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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 13h

PSA: This good news is the result of actions by state lawmakers and elected officials. State elections matter at every level, every year. Something to remember with Election Day around the corner.

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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 13h

This week’s Work Advice: California bans stay-or-pay contracts that use training debt or other financial penalties to keep workers trapped in underpaid, abusive jobs. Thanks to Chris Hicks at Protect Borrowers for insights!
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Column | Work Advice: California workers get good news on ‘stay or pay’ contracts

Despite setbacks at the federal level, a coalition of interest groups is successfully combating extortionary employment contracts state by state

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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 13h

Silicon Valley labor farms are back in vogue — now with pickleball courts!

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

Why these companies insist on a 72-hour work week

Start-ups are promoting hardcore cultures such as “996,” meaning working from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. six days a week, as they race to compete in AI.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 1d

The ACA gives people freedom to walk away from abusive partners and exploitative jobs.

Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 1d

The ACA allowed me to leave an abusive ex. I had a large, complex ovarian cyst (which I knew about bc I pretended to go to work and went to the ER instead - I was forbidden from going and told it was selfish).

He held the promise of the surgery I needed over my head. Until he couldn't anymore.

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 1d

My best friend was able to leave her abusive husband because the ACA made it possible for her to still get health insurance

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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 1d

Katie Herrmann @katieherrmann.bsky.social · 1d

The ACA allowed me to leave an abusive ex. I had a large, complex ovarian cyst (which I knew about bc I pretended to go to work and went to the ER instead - I was forbidden from going and told it was selfish).

He held the promise of the surgery I needed over my head. Until he couldn't anymore.

Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 1d

My best friend was able to leave her abusive husband because the ACA made it possible for her to still get health insurance

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𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙠 @winterk.bsky.social · 1d

did you know they do this so they don't have to hire disabled people

Steve Fartlow @stevefartlow.bsky.social · 1d

It is deeply immoral that cashiers in the US are not allowed to sit.

Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 4d

Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 2d

Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 1d

Srsly. Signal-boost, like/comment. And a big part of that support?

If they made something you like, buy it.

Independent artists aren't Wal-Mart; you can't just come back next week and expect what you were looking at to still be available for sale.

🔥💀LA MANTIA!💀🔥 @lamantia.bsky.social · Sep 18

Support the artists you like now because tomorrow you might not be able to find them.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 2d

Be safe out there today, friends. If you see anything particularly notable or experience any major issues, contact me on Signal at marisakabas.04

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Katie Skeen, PhD @skeen.bsky.social · 2d

In Philadelphia, #nokings goes back a long way.

sign says "I said no kings" in eighteenth-century typeface

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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 3d

…ew?

Jack Turban MD @turban.bsky.social · 4d

Well that NYT Amy Coney Barrett interview starts off… weird.

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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 4d

GIB TREET

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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 4d

Excellent design!

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 5d

Americans have gotten more than $21 billion back in their bank accounts after being cheated and scammed by big corporations, thanks to the CFPB.

But Trump and his Administration love grifters and scammers.

So they're trying to kill the agency holding them accountable.

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Lyz @lyz.bsky.social · 5d

ICYMI I’m moving my whole giant newsletter from Substack to Patreon I’m doing it for a ton of reasons, one of which is that Substack is not a place I want to be anymore. No consumption is truly really ethical in this America but I’m doing my best. www.patreon.com/posts/why-i-...

Why I am leaving Substack | Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz

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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 5d

Fat chance. I generate all my own slop, thank you very much.

Screenshot of comment that reads:

Wouldn’t it be great if Karla confessed next week that AI wrote her article about AI? It would prove a point, but I’m not sure for which side of the argument.

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rusty54.bsky.social @rusty54.bsky.social · 6d

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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 7d

Right? Like all those psychopaths out there using public transportation or biking to work, or issuing PDFs instead of printing paper reports. Who even *does* that?

Screenshot of reader comment that reads: “How mentally ill do you have to be to use water or electricity use as a reason to avoid using a tool at work?”

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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 7d

This week’s Work Advice: Combating AI “workslop.” Thanks to all the readers who weighed in on your experiences with using/adopting/rejecting AI at work!

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Column | Work Advice: How to avoid ‘workslop’ and other AI pitfalls

AI at work has drawbacks such as ‘workslop,’ which can hinder productivity. Strategic AI use and transparency are top solutions.

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Everything Hat Ever Sent You Is Off The Record @kenwhite.bsky.social · 8d

“WHOAH! Be careful not to step in that pile of shit there!” exclaimed the man pulling his pants back up.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 8d

Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism

Ben Shapiro warns that conspiratorial right is taking over social media

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Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 8d

Amazing

Tweet: @vexwerewolf
Right-wingers literally straight-up admitting "it's harder to discredit the left because the left is almost always telling the truth"
Scott Jennings @Lum 21h um, yes, that's really a problem
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The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality rightwing content.
That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well.
In essence people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly arent usually on our side.

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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 8d

My 12YO sold me out. “I have WHAT? You never told me THAT!”

The kid who will lie to my face about having brushed teeth picked that moment to go Honest Abe.

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Karla L Miller @karlalmiller.bsky.social · 8d

So did they quiz you? When I went with my kids, the nurse asked me what each of our qualifying conditions was. Didn’t hesitate to give us the shots, but did warn me that insurance would kick the cost back to me if we had no record of those conditions.

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