Mastodawn

When devs spend $200 on a Claude plan, they consume about $5,000 in compute. That is right. It is heavy subsidization by Anthropic. Remember Google/Amazon/Nvidia/ Microsoft & others are funding Anthropic and they are buying back cloud services and GPUs from the same vendors. On the books, it seems Google, Amazon and Nvidia are all making profits via AI, but the reality is this is just circulating money with heavy subsidization hoping to trap retail, pension funds, Govt funds via IPO route.

doctorambient 14h ago

VM (Vicky) Brasseur 19h ago

> When adjusted for inflation, global worker pay declined 12% between 2019 and 2025, the equivalent of 108 days of free work during that time period. In comparison, CEO compensation increased by 54% between 2019 and 2025.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/01/ceo-pay-workers-minimum-wages

#MayDay

CEO pay soared in 2025, 20 times faster than workers’ pay

Analysis finds real wages fell 12% since 2019, with inequality widening in the US beyond global levels

The Guardian

doctorambient 18h ago

ProPublica 20h ago

8 Things You Should Know About Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
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From dismantling guardrails that upheld the integrity of past elections to gutting federal agencies and installing allies who supported Trump’s claim that the 2020 vote was stolen, here are the key takeaways from our recent investigation.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-midterm-elections-takeover-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trump #USPolitics #Law #Elections #ElectionIntegrity #Midterms

8 Things You Should Know About Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections

ProPublica

doctorambient 18h ago

The Tennessee Holler 20h ago

🚨UPDATE: We are told a special session to strip majority-Black MEMPHIS of the last remaining Democratic seat and make 35% Dems Tennessee a 9-0 state will happen NEXT WEEK, as early as Tuesday — as @GovBillLee helps Trump steal another seat with the voting rights act gutted.

doctorambient 1d ago

Randahl Fink 1d ago

There is a war in Iran, 15 Americans have been killed, 538 have been wounded, and $25,000,000,000 have been spent so far.

After firing dozens of generals and skilled personnel, Pete Hegseth has now brought in Kid Rock to address The Pentagon.

The world is hurting from an unprecedented oil crisis to the tune of Kid Rock singing “All summer long”. Because your education does not matter, your reputation does not matter — in fascism, all that matters is loyalty to the leader.

doctorambient 2d ago

Sheril Kirshenbaum 2d ago

The Trump administration has terminated more than 100 advisory committees to #science agencies and reduced the transparency and independence of those that remain. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01301-5

doctorambient 2d ago

SunBent 2d ago

I realise this isn't an original thought but what is with the things we have to do all of the time. Once again I must make dinner. Every day. Relentless. Have a shower, brush my teeth, go to the toilet. Why can't we just do it once a week and be free to live our lives. Or once a year. Like sorting out road tax. Sorry I can't come to work today it's my toilet day. It seems insanity to me we have to brush clean a bit of our skeleton twice a day. None of the rest of it needs brushing. I don't want to make dinner. I have no inspiration. The Muse has deserted me. Can I just put two whole onions in the microwave for 20 minutes? Here you go, kids. Here's your hot onion. You have to peel it yourself - isn't that fun!

doctorambient 2d ago

The Tennessee Holler 2d ago

Rep. @[email protected] on the SCOTUS decision gutting the VRA: “Devastating but unsurprising”

doctorambient 2d ago

Electronic Frontier Foundation 2d ago

If you're driving in Texas, you may see one of these billboards. The reason? Texas deputies have already used Flock Safety's surveillance data in an abortion investigation — and they tried to deny it. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/10/flock-safety-and-texas-sheriff-claimed-license-plate-search-was-missing-person-it

doctorambient 2d ago

pzmyers 🕷2d ago

How loudly do we have to shout it? NO KINGS.

Especially not you, you damn dumb orange toad.

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