#especially if the food is good enough

[thattheater-kid]

If you ever wonder why your parents can’t figure out that you’re a system, keep in mind that my parents ignored my sudden ability to cook and my brother calling me Alastor because the jambalaya “I” made was really good and they were really hungry and didn’t want to cook because it was late. Parents are human, they will see whatever is easiest.

[reasonsforhope]

Federal regulators on Tuesday [April 23, 2024] enacted a nationwide ban on new noncompete agreements, which keep millions of Americans — from minimum-wage earners to CEOs — from switching jobs within their industries.

The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday afternoon voted 3-to-2 to approve the new rule, which will ban noncompetes for all workers when the regulations take effect in 120 days [So, the ban starts in early September, 2024!]. For senior executives, existing noncompetes can remain in force. For all other employees, existing noncompetes are not enforceable.

[That's right: if you're currently under a noncompete agreement, it's completely invalid as of September 2024! You're free!!]

The antitrust and consumer protection agency heard from thousands of people who said they had been harmed by noncompetes, illustrating how the agreements are "robbing people of their economic liberty," FTC Chair Lina Khan said. 

The FTC commissioners voted along party lines, with its two Republicans arguing the agency lacked the jurisdiction to enact the rule and that such moves should be made in Congress...

Why it matters

The new rule could impact tens of millions of workers, said Heidi Shierholz, a labor economist and president of the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank. 

"For nonunion workers, the only leverage they have is their ability to quit their job," Shierholz told CBS MoneyWatch. "Noncompetes don't just stop you from taking a job — they stop you from starting your own business."

Since proposing the new rule, the FTC has received more than 26,000 public comments on the regulations. The final rule adopted "would generally prevent most employers from using noncompete clauses," the FTC said in a statement.

The agency's action comes more than two years after President Biden directed the agency to "curtail the unfair use" of noncompetes, under which employees effectively sign away future work opportunities in their industry as a condition of keeping their current job. The president's executive order urged the FTC to target such labor restrictions and others that improperly constrain employees from seeking work.

"The freedom to change jobs is core to economic liberty and to a competitive, thriving economy," Khan said in a statement making the case for axing noncompetes. "Noncompetes block workers from freely switching jobs, depriving them of higher wages and better working conditions, and depriving businesses of a talent pool that they need to build and expand."

Real-life consequences

In laying out its rationale for banishing noncompetes from the labor landscape, the FTC offered real-life examples of how the agreements can hurt workers.

In one case, a single father earned about $11 an hour as a security guard for a Florida firm, but resigned a few weeks after taking the job when his child care fell through. Months later, he took a job as a security guard at a bank, making nearly $15 an hour. But the bank terminated his employment after receiving a letter from the man's prior employer stating he had signed a two-year noncompete.

In another example, a factory manager at a textile company saw his paycheck dry up after the 2008 financial crisis. A rival textile company offered him a better job and a big raise, but his noncompete blocked him from taking it, according to the FTC. A subsequent legal battle took three years, wiping out his savings. 

-via CBS Moneywatch, April 24, 2024

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Note:

A lot of people think that noncompete agreements are only a white-collar issue, but they absolutely affect blue-collar workers too, as you can see from the security guard anecdote.

In fact, one in six food and service workers are bound by noncompete agreements. That's right - one in six food workers can't leave Burger King to work for Wendy's [hypothetical example], in the name of "trade secrets." (x, x, x)

Noncompete agreements also restrict workers in industries from tech and video games to neighborhood yoga studios. "The White House estimates that tens of millions of workers are subject to noncompete agreements, even in states like California where they're banned." (x, x, x)

The FTC estimates that the ban will lead to "the creation of 8,500 new businesses annually, an average annual pay increase of $524 for workers, lower health care costs, and as many as 29,000 more patents each year for the next decade." (x)

Clearer explanation of noncompete agreements below the cut.

Noncompete agreements can restrict workers from leaving for a better job or starting their own business.

