Why is beekeeping unethical?
https://ethosandempathy.org/en/2021/05/25/why-is-beekeeping-unethical/
#bees #honey #beekeeping #beekeeper #unethical #letbeesbe #antispeciesism #veganism #insectsmatter
#Unethical
You may have seen the story this week about an "AI" (LLM) bot that opened a pull request against the Python #matplotlib library. When the request was closed, the story was that the #bot posted aggressive condemnations of the maintainer(s) in the thread, particularly Scott Shambaugh, and then posted an article to a blog attacking him.
There's a lot of speculation about how much of that action was driven algorithmically vs manually instructed by the bot operator.
Anyway, so far so interesting. Lots of online media coverage of it, because it was novel.
But then, Ars Technica published an article about it. And Shambaugh read it, and posted that the second half of the article contained alleged quotes from him that he never said. The article appears to have been "AI"-generated, without any acknowledgement of that fact, which is not good for Ars' credibility.
Worse, Ars then quickly pulled the #article - silently. No mention of it left, no #apology to Shambaugh, no note to the readers of what they'd done.
That is absolutely #unethical in #journalism. It is unforgivable.
Ars was once a technical site with additional coverage of science and other geek-adjacent topics. Then it went commercial, was bought by a huge publishing conglomerate, and became a lot less technical.
But this is a slide too far. Unless they fix this, quick, I won't renew my subscription.
Mirror of yanked article:
https://mttaggart.neocities.org/ars-whoopsie
Today's job search matches:
* "AI"
* "AI"
* "AI"
* "AI"
* algorithmic trading
* gambling
* weird non-engineering management role
* 3 x duplicate posting of the previous
* "innovative financial product", i.e. how to milk more fees from poor people
* Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft ... and laughably underpaid for a Principal Engineer role
* "FinOps and AI"
* "AI"
* Weirdly aggressive "If this isn't you, don't bother." at top of job description
* trying to replace human therapist with software
[...]
Every single one of those is in blatant contradiction with my personal ethical code, with the possible exception of the weird non-engineering role (which isn't described well) and the all-Microsoft shop one, which isn't my wheelhouse.
My industry has gone to shit.
#software #engineering #SoftwareEngineering #ethics #ethical #unethical #enshittification
#WillLewis’ tenure has been rocky from the start, marked by layoffs & a failed reorganization plan that led to the departure of former top #editor #SallyBuzbee.
His initial choice to take over for Buzbee, Robert Winnett, withdrew from the job after #ethical questions were raised about both he & Lewis’ actions while working in England. They include paying for info that produced major stories, actions that would be considered #unethical in US #journalism.
Daniel Dale: "Here is our highly subjective list of Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025.
We chose some because the president repeated them particularly often, some because they were about notably consequential topics, and some because they were especially egregious in their distance from reality":
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/27/politics/analysis-donald-trumps-top-25-lies-of-2025
#Trump #dishonest #unreliable #unethical #politics copy: @renewedresistance
The surprisingly connected origins of "secret", "police", "political", "quasi", "unethical" and "concern".
#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #secret #police #political #quasi #unethical #concern
Mike Brandly, Auctioneer Blogmikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com@mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com
2025-11-11A secret profit in plain sight
Let’s say an auctioneer conducts a reserve consignment auction where an item carries a $100,000 reserve but only reaches $80,000 in bidding. Afterward, the auctioneer persuades the seller to lower the reserve to $75,000 and then makes a deal with the high bidder for $90,000. The buyer pays $90,000, the seller receives $75,000 minus commission, and the auctioneer pockets both the commission and the $15,000 difference. This conduct is unethical and unlawful. When an auctioneer represents a […]https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2025/11/11/a-secret-profit-in-plain-sight/
#Casting Networks: Stop Fucking With #Actors, #Agents & #Managers
In this video, Wendy calls out:
– #CastingNetworks and #BreakdownServices for #exploiting actors and reps
– The #unethical practice of charging agents and managers to submit #talent
– #SAGAFTRA’s failure to protect the very actors who pay their dues
– The destruction of union #commercial income by the #nonunionmarket
– The #corporategreed that’s stripping #artists of #fairpay, dignity, and opportunity
"As The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) celebrates Ethics Awareness Month —one of our sector’s largest digital intermediaries, GoFundMe, stands accused of crossing lines that would make even the most jaded fundraiser blush."
"…she felt like she’d been “listed without consent on a commercial stock exchange for generosity."
https://agitator.thedonorvoice.com/ethics-awareness-month-the-great-scrape-of-2025/
I've been only able to read this IT note today due to band with constraints. It read like a Stephen King short. Horrific!
IMHO, In my humble opinion, the company involved used tactics that I can describe as blatantly criminal.
I have some stories and I may talk about one in another post, using similar of obfuscation techniques
You would be wise to read this story at least twice.
Read between the lines.
Observe that the company was selling open source services yet used criminal tactics to keep people locked in
Link
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/10/08/the-email-they-shouldnt-have-read/
#Story #Stefano #horrible #ethics #unethical #OpenSource #programming #vendor #lockin
@The14 is this some #business #pitch?
Cuz I consider this #unethical!
" #Trump picks Blondashian-wannabe Ambulance-Chasing lapdog to further harass real-lawyer Letitia James." #FixedIt
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/21/nx-s1-5549086/trump-nominates-white-house-aide-top-us-prosecutor-probing-letitia-james
#Trump #TurdReich #MangoMussolini #TheOrangeShitStain #BleachBlond #Unethical
Silicon Valley wants to shape our future - why should we let it?
The most recent episode on Paris Marx's Tech Won't Save Us podcast
Recommended by Ron Deibert of the UofT Citizen Lab. (during a 2025 Aug. 21 speech to the Cybersecurity League - LICS from the State University of Campinas.)
#unethical #surveillancecapitalism
“You are the livestock of the social media farms.” Ron Deibert of the UofT Citizen Lab.
2025 Aug. 21 speech to the Cybersecurity League - LICS from the State University of Campinas.
#spyware #unethical #surveillancecapitalism
🔗 "Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade website no-crawl directives"
Once again, Perplexity is stealing data it isn't supposed to access - actively circumventing counter measurements like robots.txt files and IP/User Agent blocks.
Faouzia - UNETHICAL
https://youtu.be/I1zqCX3Dvxo?si=K5UKddM93q-OkXvH
YouTube was correct in guessing that I would like this. Her singing appeals to me and I enjoyed the visuals.
I seem to remember seeing her in connection with some Chinese competition, but I could be wrong.
How well known is Faouzia? World famous?
World famous in Canada? Niche following?
Boy, I wish I had thought of #venue #shopping for #judges before the judge was even on the bench by nominating someone unflinchingly #loyal to me to be a judge in the circuit that will hear a case wherein I am #alleged to have done some truly #heinous shit.
If I could do that, I wouldn’t be an angry eyebrow in a tiny corner of a social media web site. I’d be an #immoral, #unethical #bigot, and the sort of rarified #asshole that only the jackassiest of jackasses could possibly tolerate.
‘#Unconstitutional. #Unethical. #Authoritarian.’ #ICE bars millions of #immigrants from #bondhearings
🧐Furthermore, the use of #AI to perform #academic #peerreviews is not only lazy, it's fundamentally #irresponsible and #unethical to the development of #scientific #research. Like errant or #corrupt priests and cardinals that needed to be ferreted out by the Church, this disturbing trend in #global #academicresearch, seemingly involving top-tier #universities, sorely needs to be nipped in the bud before it rots and festers the entire #credibility of new #science - to the detriment of #mankind.🤔
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