Historian of technology & dad joke aficionado who lived w/a great little gray rabbit until recently (RIP). I won’t share AI generated content, except to critique it. In person I’ll be wearing a KN95. If you care about me put one on too. www.marhicks.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/histoftech.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/histoftech.bsky.social/post/3mj24pocst223“Long Covid Predicted to Cost OECD Economies $135 Billion a Year” | Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-08/long-covid-predicted-to-cost-oecd-economies-135-billion-a-year09 Apr 2026 05:55 +0000at://did:plc:wpsspp55o7w6muawlnmknobc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj24pocst223https://bsky.app/profile/histoftech.bsky.social/post/3miztejqehk2damazing, no notes [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Apr 2026 03:08 +0000at://did:plc:wpsspp55o7w6muawlnmknobc/app.bsky.feed.post/3miztejqehk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/histoftech.bsky.social/post/3mizt3roqy22dCan any of the developers who follow me here possibly help this person out by submitting a bug report to Threads about this? I don’t know how to or I would. (Cross posted with permission from the OP.)09 Apr 2026 03:03 +0000at://did:plc:wpsspp55o7w6muawlnmknobc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mizt3roqy22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/histoftech.bsky.social/post/3mizb32aptk2q“Labor Tech Research Network invites submissions for our fifth annual Book, Graduate Student Paper, and Social Justice Awards. The deadline is June 1.” Via @labortechresearchnetwork.org labortechresearchnetwork.org/awards https://labortechresearchnetwork.org/awards08 Apr 2026 21:41 +0000at://did:plc:wpsspp55o7w6muawlnmknobc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mizb32aptk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/histoftech.bsky.social/post/3miz4fvznwk2qEvery time they photograph this man he looks more shocked that he’s getting away with it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:wpsspp55o7w6muawlnmknobc/app.bsky.feed.post/3miz4fvznwk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/histoftech.bsky.social/post/3miyxytzrvk2qOver a hundred registered so far, but there’s still room! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:wpsspp55o7w6muawlnmknobc/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyxytzrvk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/histoftech.bsky.social/post/3miyxvtokss2q“Amazon, Microsoft & Google ​have each recently abandoned construction of multibillion-dollar data centers over community opposition & now the companies are coming under shareholder pressure over ‌the environmental impact” Lose the passive voice—PEOPLE are doing this💫 https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/investors-press-amazon-microsoft-google-water-power-use-us-data-centers-2026-04-06/08 Apr 2026 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:wpsspp55o7w6muawlnmknobc/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyxvtokss2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/histoftech.bsky.social/post/3mimonuao7225Enormously looking forward to this event on April 21 at 6:30pm ET (online!) with the amazing @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social talking about their new book, The AI Con. Register here: https://virginia.zoom.us/webinar/register/2017751084384/WN_bnPKMqFoRjeM25ZfoaQ0Tw03 Apr 2026 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:wpsspp55o7w6muawlnmknobc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimonuao7225https://bsky.app/profile/histoftech.bsky.social/post/3mixefwz2xc2zit’s not funny but I still laughed [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2026 03:35 +0000at://did:plc:wpsspp55o7w6muawlnmknobc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mixefwz2xc2z