Opens profile photo
Follow
Zephyr Teachout
@ZephyrTeachout
Senior Counsel/Economic Justice, New York Attorney General. Fordham Law Professor. Tweets my own. Monopolies are tyranny.
New York, NYJoined July 2008
23.9K Following
136.7K Followers

Zephyr Teachout’s Tweets

Zephyr Teachout
@ZephyrTeachout
Professor
@veenadubal
has written THE PIECE on how algorithmically set wages trick, confuse and discriminate, brilliant (and devastating), grounded in pathbreaking ethnographic research. Must read.
Quote Tweet
rinachandran
@rinachandran
#Algorithms allow firms to personalize and differentiate wages, paying workers to behave in ways the firm desires, for as little as the system determines they may be willing to accept, while workers can only guess why they make what they do: @veenadubal lpeproject.org/blog/the-house
35
Zephyr Teachout
@ZephyrTeachout
Some of you know that I have been haunted by the future of work--namely, algorithmically set wages. Professor
@veenadubal
has written THE PIECE on it, brilliant (and devastating), grounded in pathbreaking ethnographic research. Must read.
lpeproject.org
The House Always Wins: The Algorithmic Gamblification of Work
Recent technological developments are transforming the basic terms of worker compensation. Rather than receive a salary or predictable hourly wage, workers in the on-demand economy are often paid…
3
81
Zephyr Teachout
@ZephyrTeachout
What a wonderful, mischievous, voluminous, brave man. A testament, among other things, to the power of combining fierce progressivism and a sense of humor and delight. RIP.
Quote Tweet
The New York Times
@nytimes
Breaking News: Victor Navasky, who for decades edited and published the left-leaning magazine The Nation, died at 90. nyti.ms/3WzhKCA
37
Zephyr Teachout Retweeted
Sarah Myers West
@sarahbmyers
"Digitalized data extraction at work is neither an inevitable, nor, especially when analyzed through the lens of moral economy, a necessary instrument of labor management." -
@veenadubal
's incisive, badly needed analysis
Quote Tweet
LPE Blog
@LPEblog
Today, @veenadubal explains how firms use data extracted from labor to produce personalized, variable pay. These schemes violate long-established norms of fairness and make it nearly impossible for workers to predict or understand their compensation. lpeproject.org/blog/the-house
1
15
Show this thread
Zephyr Teachout
@ZephyrTeachout
I really loved Aaron and I really miss him.
Quote Tweet
☀️👀
@zei_squirrel
ten years ago today Aaron Swartz was driven to suicide after being hounded by the state for making scientific knowledge accessible to all, and devoting his life to the cause of internet freedom from corporate domination
Show this thread
Embedded video
2:10
446.1K views
174
Zephyr Teachout
@ZephyrTeachout
Where is the nyc version of this please?
Quote Tweet
Joe Bernstein
@Bernstein
7/ The crowd is a well-preserved mix of old hippies, activists, townies, professors, and various other over-60s who simply cannot stop rocking. They call themselves the "Silver Tsunami," and they are the subject of my newest piece: nytimes.com/2023/01/12/sty
Show this thread
1
27
Zephyr Teachout Retweeted
Jan Schakowsky
@janschakowsky
👏🏻 This is why Congress created the
@FTC
: to promote competition and protect workers and consumers. This is a rare policy win-win. Noncompete clauses cost American workers *$300 billion* every year AND they stifle innovation.
Quote Tweet
Lina Khan
@linakhanFTC
4. @FTC economists estimate that the proposed ban on noncompetes would increase workers’ total earnings by close to $300 billion per year. Evidence also suggests that it could lower decrease consumer prices in the healthcare sector, potentially to the tune of $150 billion a year.
Show this thread
6
208
Zephyr Teachout Retweeted
Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs
Biden in Cabinet meeting said the Federal Trade Commission taking “huge step forward in preventing the non-compete agreements that are designed simply to lower people's wages.” Retail workers, construction workers, etc shouldn’t be blocked from working for competition, he said.
Image
Image
Image
4
318
Zephyr Teachout
@ZephyrTeachout
Yes, both teen dislike of the body and the extreme form--dysmorphia--has always been an issue. But disregarding the sharp, documented increase in both is simply wrong--we owe it to kids and society not to just shrug off significant rising distress.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rising dysmorphia among adolescents : A cause for concern
Body dysmorphic disorder is defined as a preoccupation with apparent defects in patient's appearance which causes significant distress and impairment. This study was conducted in 186 students who...
2
15
Show this thread
Zephyr Teachout Retweeted
Gary Ginsburg
@GaryGinsburg
Major action by
@NewYorkStateAG
&
@CFPB
to stand up for hard-worker New Yorkers and ensure they aren't taken advantage of by bad actors when they go to buy a car! Check it out: ag.ny.gov/press-release/
Quote Tweet
NY AG James
@NewYorkStateAG
My office and @CFPB are suing auto lender Credit Acceptance Corporation for hurting thousands of low-income New Yorkers. CAC tricked people into unaffordable, high-interest auto loans, and made secret deals with car dealerships to overcharge customers to increase their profits.
Show this thread
8
Zephyr Teachout
@ZephyrTeachout
Such a great moment for Ulster County, two amazing public servants!
Quote Tweet
Pat Ryan 🇺🇸
@PatRyanUC
Ulster County is in good hands. @JenMetzgerNY is a proven leader who will propel our community forward. Congratulations, Jen, and excited to serve together! dailyfreeman.com/2023/01/02/met
20
Zephyr Teachout
@ZephyrTeachout
I try to read at least a book a week. What follows is a list of my plans for the first two months of 2023: Night Lunch Horton Hears a Who Max and the Tag along Moon Opera Cat Pigs Make Me Sneeze Where the Wild Things Are Goldbug The Poky Little Puppy With feedback I do update.
13
113
Zephyr Teachout
@ZephyrTeachout
So ChatGPT says William Boyd was a Scottish theologian from the 13th century whose most famous book was summa de ethicis... someone that I can find no trace of elsewhere? William Boyd is an excellent Law Professor at UCLA and if he wrote summa de ethicis I'd read it but....
2
17
Show this thread