Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026www.wired.com/story/ai-job...wired.comAI Use in the Job Market Is Creating an Infinite Doom LoopJob seekers are trying to game the application process using AI. It’s not working, and not for the reasons you might think. 060
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026"Nobel Prize winner Daron Acemoglu and Yale economist Pascual Restrepo call this 'so-so automation': It’s not superintelligent robots taking over our workplaces. Instead, reliably mediocre ones are being installed that displace human work while annoying us all." www.fastcompany.com/91572019/sta...fastcompany.comStarbucks made a national bet on an AI tool; 9 months later, it pulled the plugThe exclusive inside story of how a promising AI system flamed out, as told by dozens of Starbucks employees and the tech startup behind it. Plus, what leaders everywhere should learn from the experie... 020
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 28/07/2026"Nobel Prize winner Daron Acemoglu and Yale economist Pascual Restrepo call this 'so-so automation': It’s not superintelligent robots taking over our workplaces. Instead, reliably mediocre ones are being installed that displace human work while annoying us all." removepaywalls.com/https://www....removepaywalls.comhttps://www.fastcompany.com/91572019/starbucks-bet-big-ai-tool-national-scale-9-months-inventory-automated-counting-nomadgoView article without paywall 001
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Here the link to the story www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comBig Tech Needs to Justify AI Spending as Investors Dump StocksAfter last week’s wipeout in chips and the broader selloff in technology stocks, pressure is building for the biggest spenders on artificial intelligence to justify their expenditures to beleaguered t... 001
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I begged the editor to leave in my jokes. He did. Flipper's $249 Busy Bar Tells Your Coworkers to Scram and When to Come Back www.pcmag.com/news/flipper...pcmag.comFlipper's $249 Busy Bar Tells Your Coworkers to Scram and When to Come BackI went hands-on with a desktop info panel that aims to protect your focus at work—but might make your colleagues hate you. 010
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026"much token usage, or ‘chewing,’ is not from supercharged engineers creating lots of code, but people converting PDFs into presentation slides." In other words, the message from companies is: "AI doing grunt work is too expensive." You cannot make this up. www.404media.co/companies-ar...404media.coCompanies Are Throttling Employees’ AI Use Because It’s Too ExpensiveSources and leaks from Amazon, Adobe, Atlassian, Citi, and more show what is really happening with AI right now: companies are trying to rein in AI use as costs spiral out of control. 010
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 08/07/2026A lesson in making it difficult for people to feel sympathy for you www.the-independent.com/life-style/b...the-independent.comMillionaire biohacker reveals he has incurable disease amid mission to ‘defeat death’‘My stomach is eating itself,’ the tech entrepreneur announced on social media 010
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026The last 2 weeks, I've been unable to load a ton of web pages that usually go just fine I turned VPN on and then off I reset browser settings I searched for other causes: DNS, firewall, network settings... No dice Then I QUIT my VPN application. All the pages loaded 🤦♀️ Beware NordVPN users! 000
Reposted by Jill E DuffyMichael Calore @snackfight.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Truer words never spoken (by @jilleduffy.bsky.social) www.wired.com/story/halo-s... 061
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 29/05/2026"Born in the USA" at a political event (even better if it's war-related) "YMCA" at a conservative event "Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley/Leonard Cohen at a wedding Lyrics, people! Lyrics! 160
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 28/05/2026AI companies coming to make us stop using em dashes, or make us double-down on em dashes... #AI #writing #TheGreatEmDashDebate 010
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Knowledge workers who are highly productive balance the "mindless" or easy or low-focus parts of work with the hard stuff. We work it into our day so that the low-focus tasks provide us with a break. That break is integral to getting back to the high-focus work 010
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 18/05/2026People who hype AI have no idea about diminishing returns We have decades of research showing that when people only work on hard stuff & don't get sufficient breaks, they burn out If AI is sold as a tool that "automates the mindless parts of work" then the worker is only left w the hard parts 120
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 18/05/2026What I don't get about AI hype is this: People w middling productivity don't need masterful tools They need to minimize distractions. They need to develop the skill of focus. They need to differentiate between planning & strategizing. They need to evaluate risk AI doesn't give them any of that 011
