Eric J. Korpela @SETIEric@qoto.org

Money quote:

"If you're currently subject to a noncompete, it will no longer be enforceable for most U.S. workers starting on the rule's effective date, which is 120 days after publication in the Federal Register."

Yuuge.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-ftc-is-banning-noncompetes-heres-what-happens-if-youre-currently-bound-to-one/ar-AA1nAKqk

@nonproductive @GottaLaff @lolgop

My daughter and SIL are in the camp of 'sending the message.' I'm waiting until closer to the election to give her my "Old Codger" talk.

Every 3rd party run I've seen in America (the most known, Wallace, Perot, Nader, Paul) has, in their own way, been a spoiler. Sometimes directly in the vote. Sometimes in their effect on a party's politics.

I guess it's best summed up in historian Richard Hofstadter's quote: "Third parties are like bees. Once they have stung, they die." Kennedy, in this race, could kill not just his own ambitions, but the very concept under which he runs for office, our democracy.

The next spoiler can spoil it for us all.

(on edit) And Kennedy must realize this. He knows...and persists. The traitor of the clan.

The word "conservative" now means right-wing extremist, and news organizations should be clear about that. They should make a major point of explaining that the traditional definition of conservative no longer applies in today's common usage of the word.

They don't, of course, and this is undoubtedly a source of confusion for news consumers.

Another example of the willful imprecision of journalism...

Cops kill Native Americans at a rate 5X that of whites and 3X of Blacks. Why?

https://madison.com/news/nation-world/crime-courts/indigenous-deaths-police-killing-native-americans/article_e1d4c20a-0258-5579-9f2f-7e3beb470263.html

How worried should we all be?

This is real-time data of close approaches between stuff in orbit (credit to Dr. Moriba Jah): http://astriacss03.tacc.utexas.edu/ui/min.html

1-2km close approaches every few minutes doesn't seem too bad, but remember everything in orbit travels at *several km per second* and most of these tracked objects don't have the ability to maneuver.

It's pretty bad, folks.

Morning beautiful Fedizens.

I think we can now stop saying “google it” if you’re looking for info.

SCOTUS's evil plan is working brilliantly.
#ImpeachSCOTUS #SCOTUS #SupremeCorruption

Ex-prosecutor: SCOTUS delay in deciding Trump immunity is 'corrosive' to democracy
https://www.alternet.org/scotus-delay-trump-immunity/

Believe it or not, even the ultra free market economist Milton Friedman wanted to give people a universal basic income. Because, at that time, greed wasn’t paramount. There was actually a belief by both the right and left that Americans have to take care of each other. But then the greedsters took over. It’s not the Republican party anymore, it’s the Koch Party, the Harlan Crow Party... the Greedy Old Party.

▶️ Catch the full Thom Hartmann Program with Palast: https://thom.tv/p/audio-and-video-podcasts-friday-april-1d2

People need to know the whole "This is actually hurting Trump" thing is part of the Bannon ruse to muddy the waters. Trump can't win without Bobby running and every bit of energy needs to be put into explaining that a vote for Bobby is a cowardly vote for Trump.

So we're four years into a 6-3 Republican majority on the Supreme Court and we're already hearing arguments for debtors’ prisons.

https://www.scotusblog.com/2024/04/court-divided-over-constitutionality-of-criminal-penalties-for-homelessness/#:~:text=The%20Supreme%20Court%20on%20Monday,sle

I'm reasonably sure the mama goat is *finally* in labour! I'm going to go sit in the barn with my tablet and read a neutrino PhD thesis while keeping her company and making sure everything goes smoothly.

@GottaLaff yo this is bad. I've been a paramedic for 14 years, EMTALA is a lynchpin law to our emergency medical system that guarantees that you will be treated regardless of your ability to pay. It exists because hospitals were turning away homeless and broke people having life threatening emergencies, and since then they've only become even more private equity and profit driven, so I can personally guarantee we'd speedrun a return to that if EMTALA got whacked.

Mind blowing 🤯

Former tabloid executive Mr. Pecker has testified, that in 2015 he made a secret deal with Trump to catch and kill stories that could hurt then presidential candidate Trump, while at the same time agreed to write negative stories about Hillary, which were run by Trump’s fixer Michael Cohen for approval before publication.

Trump has been screaming “election interference” for many months now, and today we find out, that is the exact term for his own crime.

https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-23-24/index.html

Republicans: “We believe in free markets.”

Workers: “Ok, I'd like to go work for my firm's competitor without legal threats.”

Republicans: “No, not that free market.”

Lina Khan was appointed by Joe Biden to lead the FTC in 2021. Elections matter and so does who appoints government officials.

This is huge news for workers.

FTC bans noncompete agreements, making it easier for workers to quit. Here's what to know. -
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ftc-noncompete-agreement-ban/

Possible headlines:

Pecker takes center stage
Pecker exceeds expectations
Pecker does serious damage
Pecker grilled by prosecution
Pecker reveals everything

This is just so delicious!

DeSantis lied to migrants to get them on a plane to Massachusetts as a political stunt. Because they were victims of that crime, they were eligible to apply for legal status as the victim of trafficking. They can now live and work legally in the US!

https://www.newsweek.com/desantis-migrants-marthas-vineyard-visas-1892919

If you could have voted in 2020 and 2022 but didn’t, I don’t want to hear a DAMN thing about your views on politics.

Vote, you bastards.

#Politics

Hey! US folks! Those noncompete clauses you signed? Just banned.

Celebrate!

Go work for a competitor. Go found your own competition.

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-announces-rule-banning-noncompetes

Hats off:

"Billionaire Elon Musk, found dead in his home last night, says it is not the role of social media networks to determine what is true or not.

The Tesla and X owner, who is believed to have died from a heroin overdose while watching animal porn, said he would fight any attempts to stop the spread of misinformation on his platform"

https://theshovel.com.au/2024/04/23/elon-musk-dead-at-52-misinformation-laws/