Spotify-owned outlet The Ringer moves newsletters by some of its most popular staff to Substack; Spotify declines to explain the strategy behind the move (Owen Lewis/Defector)
https://defector.com/nobody-wants-to-talk-about-why-the-ringer-is-pivoting-to…
@… I used to have a whole bunch but that was before there were ongoing costs involved. Now I have 5. My real number and four others provided by flextel. Some of this is about maintaining 'precense' in the UK, some for specific purposes.
Others about protecting my real number. For example, for extended family related reasons I have to maintain a Wh…
Keine #Verpackungssteuer in #BadOeynhausen
In einer Umfrage waren von 2.007 Teilnehmenden 1.829 für die Einführung!
Leider beschloss die CDU mit den Stimmen der AfD genau entgegengesetzt. Schade, wieder eine Chance vertan und gegen das agiert, was die Menschen augensche…
So, as a social scientist, I am absolutely fascinated with the longstanding issue about AirBNB guests being requested to do the cleaning of a home that they then have to play a cleaning fee in anyway.
I want to know: has there been any sociologist or economist who's taken a look at this moment where we can, for the first time, put an actual price tag and some data on the economic cost of the maintenance of a home? The ongoing work of homemaking is one of continuous tasks throughout a day, including exactly the list that guests often get, like stripping beds to start loads of laundry with very explicit directions on the washing machine settings...that would normally be stored in the emotional and logistical load of the primary homemaker/caregiver. This is often seen as "too much work" or "not important" or "why are they so picky about the washing machine settings" and the answer, of course, is that for the first time, people who don't have to manage a home have to understand the sheer effort it takes to manage a clean and welcoming home. And now, there has been a specific price tag on it.
I hope someone goes and does this work now, because the data is likely there.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/22/airbnb-guests-freed-from-chores-involving-significant-effort-under-new-global-rules
Leerzaam betoog over zwerfcijfers en statistische laaggeletterdheid voor iedereen die cijfers blindelings gelooft en voor wie er soms ongemak bij voelt
https://decorrespondent.nl/17045/er-zijn-meer-statistieken-dan-ooit-maar-wanneer-maken-ze-je-wijzer/4a43aff2-1077-0427-163f-0001a138b856
Ein ongoing Musikhörerleben auf 9 Alben eindampfen ist echt schwierig. Als Bonustrack möchte ich gerne noch "A Pleasant Shade of Gray" von Fates Warning mit dazu legen, und "Be" von Pain of Salvation. Waren beide in einer wichtigen Phase meines Lebens fast tägliche Begleiter. #rocknroll #musiclover
https://www.my9albums.com/s/XQMB6HvZls
RE: https://fediscience.org/@danielskatz/117292248919186414
Super excited to have @… at the helm of @… and super thankful for @…'s leadership and ongoing roll at the journal.
👀 Still ongoing https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/40982
This probably need more feedback from Japanese, Korean and Chinese users.