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The United Auto Workers union is on strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, the first time in its history that it has struck all three of the nation’s unionized automakers at the same time.
Also, why was Stellantis allowed to be a thing? Can we stop with the fucking monopolistic corporate consolidation for one fucking second (and yes, I know the answer would be “no, because that would be less profitable“)?
I asked this question sometime ago on The Orville’s subreddit, and surprisingly got mixed responses. I assume most here however, are going to prefer Star Trek, specifically TNG that its aping from. For the record I do prefer TNG as well, but rewatching The Orville, after you get past its kinda sucky first season, I really...
It’s incredibly shitty that this situation was allowed to get this bad.
That said: Idaho has been and continues to be overwhelmingly Republican, by close to a 2:1 ratio. This is a policy - and thus implicitly, an outcome - that the majority voted for. This is deep into /c/LeopardsAteMyFace territory.
Fani Willis, the Fulton county district attorney in Georgia who is prosecuting Donald Trump and 18 other allies over efforts to overturn the 2020 election, is facing a flurry of racist online abuse after the former president attacked his opponents using the word “riggers”, a thinly veiled play on the N-word....
Economic analyst Steven Rattner on Monday shared a pie chart showing that all but 1% of the $3 billion in investments in former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner’s private equity firm Affinity Partners came from foreign sources after he “spent much of his White House tenure cozying up” to Saudi Arabia and...
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday named David Weiss, a federal prosector appointed by Donald Trump, as a special counsel tasked with investigating Hunter Biden....
Full disclosure: I identify as very far left; effectively socialist.
Republicans: seriously, and without irony: if you have the evidence, go for it. If he did something shitty and sketchy, he deserves to be caught. But that applies to everyone, not just to people who you don’t like.
Today, the Teamsters reached the most historic tentative agreement for workers in the history of UPS, protecting and rewarding more than 340,000 UPS Teamsters nationwide. The overwhelmingly lucrative contract raises wages for all workers, creates more full-time jobs, and includes dozens of workplace protections and improvements....
And you know what? If the union vote rejects the deal… that’s organized labor working as intended.
Nothing will change until management/corporate leadership understands that workers can and will bring companies to their knees if they’re not sharing in the success of the company.
Honestly, spez and the Reddit C-suite and board are in the process of finding out that a lot of what made their platform so good and popular was run almost entirely by community power users, enthusiasts, and developers, in addition to all the obvious utility and value that mods provided.
Frontier Airlines CEO says the pandemic made workers 'lazy' and less productive: 'People are still allowing people to work from home, all this silliness, right?' ( www.businessinsider.com )
Frontier Airlines CEO Barry Biffle blamed higher overhead costs on workers being less productive, calling it a "society-wide" problem.
UAW workers launch unprecedented strike against all Big Three automakers | CNN Business ( www.cnn.com )
The United Auto Workers union is on strike against General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, the first time in its history that it has struck all three of the nation’s unionized automakers at the same time.
Star Trek and The Orville, which is better/worse?
I asked this question sometime ago on The Orville’s subreddit, and surprisingly got mixed responses. I assume most here however, are going to prefer Star Trek, specifically TNG that its aping from. For the record I do prefer TNG as well, but rewatching The Orville, after you get past its kinda sucky first season, I really...
Strange New Worlds continues to rank in the Nielsen US streaming top ten ( trekmovie.com )
This is good news for assuring that SNW’s 3rd season production will move ahead after the strike....
No OB-GYNs left in town: what came after Idaho’s assault on abortion ( www.theguardian.com )
Some select paragraphs:...
Trump's former lawyer was indicted in Georgia. She wants his defense funds to pay her legal fees. ( www.usatoday.com )
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[MSNBC] Opinion | Why "pro-life" Texas is arguing in court that a fetus has no rights ( www.msnbc.com )
Trump prosecutor Fani Willis faces racist abuse after indicting ex-US president ( www.theguardian.com )
Fani Willis, the Fulton county district attorney in Georgia who is prosecuting Donald Trump and 18 other allies over efforts to overturn the 2020 election, is facing a flurry of racist online abuse after the former president attacked his opponents using the word “riggers”, a thinly veiled play on the N-word....
"I've never seen anything like it": Economic analyst stunned at sources of Jared Kushner's funds ( www.salon.com )
Economic analyst Steven Rattner on Monday shared a pie chart showing that all but 1% of the $3 billion in investments in former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner’s private equity firm Affinity Partners came from foreign sources after he “spent much of his White House tenure cozying up” to Saudi Arabia and...
Republicans Wanted a Hunter Biden Special Counsel. They're Pissed They Actually Got One ( www.rollingstone.com )
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday named David Weiss, a federal prosector appointed by Donald Trump, as a special counsel tasked with investigating Hunter Biden....
The Galaxy Class Starship ( i.imgur.com )
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/1211991...
[Texas Observer] The ‘Death Star’ Bill Is About Kneecapping Democracy in Texas ( www.texasobserver.org )
From the article:...
Major 4-day workweek study suggests that when we work 5 days we spend one doing basically nothing ( www.msn.com )
“We’ve Changed the Game”: Teamsters Win Historic UPS Contract ( teamster.org )
Today, the Teamsters reached the most historic tentative agreement for workers in the history of UPS, protecting and rewarding more than 340,000 UPS Teamsters nationwide. The overwhelmingly lucrative contract raises wages for all workers, creates more full-time jobs, and includes dozens of workplace protections and improvements....
Too Bright！ ( i.imgur.com )
[Houston Chronicle] Texas is worst state in the U.S. to live in for issues like abortion and voting rights, CNBC says ( archive.is )
She’s simply a golden fluff ball ( i.imgur.com )
[Texas Tribune] Texas House and Senate reach a deal on how to cut property taxes ( www.texastribune.org )
BotDefense is wrapping up operations : r/BotDefense ( teddit.adminforge.de )
https://teddit.adminforge.de/r/BotDefense/comments/14riw76/botdefense_is_wrapping_up_operations/...