Lyndsey Summers
@lyndseysummers.bsky.social
mainly ranting here about politics and capitalism. the time for revolution is now.
also occasionally posting about things I🖤: horror movies, books, photography, the outdoors, my dog
📍portland, or
she/her
also occasionally posting about things I🖤: horror movies, books, photography, the outdoors, my dog
📍portland, or
she/her
Freeing up time for productivity FOR THE PEOPLE WHO STILL HAVE FUCKING JOBS omg I hate ai
You’re not unemployed you simply have allowed money to flow to where it can do better work, in many ways you are making the dreams of that money come true. Rather than be used for humdrum things like “food” and “warmth” you have freed it up to focus on “islands of perversion” with the cultural elite
What if the A.I. bubble “is an inevitable part of developing and adopting a revolutionary tool that will fundamentally improve productivity and growth?” Mohamed El-Erian writes.
November 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Freeing up time for productivity FOR THE PEOPLE WHO STILL HAVE FUCKING JOBS omg I hate ai
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You’re not unemployed you simply have allowed money to flow to where it can do better work, in many ways you are making the dreams of that money come true. Rather than be used for humdrum things like “food” and “warmth” you have freed it up to focus on “islands of perversion” with the cultural elite
What if the A.I. bubble “is an inevitable part of developing and adopting a revolutionary tool that will fundamentally improve productivity and growth?” Mohamed El-Erian writes.
Opinion | A.I. Is a Bubble. Maybe That’s OK.
Investors’ excitement rightly reflects the potential transformation of the entire economy.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
You’re not unemployed you simply have allowed money to flow to where it can do better work, in many ways you are making the dreams of that money come true. Rather than be used for humdrum things like “food” and “warmth” you have freed it up to focus on “islands of perversion” with the cultural elite
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Algorithmic Price Fixing Ban — sponsored by @councilormorillo.bsky.social & @councilorgreen.bsky.social — passes with 8 yes votes, 2 no votes, and 2 absences.
We’ll be there to support the Algorithmic Price Fixing Ban and the Detention Fee Ordinance!
Today Portland City Council will have a final hearing and vote on my Algorithmic Price Fixing Ban!
So grateful for leaders like @agdanrayfield.bsky.social for leading the charge in the courts. Corporations should not be taking advantage of regular people for profit. Affordable rent NOW!
So grateful for leaders like @agdanrayfield.bsky.social for leading the charge in the courts. Corporations should not be taking advantage of regular people for profit. Affordable rent NOW!
November 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Algorithmic Price Fixing Ban — sponsored by @councilormorillo.bsky.social & @councilorgreen.bsky.social — passes with 8 yes votes, 2 no votes, and 2 absences.
my guard is so far up when I’m job searching. And same for my husband. A recruiter contacted him about a contract job. he was excited about the role but I hate that my first instinct is to not believe it’s real until proven otherwise
(Seems like it was legit tho…..)
(Seems like it was legit tho…..)
*Gets job interview*
*Google company and doesnt see any reviews*
*Tries to findout what company does but a clear description doesnt come up*
*Sees that job is headquartered in Nigeria*
*Cancels interview*
*Google company and doesnt see any reviews*
*Tries to findout what company does but a clear description doesnt come up*
*Sees that job is headquartered in Nigeria*
*Cancels interview*
November 20, 2025 at 7:14 AM
my guard is so far up when I’m job searching. And same for my husband. A recruiter contacted him about a contract job. he was excited about the role but I hate that my first instinct is to not believe it’s real until proven otherwise
(Seems like it was legit tho…..)
(Seems like it was legit tho…..)
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The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
![Excerpt from a BBC article: ""We usually work, 10, 11 or 12 hours a day," says a 49-year-old woman from Jiangxi unwilling to give her name. "On Sundays we work around three hours less."
She is in an alleyway, where a dozen people are huddled around a row of bulletin boards.
They are reading the job ads on the board, while examining the stitching on a pair of chinos draped over it.
This is Shein's supply chain. The factories are contracted to make clothes on order - some small, some big. If the chinos are a hit, orders will ramp up and so must production. Factories then hire temporary workers to meet the demand their permanent staff cannot fulfil.
The migrant worker from Jiangxi is looking for a short-term contract - and the chinos are an option.
"We earn so little. The cost of living is now so high," she says, adding that she hopes to make enough to send back to her two children who are living with their grandparents.
"We get paid per piece," she explains. "It depends how difficult the item is. Something simple like a t-shirt is one-two yuan [less than a dollar] per piece and I can make around a dozen in an hour.""](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreiber7g4o5pujmzmjjzsp5dkz7blfexburuwjispfpv6dki7akjb7a@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The people who make Shein's clothes labor for ten to twelve hours per day (in violation of China's labor laws), some up to seven days a week, and earn as little as 15 to 30 cents per t-shirt.
Portlanders are so blessed with @moviemadness.org
We need to bring video stores back. The world was a better place when 9 year old Beth could rent Hellraiser from the guy at the corner store who didn’t bat an eye.
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Portlanders are so blessed with @moviemadness.org
I cooked for our household for two nights in a row — a world record 💀
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I cooked for our household for two nights in a row — a world record 💀
What kind of Scrooge-ass bullshit is this?????
private equity buys a company and immediately starts torturing their employees and the money
November 20, 2025 at 4:38 AM
What kind of Scrooge-ass bullshit is this?????
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I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
I… cannot get over Matthew Rhy’s performance in The Beast in Me. He deserves awards. So does Claire. Best show I’ve seen on Netflix in a minute.
