WWWW003: It's Giving Thanks
UTAW’s podcast, where Shireen, Eleaor & Edwin figure out what’s going on in tech, unions, politics and the internet.
The holiday spirit brings about a giving of thanks, a summary of slop, and a prophecy of trash. The ghosts of unions past, present and future, Shireen Asaw, Eleanor Payne and Edwin Dorley return for a Workers of the World Wide Web holiday special.
_This episode is brought to you by The People’s Prop Department patreon.com/protestprops and the UTAW Scarf _https://utaw.shop/products/scarf/
Further Reading:
- Slade in Flame (1975) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slade_in_Flame
- Expresso Bongo (1959) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOsPd2NmV0w
- Employment Rights Bill - Deadlock Broken https://www.tuc.org.uk/blogs/deadlock-broken-employment-rights-bill-passes
- Andrea Egan is Unison’s new GS https://tribunemag.co.uk/2025/12/unison-isnt-new-labours-playground-anymore
- Resident Doctors Strike https://novaramedia.com/2025/12/19/doctor-strangled-by-police-officer-until-she-passed-out-at-hunger-strike-protest/
- TikTok signs deal to avoid US ban https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgexp1q8wn1o
- OpenAI Hires George Osborne https://www.ft.com/content/a6a8c7aa-9677-4208-a28e-a3ca51cb7aa3
- Microsoft Scales Back AI because no one is using it https://www.extremetech.com/computing/microsoft-scales-back-ai-goals-because-almost-nobody-is-using-copilot
- Let’s unpack our toxic fixation with ‘the TikToker who fell in love with her psychiatrist’ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-08-15/tiktok-woman-loves-psychiatrist-why-were-obsessed
- Steam Deck https://store.steampowered.com/steamdeck
- Stray https://store.steampowered.com/app/1332010/Stray/
- Headphones to sleep in https://www.soundcore.com/uk/products/sleep-a20-sleeping-earbuds
- Flow Neuroscience https://www.flowneuroscience.com/shop/
- Rats Playing Doom https://ratsplaydoom.com/
WWWW003, recorded 19 December 2025, in high definition digital stereo audio.
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