Category Archives: Bidness

AI, AMR, and Data Ownership: Blessed Are the Data Generators

Posted on November 14, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Our tech overlords are upset that they actually might have to pay people for their labor (boldface mine): Andreessen Horowitz is warning that billions of dollars in AI investments could be worth a lot less if companies developing the technology … Continue reading →

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Armenians and the Potential for the Misuse of ‘AI’

Posted on November 13, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

And I put AI in scare quotes because this really has to do with algorithms, not AI per se. First, a blast from the (not, though it should be) past–discrimination against Armenians (boldface mine): People are rightly concerned about the … Continue reading →

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And the Beat (Sweetener) Goes On…

Posted on October 24, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

It now appears Republican Rep. Jim Jordan won’t be the next House Speaker, but it’s still hilarious to see the political press corps write beat sweeteners–puff pieces that make their subjects look good, in implicit exchange for access later: “Exclusive: … Continue reading →

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BuT wHy ArE eMpLoYeEs TaKiNg ThEiR sIcK dAyS?

Posted on October 19, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

So asks the Wall Street Journal (boldface mine): The bar for taking a sick day is getting lower, and some bosses say that’s a problem. U.S. workers have long viewed an unwillingness to take sick days as a badge of … Continue reading →

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Employers Haven’t Faced Strikes Like These in a Long Time

Posted on October 16, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Recently, the NY Times published an article with the headline “Amid Strikes, One Question: Are Employers Miscalculating?” They did miscalculate, but the article missed a key reason why: strikes are much harder to break when the underlying workforce is unstable. … Continue reading →

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The Problem with D.C.’s Downtown Is the Private, Not Federal, Sector

Posted on October 10, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Because D.C.’s current leadership, despite years of high rates of office vacancies downtown, did nothing to address the problem, they have been calling for federal workers to return to the office in a desperate attempt to jump start downtown businesses, … Continue reading →

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‘My Rich Friends Will Pay Ridiculous Amounts for My Property’ Isn’t a Valid Defense Against Fraud

Posted on September 29, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

At least for now. Marcy Wheeler gives a very good summary of the recent New York state court ruling against Trump, finding $850 million to $3.2 billion of fraudulent estimates by Trump. Wheeler notes (boldface mine): Which brings us to … Continue reading →

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Happy Labor Day from Michigan Republicans

Posted on September 4, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

It’s like they wake up every morning and ask, “How can we be complete assholes today?” Seriously, this rhetoric about paid family leave is cartoon villain grade stupidity (boldface mine): That quote was courtesy of a “Messaging Points” memo aimed … Continue reading →

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Professional Democrats Suck at Their Jobs: The Brooklyn Democratic Party Edition

Posted on August 22, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Fortunately, it’s not like rank-and-file Democrats care about abortion (boldface mine): Brooklyn’s Democratic Party tapped a candidate for a New York judgeship who previously wrote about her opposition to Roe. v. Wade. Now, she could be asked to rule on … Continue reading →

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CEOs and Landlords Need to Learn to Embrace Technological Change

Posted on August 8, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Those of who are not young will remember, in the 1980s and 1990s, how American workers were told that their job losses, especially in manufacturing, were due to technological changes and that these workers therefore needed to Embrace Technological Change … Continue reading →

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