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If you’ve had your eye on the M3P for awhile, now is a great time to pick it up.
Usually $909 but now just $694
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Federal regulators on Tuesday [April 23, 2024] enacted a nationwide ban on new noncompete agreements, which keep millions of Americans — from minimum-wage earners to CEOs — from switching jobs within their industries.
The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday afternoon voted 3-to-2 to approve the new rule, which will ban noncompetes for all workers when the regulations take effect in 120 days [So, the ban starts in early September, 2024!]. For senior executives, existing noncompetes can remain in force. For all other employees, existing noncompetes are not enforceable.
[That's right: if you're currently under a noncompete agreement, it's completely invalid as of September 2024! You're free!!]
The antitrust and consumer protection agency heard from thousands of people who said they had been harmed by noncompetes, illustrating how the agreements are "robbing people of their economic liberty," FTC Chair Lina Khan said.
The FTC commissioners voted along party lines, with its two Republicans arguing the agency lacked the jurisdiction to enact the rule and that such moves should be made in Congress...
Why it matters
The new rule could impact tens of millions of workers, said Heidi Shierholz, a labor economist and president of the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank.
"For nonunion workers, the only leverage they have is their ability to quit their job," Shierholz told CBS MoneyWatch. "Noncompetes don't just stop you from taking a job — they stop you from starting your own business."
Since proposing the new rule, the FTC has received more than 26,000 public comments on the regulations. The final rule adopted "would generally prevent most employers from using noncompete clauses," the FTC said in a statement.
The agency's action comes more than two years after President Biden directed the agency to "curtail the unfair use" of noncompetes, under which employees effectively sign away future work opportunities in their industry as a condition of keeping their current job. The president's executive order urged the FTC to target such labor restrictions and others that improperly constrain employees from seeking work.
"The freedom to change jobs is core to economic liberty and to a competitive, thriving economy," Khan said in a statement making the case for axing noncompetes. "Noncompetes block workers from freely switching jobs, depriving them of higher wages and better working conditions, and depriving businesses of a talent pool that they need to build and expand."
Real-life consequences
In laying out its rationale for banishing noncompetes from the labor landscape, the FTC offered real-life examples of how the agreements can hurt workers.
In one case, a single father earned about $11 an hour as a security guard for a Florida firm, but resigned a few weeks after taking the job when his child care fell through. Months later, he took a job as a security guard at a bank, making nearly $15 an hour. But the bank terminated his employment after receiving a letter from the man's prior employer stating he had signed a two-year noncompete.
In another example, a factory manager at a textile company saw his paycheck dry up after the 2008 financial crisis. A rival textile company offered him a better job and a big raise, but his noncompete blocked him from taking it, according to the FTC. A subsequent legal battle took three years, wiping out his savings.
-via CBS Moneywatch, April 24, 2024
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A lot of people think that noncompete agreements are only a white-collar issue, but they absolutely affect blue-collar workers too, as you can see from the security guard anecdote.
In fact, one in six food and service workers are bound by noncompete agreements. That's right - one in six food workers can't leave Burger King to work for Wendy's [hypothetical example], in the name of "trade secrets." (x, x, x)
Noncompete agreements also restrict workers in industries from tech and video games to neighborhood yoga studios. "The White House estimates that tens of millions of workers are subject to noncompete agreements, even in states like California where they're banned." (x, x, x)
The FTC estimates that the ban will lead to "the creation of 8,500 new businesses annually, an average annual pay increase of $524 for workers, lower health care costs, and as many as 29,000 more patents each year for the next decade." (x)
Clearer explanation of noncompete agreements below the cut.
Noncompete agreements can restrict workers from leaving for a better job or starting their own business.
Noncompetes often effectively coerce workers into staying in jobs they want to leave, and even force them to leave a profession or relocate.
Noncompetes can prevent workers from accepting higher-paying jobs, and even curtail the pay of workers not subject to them directly.
Of the more than 26,000 comments received by the FTC, more than 25,000 supported banning noncompetes.
