*IIUC
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
I expected the Hillbilly Elegy guy to look more like the rapist SEAL Missouri governor and less like an adult baby tbh
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 18:22 (three years ago) link
yeah he looks like he'd be the jared kushneresque failson of a tobacco exec or something
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 18:26 (three years ago) link
adult baby is quite a common scots-irish genotype #calipers
― himpathy with the devil (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 18:30 (three years ago) link
You mean phenotype
― Canon in Deez (silby), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 18:32 (three years ago) link
he looks a little like mike lee. chubby little chins
― map ca. 1890 (map), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 18:34 (three years ago) link
xp. oh yeah, phenotype caused by genotype.
― himpathy with the devil (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 18:35 (three years ago) link
that the sort of NPR chin stroking liberal op ed set took (takes?) this guy seriously is nearly as galling to me as ‘intellectual’ conservative MAGA apologia and over the long haul may be more damaging
― Washington Generals D-League affiliate (will), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 18:42 (three years ago) link
that book was fucking awful, and even its polical-economic antipode (Neel's 'Hinterland') is racist trash afaic.
― it's like edging for your mind (the table is the table), Tuesday, 16 March 2021 21:34 (three years ago) link
A much more informative (and funnier) Matt Levine column on Greensill today, with details from the Bluestone complaint. Good line on the payday loans analogy: "Greensill basically gave Bluestone a payday loan for a job Bluestone hadn’t yet applied for."
― o. nate, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 17:19 (three years ago) link
Yeah, that is pretty wild.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 17 March 2021 18:42 (three years ago) link
usa! usa!
Wealth concentration at the very top now exceeds the peak of the Gilded Age pic.twitter.com/ElmqWUXp13— Gabriel Zucman (@gabriel_zucman) July 6, 2021
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 6 July 2021 23:42 (two years ago) link
A 1972 MIT study predicted that rapid economic growth would lead to societal collapse in the mid 21st century. A new paper shows we’re unfortunately right on schedule.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3xw3x/new-research-vindicates-1972-mit-prediction-that-society-will-collapse-soon
― mookieproof, Thursday, 15 July 2021 22:39 (two years ago) link
I’m not sure people appreciate just how quickly rents are rising right now. There was a lot of chatter about rent drops during the early pandemic, but look at THIS.+14% (!!) since January!@lszini and I wrote some words this week about why this is happening.(1) pic.twitter.com/IIaaepbnwW— Rob Warnock (@robnock_) August 27, 2021
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Saturday, 28 August 2021 17:05 (two years ago) link
good thread
What's going on with global supply chains? (aka "why are we running out of everthing," "why is shipping so slow," "why are things more expensive"). A link roundup thread:— Matthew Hockenberry (@hockendougal) September 16, 2021
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 16 September 2021 16:25 (two years ago) link
That is a good thread. The (admittedly luxury brand) deodorant that I've been wearing for the past decade is out of stock everywhere in the US due to shipping delays, and on eBay, sellers from Hong Kong are marking it up 200%, in some cases.
It's going to be a bit of an adjustment getting used to a new scent on my body, because I can't wait another month until those delays clear up.
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Thursday, 16 September 2021 16:50 (two years ago) link
small potatoes, of course, but yknow.
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Thursday, 16 September 2021 16:51 (two years ago) link
Just stop wearing deodorant that stuff is useless
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Thursday, 16 September 2021 16:52 (two years ago) link
Maybe for you, stinky
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Thursday, 16 September 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
maybe if everyone stops wearing deodorant the proletariat will rise and seize the means of production and expropriate all private property
― sarahell, Thursday, 16 September 2021 17:46 (two years ago) link
silby jobs over here
― balance transfer eligible (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 16 September 2021 18:22 (two years ago) link
that's a good thread but i realllly would've preferred to not read something that dense on twitter
― Nhex, Thursday, 16 September 2021 19:09 (two years ago) link
Antiperspirant changed my life.
― Porking level G4 (Boring, Maryland), Thursday, 16 September 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
I will not use the stuff, way too many weird chemicals that make me feel squeamish. I'm not an unhairy guy, but the deodorant i've been using really works for me.
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Thursday, 16 September 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link
would you say it hirsutes you
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 16 September 2021 19:48 (two years ago) link
https://www.lexisnexis.com/LegalNewsRoom/resized-image/__size/550x0/__key/telligent-evolution-components-attachments/13-07-00-00-00-00-14-94/ContentImage_2D00_GradeAPlus.jpg
― Marty J. Bilge (Old Lunch), Thursday, 16 September 2021 20:02 (two years ago) link
Ban the stuff
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 16 September 2021 20:07 (two years ago) link
the 35th Director of the United States Mint loves coins!
