One thing is clear after reading a Washington Post deep dive into the occupation of flight attendant: The harsh realities of the job are a world apart from the often glamorized public perception of it. And no, the piece by Natalie B. Compton isn't talking merely about the joy of dealing with angry, drunken, whiny passengers. Keep reading At age 27 in 2019, Emily Lahey, a member of Australia's military who ran 3 to 6 miles a day, started getting headaches and other symptoms that doctors chalked up to sinusitis. When she started to lose vision in her left eye, however, doctors ultimately discovered a tumor in her skull. Keep reading
Before Rachel Corbett could set foot in Próspera, she had to sign an "agreement of coexistence"—thereby "binding myself to 4,202 pages of rules," any violation of which would be handled by an arbitration center operated by three retired Arizona judges. In a lengthy piece for the New York Times, Corbett explains what she found in the experimental town, which is located off Honduras and was founded in 2017 by a Delaware-based company that has backing from VC funds tied to the likes of Peter Thiel, Sam Altman, and Marc Andreessen. Keep reading A report by the public advocacy group Public Citizen reveals a remarkable stat about political fundraising in 2024: Nearly half of all the money donated by corporations has come from cryptocurrency companies. That $119 million, mostly from the companies Coinbase and Ripple, has a unique quality: It is funneled to candidates of both parties, as long as they are pro-crypto. Keep reading
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Saturday, September 7, 2024
Many Flight Attendants 'Are Barely Surviving' (Newser Deep Dive)
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