.rebecca.

concerned doomscrolling

[.rebecca. @Denying_Candy]

When did bootlicking go from “mr big business can do no wrong, that might be ME one day!” to “why are YOU expecting a COMPANY to do what is SAYS it’s gonna do with YOUR money?!!”

[jezz @JezziiB]

Being anti-AI in a world where AI is literally everywhere is getting quite exhausting. No I don’t want to read your AI book, no I don’t want to see your AI poster, no I don’t want to see an AI photo of you with your dead grandad, GET AWAY FROM ME I AM LOSING MY MINDDDDD

[mike ☭ 🇵🇸🔻 @__mike91]

now you know why governments around the world are trying to bring in digital id and social media bans.

[.rebecca. @Denying_Candy]

*sigh
Orwell 1939 and it just reads like 2026 reality.

[.rebecca. @Denying_Candy]

Got shouted at and told my “time was coming” by an aggressive male reform voter this morning. Gotta love those British values coming out in force huh!

[.rebecca. @Denying_Candy]

This will be such a great way for everyone to identify who the “poor kids” are. Whole new era of bullying.

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Keir Starmer has announced that AI tutors will be rolled out to 450,000 children on free school meals to close the attainment gap.

Speaking at London Tech Week, the PM also announced the government's new AI jobseeking tool.

[mariana Z @mariana057]

Due to the high cost of energy, the light at the end of the tunnel has been switched off.

[.rebecca. @Denying_Candy]

@hthieblot No one ever mentions Mibba 😂

[.rebecca. @Denying_Candy]

The UK labour market is mostly just agency work now. So after the insane obligatory “umbrella PAYE” fees, everyone is basically on minimum wage regardless of industry so I’d argue we’re probably in a much worse position than we think.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

I don’t want an AI summary of my Google search. I don’t want an AI summary of the text message from my friend at work. I don’t want an AI summary of the email I’m about to read. Please just stop.

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

Every sentence of this, especially the final one, breaks me wide open.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Ever since I was a little boy, I knew I wanted to log into Microsoft Authenticator 47 times a day.

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

I miss the world before AI more than I miss the world before the pandemic. I hate what it’s doing to publishing, job markets, schooling, and the internet. It’s made people question every piece of content they see. I’m tired of reading about it, seeing it, or thinking about it.

[Mark Burgess @markburgess_osl]

Only a small exaggeration

[Gravantus @Gravantus]

Btw, this was what the term "emotional labor" was originally invented to describe, being forced by your employer to affect a certain emotion.

Narcissists then adopted it to mean, "I shouldn't have to emotionally support my friends, family, or significant other."

[Anon Opin. @anon_opin]

The real disgrace in UK's welfare bill is that so much of it is spent on people in work. We are subsidising jobs that do not pay enough to live on. If we genuinely made sure work paid a decent living, then we would not have such a high bill.

[adam.tsuris @AdamTsuris]

Somewhere along the way, being wrong about facts was reclassified as "having an opinion," and knowing facts was stigmatized as "having bias." It's a big part of why we're in hell now.

[.rebecca. @Denying_Candy]

One thing I don’t see anyone mention re: all the UC talk, is the umbrella PAYE companies used by most recruitment agencies now. You’ll be offered employment through an agency and auto enrolled into the umbrella scheme at huge personal weekly cost and then need UC to top you up.