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CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
May 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
CEO pay is up 1,085% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 24%.
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?
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Just in time for Christmas.
AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves -- but they're engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.
trib.al
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Just in time for Christmas.
AI good at form and format of writing...
The content is not trust worthy
The content is not trust worthy
October 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
AI good at form and format of writing...
The content is not trust worthy
The content is not trust worthy
AI good at form and format of writing...
Context is not trust worthy
Context is not trust worthy
It contained totally made up book titles and citations, it got the names of judges wrong, it attributed quotes to wrong people 😬 $440k report 🤯
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Deloitte to pay money back to Albanese government after using AI in $440,000 report
Partial refund to be issued after several errors were found in a report into a department’s compliance framework
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
AI good at form and format of writing...
Context is not trust worthy
Context is not trust worthy
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I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
projects.propublica.org
December 11, 2024 at 2:39 AM
I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
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Yet another insanely risky legislative movement...
This is risk transference on a massive scale: "If a bank custodian for a stablecoin issuer's reserves ends up insolvent, the claims of the stablecoin investors will come ahead of the bank depositors. That's right. Crypto comes ahead of ma-and-pa." www.creditslips.org/creditslips/...
Forcing Bank Deposits to Subsidize Stablecoins: the GENIUS Act - Credit Slips
The Senate is set to take up a vote on this Thursday on the GENIUS Act, the legislation to create a regulatory framework for stablecoins. Whatever else one might think about stablecoins or the GENIUS ...
www.creditslips.org
May 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Yet another insanely risky legislative movement...
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Banks getting rid of the CFPB: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Banks getting sued by states individually for different things now: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
gothamist.com/news/ag-jame...
Banks getting sued by states individually for different things now: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
gothamist.com/news/ag-jame...
AG James says Capital One cheated New Yorkers out of millions of dollars
The state's lawsuit mirrors those in a lawsuit the Trump administration dropped earlier this year.
gothamist.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Banks getting rid of the CFPB: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Banks getting sued by states individually for different things now: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
gothamist.com/news/ag-jame...
Banks getting sued by states individually for different things now: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
gothamist.com/news/ag-jame...
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"International travel to US is expected -5% this year, contributing to a $64 billion shortfall for the travel industry, according to Tourism Economics ... originally forecast a 9% increase but revised its estimate late last month to reflect “polarizing Trump Administration policies and rhetoric.”
March 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"International travel to US is expected -5% this year, contributing to a $64 billion shortfall for the travel industry, according to Tourism Economics ... originally forecast a 9% increase but revised its estimate late last month to reflect “polarizing Trump Administration policies and rhetoric.”
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ok extending the deadline to noon Wednesday
If I get 10 million followers on this app by midnight I’ll buy a bowl game and put the Huskers in it
pls send this to everyone you know
pls send this to everyone you know
November 25, 2024 at 4:20 AM
ok extending the deadline to noon Wednesday