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Progress doesn’t slow down for anyone. 🚀
In The Bull at the Gate, artificial intelligence advances at a pace that no human organisation can fully control.
This is a novel about power, panic, and the fear of becoming irrelevant. Not speculative fantasy, but a reflection of the pressures shaping today’s tech industry.
Compelling, unsettling, and frighteningly plausible.
🔗 - https://meganpublishingservices.com/product/the-bull-at-the-gate/
#ArtificialIntelligence #TechNovel #CorporateThriller #FutureOfAI #books #HumanCost 📉🤖

The Democrats’ Disastrous Shutdown Strategy: A Shameful Weaponization of Human Suffering

The government shutdown of 2025 has been one of the most shameful episodes in modern American politics, not just because of the dysfunction it exposed, but because of how both parties — especially the Democrats — turned human suffering into a political strategy. For over 40 days, the federal government was paralyzed, workers went without pay, vital services were halted, and millions of Americans were left hanging in uncertainty. All for what? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. When the dust […]

https://theinterfaithintrepidart.com/2025/11/11/the-democrats-disastrous-shutdown-strategy-a-shameful-weaponization-of-human-suffering/

The Left’s Shameful Hypocrisy in the Government Shutdown: Anti-Worker Politics Disguised as Progressivism

The current government shutdown has exposed something deeply disturbing about the state of so-called progressivism in America. As the federal government teeters on the brink of chaos, there are voices, voices that claim to be on the left, calling for the shutdown to continue. They present it as some kind of moral or political strategy, a way to "punish" the administration or make a political statement. But what they fail—or refuse—to acknowledge is the human cost of this so-called […]

https://theinterfaithintrepidart.com/2025/11/10/the-lefts-shameful-hypocrisy-in-the-government-shutdown-anti-worker-politics-disguised-as-progressivism/

DEMOCRACY ON HOLD
: The Human Cost of the Shutdown

While Congress plays chicken with the budget, millions of Americans are feeling the fallout.

• Federal workers — furloughed or working without pay.
• SNAP and WIC — delayed or frozen.
• Veterans — facing delayed benefits and support services.

A “temporary” shutdown, but for people living paycheck to paycheck, “temporary” can mean eviction, hunger, or losing health care.

#shitutdown2025 #Democracy #HumanCost #Nohealthcare #childhunger

Domed Government Building with a SHUTDOWN in red letters over it.

AI breakthroughs come at a human cost. 80–100 hour workweeks aren’t “innovation.”

#AIethics #TechLabor #HumanCost #AIrace #podcast

Monday, October 13, 2025

Russia cuts Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant from Ukrainian grid to test Russian link as blackout nears 3 weeks -- Putin eases fuel subsidy rules as Ukrainian strikes hit Russian refineries -- Russia launched over 3,100 drones, 92 missiles, nearly 1,360 aerial bombs against Ukraine in a week -- [vlog] Tomahawks for Ukraine and Nord Stream investigation ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/10/monday-october-13-2025/

A purported images of a fire burning at the Tuapse oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Krai following a reported attack by Kyiv in Spring 2025

The New Pharaohs

The old pharaohs built monuments of stone. The new ones build pyramids of data.

https://islandinthenet.com/the-new-pharaohs/

How tragic that nations will spend months in negotiation, abandon the table for years of bloodshed and devastation, only to return to that same table with the same grievances, but now carrying the weight of countless graves. The words they could have spoken in year one remain the same in year ten, yet between them lie the ashes of a generation.

@consciousliving

#PeaceNegotiations #WarIsWaste #HumanCost #LostGeneration #BackToTheTable #TragedyOfWar #PeaceOverWar #HumanTragedy #PreventWar

Woman’s Emotional Video Exposes Human Cost of Trump’s Cuts: ‘One Day I Woke Up And My Entire Career Field Is Gone’ https://shinemycrown.com/womans-emotional-video-exposes-human-cost-of-trumps-cuts-one-day-i-woke-up-and-my-entire-career-field-is-gone/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #EmotionalVideo #HumanCost #TrumpCuts #Education #PublicService

The #HumanCost of #JeffLandry’s Drive to Resume #Executions

https://boltsmag.org/the-human-cost-of-jeff-landrys-drive-to-resume-executions/

Prince William says he is ‘deeply concerned’ about the #humancost of the conflict in Gaza where ‘too many have been killed’
#PrinceWilliam has made an unprecedented royal intervention into the Gaza conflict by issuing a statement saying he feels ‘deeply concerned’ about its ‘human cost’. The Prince of Wales, 41, ramped up his family’s response to the #Israel-Hamas war after he and wife Kate had earlier put out a joint statement of ‘distress’.

