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If you weren’t already convinced the future of capitalism will involve an endless optimization of extractive capacity and the ensuing enshitification of every last bit of consumer life, well, get ready for a new frontier in “dynamic pricing”…. Algorithms should be immediately auditable. Price gouging must be met with sanction. (emphasis added)
A workforce survey of members of the NASUWT teaching union found that some teachers had been driven to the point of suicide by the stress of the job. Among 12,000 responses, 23% reported drinking more alcohol, 12% the use of or increased use of antidepressants, and 3% said they had self-harmed as a result of their work.
Tributes are flowing for “larger than life” Melbourne youth and social justice campaigner Les Twentyman, who has died at the age of 76. Above: Twentyman with the Street Kids Xmas Rap Choir in 2020.
Changes in how data was being collected and conveniently dropping Covid-safety measures forced us into a cycle of infection, disability and eugenics to uphold capitalism. This continues harming those working in precarious gig economies, low paid workers, essential workers, minoritised people and homeless people. Many of us are already living paycheck to paycheck, and can lose everything due to a worsening cost of living crisis. Above: The National Covid Memorial Wall in London, commemorating victims of the COVID-19 pandemic
Suitcases once belonging to residents of a New York State mental hospital tell the stories of long-forgotten lives. Above: RL’s trunk contains not only a substantial library of volumes from Cervantes to Poe but also a manuscript that he wrote
The prison system has become the new residential school system. People are warehoused in these crime colleges as a method of control with no positive outcome. We need reform, not more spending on a remand centre.
Amid the sea of rainbows and jubilant atmosphere of Tampa Pride, the USF School of Social Work made its mark, marching proudly alongside thousands in the 2024 Tampa Pride Parade.