Optimistic realist. I know nothing is perfect, but I'll always try to make them better.
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Dr. Hubert Wartzki and Slimer. 17 days until Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is out!
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61 companies agreed to test out a 4-day workweek.
The results are in: Worker satisfaction went up, revenues remained steady — and nearly all of the companies plan to stick with it for now.
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White adults are more than twice as likely as Black and Latino households to get sizable financial help from parents or elders, a new joint NPR poll finds. That has profound intergenerational effects.
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Important research from @skorusARK on #Bitcoin’s potential role in transforming methane emissions into bitcoin mining that will turbocharge electricity generated by solar and wind. @skorusARK
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Medieval peasants worked only about 150 days out of the year. The Church believed it was important to keep them happy with frequent, mandatory holidays.
You have less free time than a Medieval peasant.
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The source for this claim comes from a book which in turn cites a working paper by economic historian Gregory Clark.
As of 2018, Gregory Clark has raised his estimate to 250-300 days: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…
Why Billionaire Philanthropy Won't Solve Anything youtu.be/i8w3qPwpzZA via @YouTube
Only about 2.4% of the country’s equity market wealth is held in the portfolios of black AND Hispanic degree-holding households, according to the St. Louis Fed. So black people own 1% of the stock market. 1 funky %. qz.com/1863690/the-us-stock-…
@Apple please don’t make us wait years for this. It’s everybody’s remote. reddit.com/r/apple/comments/…
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$AMZN is considering moving further into the pharmacy space by opening brick-and-mortar storefronts.
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This is short sighted. If I’m a top level athlete that wanted to protest now I’m boycotting. All the progress we’ve made and we still end up in they dystopian future.
To “protect the neutrality of sport,” Olympic athletes will not be allowed to take a knee, raise a fist or otherwise protest on fields of play or medal podiums, the International Olympic Committee said Wednesday
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