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    https://viewfromthewing.com/how-american-airlines-is-cracking-down-on-flight-attendants-who-sell-their-job-duties/

    How American Airlines Is Cracking Down On Flight Attendants Who Sell Their Job Duties - View from the Wing

    American Airlines flight attendants have been selling their seniority to more junior crewmembers for cash. They book trips that they do not intend to take - more desirable trips than what the junior cabin crew could secure on their own - and then they 'trip trade'. Flight attendants who do this at American Airlines - mostly legacy US Airways crew - are known informally as "The Cartel." I shared the note that the flight attendants union sent out, highlighting the practice. A...

    from viewfromthewing.com

    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/opinion/covid-america.html

    Opinion | To Fight Covid, We Need to Think Less Like Doctors

    Leaders are too focused on risks to individuals versus the population as a whole.

    from nytimes.com

    http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2022/01/09/the-great-surrender-how-we-gave-up-and-let-covid-win

    The Great Surrender: How We Gave Up And Let COVID Win

    I feel like I’ve lost my goddamn mind, but we’ll get back to that point soon. Let’s start with this. Two things seem to be true at this moment in the pandemic: First, that our num…

    from terribleminds.com

    https://cushychicken.github.io/why-you-cant-hire-engineers

    I Think I Know Why You Can't Hire Engineers Right Now

    It’s always been hard to hire engineers, but it’s only gotten harder in recent months. Read any publication that cares about business, from the NYT to the Wall Street Journal, and you’ll see a ton of hand wringing about The Quittening, and the accompanying talent shortage. An equal amount of ink has been spilled about how red-hot the hiring market is. It’s a seller’s market for talent. This represents a huge potential opportunity for engineers of all stripes. Many engineers could pick up a five...

    from cushychicken.github.io

    • D.C., Md. & Va.
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/01/11/burglaries-crime-tourists-target-asians/

    ‘Crime tourists’: An international spree targets D.C. area’s wealthy Asians

    A string of burglaries in the D.C. suburbs revealed a crime trend with worldwide reach.

    from washingtonpost.com

    https://balanced.software/double-entry-bookkeeping-for-programmers

    Double-entry accounting for software engineers

    Recently I've been reading the fantastic Bits about Money series by Patrick McKenzie. He gives a great insight into the world of payments. It got me thinking about payments and how it connects with my profession: accounting and software. Just like Patrick nerds out on payments, I nerd out on

    from balanced.software

    https://theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2022/01/metallica-remastered-black-album-creativity/620944

    Five Lessons in Creativity From Metallica

    The artistic process, as revealed by demos, alternative takes, and abandoned cuts of a heavy-metal classic

    from theatlantic.com