#seriously cannot emphasize enough that this is going to be a huge deal for so so many people#it could seriously drag up wages in food and service industries in particular#especially in the long run#and also massively reshape tech and video game industries#do you have any idea how many game devs are legally not allowed to start their own studios? probably most of them#and that's about to change for the better!!#ftc#noncompete#united states#us politics#business#business news#biden administration#voting matters#democrats#federal trade commission#video game industry#game devs#fast food#fast food workers#labor#labor rights#workers rights#blue collar#service workers#good news#hope
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The implication that Tech talked to Phee about lots of things including all about his brothers and she remembered the things that he said because she liked to listen
#dont talk to me#idk how to deal with this information#bad batch#the bad batch#tbb spoilers#star wars tbb#ali's delusional ramblings#bad batch tech#phee genoa#bad batch phee#tbb tech#tbb season 3 spoilers#tbb season 3#bad batch season 3#tbb#bad batch spoilers
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hey have you guys seen the 7 hour nicktoons unite video
#i am NOT drawing spongebob#i can deal with fairies and aliens and ghosts and high-tech robots but i draw the line at sentient sealife.#not even to mention how the scale is off#spongebob is like. 4 inches tall MAX#anyway :)#my art#digital art#nickelodeon#nicktoons#nicktoons unite#danny phantom#my life as a teenage robot#el tigre#jimmy neutron#fairly oddparents#invader zim
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Trans!Danny is stuck at a gala when his period starts and gets caught unprepared. Thankfully, he finds some girls willing to help him out.
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When Vlad made him heir to DALV.Co, Danny knew that he would have to go with him to social events such as the gala they were currently at. That doesn't mean he has to enjoy them though. And he especially wasn't enjoying this one. Of course he had to be in public and without supplies when his period started. So now he had to find someone he could ask for a pad, no matter how mortifying it would be.
Danny scanned the crowd, trying to figure out who would be the least snobby if he tried to talk to them. He decided on two girls about his age who were standing semi away from any large groups. With a sigh and silently grieving his ego, Danny made the walk of shame over to them.
"Excuse me?" The girls snapped to attention when Danny spoke up.
"Oh, hello there!" the blonde greeted, "I don't think I've seen you at one of these before. My names Steph and this is Cass". The dark haired girl, who he now knew as Cass, smiled and waved at him but otherwise didn't speak.
"I'm Danny, it's nice to meet you," Danny fidgeted in place and a hand came up to rub the back of his neck, "Man, there's really no way to ask this that isn't embarrassing..."
Steph regarded him with a raised eyebrow, "You aren't going to ask for our numbers, are you?".
Danny's eyes went wide and he raised his hands in a defensive manner.
"Oh ancients, no. Ah- Not to say that you aren't attractive! You are! I mean, you're both very pretty but I don't swing that way-" He's cut off by airy laughter from Steph and soft chuckles from Cass.
"Relax dude, it's okay. So, your question?"
"Would either of you have and extra pad? Or a tampon? My period started and I don't have anything with me..." Danny flushed and didn't make eye contact as he asked.
Danny nearly sobbed in relief when Cass nodded, discreetly slipped a pad out of her bag, and passed it to him. "Thank you, thank you so much!"
Cass made a 'don't worry about it' gesture and Steph smiled.
Before they could say anything else, a tall man who looked like he could bench press Danny without even breaking a sweat came and interupted.
"Hey, have either of you two seen where Dick went?" He asked the girls.
"Last I saw him was by the refreshments table," Steph informed him. Cass nodded in agreement.
"Thanks," the man said. He then turned and walked off, presumably towards the refreshments table. Danny's eyes followed him as he walked away and- Ancients, that ass! Even the layered suit couldn't hide the clear musculature that made up the mans everywhere. He could step on Danny and Danny would thank him.
Danny only realized he was staring when Steph cleared her throat, an amused look on her face.
"Ah! I wasnt- I mean- I was just-"
"Totally undressing Jason with your eyes?" Steph smirked. Danny flushed and made a hasty retreat.
"WOw, would you just look at the time! I should go uh... take care of this!" He gestured at the pad in his hand. "Yeah! I'm just gonna go."
"Come find us when you're done, we'll introduce you!" Steph called to his fleeing form.
Danny practically flew to the nearest bathroom. As soon as the door was closed he leaned against it and screamed into his hands. He completely embarrassed himself! He could never show his face again! Although...
Images of Jason flashed in his mind. Maybe he would go find those girls again... But first he needed to get this pad on!
#dpxdc#dp x dc#trans danny fenton#danny fenton#stephanie brown#cassandra cain#jason todd#dead on main#hints of it anyways#danny hates periods#which honesty? mood#he's got male parts as phantom#because a ghosts form is shaped by hiw they see themselves#but he still has to deal with them in human form#but frostbite said he might be able to use far frozen tech to do a transition surgery#so he has that going for him#danny is down bad for jason#jason so much as looks in his direction and he folds like a deck of cards#does this count as crack?