Noncompetes often effectively coerce workers into staying in jobs they want to leave, and even force them to leave a profession or relocate.

Noncompetes can prevent workers from accepting higher-paying jobs, and even curtail the pay of workers not subject to them directly.

Of the more than 26,000 comments received by the FTC, more than 25,000 supported banning noncompetes. 

[r-aindr0p]

Rook. Idk if you'll see this first or not, but please send the package over... I have the money to get my mini rollo ok!

Sending them to y'all with a care package (a small packet of brown sugar and a mini pillow) dw they shouldn't multiply if the meals are spaced out enough. Rook is calibrating and sending

[wydalenylod]

WHY DOES ENGLISH SPEAKING INTERNET NOT HAVE A POPULAR MEME ABOUT EATING BABIES. WHY CAN'T I JOKE HOW ODYSSEUS SHOULD'VE TAKE THE INFANT WITH HIM AND USE IT AS EMERGENCY FOOD WITHOUT PEOPLE GIVING ME WEIRD LOOKS

[junipaca]

I have a lot to explore about shadownilla hashtag Actually Exploring their Toxic Yaoi Aura until it breaks my heart brain into three pieces.

the simple (not) summary: they’re both so fucking odd about each other in a weird tango that is very much one sided by SMC’s whims, but through pv’s psychological torture it approaches to a weird understanding of him and recognizing how he’s a reflection of him. No One but him can understand shadow milk cookie, he states, despite it all. Like PV that blue gay jester just put u through mental prison and psych warfare on ur core beliefs and emotions and u decide to befriend him at the end of it. SMC so badly wanted someone like him, to mold someone to see through his eyes, messing w PV’s memories, his threats over the main gang, both being a tether and a hostage over PV. Like the newest imagery of them makes it very clear SMC caused a ton of pain and agony to PV to the point of stripping him down to despair (vulnerable like a child if that makes sense). The pain is still fresh, but he still decides to embrace who SMC is and believe in him. Grandpa I want to break down ur brain. Why the Fuck. There’s def more about What PV saw about SMC to even think of extending a hand besides his very empathetic and sympathetic nature but it hurts my brain so I’ll break that down in my own time.

SMC is a lonely and i think importantly Very Unstable to the point of being sadistic, and I don’t know what’s going to happen to the Beasts after? But if somehow he doesn’t end up dead or trapped in that tree again I rllllly want these too to hash it out Stranger Style. As in a weird back and forth. I don’t want him to experience remorse immediately I need that cat yowling the whole way as his own core beliefs get fundamentally broken down and examined by PV, like a parallel to SMC’s tower if that make sense. The tango is now equal handed, and acceptance strangles him entirely. He’s desperate and sadistic and there’s implications that his belief in deceit was built upon eons of seeing pain that knowledge and truth caused to himself and others. So, in an almost protective manner (kind of like mystic flour!) he reasons that Deceit is the fundamental of how the world Should run, even his whole identity. And then PV stretches his wings and takes steps away from him, turns around, and opens his arms. It’s strangling. It’s awful. Hypocrisy.

(There’s a few gaps here unlike MF and BS directly showing their past self so I may have misunderstood this, but regardless. I think we’ll get more of this guy so hopefully more clarity is given)

I think my favorite back and forth between them was truthless recluse deciding to break the rules in SMC’s game. I can’t pinpoint why, but I want these two to TALK. TALK MORE. GET WEIRD ABOUT IT. I need SMC’s glee at molding someone he believes to be Someone like him, someone on HIS side, HIS. meanwhile truthless recluse is decaying, in despair, and wilted, yet countering SMC’s beliefs ever so lightly it rises an air of uncertainty, which SMC quickly tries to shut down heavily with his own “games”. I need them in a weird back and forth sometimes. Awakened PV , still wounded, but taking the first steps forward of reinforcing his beliefs and charging ahead towards truth in acceptance of doubt and fear. Shadow Milk Cookie gnashed and deeply betrayed about his failed mold, the leeway of considering having a “friend” already kicking the first rock on the already rocky and teetering tower. it’s awesome give me 1000000 more of these guys.

