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Anna Haunthro @annaanthro.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

“…the #Trump admin is now threatening criminal prosecution for #California election workers who knowingly count ballots filled out by noncitizens. Trump added on social media: “They will all go to jail for a long period of time!!!” According to the ABC News journalists, “Experts overwhelmingly […]

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Chris Marsden @chrismarsden.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

“The Ukraine war is existential for us in Europe,” one European diplomat told the Reuters news agency. “We cannot normalise relations with Russia.” The walkout was acknowledged by the chair of the IMF’s steering committee, the Saudi finance minister...' www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Bank of England governor walks out of IMF summit in protest against Russia

Andrew Bailey among finance leaders to leave session in Bangkok when Russian finance minister addressed group

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Trump doesn’t thank any gods for the woman who tackled the shooter unarmed. Oregon school shooting: Police praise 'heroism' of those who intervened to stop more killing US police have praised the actions of three people who cut short a deadly shooting at a school in the state of Oregon. Three […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Trump doesn’t thank any gods for the woman who tackled the shooter unarmed. Oregon school shooting: Police praise 'heroism' of those who intervened to stop more killing US police have praised the actions of three people who cut short a deadly shooting at a school in the state of Oregon. Three […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

I remember the #bicentennial and it was so exciting the best thing ever, my village had a parade and ice cream as well as fireworks like every fourth, but bigger ones. We were sad when it was over, but then we figured out we'd probably all live to see the 250th. Can't say it's been the same, but […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

#berlin #nokings #notyrants I love my country and want it to do better.

$AKADEMIE DER KÜNSTE DEIN \ can love my country and want it to do better R AS$ RESIST LIKE IT'S
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Someone from Minnesota and I (wisconsin)

Women (and men ) in favour of some combination of nakedness, bikes, and abortion rights

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How great is the Russian threat against Germany? Experts believe that, so far, Germany has been ill-prepared — both militarily and mentally — for Russian provocations. They also warn against the idea that ending support for Ukraine would make Germany safer […]

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Maybe we WILL get enough to override a veto... Czech PM Babis goes empty-handed in Senate elections Opposition parties still control the Czech Senate, in a major blow to Prime Minister Andrej Babis' and his governing coalition […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

need 66 to impeach www.senate.gov/about/powers-procedu…

U.S. Senate: About Impeachment

Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Albania: Protesting students demand political change and resignation of longtime Prime Minister Edi Rama Empty lecture halls, burning buildings and demands for change: Albanian students are spearheading a protest movement that has become the biggest challenge to Prime Minister Edi Rama in years […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Brazil: Amazon deforestation lowest in nearly 40 years The latest figures show that 3,335 square kilometers of the Amazon rainforest were cleared in the year ending in July, the lowest level since 1988. The drop has been described as an "historic achievement." […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Brazil to shorten workweek in win for Lula ahead of runoff Brazil's Senate approved cutting the workweek from 44 to 40 hours. The move could give President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva an edge over his opponent, Flavio Bolsonaro, ahead of the October 25 runoff […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Neither does the NRA, funnily enough.

Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

#TagderDeutchenUntertreibung Russia wants blackout in Ukraine as winter comes — Zelenskyy Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says Russia is trying to cut electricity and heating to civilians ahead of winter. He also called the US president's waiver of new sanctions on Moscow a boost for Vladimir […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

“ A witness and two diplomats also told the AFP new agency that the settlers beat up Bernard Baudoux, the 78-year-old leftist mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries, a town in northern France.” And yesterday an elderlyish @WashPost reporter!

Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Dear Belgium, please release the Russian funds to Ukraine. These conflicts are more related than perhaps you think. West Bank: Israeli settlers attack EU diplomats A group of Israeli settlers attacked vehicles carrying European diplomats in the West Bank. Belgium has condemned the attack […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

"Public debt has indeed risen from 20% of GDP in 1970 to 120% today. But at the same time, private wealth has grown much more dramatically: It has gone from 300% to 600% of GDP, with extreme concentration among the wealthiest financial fortunes." Either put in a #wealthTax or raise #retirement […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

the fairly reliable / conservative electoral-vote.com has Dems up by 10 in the Senate electoral-vote.com 55/45 not enough to override vetoes, sadly. I hope they have a real plan for how to do something.

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Track the 2026 Senate election with a red/blue map of the US updated daily using the latest state polls.

Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

I mean serious business, but this is not my serious account mastodon.social/@j2bryson.bsky.soci…

Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

There must be some #twitterGame we can play with #123456 but I haven't been able to think of one... www.theregister.com/security/2026/1…

Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Wow #AIEthics #dsa #enforcement

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 17/10/2026

The president of Brazil has won a court case against Meta, after accusing them of restricting his posts and algorithmically favoring his opponent, Flavio Bolsonaro www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...

Brazil’s Lula wins electoral court challenge against Meta for alleged pro-Bolsonaro algorithm bias

A judge ruled that the tech company must adopt measures to immediately secure equal treatment of the two presidential candidates ahead of an Oct. 25 runoff.

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Chris Marsden @chrismarsden.bsky.social · 17/10/2026

Remember - these olive trees are far older than the state of Israel

Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat who also drafted the bill with sanctions against Russia, said Trump was turning his back on "the majority of Americans, their representatives in both houses of Congress, and our European allies." "These waivers have nothing to do with our national security […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

This would be the thing hapless press secretary lady either couldn’t or wouldn’t defend? Trump puts new Russia sanctions on hold The US president cited national interests for his decision to sign a waiver on sanctions Congress voted to place on Russia […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Is it german day of national understatement? www.dw.com/en/how-trumps-diesel-dea…

How Trump's diesel deal with Russia will impact the United States and Ukraine

US President Trump's diesel deal with Russia has alarmed Ukraine and its allies. What is he hoping to achieve at home, and what does the deal mean for Kyiv and Moscow?

Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

"spat" While he's here, can we give him that €20B Belgium has been withholding? Ukrainian President Zelenskyy speaks at EU summit amid spat with Donald Trump EU leaders reaffirmed support for Ukraine at the Brussels summit. But souring relations with the US over Russia and Starlink and a big […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Mark Carney implies US trying to 'break' Canada amid vote for Alberta independence referendum The oil-rich province of Alberta will vote to decide if it wants to remain a Canadian province or start the legal process toward separation […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Winner #3: Entry Barriers
Reality
Metaphor
Graduate job listings in the US and UK:
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1 Digital transformation (AI), has
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Digital transformation makes it harder for young people
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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

#cyborgWorkers into q&a now. I ask about something I've heard about call centers using AI to intervene between customers and supporters for the psychological good of the supporters, toning down any vitriol so the supporters don't need to hear that. I don't know if this is just a rumour?

Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Abdullayeva #cyborgWorkers They want to make voice governancble "noice" or complex voice inputs become data and structured, measurable organisational knowledge. redistributed accountability: voice becomes a governanble object, with unequal authority over interpertation and action HR people […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Abdullayeva #cyborgWorkers how do the ai powered digital platform architectures constrain everyo other actor employees, managers everyone actor network theory; affordances configuring participatoin voice structuring & translation voice as governanble infrastructure The AI is skipping the […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Digital Sovereignty at work: How AI Voice platforms reconfigure participation and democracy for voice. Zeynab Abdullayeva, University of Sussex Business School, UK. last talk! (er, I might give my #transnationalUtilities one if there's time, but I won't live blog me anyway) #cyborgWorkers […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Between flexibility and digital control: algorithmic governance across online and location-based platform work **Filippa Lundh**, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. There's a power asymmetry where platform people are identified and traced, they want there to be […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Katzinski #cyborgWorkers Now you work the other way around, instead of building and udnerstanding things, you get a thing you have to understand, but you use your development skills to do that. Some programmers welcome this, others miss building from the bottom up. So this disruption creates […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Katzinski (how did I not know her???) #cyborgWorkers implementation comes faster. local speeed gain becomes an incrased expectation. Results in a change in dhow much of the time is actually spent on programming. sometimes speed gains are reinvested in higher quality software; part of the gain […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Digital control and workers’ autonomy CHAIR · Aída Ponce Del Castillo ETUI Generative AI and the reorganisation of programming labour Ann Katzinski, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) and the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society. If genai makes programming fater, what happens tothe […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

q&a Re copilot, it could also just be about typical #antitrust lock in; why pay yet more for other firms' tokens when you get copilot "free" with your office software... But still, some of the sectors addressed by #cyborgWorkers make enough money individuals have their own licenses to better […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Escamilla #cyborgWorkers strategies for trade unions: face to face contact as a counterbalance, people crave connections peer learning and EU coordination trade union youth sections beleve ai is a factor exacerbating the precarious working conditions already faced by youth in the face of […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Escamilla #cyborgWorkers terrific talk sorry the notes are a mess, I'm confounding where the resistence is due to AI and more general societal trends. worrying about the platformisation of the society, don't want to be in any society, don't want a tag or label. Lack of resources and capacity to […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

European Trade Union Youth Sections and Digital Transformation: Experiences, challenges and strategies in the age of AI **Alonso Escamilla,** Research Manager, Catholic University of Ávila, Spain. interested in why youth don't join unions threat to first job? missed one concern about disinfo […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

#cyborgworkers I'm still mystified about how Microsoft is convincing so many managers to get us to do unwaged labour trying to find a use for copilot. IIRC in the 20C there were actually kickbacks from Microsoft to heads of IT that brought Microsoft in. Could that still be going on? #AIEthics […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Aranda #cyborgworkers #FoW not deskilling but a double movement upskilling quality tools made the labour process more complex, reonrienting towrdas supervision control colearning mainteneannce and proposing of improvmenet intesifed working day raised both skills required training time for each […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Encoding the worker: automation, knowledge extraction, and collective resistance in the world's largest candy producer Nahuel Aranda, School of Economics, National U of Córdoba, Argentina. Best workers proud to make next plant. worst workers? quiet firing and volutnary redundancy redoployment […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Collective resistance and its challenges CHAIR · Michele Santoro U Catania, Italy Union Strategies to contest, co-govern and co-opt the use of AI in retail Rachel Verdin, ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit), U Sussex Business School, UK. #cyborgWorkers retail apocalypse or retail […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Solymosi-Szekeres at #cyborgWorkers Personality traits are not protected from discrimination, so extraverts get more chance of employability than introverts. (sorry I didn't live blog this panel very well, I'm a bit burning out and also might be asked to talk again about the economic context […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Ditto Google fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/prof…

Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

ha, exactly what I was going to say as a question at #cyborgWorkers – Microsoft is desperately pushing employers to push workers to use copilot in the hope that someone somewhere finds an economic excuse to keep making foundation models and to salvage the companies from their #AIBubble […]

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Joanna Bryson, blathering @j2bryson.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

ha, exactly what I was going to say as a question at #cyborgWorkers – Microsoft is desperately pushing employers to push workers to use copilot in the hope that someone somewhere finds an economic excuse to keep making foundation models and to salvage the companies from their #AIBubble liabilities.