Dan Cave
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@danielcave_
Award-winning freelance journalist & editor. I also offer copywriting and commercial content services. Commission me at: [email protected]
In the FT, @MistralAI CEO Arthur Mensch suggests a European tax on AI companies to compensate their use of publicly available content. That would be 1% of their revenues, used to support new content creation. In exchange, it would shield AI companies from US-like huge fines related to content training.
At a writers’ group, an older journalist mentioned that she used to write an article for $2,000 and live off of that (this was probably in the 70s-80s). She asked some freelancers what they make now, and she could not believe that the rates had stayed static or gone down.
I stand in solidarity with the worker co-op Loaf in Stirchley which is in an extremely vulnerable position. They had to move out of their premises in anticipation of relocating in what they thought was to be a new building run by and owned by the Stirchley Co-op Development (SCD). This is now in doubt due to GreenSquareAccord (GSA) informing SCD it will retain ownership of the new building and will become the landlord. This means that Loaf is currently in limbo and unable to earn, and so this much loved business will not be able to pay its staff at present. If you are able to chip in and help cover their wages, please do so here. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-loaf-mo…. I also stand in solidarity with the two other businesses, Birmingham Bike Foundry and Artefact, and those residents expecting to move into the 39 housing units who all now face an uncertain future. The longstanding businesses are in serious danger of closing and residents are homeless and couch surfing. I understand how important secure housing is for people and SCD was going to provide that unequivocally. Also, I really support Community owned projects like theirs that empower us collectively and give us confidence that living democratically in mutual support is possible and pragmatic. The project reflected hope for Stirchley and its growing identity as a progressive, independent, innovating place to live. It put people before profits and cooperation before competition - and I know this was a source of inspiration for many in Stirchley and beyond. 10 years of hard work by SCD to fulfill a community owned project has been dubiously and brutally swiped away at the last hour. I am committed to fully supporting them in their endeavours to reverse this egregious seizure.
Opening LinkedIn with a hot coffee and a cyanide capsule.
There is fundamentally no use in a manager having to do a pre-match presser, mid-week presser, post-match presser, pre-match interview, AND post-match interview. Especially when it’s the same 5 bait questions each time. How more of them don’t snap in these situations is admirable
