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recent #wageTheft related news ―and why the billionaire mafia is so desperate to normalize #AI. hyping LLMs by lying about their intelligence, is their way to destroy the value of the #creative #classes; especially #software #developers:

Disney’s writer wage theft, a year on. | by Cory Doctorow https://doctorow.medium.com/disneys-writer-wage-theft-a-year-on-5be5baee38f9

Uber, Lyft could owe California gig workers billions of dollars - https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/03/uber-lyft-could-owe-california-gig-workers-billions-of-dollars-in-california-wage-theft-case/

127,000 New York Workers Have Been Victims of Wage Theft https://www.propublica.org/article/thousands-of-new-york-workers-have-been-victims-of-wage-theft

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CalMatters

California negotiating with Lyft, Uber in massive wage-theft case

Uber and Lyft drivers rallied at three California city halls today, calling attention to a long-running lawsuit against the companies over thousands of wage-theft claims that could be worth billions of dollars.

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@blogdiva@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

sources:

‘Wage Theft Is Built Into the Business Models of Many Industries’ — FAIR - https://fair.org/home/wage-theft-is-built-into-the-business-models-of-many-industries/

An Epidemic of Wage Theft Is Costing Workers Hundreds of Millions of Dollars a Year | Economic Policy Institute - https://www.epi.org/publication/epidemic-wage-theft-costing-workers-hundreds/

Wage Theft Costs American Workers as Much as $50 Billion a Year | Economic Policy Institute - https://www.epi.org/press/wage-theft-costs-american-workers-50-billion/

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#labor #wages #poverty #capitalism

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@blogdiva@mastodon.social replied · 3 days ago

Disney’s writer wage theft, a year on. | by Cory Doctorow https://doctorow.medium.com/disneys-writer-wage-theft-a-year-on-5be5baee38f9

Uber, Lyft could owe California gig workers billions of dollars - https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/03/uber-lyft-could-owe-california-gig-workers-billions-of-dollars-in-california-wage-theft-case/

127,000 New York Workers Have Been Victims of Wage Theft https://www.propublica.org/article/thousands-of-new-york-workers-have-been-victims-of-wage-theft

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CalMatters

California negotiating with Lyft, Uber in massive wage-theft case

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Howard Rheingold

@hrheingold@mastodon.social · last week

Patreon recently enabled me to group my posts into thematic collections:

#AI

#Cooperation Theory

#Social media

#Creative Process

Howard's Artobiography

#Learning

#Technology Criticism

https://www.patreon.com/posts/collections-of-143527976

Howard Rheingold

@hrheingold@mastodon.social · last week

Patreon recently enabled me to group my posts into thematic collections:

#AI

#Cooperation Theory

#Social media

#Creative Process

Howard's Artobiography

#Learning

#Technology Criticism

https://www.patreon.com/posts/collections-of-143527976

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · last week

Laptops adorned with creative stickers

https://stickertop.art/main/

#HackerNews #Laptops #Stickers #Creative #Art #Tech #Decor

stickertop.art

Main

Welcome to stickertop.art Discover a unique collection of laptops adorned with creative stickers from around the world. This project celebrates the art and culture of laptop personalization each laptop tells a story through its stickers and gives us a glimpse of the personality of the owners.

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · last week

Why Effort Scales Superlinearly with the Perceived Quality of Creative Work

https://markusstrasser.org/creative-work-landscapes.html

#HackerNews #Effort #Scales #Superlinearly #Creative #Work #Quality #Superlinear #Growth #Innovation

Site of Markus Strasser

Why Effort Scales Superlinearly with the Perceived Quality of Creative Work

When I make something good, I often spend most of my time making thousands of high-precision edits on an artifact that I thought should have been finished hours ago.

Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Avería: The Average Font (2011)

http://iotic.com/averia/

#HackerNews #Avería #Average #Font #Typography #Design #Fonts #Creative #2011

Avería – The Average Font

jfml - Jonas Laugs

@jfml@mastodon.art · 2 weeks ago

I seem to be stuck this motive (see next toot for more) of giant birds (love me some #birbs 🐦‍) destroying cars (grown to despise cars over the last years 💨) ^__^

#JfmlArt #art #illustration #creative #DigitalArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtWithOpenSource #MastoArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #Krita #DigitalPainting #CriticalMass #PublicTransport #bus #trains #CarBrain #BanCars #birds #birding #nature #NatureLovers #environment #car #cars #motorisiertegewalt #AutoKorrektur @TheWarOnCars

Illustration of a kinda stylised flying robin carrying an upside-down car in it's claws. A door and a tire is falling off the car. Written next to it is: „They ruin towns and countryside, so …“ in small letters and „Destroy Cars!“ in giant letters.

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jfml - Jonas Laugs

@jfml@mastodon.art · 3 weeks ago

Happy #Halloween, dear Fediversians! 🎃 🦇💀

Be like this cute ghost and build communities!

#JfmlArt #art #illustration #creative #DigitalArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtWithOpenSource #MastoArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #Inkscape #vector #VectorArt #ghost #cute #reading #books #spooky #spookyseason #friends #community #antifa #antifascism #BildetBanden #anticapitalism #anarchism #AlwaysAntifascist #night #autumn #cat #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfFediverse

Vector illustration of a cute ghost at night reading from a book (that has the anarchy and antifa signs on it) to their friends. The friends are a flaming skull, a cat and a pumpkin. There's also a candle and a glass bottle with green fluid in it. Beneath the picture is written „In a cruel world, be radically compassionate.“

jfml - Jonas Laugs

@jfml@mastodon.art · 3 weeks ago

Happy #Halloween, dear Fediversians! 🎃 🦇💀

Be like this cute ghost and build communities!

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Planet-D

@planetdnews@icosahedron.website · 3 weeks ago

Kill the Encoder by Alcatraz

🎺 https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=81613

🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsHFpx4K0_s

This #windows 4kB intro won at Nova in 2019 🏆

#demoscene 💎
#creative #procedural #programming #creativecoding #realtime #3d #graphics #visuals #pixels #vfx #synth #shaders #computerart #art

Planet-D

@planetdnews@icosahedron.website · 3 weeks ago

Kill the Encoder by Alcatraz

🎺 https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=81613

🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsHFpx4K0_s

This #windows 4kB intro won at Nova in 2019 🏆

#demoscene 💎
#creative #procedural #programming #creativecoding #realtime #3d #graphics #visuals #pixels #vfx #synth #shaders #computerart #art

Nicol Wistreich

@nicol@social.coop · 3 weeks ago

Just before CiviCamp I finished a long piece about the #Fediverse and #creative sector brewing for five years.

Its main target is an audience not on here (yet) & suggests decentralised web protocols could help restore the human side to media distribution we’ve swapped for algorithms: the video store clerk, art house programmer and indie record shop.

For everyone else it maybe sheds light on the limits of the streaming giants, hosting < 2% of feature #films ever made:

https://25.netribution.co.uk/nic/reintermediation/

Portrait picture. In the back is a bridge against a beautiful sky nearing completion. Over this is a large number 25, then ‘issue 4, year 24, then Reintermediation - Humans over algorithms, the movement building a new web.’

David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)

@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange · 4 weeks ago

The place I stayed in Taiwan had a neat way of providing coffee in the rooms, which didn't require a machine that consumed non-recyclable pods. It came in things like tea bags with some card on the side that held them above a mug. You tore off the top and then mounted them across the top of the mug, then poured hot water through them. They work just like a coffee filter. I believe the bags should be compostable.

I've not seen them anywhere else, but they were a much better option than providing instant coffee (which is a crime against humanity) if the only equipment in a room is a kettle.

The instructions were pretty bad (I didn't take a picture of the illustrations, but they were not helpful). And trying to figure them out with machine translation before drinking coffee was a bit tricky.

The filter bag in use. Water is going through the coffee grounds and dripping into the mug.

The bag torn open and attached to one side of the cup. You can see coffee in it. The other handle (for attaching the filter bag to the other side of the cup) is not yet in use.

aproitz

@antonproitzelhaimer@mastodon.social replied · 4 weeks ago

@david_chisnall

Cool #Idea !! Everything is #possible, if there is a #Will and some #creative Idea.

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Fedi.Garden 🌱

@FediGarden@social.growyourown.services · last month

Sunny.garden is a Mastodon server for indie creators who draw, paint, sculpt, write, design, program, play, sing or build, and anyone else who thinks that sounds like a nice place to be.

This server has a post size of up to 1500 characters.

https://sunny.garden

You can find out more at https://sunny.garden/about or contact the admin @brook

#FeaturedServer #Creatives #Creative #Artists #Art #Design #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Fedi.Garden 🌱

@FediGarden@social.growyourown.services · last month

Sunny.garden is a Mastodon server for indie creators who draw, paint, sculpt, write, design, program, play, sing or build, and anyone else who thinks that sounds like a nice place to be.

This server has a post size of up to 1500 characters.

https://sunny.garden

You can find out more at https://sunny.garden/about or contact the admin @brook

#FeaturedServer #Creatives #Creative #Artists #Art #Design #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

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cristinaMUSE bouche

@Crissy@tech.lgbt · 2 months ago

Hi all, Crissy here, your resident romantic goth. I love coffee, cats, and connecting both IRL and online.

This year, my world has been cracked open by #grief from two significant deaths, on top of healing from a traumatic breakup last year.

I've come to realize that darkness isn't bad; it's often where profound truths and beauty reside. It's a space for introspection, growth, and finding a light within yourself that you never knew was there.

I'm an artist and #creative at heart. This desire for genuine connection and growth is why I founded #FediCollective --> a space where developers and creatives can find authentic community.

My core belief is People > Protocols > Platforms which is why I'm passionate about building on the #OpenWeb and actively exploring initiatives like the #PeerTube co-op, aiming for a #decentralized future where our humanity comes first.

If you're seeking insightful perspectives, a bit of spooky-cute charm, or value #authenticity over pretense, let's connect.

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Planet-D

@planetdnews@icosahedron.website · last month

쉿 (hush) by Limp Ninja

🎺 https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=81457

🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VITu-pbLhys

This #windows demo placed 3rd at @outline in 2019 🥉

#demoscene 💎
#creative #programming #creativecoding #realtime #3d #graphics #visuals #pixels #vfx #electronicmusic #computerart #art

Planet-D

@planetdnews@icosahedron.website · last month

쉿 (hush) by Limp Ninja

🎺 https://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=81457

🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VITu-pbLhys

This #windows demo placed 3rd at @outline in 2019 🥉

#demoscene 💎
#creative #programming #creativecoding #realtime #3d #graphics #visuals #pixels #vfx #electronicmusic #computerart #art

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Alecia Batson (she/her)

@aleciabatson@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

While I’m not abreast of events at #bluesky, it seems there are #blueskyrefugees joining #mastodon. Welcome! The #fediverse has a wide variety of #creative people, including #musicians and #singers, #artists, #writers, #actors, #composers, and more. Look around, engage, and enjoy!

Photo of a recent gift of #flowers I received as gratitude for my services at a nonprofit event.