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 18/05/2026This article asks, "What if the problem isn't AI but men?" www.wired.com/story/meet-t...wired.comMeet the Sad Wives of AIMen are obsessed with AI. Many of their wives absolutely hate it—and them. 000
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Interesting design, and it's true about the ear being a good, steady source for HR via the skin, but aren't we all just so over "innovative" wearables? Give me a watch or give me nothing www.kickstarter.com/projects/lum...kickstarter.comLumia 2 Smart Earrings: Discreet Next-Gen Health TrackingTrack your sleep, cycle, activity, blood flow, and more. Beautiful enough to wear anywhere. Styled as jewelry, sized to disappear. 010
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026One of America's leading tech writers, @geoffreyfowler.bsky.social , has announced he's leaving the newsroom to start the Youth AI Safety Institute at Common Sense Media geoffreyfowler.substack.com/p/what-is-ai...geoffreyfowler.substack.comWhat is AI doing to our kids? I’m going to find out.After 12 years as a tech columnist, I'm helping launch the new Youth AI Safety Institute to test the AI products shaping childhood. 010
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 05/05/2026A top contender in the Shittiest Announcement to Fire Employees category www.coinbase.com/blog/buildin...coinbase.comBuilding a leaner and faster CoinbaseBuilding a leaner and faster Coinbase SEO 010
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026LOL! Who are these people making up these numbers? "a 2024 report by HTF Market Intelligence found the worldwide sector is worth more than $690bn (£544bn) and is forecast to grow by another $400bn (£315bn) between 2024 and 2028." www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...nationalgeographic.comWhat is sleep tourism and why is it on the rise?Across the world, resorts and retreats are using the latest technology alongside holistic practices to create dedicated sleep-improving programmes. 000
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Tom's Guide said "sleep tourism" would be "one of 2025's biggest travel trends" Was it? I thought "sleep on vacation" was something parents of small children do when their kids are finally old enough to be left with another adult, but not an industry www.tomsguide.com/wellness/sle...tomsguide.comSleep tourism will be one of 2025's biggest travel trends — here’s why you should book a sleep retreat tooShould you hop on the sleep tourism trend this holiday season? Absolutely and here’s why 110
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 03/05/2026“Telling people that they can become ‘toxic’ if they don’t go on X diet or plan is a very obvious scare tactic. I can assure you that if you’re ‘toxic,’ you’ll be in the ICU,” [Langer] wrote. “Fostering distrust in our bodies — it’s part of the marketing.” 000
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Beans are wonderful, no doubt, but the online conversation around beans is concerning. The health-grift side of it is wild hellogloria.com/essays/the-n...hellogloria.comThe New Midlife Wellness Trend is … Beans? - Hello GloriaBy Jill E. Duffy 100
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Scientists found a "golden orb" at the bottom of the ocean off the coast of Alaska. After 3 years, they finally figured out that it is... a bunch of dead cells from a sea anemone www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...smithsonianmag.comScientists Found This Mysterious Golden Orb on the Seafloor Nearly Three Years Ago. Now, They Finally Know What It IsAfter a long, winding road of tests, researchers at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and other institutions determined that the strange blob once attached a large sea anemone to a ... 020
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Tip: If you cannot locate an email address for customer service for a company, open the Terms of Service, search for (press ctrl+F) "@". Almost always, you can find an email address in there. #techtip #customerservice 010
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026You went to the Red Rooster Harlem approximately 14 years ago, and today you got your first ever email from them 010
Reposted by Jill E DuffyJosh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 21/04/2026an absolutely brutal reminder that as reporters at non-worker-owned outlets, you don't own your story; your corporation does. it's their IP, not yours. 06213
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026"Economists & labor researchers are increasingly asking why the gains from AI-driven productivity aren't flowing to workers" Are they? ARE THEY? Have they not paid attention to the last 50yrs of capitalism?! *Unions* help workers, not increased productivity qz.com/ai-productiv...qz.comAI boosts worker productivity but not their paychecksEconomists and labor researchers are increasingly asking why the gains from AI-driven productivity aren't flowing to workers 000
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Counterpoint: Did it ever know? www.theverge.com/tldr/915176/...theverge.comSilicon Valley has forgotten what normal people wantDid the tech industry get high on its own supply? 000
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026That is grim. The juxtaposition of the story and the layoff. I'm sorry. Although it's good to document and remember and resurface it for others. 110
