#this is a huge deal

[vacantgodling]

FUCK YALL AMON’S BIRTHDAY IS COMING UP

[ladyimaginarium]

HIGH PITCHED SCREAMING

[ishouldreallybeelsewhere]

IN NINE YEARS OF LIVING HERE I HAVE NEVER SEEN A NZ PRAYING MANTIS BUT THERE ARE THREE AT MY GIRLFRIENDS HOUSE!!! THREE NEW ZEALAND PRAYING MANTISES!!!!!

[amihazzanough]

my dudes… I got a guys number tonight!!!!

[wren-kitchens]

tbh i would have loved a minecraft movie where the world was visibly updating around steve and alex as they explore. like, the first couple days have the old textures and their movement is laggy etc.

it takes a little while for the audience to notice, but as the days go by, there are more mobs and new trees and the movements of everything is smoother. and suddenly everything is so much more colourful than it was before and now the oceans have life, and the villages are huge, and the nether is full of biodiversity and the caves are enormous and theres something lurking at the bottom

and throughout the movie, you can see the odd character in the background of youtubers that started playing during whatever version it is at that point, and when we reach 1.20 all of a sudden alex and steve run into this group of people and its all the new character skins that were introduced at that point

idk its a shame we get something that visibly didnt have much thought put into it aside from 'lets make jumanji again but this time its minectaft' when there are so many possibilities that have so much more interest

[mwagneto]

aint no WAYYY THEY JUST TRIED TO SAY THAT. not even "the doctor's" but doctor who's in general 💀💀 so now that they have a disney contract every single gay thing (which they've had for fucking decades) is gonna be a huge big huge first gay thing ever!!1!1!1!! event??? like yeah there's a very specific significance to it i get it but what the fuck do you mean😭 jamie pull up the files

[teafaellana]

Chapters: 20/20 Fandom: The Parent Trap (1998) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Meredith Blake/Chessy, Elizabeth James/Nick Parker Characters: Meredith Blake, Chessy (The Parent Trap), Nick Parker, Elizabeth James, Hallie Parker, Annie James, Richard (Meredith’s Assistant), Martin, Judy Amoroso (Chessy’s Mom - OC), Vicky Blake (Meredith’s Mom), Les Blake (Meredith’s Dad) Additional Tags: Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, comphet, closeted lesbian, Meredith is a closeted lesbian, the fic starts with Meredith/Nick, moderate canon divergence, narcissistic parents, homophobic parents, Some Angsty Angst, Some Fluff Summary:

Meredith Blake has always known exactly what she wants. Unfortunately, she has also always known exactly what her parents want. So what if she is only marrying someone for money and comfort? She has long since buried the dream of finding love, and Nick Parker is good to her. Chessy, Nick's nanny, is another story- one that Meredith can easily handle.

Everything starts really falling apart when Hallie and Annie bring their mother, Elizabeth James, to California. Nick and Liz still pine for each other, and it’s plain to see. This could ruin Meredith’s perfect plans! Feeling isolated from her own truth and almost everyone around her, Meredith finds comfort where no one sees coming.

[karlsauraus]

Meanwhile they are holding another large omnibus bill hostage, the Farm bill, which is up for reconsideration this year, threatening to massively cut funding, effectively grinding those services to a halt. A bill that is actually larger than the military spending and has much deeper rooted ramifications for us here at home (not to downplay anything military, of course. Just different avenues). All at a time when us small grassroots food sovereignty/farm/agricultural humans are fighting to revamp this bill to actually support the very foundation of what even keeps us alive and kicking. In other words, rip the power and control out of the cold dead hands of the feudal lords, otherwise known as Big Agribusiness and their lobbyist snake oil salesmen, and put it back in the hands of the people. Be very up in arms against any attempts to divide the people at large against us farmers. We are not your enemies. Big Ag, their monied interests, and the republican “congress” are the chess players at the other end. Their money the arsenal of game pieces. But that’s all they have. We have the power in numbers of human beings and effectively our minds can outwit their limited moves.

Kevin McCarthy, a member of the ruling Republican Party of the USA, was narrowly elected leader of the country’s famously volatile parliament- termed “congress”- this legislative assembly is notorious for its frequent recesses, tedious procedure, facsimile committees, and halting the progress of any motions to change the already bloated laws of the nation. The newly established parliament must now deal with the issue of the nation’s budget, an issue which famously causes a nigh-annual shutdown of the government and all its services, as the militaristic and isolationist country struggles to balance perpetual increases in military funding with its starving and homeless citizens.

[yenneferschaos]

my saturn return is really saturn returning because my natural dark brown/black hair is getting dyed tomorrow!

last year it was styled into a bob and now i'm dying it?

WHAT?!

[chloesimaginationthings]

Five nights at Springtrap’s is just William Aftons arguing..

[crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington]

"You and me, Ethan. Together we go save Rose, and then we can grind Miranda into paste!"

[thebaldursmouthgazette]

I’m sure Dumat being defeated the same year andraste was born means nothing

I’m sure this has nothing to do with the fact that andrastes mother was part of a tribe who helped the grey wardens fight and defeat dumat the same year she was born, meaning that she could have been a fetus affected by the taint in the proximity of a dying arch demon

And the fact that nobody knows which grey warden killed dumat, as seven wardens died from injuries from his death throes, and therefore we cannot actually identify a warden who absorbed his soul, means nothing

And I’m sure it is a complete coincidence that andraste had dreams and visions of the being later referred to as the maker her whole life, and behaved strangely, talking about hearing lost voices and seeing strange auras. That absolutely doesn’t sound like anyone else we know

[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. 

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

At your side [End of Season 2]

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[itty-bitty-sunshine]

The illusion of choosing a path when it had been carved out from the start

It was out of love, though. For you.

You can walk out if you want.

[bixels]

My partner and I were talking about whether AU AJ would be a devout Christian.