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"You're expected to work 10 hours a day, seven days a week, all for a whopping 20 cents an hour. On top of this, there's an hourly quota of license plate tags that you're expected to reach. If you can do this adequately enough on a consistent basis, then you'll be eligible for a raise every six months. The raise is (drumroll, please) … a nickel. You can get a nickel raise every six months up until you reach the maximum threshold of 55 cents per hour. " The Marshall Project asked prisoners to track their earning and spending — and bartering and side hustles — for 30 days.
posted by If only I had a penguin... at 9:52 PM PST - 36 comments

We’ve had people buy say a Pista pump and take [out] the leather gasket, rubber chuck seal, piston glide ring, gauge… all the internal replacement parts that you can buy separately, and then put it back together and return. The owner of a 107-year old, made-in-USA bike pump company discusses how the Amazon marketplace, blatant fraud, changing customer expectations, and social media have forced them to change their previously generous return policy. They are far from the first.
posted by meowzilla at 7:02 PM PST - 58 comments

The Department of Justice’s antitrust suit against Penguin Random House is underway. You can get your information about the trial from sources such as trade journal Publishers Weekly, industry expert Jane Friedman, a live-tweet series by John Maher, and snarky meme accounts xoxopublishinggg and publishersbrunch.

Or you can enjoy this collection of fanfics and poems from an anonymous author. Meet a little P&L sheet just doing its best, follow a day in the life of the CEO of Avian Arbitrary Abode, and witness the NSFW encounter between the CEO of Unnamed Publishing Company and a man-sized penguin with a strap-on made of solid gold. [more inside]
posted by shirobara at 3:34 PM PST - 17 comments

In Hawaii, there’s a common question posed in the pidgin language of the islands: “Where you went grad?” (archive.today link)
posted by Etrigan at 1:55 PM PST - 31 comments

It may go down as one of the most iconic images in English sporting history: Chloe Kelly whirling her England shirt above her head as she sprints across the pitch in a white Nike sports bra. But if those cups could talk, they might claim a share of the Lionesses’ victory for themselves. Ahead of the Euros, breast biomechanics experts provided personalised bra prescriptions to the England players to improve their comfort and ensure they were getting the right support. According to their latest data, the bras may have boosted the players’ athletic performances as well. Linda Geddes writes about the custom sport bras prescribed to the Euro 2022-winning English soccer team.
posted by Bella Donna at 11:19 AM PST - 35 comments

My Mom has no friends. On the surface, the article is accurate, her mom has no friends. But if you ask me, the article is really a love letter from a daughter to her mother. An acknowledgement of how much she appreciates her mom now. Quite frankly, being born in NYC (and raised on LI), her mom sounds like a pisser. A pistol even at 80. During my divorced dating phase, I wish I had a date with someone wearing that brown leather skirt.
posted by JohnnyGunn at 10:59 AM PST - 20 comments

Notable people shows an interactive globe of most notable person born in locations around the world (for some values of "notable"). [more inside]
posted by swift at 9:10 AM PST - 43 comments

Damien Hirst’s ‘The Currency’ Was a Referendum on NFTs Vs. Traditional Art. The Result? A Resounding Preference for Traditional Art - Hirst's collectors aren't so sure NFTs are the future of art, it seems—even if Hirst himself is. [more inside]
posted by bitteschoen at 4:15 AM PST - 51 comments

French scientist Etienne Klein(Wikipedia) apologises after 'James Webb Telescope' image revealed as slice of chorizo (Australian ABC) [more inside]
posted by freethefeet at 3:54 AM PST - 57 comments

An interview with Midjourney founder David Holz - "AI-powered image generators like OpenAI's DALL-E and Google's Imagen are just beginning to move into the mainstream. [Holz] explains how the technology works and how it's going to change the world." [more inside]
posted by kliuless at 1:49 AM PST - 37 comments