Stephen Shapiro

Hundreds of applications, no jobs and AI replacements: California's brutal tech work landscape Thousands of tech workers have already lost their jobs this year and leaders at some companies say AI will enable employers to do more with smaller teams.

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UoB has had decades of "the worst of the worst" in SMT

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gas station attendent
taxi driver

after immigration, before
peasant
peasant

Why I already miss Rev. Jesse Jackson In Chicago, I saw the legendary civil rights leader heal the divides between the Black and Jewish communities

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Harvard Lays Off 55 Alumni Affairs and Development Office Staff Amid Budget Strain | News | The Harvard Crimson Harvard laid off 55 staff members in its Alumni Affairs and Development office on Tuesday, citing budget constraints — the latest in a series of staff layoffs as the University faces mounting financia...

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Nazi battle Royale

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Berlin Film Festival Boss to Accept New Advisory Board and “Antisemitism Code of Conduct” (Report) Tricia Tuttle came under fire following pro-Palestinian speeches by Berlinale award winners at this year's awards gala.

the terms are unacceptable. Tuttle should resign
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As the Romanian edition of Combined and Uneven Development was published this week, a re-up of the forward to this edition
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One sh*tbird less won't clean the house
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One sh*tbird less won't clean the house
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It's the necropolitcal norm, all lives are disposible.

A Blueprint for Resistance: How Residents and Local Governments Are… U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acting director Todd Lyons has stated his horrific goal of building a deportation system that treats people…

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Photo of Melania together with sex trafficker Ghislaine . Three teenagers (redacted faces) next to these two. Headline: can anyone explain why Hillary Clinton is testifying about Epstein while Melania is not?

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German customs net ketamine cache in golden garden gnomes X-ray anomalies helped German customs officials crack a daring ketamine smuggling operation. A bumper haul of the drug was found stuffed inside a troop of fancily decorated outdoor figurines at Cologn...

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As the Romanian edition of Combined and Uneven Development was published this week, a re-up of the forward to this edition
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@peterarnott.bsky.social
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Marx on cooking capitalism!
[from Tracking Capital: World-Systems, World-Culture, World-Ecology]

Greens repeat demand to ban Trump’s troops from Prestwick, following Iran attacks Greens repeat demand to ban Trump’s troops from Prestwick, following Iran attacks - Greens have urged the Scottish Government to end US military access to publicly-owned Prestwick airport.

We cannot stand by while yet another catastrophic regional war is unleashed. The Iranian people deserve safety and dignity — not to be trapped between the brutality of their own regime and the reckless aggression of Trump and Netanyahu.
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Alex Borstein Bakes Comfort Hamantaschen for Purim – Kveller This Purim comes to us at a very complicated (dare I say, unprecedented?) time. The Jewish holiday, which celebrates Queen Esther’s triumph against the evil Haman in ancient Persia, comes two days aft...

Who doesn't need a comfort hamantaschen by a star?
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City officials demand University to release video footage of arrest of Elmina Aghayeva, GS ‘26 District 69 State Assembly member Micah Lasher, Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal, and other elected officials demanded the University release footage of Immigration and Customs Enforceme...

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the most nazi of the nazi party rise
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Indien: Eine Reise in das Ursprungsland des Yoga Yoga ist in seinem Ursprungsland Indien die gesellschaftliche Klammer für ein Milliardenvolk. Eine Reise zu den Wurzeln.

Good article on th politicization of yoga in India.
Many would be shocked to realize that Iyengar was a supporter of the BJP
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everyone must pitch in to stop the rise of the nazis
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When the German news speaks the truth that the American one cannot.
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Vulnerable Republicans in California's redrawn congressional districts back war in Iran Republicans facing tough reelection fights in this year's midterms are backing President Trump's attacks on Iran, which are unpopular, according to recent polling.

good way to lose an election
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Monsters and madness and men, oh my! The Terror is the unsung treasure of peak television With a world-class cast that will have you constantly saying ‘hey, it’s that guy!’, this horror drama about a doomed Royal Navy expedition is a grand treatise on colonial folly

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