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Work Moods

Karen

Me clocking in:
Image of a cat in a tie saying "Hope I don't have a lot of meetings" in front of a factory building that is labeled "lots of meetings factory"

 

Me wondering how to organize a fully remote workplace:
Screenshot of a Wikipedia entry with a black and white illustration of Romans and this text:Commoners in ancient Rome occasionally exercised a social strategy called secessio plebis, or secession of the plebs, in which the entire working class would evacuate a city en masse and refuse to work or fight in the army, leaving the patrician class to fend for itself. The secessions were an effective means of winning legal and economic concessions. Above it, someone has tweeted the image and this text: anyone want to secessio plebis with me tomorrow? we could head to the beach? maybe grab some snacks on the way?

 

Me thinking about the company’s mandated AI use and everything else going on in the world:

 

Me listening to the the reasons for the mandated AI use:
An image with the title, The AI Argumnt. A stick figure stomping on the head of another stick figure. The stomping figure is saying, Getting stomped is inevitable. It's already happening. Better to embrace it than get left behind.

Collected Memes

Karen

It’s a short week but I’m still counting down the hours to being off for the Fourth of July weekend, so today’s collection is about as scattered as my brain feels.

 

Speaking of the holiday, I feel like this shouldn’t be so funny but I can’t stop laughing about it:
Screenshot of a post that shows paper plates in a store with "America: 1776-2026" on them. Text on the post says, "USA funeral plates being sold at walmart"

 

And speaking of America…
A mad white cat photoshopped onto a grassy background. Text says, "Touching grass isn't enough. I need bad things to happen to evil men in power."

 

But you know, we can still go on walks.
Screenshot of a tweet that says, "That which doesn't kill you makes you go on a walk

 

And make things.
A photo collage of a wizard in a sparkly pink robe driving a vintage yellow car in the sky. Text says, "POV: You pull up beside me and I'm wearing the fit I sewed last night."

 

And give ourselves the same grace as strangers? Or not! 😀

 

 

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Luddite Memes

Karen

I saw a news piece today on the internal memes that Google employees are sharing about how much AI sucks, and realized that I too have been sharing stuff at work. Why not share it everywhere?

From my comrades at Google: The Big Forehead Fish meme. Text over the diver reads ME, WORKING. Text over the fish reads, AREN'T YOU USING AI? WHY IS IT STILL TAKING SO MUCH TIME? AI IS MAGIC, ARE YOU A MUGGLE? NEW BEST AI TOOL LAUNCHED JUST TODAY

 

I’ve been seeing AI in more and more job postings–in the copy of the actual job description, in the job requirements, and even in the applications. This isn’t my answer; I saved it because it’s so great but now I don’t remember where I saw it.
A question field in a job application. The question says "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated Al tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond simple prompt usage." And the answer says, "there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask. it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same. it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. "you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster." there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn't mean it has no price for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."

 

Maybe I need to try this at work? (The internet was full of Bulterian Jihad and Orange Catholic Bible references after that encyclical dropped, we love to see it.)
Screenshot of a Bluesky post. Text says "I hope you all realize that now that Pope Leo has denounced Al you can refuse to use it at work, citing religious conflict, and legally the company cannot force you to."

 

We all need to try this.
Screenshot of an X post that says "If the working class spoke about redistributing the elite class' wealth the way the elites speak about the coming domination of Al - as something inevitable, as this unstoppable, unavoidable wave of progress - perhaps we can make them as anxious as they're trying to make us."

 

 

 

(Remember, the Luddites weren’t scared of technology; they protested it “due to concerns relating to worker pay, child labor, working conditions and output quality.“

Monday Mood

Karen

I saw this over the weekend and it’s absolutely perfect. (I’ve been looking at job postings not because of anything specific at work, just as insurance against whatever happens to public health funding in the rest of this terrible administration. They all say shit like they’re Special Forces, not a job.)

 

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