Americans Don’t Care as Much About Work. And It Isn’t Just Gen Z. (www.wsj.com)
Blame it largely on the pandemic, which weakened the hold the workplace held on people’s psyches...
Uber and Lyft are quitting Minneapolis over a driver pay increase (www.engadget.com)
The city has just 39 licensed cab drivers.
U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney clears charges against white supremacists, says there's a bias against the far right (www.latimes.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/judge-again-dismisses-charges-a…
Katie Porter's star dims in failed US Senate bid, leaving the Californian facing an uncertain future (apnews.com)
U.S. Rep. Katie Porter became a social media celebrity by brandishing a white board at congressional hearings to dissect CEOs and break down complex figures into assaults on corporate greed, a signature image that propelled the Democrat’s U.S. Senate candidacy in California....
Princess of Wales: Kate admits editing Mother's Day photo recalled by agencies (www.bbc.com)
The Princess of Wales has apologised “for any confusion” her Mother’s Day photograph caused, after five agencies retracted it over editing concerns. Catherine, in a statement posted on Kensington Palace social media, said: “Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing.”
It’s not you, it’s them: Engaged couples are cutting back on lavish weddings (www.cnn.com)
Multi-tiered cakes, elaborate floral displays and choreographed first dances: The traditional white wedding has been long considered a hallmark of American life....
Hotel Keycards And Dawn Dish Soap Used In 737 Max Production As Boeing Fails 33 FAA Safety Checks (jalopnik.com)
Boeing is having a rough time of it right now, with parts falling off its planes left, right and center. Just last week, a wheel came loose and smashed through a car, and earlier this year the door from a 737 Max aircraft broke off mid-flight. That mid-air disaster sparked an audit from the Federal Aviation Administration, which...
We now live in a world in which the right-wing media sets the national agenda. The mainstream media follows. (newrepublic.com)
Going way back in time, we had only a mainstream media—the Times and the Post and the Associated Press and the major networks. In the 1970s, after the famous Powell Memo, wealthy conservatives began funding their own media. For most of the last 50 years, even as the right-wing media grew, it remained clear that the mainstream...
FTC probing Reddit plan to let AI firms use user-generated content to train software (thehill.com)
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is probing Reddit’s plan to let artificial intelligence (AI) firms utilize user-generated content to train their software, according to the social media company’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing Friday....
Fatal shooting of autistic teen raises concerns about police response to people with mental health issues (www.latimes.com)
Ryan Gainer, a teen with autism, was a cross-country runner who worked out his frustrations with six-mile runs and dreamed of becoming an engineer....
Corporations are Making Millions of Dollars from US Prison Labor - Human Trafficking Search (humantraffickingsearch.org)
Montana Man Pleads Guilty to Creating Massive Franken-Sheep With Cloned Animal Parts (www.yahoo.com)
Father of Michigan school shooter found guilty of involuntary manslaughter (www.theguardian.com)
U.S. investigating Meta for role in illicit drug sales, WSJ reports (www.cnbc.com)
U.S. prosecutors in Virginia are probing whether Facebook-parent Meta’s social media platforms facilitated and profited from the illegal sale of drugs, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing documents and people familiar with the matter....
Why Florida might sue Maine over abortion, transgender health care shield law. What to know (www.floridatoday.com)
Florida’s attorney general is one among many from red states across the country threatening Maine with legal action as the New England state considers a shield law that would protect those seeking abortions and health care from criminal repercussions in Florida....
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Expected to Tap Nicole Shanahan as Running Mate (www.mediaite.com)
I was hoping for Aaron Rodgers....
Double-swiping the rewards card led to free gas for months — and a felony theft charge (apnews.com)
A Nebraska woman allegedly found a lucrative quirk at a gas station pump — double-swipe the rewards card and get free gas!...
Acute malnutrition has doubled in one month in the north of Gaza strip: UNICEF (www.unicef.org)
31 per cent - or 1 in 3 children under 2 years of age – in the Northern Gaza Strip suffer from acute malnutrition, a staggering escalation from 15.6 per cent in January....
No evidence from Israel to back UNRWA accusations, says EU humanitarian chief (www.reuters.com)
The European Union’s top humanitarian aid official said on Thursday he had seen no evidence from Israel to back its accusations against staff from the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), which should continue playing a “critical” role in Gaza.
Vaasa police foil student's school shooting plan (Finland) (yle.fi)
“The woman who made the video was taken into custody about an hour later. The detention was made without drama. I can’t go into details, but it happened in Vaasa,” Luoto told Svenska Yle....
Tesla settles with former employee over racial discrimination claims (www.theguardian.com)
Andrew Tate Was Arrested After Adin Ross Blabbed About His Escape Plans (www.rollingstone.com)
The influencer Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan Tate, were arrested by Romanian authorities on Monday on U.K. charges based on a tip that they had planned to flee Romania — information that was revealed on a Kick livestream by their friend and fellow “alpha male” streamer, Adin Ross, Rolling Stone has confirmed....
College swimmers, volleyball players sue NCAA over transgender policies (apnews.com)
Former Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines was among more than a dozen college athletes who filed a lawsuit against the NCAA on Thursday, accusing it of violating their Title IX rights by allowing transgender woman Lia Thomas to compete at the national championships in 2022....
Putin warns the West: Russia is ready for nuclear war (www.reuters.com)
President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday that Russia was technically ready for nuclear war and that if the U.S. sent troops to Ukraine it would be considered a significant escalation of the war....
