This Sunday is the 35th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Don't let this slip from our collective memory.
This Sunday is the 35th Anniversary of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Don't let this slip from our collective memory.
Here’s a quick flow chart for how things should work:
If a person is hungry → feed them
If a person needs shelter → house them
If a person is sick → give them healthcare
No ifs, ands, or buts. Everyone should get these things.
This high schooler is a total badass. She caught the Virginia government extending a tax exemption to an org that glorifies the confederacy, called it out, and now the legislature is working to fix that.
Between 1978 and 2022:
-Worker pay grew by 15%
-Top exec pay jumped by 1,209%
Major US CEOs are now paid 344 times more than their typical employees.
When I say corporate CEOs are exploiting labor, this is what I mean.
Last month, The Intercept laid me off along with fifteen other employees — one-third of the newsroom. I'm officially on the job market. My current title is Director of Information Security. I've been working in media for the last decade, but I'm also open to engineering or security roles in other sectors — as long as I'm working on interesting problems and doing good things for the world. Please tell me about open positions that would be a good fit, or if you want to hire me! You can email me at [email protected].
Continuing my photo series of Waiting-Room art.
Warner Bros CEO: By shutting down production, we're adding $33 million per month to free cash flow.
In other words, if you stop production you have no cost of production. He's attempting to imply to shareholders that this is a good way to run a profitable business. I mean, I guess they can coast for a while on property they've bought the rights to or already owned? Seems a lot like the private equity model though.
https://gizmodo.com/warner-bros-q2-earnings-strikes-david-zaslav-wga-sag-1850703857