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A. Rivera<p>&gt; On Owing $93,605 in Student Loans; or, A Profession Built on Debt <a href="https://acrlog.org/2025/07/24/on-owing-93605-in-student-loans-or-a-profession-built-on-debt/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">acrlog.org/2025/07/24/on-owing</span><span class="invisible">-93605-in-student-loans-or-a-profession-built-on-debt/</span></a></p><p>In the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a>. Again, if I knew then what I know now, I'd have done my education overseas and stayed out there. Student loans are pretty much a racket that would make mobsters blush. </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>In the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a> </p><p>&gt; Getting Older under Capitalism <a href="https://www.anarchistfederation.net/getting-older-under-capitalism/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">anarchistfederation.net/gettin</span><span class="invisible">g-older-under-capitalism/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/labor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labor</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a></p>
A. Rivera<p>In the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BadEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BadEconomy</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/KentuckyProud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KentuckyProud</span></a> edition. And before any of you free market capitalist fuckbagels come mewling, if you can't/won't pay a living wage, you should be out of business. Period. </p><p>&gt; Kentucky Minimum Wage Now Half its Previous Peak, and Below Poverty Line <a href="https://kypolicy.org/kentucky-minimum-wage-now-half-its-previous-peak-and-below-poverty-line/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kypolicy.org/kentucky-minimum-</span><span class="invisible">wage-now-half-its-previous-peak-and-below-poverty-line/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poverty</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a></p>
Nando161<p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/homeless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homeless</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/ausgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ausgov</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/politas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politas</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/greedflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greedflation</span></a></p>
Peter Riley<p>What if Diddy’s victims were protected by labor laws instead of relying on the lack of justice of a sexist trial? </p><p><a href="https://theflytrap.beehiiv.com/p/if-we-valued-sex-workers-the-outcome-of-the-diddy-trial-would-have-been-different" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theflytrap.beehiiv.com/p/if-we</span><span class="invisible">-valued-sex-workers-the-outcome-of-the-diddy-trial-would-have-been-different</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/diddy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diddy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hiphop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hiphop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sexworkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sexworkers</span></a></p>
VulcanTourist<p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> causes <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a>. Period. Nothing else.</p><p>The simple process of <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a>, repeated ad nauseum, is all that is required to create inflation. Inflation is a baked-in consequence of capitalism. Every bit of profit that one transaction creates for the "winner" necessitates another winning transaction for the loser of the first... and so on. Inflation is continual, progressive, and inevitable: a consequence of non-stop one-upmanship and mutual <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a>.</p><p>Don't let any jackass indoctrinated economist convince you otherwise. This <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> of the One Percent needs to end.</p>
Ms. Que Banh<p>I was forced to shake hands with Pierre Trudeau, at age 9, before I knew what politics were about at all. I was exploited by adults, who were OK misleading my parents, to obtain permission to pretty much pimp me, for PR for government people.</p><p>I loathe politicians for doing that &amp; worse.</p><p><a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/ChildExploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildExploitation</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/CDNpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CDNpoli</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/colonizers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonizers</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/AsianMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AsianMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/PierreTrudeau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PierreTrudeau</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/Politicians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politicians</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/Exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/Tokenization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tokenization</span></a> <a href="https://socialbc.ca/tags/SoullessPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoullessPeople</span></a></p>
Wen<p>Be aware of who is claiming to represent you</p><p><a href="http://archive.today/2025.07.22-135721/https://www.thenational.scot/comment/25331554.hostile-takeover-craft-groups-tedooo-app-soul-destroying/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.today/2025.07.22-13572</span><span class="invisible">1/https://www.thenational.scot/comment/25331554.hostile-takeover-craft-groups-tedooo-app-soul-destroying/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Handmade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Handmade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TheNational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheNational</span></a></p>
MediaFaro News Digest<p>Spanish police free more than 100 women from a trafficking ring.</p><p>Spanish police said on Tuesday 37 people were arrested in connection with a sophisticated criminal organisation dedicated to sexual exploitation.</p><p>At least 162 women have been freed, while dozens of suspects were arrested after Spanish police dismantled a human trafficking ring that lured women into the country before pressuring them into prostitution.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250722-spanish-police-free-more-than-100-women-from-a-trafficking-ring?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250722</span><span class="invisible">-spanish-police-free-more-than-100-women-from-a-trafficking-ring?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/SexualAbuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SexualAbuse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Exploitation</span></a></p>
Nando161<p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classwar</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/stampduty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stampduty</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/ausgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ausgov</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/tasgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tasgov</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/taspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taspol</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/politas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politas</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-21/qld-stamp-duty-home-and-contents-insurance-gst/105547424" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-07-21/qld</span><span class="invisible">-stamp-duty-home-and-contents-insurance-gst/105547424</span></a></p>
