California says Amazon pressured retailers to boost prices on their websites to not undercut it California's attorney general alleges that Amazon uses its market power to pressure vendors like Levi Strauss and retailers like Walmart to raise prices on their websites.

California's attorney general alleges that Amazon uses its market power to pressure vendors like Levi Strauss and retailers like Walmart to raise prices on their websites.

The hidden power keeping wages low For decades, economists gave short shrift to the idea of monopsony — a power employers can have to suppress wages. Now a wave of research suggests it's everywhere, and a new book argues it's key to understanding today's inequality.

For decades, economists gave short shrift to the idea of monopsony — a power employers can have to suppress wages. Now a wave of research suggests it's everywhere, and a new book argues it's key to understanding today's inequality. n.pr/4e0RHRi

In addition to being made to use the laptops, we are also being made to pay for wear and tear. Seems like those costs should have been baked into the overall budget, alas I owe my kids school $324 bc they had to repair his “device.”

This news comes almost eight years to the day after the Sandy Hook families first filed their defamation lawsuit against Infowars. If the situation is as I believe it to be, the deal still has to be approved by a judge. More soon -

With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars.

We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director.

Please stand by for more.

In Article About Horrific Shooting That Killed Eight Children, Forbes Lets Readers Place Bets About Gun Control In a story about a mass shooting that left eight children dead, Forbes is encouraging readers to bet on the news with fake money.

Forbes is gamifying news about the horrific mass shooting in Shreveport, LA this weekend, encouraging readers to bet on the likelihood of gun regulation with fake money via its "ForbesPredict" feature.

Eight children were murdered in the shooting.

futurism.com/future-socie...

I was genuinely answering the question 😅 Didn’t expect it to trigger a block.

Darryl Mott: What do you call the city in English then? Bob? Sara Button: Tijuana. It's a proper noun with Spanish and Indigenous origin, referring to Baja California, MX.

Darryl blocked me after my response

Lmao 🤷🏻‍♀️

Tijuana. It’s a proper noun with Spanish and Indigenous origin, referring to Baja California, MX.

*slow clap* 👏🏼 👏🏼👏🏼

Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship Fed up with the state’s censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom.

'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3

Cool

I want to paint everything, and by I want I mean I want my brother to. Paint everything. 😂

“Fruit platter” pattern tile from tile bar

Adding green paint to our kitchen/big room made me not want to paint my oak cabinets. But I need more color. Finding the right backsplash tile currently and I like this one.

I also cannot stop thinking about home improvements; my current fixation. Reading through city code to see what would need a permit. Wrap around porch dreams could come true. I wish I could paint brick and not be mad about it in ten years (or less). Can my entire house be variations of green? etc.

I am so very tired 🫠

Denton Promised Net Zero. Then It Kept Building Roads. The booming city's transit predicament is not unique; it is a local expression of a statewide structural problem.

Last week, from Mezabahnur Masum: "Orange barrels. Lane closures. Churned earth where sidewalks used to be. We are committing more than $1B to projects that will worsen our air quality, and we are doing it while congratulating ourselves for having a climate plan."

I laughed

We're watching the open web as it existed die in real time.

The Pope reckoning

not many people know this, but Barilla has a line of 3D printed pasta it sells mostly to the fine dining industry. I don't want the pasta. I want the pasta printer

Motion to bring back mandatory circuit riding for the SCOTUS because justices are woefully out of touch with the common people that their legal opinions profoundly affect. Some of them being ensconced in gated communities and coddled by billionaires is eroding their understanding of public service.

Reader, Iran was not:

1) close to having a nuclear weapon

2) Posing an imminent threat to the US

Lmao

Oh this looks good

you do not have to hand it to tucker carlson or marjorie taylor greene or alex jones or megyn kelly. they're all rats who see trump as a sinking ship and they're getting ready to jump in preparation for their next act. you do not have to fall for it.

If you think this is exhausting, imagine being Iranian.

Personally I think when a world leader announces “Tune in tonight at 8pm Eastern to watch the world end” like it’s the fucking season premiere of Roseanne we should have a different leader the next day.

Jfc

Earthset from Artemis II. I am overcome.