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Work anthropologist, researcher, analyst, writer. www.workfutures.io. @index@stoweboyd.io The economics and ecology of work, in a time of accelerating uncertainty in our lives, society, and business. Work touches everything.
Dean Baker | 'Those of us who care about progressive economic policy canΒ hope that weβve seen the last time [Larry] Summers will be calling the shots in a DemocraticΒ administration.'
Ding, dong, the witch is dead.
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Pace Layers of Work
In 2023, I transposed Stewart Brandβs Pace Layers into the business context.
Now, included in *How To Use Time*.
www.workfutures.io/p/layers-of-...
No great loss. They lost Paul Krugman but retained Summers? Lol.
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'Knowledge workers and service workers find themselves increasingly alignedβ¦because the division between those making 5 figures and those making 6 matters less than the division between those who have significant bundles of investment capital and those who donβt.'
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
The 'answer' lies in systemic city-owned housing, like Red Vienna, and sidestepping the market-driven, profit-oriented development treadmill. See archive.is/FANRO
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Aaron Zamost | 'When tech is the villain instead of the hero, the future feels leaderless.'
Tech leaders have turned their backs on the people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
Ryan Enos | 'The Democratic Party is primed for a hostile takeover.'
ryandenos.substack.com/p/mamdani-an...
Hard to see @schumer.senate.gov being able to stay in leadership after this or in the senate, he was not the man for this moment
10.11.2025 01:55 β π 6467 π 1167 π¬ 380 π 86Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Beyond Work | Stowe Boyd
Corey Robin | Dani Rodrik on Good Jobs | Factoids
There is no way to make life easier beyond work than to make it better at work. The two are linked.
| Corey Robin
www.workfutures.io/p/beyond-work
Michelle Goldberg | 'There are more than 50 House Democrats who are 70 or older (including Pelosi, who is 85), compared to just over 30 Republicans.'
Unwinding the Dem gerontocracy, starting with Pelosi.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
All Are Responsible | Stowe Boyd
Abraham Joshua Heschel | Art, Sport, or Extinct | Factoids
In a free society, all are involved in what some are doing. Some are guilty; all are responsible.
| Abraham Joshua Heschel
www.workfutures.io/p/all-are-re...
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They Should Not Pay | Stowe Boyd
Claudia Sahm | Low Quality Jobs | Sad Desk Lunch | Stop Hiring Humans
Workers did not cause inflation, and they should not pay for bringing it down.
| Claudia Sahm
www.workfutures.io/p/they-shoul...
Goldmacher, Zhang | 'Every single one of New Jerseyβs 29 townships with a majority Hispanic population swung in Mr. Trumpβs direction between 2020 and 2024 β by an average of 25 percentage points.'
Yikes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
I've been pixelated for years.
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Michelle Goldberg | 'Platner has very little in common with 2015-era Trump, except this: His movement represents a voter insurgency that those atop his party seem unable to address or even fully grasp.'
Challenging the status quo, unseating the elites.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
Tik Root | 'First Street Foundation estimates that 11.1 million Americans are expected to move due to strained water resources by 2055.'
Drought is set to pose a greater risk to the $4 trillion municipal bond market than floods, hurricanes, and wildfires combined.
grist.org/cities/droug...
The Enclosure Of Work
Todayβs corporate gentry seeks to enclose work itself, to displace all employees, and to clear the offices and factories, except for robots and AI, and a handful of owners and engineers to keep the machinery going.
www.workfutures.io/i/176929227/...
Map showing location of Thwaites Glacier overlaid on NASA visualisation showing where gravity satellite data indicate Antarctica lost most ice between 2002 and 2023
In summary, the outlook is grim. It is highly likely that Thwaites Glacier will eventually be lost, which will destabilise adjoining parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, increasing the committed long-term rise in global mean sea level by more than 3 m.
26.10.2025 21:37 β π 131 π 87 π¬ 3 π 30thread
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Jamelle Bouie | 'There is no election that could give any president the power to deprive us of our right to govern ourselves.'
No Kings.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
Kinzinger & Sykes: Trumpian Symbolism in Overdrive
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Try Obsidian.
22.10.2025 14:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The value of the answer is hidden in the question.
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"Seeking out lesser-known voices isnβt just an act of cultural curation; itβs a philosophical stance, a refusal to let attention be the only metric that matters. Because the most interesting stuff usually happens on the margins" #kaibrach www.densediscovery.com/issues/320
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Youβre Already Behind
Umberto Eco | The Making Of Lists | Factoids
Lists β whether jotted on paper, managed in an app, or even held only in memory β are a form of complaining. | Stowe Boyd
www.workfutures.io/p/youre-alre...
Just a reminder that Republicans own this shutdown
22.10.2025 09:16 β π 482 π 156 π¬ 13 π 6I just bought a mini 13. They are available from resellers.
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