Florida Governor Ron DeStantis has signed a law that prevents cities or counties from creating protections for workers who labor in the state’s often extreme and dangerous heat....
Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates held 12 focus groups with students, teachers, community members and school board members and put together a “Leadership Profile Report.”...
The Idaho Freedom Foundation has gone beyond the education culture wars by targeting local bond and levy elections, which districts rely on heavily to build and repair schools....
The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities has required NIC to make teach-out agreements for all of its academic programs by the end of August. These agreements would be signed by nearby institutions that would allow students to transfer if NIC loses accreditation.
Swayne said it still could be a hardship for some NIC students to transfer to another school. There isn’t another Idaho community college nearby, and even transferring to University of Idaho in Moscow would bring higher tuition and would require moving. Transferring to a college in the Spokane area would mean out-of-state tuition and a commute.
Members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol have warned America for three years to take former President Donald Trump at his word....
This is maddening. It’s not just Big Food that’s in on the “fat is fine” bandwagon. My gym, a YMCA, likely once upon a time had “fitness” instructors who would help you craft a workout plan. Now that’s all gone, and they have “wellness” instructors instead, who happen to be, at my gym, two very obese people clad every single day in 100% stretch-wear. Of the TVs in the weight/cardio area, half are tuned to professional sports and the other half are tuned to “cooking” shows - Chef Fatso hawking his/her wares to all the “food” addicts in the room and sending the message loud and clear: “eat whatever tastes good, eat as much of it as you want (the more the better), and don’t let anyone make you feel bad/weird for doing so”. There’s no question that today investors are backing fat and overeating whereas there was a time in the not-too-distant past that they were backing fitness and controlling (meaning, restricting in some way) dietary intake instead.
NPR is steaming down the “condescending” path now too, with their daily headlines of the form “XYZ, what you need to know” and “what to know about ABC” … as in (today) “What to know as jury selection begins …” . I’m just like, “FU NPR, I don’t need you to dictate to me the things that are important or not important to me, I’ll make that call, your job is simply to fill in the blanks when and if asked, no more and no less.”
“We are offering our pilots voluntary programs for the month of May to reduce excess staffing,” a United spokesperson said in a statement to NPR, attributing the decision to “recent delays in Boeing deliveries.”...
I live right under the approach/departure path for the main runway at our airport, a couple of miles away. Probably around 100 flights/day total in/out, many of them B737s, flying around 2000’ overhead. I’m wondering if I should expect to find pieces of Boeing’s Finest in the back yard or coming through the ceiling soon. So far there’s been no “blue ice” but there has also been no door plugs or tires, so could just be a matter of time. Fortunately the busiest carrier uses Embraers for many if not most of their traffic so that’s probably a good thing for me.
The truth is that Donald Trump undermined faith in our elections in his false bid to retain the presidency. He sparked an insurrection intended to overthrow our government and keep himself in power. No president in our history has done worse....
Former president Donald Trump disseminated on social media on Friday an image of President Biden with his hands and feet tied and his mouth gagged, the latest example of the Republican candidate’s use of increasingly violent rhetoric and imagery this campaign season....
A Utah woman who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband in 2022, then published a children’s book about grief, now faces another attempted murder charge for allegedly drugging him weeks earlier on Valentine’s Day....
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is deploying more than 1,100 personnel to Baltimore, Md., following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge into the Patapsco River early Tuesday morning, the service said in a statement....
While I’m not against the feds working on this, I would much rather see the company that owned the ship and/or its insurance companies foot the bill for the whole mess. “Personal Responsibility”, that was supposed to be a virtue of some sort I’ve heard. That and “anti-socialism”. Let’s see BigShip corporate types walk the walk here, preferably right off the plank.
The bridge can be rebuilt “whenever” as far as I’m concerned. That’s irrelevant. All that I’m saying here is that I want the private parties responsible to foot the bill ultimately. That doesn’t mean work can’t start tomorrow, or next week, or next year, whatever. I’m pretty tired of the BigCorp “socialism for me, not for thee” attitude and don’t want them to get away with it once again.
The Utah team was staying at the Coeur d’Alene Resort after it was selected to play in the NCAA Tournament hosted by Gonzaga University. As team members walked from the hotel to a downtown restaurant, they were followed by a driver in a truck who was shouting racial slurs at them....
People in the U.S. are leaving and switching faith traditions in large numbers. The idea of “religious churning” is very common in America, according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI)....
Utah players as well as band members and cheerleaders were assigned by the NCAA to accommodations in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, roughly 30 miles from the site of first- and second-round games in Spokane, Wash. On Thursday night, they were walking to a restaurant when a white truck near the team revved its engines before the driver...
Northern ID is a cultural shit-hole. The original home of the American Nazi, now occupied by racists, Jew-haters, Xian nationalists, and other hate-cults, and of course by American Nazis still. Oh and it’s been discovered by the wealthy elite and sold to them as a get-away where they can sit by the lake, recuperate from their hard labors of screwing the masses, network, and write checks to the Fascist orgs that exist to serve them (ex. Trump cult). N. ID can’t even keep their local state colleges functioning and accredited, but don’t worry, the CdA-area airports are in good shape and bustling with corpo jets, you’ll have no problems landing yours there.
Insurance companies still do many versions of this with a byzantine coding system, complex “out of network” exclusions, etc. Anything to deny a claim.