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026The acronym POS will never ever mean "point of sale" to me 021
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026You know what? It's not even that the worker is being disrespectful. I take that part back. When the employer isn't showing respect for the employee and their time, the employee isn't going to bend over backward for them anymore. I think that's a more apt way to describe what's actually happening. 010
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026This is pushback from the last 25-30 yrs of corps/orgs (in the US, where there are so few labor laws) treating workers as disposable. When a company shows no loyalty or respect to the worker and their time, the worker is going to do the same 110
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Soft off days for remote workers. I'm 100% PRO this. Get your job done, don't leave your immediate coworkers hanging, and then go live your life #work #worklife #remotework www.fastcompany.com/91528048/no-...fastcompany.com‘No one knew I was in a different time zone’: The workers who travel, play tennis, and do chores on the clockThe trend is called ‘soft off days’—and it's a sign work-life balance still feels out of reach for many. 111
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 18/04/2026I also love that she has absolutely no social media presence, as far as I could find. Her publisher links to a supposed Facebook page that doesn't exist Reminds me of Mary Roach's social presence. She built one when her most recent book came out, made a few posts during book tour, then abandoned it 000
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Went back and read that 2016 Guardian interview with Ottessa Moshfegh where she says she wrote Eileen by buying a book called The 90-Day Novel and following all its instructions. I know she got some shit for it, but honestly, she's a complete bad-ass www.theguardian.com/books/2016/s... 100
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 18/04/2026www.theguardian.com/books/2016/s...theguardian.comOttessa Moshfegh interview: ‘Eileen started out as a joke – also I’m broke, also I want to be famous’The books interview: the Man Booker-shortlisted author talks about writing a thriller to get noticed, exorcising her childhood and sexist critics 010
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Didn't we hear about this, like, two years ago? Ah, it's the same case, but now the trial has concluded. www.npr.org/2024/11/14/n...npr.orgThey told insurers a bear damaged their car. But it was actually a person in a costumeFour LA residents allegedly defrauded multiple insurance companies of over $141,000. A wildlife expert who reviewed footage of the incidents said that the culprit was "clearly a human in a bear suit." 010
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 18/04/2026An unrated thing about email is, you know how you have a conversation sometimes and you think to yourself a day later "what I should have said was..." — with email, you can just wait a day, have the thought, and send the right message. 131
Reposted by Jill E DuffyWeedle @weedle.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Exactly one year ago today: 448280319336
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Quote post with something "good" that lasted longer than the Confederacy (1861-1865) Action Park (1978-1996) 010
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 15/04/2026I very nearly started writing for a new client until I read the terms of service for its CMS (which doubles as its payment system) closely. The CMS charges writers 10% of their payment You want me to PAY A FEE to WORK FOR YOU?! GTFO I declined the work 000
Reposted by Jill E Duffywesley b @wesburt.bsky.social · 15/04/2026the irony of having a one-on-one HR layoff meeting in the conference room with my Loki mural on it 164102462337
Reposted by Jill E DuffyMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/04/2026This is NUTS www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-usai... 19778592275
Reposted by Jill E Duffyisaac @sevier.io · 14/04/2026Energy policy think tanks keep putting out proposals like "give Mark Zuckerberg sole control over our utility rates by making him America's next grid czar" and the people in Everytown, America are like "go ahead and fuckin try" 274347989
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026I do sometimes think it's funny that a weather app, now owned by IBM, is named after an anti-government revolutionary group who were classified as terrorists 020
Reposted by Jill E DuffyScott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 11/04/2026WATCH THE NASA YOUTUBE NOW 54911
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Someone asked me if I use AI in my work as a writer No. Unequivocally no. 1) It's not reliable for anything I do 2) Whatever value it *might* provide is not worth the water, energy & other resources it'd take to get there "Is the potential value worth burning down a patch of rainforest?" Nope! 011
Jill E Duffy @jilleduffy.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Could you even imagine if those 4 astronauts on Artemis II had seen a nuclear bomb go off on Earth? What are we doing down here?... 000