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Echo checks his comm after a long day of fighting the empire, part gazillions of bazillion
(3)Message from: Hunter
"Two days?"
"Are you kidding me, Echo?"
"By the way, do you know someone who can babysit three teenaged clones for me?"
(4)Message from: Wrecker
"Man, hunter is being so extra lately, u need to come back"
"We met some clones, they seem young but they are as tall as hunter so idk how old they really are"
"fucking face huggers in here, what is this bullshit"
"can u get us some new weapons? the kids unloaded an entire crate into some creatures mouth that wanted to eat hunter"
"We took the kids in, hope you dont mind"
(5)Missed calls from: Crosshair
(4)Message from: Crosshair
"location 4559377929"
"your kid wanted to stole the emperor's ship, wtf"
"i hate you, and I hate the kid and I hate everything"
"answer the comm you bastard"
(12)Missed calls from: <3 my best girl <3
(7)Message from: <3 my best girl <3
"Echooooooo?"
"Are you there??"
"ignore Crosshair, we didn't steal the emperor's ship"
"When are you going to get here? I really missed you"
"Nala Se kept destroying my blood samples, i don't know what's up with that"
"also, I hope you don't mind, but I got us a puppy"
"it's bigger than me"
(4567)Missed calls from: Tech
(99)Messages from: Tech
"I think all my communication is going into the spam folder."
#the bad batch#the bad bad spoilers#tbb season 3#tbb echo#tbb omega#tbb wrecker#tbb hunter#tbb tech#tbb crosshair#echo is the mom friend#echo cannot deal with this bs anymore
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#the brick#1994#90s#1990s commercials#do not pay#on-screen text#old tech#hitachi video recorder#VCR#VHS#VHSwave#synthwave#vaporwave#sweet deal#gif#my gifs
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Tumblr is apparently running a $30,000,000 deficit. Of course that’s the priority of the site. If the site doesn’t stop losing money, there will be no more site. This literally has nothing to do with ‘monetizing us’. This has to do with basic common sense.
Sites cost money to run. The money has to come from somewhere. Since everyone still uses ad-blocker instead of going ad free or just dealing with the ads, that money has to come from somewhere else.
The bottom line is this: if the site doesn’t get out of debt, there will be no site. I don’t. I don’t understand why this is controversial. Maybe I’m just really old school but like, the site has to be profitable to run. So, like, why. Why are we mad over this.
#I genuinely don't understand why it's such a big deal that the site is trying to make money#of course it needs to make money the servers are expensive tech support is expensive#this stuff isnt free#like i just dont get it
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the fact that the batch got their happy ending, they got to grow old on Pabu and finally choose what they wanted to do with their lives…except for Tech. I’m SICK rn
#literally thought abt it and felt physically ill#can’t deal w this#star wars#tbb#the bad batch#tbb spoilers#the bad batch spoilers#tbb tech
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Not me already imagining when Omega joins the rebellion that she finds an aged Tech there…
He found a way to survive his fall and hide but not unscathed, perhaps receiving a concussion since his helmet had to come off before his goggles could. And trying to hide left him exhausted to the the point he passed out, which you aren’t supposed to sleep on a concussion… it could have led to varying degrees of memory loss…
If he eventually found a way off world, he could have just settled down somewhere like with what happened to Gregor. If he still possessed his extreme intellect, I doubt it would be hard for him to find a place to use his skills in fixing ships. Somewhere to fit in and bide the time.
Maybe at some point he sees the empire for what it is, something that needs to be stopped. Maybe he has these small feelings like he should be doing something more to help stop them. A rebellion could greatly use someone of his expertise.
Cue him joining and then seeing Omega’s ship and wanting to ask about it and that’s how they meet… and Omega has his goggles which Tech could then try to repair and they could maybe be used to help him regain some of his memories…
I will never believe that anyone was ever delusional over hoping for Tech to be alive. Because I still believe, that with how ambiguous his ‘death’ scene was- anything is still possible.
