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Cory Doctorow has always warned that companies "enshittify" their services — shifting "as much as they can from users, workers, suppliers, and business customers to themselves." But this week Doctorow writes in Communications of the ACM that enshittification "would be much, much worse if not for tech workers," who have "the power to tell their bosses to go to hell..." When your skills are in such high demand that you can quit your job, walk across the street, and get a better one later that same day, your boss has a real incentive to make you feel like you are their social equal, empowered to say and do whatever feels technically right... The per-worker revenue for successful tech companies is unfathomable — tens or even hundreds of times their wages and stock compensation packages. "No wonder tech bosses are so excited about AI coding tools," Doctorow adds, "which promise to turn skilled programmers from creative problem-solvers to mere code reviewers for AI as it produces tech debt at scale. Code reviewers never tell their bosses to go to hell, and they are a lot easier to replace." So how should tech workers respond in a world where tech workers are now "as disposable as Amazon warehouse workers and drivers...?" Throughout the entire history of human civilization, there has only ever been one way to guarantee fair wages and decent conditions for workers: unions. Even non-union workers benefit from unions, because strong unions are the force that causes labor protection laws to be passed, which protect all workers. Tech workers have historically been monumentally uninterested in unionization, and it's not hard to see why. Why go to all those meetings and pay those dues when you could tell your boss to go to hell on Tuesday and have a new job by Wednesday? That's not the case anymore. It will likely never be the case again. Interest in tech unions is at an all-time high. Groups such as Tech Solidarity and the Tech Workers Coalition are doing a land-office business, and copies of Ethan Marcotte's You Deserve a Tech Union are flying off the shelves. Now is the time to get organized. Your boss has made it clear how you'd be treated if they had their way. They're about to get it. Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader theodp for sharing the article.

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The Wanted's Max George appeared in good spirits as he put on a united front with former bandmate Siva Kaneswaran for their first ever US show.

Donald Trump has never minced words when it comes to his political opponents - and his latest rant about Barack Obama is no exception.

It is understood the new functional skills course will be taken by those failing to achieve level 4 - equivalent to a low C - in these two key subjects.

The Drag Race star, 45, and pro partner Aljaž Škorjanec, 35, received the show's lowest ever week-four score on Saturday for their Cha-Cha-Cha with just 14 points.

Rachael Wilde and her co-workers were on a flight from Sydney to London when they caught a married man sitting in the row ahead, cheating in plain sight with another passenger.

The White House's first post on the site featured a highlight reel of political memes the Trump administration called its 'greatest hits.'

British pop icon Adele was seen out in Austin, Texas for the United States Grand Prix in a rare public appearance for the singer who has been relatively undercover since ending her Las Vegas residency.

Footballers' Wives is reportedly set to return for an epic reboot 20 years after it first aired - following a resurge in popularity on ITVX.

Man United players were full of congratulations for one another after ending their 10-year wait for a league win at Anfield, as cameras showed the jubilant scenes inside the away dressing room.

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Donald Wayne Rownan, who was on parole, allegedly killed Paola Parbol Arredondo around 9.30am on October 15 in a car accident after he ran from law enforcement in Parkland, Washington.

Slashdot reader BrianFagioli writes: GIMP has officially launched its own Snap package for Linux, finally taking over from the community-maintained Snapcrafters project. The move means all future GIMP releases will now be built directly from the team's CI pipeline, ensuring faster, more consistent updates across distributions. The developers also introduced a new "gimp-plugins" interface to support external plugins while maintaining Snap's security confinement, with GMIC and OpenVINO already supported. This marks another major step in GIMP's cross-platform packaging efforts, joining Flatpak and MSIX distribution options. The first officially maintained version, Version 3.0.6GIMP 3.0.6, is available now on the "latest/stable" Snap channel, with preview builds rolling out for testers.

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During a candid livestream on X Spaces on Thursday, the performer explained why she's become an outspoken advocate for formula.

The Midnight Club actress, 29, was the latest star to be murdered by the Traitors after she became suspicious of Jonathan Ross.

It was certainly a lavish affair, with tons of Stella's famous friends and family members coming to support her, including Michelle and Barack Obama's daughters.

The actress, 62, who was 47 when she was first cast in the mystery comedy-drama, admitted she knew next to nothing about plans for a revival.

Changes to recycling coming in next year as council shelves its plans for wheelie bins despite residents' support

Elena Walsh, 64, had been staying at Riu Cabo Verde, a luxury resort on the picturesque Sal island in the south of the African country, when she became fatally unwell in August.

Jenny Powell showed off the incredible results of her 'game-changing' lymphatic drainage treatment as she shared sizzling Instagram videos.