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EndOfLine, 1 day ago

A survey of 18,000 Americans released in March pointed to flexible work schedules helping mental health.

It’s almost like the work force actually values the quality of their lives more than … umm, honestly I’ve never been able to figure out a positive side for companies pushing RTO. Report after report show remote work improves productivity, employee retention, is perceived as a significant perk to attract new talent, and reduces corporate overhead (that last one is just an assumption on my part).

Seriously, what is the attraction for RTO?

EndOfLine, 1 day ago

The phrase “diversity hire” implies that they were not hired for their abilities. It attacks the person looking for a job rather than one making the hiring decision. So yes, it is a slur.

The purpose of phrases like “diversity hire” is to dehumanize and marginalize without ever having to learn anything about the person you don’t like and you won’t bring about inclusion by embracing those tactics, but it is noticed and called out, but it is done as a conversation and against the individual doing the hiring, not against a group of people who were hired and did nothing wrong.

At least that has been my experience.

EndOfLine, 2 days ago

This sounds like it was a bad match for you and you are better off without them.

In my opinion, the criteria for a successful relationship is one that encourages growth. It should provides a safe space where differences, changes and mistakes are accepted without judgement. Above all, you feel loved and supported. From your limited description it does not sound like he provided any of that.

I think I’m just meant to be single.

You are 20. You are likely still discovering the type of person you are and developing the strength and tools to be that person in the face of adversity. I think that you should enjoy being single and focus on you, not some “us”.

Love who you are, build a strong and healthy relationship with yourself, and realize that you deserve somebody who will honor and respect all of you not just the bits that are convenient for them.

EndOfLine, 2 days ago

I dream most nights, though the dreams themselves very rarely make it into my long term memory and are forgotten within minutes of waking up.

EndOfLine, 2 days ago

The Fair Representation Act has been re-introduced in Congress. This bold solution can stop gerrymandering and make Congress work for every American.

Click “show more” from the link to see more details.

EndOfLine, 2 days ago

Today, under 5,000 women and 8,000 children are now officially listed by the UN as casualties.

Is that supposed to be the good news?

EndOfLine, 2 days ago

You are “happy” about 8,000 dead children?

EndOfLine, 2 days ago

You seemed really confused why somebody would be upset about 8,000 dead children and also stated that you were “happy” about the updated numbers.

EndOfLine, 2 days ago

Odd response. I am curious to know what reportable offense OP thinks I committed.

EndOfLine, 2 days ago

It’s a minimum security Federal Prison Camp where inmates can escape by simply waking away. Even when convicted, these traitors don’t do hard time.

I cannot find confirmation on this, but I suspect the reason for the visit is that in-person visits are less likely to be monitored and “safer” for discussing illegal or incriminating topics. Can’t imagine any other reason for Donnie Jr to go there in person.

EndOfLine, 1 day ago

As I understand it, the warden as the authority to add such monitoring, but regulations only require supervision to the degree of preventing contraband from being passed between visitors and inmates. While I found no confirmation for this, I cannot imagine the warden of a minimum security facility wanting to spend a portion of their budget on this level of surveillance.

EndOfLine, 5 days ago

Sadly, no. I think most people are apathetic about anything that does not immediately and directly impact themselves. Evil doesn’t need much more than that to thrive. Meanwhile, good requires active participation, selflessness, and continual vigilance to thrive.

Judging by the number of people who cannot literally lift a finger to make roads a safer place through the use of turn signals, I don’t hold much hope for humankind, as a whole, to put in the continual effort to quash “evil”.

EndOfLine, 13 days ago

For me, it’s a 3 way tie between Tusk, Teeth, and Boxing Helena

EndOfLine, 14 days ago

I’m confused. Are you saying college students represent the largest demographic of legal adults? Because I don’t think that is correct.

EndOfLine, 13 days ago

Wait, so you are saying that there are more 18-22 year olds than everybody else aged 23 and older? That also does not sound correct.

EndOfLine, 13 days ago

I hope that is the case and that I am just confused with how things were worded.

I still don’t know who the “largest demographic of legal adults” is that they referenced, but some mysteries are destined to remain unanswered.

EndOfLine, 14 days ago

Pretty sure this will end up like the similar Alabama case in 2022. “Sure it illegally disenfranchises voters, but it would be unfair to fix it so close to an election. Go ahead and rig this election, but promise to change (not fix, just change) it after the election.”

EndOfLine, 14 days ago

Maybe it’s the news I’ve been consuming recently, but I feel like this makes for a great political comic.

EndOfLine, 15 days ago

For those, like me, who had never heard of BRICS before this article.

BRICS is an intergovernmental organization comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates. Originally identified to highlight investment opportunities,[1] the grouping evolved into a cohesive geopolitical bloc, with their governments meeting annually at formal summits and coordinating multilateral policies since 2009.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRICS

EndOfLine, 19 days ago

In 2022 when Kavanaugh ruled to preserve Alabama’S racially gerrymandered voting districts deemed illegal because it would be “unfair”? Can’t Tennessee just claim that it wouldn’t be fair to fix things this close to an election?

“When an election is close at hand, the rules of the road must be clear and settled,” Kavanaugh elaborates. “Late judicial tinkering with election laws can lead to disruption and to unanticipated and unfair consequences for candidates, political parties, and voters, among others. It is one thing for a State on its own to toy with its election laws close to a State’s elections. But it is quite another thing for a federal court to swoop in and re-do a State’s election laws in the period close to an election.”

lawandcrime.com/…/justices-kavanaugh-and-alito-un…

At the time, that sounded to me like “it’s cool to do illegal shit surrounding elections, so long as you fix it after the election when the illegal shit has done its job and no longer matters”. Can somebody explain to me why Tennessee wouldn’t keep fighting to disenfranchise voters and what, if any, consequences they would face if they didn’t just ignore the court until after the election?

EndOfLine, 20 days ago

Are you kidding? China has some of the strongest censorship laws in the world which includes filtering internet content and blocking access to apps. North Korea is the only country that has more repressed access to free information.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_China

The Chinese government has banned, among others, Google, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, BBC, Wikipedia and … are you ready for this … TIKTOK. The Chinese government agrees that TikTok should be banned (though for different reasons).

…wikipedia.org/…/List_of_websites_blocked_in_main…

EndOfLine, 20 days ago

How is banning TikTok “limiting technological advancements”?

Would you agree that I was able to provide examples of “China doing the same” which you stated that you “did not see”?

EndOfLine, 26 days ago

In 2020, so-called “AI agents” defeated human pilots in simulations in all five of their match-ups - but the technology needed to be run for real in the air.

It did not reveal which aircraft won the dogfight.

I’m gonna guess the AI won.

EndOfLine, 27 days ago

Some refrigerators can dispense cold filtered water.

EndOfLine, 1 month ago

Panhandling is just asking for money. Every celebrity, politician, school, charity, church, library, little league sports team, etc I can think of has done that at one point or another. I have worked in office environments where people have come around looking for donations for this thing or that.

How are you defining panhandling and why would it be any different than other forms of soliciting for donations? Because it sounds like your question is about policing a group of people and not an action.