Sitting here listening to an older woman go through her entire life story in response to being told her car is ready at the repair shop and my heart is just breaking.
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platform agnostic movie watching
It may be true that those who stream a lot of movies still see a lot in theaters, but you have to wonder how long that will hold as the original features online become more common and higher profile.
Source: Survey: Streaming’s Film Boom Won’t Sap Theater Attendance – Variety
dying young is a generational thing
OK boomer, congratulations on creating an environment where those in the millennial generation are dying faster and younger than older people because they’re stressed, eat convenient and unhealthy food and burnout emotionally.
Source: Millennials face high death rates compared to Gen-Xers
whereas you are expendable
Companies hiring instead of investing in productivity-aiding technology because people are easier to fire than machines are to discard is some amoral rationale.
Source: The bad news about historically low unemployment – Axios
facebook continues to know nothing
If nothing is ever bad enough that it would break your rules, the problem is you don’t have any actual rules.
Source: Facebook says doctored UK election clip wouldn’t break its ad rules – Reuters
productivity drops
It’s not much and for the year we’re still in the black, but productivity took a hit last quarter. Also, can we stop with the idea that productivity gains allow for companies to raise wages? Because that’s demonstrably what’s not happening right now.
Source: U.S. work productivity falls for the first time in nearly 4 years | PBS NewsHour
dumb home devices
Remarkable how these devices became so pervasive with roughly zero thought given to security.
Source: Security flaws found in popular smart home devices | PBS NewsHour
if they hate it this much it must be a good idea
Even aside from greatly reducing income inequality and poverty, drastically increasing the taxes of the ultra-wealthy would be worth it just to reduce their political influence.
Source: Warren’s wealth tax: why conservatives fear it – Vox
disclosure rules disclosed
These seems particularly toothless given the onus is completely on the influencer, who has no real incentive to police themselves or raise their hand if they break the rules.
Source: FTC Tells Influencers How To Properly Disclose Ads On Social Media : NPR
struggling middle
Midsize companies are worth more on average than they were 40 years ago, but there are fewer of those companies and their growth isn’t as fast as the larger firms.
Source: Midsize Companies Are Growing, But Struggling to Earn Profits
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