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“-20 years ago, working as a server, I lived in a corner 1 bdrm apt downtown with amazing water views for $700/month. -A similar apt now $3,600/month, more than 5x as much. -As a lawyer at age 47 I am unable to afford living in the apartment I did at age 27 while waiting tables”

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Over the last decade, the average compensation for CEOs at S&P 500 companies has risen by over $5 million, reaching an average of $16.7 million in 2022. In contrast, the average American worker has only seen a wage increase of $15,460 during the same time frame, resulting in an average yearly salary of just $61,900 in 2022.

https://ceoworld.biz/2023/08/13/these-are-the-highest-paid-ceos-among-sp-500-companies-2023/

These Are the highest-paid CEOs among S&P 500 companies, 2023 - CEOWORLD magazine

The highest-paid CEOs among S&P 500 companies aren’t all major tech companies. Chief executives at AIG, Morgan Stanley, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Exxon Mobil are out-earning Adobe’s Shantanu Narayen, according to a new analysis published by the CEOWORLD magazine. Sundar Pichai of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, topped the list of highest-paid leaders with a total […]

CEOWORLD magazine
Excellent work Norway.

This week's comic: Makeover for a Takeover

#media #fascism #racism #journalism

After all, you just have to tell them to "calm down" or to "smile" since "they'll look cuter if they smile more" or "they're too pretty to be angry..." or remind them how "cute you look when you're angry" and it'll fix it all, right!!

https://twitter.com/SgbAlt/status/1661117850440835098

https://bsky.app/profile/polymathgirl.bsky.social/post/3k4mnvoiotk25

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“People are so easily offended these days. That's why I only make jokes at the expense of white men, whose thick skins and calmly rational attitudes make them impossible to upset.”

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#Aquamayne

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Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis
@RevJacquiLewis
In a world full of bystanders, love swims across a river to even the odds.
9:25 AM · Aug 7, 2023

Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis on Twitter

“In a world full of bystanders, love swims across a river to even the odds.”

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Trump is being arrested today. For the third time. So here’s a bold thought: Maybe he doesn’t belong in the White House. Like, ever again.
They did this to sex workers first and no one listened or cared. Maybe they’ll listen now if it means they can’t buy their weed seltzer with a card https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/28/business/mastercard-debit-cannabis-transactions.html
Mastercard Moves to Stop Use of Debit Cards at Cannabis Shops

The decision places more strain on the cannabis industry, which largely operates with cash and is not uniformly regulated across the United States. The drug is still illegal on the federal level.

The New York Times
I missed the beginning of #SciArtPortfolioWeek so here’s 3 of my #SciArt #symptomatology pieces. This series makes my invisible #MECFS symptoms visible, stitched freehand as I experience them. #embroidery

And oxytocin must be one HELL of a drug...

From the moment the mother/queen started giving birth around 4:30am, it seemed like she was continually purring and in heaven 😸😸😽😽 through all five births and beyond, until like 9:00am when I fell back asleep again.

And her purrs just kept seeming to get louder and louder even; the ultimate BEST "white noise" for me to fall back asleep to 😻😻😻