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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · Jul 24

You can now follow The Workers Observatory on Bluesky:
bsky.app/profile/work...

And see more here:
workersobservatory.org

Workers Observatory — We See The City

The Workers’ Observatory is an Edinburgh-based project run by workers to monitor new forms of work in the city and develop tools and tactics to take advantage of them

workersobservatory.org

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 2h

I once saw someone cycle up the Brunstane steps over the railroad tracks and was honestly impressed. Meanwhile...

Edinburgh Festival of Cycling @edfoc.bsky.social · 1d

TikTok star breaks world record for cycling up the Eiffel Tower www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

French TikTok star breaks world record for cycling Eiffel Tower

Watch as mountain biker Aurélien Fontenoy cycles up the Eiffel Tower's staircase to break the world record by nearly seven minutes.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2h

The media coverage does not reflect this AT ALL.

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 2h

A majority of adults oppose Trump’s use of the National Guard in America cities www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-majority...

A majority of Americans oppose Trump sending the National Guard to Democratic-run cities

The president is defying the will of the people, federal judges, and the Constitution

www.gelliottmorris.com

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Ben Werdmuller @werd.io · 2h

I could watch this on an endless loop.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 18h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · 2h

LLM AI exists to crush labour. That's not even my surmise, the people paying billions of dollars to fund this stuff are extremely open and explicit that this is their goal.

There are no ethical use cases for LLMs at this point in time. Maybe when the bubble has popped thoroughly. Not before.

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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 3h

Over 15,000 university job cuts made in the last year, UCU claims.

“This analysis exposes a UK-wide crisis in higher education,” said Jo Grady, the union’s general secretary.

Free to read: www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Over 15,000 university job cuts made in the last year, UCU claims - Research Professional News

Union urges government to “stop looking the other way”, ahead of ballot for nationwide strikes

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 5h

Job! Postdoc in Digital Cultural Heritage: Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems, on new EU funded grant. 3.5 years, @designinf.bsky.social, Edinburgh. Design ethical processes, & evaluate open source tools for Digital Cultural Heritage Objects, with me! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Digital Cultural Heritage Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems)

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Digital Cultural Heritage Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems to join the Institute for Design Informatics, Edinburgh College of Art.

elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 1d

BRT

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Ellie Chowns MP @elliechowns.bsky.social · 2d

Kemi claims “work is the best way out of poverty" on the same day analysis finds an avg earner would need to save almost all of their income for 52 years to become as wealthy as the top 10%.

Individuals working harder won't tackle income inequality; we need a wealth tax now.

Lifetime of earnings not enough for UK workers to join wealthiest 10%, report says

Research finds it would take average worker saving all their earnings for 52 years to match wealth of richest 10th of society

www.theguardian.com

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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 1d

“JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon sounds warning on US stock market fall - BBC News”
- he’s an optimist reckoning AI share values fall is 6 months away. Will be much sooner. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon sounds warning on US stock market fall

Dimon said he was

www.bbc.co.uk

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 2d

Bike theft in the city is rampant and causing on-demand riders true headaches. When you lose your bike, you can't work and many riders are already in debt for the bikes to begin with.

Will be interesting to see if e-bikes are blamed in this case, tho?

www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...

Masked Edinburgh gang on new cycle hire bikes 'use power tool in shameful act'

The gang, all dressed in dark clothing and wearing balaclavas, reportedly targeted a bike in broad daylight as one youth - armed with a power tool - started cutting through the lock in front of shocke...

www.edinburghlive.co.uk

Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 3d

Air traffic control says what?

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3d

A new White House memo says that furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to back pay.

This is clearly against the law, which guarantees furloughed federal employees back pay for the duration of a government shutdown.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 6d

"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that

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EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · 3d

🎥 “We’re treated like we’re disposable.”

Platform care workers across Europe face low pay, bogus self-employment and no social protection.

On #WorldDayForDecentWork, we say:
👉 Platform workers are workers.
👉 They deserve rights, fair pay and union protection.

EPSU @epsu.bsky.social · 9d

🚨 Care platforms are growing fast.

They promise convenience, but at what cost?
❌ bogus self-employment
❌ algorithmic control
❌ no protections

Platform workers are not disposable. They deserve decent work & union protection.

🎥 Find out more our new video ⬇️

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 3d

lol

Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 3d

exactly!

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 3d

It's the new math!

Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 4d

New analysis by The Australia Institute finds the Australian National University has a $90 million surplus, not a $142 million deficit!

The ANU’s hidden $90m budget surplus

New analysis by The Australia Institute reveals there is no financial crisis at the Australian National University.

australiainstitute.org.au

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Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 3d

“where’s the whale? did he get the whale yet?”

lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 3d

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 3d

EFI PhD Researchers Welcome Event:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/efi-phd-re...

EFI PhD Researchers Welcome Event

Join us for a lunch and talks to learn more about what EFI has to offer for PhD Researchers across the University.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 4d

"European academic discourse did not create that dynamic: labor insecurity and the AI industry did."

mail.cyberneticforests.com/is-the-media...

Is the Media Studies Cabal in the Room With Us Right Now?

I read Benjamin Bratton's book, The Stack, in 2020 as a grad student in ANU's Applied Cybernetics program. I give it credit for directing my attention to the interaction between layers of digital and ...

mail.cyberneticforests.com

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 4d

but also, the e-bike complaint is pervasive here and the most current way of arguing migrants (delivery workers) are "public safety concern".

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 4d

I know-- it's all truly wtf.

Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 4d

The obsession with the e-bike.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4d

behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 5d

ontheinterneteverybodyknows.geocities.institute

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On The Internet Everybody Knows You Had A Dog

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 5d

This is so good from Cory Doctorow on all the tricks Amazon uses to get both consumers to pay more, and how businesses on the platform end up paying it 45-51 cents on every dollar.

Plus he rightly calls for regulatory change, not just individual consumer action
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?

Sick of scrolling through junk results, AI-generated ads and links to lookalike products? The author and activist behind the term ‘enshittification’ explains what’s gone wrong with the internet – and ...

www.theguardian.com

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 5d

Look your nation right in the face

Screen shot from CNN article linked in the first comment “Across the country, US-born children have become collateral damage in the Trump administration's unprecedented crackdown on undocumented
immigrants. CNN identified more than
100 US citizen children, from newborns to teenagers, who have been left stranded without parents because of immigration actions this year, according to a review of verified crowdfunding campaigns, public records and interviews with families, friends, immigration attorneys and other advocates.”

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