DNC: here’s michelle obama to inspire you RNC: here’s a guy who sued arby’s because his roast beef was woke

Nice piece about “Free to Be You & Me” and its impact, particularly on Gen X. I will say that it was a significant part of my childhood. I’m glad to see people talking about it. I still have that scratched up record. 🎧 www.nytimes.com/2024/03/09/a...

"Instead of making one $200 million movie, try making twenty $10 million movies" may end up being the line of the night.

Sports illustrated is gone, the messenger imploded, vice is toast, and Google is removing its news tab that was already littered with AI articles. It’s hard not to see this all as a broad based attack on all journalism

One thing to keep in mind is that a lot of forms of regulation of recreational sex and birth control would/will be largely broken-taillight-type laws. By which I mean when you create a law you can’t possibly really enforce, it’s just a blanket power to selectively harass people you don’t like.

Any company that lays off more than 3% of its workforce while profitable should also be legally required to lay off its entire c-suite, who should be legally barred from collecting anything more than the same severance as the laid off workers

TVverge-poster.bsky.socialJan 24, 2024 12:52am

eBay will lay off 1,000 employees — 9 percent of the company - https://www.theverge.com/24048636/ebay-layoffs-1000-employees-january-2024

eBay will lay off 1,000 employees — 9 percent of the company

It’ll scale back contract workers, too.

The bottom line with the LA Times is that the reporters and editors can't fix the bottom line. That is supposed to be the business side. You can't write your way into a great ad package. Yet the writers and editors are the ones being laid off.

Democrats hiring a strategist for $750,000 a week to write “atrocities = unpopular” on a large board while they stare at it with furrowed brows

PLphillewis.bsky.socialNov 10, 2023 12:36am

Congressional staffers say an onslaught of calls and emails asking for members to support a cease-fire has caught Dems completely off-guard. “I’ve never seen such a disconnect between where voters and constituents are and where Congress is"

Democratic Staffers Told To Let Constant Calls For Cease-Fire ‘Go To Voicemail’

Congressional staff say the mood inside the Capitol is tense, stifling and bewildering as members brush off their constituents’ outrage.

If you follow me, you know what I’m about to say. A majority. That cannot agree. On a Speaker. Is functionally. Not. A majority.

we have a cool poet laureate here www.oregonhumanities.org/rll/podcast/...