Distinguishing Labor from Work - Aaron Ross Powell

We should get rid of the former, if we can, but we should absolutely keep the latter.

Distinguishing Labor from Work · Aaron Ross Powell

We should get rid of the former, if we can, but we should absolutely keep the latter.

America is Mine, and it Owes Me a Living

But ask me why and I'll spit in your eye

What's the middle ground between 'F.U!' and 'Welcome!'?

One of my wife's distant friends has attempted to invite herself to stay with us, again. She did this last March, and we used the excuse of me starting a new job and needing to do x, y, and z as...

Welcome Back to the Office. You Won’t Get Anything Done | The Walrus

Return to office mandates aren’t about output. They’re about asserting control

Liberating work - workers.coop

Worker cooperatives enable workers to unite and collectively advance their economic, social, and cultural interests.

Pluralistic: How Canada can help Americans and defeat America (23 Aug 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

As Canada is learning (the hard way), the "art" of all of Trump's deals can be summed up in a single word: "renege":

The Anti-Social Century

Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.

We need Solidarity | deadSimpleTech

Both me and a lot of people around me have written extensively about the issues that we face in the tech industry, both inward and outward facing. Some of us have attempted to essay potential solutions, but on the whole, I don't believe we've had a coherent strategy for fighting back against this shit as an industry. So, let me propose one: we, as an industry, need to unionise quickly, effectively and on a massive scale.

[AINews] Humanity's Last Gasp

a quiet day lets us reflect on work in the time of AI

Shawn Gude on Twitter / X

.@BernieSanders: "An essential story about one of America’s greatest champions for workers." Sara Nelson (@FlyingWithSara): "This book couldn’t be more timely.” @GraceBlakeley: "Masterful." Preorder American Socialist: The Life and Legacy of Eugene V. Debs today!…— Shawn Gude (@shawngude) August 31, 2026

How tech workers are feeling in 2026: a workforce splitting in two

Results from our second annual tech worker sentiment survey

Tech Workers Coalition

A coalition of tech industry workers, labor organizers, community organizers, and friends cultivating solidarity among all workers in tech.

Pluralistic: Comrade Trump (20 Apr 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

There aren't a lot of things I agree with Mark Carney about, but there's one area where he and I are in total accord: the old, US-dominated, "rules-based international order" was total bullshit:

Views of American politics, polarization and tone of political debate

In many ways, Americans’ emotions toward politics today are as negative as their evaluations of the country’s political system. Majorities say they always or often feel exhausted (65%) and angry…