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At least there’s a little bit of good news mixed in there among all of the fire and brimstone
The real reason some bosses oppose working from home – and it has nothing to do with productivity [ [link removed] ]
It turns out if your boss is a narcissist, they might want you in the office because you working from home “it interferes with their motivations for power and status”, which has to make them absolutely delightful to have to be around
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Ely’s Automatic Housemaid by Elizabeth W. Bellamy [ [link removed] ] - When a well-meaning inventor sends his two experimental "Automatic Household Beneficent Geniuses" to his desperate friend, the resulting domestic comedy proves that while a machine might be able to clean a house, it lacks the human touch required to keep it from descending into chaos.
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It’s So Hot That Japan Needs a New Word for It [ [link removed] ] - There are probably a few colorful metaphors they’re using to describe the heat in the interim
30% of Americans admit to shoplifting, annual survey finds [ [link removed] ] - That’s almost 1/3 of Americans. Look to your left, and look to your life. Statistically if one of you is eating a bag of M&M’s you probably stole it. I’m not economist but that seems less than ideal
Rare magnitude 5.0 earthquake strikes Texas Panhandle, strongest to rattle region in over 100 years [ [link removed] ] - Throwing a “once-in-a-century” earthquake into the news cycle seems about right
New York Woman Sues McDonald’s Over ‘Severe Personal Injuries’ Caused By ‘Extremely Hot’ French Fries [ [link removed] ] - I feel like you’re signing up for extremely hot fries when you go to McDonalds, especially since their fries quickly lose their effectiveness when they’re not extremely hot
Weight loss drugs linked to increased risk of hair loss, researchers say [ [link removed] ] - So you basically have to choose between being skinny and bald, or chubby with hair
Fortuneteller eager for ‘last Pa. witch trial’ after cops threaten arrest over old law [ [link removed] ] - It’s been illegal to tell fortunes for profit in Pennsylvania since 1861. Clearly she foresaw that it was going to be a good time to fight this particular law
Man caught dumping animal remains at cemetery claims it was to protect him from death [ [link removed] ] - The guy is living, so technically you can’t completely dismiss the idea
School students successfully launch high-altitude balloon into the atmosphere [ [link removed] ] - In my head canon, five minutes after it was launched it got caught in a time vortex and ended up crashing in New Mexico in the 1940’s
Bear dies after getting stranded on utility pole in New Mexico [ [link removed] ] - Sadly, the bear didn’t make it. In my head I know they’re great climbers, but I’m going to need some security footage to understand how a bear got all the way up there in the first place
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