Got a very nice email and follow-up from former Mint Director @PhilipNDiehl, which I reproduce here with his permission, that provides useful context on the underlying legislative intent behind 31 USC 5112(k) and reinforces the case for #MintTheCoin. pic.twitter.com/FGIhSgtaoQ— Rohan Grey (@rohangrey) October 6, 2021
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 7 October 2021 04:27 (two years ago) link
ha i don't really understand all the context of this but it is super refreshing and pleasing to see a bureaucrat with a passion for their particular thing! have to assume this guy was a major numismatist (i admit i looked it up) before getting into it as a career
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Friday, 8 October 2021 15:42 (two years ago) link
😘
Private quits rate 🚀 pic.twitter.com/sJb2ZrvAX9— Conor Sen (@conorsen) October 12, 2021
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 14:48 (two years ago) link
pardon the dumb Q but what are "quits"?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 18:58 (two years ago) link
people quitting their job
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 18:59 (two years ago) link
YES
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/10/12/jolts-workers-quitting-august-pandemic/
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link
Jennifer Booth quit her information technology job at a national retailer in August, after months of working as many as 90 hours a week during the pandemic to help the company revamp its e-commerce system.i mean 90 hrs a week is insane and borderline illegal in a lot of countries so it’s “good” that people are fed up but i’m not sure this is a story about progress
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 19:31 (two years ago) link
2 of my friends in low-level positions put their two weeks notice in on friday so SSS but yeah quit them jobs bros!
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 19:55 (two years ago) link
I quit a couple months ago myself. BS got made a supervisor over 5 people with 3 open positions in other states with no title and no raise - still having to do all had in my regular job. IT staff was down to 21 from 34 and ticket count went from like maybe a total for everyone of maybe 100 or so a day to pretty much hundreds open at all times. Literally some days I was having to update 100+ tickets in a day as there was so many device return tasks from the constant churn of people entering and exiting posts.
Had many days I would get up at 5am to get to work at 7am work 9-10 hours then have to go home and do BS billing work until like 11pm or midnight then wake up and do it again. Coup de grace was stupid offshore SCCM team had not tested shit for over a year and broke literally over 100+ devices that had never gotten updated to w10 on top of the mess. I thought I was going to have a breakdown by the end. Going through that last year at work pretty much had me wishing the f'ing sun would go supernova and wipe this grease stain of a planet out of the heavens. I'm a bit better now but have been busy as heck at home doing all the crap I never had time to do for the past year.
― earlnash, Tuesday, 12 October 2021 20:44 (two years ago) link
holy shit, i feel like absolute dogshit when i work more than 6 hours a day lol
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 21:07 (two years ago) link
unless i'm doing outdoor work, then i have no problem going for longer, because there's always some time to "rest" and take a nice long toke
but office jobs? fuck, i think the longest i ever worked at an office-type job was the week i pulled 37 hours, and that was because my manager had the flu. most weeks in my life i've managed to do about 32 or so. any more is absolute bullshit afaic, a job can go fuck itself.
― I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 21:09 (two years ago) link
yeah i have no idea how people do more than 40 hours in an office job, i would just completely fall apart
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 21:12 (two years ago) link
are people in low-level jobs able to quit because of pandemic money?
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 21:13 (two years ago) link
No just stopped buying lattes
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 21:40 (two years ago) link
i honestly don't know, sorry i don't pay much attention to this stuff.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
i think it's great if workers have leverage but .... it kinda seems like workers don't really have leverage you know?
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 21:56 (two years ago) link
The only workers I know with appreciable leverage are those with highly specialized technical skills/knowledge in a rapidly expanding job category. Much rarer is the worker with skills/knowledge that is exclusive to their current position in a company, making them effectively irreplaceable without their consenting to train their replacement.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 03:44 (two years ago) link
when i had an office job i was in the office 40 hours a week but only really working for 20-30 tops
― flopson, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 05:03 (two years ago) link
I can’t speak to most industries but it’s really hard to find a paralegal right now and the ones that interview certainly seem to believe they have leverage and options.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 12:05 (two years ago) link
Doing tax prep, I see what my clients made last year on Unemployment, and I was a bit envious tbh
― sarahell, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 13:48 (two years ago) link
I have to assume the paralegal thing is partly women with kids dropping out of the workforce due to childcare impossibilities (also couldn't find an after school babysitter btw, even offering what everyone told us was "above market"). In past interview cycles, 80-90% of our candidates have been women who either outright mentioned kids or were in the age range of someone who might have kids.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 14:25 (two years ago) link