Sean Captain

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[Sean Captain @seancaptain]

@google Docs got you down. Prepare ow for the next Big internet outage https://t.co/umMloR1nrD

[Sean Captain @seancaptain]

@LanzaJet Hi. I'm trying to reach you for an article. Please DM and I can explain more. Thanks much.

[Sean Captain @seancaptain]

At least twice the @FCC has referred to reforming a fictional law: the National Environmental Protection Act. It's the National Environmental *Policy* Act. #FactCheck #copyedit #GOOGL, @DOGE staff cuts?

[Sean Captain @seancaptain]

Thanks @backmarket @swappa for input.

[Sean Captain @seancaptain]

Weeks of @FastCompany testing several #ios26 betas on #iphone models like the SE2 (plus results from other, expert, testers) show it should run well on even the oldest supported models. @Apple #ios26beta #ios26publicbeta #iphones #iphone11 #iphoneSE #ios

https://t.co/bUk5xd6Ktx

[Sean Captain @seancaptain]

@HiatusApp I'm a journalist, and I've been trying for about two weeks to reach your press office regarding my review. Please DM. Thanks.

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Workers at @amazon facility in Garner, NC, are voting to form a union. @FastCompany spoke with a key organizer in a sweeping survey of the Big Tech labor movement back in December.
https://t.co/ExXBIqDeTK

[Sean Captain @seancaptain]

While not campaign contributions, tax-deductible charitable donations are heavily funding US political movements. @FastCompany reports on top tools, called DAFs, used by right and left orgs like @DonorsTrust and @TidesCommunity Input from @IPS_DC https://t.co/IM7uzd8wYj

[Sean Captain @seancaptain]

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[GC Cooke @Gccooke]

Nvidia just released a $249 computer that will change AI forever.

It's called the Jetson Nano - a tiny device that can run AI models locally.

This means AI can run without connecting to the cloud.

And it's about to spark the biggest tech battle of our time:

[Sean Captain @seancaptain]

. @amazon @Teamsters actions take off
12/19 Strike at 7 facilities
12/11 San Bernardino CA workers join union
12/10 Atlanta drivers join
11/27 Queens NY file EEOC charge
11/15 City of Industry CA workers join
@FastCompany wrote about techworker organizing https://t.co/ExXBIqDMJi

[Sean Captain @seancaptain]

Seems worth exploring

[Steve Newman @snewmanpv]

Clearly someone needs to try this at scale – pick 1000 published scientific papers at random, ask o1 or o1-pro to look for errors, and see what turns up. I'm going to give it a shot. Anyone interested in helping out?

(Incidentally, h/t @gibbnicholas for also noticing that o1-pro can spot the math error in the black plastics paper: https://t.co/keY3qSj8Dn)

[Sean Captain @seancaptain]

Randy Korgan of @Teamsters @amazon division told @FastCompany “What goes beyond that is a tremendous amount more,” foreshadowing efforts future like the new union that formed in San Bernardino 12/11. https://t.co/ExXBIqDMJi

[Sean Captain @seancaptain]

As Randy Korgan of the @Teamsters told @FastCompany What goes beyond that is a tremendous amount more,” referring to upcoming organizing efforts.

[Sean Captain @seancaptain]

“We're just kind of cogs...like any other worker.” @marencosta tells @FastCompany how layoff-threatened tech worker labor organizers are finding common cause with other #bigtech employees. https://t.co/ExXBIqDMJi

[Sean Captain @seancaptain]

Tech workers tell @FastCompany how they plan to deal with possible @realDonaldTrump cuts to @NLRB enforcement “A lot of people are considering things like labor stoppages and strikes as opposed to relying on labor law.” @ClarissaRedwine @techworkersco https://t.co/ExXBIqDMJi

[Sean Captain @seancaptain]

A lot is going on (much in secret) to organize workers at #BigTech cos incl. @amazon @Google @Microsoft & many more. @FastCompany takes a deep dive and provides preview of what's next. @AlphabetWorkers @techworkersco @Teamsters etc. #bigtechrebellion https://t.co/ExXBIqDMJi

[Sean Captain @seancaptain]

Given the hourly rate, it looks like this @Forbes gig is a case where they don't expect the reporter to know a lot about the beat.

[Sean Captain @seancaptain]

A year ago, @robpegoraro busted myths around "shrink" (lost and stolen products) at retail in his @worthmag article. Today, @Bloomberg caught onto that in very interesting piece (Retailers Locked Up Their Products—and Broke Shopping in America).
https://t.co/xgZJ0aa9Wf

[Sean Captain @seancaptain]

I'd like to see @FastCompany - and other publications - better label opinion pieces. The tiny "POV" in gray text after the dateline was hard to even notice. Controversy over how quote was presented also didn't help.

[Palmer Luckey @PalmerLuckey]

Hey @FastCompany, it isn't ethical to fabricate quotes by taking two difference sentences from two different parts of an hour-long talk, placing them next to each other, and putting the whole shebang in a quote block that means the opposite of what I actually said.

[Sean Captain @seancaptain]

Are there any conservative/libertarian/just not-progressive tech workers left? I suspect so, but they are hard to find. Fast Company would like to hear from you. DM's anonymous. Thanks!