MarcusHayes

jeffjarvis, 13 days ago to random

Private equity ruins newspapers, health care, and more. Tax the bastards.
You Can Thank Private Equity for That Enormous Doctor’s Bill
https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/you-can-thank-private-equity-for-that-enormous-doctors-bill-3a2fc90b?st=o7mtw3s0o5dvlet

StillIRise1963, 23 days ago to random

I hope the wealthy haven’t given up on deep sea exploration. They should keep pushing the boundaries.

rasterweb, 1 month ago (edited 27 days ago) to MountainBiking

I started working on a silly logo for my joke about there being a group of people who ride bikes in the cemetery by my house but it's really just me...

#biking #logo #art

indivisibleteam, 2 months ago to random

We asked and you didn't disappoint! Now it's time to pick Indivisibles' favorite fictional politician. Thanks to your suggestions, the field is set and voting is open. Who are you picking to win it all? 🧵

clive, 5 months ago to random

The CIA's 1944 guide to disrupting meetings

Honestly, it reads like stuff you see pretty regularly at civic and company meetings 😅

(Technically it was written not by the CIA but by its predecessor organization, the OSS)

Item #7 in my latest Linkfest newsletter, free to read here: https://buttondown.email/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-15-altruistic-pigs-the-truetown/

pluralistic, 7 months ago to random

There's a cheat-code in US #antitrustm it's been increasingly used since the #Reagan administration, when the "#ConsumerWelfare" theory ("#monopolies are fine, so long as the lower prices") shoved aside the long-established idea that antitrust law existed to prevent monopolies from forming at all.

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/06/attention-rents/#consumer-welfare-queens

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georgetakei, 7 months ago to random

Hatred comes in every form, and it doesn’t matter what side of a border or a struggle it is on. Violence born of hatred should have no place, not ever, in our world. Love is a hard path, especially when hate comes calling. Resist hate. Choose love. Choose peace.

Teri_Kanefield, 7 months ago to random

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futurebird, 8 months ago to random

And exactly how did “libertarians” end up on the “government assigned gender” side of the debate?

(I know, I know how, just pointing out all the ways they keep failing at doing the one kinda good thing they said they wanted to do is endlessly easy and hard to resist)

pluralistic, 8 months ago to random

There is nothing harder to kill than an idea whose time has come to pass

https://pro.morningconsult.com/analysis/uaw-strike-polling

#UAW #HotLaborSummer #OpinionPolls #EternalLaborSeptember #Strikes

rbreich, 8 months ago to random

CEOs keep pretending they can't afford to pay workers fairly while they rake in millions off of workers' labor. Don't fall for this illusion of scarcity.

georgetakei, 9 months ago to random

What do you think, folks?
https://www.comicsands.com/jimmy-fallon-apologizes-toxic-atmosphere-2665091825.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

MarcusHayes, 1 year ago to random

Hello World, I am new to the Fediverse.

I was turned off of Twitter and Facebook years ago, I heard something different was coalescing here.