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"Liking a co-worker’s photo on social media. Sending them direct messages. Checking in on Slack more often than before," writes Albert Stumm could be a form of microcheating during this age of social media.

@AssociatedPress explains what microcheating is and if it's really a big deal.

flip.it/xviDD4

A woman checks social media on her phone in Barcelona Spain on March 25, 2025. (Albert Stumm via AP)
AP News · Is 'microcheating' a new kind of infidelity for the social media age?By Albert Stumm

If the phrase "Vulnerability Research meets Application Security" excites you, I’m hiring experienced individuals for remote work opportunities!

apply.workable.com/trailofbits

I'm specifically looking for individuals with experience auditing source code for vulnerabilities and coming up with realistic exploits/exploit scenarios. Please note that "closed box" network penetration skills don't really apply to the work my team and I perform.

That said, Windows system internals knowledge is a plus, and I'm always happy to chat with folks who have experience(s) with other OS platforms—especially mobile—along with other language experience(s) such as Golang, Rust, TypeScript / JavaScript, Python, Ruby, C, C++, and Kotlin / Java.

apply.workable.comSenior Security Engineer, Application Security - Trail of BitsWho We AreFounded in 2012 by 3 expert hackers with no investment capital, Trail of Bits is the premier place for security experts to boldly advance security and address technology’s newest and most challenging risks. It has helped secure some of the wo...

#Degrowth can work — here’s how science can help

Wealthy countries can create prosperity while using less materials and energy if they abandon #EconomicGrowth as an objective.

By Jason Hickel, Giorgos Kallis, Tim Jackson, Daniel W. O’Neill, Juliet B. Schor, Julia K. Steinberger, Peter A. Victor & Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, 12 December 2022

Excerpt: "The global economy is structured around growth — the idea that firms, industries and nations must increase production every year, regardless of whether it is needed. This dynamic is driving climate change and ecological breakdown. High-income economies, and the corporations and wealthy classes that dominate them, are mainly responsible for this problem and consume energy and materials at unsustainable rates.

"Yet many industrialized countries are now struggling to grow their economies, given economic convulsions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, resource scarcities and stagnating productivity improvements. Governments face a difficult situation. Their attempts to stimulate growth clash with objectives to improve human well-being and reduce environmental damage.

"GDP is getting a makeover — what it means for economies, health and the planet

"Researchers in ecological economics call for a different approach — degrowth. Wealthy economies should abandon growth of gross domestic product (#GDP) as a goal, scale down destructive and unnecessary forms of #production to reduce energy and material use, and focus economic activity around securing human needs and well-being. This approach, which has gained traction in recent years, can enable rapid #decarbonization and stop ecological breakdown while improving social outcomes. It frees up energy and materials for low- and middle-income countries in which growth might still be needed for development. Degrowth is a purposeful strategy to stabilize economies and achieve social and ecological goals, unlike recession, which is chaotic and socially destabilizing and occurs when growth-dependent economies fail to grow.

"Reports this year by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (#IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on #Biodiversity and #Ecosystem Services (#IPBES) suggest that degrowth policies should be considered in the fight against #ClimateBreakdown and #biodiversity loss, respectively. Policies to support such a strategy include the following.

"Reduce less-necessary production. This means scaling down destructive sectors such as #FossilFuels, mass-produced meat and dairy, #FastFashion, #advertising, #cars and aviation, including #PrivateJets. At the same time, there is a need to end the #PlannedObsolescence of products, lengthen their lifespans and reduce the purchasing power of the #rich.

"Improve #PublicServices. It is necessary to ensure universal access to high-quality #HealthCare, #Education, #Housing, transportation, Internet, #RenewableEnergy and nutritious food. #UniversalPublicServices can deliver strong social outcomes without high levels of resource use.

"Introduce a green jobs guarantee. This would train and mobilize labour around urgent social and ecological objectives, such as installing renewables, insulating buildings, regenerating #ecosystems and improving social care. A programme of this type would end unemployment and ensure a just transition out of jobs for workers in declining industries or 'sunset sectors', such as those contingent on fossil fuels. It could be paired with a #UniversalIncome policy.

"Reduce working time. This could be achieved by lowering the retirement age, encouraging part-time working or adopting a four-day working week [and hybrid or remote work]. These measures would lower #CarbonEmissions and free people to engage in care and other welfare-improving activities. They would also stabilize employment as less-necessary production declines.

"Enable #sustainable development. This requires cancelling unfair and unpayable debts of low- and middle-income countries, curbing unequal exchange in international trade and creating conditions for productive capacity to be reoriented towards achieving social objectives.

"Some countries, regions and cities have already introduced elements of these policies. Many European nations guarantee free health care and education; Vienna and Singapore are renowned for high-quality public housing; and nearly 100 cities worldwide offer free public transport. Job guarantee schemes have been used by many nations in the past, and experiments with basic incomes and shorter working hours are under way in Finland, Sweden and New Zealand.

"But implementing a more comprehensive strategy of degrowth — in a safe and just way — faces five key research challenges, as we outline here."