[hakusins]

(vent in the tags) me thinking i've finally escaped financial problems: :DDDDD

life:

[mx-legend-of-faye]

Don’t piss off the person in charge of your meals.

Forget copious amounts of goron spice, if the chain really pisses off Wild they’re making either dubious food, rock hard food, or monster stew. What’s the rest of the chain going to do, cook a 5 star meal to avoid the purposefully icky food? No way, the most elaborate meal they can make is absolutely nothing compared to what Wild makes for them when he hasn’t been pissed off by them.

[tj-crochets]

Hey y'all! My brother and I have both been experimenting with cooking new things and could use some advice. Right now I'm mostly looking for savory spice mixes that include nutmeg, but if you have other spice combos you like to use together when cooking savory foods I'd love to hear them! I have my go-to handful of spices I like to use together for like desserts, but not so much for savory? I'm mostly just following recipes, and I'd like to know some more spice combos that work well together for when I want to improvise or expand on recipes

[mantisgodsdomain]

All these fics about Kabbu and Leif sharing a bed for "shipping reasons" or whatever are a fool's move. Give us the bee! Acknowledge Team Snakemouth's canonical inn arrangements of "all three of them sleep in the same bed" you coward! We aren't here for "romance" or "pairing the boys together because they're the stock standard Shippable Men", we're here for bed sharing!

Team Snakemouth consists of three bugs, and they absolutely should get fic with inconvenient and uncomfortable sleeping arrangements where Vi somehow monopolizes 90% of the bed despite being physically smaller than everyone else, Leif is banished to the very edge of the bed for being Cold, and Kabbu dumps both of his teammates on the floor on accident when he wakes up from a nightmare. The bed sharing fic that we deserve as a fandom should be rooted in deep inconvenience and it should contain at least one instance of someone getting kicked in the ribs, and that's our firm opinion.

[ratcandy]

bearer of the curse (loving the taste of spicy foods but having zero spice tolerance to speak of)

[trashworldblog]

me after getting home after all of the things went wrong: DEATH DEATH FIRE DEATH HATE RAGE ANGER RAAAAAAAAAAA

me in about 10 to 20 minutes: hehe :) everything is wonderful :)

[mousiefrotting]

was just mulling over some twst thoughts (overblot-related and such) noticing how most of the incidents so far end with the victim getting enough time to rest and get back to a fit condition to live their lives?- and then i suddenly remembered a canon fact that makes for suuuuch good recovery-whump happenings:

if blot accumulation in a magestone subsides when the caster's physical reserves are replenished (food, sleep, etc.), what about the post-overblot recovery?? after all the wreckage of an overblot is said and done, all the emotions have been had and harrowed- what about the physical rehabilitation process?

we see a few mentions of overblotters feeling sick right after the fact- or just generally being physically worse off after burning through a notable amount of magic- and it got me thinking; what about all those post-blot scenes we don't get to see? sure, they've got emotional (often literal also!) messes to fix ahead of them-- but what about that moment where everything just feels bad and gross and the failure of your best laid plans is just heaping onto how absolutely wrecked you are and everyone can see it?

(the thought of any of the prev ob!ers actually having to voice a physical need is just too good to resist imo- especially after the fact and having to see the ramifications!!! augugughghh and while i may have reasonings "blot bad, sleep and food good" does something to the brain i must admit))

just.. AUGH.. i need to see the emotional vulnerability and the walls betrayed by the all-powerful denial-shatterer: good old physical needs!

[snnumntik]

hey tumblr what do you think you're doing letting this ad go through

[arolesbianism]

Anyways incorporating new saint hcs into my semi au Sliver lore means that now saint gets to continuously experience ascending Sliver forever 👍

[daemonicbunnie]

I kinda keep forgetting tumblr is a thing tbh

[ashfdhfgdsfk]

chopsticks <333