Dr David R Brake

@DrBrake
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Journalist, researcher (PhD in Media @ LSE) , activist & consultant. davidbrake (at) Gmail. He/him. Can we all just go back to blogs and RSS now?

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Show threadDr David R BrakeFeb 6
@pluralistic I mean obviously it is bad that this is even a possible thing for companies. But even the paper cited https://columbialawreview.org/content/on-algorithmic-wage-discrimination/ seems to suggest this is a thing that *could* happen.
"This is illegal but might be happening because lack of transparency"
"This is legal but wrong and might be happening but we don't know" or
"We caught companies ripping off gig workers this way" - *all three are bad* but if there's evidence of the last I want to share it!
Dr David R BrakeFeb 6
Enjoyed hearing fellow Torontonians @pluralistic and Tim Wu on the Ezra Klein show https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everything-wrong-with-the-internet-and-how-to-fix-it/id1548604447?i=1000748508591. One nit to pick though. I was horrified that nurse booking apps offered lower wages if their credit ratings indicated they might be desperate. From what I could see in the original report on this https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/uber-for-nursing/ it's fairer to say "they could be doing this and nurses have no right to know?" Or is there hard evidence?
Dr David R BrakeJan 30, 2023

Yes it's bad that China is still building coal plants but this does put things into an overall perspective!

RT @[email protected]

In 2022, China invested 11x as much money in renewable power as it did in coal

Coal power investment has fallen by 60% since 2015 – while spending on renewables has nearly doubled

Source: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-product/world-energy-investment-2022-datafile

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DrSimEvans/status/1620065386107654150

World Energy Investment 2022 Datafile - Data product - IEA

The International Energy Agency works with countries around the world to shape energy policies for a secure and sustainable future.

IEA
Show threadDr David R BrakeJan 30, 2023
Yes, the "crime" here is that it might "make the kids climate conscious". And if @[email protected] is right each household switching is like driving a gas car 80 miles fewer a year. Not a meaningless amount! https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2023/01/11/xbox-carbon-aware-console-sustainability/
Xbox Is Now the First Carbon Aware Console, Update Rolling Out to Everyone Soon - Xbox Wire

Xbox is now the first carbon aware console, and an update will come to your device soon. Here's how we're achieving that.

Xbox Wire
Dr David R BrakeJan 30, 2023

RT @[email protected]

Fox News is MAD that "woke" Xbox is changing its power saving mode

Earhardt: "Xbox has also announced that they're going woke because of climate change"

Failla: "They're trying to recruit your kids into climate politics at an earlier age"

E: "They're going after the kids"

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/LisPower1/status/1617906746642649091

Lis Power on Twitter

“Fox News is MAD that "woke" Xbox is changing its power saving mode Earhardt: "Xbox has also announced that they're going woke because of climate change" Failla: "They're trying to recruit your kids into climate politics at an earlier age" E: "They're going after the kids"”

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Dr David R BrakeJan 30, 2023

RT @[email protected]

Will we need to expand mining to build a green economy? Absolutely - but @[email protected] suggests it's do-able. Can we then live the same way, just buying EVs instead of fossil fuel cars? No, as @[email protected]. You can believe both! (original tweet 🧵follows)

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/EVsIRL/status/1619852145162862593

EVsIRL on Twitter

“Will we need to expand mining to build a green economy? Absolutely - but @hausfath suggests it's do-able. Can we then live the same way, just buying EVs instead of fossil fuel cars? No, as @aldanatweets. You can believe both! (original tweet 🧵follows)”

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Dr David R BrakeJan 28, 2023

RT @[email protected]

This is an amazing table of the cost overruns of mega projects

Nuclear storage has a mean cost overrun of 238%, while with nuclear power its 120%

Solar power has a mean cost overrun of 1%

https://www.enr.com/articles/55774-oxford-professors-latest-book-examines-roots-of-project-failure

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/SustainableTall/status/1619246745074139138

Oxford Professor's Latest Book Examines Roots of Project Failure

<p>Bent Flyvbjerg and Dan Gardner's "How Big Things Get Done" stems from Flyvbjerg's work at Oxford University studying megaprojects.</p>

Engineering News-Record
Dr David R BrakeJan 28, 2023
Scholars have serious concerns not enough is done to ensure generative AI like #chatGPT's @[email protected] doesn't reproduce the implicit biases of corpuses it works from. But I'm delighted its responses to questions like these infuriate the worst actors! https://news.gab.com/2023/01/christians-must-enter-the-ai-arms-race/
Christians Must Enter the AI Arms Race

If you are an engineer who has experience with AI and are interested in working on this project with us, please get in touch: [email protected]…

Gab News
Dr David R BrakeJan 26, 2023

RT @[email protected]

The push for zero-emission cars has frustrated public transportation advocates, who say that the US needs to focus on greener alternatives to driving https://trib.al/xGP2OFH

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CityLab/status/1618635099246821376

Dr David R BrakeJan 25, 2023

.@[email protected] isn't just an incompetent, exploitative monopoly but an unrepentant one. Even the most capitalism-loving economists agree that you need to address monopoly power, and this guy shows why... Bravo @[email protected] for a great interview!

RT @[email protected]

People who are frustrated with Ticketmaster are just lying in the bed they made themselves, insists the embattled company’s former CEO.https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/ticketmaster-ex-ceo-1.6724785

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CBCNews/status/1618209430826352640

'It's called capitalism': Ticketmaster's ex-CEO defends the company's business model | CBC Radio

People who are frustrated with Ticketmaster are just lying in the bed they made themselves, insists the embattled company’s former CEO.

CBC