2026-06-05T04:56:54Z https://yabu.me tanya tussing https://yabu.me/npub18ncnyl8l5slf44jqjqx2704x32w43h8gv0luexcth6wguge20ewsf4lktg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/371/834/304/318/243/original/9a3e08b2924caf4a.jpeg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/371/834/304/318/243/original/9a3e08b2924caf4a.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsftjf6vkt9s45gwthrjp56ergjgc0g42mnksfnznaes7sum63nv0szyq70zvnul7jraxkkgzgqete7569f6kxuap3llnympwlfer3r9fl965ny5s5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz05cvsdhd8fpqu27zn33kalgd27s4wskepcyvf6rg594r9f030eq4h2ys6'>nevent1q…2ys6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>From my understanding, this applies to US trucking. ... especially during COVID supply chain shock.<br/><br/>Sometimes people complain about &#34;trucker shortage&#34;, but what does that mean?<br/><br/>Appearantly, there are 3x the # of people trained &amp; certified to drive a truck than # of truckers needed in US. So why the &#34;trucker shortages&#34;?<br/><br/>During COVID, a big % of trucker work hours was spent on things like waiting in lines at ports to pick up products -- for no pay. 2026-02-17T14:20:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9txrdk6ay5nqmr6m9h7yaffhnv7kqqr59l6xzdnldckr9l3342zqzyq70zvnul7jraxkkgzgqete7569f6kxuap3llnympwlfer3r9fl96l999nk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs04mzg82xpsf7e2g4dtzna82tx6qpzd25s3eqdsgxrx4gj8gpsnesmu8dyd'>nevent1q…8dyd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;The FTC puts the number of workers bound by noncompete clauses at 30 million, almost 1 in 5 Americans.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;Davidson signed a noncompete contract when he started working at his job, a condition of employment that wasn’t optional.&#34; &#34;the company laid him off ... &#39;and all of a sudden my career came to a complete halt.&#39; The company ...[forbid] him from accepting another job in the same line of work anywhere in the U.S. or Canada for 18 months.&#34; 2025-11-11T15:40:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs04mzg82xpsf7e2g4dtzna82tx6qpzd25s3eqdsgxrx4gj8gpsneszyq70zvnul7jraxkkgzgqete7569f6kxuap3llnympwlfer3r9fl966u32jl Will employer non-compete abuse ban be enforced by Trump&#39;s FTC? One Texan pushes enforcement. <br/><br/>From the @prospect.org : <br/><br/>Texan Takes On Corporate Abuse as Trump’s FTC Abandons Workers <br/><a href="https://prospect.org/2025/11/06/texan-takes-on-corporate-abuse-trumps-ftc-abandons-workers-noncompetes/">https://prospect.org/2025/11/06/texan-takes-on-corporate-abuse-trumps-ftc-abandons-workers-noncompetes/</a> <br/><br/>#Jobs #NoncompeteAgreements #Economics 2025-11-11T15:11:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdlhuwwxyrnakwpljuyjfx4mwyc7jvglesak7xlwes2ar8cjsrw5qzyq70zvnul7jraxkkgzgqete7569f6kxuap3llnympwlfer3r9fl96fjrfg6 We need to know more about our #conspiracy peddlers. What are they selling? How are they funded?<br/><br/>&#34;The emotional appeal of a conspiracy theory is in its simplicity. It explains away complex phenomena, accounts for chance &amp; accidents, offers the believer the satisfying sense of having special, privileged access to the truth. For those who become the one-party state&#39;s gatekeepers, the repetition of these conspiracy theories also brings another reward: power.&#34;<br/><br/>-- <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13d2v7w2gkade6wu0fdnmkv9p0kpp9l0j8z5tucncmphfq3sencjqt9hgm2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Anne Applebaum</span> (<span class="italic">npub13d2…hgm2</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>#democracy 2025-07-12T23:11:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw5jjxcyyyszxljqg787ufcpyahaaffrg8tee662mj4y9y3w8c3mqzyq70zvnul7jraxkkgzgqete7569f6kxuap3llnympwlfer3r9fl9694kyzq Very interesting. &#34;GOP have ratfucked themselves.... In overruling the parliamentarian in a bid to arrogate to themselves the power to kill California emission standards, Republican Senators have opened the door for Democrats to seize 10 hours of debate time for every single change Trump makes to federal regulations. These debates take precedence over all Senate business.&#34; -- <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>Thoughts, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1awlnhs4hqy8dtvlprkhg2rl0fa57j3lkvpjnd2htc8fne98fvr4s3khm6v" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>NellMinow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1awl…hm6v</span>)</a></span> ?<br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/05/30/gone-fission/">https://pluralistic.net/2025/05/30/gone-fission/</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/614/461/583/313/343/original/1925b34942282eec.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-06-02T15:27:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdrhnwl6lah4tskll2ggpyya8xwfhqpkdt8rdjkac3twfyc9hrx7qzyq70zvnul7jraxkkgzgqete7569f6kxuap3llnympwlfer3r9fl96tdnptx I still find this stunning...<br/><br/>&#34;Tax revenue could fall by as much as **10%** this year&#34;. Another example, DOGE is not about making US gov &#34;more efficient. <br/><br/><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tanyatussing/114207502892102635">https://mastodon.social/@tanyatussing/114207502892102635</a><br/><br/>#DOGE #USdeficit #April15<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/235/076/465/534/466/original/a5a2664f66e9b109.png"> <br/> 2025-03-27T15:23:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsytsddnnqyh79l474c7ma3wyu373qfskrfw8yd3kq58qynvesvupczyq70zvnul7jraxkkgzgqete7569f6kxuap3llnympwlfer3r9fl96pdexlk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsru3nysfay8ecu3guyr8ldhckkerqxpcnpfvf455ahwayf2huck4q082ue5'>nevent1q…2ue5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The US post- #competition &#34; #freemarket &#34;: <br/><br/>&#34;As #cartels and #monopolies took over our economy, most government regulators were neutered and captured.&#34; <br/><br/>&#34;This is what changed: the collapse of market, government, and labor constraints, and IP law&#39;s criminalization of disenshittifying, interoperable add-ons.&#34;<br/><br/>-- <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/20/capitalist-unrealism/#praxis">https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/20/capitalist-unrealism/#praxis</a> <br/><br/>#Economics #PoliEcon #antitrust 2025-01-30T19:46:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf9ndw90e3lgflkyp6lt38ktj2x72q0mnkckkujhyas0tq08c89jczyq70zvnul7jraxkkgzgqete7569f6kxuap3llnympwlfer3r9fl96eqttmp #Competition <br/><br/>&#34;When companies face real competitors, then some enshittificatory gambits are unprofitable, because they&#39;ll drive your users to competing platforms. That&#39;s why Zuckerberg bought Instagram: he had been turning the screws on Facebook users, and when Instagram came along, millions of those users decided that they hated Zuck more than they loved their friends and so they... defected to Instagram.&#34; <br/>-- <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/20/capitalist-unrealism/#praxis">https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/20/capitalist-unrealism/#praxis</a> <br/><br/>#Economics #SocialMedia #PoliEcon<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/918/651/412/871/839/original/48123314692c24f7.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-01-30T18:15:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd9uyjde987a03wpr6w5877cyhytcd4tms2cwu9j43wqgg645frdszyq70zvnul7jraxkkgzgqete7569f6kxuap3llnympwlfer3r9fl96huc73h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2h7h89ucstl5ffmv4t2r23863c8330c6ry8ud0cfm9lfszx9ua3g8gg9dd'>nevent1q…g9dd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>what a great term: accountability sink. There are everywhere.<br/><br/>&#34;The insurance company merely serves as an accountability sink, a layer of indirection that lets a murder happen without any person being the technical murderer:&#34; 2024-12-09T20:01:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2h7h89ucstl5ffmv4t2r23863c8330c6ry8ud0cfm9lfszx9ua3gzyq70zvnul7jraxkkgzgqete7569f6kxuap3llnympwlfer3r9fl963pja4v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs83zkdkp8wlwc36nvrgvhrvvkp75ucee66dq9slhmg4cl25z3l60slzunsk'>nevent1q…unsk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>... or rob someone with an html file.