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John Chadfield

@joxn.bsky.social

Unionising tech workers in the UK. National Officer for Tech at Communication Workers Union. Co-founder of @utaw.tech Join a union. Get organised.

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Milagros Miceli@milamiceli.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Very proud of this collaboration with @utaw.tech, and delighted to see Fasica Berhane putting her exceptional reporting skills at the service of TikTok workers in London. Thanks @joxn.bsky.social for supporting the making of this report! ➡️ data-workers.org/fasica-utaw/

Data Workers’ Inquiry@dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨 NEW INQUIRY!!! Our own Fasica Berhane Gebrekidan partners up with @utaw.tech to reveal the exploitation of trust and safety workers and the displacement of human labor through inadequate IA systems, this time at TikTok in London. ➡️ data-workers.org/fasica-utaw/

Illustrated cover of the report with the title “Unveiling: The Invisible Lives of TikTok Data Workers in London” on the top. Black background with a vertical slit through which people are looking out, as if looking through closed curtains. The people are blue, and the background peeking through is bright pink, mirroring the colors of the TikTok logo. The logo of the Data Workers’ Inquiry project is seen in the lower right corner.
Tim Newman@tnewmsblues.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“Every time we’ve asked for proof – show us the AI that’s replacing [content moderator] jobs – it never comes. And the media doesn’t look into it either. There’s a lot of client journalism around AI hype.” - @joxn.bsky.social of @utaw.tech graceblakeley.substack.com/p/ai-isnt-ta...

AI isn't taking your job. Your boss is.

Bosses are using AI as an excuse to crush worker power. But workers aren't going down without a fight.

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John Chadfield@joxn.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Sharing this fundraiser for Lulu and her husband, who have been displaced from Rafah and forced to endure life in tents. Every little bit helps Lulu and her 5 kids, who deserve so much better. chuffed.org/project/1582...

Help Lolo and her family evacuate Gaza to safety

Hello friends. My name is Megan, and I am a close friend of Lulu and her family, who are currently residing in Khan Younis, Gaza, Palestine, originally from Rafah. The humanitarian crisis has weighed ...

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Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 4mo ago

A French coder estimates that using Claude Code will account for 1 tonne of CO2 over a year - 10% of the average French individual carbon footprint. We have never encountered emissions-intensive software like this, ever before (with the sole exception of Bitcoin) www.linkedin.com/posts/gwitte...

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John Chadfield@joxn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

This 'London School War' - microtargetting of children between 11 and 16 encouraging them to 'jump' other school kids - campaign on TikTok is exactly the kind of thing that could have been avoided by having not sacked 400+ content moderators in London.

Alex Hanna@alexhanna.bsky.social · 5mo ago

'Briggs and his Goldman Sachs colleagues recently said that investment spending on AI made “basically zero” difference in U.S. economic growth last year.' You don't say.

Screenshot of the article: Prominent economists, including from Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase, calculate that the AI buildup was directly responsible not for 92 percent or 39 percent of gains to the U.S. economy in 2025, but as little as zero. “It was a very intuitive story,” said Joseph Briggs, who jointly leads global economics investment research at Goldman Sachs. “That maybe prevented or limited the need to actually dig deeper into what was happening.” Briggs and his Goldman Sachs colleagues recently said that investment spending on AI made “basically zero” difference in U.S. economic growth last year. It’s clear that the huge spending on AI is adding to the U.S. economy, but the available economic data doesn’t neatly capture its effects. The debating economists and the slippery data suggest that if the technology does start to reshape the economy, it may be challenging to detect and clearly measure. That may leave political and corporate leaders to choose the numbers that fit their preferred narratives on how AI is changing American life and work. The struggle to even measure what is happening today suggests there may be years of bickering ahead over whether AI is creating a golden age of prosperity or a path to mass unemployment and impoverishment.
Rodney Brooks@rodneyabrooks.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A lede today in WaPo: "Massive investment in AI contributed “basically zero” to U.S. economic growth last year, Goldman Sachs has calculated." Hype distorts people's minds. FOMO can drive stupid behavior. FOBAWTPALSL even more so. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

ASLEF@aslefunion.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📢 The Tories are trying to amend the Railways Bill to remove workers' right to strike. They want to IMPOSE minimum service levels on the railway and REPEAL provisions in the Employment Rights Act 2025. We're lobbying to ensure their ridiculous, anti-worker amendments don't become law.

Grainy VHS image of Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch with text reading: "...did someone hit rewind? The Tories are trying to curtail your right to strike. Again."