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"For Indian women, rideshare apps are a lifeline: Six Indian women describe how rideshare apps have transformed their lives", in Rest of World, by Chandni Doulatramani. "The ubiquity of rideshare cabs has had a lasting impact on the urban-dwelling women of India, with ripple effects reaching stay-at-home moms, workers, and college students." (For folks who are wondering: Uber Moto gives the passenger a motorcycle ride.)
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USC Annenberg journalism student Camila Thur de Koos presents Gowns, balls and underlying racism, a story about how "historical costumers of color navigate a hobby centered on a history that excludes them."
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From Its Myriad Tips: the LRB reviews Merlin Sheldrake's Entangled Life, exploring the worlds of mushrooms, lichen, and yeasts — and our relationships with them
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Restaurant Signs Claiming Staff Walking Out Are Popping Up Across U.S. from Newsweek, via naked capitalism. "On a list of the 100 lowest paying jobs in the U.S., food cooking machine operators and tenders rank 94, cooks rank 71, bakers rank 56, restaurant cooks rank 34, and bartenders rank 26..." [more inside]
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Long working hours are killing hundreds of thousands of people a year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The first global study of its kind showed 745,000 people died in 2016 from stroke and heart disease due to long hours. (CW: heart attack) [more inside]
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