Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Somebody was talking about how all the single use plastics that we absolutely need for hospitals and medical settings are going to suffer from this petroleum crisis at some point, yet all i see in most publications is concern about gas prices. 18375115
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 05/04/2026And that’s because the plan in any US crisis is pretty much to just let the sick and disabled die, to keep “the economy” running in a way that those at the top keep making obscene profits from people’s labor. 211212
Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 05/04/2026This is the world genAI was built for. So many people don’t get that they’ll join the expendable class immediately—even if the AI that’s rolled out isn’t a great replacement for their work. It just has to be available, and “good enough” 1868
Ken Yee @yuweiquan.bsky.social · 05/04/2026I hate that COVID policy demonstrates this so clearly. 130
