Pluralistic: The future of Amazon coders is the present of Amazon warehouse workers (13 Mar 2025)

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The future of Amazon coders is the present of Amazon warehouse workers: It's here, it's just not evenly distributed.
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Pluralistic: Dinkscrump Linkdump (08 Feb 2025)

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Dinkscrump Linkdump: A bushel of links before I leap into the void.
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Pluralistic: All bets are off (29 Jan 2025)

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All bets are off: Tearing up the rulebook doesn't end the games, it just gets rid of the rules.
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Pluralistic: Twinkfrump Linkdump (13 Apr 2024)

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Twinkfrump Linkdump: All the miscellany that didn't make it.
This day in history: 2019, 2023
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Pluralistic: Brinkwhump Linkdump (02 Mar 2024)

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Brinkwhump Linkdump: A varied mixture for the weekend.
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Pluralistic: Worker misclassification is a competition issue (02 Feb 2024)

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Worker misclassification is a competition issue: Corrupt employers created a market for lemons.
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Pluralistic: Thankful for class consciousness (24 Nov 2023)

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Thankful for class consciousness: Eggs, Teslas, airlines, turkeys, and the roof over your head.
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Pluralistic: A link-clump demands a linkdump (05 Nov 2023)

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A link-clump demands a linkdump: Fit the ninth.
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Pluralistic: Amazon's bestselling "bitter lemon" energy drink was bottled delivery driver piss (20 Oct 2023)

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Amazon's bestselling "bitter lemon" energy drink was bottled delivery driver piss: Amazon immediately spotted an undercover reporter but missed that the bestselling 'Release Energy' was its drivers' urine.
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Pluralistic: Biden should support the UAW (18 Sept 2023)

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Biden should support the UAW: Get the Democratic Party's mind right.
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