Media Companies Are Having Their Worst Year in Three Decades

“Advertising and affiliate fees are the two biggest revenue streams for most traditional media companies. Now they are both in secular decline.”  #Media [Link]

Facing a call for climate reparations, wealthy nations propose an insurance scheme

“Advocates for loss and damage warned that insurance schemes like those promised by Global Shield are an insufficient solution to loss and damage, and they worried that such programs will distract from the demand for separate direct funding.”  #Climate [Link]

En route to Austin

I’m on an early flight to Austin for a really interesting work week: meeting The 19th’s board, attending and supporting our Future of the Workforce event, working on strategy with the leadership team, and building process with the product team. I’m hopeful that I’ll get to

Legal right to request remote working to be delivered by end of the year (in Ireland)

“An amendment to the bill is now expected that will allow all workers to request remote working.” In Ireland right now but expect it everywhere soon.   #Business [Link]

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The fediverse is happening. Here's how to take part

As Evan says, this is happening. The fediverse is growing much faster than any centralized social network, and you’re going to want to be involved. I’ve been trying to explain what the fediverse actually is in a few different contexts. One thing that’s revealed to me is

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

Absolutely batshit. I loved (almost) every minute. Weird Al is a treasure and must be kept safe at all costs.  #Memoir [Link]

Venture Capital Isn’t the Problem—It’s Venture Capitalists

“Investors are more likely to place their bets on companies led by founders with elite educational backgrounds and stacked resumes, when business-related factors such as the market sector the company belongs to have a much larger effect on its financial future.”  #Business [Link]

Wordcraft Writers Workshop

“Because the language model underpinning Wordcraft is trained on a large amount of internet data, standard archetypes and tropes are likely more heavily represented and therefore much more likely to be generated. Allison Parrish described this as AI being inherently conservative. Because the training data is captured at a particular

On Twitter DMs

In my Twitter security post I mentioned that you should delete DMs. Ted Han pointed out to me that you can only delete them from your own inbox: the other party can still see them, and they’re consequently still available on Twitter’s infrastructure. It may still be worth

Inside Elon Musk’s Takeover of Twitter

“Twitter executives also suggested assessing the lists for diversity and inclusion issues so the cuts would not hit people of color disproportionately and to avoid legal trouble. Mr. Musk’s team brushed aside the suggestion, two people said.”  #Technology [Link]

Tech Workers Union Local 1010

This seems good.  #Labor [Link]