Yep. My criminal insurance company (CIC) marketing docs trumpeted how my ER costs were “fully covered” (which they’re required to be by law, I think). That’s obviously bad for profits, so the solution? Well just interpret any ER line-item (pick some expensive ones) as non-ER, even when they pertain to an ER visit, then charge the whole slew of separate copays/deductibles that go with the new interpretation. Profit! The hospital, which has a contract with the insurer, will cooperate and code all these line-item services with ambiguous language and codes, making them ripe for the picking by the screw-you insurance dweebs.
Oh, I can appeal the insurance decisions? Great. Appeal #1 is decided by the insurance company itself! 100% internal. Appeal #2 is done by a third party company, selected by the insurance company and paid by the insurance company. Think your state insurance commissioner is going to step in when foul play occurs? Think again. If they pay attention to you at all, they’ll claim to have no “authority” to make “medical decisions” about the abuse the insurance companies subject you to, and if they do anything at all, it might be to write a mildly-stern email to the insurance company reminding it of your complaint and their supposed obligations. That’s it, the commissioner’s office is not on “your side” and even if it were to some extent, they’ll claim to be “too overloaded” to do anything, anything like actually regulate the insurance companies, on your behalf or on behalf of the other millions of insurance customers.
Florida blocks heat protections for workers right before summer (www.npr.org)
Florida Governor Ron DeStantis has signed a law that prevents cities or counties from creating protections for workers who labor in the state’s often extreme and dangerous heat....
Public school board listed 'Christian values' among desires for superintendent (www.wpr.org)
Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates held 12 focus groups with students, teachers, community members and school board members and put together a “Leadership Profile Report.”...
The influential conservative group making it harder for Idaho districts to fix their schools (www.propublica.org)
The Idaho Freedom Foundation has gone beyond the education culture wars by targeting local bond and levy elections, which districts rely on heavily to build and repair schools....
Arson attack damages Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Burlington office (vtdigger.org)
An arsonist set fire to the door of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Burlington office Friday morning, briefly trapping staff inside, according to police....
Trump says he’ll jail his opponents. Members of the House Jan. 6 committee are preparing (www.seattletimes.com)
Members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol have warned America for three years to take former President Donald Trump at his word....
"Stand where he tells you to stand": Why the GOP is doubling down on misogyny in 2024 (www.salon.com)
“Stand where he tells you to stand, wear what he tells you to wear, and do what he tells you to do.”...
As obesity rises, Big Food and dietitians push ‘anti-diet’ advice (www.washingtonpost.com)
General Electric completes split into 3 public companies Tuesday (www.axios.com)
United asks pilots to take unpaid leave in May because of delivery delays at Boeing (www.npr.org)
“We are offering our pilots voluntary programs for the month of May to reduce excess staffing,” a United spokesperson said in a statement to NPR, attributing the decision to “recent delays in Boeing deliveries.”...
‘If it’s Boeing, I’m not going’: Some travelers nervous to fly after recent plane issues (www.wfla.com)
Our Trump reporting upsets some readers, but there aren’t two sides to facts: Letter from the Editor (www.cleveland.com)
The truth is that Donald Trump undermined faith in our elections in his false bid to retain the presidency. He sparked an insurrection intended to overthrow our government and keep himself in power. No president in our history has done worse....
Donald Trump shares image of Joe Biden bound and gagged (www.seattletimes.com)
Former president Donald Trump disseminated on social media on Friday an image of President Biden with his hands and feet tied and his mouth gagged, the latest example of the Republican candidate’s use of increasingly violent rhetoric and imagery this campaign season....
Performance Review time
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13612789...
Children's author Kouri Richins hit with new charges alleging earlier attempt to kill her husband (apnews.com)
A Utah woman who authorities say fatally poisoned her husband in 2022, then published a children’s book about grief, now faces another attempted murder charge for allegedly drugging him weeks earlier on Valentine’s Day....
Army Corps of Engineers to deploy 1,100 personnel to Baltimore (thehill.com)
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is deploying more than 1,100 personnel to Baltimore, Md., following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge into the Patapsco River early Tuesday morning, the service said in a statement....
Utah basketball team’s experience in Coeur d’Alene shows history of racism still ‘very much alive’ in North Idaho (www.spokesman.com)
The Utah team was staying at the Coeur d’Alene Resort after it was selected to play in the NCAA Tournament hosted by Gonzaga University. As team members walked from the hotel to a downtown restaurant, they were followed by a driver in a truck who was shouting racial slurs at them....
Police investigating racial harassment of NCAA women's basketball team in Idaho (www.npr.org)
“once synonymous” - that’s rich. Today’s ID is rotten to the core with right-wing domestic terrorists....
People say they're leaving religion due to anti-LGBTQ teachings and sexual abuse (www.npr.org)
People in the U.S. are leaving and switching faith traditions in large numbers. The idea of “religious churning” is very common in America, according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI)....
A Legal Pot Pioneer Was Busted in Idaho With 56 Pounds. He Has a Plan. (www.nytimes.com)
Utah women were targeted by ‘racial hate crimes’ during NCAA tournament (wapo.st)
Utah players as well as band members and cheerleaders were assigned by the NCAA to accommodations in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, roughly 30 miles from the site of first- and second-round games in Spokane, Wash. On Thursday night, they were walking to a restaurant when a white truck near the team revved its engines before the driver...
The next Clarence Thomas? Abortion pill case spotlights rightwing judge and his wife’s shadowy connections (www.theguardian.com)
Lots more in the Guardian article....
WOTM: It's Dick Time Again (youtu.be)
New Mr. Deity video.
Obamacare Is in Grave Danger, Again (archive.is)
Paul Krugman, NYT...