Leon Salter
@islates.bsky.social
Researcher on precarious work
platform capitalism and unions. Try and teach leadership communication @ University of Auckland Aotearoa New Zealand
platform capitalism and unions. Try and teach leadership communication @ University of Auckland Aotearoa New Zealand
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we’re about to start seeing a lot of “here’s a cost effective meal your grandparents made during the great depression”
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
we’re about to start seeing a lot of “here’s a cost effective meal your grandparents made during the great depression”
“But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance.”
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
November 9, 2025 at 6:34 AM
“But I am a hater, and I will not be polite. The machine is disgusting and we should break it. The people who build it are vapid shit-eating cannibals glorifying ignorance.”
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
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the only "solution" in education is refuse and reject www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
the only "solution" in education is refuse and reject www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
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Siouxsie took on an institution that failed to protect her and other academics from death threats, whilst doing fantastic #scicomm for the common good. She won against UOA. And is left with a house-size debt even after being awarded costs. Give a little back if you can 💚 🚨
At a time when academics are under sustained right-wing attack, Dr Siouxsie Wiles stood up to the neoliberal regime of university management and won, but it came at a cost. If you can, please consider supporting Siouxsie, one of the most courageous scholars I know.
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www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Support Dr Siouxsie After She Supported Us! | PledgeMe
Support Dr Siouxsie to recover some of the money she spent fighting her legal case to protect employees experiencing online abuse
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October 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Siouxsie took on an institution that failed to protect her and other academics from death threats, whilst doing fantastic #scicomm for the common good. She won against UOA. And is left with a house-size debt even after being awarded costs. Give a little back if you can 💚 🚨
Having seen the very moving film last night with a Q&A from Anna and Sonya, I'm very aware of the impact of lax H&S rules on families and communities. #StandWithPike
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www.together.org.nz/stand_with_p...
Stand With Pike
Join us in building a better world
www.together.org.nz
October 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Having seen the very moving film last night with a Q&A from Anna and Sonya, I'm very aware of the impact of lax H&S rules on families and communities. #StandWithPike
www.together.org.nz/stand_with_p...
www.together.org.nz/stand_with_p...
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Attended v good online hui on how to take advantage of early researcher opportunities. Few +reducing opportunities in Aotearoa; main take-out for me was we should prob all be looking overseas. 🤔 @islates.bsky.social called out academic precarity - time to stand together or fall apart #joinyourunion
October 29, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Attended v good online hui on how to take advantage of early researcher opportunities. Few +reducing opportunities in Aotearoa; main take-out for me was we should prob all be looking overseas. 🤔 @islates.bsky.social called out academic precarity - time to stand together or fall apart #joinyourunion
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“Climate change isn’t suddenly going to slow down and ‘match our speed’; it isn’t going to wait for us, it is so far ahead of us and lapping us like a kid in bike shorts setting a new record at cross-country.” Read more: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/breaking-l...
October 28, 2025 at 4:15 AM
“Climate change isn’t suddenly going to slow down and ‘match our speed’; it isn’t going to wait for us, it is so far ahead of us and lapping us like a kid in bike shorts setting a new record at cross-country.” Read more: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/breaking-l...
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When the heroes at Stats NZ are screaming at the world to take notice. A clear separation between the cost of living for the wealthy and sorted folks who are seeing a rapid easing, and the bottom-feeders who are getting properly screwed.
October 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
When the heroes at Stats NZ are screaming at the world to take notice. A clear separation between the cost of living for the wealthy and sorted folks who are seeing a rapid easing, and the bottom-feeders who are getting properly screwed.
Why the hell are financial assets like shares excluded from Labour’s capital gains tax? Isn’t the majority of the super rich’s wealth held in shares? #nzpol
October 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Why the hell are financial assets like shares excluded from Labour’s capital gains tax? Isn’t the majority of the super rich’s wealth held in shares? #nzpol
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"People will leave the country" scream National
To where, fuckers? Australia that already has CGT?
Where 90k kiwi's have already left because of your policies and mismanagement?
#nzpol
To where, fuckers? Australia that already has CGT?
Where 90k kiwi's have already left because of your policies and mismanagement?
#nzpol
October 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
"People will leave the country" scream National
To where, fuckers? Australia that already has CGT?
Where 90k kiwi's have already left because of your policies and mismanagement?
#nzpol
To where, fuckers? Australia that already has CGT?
Where 90k kiwi's have already left because of your policies and mismanagement?
#nzpol
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Labour just went for CGT-lite. It won't raise much money & won’t change the incentives in our housing-market-with-bits-tacked-on economy. It’s focus-group-hugging performative politics. It tells low wage renters flying to Australia: not much will ever change. It says; ‘Fly my pretties. Fly’. #nzpol
Tuesday's Chorus: Where's the solar & batteries? And a proper CGT?
30% of dairy farmers in Southland & Otago still without power five days after wild winds flattened power poles; Locals surprised & farmers scramble for diesel generators; Labour goes for CGT-lite
thekaka.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Labour just went for CGT-lite. It won't raise much money & won’t change the incentives in our housing-market-with-bits-tacked-on economy. It’s focus-group-hugging performative politics. It tells low wage renters flying to Australia: not much will ever change. It says; ‘Fly my pretties. Fly’. #nzpol
TEU online hui on AI on the 31 October (Halloween - appropriate for the topic!). I'm on the first panel - Mana Mahi - keeping decent work at the centre. The conference is free and open to all, attendees do not need to be TEU members. Registration link: teu.ac.nz/news/teu-art...