I can’t let go. And that’s why. The not knowing what actually happened to him. I don’t want to see and I do want to see it at the same time. It might hurt like fucking hell like- ripping my very heart out and crying as I put it through a shredder… but I need to know. That would be my closure. Until then…
My hope goes on. 🧡
#the bad batch#tbb#tbb tech#tbb spoilers#tbb season 3 spoilers#I have to keep hoping#that’s what Star Wars is about right?#how else are we supposed to deal with this#the mind cannot always believe what it does not see#and we did not see him die#I’m holding on to my feeling#today cracked me in ways I did not think fiction ever would#but it did not break me#tech lives#🧡
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The Justice League had finally given the go ahead to officially form the Young Justice. Not that any of them were going to stop regardless of having permission. Since the Justice League had opened up their slots for more than the original six earlier that year, Batman thought it would be a good opportunity to use the Young Justice to help reach out and recruit some other heroes without drawing too much attention by going themselves. With protégés of most of the originals in the roster it was a solid plan.
They had been told about their newest "assignment" (if you could even call it that) earlier that day and they would be leaving in the morning. They were supposed to go meet a duo in Illinois (it was their base of operation even though they'd worked in other place). Phantom has been in the vigilante/hero scene for almost 10 years now, and Red Huntress started a few months after him.
Their names were well known, Dick had known of them even before he became Robin. But despite their national (maybe even International fame) little was actually known about the duo and the rumored Team Phantom that alluded to there being more than just the two. Dick had been a big fan of Phantom, and modeled a lot of his moves off of the super-powered hero.
Batman told them that they had already reached out the Phantom (Red Huntress had deferred them to him, and refused to speak with them afterwords) and he agreed to meet the YJ team and mentor them for a designated amount of time. There had been rumors in certain forums that the JLA had reached out to Phantom to be one of the original members of the league but he had turned them down. When Kid Flash had brought it up during the meeting, Batman refused to confirm or deny (which was proof enough).
The plan was for the YJ would stay in Amity Park for 15 days and learn from them, they would check in after that to see weather their stay should be extended. Specifically citing that their legendary teamwork would be incredibly beneficial to learn from to strengthen them as a team. The other plan, and equally as important, was to warm them up to joining the JLA ranks since a direct invitation hadn't been received favorably.
All that was thrown in the window when, three days in, the YJ, Phantom and Red Huntress get portaled to an unknown destination, with strange and unknown life(?) forms, with no supplies, no working communicators, and worst of all, no way back.
#dpxdc#danny fenton#danny phantom#young justice#dp#young justice show#justice league#phantoms been around for a while atp#and he's stopped enough world ending threats that people know who he is#but he's as mysterious as batman is and no one rly knows much abt him#they get portaled to another world or dimension#but it could also be the ghost zone#danny never mastered the art of teleporting or making portals so they're kinda screwed#val and danny's tech works bc it's designed to work in the GZ#so the other world thing isn't super problematic for them#but they still don't know where they r or how they got there#the kids learn how to plan on their feet and get a objectively disastrous situation under control#which is basically every misson team phantom deals w#so they're in good hands#i think team phantom sound be early/mid 20s an YJ are 15-16#or how ever old they are in S1 lol#is this ghost shenanigans?#also could just be a natural portal and they were wring place wrong time#i think i like that better tbh#the giw is long gone#the meta rights act dealth with them for the most part#and a scathing article from one lois lane and clark kent#phantom doesn't want pple to know that he's not entirely a ghost so he stays out of the spotlight and he doesn't wanna risk being recognize#but most people actually don't even know that he is a ghost#or they do know he's a ghost and think red huntress is also a ghost
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Something tells me that Wrecker and Echo have an entire comm/text thread that is just devoted to Wrecker venting to Echo (and Echo providing counseling). The things Wrecker vents about include, but are not limited to:
Wrecker still feeling a lot of guilt about not getting Tech back up to the sky-car safely (being the Strong One didn’t save their brother), compounded with them losing Omega shortly thereafter and being betrayed by Cid.
Hunter being Not Okay while they were searching for Omega, and Wrecker doing his best to hold it together
Hunter running into situations half-cocked and without a plan, and Wrecker is extra worried about his brother because of this.
Omega’s safe and home! And she brought a puppy. This isn’t so much a rant as it is a gleeful declaration, followed by a flurry of pics for proof.
Wrecker needing a friendly ear to talk through how he had been worried it’d be a trap/not Omega when they got her message, and now he’s feeling guilty for feeling that way.
Crosshair’s return and all of Wrecker’s complicated feelings about that.
Hunter and Crosshair being at each other’s throats and sniping at one another. Wrecker is getting tired of breaking up their very loud disagreements. (“Mom! I need help!”)
