Danny Ockilson - he/him @danny@justweb.dev

Layoffs:
- don't save money
- don't improve company performance
- don't increase stock pricess
- destroy trust
- have huge impacts on health, well-being, and income of employees

So why do layoffs? It's a network effect: execs lay people off because other companies are doing it

Stanford Biz School article: https://news.stanford.edu/2022/12/05/explains-recent-tech-layoffs-worried/

Harvard Biz Review:
https://hbr.org/2022/12/what-companies-still-get-wrong-about-layoffs

Reminder, it's always a good day to join your union.

I have entered the anger/rage phase of grief over #Google's #layoffs. Fucking disgusting that a company with $14B in annual profit and $100B of cash in the bank "had to" lay off 12,000 staff.

Why couldn't the top 100 exec earners take the pay cuts instead? No reason. Why couldn't they just eat the stock losses from the investors being unhappy about headcount? No reason.

Peak fucking capitalism at work. Fucking disgusting.

People are complaining about #PinkFloyd going woke for, er, changing their profile pic to celebrate the 50th anniversary of #DarkSideOfTheMoon
https://twitter.com/travisakers/status/1616274690938638338?t=zX7TOiqPdSduWeckZejyUw&s=19

The Press could easily re-claim the social distribution of their content by simply spinning up their own instances.

And if they were just *slightly* more ambitious, they would build their own social media software that integrates ActivityPub—customized for the needs of journalists.

Instead, they piss away their future by doubling down on Big Social.

Fatal miscalculation by central government in assuming there is a single soul in Scotland who hates trans people more than they hate the English.

I get that the GOP likes to pretend that MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech is a call for colorblindness (it's not), citing the "content of their character" line, but here's a little secret:

If you're the type of person who feels the need to cling to that line, free from context, then the "content of your character" is pretty apparent, and it's not looking good for you.

Jan 31: #Mastodon How-To For Activists, Organizations & Movements

With hate speech taking over Twitter, many of us are tired of our vulnerability to the whims of corporate-owned social media. Join this free 2-part training run in collaboration with the @openrightsgroup. Basics to advanced topics including setting up a movement server. https://socialmovementtechnologies.org/mastodon-how-to-for-activists-organizations-movements-jan-31-feb-2-2023/ #HumanRights #RacialJustice #Politics #SocialJustice #ClimateChange #BLM #TwitterMigration #Introduction #IranRevolution #StandWithUkraine

I like to think about how people could easily leave shitty jobs, marriages, and locations if we had a universal basic income. I suppose that's exactly why conservatives hate the idea.

I think my favorite use of emoji responses on Slack/Discord/etc is when someone just latches onto a particular word in a message and attaches its emoji, with no semantic content intended. E.g. someone'll say "Sorry, the bus is running late" and someone else will just slap a 🚌 on there to confirm that they did indeed notice and recognize the word "bus"

#caturday post of mickey - the bonobo cafe’s resident cat, to commemorate the closing of the best small vegan cafe in the world.

excellent food, staffed by excellent people.

#catsofmastodon

#Introduction

We are a Hackerspace located in #Aberdeen in the Northeast of #Scotland

We are a shared space in the city for Hackers Makers and anyone interested in technology,

We hold our weekly #Openday every Tuesday, 7.30pm till late.

https://www.57north.org.uk/contact

Come along and play, it is also advised to bring a laptop or project to work on.

#hackerspaces

In England, “booster shot” is spelled “borchestershire shot.”