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Reply Comments on the Proposed Treaty for Access to Copyrighted Works

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We filed the following comments to the Copyright Office's request for comments on issues about access for people with print disabilities. Most of this community doesn’t have access to formal education, most of this community doesn’t have access to jobs and most of this community isn’t recognized by larger society as equals.

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Silicon Valley Software Engineers Horrified as They Can't Easily Find Jobs Anymore

Futurism

The region's former software engineers and developers whose jobs were previously thought to be ironclad are now having to contend with a fiercely competitive job market in one of the most expensive housing markets in the world. I'm looking to move on from tech," commented one Reddit account on a thread about layoffs. "I

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Elon Musk's Credibility Sinking as He's Caught in Web of Lies

Futurism

Since then, in a flurry of personal attacks and disparaging comments, the mercurial Musk has taken it out on the firm, accusing it of failing to uphold its open-source roots. Musk co-founded the company in 2015 alongside current CEO Sam Altman, only to rage quit roughly three years later, citing disagreements with the group's direction.

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Facebook will pay $52 million in settlement with moderators who developed PTSD on the job

The Verge

In a landmark acknowledgment of the toll that content moderation takes on its workforce, Facebook has agreed to pay $52 million to current and former moderators to compensate them for mental health issues developed on the job. Scola developed symptoms of PTSD after nine months on the job.

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Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Drupal security, and other CMS Report comments April 3, 2009 Now that the Idealware CMS report is out, I get to have my say about it. Doing such a comparison is brutally hard and you guys did a great job.

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How to Manage Negative Comments on Email + Social Media

Media Cause

What to do about agitators, arguers and the misinformed on your email list and social media—and how to manage negative comments. If this person hadn’t personally reached out to leave the file, would you be concerned? You have a job to do! . Suppress arguers from your email file, and focus on those who do care about your work.

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[VIDEO] You’ve Been Let Go From Your Nonprofit Job – Now What?

Bloomerang

We got a really fun panel discussion for you all around what you should do if you happen to find yourself out of the job in the fundraising and nonprofit sector. So it was actually the end of November last year in 2020 when I was laid off from that job. About a week after that furlough began, they filed for bankruptcy.

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