Tara McMullin

@taramcmullin

Writer, podcaster, and producer baffled by the absurdity of neoliberal capitalism. Autistic feminist. Aspiring independent scholar. Amateur baker. Host of the What Works podcast and author of a book of the same name.

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Kindness works better: A trauma-informed perspective for working and living in trying times.

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Emotions @ Work

I’ve spent the last year and a half telling everyone that TikTok saved my career. But that’s not true. What saved my career was writing a great fucking book.

Laura Steven • On social media, moving needles, and an act of blind faith

the art of writing

The essential truth of every social network is that the product is content moderation, and everyone hates the people who decide how content moderation works. Content moderation is what Twitter makes — it is the thing that defines the user experience. It’s what YouTube makes, it’s what Instagram makes, it’s what TikTok makes. They all try to... See more

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content as capital

Untangling the question of what I want to make from what will sell feels like crawling out of a very deep well.

Marian Bull • When a hobby becomes a job

Labor Under Capitalism

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

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Artificial Intelligence

Definitions

Robin Sloan robinsloan.com

Labor Under Capitalism

Why We Need the Humanities in Today’s Career-Focused World

Steven Mintz insidehighered.com

Higher Ed Under Capitalism

The programmer Simon Willison has described the training for large language models as “money laundering for copyrighted data,” which I find a useful way to think about the appeal of generative-A.I. programs: they let you engage in something like plagiarism, but there’s no guilt associated with it because it’s not clear even to you that you’re... See more

The Creator Economy and

Savior Complex is a slyly simplistic title.

Savior Complex Doubles Down

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