We’re living in the #enshittocene, in which the forces of enshittification are turning everything from our cars to our streaming services to our dishwashers into thoroughly enshittifified piles of shit. Call it the Great Enshittening:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/09/lead-me-not-into-temptation/#chamberlain

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https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/13/solidarity-forever/#tech-unions

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  • Cory Doctorow@mamot.frOP
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    8 months ago

    That change in leadership was possible because the Teamsters organized the #HarvardGradStudents, and those Harvard kids memorized the union rulebook. At the historic conference where the old guard was abolished, it was teamwork between the union rank-and-file and the rules-lawyers from Harvard that turned the proceedings around:

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    • Cory Doctorow@mamot.frOP
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      8 months ago

      We are deep into the enshittocene and it is terribly demoralizing. But by understanding the constraints that kept enshittification at bay, we can rebuild them, and shore them up. Labor organizing among all kinds of tech workers isn’t just a way to get a better deal for those workers - it’s key to the disenshittification of all our lives.

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      • Cory Doctorow@mamot.frOP
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        8 months ago

        I’m Kickstarting the audiobook for The Bezzle, sequel to Red Team Blues, narrated by #WilWheaton! Pre-order the audiobook and ebook, DRM free, as well as the hardcover. There’s also bundles with Red Team Blues in ebook, audio or paperback:

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        • Pieselpriemel@mastodon.de
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          8 months ago

          @pluralistic@mamot.fr
          “An app is just a web-page that’s a felony to make an ad-blocker for.”
          One should put this on badges and stickers.

    • MoiraEve@mastodon.world
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      8 months ago

      @pluralistic@mamot.fr Was the #HarvardGradStudents those #UAW employees who went to the Harvard Trade Union Program (HTUP)? This was a confusing point for me in the #Intercept article and not clarified well.