Bloggers Union? Maybe All Internet Users Need a Union.

clipped from www.cnn.com In a move that might make some people scratch their heads, a loosely formed coalition of left-leaning bloggers are trying to band together to form a labor union they hope will help them receive health insurance, conduct collective bargaining or even set professional standards.

If bloggers form a union, why stop there? Why not MySpace and YouTube unions? Almost all internet users these days are content creators or data generators of some sort. And we do it for free. Sometimes we even pay to toil away in Second Life or World of Warcraft.

Working Class Millionaires

Well, I could make a pot shot about this photo from the front page of today's New York Times, but it's really the accompanying article that's ridiculous. This gentleman is part of what the journalist refers to as Silicon Valley's "working class millionaires": those working in (or owning) tech companies and making millions, but feeling as though they are working long hours and are just scraping by compared to mega millionaires.

Poney Magique sheds a tear.