October 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
TEU online hui on AI on the 31 October (Halloween - appropriate for the topic!). I'm on the first panel - Mana Mahi - keeping decent work at the centre. The conference is free and open to all, attendees do not need to be TEU members. Registration link: teu.ac.nz/news/teu-art...
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Calls for free education are growing
Reintroduction of maintenance grants reignites calls for free higher education
“The reality is that young people are finding the finances very, very difficult.”
leftfootforward.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Calls for free education are growing
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October 27, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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SWEDEN: The striking Swedish workers taking on carmaker Tesla www.bbc.com/news/article...
The striking Swedish workers taking on carmaker Tesla
The industrial action against the company's operation in Sweden has reached its second anniversary.
www.bbc.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
SWEDEN: The striking Swedish workers taking on carmaker Tesla www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Anyone can become disabled.
Anyone can lose their job.
Anyone can become homeless.
Anyone can go hungry.
These are not moral failings. They can happen in an instant.
Most people are far closer to living in poverty than they realize.
We must fight for one another & for the most vulnerable.
Anyone can lose their job.
Anyone can become homeless.
Anyone can go hungry.
These are not moral failings. They can happen in an instant.
Most people are far closer to living in poverty than they realize.
We must fight for one another & for the most vulnerable.
October 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Anyone can become disabled.
Anyone can lose their job.
Anyone can become homeless.
Anyone can go hungry.
These are not moral failings. They can happen in an instant.
Most people are far closer to living in poverty than they realize.
We must fight for one another & for the most vulnerable.
Anyone can lose their job.
Anyone can become homeless.
Anyone can go hungry.
These are not moral failings. They can happen in an instant.
Most people are far closer to living in poverty than they realize.
We must fight for one another & for the most vulnerable.
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Just got a notice from my daughter's school - there was a student with measles at school for half a day a couple of weeks ago. Oh yay.
My daughter is fully vaccinated and isn't a close contact. But even so.
Measles is in the community in Wellington.
My daughter is fully vaccinated and isn't a close contact. But even so.
Measles is in the community in Wellington.
October 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Just got a notice from my daughter's school - there was a student with measles at school for half a day a couple of weeks ago. Oh yay.
My daughter is fully vaccinated and isn't a close contact. But even so.
Measles is in the community in Wellington.
My daughter is fully vaccinated and isn't a close contact. But even so.
Measles is in the community in Wellington.
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Decided that rather than put in a whole bunch of effort finding out if I ever had a measles vaccine, I’d just get it done. Easy peasy at the pharmacy, and fully funded too! If you have any doubts about your immunity at all, this is a great time to get yourself sorted.
October 24, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Decided that rather than put in a whole bunch of effort finding out if I ever had a measles vaccine, I’d just get it done. Easy peasy at the pharmacy, and fully funded too! If you have any doubts about your immunity at all, this is a great time to get yourself sorted.
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Sir Keir Starmer has been specifically named in a UN report for complicity in Israel's genocide.
The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵
The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵
October 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Sir Keir Starmer has been specifically named in a UN report for complicity in Israel's genocide.
The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵
The report states that the UK government played "a key role in military collaboration with Israel... a collective crime... with detailed knowledge and cooperation in the destruction of Gaza." 🧵
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oh great: "This is a funding change which everyone other than this government actively hates and everyone in the sector knows will harm universities and their students, both domestic and international."
I wrote about the stupid white paper.
In summary, with these people in the driver's seat and apparently unbothered by consequences, we're so cooked.
In summary, with these people in the driver's seat and apparently unbothered by consequences, we're so cooked.
Somewhere in the Department for Education, a phone is ringing
On October 20th at a bit after 5pm, the UK government introduced its Education and Skills white paper to Parliament, to absolutely no…
hitchcockian.medium.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
oh great: "This is a funding change which everyone other than this government actively hates and everyone in the sector knows will harm universities and their students, both domestic and international."
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We have just rejected our first submission where the use of Gen-AI to rewrite the article was acknowledged.
Given the way that they commandeer public water resources and contribute to climate collapse, we do not think that there is an ethical way to use such tools.
Given the way that they commandeer public water resources and contribute to climate collapse, we do not think that there is an ethical way to use such tools.
October 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We have just rejected our first submission where the use of Gen-AI to rewrite the article was acknowledged.
Given the way that they commandeer public water resources and contribute to climate collapse, we do not think that there is an ethical way to use such tools.
Given the way that they commandeer public water resources and contribute to climate collapse, we do not think that there is an ethical way to use such tools.
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#NZpol
Was reviewing footage from coverage of the protests today by our State broadcaster...
Their (very brief) coverage ended with a whining Simeon Brown, and Stanford (apparently a Minister of Education) fueling outright, emotive BS, YET AGAIN.
It's basically openly laundering RW propaganda...
Was reviewing footage from coverage of the protests today by our State broadcaster...
Their (very brief) coverage ended with a whining Simeon Brown, and Stanford (apparently a Minister of Education) fueling outright, emotive BS, YET AGAIN.
It's basically openly laundering RW propaganda...
October 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
#NZpol
Was reviewing footage from coverage of the protests today by our State broadcaster...
Their (very brief) coverage ended with a whining Simeon Brown, and Stanford (apparently a Minister of Education) fueling outright, emotive BS, YET AGAIN.
It's basically openly laundering RW propaganda...
Was reviewing footage from coverage of the protests today by our State broadcaster...
Their (very brief) coverage ended with a whining Simeon Brown, and Stanford (apparently a Minister of Education) fueling outright, emotive BS, YET AGAIN.
It's basically openly laundering RW propaganda...
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October 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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The people have spoken
October 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The people have spoken