We're covering a lot today, from weirdly inept, though no less dangerous, authoritarianism in the US, admittance of a war crime… I almost miss getting to reference press releases instead of DOJ X posts. Oh, also Itch payout concerns, and a featured story Of Banally nested evil around that Visa job posting.
Welcome to the second episode of Mutt-day news, a weekly round up of news stories from the past week, with a comedic bent, at least where possible.
This week, I come to you with dystopian AI news stories, including Meta's now lethal "Big sis Billie." Also this week, some cool new vaccine developments, an arts and culture section, yes covering more itch and payment processor stuff shenanigans, but not just that. The fascism roundup returns, and I have a new section, stuff you can do!
Visa and MasterCard have made of their own employees the mildly annoying trash mobs farmed as part of a daily quest whose reward is stripping points away from their own, once eldritchian, health bars.
Sure, call your reps, see if they answer the phone. But, first, call and email Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, and Stripe. Tell them, respectfully, those customer service folks didn't do shit to you, what you want and what you will do if you don't get it.
Stop letting white suprematists and Nazis decide what artist is allowed to eat or have a roof over her head because making a phone call or writing an email is hard.