I remember listening to showtimes this way because I was the oldest kid in my family and my mom would rarely take us to the movies, and even when she did it was always some rated G film to cater to the youngest sibling, and listening to the showtimes let me imagine a day when I’d have a job and could go to the movies any time I wanted.

Now I have that. I can go to the movies any time I want. And yet… gestures broadly at the garbage that passes for films today…

It definitely wasn’t. There were different codes for all sorts of shit…different types of legal advice, gardening tips, mental health issues, you name it. There was no internet available, at least no internet any non-academic civilians had access to. Moviephone was still a couple years away when I remember discovering the red pages. We’re talking mid-to-late 1980s here.

Now that I am trying to look up anyone else referencing the red pages, I am not really finding anything tbph. I know I didn’t imagine them. Maybe it was just a DFW thing? idk

Wasn’t it, though? Can you imagine being her months later, still riding the high of being flown out to receive an award and have a nice dinner with fans of yours, only to find out that you’d been had and the world was laughing at you? That’s a supervillain origin story right there.

Oh, I remember Challenger. Third grade, my teacher was so excited to show us the launch because of Christa McAuliffe, and then ba-boom. She had this visceral, horrified look on her face that left an indelible impression on me to this day. It was that look that really helped me understand the meaning of death.

She left the TV on, and I’m glad she didn’t try to shield us from what had happened…kids need to learn about these things, and that was the ultimate learning moment.

There were red pages in the phone book that had a number you could call and enter a four-digit code to hear movie showtimes or the Joke of the Day.

She got flown out to Prague all-expenses paid to receive her C.U.N.T. award four years ago.

You could also do a whole hell of a lot better. The owners are massive Texas GOP donors. Over a million to Abbott alone. I’ll go to my local Pakistani-owned Stop 'N Go any day of the week.

• “forcing yourself to accept enshittification [with Windows] because that’s the only upgrade path you’re familar with”
• “at least plan on buying a Mac as your next computer”

Sauce

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They’d been working on this contract for five years. And the NLRB ruled that Google was a co-employer and must sit down with the union to work out a bargaining agreement. This firing was not to do with their job skills. It was entirely retaliatory.

This is exactly what happened with these union members. The National Labor Review Board ruled that Google was a co-employer along with Cognizant, and they ruled that Google just come to the bargaining table with these union members. They refused. They emailed city council members asking for a postponement of their vote to give them time to sort stuff out, and it was granted. The very next day, the fired the entire union out of retaliation for speaking to the city council voicing their concerns.

They did tell these employees to not worry about their contract ending, that it would be extended.

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The National Labor Review Board ruled that Google was a co-employer of these union members and, thus, ruled that both Google and Cognizant had to come to the table to hammer out a bargaining agreement with them. Google refused that order. When this council resolution was put forth, Katherine McAden of Google Austin emailed the Austin City Council members on 02/28/24 to ask them to postpone the vote to “give Google, and the City Council, time to fully understand the direction of this item and potential local outcomes.” The very next day (02/29/24), while two members were in the middle of testifying to the council, that was the exact moment Google fired the lot of them.

I don’t see how much more open and shut you can get here.

The National Labor Review Board ruled that Google was a co-employer of these union members and, thus, ruled that both Google and Cognizant had to come to the table to hammer out a bargaining agreement with them. Google refused. When this council resolution was put forth, Katherine McAden of Google Austin emailed the Austin City Council members on 02/28/24 to ask them to postpone the vote to “give Google, and the City Council, time to fully understand the direction of this item and potential local outcomes.” The very next day (02/29/24), while two members were in the middle of testifying to the council, that was the exact moment Google fired the lot of them.

I don’t see how much more open and shut you can get here.

Be right back, getting popcorn.

Eve Online : casual gaming : : married with children : casual relationship

The game is called Outside.

If CPS agents sent by Greg Abbott come knocking on my door because some teacher at my kid’s school reports me for having a transgender kid, my non-binary ass will definitely be a danger.