to Effectively End Curbside Dining Is a Bad Policy

Posted on September 29, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

I realize we are in an existential fight against fascism, but, in terms of policy, the mainland colony of D.C. still (for now, anyway) has control over things like this that affect day-to-day life, so let’s ignore the existential horror … Continue reading →

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In Any Other Administration…

Posted on September 24, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

…this would result in an immediate firing (boldface mine): In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were … Continue reading →

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People Who Have Offices with Doors Should Not Be Allowed to ‘Improve’ the Workplace

Posted on August 15, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

When I read the story about Microsoft going all in on voice-controlled computing (“more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal”–lol), I had similar thoughts as Atrios did (boldface mine): I do not understand the fasciation with voice input. Sure it has limited … Continue reading →

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Job Numbers Are Often Variable

Posted on August 5, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Following up from yesterday’s post, I want to clarify that I really don’t think the jobs numbers are weird right now (though what will happen in the future remains to be seen). If you look at historical data, whenever there … Continue reading →

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There Also Must Be Accountability for Institutions That Failed

Posted on August 4, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Or more accurately, for the people in those institutions that have failed us. In light of Trump’s firing of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because he didn’t like the jobs numbers, Commandante Atrios revisits some concern, from … Continue reading →

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A Problem ‘AI’ Does Solve: Section 174 of the U.S. Tax Code

Posted on July 31, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

And Trump is the reason the problem exists. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Every day, there’s a new story about how AI is letting bosses lay off workers. Some of this might actually be true, but it’s also about … Continue reading →

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The Grift Just Keeps Going On and On: The Lutnick and Sons Edition

Posted on July 25, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Remember all of those amazing tariffs we’re supposed to be getting? You know, the ones publicly supported by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick? Well, you’ll never guess who’s betting against those tariffs being constitutional (boldface mine): Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services … Continue reading →

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Senator Gillibrand Is Very Bad at Her DSCC Chair Job

Posted on July 2, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

As Trump manages to get closer to massively expanding ICE and creating his own personal force of ICE goons, head of the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, Kristen Gillibrand has decided to spend much of the past week boldly crusading against … Continue reading →

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