Threatening to punish and tax Amazon and other US tech giants makes sense if Germany and the EU are trying to strengthen their hand in a trade war with the U.S. But if the goal is to get big tech companies to change their practices, the moves could actually backfire.

Every Sunday, the print classifieds in metro newspapers are full of listings for tech jobs that aren't actually open. It's a window into a deeply flawed corner of US immigration law that hurts both US and foreign workers, yet has endured for decades. I decided to explore further:

Jason Kint julie k. brown The New York Times Not sure why but they removed it. Here’s before and after

Sometime after publication, the NYT quietly deleted this quote from a surgeon about treating gunshot wounds to children. Before (left) and after (right)

Hard to overstate just how totalizing social media surveillance is about to become thanks to AI x.com/kenklippenstei…

Interesting

Between this and Trumps taco bowl we need a ban on politicians posting “Mexican”food until we figure out what’s going on

He really wanted that EV credit

Its My 39th Birthday & All I Want is to Keep My Labor Publication Alive paydayreport.com/its-my-39th-bi…

I need a RWer’s take on why AOC hasn’t endorsed yet. There has to be something I’m missing

I’ve come to see the Free Press as a styles section/alt-weekly type of publication for the center right. Theres nothing like it on the left because literary mags don’t count.

World Central Kitchen, reasonably, tried to placate the Israeli government in the name of feeding Gazans. Their workers were bombed as a result. The latest aid group was developed by the Israelis. Gazans are getting shot as a result. moe tkacik on the carousel of carnage:

Big deal if gov signs this. Oregon would become the first state to address the key loophole that allows corporate outfits to own medical practices—despite state laws that expressly prohibit this. wsj.com/articles/orego…

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