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Nebraska Needs Immigrants

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/28/2025 - 6:00am

Nebraska emerged from the pandemic in 2022 with the worst workforce shortage in the U.S.

Businesses and governments statewide had more than 80,000 job openings and only 32 people looking for work for every 100 of those openings, according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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Mark Zuckerberg Thinks Workplaces Need To ‘Man Up’ − Here’s Why That’s Bad For All Employees, No Matter Their Gender

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/28/2025 - 5:00am

Mark Zuckerberg watches a bout between Robert Whittaker and Paulo Costa during their middleweight bout at the UFC 298 mixed martial arts event Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024, in Anaheim, Calif.
(Mark J. Terrill / AP Photo)

When Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg appeared on a Jan. 10, 2025, episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience,” he lamented that corporate culture had become too “feminine,” suppressing its “masculine energy” and abandoning supposedly valuable traits such as aggression.

The workplace, he concluded, has been “neutered.”

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Nebraska Companies, Strapped For Workers, Face ‘Mild Concern To Abject Terror’ As Immigration Crackdown Begins

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/28/2025 - 4:00am

Roman Dimaksyan (left) teaches employee Rob Haidarali how to restore a chair in the shop at RabFak Construction on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, in Omaha. Dimaksyan prides himself on training employees, many of whom are immigrants, but then says he needs replacements when they grow skills and confidence and start their own businesses.
(Rebecca S. Gratz / Flatwater Free Press)

Roman Dimaksyan often gets phone calls from people looking for work. It hurts his construction company, and bothers him, when he has to turn them down.

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Purdue Pharma And Owners To Pay $7.4 Billion In Settlement Of Lawsuits Over The Toll Of Oxycontin

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/28/2025 - 3:00am

The Purdue Pharma offices are seen, May 8, 2007, in Stamford, Conn.
(Douglas Healey / AP Photo)

Members of the family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, and the company itself, agreed to pay up to $7.4 billion in a new settlement to lawsuits over the toll of the powerful prescription painkiller, the attorneys general from several states announced Thursday.

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Minimum Wage Increasing In Nearly Half Of States, Including Nebraska

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/21/2025 - 5:00am

The minimum wage will increase in nearly half the states this year even as the federal wage floor remains stuck at $7.25 per hour.

In many states, the minimum wage is automatically adjusted upward as inflation rises. But voters in several states, including deeply red ones such as Nebraska, Alaska and Missouri, chose in November to significantly increase their minimum wages this year.

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Elon Musk Says A Third Patient Got A Neuralink Brain Implant. The Work Is Part Of A Booming Field

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/21/2025 - 4:00am

Elon Musk said a third person has received an implant from his brain-computer interface company Neuralink, one of many groups working to connect the nervous system to machines.

“We've got ... three humans with Neuralinks and all are working well,” he said during a wide-ranging interview at a Las Vegas event streamed on his social media platform X.

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Nebraska’s Cities Are Engines For Its Growth

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/14/2025 - 6:00am

NORFOLK, Nebraska — New Census estimates have Nebraska’s population topping 2 million for the first time. It’s a safe bet that recent population growth is primarily happening in our state’s major cities, which act as engines propelling new business activity and attracting new people.

State policies that acknowledge this reality and encourage cities’ growth would serve all Nebraskans well.

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The ‘Worst in Show’ CES Products Put Your Data At Risk And Cause Waste, Privacy Advocates Say

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/14/2025 - 5:00am

The Ultrahuman Rare luxury smart ring is on display at the Ultrahuman booth during the CES tech show Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Las Vegas.
(John Locher / AP Photo)

LAS VEGAS (AP) — So much of the technology showcased at CES includes gadgets made to improve consumers' lives — whether by leveraging AI to make devices that help people become more efficient, by creating companions to cure loneliness or by providing tools that help people with mental and physical health.

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/14/2025 - 4:00am

A tunnel boring machine sits at the bottom of a construction site during a media tour at the Las Vegas Convention Center, Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, in Las Vegas.
(John Locher / AP Photo)

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight

by Daniel Rothberg for ProPublica and Dayvid Figler, City Cast Las Vegas

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Birkin Handbags, Walmart’s ‘Wirkin’ And The Meme-Ification Of Class Warfare

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Tue, 01/14/2025 - 3:00am

Natalie Zea seen with her yellow Hermes Birkin Bag leaving The Wendy Williams Show promoting the new season of the TBS comedy series 'The Detour' in New York City on April 13, 2017.
(MediaPunch via AP)

In previous eras of internet culture, mockery of the rich and famous was usually relegated to far-left forums.

But as 2025 begins, ridiculing the rich appears to have gone mainstream.

Look no further than the Walmart handbag that mimics the look of Hermès’ iconic, exclusive and uber-expensive Birkin bag.

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Nebraska Needs Immigrants

Mark Zuckerberg Thinks Workplaces Need To ‘Man Up’ − Here’s Why That’s Bad For All Employees, No Matter Their Gender

Nebraska Companies, Strapped For Workers, Face ‘Mild Concern To Abject Terror’ As Immigration Crackdown Begins

Purdue Pharma And Owners To Pay $7.4 Billion In Settlement Of Lawsuits Over The Toll Of Oxycontin

Minimum Wage Increasing In Nearly Half Of States, Including Nebraska

Elon Musk Says A Third Patient Got A Neuralink Brain Implant. The Work Is Part Of A Booming Field

Nebraska’s Cities Are Engines For Its Growth

The ‘Worst in Show’ CES Products Put Your Data At Risk And Cause Waste, Privacy Advocates Say

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight

Birkin Handbags, Walmart’s ‘Wirkin’ And The Meme-Ification Of Class Warfare

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