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HOW BAD ARE YOU BEHIND THE WHEEL Yesterday I was very smug when I said I was not an aggressive driver, but lo and behold I may be awful anyway. CDOT did a survey of drivers and asked which of these behaviors they engaged in. I have to check several of the Distracted Driving boxes if I'm honest.
Which one of you maniacs doesn't stop for pedestrians even when they are wrong? Stop it.
MEOW WOLF EMPLOYEES SEEM TO BE QUITE SPOILED TO ME I've not been to Meow Wolf because 50 bucks to get in just doesn't sit right with me but the concept sure is fascinating. Employees of Meow Wolf have voted to unionize over what they perceive to be poor treatment, but when I read this article from Westword, I was confused about where the poor treatment was. From the article:
In an email sent to Convergence Station employees on July 6, general manager Alex Bennett wrote:
Hi everyone,
Yesterday, some employees in Colorado expressed intent to join the Communications Workers of America and MWWC on the unionformeowwolf.com website and Instagram. An article in The Denver Post was published this morning.
We wanted to let you know that Meow Wolf has not received any notification from the CWA regarding their intent to organize. After we saw the Instagram posting yesterday, we reached out to the CWA and let them know we have not received any communication. As a result, they are discussing their intentions and we will let you know once we hear from them and keep you informed of next steps.
That being said, we want to make clear that Meow Wolf recognizes and respects our employees’ right to organize. The article in The Post does not reflect this at all. Unfortunately, it paints a very outdated picture of us publicly, which hurts Meow Wolf and hurts us all in turn.
Meow Wolf’s success is built upon collaboration, and when employees raise something, we listen.
We are a different company than we were when the MWWC started organizing. We have new leadership, and have increased wages and benefits in the past year. We also learned a lot during that entire process and are extremely proud of the progress we’ve made together.
It’s worth noting a few of the benefits we now offer to all employees, including Denver, regardless of whether or not they are included in the bargaining unit of the Meow Wolf Workers Collective / CWA:
A $18 per hour minimum wage, increased from $17 on April 18, 2022, exceeding Denver’s minimum wage of $15.87 per hour
Between 25 - 30 days of PTO, more than double the national average of 10 days
401(k) Savings Plan and dollar-for-dollar company match up to the first three percent (3%)
Paid parental leave of 12 weeks (previously 6 weeks in 2021)
Bereavement leave time of 4-6 days (previously 3-5 days in 2021)
Two Medical Insurance plans to choose through BlueCross Blue Shield; up to 100% paid for employee premiums and 50% paid for dependents
100% of employee premium paid Dental and Vision Insurance, Long Term Disability Insurance and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
A substantial focus to continue to make Meow Wolf a diverse, inclusive and safe place to work
These are important accomplishments that make us stronger and better able to deliver on our mission.
The Denver leadership team and I have always strived to be as accessible and transparent as possible – and that will be our goal throughout this process.
I understand there may be some questions, and everyone is eager to know the next steps. We will provide an update as soon as we can. In the meantime, I want you to know that we are here, all is well, and we appreciate your dedication to the mission we all share of bringing art and experience to the community and the world.
Um, what? Where is the horrible mistreatment? Do you have 30 days off? Does your company pay 100% of your health insurance? Do you get 12 weeks of maternity leave? What the actual hell are they complaining about? The starving artists have become spoiled if they think they will find this anywhere else.
THE TEN YEAR OLD RAPE VICTIM IN OHIO IS CONFIRMED TO EXIST This story is so horrible but a man has been arrested for raping the girl and her mother confirmed she had an abortion in Indianapolis. I hope this guy rots in jail and then in hell.
SMOKERS WE NEED TO TALK And I don't care if you smoke cigarettes or blunts or joints or what, just stop dropping your burning butts on the ground in Colorado. Someone started a fire that thankfully was contained in Aspen when they dropped a burning butt of a chair lift as they went up the mountain. I hope they saw the crew putting it out on the way down and felt terrible and really stupid. This is what makes people hate people who smoke. That and the horrible smell they carry with them for a long time and the noxious fumes they belch out, but mostly this. If you're going to smoke, put the damn thing out before throwing it away, it really isn't that hard.
REMEMBER THAT RECORD FENTANYL BUST A WEEK AGO? The cops lost the driver. I'm not making this up. The DEA put a tracker on his car and let him continue on to Indiana where they were licking their lips to get at the "big fish" drug dealers. The driver panicked, as one would when you know you are going to show up with NO drugs instead of 48 kilos of fentanyl, took the tracker off his car and vanished. Well done, DEA. Well done.
"THE PRESIDENT'S SON IS A CRACKHEAD" AND OTHER FUN LYRICS I have to say I was not expecting a rap song about Hunter Biden's IPhone hack but this is pretty dang good.
INFLATION HITS 9.1% IN JUNE And our "transitory" (remember that hahahahahaha) inflation just set another 40 year match. This is bad news for the President who keeps telling us the economy is great even though we can't afford stuff. Read the rest here. We'll see how falling gas prices make a difference in July, but I wouldn't expect a miracle. Someone broke out individual categories to see what prices went up the most. Check out that fuel oil increase!
