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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 14m

GOP’s labor market policy is market protectionism for white men.

Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 1h

"For the first time since the 1960s, the earnings gap between men and women has widened two years in a row...with women earning 80.9 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2024. That compares to women earning 84 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2022."

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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.

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Stephanie @stephaniesb.bsky.social · 13h

Would be hilarious if they just match up two people who don’t realize it and they end up being mechanical Turks to each other.

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Aaron Cohen @unlikelywords.bsky.social · 14h

Somerville folks, good opportunity to eat pizza with two large candidates for city council and one regular sized candidate for school committee (who I happen to be married to). Hang on, I'm getting a note...

Correction: The city council candidates are AT large, not large. @jonlink.bsky.social

RSVP to Candidate meet & greet / fundraiser | Partiful

Join us for a candidate meet & greet and fundraiser with ward 3 school committee candidate Jessie Ratey and at-large council candidates Marianne Walles and Jon Link! Meet the candidates, nosh on piz...

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Stephanie @stephaniesb.bsky.social · 14h

So apparently a movie based on Roald Dahl’s The Twits is coming to Netflix but the plot appears to not actually be the story from the book? They just took the characters and their behaviors and added whole other story lines?

Stephanie @stephaniesb.bsky.social · 15h

Parked a 15 minute speed walk away from campus and walked in the rain.
My feet/legs feel a mess.

Stephanie @stephaniesb.bsky.social · 15h

Had to drive into Cambridge this morning and it took 1.5 hours and pretty much same coming home and I do not understand people who do this on a daily basis.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 17h

Once again, it is Slate Money “Money Talks” season. If you have an Econ / tech / finance / business book comjng out, let me know and we can maybe interview you for the pod!

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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 21h

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Alexandra, an artist, designer, cartoonist and science communicator! I am currently looking for both representation for my illustration and comic work as well as design work for comics or cover art!

Get in touch: www.alexandragallant.com