Notices by SaftyKuma (saftykuma@mastodon.social)

@Lazarou @pluralistic

Really awesome that Tony Blair turned Labour into Tory-light, isn't it? 😢

@alper @pluralistic

Dr. King did it without social media and with the media of the time fully against him. So we need to go back and re-learn the lessons from the civil rights movement.

@ATLeagle @Ashedryden

Thanks for the inside insight. I've never been impressed with the efforts I've seen personally, but admittedly Meta is pretty big company.

In this case it does sound like things are really are changing for the worse there, which is truly sad to hear.

Given what you're saying, I'd agree that this feels like a "shadow RIF" in that they actively hope many people quit over this.

Wishing you the best on this.

@ATLeagle @Ashedryden

Do you have direct experience?

My previous employer touted "DEI" but that amounted to an anti-discrimination video and some virtue signaling on social media.

(My current employer doesn't seem to have even bothered.)

@Ashedryden

In truth, the "DEI" programs at most tech companies were not much more than PR window dressing. I don't know anyone who worked at Meta so I can't say for certain, but I suspect that in practice, Zuck isn't rolling back very much that actually existed except PR posturing.

This is still another "mask off" moment for anyone not paying attention. Every big tech company and CEO wanted Trump back and worked diligently to ensure that happened.

@koen_hufkens @hye @pluralistic

I almost think that THIS is the biggest draw to LLMs for the corpo types. They can instruct their software to do shitty things, but then wave their hands and blame "an AI we can't possibly control" when they are called out.

@gamingonlinux

Yeah sure, "retirement."

How much of a golden parachute did he get?

@Lightfighter @lednaBM @Fenix @GottaLaff

The sad reality is that despite obvious differences and being objectively better, most mainstream Democrats in office (Biden, Pelosi, etc.) have more in common with MAGA Fascists than they do the people who VOTE Democrat.