Read more:
nature.com/articles/d41586-022

Archived version:
archive.ph/AtJ87
#FourDayWorkweek #RemoteWork #HybridWork #CircularEconomy #CapitalismKills #RightToRepair #ProtectMotherEarth #CorporateColonialism #BuyLess #BuyNothing #LibraryOfThings #SolarPunkSunday

www.nature.comDegrowth can work — here’s how science can helpWealthy countries can create prosperity while using less materials and energy if they abandon economic growth as an objective.

"Proponents say working in person full-time will boost productivity, but experts say that women will pay a unique price...Now it appears that many women rely on remote work to succeed at home and in their professional role. CNBC’s annual Women at Work survey recently found that about a quarter of respondents said their work-life balance had improved over the last year. They attributed the change primarily to having a more flexible schedule. "

mashable.com/article/women-rem

Mashable · Ending remote work has major consequences for womenBy Rebecca Ruiz

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This is great and crystallizes moral clarity around the need for remote work. It captures my feelings about it as well, as someone who has worked a full-remote job for 5 years, one I took in large part because of the promise that was and would always be full-time remote.

Remote work has changed my life. It has given me back literally hours of every day that I get to spend with my family, and makes it easier to just get normal human things done.

#RemoteWork

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Werd I/OForcing people back to the office was a choice. I'm making mine.Why I'm not going to RTO

Businesses are foolishly moving ahead with return-to-office mandates. Not everyone will go along, as @ben explains so well.

"Should I start another company, I will not mandate that people work from the office, although I might provide one as an optional collaboration space. This is to protect my quality of life, and to ensure that I can hire the best people for each role, regardless of where they might live or what the rest of their life might look like."

"Forcing people back into offices isn’t a neutral decision. It’s a choice to exclude and disadvantage anyone who doesn’t fit a narrow definition of what a 'worker' looks like."

werd.io/2025/forcing-people-ba

Werd I/OForcing people back to the office was a choice. I'm making mine.Why I'm not going to RTO

#getfedihired #remotework :boostRequest:

My company is looking for a software Engineering Manager. I'm happy to discuss the role with someone interested and provide a job link that would get you straight to a recruiter. This role doesn't report to me, but to one of my peers.

Role is remote, company is based in California.

Please DM me if interested:

Job summary:
Design and develop scalable applications using modern web frameworks (e.g., Rails, React, Node, NextJS, or similar).

Build and implement contemporary frontend technologies and frameworks (e.g., React, Bootstrap CSS, Tailwind).

Play an active role in recruitment efforts to expand and strengthen engineering teams.

Lead and manage multiple engineering teams, fostering effective collaboration and teamwork.

Ensure adherence to high software engineering standards and quality throughout the software development lifecycle.

Continuously improve engineering workflows and processes to enhance productivity and efficiency.

Collaborate closely with product teams to assess trade-offs, identify risks to delivery timelines, and find opportunities for team improvement to meet business objectives.

Mentor, onboard, and guide software engineers, supporting their growth and career development.

Partner with UX designers to create user-centric, modern web applications with a focus on usability.

Support deployment activities, including debugging, troubleshooting, and working with DevOps and QA teams for smooth rollouts.

Engage with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to gather requirements, present technical solutions, and ensure alignment with business goals.

Lead team meetings such as sprint planning, grooming, and retrospectives, ensuring effective communication and coordination within the team.

Champion technical initiatives that enhance application performance, scalability, and long-term sustainability.

Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies, actively evolving skills to foster innovation and maintain excellence in the team.

Provide technical guidance and expertise to the broader engineering team, driving positive outcomes and results.

Whatever happened to #WordPressP2? I recall it in the early 2010s as a way to turn a #WordPress site into a #selfhosted #Twitter alternative. Then they started marketing it as a #Slack alternative, emphasizing the way they use it internally to guide #remotework called [happy tools](happy.tools/). Seems like it hasn't caught fire as either of these. Why not an #openweb alt to #Mastodon and other #Fediverse #microblogging tools via the #activitypub plug-in?
@photomatt

happy.toolsPrivate Site

🚀 Redefining Work in a Hybrid Society – Technology, #Leadership, and the Future of Employment

The way we work is changing—fast. Traditional employment models are being challenged by fractional leadership, the gig #economy, and the rise of remote-first collaboration. But is this shift making work better, or just more fragmented?

In this latest episode of Redefining Society & Technology on ITSPmagazine, I sat down with Sara Daw, author of "Strategy and Leadership as a Service" to talk about how technology is reshaping the workforce.

We dive into:

💡 The rise of fractional C-suite roles and why executives are choosing autonomy over full-time positions
💡 How companies are shifting from payroll to access-based #employment
💡 The role of psychological ownership in a world where contracts no longer define commitment
💡 What this means for future generations, as they enter the workforce with an entirely different mindset

Technology enables this shift, but the real question is: Are we using it to empower people—or just creating a new kind of instability?

🎻 Teaser: youtu.be/8FGKB4kfCGQ
📺 Watch the full video: youtu.be/fVAjiD85sYM
🎧 Listen to the full conversation: redefiningsocietyandtechnology

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What do you think?
Are we heading toward a more flexible and fulfilling work model, or is something getting lost in the transition? Let’s discuss.

#FutureOfWork #Technology #Society #GigEconomy #Leadership #RemoteWork #DigitalTransformation #ai #socialmedia #tech #future #HR

Sean Martin

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