Too Venal for Words category archive
Flying the Fiendlier Skies 0
Robert Reich explores why traveling by airline has become so unpleasant. He lists five reasons; here’s one of them (emphasis in the original):
While their jobs have become more difficult, many flight attendants haven’t had a raise in years.
And a lot of their hardest work is totally unpaid, because most flight attendants don’t get paid during the boarding process. They’re off the clock until the plane’s doors close.
And if the flight is delayed, those are often extra hours for no extra money.
Again, this mirrors trends in the overall economy, where too many workers are pushed into unpaid overtime or made to do work or be on call during their off hours.
Follow the link for a detailed exploration of the other four.
Republican Family Values 0
Suffer the children appears to be a Republican Family Value.
Selling Snake Oil on the Disinformation Superhighway 0
Rebecca Watson parses the piffle.
or you can read the transcript.
And, while touring the Disinformation Superhighway . . . .
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
They explore new dimensions of fiendliness every day.
Twits Own Twitter 0
Legal-oriented subreddit Xes out links to Twitter. Here’s the gist; more at the link.
(snip)
r/law, a popular subreddit about the law announced last week that it was completely banning links to Twitter for this reason.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
But beware of the flying swatter.
Freedom of Screech 0
Self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist” Elon Musk absolutely threatens to sue the Center for Countering Digital Hate for exercising free speech.
Suffer the Children 0
Self-proclaimed follower of Jesus Christ makes manifest those words.
Unreal Estate 0
A reporter for a local television station tells her story of dealing with internet scammers who tried to rent her rental property out from under her (and of some honest people she met along the way).
It’s a fascinating read, and again reminds us that, just because you see it on a computer device screen, it ain’t necessarily so.
Fly the Fiendly Skies 0
How did the attendant receive this photo, you might inquire.
Via Apple AirDrop, which means someone on the plane thought this was a good thing to do.
We are a broken society.
Vaccine Nation 0
Honest to Betsy, these lying liar anti-vaxxers will latch onto anything to promote their perfidies and imperil the polity.
One more time, “social” media isn’t.
Gutting Out the Vote 0
If you’re disabled, Texas Governor Abbot doesn’t want to make it any easier for you to vote.
More at the link.
The Bullies’ Pulpit 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Mark Travers discusses a study about why some persons turn into cyberbullies. The findings were not expected. An excerpt:
“Recreation pertains to impulsive antisocial acts, whereas reward relates to more calculated and premeditated acts that may evolve over time,” said Soares. “Young individuals who partake in antisocial behavior online may be driven by a desire for excitement and the pursuit of positive emotions or social status among their peers.”