The oligarch class thinks *everyone* who isn’t them is overpaid, whether they’re foreign- or U.S.-born.
Source: Trump’s USDA Chief Thinks Farm Workers Are Overpaid – Mother Jones
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cosmic star wars
I’ll admit, I wasn’t super-familiar with many of these, perhaps because it’s been several years since I regularly watched “The Simpsons.” But it seems like in that universe there’s both Star Wars and Cosmic Wars, an SW-like series that allows the show to take a few more liberties. OK, sure.
not holding my breath
The FCC is interested in all those reports of new and improved payola in the music industry, though I’d be shocked if it amounts to anything.
saying nothing, selling a lot
There’s a lot to unpack here, but you can’t say the strategy to keep as much of the movie hidden as possible and keep actors from saying anything meaningful at all didn’t work.
Source: “Avengers: Endgame” and “The Mandalorian” Marketing Team Talk Secrecy – Variety
not in the past
Gamergate is still with us in many aspects of culture and society, up to and including how Nazis are like RIGHT THERE and unashamed again.
make your own future
This is fascinating.
facebook killed collegehumor
This quote:
sources tell Digiday that CollegeHumor’s bet on platform video cost the company its financial health. After Facebook video failed to deliver the revenue the media industry had hoped for, and its years of frustration with YouTube ad rates, CollegeHumor had to make a move to address its high operating expenses.
more drugs, less proof
This comes at the same time we’re grappling as a nation with the fallout from the explosive rise in opioid abuse – fueled by overprescription of painkillers based on shaky or non-existent data – so what the heck.
if private equity is afraid of it
It must mean it’s a good idea for the entire rest of humanity.
Source: Private equity firms fear a Democrat topping Trump in 2020 – Axios
more mass transit
It’s underplayed how big a role mass transit plays in productivity, environmental issues and income inequality.
Source: Behind the Gains in U.S. Public Transit Ridership – CityLab
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