Georg Rockall-Schmidt

grockallschmidt.bsky.social

17 October 2026 17:37

Thousands of US corporations profit from forced prison labor. If an inmate refuses, they can lose family visitation, be put in solitary confinement, or have their parole denied. Proponents call it a low-cost alternative to offshore outsourcing. Slavery lives. youtu.be/Qwqv49AW1jc

Georg Rockall-Schmidt

grockallschmidt.bsky.social

12 October 2026 13:32

Fun fact: in the early 2000s, Dell paid prison inmates as little as 20 cents per hour to recycle computer parts, exposing them to toxic substances like lead without protective equipment or safety controls, so they didn’t have to hire regular Americans for at least minimum wage.

Ray Delahanty | CityNerd

nerd4cities.bsky.social

12 October 2026 13:30

Worked with City of Vancouver on several projects in the last 12 years or so. Amazing staff who are always out just a bit ahead of a council that itself just keeps trending more and more progressive. (I’m here at the same conference too!) Will have to come up and do a video at some point

Georg Rockall-Schmidt

grockallschmidt.bsky.social

04 October 2026 12:05

Our tech billionaire overlords love fiction, especially science fiction, while completely missing the point. From building real-life dystopias to ignoring the warnings in their favorite books, here is how Silicon Valley fundamentally misunderstands fiction. youtu.be/QGIfTJx-VoI