https://networknews.info/2024/02/20/prince-william-says-he-is-deeply-concerned-about-the-human-cost-of-the-conflict-in-gaza-where-too-many-have-been-killed/

Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters, USA, 2023
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https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/billions/ <-- link to NCEI page
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #climatechange #extremeweather #USA #change #cost #humancost #economics #economiccost #disaster #risk #hazard #weather #climate #damage #drought #flood #flooding #storm #stormdamage #coast #coastal #wildfire #bushfire #economic #economiccost #death #lossoflife #injury #economiceffects #economicimpacts #severeweather #cyclone #winterstorm #hurricane

NOAA NCEI billion-dollar weather and climate disasters summary - 2011 to 2023 - comparison frequency

NOAA NCEI billion-dollar weather and climate disasters summary - 2011 to 2023 - cost, CPI adjusted

photo montage - various extreme weather / disaster examples

NOAA NCEI billion-dollar weather and climate disasters summary - USA map - 2023

This conference from #GreenSoftwareFoundation is so frustrating to watch... They only talk about carbon emissions. They completely ignore the human cost! It's not just about #CO2 emissions! We're reaching the point where we're running out of resources. We're running out of petrol, rare metals (lithium, cobalt, etc) required to make batteries. We're running out of farmable land, which will cause a food crisis and famines.

#famine #humanCost #petrol

Gulf Coast officials are #scrambling to prepare for two weather disasters to combine in #deadly fashion

https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/19/us/hurricane-extreme-heat-gulf-coast-climate/index.html

Officials in #Miami, #NewOrleans and #Houston are now grappling with how to handle two potentially deadly #disasters set to compound: a #hurricane and #extremeheat.

#climate #climatecrisis #localaction #humancost #oilprofit

This article makes me laugh and cry at the same time. It says the final phase of testing is making the employees accept the robots.

Forklift operator used to be a pretty good job. not a career I’d look into anymore.

#RiseOfTheRobots
#Amazon #ReplacingWorkers
#HumanCost

https://retailwire.com/discussion/amazon-unveils-new-fully-autonomous-mobile-warehouse-robots/

Modern Capitalist Exploitation: The Industrial Revolution

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HgDEb5Fkuw&ab_channel=HistoricalMethodMan

Discover the harsh realities of entrepreneurialism during the Industrial Revolution in this eye-opening video. Join us as we delve into the profound impact of new technologies, the rise of consumerism, and the plight of the working class. From the textile industry's revolution to the manipulative tactics employed by entrepreneurs, we uncover the hidden truths behind the era's so-called successes. Explore the human cost of cheap goods, the ruthless exploitation of laborers, and the commodification of time. Brace yourself for a thought-provoking exploration of the true face of entrepreneurship during a pivotal period in history.

#IndustrialRevolution #Entrepreneurialism #TechnologicalAdvancements #Exploitation #LaborConditions #CheapGoods #SocietalImpacts #HumanCost #ProfitOverPeople #ProgressOrPain #HistoricalAnalysis #SocietyandBusiness #RevolutionaryEra #EthicsandCommerce #LessonsFromThePast

Quantifying Generational And Geographical Inequality Of Climate Change
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-35690-8 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #climatechange #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #global #heating #warming #globalwarming #metrics #demographic #costs #economic #noneconomic #humancost #publichealth #climateniche #climate #model #modeling #MAT #SSP #ssp2 #ssp2023 #poverty #povertyrates #impacts #riskassessment #communityimpact #respect #people #future #pollution #emmisions #co2 #humanhealth #humancost #humanfactors #equality #humanclimateniche #geography #geographicinequality #generationinequality #generational #generations #experience #change #climate #weather #water #publichealth #watersecurity #communityimpact #global #globalhealth

Quantifying The Human Cost Of Global Warming
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01132-6 <-- shared paper
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/22/global-heating-human-climate-niche <-- shared media article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #climatechange #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #global #heating #warming #globalwarming #metrics #demographic #costs #economic #noneconomic #humancost #publichealth #climateniche #climate #model #modeling #MAT #SSP #ssp2 #ssp2023 #poverty #povertyrates #impacts #riskassessment #humanclimateniche
#communityimpact #respect #people #future #pollution #emmisions #co2 #humanhealth #humancost #humanfactors #equality

A good acquaintance of mine approached me today telling me that he is closing his company. 15 years of being an entrepreneur trying to make is at an end. Covid fallouts killed the business.

It is a stark reminder that despite all the hype, startups is a messy business full of immense risk and with real consequences for good, real people.

I wish him all the absolute best.

#startup #bankrupt #challenge #humancost