So our decarbonisation strategy is basically going to be the UK becoming a global green washing hub

It's Nobel Prize for power-serving economics research day again. Rejoice!

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Last and final vestige of meaning departs the word "craft", FT confirms.

"Occasional bout of customer laughter" is too on the nose for England.

My university has informed us that we are moving to a “customer service” model. Not a joke.

The latest "free one" edition of TRASHFUTURE PODCAST has lots of fun with the idea of Moomin managers. There is actually a book on that from Bristol Uni Press...

should start asking “for or against?” when someone says they’re a human rights lawyer

Insane stat from the Wall Street Journal that there are like 12 million full-time influencers in the US right now. That’s 7% of the American workforce No way a bubble like that is at all sustainable

The word "great" as feedback at work now simply means that something exists? Is this part of the trend that one must give a five star review for a service that has met the lowest possible bar?

Is the Co-Op still an ethical organisation? Private Eye finds that engagement will provide "member and Co-op data to enable Member Engagement to strategically plan where they best deliver activity locally with the maximum impact for our members."

new from me: I’ve teamed up with Anastasia Bektimirova to explore why so much policy work is basically pointless. We walk through the mistakes tech companies, consultancies, think tanks, and lobbyists make, how it impoverishes debate, and how we can improve it. 🧵

We walk through a few different examples in the piece. But far too much effort is expended on work that has little to no bite

legacy software companies adding an ai chatbot to their product

framing “AI” scams/labor disciplining vehicles as good for “female & underrepresented writers” is beyond cynical and stupid but it’s pretty much all the scammers have. It’s all crypto boosters had. It’s a bingo free space of meaningless marketing pablum. Like ok, sure

To misquote GK Chesterton, when a corporation's success is built entirely on monopoly power they don't believe on nothing, they believe in anything.

"AI will be rolled out as part of austerity ... It won’t mean there’s less bureaucracy ... there will be more bullshit work with AI, not less." 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/the-extra-mile…

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Only about ten things in this article that all UK academics would immediately recognise...

Inevitable endpoint of "continuous improvement"?

UK economy in the "technically you can't say we're not doing our job objectives" phase of their performance review meeting. Malicious compliance the order of the day here in Blighty.