enshittification

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Corporatocracy

Power to the people - what Bernie said

Bernie Sanders said this to Anderson Cooper in an interview after the first Presidential debate in 2019. “Unless we are prepared to take on the people who have real power in this country, the power elite, and that is Wall Street, and that is the Insurance companies, and that is

08 Dec 24 3 min read
heyheyrenee

We're mad as hell

I wrote this on heyheyrenee on November 2, 2014: They say movies are where art depicts life — or something like that. It’s true. Right now, I’m thinking about a favorite movie, “Network“. I wonder when the millions of people who lost out on the American dream, who are

08 Dec 24 1 min read
Corporate Control

Words from 2014 etched in my brain

Today's murder of the United Healthcare CEO reminded me of this piece from 2014. It's never left my consciousness. Because I knew Nick was right. "I see pitchforks. "At the same time that people like you and me are thriving beyond the dreams of

04 Dec 24 1 min read
enshittification

my mom's furnace was good for America

I wrote this on February 16, 2016 on heyheyrenee. https://www.heyheyrenee.com/2016/02/16/my-moms-furnace-was-good-for-america/ So is where we are today really progress? I miss the record store. Streaming isn't the same as looking at my albums. Computer algorithms can't tell me what the

10 Oct 24 4 min read
Music

Sometimes you just gotta say fuck it

This is my mood right now. "She said, "Mama I'm fine if you happen to wonder  I don't have much money but I still get around  I haven't made church in near thirty-six Sundays  So fuck all those West Nashville grand ballroom

20 Sep 24 1 min read
Bad Signs

Bad Signs

Howdy, I first started writing these posts on heyheyrenee.com in 2017, when I noticed people getting the peace sign wrong - using the Mercedes logo. For me, this foretold a bad sign. Today, Cory Doctorow calls it enshittification. The June 30 2019 was the biggest offender – until today. Today

17 Jun 24 3 min read
Crypto

Minting NFTs is better, but still has a long ways to go

gm, I just minted this Prohibition Art NFT on the base network. Prohibition: Open Generative Art NFT Platform | Prohibition.artProhibition is an open, onchain generative art NFT platform built on Art Blocks Engine and deployed on Arbitrum, an Ethereum Layer 2. Explore and create generative art NFTs with us.Prohibition:

24 May 24 3 min read
Tech

We told you enshittification would happen

Last week I was introduced to a new word - enshittification. It's one word that defines what I wrote about for years on heyheyrenee.com, pieces such as this one. Welcome, Robot Overlords. Please Don’t Fire Us?paulie Put simply, enshittification means everything is going to shit.

04 Apr 24 25 min read