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there is nothing a corporation hates more than having employees, but a close second is having to provide a good or service in order to make money. these two reasons concisely explain is why the ai bubble formed in the first place.

probablyasocialecologist

MPs demand publication of full report that outlines catastrophic consequences amid concerns for food security

Members of parliament have demanded full publication of an explosive report by the UK’s spy leaders that found the collapse of ecosystems overseas would have catastrophic consequences for the UK’s national security, warning that the UK has “no future” if the findings are not urgently acted on. Despite growing concerns for the UK’s food security, likely to be worsened by the third heatwave this summer currently afflicting the UK and swathes of the northern hemisphere, the government has refused to publish the full report, which has circulated among defence officials for more than a year. The report paints a devastating picture of severe food shortages, price rises, migration, political destabilisation and possible war, resulting from the collapse of ecosystems, fuelled by the human-induced climate crisis and over-exploitation, as the Guardian has previously revealed. Food shortages could result within five years. MPs on the environmental audit committee, who held a hearing on the report on Wednesday afternoon, also warned that the government was failing to “join the dots” between the national security threat posed by the climate crisis and the collapse of species, and swingeing cuts to the overseas aid and climate finance budgets.

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Chris Hinchliff, the Labour MP, and a member of the committee, contrasted the £15bn to be added to the defence budget with the lack of funding to protect critical ecosystems. “The government can summon billions of pounds for new military hardware when the defence sector calls for it. We need an equally decisive mobilisation of investment to restore the natural world on which we rely for our food, water, and clean air. Without these essentials our country has no future,” he said.

8 July 2026

fravery

The Narrows

by jef bourgeau

dizzyghoast

honestly fandom has ruined me because now any time i'm in the desert and i see two vast and trunkless legs of stone or a half-sunk shattered visage i'm like "omg just like in Ozymandias" and its like come on girl not every half-sunk shattered visage is Ozymandias

probablyasocialecologist

Something odd is happening in the tech world right now: the technology that was supposed to make human labour obsolete is, at this moment, more expensive than the humans it was meant to replace. Companies are laying off workers to fund the very AI tools that cost more than the workers they just let go. The circular logic of it would be darkly comic if tens of thousands of livelihoods weren't caught in the middle.

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The stated rationale is consistent: operational efficiency, reallocation toward AI. But the MIT study found that AI automation is economically viable in only about 23 percent of roles. For the remaining 77 percent, humans remain cheaper. Goldman Sachs' chief economist has stated plainly that he does not view AI investment as strongly growth-positive. Sequoia Capital partner David Cahn has put a number on the resulting gap: AI companies need roughly $600 billion in annual revenue to justify current infrastructure spending. The gap, as of mid-2026, is widening, not closing. So the present moment looks like this: companies cutting human labour to fund artificial intelligence that currently costs more than the labour it replaces, in pursuit of productivity gains that most studies cannot yet verify, at a pace that is exhausting annual budgets in weeks.

2 July 2026

lickingandsuckingchristmascoins

come over

fuck-u-maga

troyhurts

the only way to stop all the rich people going mad from being surrounded by yes-men is to assign each one a court jester who can mock them without repercussion. everyone with a net worth of more than like 10 mil is forced to hire a Fool. the Fool must be paid as much as their highest-paid employee. they can attend every meeting you have and must relentlessly rip the absolute shit out of you. heckle and hassle you in front of everyone else. tell you all your ideas are garbage and exactly why. you will know no peace and you’re not allowed to fire them. obviously the state runs the Fools’ Inspectorate to ensure the diligence of the Fools. this plan is flawless. the avoidance of future mad-king jeffs bezos. gainful employment for people who would otherwise become podcasters

if they don’t like this one, my other plan can be assembled in an afternoon with some 2x4s, a few feet of rope and a very, very big knife