Thanks to @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social for coming on the show to talk about her misadventure through the UI system. We also hear from @kedseconomist.com on her ideas for fixing it!
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In a pretty funny coda to this story, I got a call from the labor department about my claim two weeks ago, 9 months after I filed it. I thought they might be following up on this story but no…
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A top labor economist encounters the endlessly frustrating labyrinth of filing for unemployment after getting fired by President Trump. Why are unemployment benefits so hard to get, and can we do anyt...
Thanks to @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social for coming on the show to talk about her misadventure through the UI system. We also hear from @kedseconomist.com on her ideas for fixing it!
www.npr.org/2026/06/08/n...
A top labor economist encounters the endlessly frustrating labyrinth of filing for unemployment after getting fired by President Trump. Why are unemployment benefits so hard to get, and can we do anyt...
Omg, Amazon Prime inserted an ad for Febreze in the midst of the most famous match cut in the history of cinema (in Kubrick’s 2001, when the ape-thrown bone turns into a spacecraft). I don’t know whether to laugh or cry (rn, it’s both). [bsky.app]
My town is in a massive uproar about screen use in the classroom and I think I'm part of the problem because I just texted my daughter a TikTok video about chicken tenders being available at Costco
I don't care that Antinous says "daddy" or that everyone has American accents! I don't care if Telemachus does the Umbrella dance or if Odysseus yells "fortune favors the brave" and turns directly to the camera to say "this movie was brought to you by crypto.com." I will be there with 🛎️🛎️ on
Pour out a Billy Goat Dark for a legend! If the Tribune Tower hadn't been turned into luxury condos 🙃 there would probably be a stream of journalists heading to the Goat now from the newsroom to pay their tributes
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My teen just told me she keeps a copy of the Constitution in her locker so she knows her rights, and I asked her "so what's your favorite right?" And she said "The right not to have people from the military sleep over at your house." That's a good one!! 🇺🇸
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Looks like it's time to re-read Many Waters by Madeleine L'Engle! (Raise your hand if your eyes were also OPENED by reading this novel as a child)