<br/><br/>A very thoughtful blog post about a very tough, complex event/issue. 2024-12-09T19:58:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9dhn2vn6szsla56wggevekllfdmkwn5xhuzk0qz73gc76hegumpszyq70zvnul7jraxkkgzgqete7569f6kxuap3llnympwlfer3r9fl9632a3td We&#39;re not going back.<br/><br/>&#34;“the cost of 40 years of pro-monopoly can&#39;t be ignored. Monopolies make the whole world more brittle, even as the cost of that brittleness mounts. It&#39;s hard to pretend monopolies are fine when a single hurricane can wipe out the entire country&#39;s supply of IV fluid – again:”&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/11/democracys-antitrust-paradox/">https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/11/democracys-antitrust-paradox/</a> <br/><br/>Another good post about recent monopoly busting and its future, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>#AntiMonopoly #antitrust #Economics<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/290/298/319/179/398/original/5bd3909c4e585435.jpg"> <br/> 2024-10-11T18:55:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswmz8tc7hxhm9de8j5ldr6y77pzr9jh3gnra066kk8rxym37zfdyqzyq70zvnul7jraxkkgzgqete7569f6kxuap3llnympwlfer3r9fl96n7qfqf “We should ban surveillance advertising. Period. Companies should not be allowed to collect our data without our meaningful opt-in consent, and if that was the standard, there would be no data-collection:” <br/> — <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdrpydz4n2dpgpy5xhsa6rjg8ytggn82mt0addw6sf93272nhhnqsjlvhs" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Cory Doctorow</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdr…lvhs</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>Everything advertised on social media is overpriced junk :<br/><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/08/late-stage-sea-monkeys/#jeremys-razors">https://pluralistic.net/2023/04/08/late-stage-sea-monkeys/#jeremys-razors</a><br/><br/>More about healthy #iSpaces - BBC&#39;s Rethink: Is the internet getting worse?<br/><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0022z9r">https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0022z9r</a><br/><br/>#iHealth #HealthyInternet #Health<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/227/026/638/894/641/original/ea114824f844c2fa.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-30T14:44:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszekm8jds8rmpy0ynt7578rnc9adh0y9c8ensy93nzp9t670u07lczyq70zvnul7jraxkkgzgqete7569f6kxuap3llnympwlfer3r9fl96dg2j8h When “the middle class is strong, America is strong.” <br/><br/>Let’s build an #OpportunityEconomy for all Americans — in rural communities, small towns, &amp; big cities.<br/><br/>MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle convo w #KamalaHarris about her plan <br/>to build an OPPORTUNITY ECONOMY &amp; lower costs for families. <a href="https://youtu.be/36ovmQj7gbQ?si=vLJ2q0qSnkuMNq3Q">https://youtu.be/36ovmQj7gbQ?si=vLJ2q0qSnkuMNq3Q</a> <br/><br/>#HarrisWalz2024 : <a href="https://kamalaharris.com/issues/">https://kamalaharris.com/issues/</a><br/><br/>#Election2024 #Economics #Freedom <br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z4kws79n982y5l2r57nrwzfs79qpsuas2w6g65u80h4ae9zvrmxs5tg27u" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Kamala Harris News Group 2.0</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z4k…g27u</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/204/278/915/174/786/original/2e9902a38fcaacc9.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-26T14:18:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsru3nysfay8ecu3guyr8ldhckkerqxpcnpfvf455ahwayf2huck4qzyq70zvnul7jraxkkgzgqete7569f6kxuap3llnympwlfer3r9fl96xnj543 #Introduction : I want to exchange ideas &amp;info w others about improving the quality of #USpublicpolicy debate. My focus: #economics, #healthcare &amp; #healthydemocracy. But interested in many things.<br/><br/>Since 2016, I’ve discovered US has a strong #antidemocratic #authoritarian movement that seems intent on degrading quality of public policy convos, propagating #misinformation, &amp; rigging election rules. So I&#39;m trying to learn more. 2022-11-23T16:41:01Z