I’ve Heard Receipts Are Toxic. Is It Safe to Touch Them?

Also, I don’t want* to be “that guy,” but that receipt paper is toxic.

*(I am that guy. I just don’t want to be.)

I do not want to create an account or open a subscription I just want to buy a thing and never hear from you again why is this so hard.

If you want to hear more about this pivotal event in labor history, I did a pretty deep dive into the fire and what happened next for the Working People podcast last year. You can listen here:

Ah. I hadn’t heard of it. I’ll check it out if I can find it in the web.

Exactly. Let’s replace one bullshit set of expectations with another bullshit set of expectations. Hey, that lumberjack in your meme should hoist that log on his back and carry it around, too. You know … For the kids! 🙄

Social Media Posts About Medical Tests With Potential for Overdiagnosis This cross-sectional study examines the tone and content of social media posts that discuss popular medical tests with potential for overdiagnosis or overuse.

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On the 115th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, America’s unions mourn the 146 lives lost on that tragic day, many of whom were immigrant women. More than a century later, the labor movement is continuing the fight to protect all workers’ safety on the job.

"A Nation that Catches Workers Before They Fall" The Triangle factory fire, in which 146 workers (mostly young immigrant women) perished, marked a turning point for organized labor and worker wellbeing.

On the 114th anniversary of the Triangle Factory Fire, I'm sharing this article I wrote years ago. It's my most-read post ever.

"We once gave our word that we would remember the sacrifice represented by the charred remains of 146 Triangle factory workers."

#labor #unions #labour #history #work

This headline is what you hear if you play Bread and Roses backwards. 😏

Plemons is a great actor, imo. Chalamet is okay. I guess he does good impressions. But the level of his Oscar-baiting is such a turnoff. Makes you root against him out of sheer schadenfreude.

Memories of when I thought (as a Master's student) that professor got paid for articles...

writers: can you believe some venues don’t even pay you for publishing with them

academics:

Good ones. Also …

Unpaid domestic workers (aka housewives/homemakers):

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Psychology of Generation Jones YouTube video by When Jekyll Meets Hyde

Generation labels are b.s., of course. But hearing myself described as Generation Jones (instead of the less apt “boomer”) helps me understand their appeal.

Jars and bowls of marinara sauce spilled on a butcher block counter.

Like, a mess o’ tomato sauce?

Can Psychedelic Experiences Really Improve Your Mental Health? While drug-induced mystical experiences can have benefits, research suggests they may not be enough to create lasting change.

Psychedelics are compelling, but I agree caution should be exercised regarding the extent to which they’re hyped as a mental health remedy.

Chart explaining why its so difficult living in the US today

Spent the night digesting this chart.

And...in the US case...this is what you get when you embrace unchecked individualism above all else, and always put it ahead of community concerns.

It is interesting. Thx for sharing. The US position doesn’t surprise me. But Canada’s does. It can’t all be about individualism, right? I love Canada (heading back to Toronto this weekend), but it’s not like it’s the least individualistic place in the world.

Comparisons to Mark Twain’s apocryphal #quote, “Quitting smoking is easy; I’ve done it 100 times,” are… imminent.

Job listings with wide pay ranges may deter female applicants | Cornell Chronicle Research finds women have a stronger preference for jobs with narrower salary ranges compared to men, and that this preference is associated with less assertive negotiation behaviors.

Research co-authored by @alicejlee.bsky.social, assistant professor of organizational behavior at #CornellILR, found that pay range transparency laws, intended to promote pay equity, can inadvertently deter women from applying for those positions, thus perpetuating gender gaps in the workforce.

Wow. I should get off my… um… s̶o̶a̶p̶b̶o̶x̶ podium.

Now I need(ed) to look this up. I thought the difference had to do with functionality, not geometry. I thought a podium was more like a pedestal.

Hmm. Seems like a podium is like a pedestal for orators. And a lectern is a slanty thing orators hide behind. 🤔

Loudon was one of my teenage heroes. Saw him at the Bottom Line in Greenwich Village in the late 1970s. Great show! He’s still a wonderful performer; I’d see him again if he came my way.

“Words like ’skills‘ train our focus on what workers can or cannot do on their own, but being able to talk about the connections forged between and among people allows us to see what else is at risk when we start replacing people with machines.”

Adding this to my reading list.

Insightful application of self-determination theory.

And in the long run can you suppress wages (because they are, essentially, supplemented by no-tax on tips policy)? I’m not an economist, but it occurs to me that the policy ultimately becomes an employer supplement.

And in the long run can you suppress wages (because they are, essentially, supplemented by no-tax on tips policy)? I’m not an economist, but it occurs to me that the policy ultimately becomes an employer supplement.

Thank you. “Retribution” seems like a key word there.

Agreed. I’ve been hit in the face with a snowball at point-blank range — bullying occurs in the snow, as you said — and it’s no joke.