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Companies (large and small) tend to outsource their HR front end, relying on third parties to handle the voluminous applications that come into a job (in some cases it could literally be tens of thousands of applicants for a single job).  But these third parties may not be playing fair.  I read an  article about a lawsuit against the "Workday company," who offer this service.  The suit alleges that workday use some kind of automation (they refer to as AI, but I'm skeptical) to immediately (like within seconds) weed out candidates who the system determines are over 40 (based on years worked or degree dates or whatever). The company defends itself by saying that it's legitimate automation and it's looking at skills and experience for a job, and the kicker is that since there's no human involved it can't be age discrimination!  And in today's world, who knows? They may be "correct" in that assessment.  But the bigger picture is that the companie...

As you probably are aware, the World Cup was awarded to North America in 2026.  Meaning that there will be 45 teams representing their home country (plus the US, Mexico, and Canada) competing in one of the greatest spectacles in the world.  The games will take place at venues spread out between the three countries.   Before T-rump took office, the estimate was that this summertime event is expected to bring many millions of visitors, and that those visitors would spend upwards of $15 billion while in North America (with most of the spend in the US). However.  There are now some mitigating factors which surely will impact the success of this event.  I'll try and keep this brief, and encourage you to watch one of the YouTube videos on the topic for additional details.  At the top of the list is the fact that FIFA embraces diversity, human rights, and various forms of expression.  They re-iterated that as recently as last week.  They noted certain values that the US is trying to dista...

The very notion of "Alligator Alcatraz" offends me on pretty much every level.  And yet, some people seem to love the name because it's catchy or cute in some way.  What are my issues? It starts at the top with the idiocy of rounding people up for no real reason (other than hatred of non-white people) and incarcerating them for petty reasons, with no due process. All carried out by masked men who have been granted broad authority to harass and intimidate. And all of it in violation of the law. Not that anyone cares.  But "Florida gonna Florida" and the governor decided he could be a darling of the administration and open a detention center (in spite of already having a few around south Florida that are questionable and already in use) in a part of the Everglades.  And things got weird from there, with him invoking some sort of emergency declaration, then using eminent domain to take some land from Miami-dade and collier counties without telling them, and proceed...