Crystal
@ccolby.bsky.social
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Digital accessibility advocate, transit fan, and native plant gardener in the Twin Cities. Everyone watches women's sports.
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How to Ensure Your Entire Workforce Is Seething, Stressed, and Scared: Target Demonstrates for the B-School Textbooks (as always, no paywall on the Strib article)
Target workers face long weekend as layoffs loom on Tuesday
The announcement has sparked an online debate about whether the lag is fair to employees. Experts weigh in on what is the best practice.
www.startribune.com
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By a vote of 66-32, the #Senate invoked cloture on the nomination of Harold D. Mooty III to be US District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama.
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You can count The Minnesota Star Tribune among the Sunday newspapers that did not put protest news on the front page
100,000-150,000 people march through downtown Minneapolis but it doesn’t make the front page if the Star Tribune. Instead, the top left story is “Ooo e-bikes dangerous.” How many head injuries from car/pedestrian, car/bike and car/car crashes are a year? Do they get top billing?
Crystal
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Report examining the employment history data of more than 3m finance & tech workers at companies that rolled out office mandates found that turnover among women is almost three times as high as that of their male co-workers, and that women are more likely to take a lower position if they leave
Women are taking pay cuts as companies mandate return to office
Researchers are identifying several key factors behind why gender pay gap – which had narrowed steadily over the years – has suddenly widened.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Nanjala
@nanjala.bsky.social
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NEW: Some gamblers are placing WNBA bets based on when they think players are on their periods—and advising their followers to do the same. One content creator calls it "blood money." But the strategy is both unscientific and sexist. From @mollylongman.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/men-ar...
Men Are Betting on WNBA Players' Menstrual Cycles
Some sports gamblers are trying to predict WNBA players’ performance—and the outcomes of games—based on the athletes’ periods. One betting content creator has dubbed it “blood money."
www.wired.com
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Alex
@mplsalex.bsky.social
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During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.
It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
chicago.suntimes.com
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quick13
@quick13.bsky.social
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Is there some sort of effort to systematically track all of the cases of US citizens who have detained by ICE?
My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov