Category Archives: Bidness

I Wonder What That Anonymous Banker Is Thinking Now

Posted on September 28, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

After the 2024 election, there was an infamous interview with a Wall Street Banker described thusly (boldface mine): Even the way people on Wall Street talk and interact is changing. Bankers and financiers say that Trump’s victory has emboldened those … Continue reading →

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The Singularity, Such As It Is, Will Be Boring and Mundane

Posted on September 16, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

While the ketamine-addled wunderkind of the tech world are panicking about AI achieving consciousness, the actual harms it is causing, such as denying patients needed pain medication, are very real, if not sexy (boldface mine): The rollout of a Medicare … Continue reading →

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DHS Secretary and Kratom Pusher Markwayne Mullin Should Resign

Posted on June 16, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

Markwayne has been a very naughty boy (boldface mine): For years, federal health officials have warned about the risks associated with a supplement derived from the leaves of kratom trees that adherents say can kill pain or boost energy. Sold … Continue reading →

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Healthcare Insurance, Power, and Control

Posted on April 16, 2026 by mikethemadbiologist

This piece, about the massive shift in film industry jobs from Atlanta to the UK, came across the transom yesterday (boldface mine): Across the U.S., 29% fewer movies and TV series with budgets above $40 million started filming in 2024 … Continue reading →

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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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