#our emotionally intelligent wrecking ball needed to vent to momma echo#he’s dealing with a lot okay?#handling a Not Okay Hunter solo was a lot#and there’s so much stuff from getting Omega and Crosshair back that he needed to talk about and unpack#this whole family needs therapy#star wars#the bad batch#tbb crosshair#tbb wrecker#tbb echo#tbb omega#tbb hunter#tbb batcher#tbb tech#the bad batch season 3#the bad batch spoilers
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Shhhhhhhhhh
He is reading
#he’s readying Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Brothers Karamozov in case anyone’s wondering#I think he’d find it very interesting#not only is it a fascinating cultural artifact#but it’s a story about how brothers deal with the stress of losing their (horrifically terrible) father#about how they come together and break apart (mostly how they break)#and it’s about terrible evil people and how even they crave redemption in some ways#I think it might help him figure out some of his own feelings about Crosshair and the evil choices his brother has made#<3#tiny trooper shenanigans#tiny trooper tech#tech the bad batch#bad batch tech#tech tbb#clone trooper tech#clone commando tech#star wars clones#the bad batch#clone force 99#star wars the bad batch#star wars the clone wars#star wars
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Isn't it fucked up Warren accepted to be cyro frozen With the risk of memory loss because he didn't want to be responsible for his life. And when he did lose his memory he still wanted the same thing... It's like the only way to get rid of your problems is to face them
#i love the themes of avoidance in this podcast like#1. warren 2. Gordon basically being ok with being kidnapped so he doesn't have to deal with life's responsibilities#3. cyro tech being used on prisons so that they doesn't have to provide prisoners with food shelter or rehab#4. cyro tech being used on a cruise ship out in the ocean away from economic disparity and conflict#5. cyrotech being used to sleep through ecological destruction instead of solving it#I LOVE THEMES#red valley#text toast
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do you think that dj octavio is friends with the king salmonids, bc i do..
#bc of the eggs for tech trade deal yknow yknow#i dont think the kings oversee that perse but theyve probably still met... to me to me#sillytalking
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You weren’t loyal to me.
Oh, but they were. That’s why they never questioned you, they know how loyal you are, how you pride yourself in that, and never thought you’d actually leave. That’s why they never went after you, they just couldn’t believe you’d really left, left them, they didn’t know how to search for somebody who made it clear he didn’t want to be found. They were loyal, they just never expected you not to be.
I was one of you.
They know. They remember, and how couldn’t they, when they are not the same without you, they don’t see things the way they did with you standing next to them. They lost their balance the day they lost you, there is an empty space now where you once were and it’s just not the same anymore, not without you.
You still are. A brother, a friend. You are standing in front of them, and they’d take you back in a second, you need only ask.
You may have forgotten, but I haven’t.
Believe it, they can’t either. They just can’t wrap their minds around the fact that you’re not there anymore, that you chose to leave them, after everything you’ve been through together. They never looked for you because they didn’t know it was possible you didn’t want them anymore. They thought you’d forgotten, they never could.
And it’s why I’m going to give you what you never gave me: a chance.
They never gave you a chance because they didn’t think you needed it. They would never presume you’d wanted it, that you were ever even thinking of betraying them, that you needed something else other than them, than what you had together. They gave you a chance, don’t ignore it. They’re giving it now too. They’re here, aren’t they?
But you’re too proud, too stubborn, too insecure. How could they want you when you left? You can’t admit the mistake you made because you don’t think they’ll forgive you, and what then? You’d have lost your purpose, you’d be left alone, again. The kind of loneliness you never knew existed, the one you felt for the first time when you left them, only it would be worse because you’d know they don’t want you back this time.
You can’t bear to hear their refusal, which is why you prefer to have this on your own terms, you won’t beg, you want them to beg. Beg to join you, beg for you to come back.
Just a bit more, and maybe you’ll yield.
You want to feel that they’d missed you, and to be able to have someone watch your back again, someone to care enough for you to risk defending you. You weren’t made to be on your own, not like this, and you know it.
But you won’t break, why won’t you break?
#crosshair#the bad batch#sw tbb#tbb#tbb hunter#tbb crosshair#tbb rewatch#tbb tech#tbb wrecker#tbb echo#tbb omega#the bad batch crosshair#clone trooper crosshair#crosshair’s inner thoughts#i just rewatched it and im in pain#crosshair is my favourite but he has issues#just something i wrote to deal with the pain of existence#he wanted back oh he really did#i miss the bad batch#clone force 99#clone brothers#clones#clone troopers#im in pain#crosshair quotes#hunter quotes#tbb quotes#i think about this daily
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