ANOTHER PARENT IS BANNED FROM READING PORN FROM A SCHOOL LIBRARY And I sure hope that other parents use this strategy to drive home the point that certain books shouldn't be available to young children without parental notice. He attempted to read excerpts from three books and the mic was shut down immediately. Watch this.
POLIS PANDERS AND THE INTERNET POUNCES And I saw this stupid tweet where our anti-agriculture Governor (as evidenced by his appointment of an extreme vegan to the veterinary board) knows it an election year so that requires he pretend to care about one of our largest industries. He sent out a pandering tweet about loving cows that featured a stock photo of a Bavarian cow and the internet responded and it was magic.
LEBRON JAMES IS WALKING BACK HIS ANTI-AMERICA STATEMENT The statement in question was about jailed WNBA star Brittney Griner, who just plead guilty to possessing a hashish vape pen in Russia and faces ten years in prison. The Biden admin has been powerless to do anything and they haven't really been publicly trying so James questioned if she would even want to come home. Dumbass. Now he says that's not what he meant at all, but his history as of late has not been kind to the US so was he really? I'll give him the benefit of the doubt, which James doesn't seem capable of most times. He's quick to respond without all the facts but he doesn't seem to learn from his many mistakes.
THIS GUY IS MY SPIRIT ANIMAL ABOUT SUMMER
STARBUCKS IS CLOSING SIXTEEN STORES WITH BIG SAFETY ISSUES And the issues are caused by homeless people and Starbucks "open bathroom" policy which brings them in off the streets to attack customers or workers and shoot drugs in the bathrooms. The sixteen stores in are in LA, Portland, DC, Philadelphia, and Seattle, all Democrat run cities. Starbucks is also rethinking their open bathroom policy again. We'll see if they have the fortitude to do away with it after the mess that created for them last time.
HOLY LIGHTNING STRIKE!
WHERE ARE PEOPLE IN COLORADO PRISONS FROM? This is an interesting thought experiment but the results are not surprising. Most prisoners are from big cities and most prisoners are from poor communities. The issue I have is with the implication in this story that people are incarcerated unfairly from those communities and this statement especially:
“Now that we know the neighborhoods that these people are coming from, we can develop programs and place them in these communities to help break the cycle of poverty,” Wessler said. Donner says she hopes this data empowers state leaders to redirect funding and address the underlying causes of mass incarceration.
You mean like offering a free education to poor people, including meals, so they can break the cycle of poverty? How about addressing how lousy decision making and low morals are a big part? Or making sure all kids can read and write instead of learning to hate white people and America?
YOUR CHANCE TO BE GORED IS BACK! As the running of the bulls in Pamplona has returned after a Covid hiatus. A couple of dozen people have been hurt enough to seek medical help and five people have already been gored so far this year. I don't get why people do this.
He dropped his phone, leaned over to get it and fell into the crater of the volcano. Authorities may charge him for being off trail and I hope they do. I hate people who don't pay attention to trail signs. Idiot
BEING OBESE AND WEAK COULD MEAN YOU GET DEMENTIA And the condition is called Sarcopenic Obesity and it's the combination of muscle weakness and being fat. A new study shows a pretty clear correlation between that condition and the development of dementia so lift some weights and lose some weight to better your odds of not losing your mind.
THIS IS WHY YOU DON'T SHARE EVERY BIT OF YOUR BUSINESS ON THE INTERNET A woman shared a story about breastfeeding her husband on TikTok to help her mastitis and the internet responded unkindly and now she's mad and maybe don't share every detail of your medical life on TikTok next time.
NOW FOR THE CHANGING SEASONS IN CANADA
IF YOU'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING STUPID AT LEAST MAKE IT ENTERTAINING And one man in New York delivered as a he climbed up a construction crane and proceeded to take off all of his clothes for the folks below. Well done, New York Man, well done.
AND NOW, WEIRD PHOTOS FROM THE INTERNET And I have to say, these are all amazing in their own way.
THE MOON IS GONNA BE HELLA BIG TONIGHT As the Buck Moon is going to be the closest it's going to be all year. You'll be able to see it well the rest of the week.
MARVEL IS UNDER FIRE FOR HOW IT TREATS ITS EMPLOYEES And it's coming from current and former employees who say Marvel works them into the ground and doesn't pay well enough. I'm specifically talking about the people working in Visual Effects (VFX) for the company who are responsible for all the non human stuff you see in the films and shows. This is actually pretty common in this industry, I've heard the same from Disney employees for 25 years.
IF YOU WANT TO FEEL A LOT SMARTER Just check out some of the super dumb things people have said on the internet. And when I say super dumb I mean SUPER DUMB.
IF JINX DID AN AGILITY CONTEST She'd be the husky. Thanks to listener Dan for sending this.
HAVE YOU SEEN ANY OF THESE EMMY NOMINEES? And I mean the actors or shows they are on? I've seen almost none of them, but I don't watch a lot of tv so there's that. Read the list here.