Nando161<p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/adfa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adfa</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/adf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adf</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/australiandefenceforce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>australiandefenceforce</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/gst" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gst</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/tax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tax</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/ausgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ausgov</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/tasgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tasgov</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/taspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taspol</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/politas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politas</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classwar</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-21/dutch-defence-chief-warning-on-australian-military/105553010" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-07-21/dut</span><span class="invisible">ch-defence-chief-warning-on-australian-military/105553010</span></a></p>
Nando161<p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/trillionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trillionaires</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/millionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>millionaires</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greed</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cities</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/techbros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techbros</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>future</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extortion</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>classwar</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/oppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oppression</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/repression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>repression</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-20/futuristic-cities-and-what-we-know-about-them/105049948" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-07-20/fut</span><span class="invisible">uristic-cities-and-what-we-know-about-them/105049948</span></a></p>
Threat Intelligence<p>(google.com) Defend Against UNC6148 OVERSTEP Rootkit: Detection and Response Guide for SonicWall SMA Compromises</p><p><a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/sonicwall-secure-mobile-access-exploitation-overstep-backdoor/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cloud.google.com/blog/topics/t</span><span class="invisible">hreat-intelligence/sonicwall-secure-mobile-access-exploitation-overstep-backdoor/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.cyberespresso.eu/tags/ThreatIntel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThreatIntel</span></a> <a href="https://social.cyberespresso.eu/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://social.cyberespresso.eu/tags/Infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Infosec</span></a> <a href="https://social.cyberespresso.eu/tags/SonicWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SonicWall</span></a> <a href="https://social.cyberespresso.eu/tags/Exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Exploitation</span></a></p><p>(1/2)</p>
Peter Riley<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@prau" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>prau</span></a></span> </p><p>"Tear Gas: the most effective agent used by employers to persuade their employees that the interests of capital and labor are identical." T-Bone Slim (I.W.W./Wobbly) </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Bone_Slim" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-Bone_S</span><span class="invisible">lim</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RichPeoplesYachtMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RichPeoplesYachtMoney</span></a> <br>Or <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frombelow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>frombelow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/labormovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>labormovement</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/organize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>organize</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rankandfile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rankandfile</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/solidarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solidarity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unions</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>Scale’s dominance would pose a growing challenge to companies that sought to follow a different model and pay living wages.<br>— Karen Hao, Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Scale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scale</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/ScaleAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScaleAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/worker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>From the way they [Scale AI] treated us, I realized that their approach was to drain each user as much as possible, … and then dispose of them and bring new users in.<br>—Ricardo Huggines, in Empire of AI by Karen Hao<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/ScaleAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScaleAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>We [Karen Hao and Andrea Paola Hernández] found through a spreadsheet the company [Scale AI] left public that … workers who started with earnings of forty dollars a week were soon making less than six dollars or nothing at all. …the company…reverted to its standard operations, doling out tasks in a piecemeal fashion with no standard or guaranteed hours. <br>—Karen Hao, Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/ScaleAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScaleAI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/worker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>It is poor, in the Global South, with a government hungry for foreign investment from richer countries. All of these are a part of Kenya’s legacy of colonialism, which has left it without well-developed institutions to protect its citizens from exploitation and often in the throes of economic crisis, both of which make circumstances ripe for overseas companies to find an immiserated pool of labor that will do piecework under almost any conditions.<br>—Karen Hao, Empire of AI<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/kenya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kenya</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a></p>
janhoglund<p>It’s no coincidence that Kenya became home to what would ultimately turn into one of the most exploitative forms of labor that went into the creation of ChatGPT. Kenya was among the top destinations that Silicon Valley had been outsourcing its dirtiest work to for years.<br>—Karen Hao, Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI<br><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/chatgpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatgpt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/openai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/kenya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kenya</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a></p>
NSW.Biodiversity<p>"Award-winning cotton grower <br>John Norman jailed over $8.7 million water fraud. He has been sentenced to 9.5 years in prison, with a three-year non-parole period, for his role in an $8.7 million water fraud...At its peak, Norman Farming controlled more than 18,000 hectares of land around the headwaters of the Murray-Darling Basin, south-west of Brisbane."<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-16/cotton-grower-of-the-year-jailed-for-water-fraud/105343126" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-07-16/cot</span><span class="invisible">ton-grower-of-the-year-jailed-for-water-fraud/105343126</span></a><br><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/cotton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cotton</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/MDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MDB</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/exploitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploitation</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/plantation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plantation</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/irrigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>irrigation</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biodiversity</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birds</span></a></p>
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