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Higher wages are coming for California’s fast-food workers Monday.
With California’s mandatory minimum wage for fast-food workers set to jump to $20 an hour on Monday, major restaurant chains are scrutinizing every aspect of their businesses to find ways to offset the extra money they will soon be spending on labor.

Higher wages are coming for California's fast-food workers
The law, hammered out with the help of Gov. Gavin Newsom, increases wages for workers and allows business and unions to avoid a costly ballot fight over wages.

Sources: Apple plans to launch new iPad Pro and iPad Air models in early May; iPad Pros will get OLED displays, while iPad Air will get a 12.9" screen option (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

When Is the New iPad Pro, iPad Air Coming Out? Apple Plans Early May Launch
Apple Inc.’s overseas suppliers have ramped up production of the company’s long-anticipated new iPads and a launch is planned for early May, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

General: Germany to hand over 10,000 artillery shells to Ukraine in coming days: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/27/general-germany-to.html

Syntax - Season 4 coming soon 📖🐚🧬
Dramatized scifi horror series | Total listening time: 32h 39m
A linguist employed by VINCULA, a biotech company with an unearthly set of artifacts in their possession, alongside a team of scientists and explorers, plunges into the world beyond the Breach, and is touched by terrors beyond his wi...

Syntax - Season 4 coming soon 📖🐚🧬
Dramatized scifi horror series | Total listening time: 32h 39m A linguist employed by VINCULA, a biotech company with an unearthly set of artifacts in their possession, alongside a team of scientists and explorers, plunges into the world beyond the Breach, and is touched by terrors beyond his wildest dreams. Produced by a queer team led by a non-binary creator. 3 seasons, 36 episodes as of Dec 31, 2023.

«In some parts of the world, Mondragón’s approach just looks downright weird. No one bats an eyelid at the co-operative model in countries such as Germany, “but with these ideas in Texas or Kansas, you’re basically a communist,” says Mendieta, only half jokingly.» https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/apr/24/in-the-us-they-think-were-communists-the-70000-workers-showing-the-world-another-way-to-earn-a-living

The combustible mix of right-wing anger coming together in Texas (Philip Bump/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/29/immigration-border-texas-trump/

Analysis | The combustible mix of right-wing anger coming together in Texas
Trumpism, border defense, rejection of federal authority and armed civilians are all coming into play in Eagle Pass, Tex.

#softwarecommons? "the two failure modes of a commons are the tragedy of the commons and enclosure. In the former, a majority of people overuses the common resource to the point of destruction, due to too few restrictions. In the latter, a minority of people gains control and excludes the majority, imposing too many restrictions. That is, same tension in commons management & softwa…

General: Germany to hand over 10,000 artillery shells to Ukraine in coming days: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/27/general-germany-to.html

«In some parts of the world, Mondragón’s approach just looks downright weird. No one bats an eyelid at the co-operative model in countries such as Germany, “but with these ideas in Texas or Kansas, you’re basically a communist,” says Mendieta, only half jokingly.» https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/apr/24/in-the-us-they-think-were-communists-the-70000-workers-showing-the-world-another-way-to-earn-a-living

The American - Season 2 coming soon 🇺🇸🕵️‍♂️🇫🇷
Narrated thriller series | Total listening time: 1h 34m
An American expatriate in France finds himself caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence services, and a Corsican who just wants to find his girl.
#AudioFiction #FictionPodcast

The American - Season 2 coming soon 🇺🇸🕵️‍♂️🇫🇷
Narrated thriller series | Total listening time: 1h 34m An American expatriate in France finds himself caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence services, and a Corsican who just wants to find his girl. 1 seasons, 10 episodes as of Jan 25, 2024.