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Gig Workers in California Petition Supreme Court to Overturn Prop 22
The fight to bring full employment protections to gig workers in California seemed all but doomed by the passage of Proposition 22, which rolled back hard-won rights for app workers in the state. Today, workers revealed they had one last Hail Mary left. → Read More
Let's Talk About the Peloton Guy's Whole Water Thing
John Foley, the founder and CEO of expensive treadmill company Peloton, is not someone I know much about. Or knew, rather, since I received a crash course into the man’s psyche via New York Times profile this morning. → Read More
The Best Over-Ear Headphones for Working Out
Not a lot of companies make over-ear headphones exclusively for working out, but plenty of people love them. So we put the finest in a competition to find the best over-ear headphones for running and other similar sports. → Read More
Screw It, We Asked a Neural Network to Predict the Election
Historically, the success rate of prognostication for people skews heavily towards Doing A Shit Job. So, we thought, why not give the robots a chance. → Read More
Take a Guess Who Anthony Scaramucci Voted For, and Also: Remember Anthony Scaramucci???
Before swiftly deleting the tweet, Anthony Scaramucci informed the world of his decision to cast his vote in favor of Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris, on New York’s Working Families ticket. Neat! → Read More
So We're Finally Muting the Mics
Just days out from the last ordained shouting match of the 2020 election, the Commission on Presidential Debates has declared new guidance for Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s final matchup. That’s right folk, we’re cutting the mics! → Read More
Trump's Free Pass on Twitter Could End January 20, 2021
Twitter says its policy exemption for world leaders won't apply after Donald Trump has left office. → Read More
Photoshop Contest: What's Amy Coney Barrett Doodling?
During the Senate confirmation hearing for Amy Coney Barrett, the Supreme Court justice nominee held up a blank notepad. You know what to do, internet. → Read More
Here Are the 18 Congressional Representatives Who Refused to Condemn QAnon
House Resolution 1154 is a simple bill that barely fills five pages in Congressional formatting, and which passed the House of Representatives easily this afternoon with 370 votes in favor. → Read More
Shipt's 'Effort-Based' Pay Model Decided a 1,400-Item Order Was Worth About $20
Target-owned personal shopping platform Shipt—which competes with the likes of Instacart—has been transitioning its markets to what it calls an “effort-based” wage system, dubbed V2. We, and the contractors who work for Shipt, have no idea how the new model determines pay. But a very unusual order sent to Gizmodo gives a good indication of what factors V2 isn’t looking at. → Read More
It's Safe to Delete Your Facebook Now
“It’s the worst, but I just can’t delete Facebook,” the increasingly common refrain goes—at which point the person in question will make a melodramatic show of how successfully the no good, very bad company has successfully allowed them to offload their social responsibilities. Chief among these? Remembering birthdays. → Read More
Better Names for Pepsi's Sleep Beverage, Ranked
PepsiCo will bring into production a drink to help people ease stress and sleep better during These Uncertain Times, the company announced today. They’ve decided to name this “enhanced water beverage” Driftwell. → Read More
Bill Barr Is About to Blow Up the Antitrust Case Against Google: Report
Several interested parties in the U.S. government have been looking to put Google’s head on a spike, and while undoubtedly there’s been some degree of jockeying between them for which will ultimately get the credit, they’ve been proceeding with care and caution in the interest of building an ironclad case against a particularly canny opponent. Leave it to Bill Barr—who in a better world would… → Read More
I Could Not Even Take My Dog Down for a Walk Without Getting Arrested
Are you a frontline worker dealing with new stresses or irresponsible management? Is working (or not working) from home starting to take a psychological toll? Submit a story using this Google form or send me an email with the subject line “My Covid Story” and provide as much detail as you’re comfortable with. → Read More
Is Amazon Openly Hiring Union-Busters?
Recent job postings from Amazon seem to call for someone to help break up organising efforts from existing unions and employee activism. → Read More
Amazon Is Openly Hiring Union-Busters
Wonderful. → Read More
Happy Birthday, Windows 95
As of today, Windows 95 – the first of the “modern” Microsoft OSes – is a quarter-century old. → Read More
Happy Birthday, Windows 95
As of today, Windows 95—the first of the “modern” Microsoft OSes—is a quarter-century old. Happy birthday old friend. → Read More
At Least I Can Get Pot Delivered
Are you a frontline worker dealing with new stresses or irresponsible management? Is working (or not working) from home starting to take a psychological toll? How are you coping with reopening? Submit a story using this Google form or send me an email with the subject line “My Covid Story” and provide as much detail as you’re comfortable with. → Read More
The Ghost in the Ice Cream Machine
I thought that I hated Mister Softee. → Read More