November 19, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I… cannot get over Matthew Rhy’s performance in The Beast in Me. He deserves awards. So does Claire. Best show I’ve seen on Netflix in a minute.
I made dinner tonight. this is rather abnormal in our household but I want to change that. I don’t actually hate cooking but like … just don’t
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I made dinner tonight. this is rather abnormal in our household but I want to change that. I don’t actually hate cooking but like … just don’t
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Come out tomorrow to rally against the robotic rent-price rip-off software that landlords want to use against tenants! 5 pm Nov 19 at City Hall
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Come out tomorrow to rally against the robotic rent-price rip-off software that landlords want to use against tenants! 5 pm Nov 19 at City Hall
Yeap. The state of Oregon has this program that will allow you to receive unemployment benefits if you were laid off and likely won’t be able to find new work, foregoing the job search requirements while you get your business off the ground. That’s nice but it gives you no other resources.
Entrepreneurship isn’t for everyone and that’s made worse by a culture of hyper individualism and the idea of a “singular” hyper competent founder etc.
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Yeap. The state of Oregon has this program that will allow you to receive unemployment benefits if you were laid off and likely won’t be able to find new work, foregoing the job search requirements while you get your business off the ground. That’s nice but it gives you no other resources.
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after I tried full-freelancing for two years and had a rough time, a person I trusted gently told me how feeelancing isn't for everyone, and they knew of Pulitzer winners who struggled with it too
Entrepreneurship isn’t for everyone and that’s made worse by a culture of hyper individualism and the idea of a “singular” hyper competent founder etc.
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
after I tried full-freelancing for two years and had a rough time, a person I trusted gently told me how feeelancing isn't for everyone, and they knew of Pulitzer winners who struggled with it too
LinkedIn has an odd idea of what "social impact" means in terms of job filtering. They define it as "Companies committed to supporting social causes and serving communities in need," but then show me jobs from companies like Affirm (consumer debt!) and ... Dropbox?
November 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
LinkedIn has an odd idea of what "social impact" means in terms of job filtering. They define it as "Companies committed to supporting social causes and serving communities in need," but then show me jobs from companies like Affirm (consumer debt!) and ... Dropbox?
It seems to me that this issue has increased lately. In an otherwise quiet medical waiting room yesterday, an older man had an audiobook on blast for the entire lobby. And he still held it up to his ear. The hospital gave out little snacks like an airline. Maybe they should give headphones too
My bus driver just called out the people watching videos on speaker and I think we should make him mayor
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It seems to me that this issue has increased lately. In an otherwise quiet medical waiting room yesterday, an older man had an audiobook on blast for the entire lobby. And he still held it up to his ear. The hospital gave out little snacks like an airline. Maybe they should give headphones too
This is a bummer. I was hopeful Instagram would leave Meta‘s fascist claws, and make me feel better about using it again. Sigh
A federal judge determined the social media market had changed too much with the arrival of apps like TikTok for Meta to still hold any monopoly power. @ryanknappy.bsky.social
Meta prevails in antitrust case over purchases of Instagram, WhatsApp
A federal judge determined the social media market had changed too much with the arrival of apps like TikTok for Meta to still hold any monopoly power.
www.courthousenews.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This is a bummer. I was hopeful Instagram would leave Meta‘s fascist claws, and make me feel better about using it again. Sigh
ah yes, very confident in research conducted by … Bank of America …
AI’s impact on employment is negligible, a new study asserts.
AI’s Impact On Employment Is Negligible, Study Asserts
Money keeps pouring into AI and technology-related investments, but there is no evidence at this point as to its impact on jobs one way or another.
www.forbes.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM
ah yes, very confident in research conducted by … Bank of America …
loving the beast in me on netflix. matthew rhys is perfectly terrifying
November 18, 2025 at 3:38 AM
loving the beast in me on netflix. matthew rhys is perfectly terrifying
debating using instagram again just because I miss sharing and viewing ART
November 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
debating using instagram again just because I miss sharing and viewing ART
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Save the date for our Holiday party! Rumba Socialista is a benefit for the Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice and features live music from Bloco Alegría! RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/rumba...
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Save the date for our Holiday party! Rumba Socialista is a benefit for the Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice and features live music from Bloco Alegría! RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/rumba...
Tbh I had never heard of olivia nuzzi until recently
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Tbh I had never heard of olivia nuzzi until recently
For a while, we were really trying to figure out how to buy this house we’re in. Ain’t gonna happen tho. I’m trying to make peace with likely being a renter for life, and having to move around.
Donald Trump wants to end the American dream of home ownership. With a 50 year mortgage, most home buyers will never pay off their homes, will remain in debt to the banks and will be forced to work until the day they die.
November 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM
For a while, we were really trying to figure out how to buy this house we’re in. Ain’t gonna happen tho. I’m trying to make peace with likely being a renter for life, and having to move around.
muted the word/tag “wordle” forever — no regrets.
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
muted the word/tag “wordle” forever — no regrets.
Good perspective before going into the new KB doc. it’s easy to fawn over his work without much critical thought
Starting “The Revolutionary War” now and boy, this thing is choppy
By not starting micro and going macro like the makers usually do makes it hard to focus on the story
Happy with the talking heads thus far, at least
By not starting micro and going macro like the makers usually do makes it hard to focus on the story
Happy with the talking heads thus far, at least
November 17, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Good perspective before going into the new KB doc. it’s easy to fawn over his work without much critical thought