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  1. #BigBurger Is #Listening to you! Better be polite!

    #BurgerKing #AIBot will check up on staffs' please and thank yous

    This latest step by Burger King elicited swift condemnation among some social media users who described it as "#dystopian".

    by Danielle Kaye, 2/26/2026

    Excerpt: "The AI system, called BK Assistant, compiles "friendliness scores" at the fast-food chain's locations based on employees' conversations, according to a promotional video the company shared with the BBC.

    "The chain is currently piloting the system at 500 US restaurants, a spokesperson for Burger King said.

    "The company says the technology is not designed to 'record conversations or evaluate individual employees'." [Yeah, right, sure...]

    bbc.com/news/articles/cgk2zygg

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/kF2EU

    #BigBrother #Orwellian #Proles #NineteenEightyFour #USPol #WorldPol #AISucks #AIIsWatching

  2. Hope does not lie in the proles. It only lies in condescending superior proles.

    #1984book #hope #proles

  3. "MPs’ staff survey finds distress at levels similar to frontline #NHS workers"

    This piece is.gd/MP_Staffers_MentalHealth says "42% of MPs’ staff met... definition of experiencing psychological distress"

    This is, in part, due to dealing with near suicidal constituents, amongst others. It's hard to not have sympathy. Will this show MPs that even the #middleclass are not immune to problems of the #Proles Yes. Will it change anything? Doubtful. The staffers are struggling to get mh supp. Like everyone