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Apple Store Workers Seek to Unionize, Following Efforts at Amazon, Starbucks - WSJ

“Apple is a profoundly positive place to work, but we know that the company can better live up to their ideals,” said Derrick Bowles, an employee at the Atlanta store.

The arrogance.

the company offers employees strong compensation, healthcare options, tuition reimbursement, parental leave and stock grants, among other benefits. The spokesman said Apple’s minimum pay at retail stores is $20 an hour.

But no pony, tho.

The Biden Administration is putting its weight behind nascent unionization movements in the name of helping workers.

It’s ironic because profligate spending, crushing inflation and overly generous student loan subsidies are hurting these very same workers.

Once every 24-48 months.

McCarthy Said He Would Advise Trump to Resign After Jan. 6 Riot, Tape Shows - WSJ

Thursday’s revelations were seen as potentially testing their relationship and complicating Mr. McCarthy’s efforts to become the next speaker

Why? His instincts were exactly right. Trump should’ve resigned on January 7.

Crypto Thieves Get Bolder by the Heist, Stealing Record Amounts - WSJ

The Beanstalk protocol used what’s called a DAO, or decentralized autonomous organization. Users can dedicate, or “stake,” funds to the project, which gives them a vote in governance and changes to the protocol. According to blockchain-analytics firm Elliptic, the hacker borrowed about $1 billion worth of different stablecoins, using an ultra-short-term kind of loan called a flashloan, and then added that to Beanstalk’s funds. That was enough to give them an overwhelming percentage of voting power. The hacker proposed donating money to Ukraine, and voted to approve the idea. The proposal, however, included code that instead sent all the funds locked up in the Beanstalk protocol to a wallet controlled by the hacker, according to Elliptic.

Kind of genius.

CNN+ Streaming Service Is Shutting Down a Month After Launching - WSJ

CNN+, which was launched on March 29, wasn’t met with enthusiasm in the marketplace and had fewer than 100,000 subscribers, the person said.

Better luck next time, Chris Wallace!

I don’t always enjoy a hot meal, but when I do, it’s because it’s a weird time and my kids are playing, studying, or asleep.

🍳

If an EV’s battery lasts 15 years, and replacing that battery is cost prohibitive, are we really just making cars extremely disposable?

Grim Study Reveals All 2 Million Americans Who Flew Yesterday Are Now Dead Of COVID - The Babylon Bee

The millions of citizens innocently flying on airplanes, completely safe from the virus because they were wearing masks in a tiny cylinder hurtling through the air with 200 other people, instantly dropped dead as soon as the mask mandate was struck down by a federal judge.

May they all Rest In Peace.

Netflix Loses Subscribers for the First Time in 10 Years, Blames Account Sharing - MacRumors

Netflix said that revenue growth has “slowed considerably,” with the company faulting “a large number of households sharing accounts”

#StopPutinsPasswordSharing

Lots of folks upset on the internet about the overturning of mask mandates on airplanes.

Someone should tell them about cars.

Judge Throws Out Federal Mask Mandate for Public Transportation - WSJ

U.S. District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, a President Donald Trump appointee, said the mandate exceeded the authority of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Someone had to say it.

Happy Easter!

Took my son to meet an airplane at our local airport.

Fun evening, very cool job!

The new Apple Card ad shows a customer applying in the checkout line and being approved for a credit card at 18.99% APR.

WHAT A GREAT SERVICE!!!!

Racist Twitter Board Declares They Would Rather Go Bankrupt Than Be Owned By An African American - The Babylon Bee

“Ain’t no foreigner gonna get his hand’s on TWITTER!” said Callaway. “He needs to go back where he came from and build his own platform!”

It’s 2022!

Online grocery ordering will be absolutely perfect when they figure out a way to accept manufacturers coupons.

Finland, Sweden Evaluating NATO Membership With Free One-Day Guest Pass - The Onion

“It’s nice to get a taste of what it’s like to have the full military backing of the Western Alliance, even if it’s just for a day,” said Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin

Brutal: Other Disciples Gift Peter A Rooster-Crowing Alarm Clock - The Babylon Bee

“This is going to be EPIC,” said Philip, rubbing his hands with glee as they wrapped the present. “I bet a denarius he cries.”

Islamic State Fighter Convicted for Role in Murder of Four Americans - WSJ

Jurors deliberated for just four hours before finding El Shafee Elsheikh guilty of eight counts, including hostage-taking resulting in death, conspiring to murder Americans outside the U.S. and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists

Talk about the long arm of the law.

Transportation Mask Mandate to Be Extended 15 Days - WSJ

Passengers will be required to wear masks on airplanes and other forms of transportation for another 15 days as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looks to evaluate whether rising Covid-19 case numbers will lead to more hospitalizations, the CDC said.

Zero credibility.

Jody Talbott, 72 years old, is scheduled to fly to Europe next week from her home in San Diego. Ms. Talbott, a retired insurance professional, was pleased to see the mask mandate was extended. She has an autoimmune disorder, and is fully vaccinated with two boosters. She says she is comfortable traveling, but it gives her extra assurance to know passengers will be wearing masks, as she doesn’t know their vaccination status. (emphasis mine)

Still with this?

Media Bias and Hunter’s Laptop - WSJ Opinion

I don’t lie to myself that the survival of the republic depends on my preferences being fulfilled. History has its own mind. Hard to describe as anything but neurotic is a press that preferred an unsupported assertion about a Russian plot to the self-evident facts of the laptop case—or, for that matter, believed a badly typed collection of anonymous claims about Donald Trump and Russia (aka the Steele dossier) was the secret record of the greatest political conspiracy in history.