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The entry-level workers and would-be business owners hit with non-competes

Nicole hadn't been in her sales job for even a year when she resigned, but her former employer is now trying to stop her working in the same industry for the next six months.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-27/wor

ABC News · How non-compete clauses are affecting entry-level employees, would-be business owners and small companiesBy ABC News

We've all known this was the future. That's why I promote local #AI. It's time for #consumers, as well as small to mid level #businesses, to ween ourselves off #BigTech, because if we don't we'll see a kind of centralized power that we've never seen before.

Acedemia should reach #AGI first, but as we see these companies have also hollowed out universities for talent as well - only for them to be fired in the future? Nuts.

Opinion | Build-AGI-faster-so-we-can-fire-you
sfstandard.com/opinion/2025/03

The San Francisco StandardOpinion | Sergey Brin: We need you working 60 hours a week so we can replace you as soon as possibleA letter to employees from the Google co-founder, who believes humans should work 'at least' every weekday. And every weekend-day.

Source: @the19thnews

From the article: "In 2018, Charlie Sprinkman was working for an organic beverage company, a job that required them to travel to 42 states. But along the way, they struggled to find LGBTQ+ hangouts. The solution came to them while they were driving home from Brave Trails, a youth LGBTQ+ leadership summer camp where they were a counselor: They’d create Everywhere Is Queer, a digital map of queer-owned businesses.

"Launched in January 2022 with a website and social media presence, Everywhere Is Queer has grown to a directory of over 13,000 LGBTQ+-owned brick-and mortar and online businesses, services and community groups across the globe. Since February, a mobile app has been available on iOS and Android with over 80,000 downloads and many more resources, including a job board with LGBTQ+ and ally-owned businesses looking to hire. "

#EverywhereIsQueer
#QueerOwnedBusinesses #Pride #AcceptanceMatters #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIAPlus #Lesbian #Gay #Bisexual #Transgender #Queer #Intersex #Asexual #NonBinary
#Businesses #Services #CommunityGroups

19thnews.org/2024/06/everywher

The 19th · How the ‘Everywhere is Queer’ app is helping LGBTQ+ people find queer-owned businessesBy Julia Chan

US court allows #Trump to enforce ban on #DEI programs, for now

A US appeals court on Friday temporarily paused a judge's ruling that had blocked the Trump admin from implementing bans on #diversity, #equity & #inclusion programs at #FederalAgencies & #businesses that contract with the federal government.

#law #USpol #whitewashing #WhiteSupremacy #MaleSupremacy #heterosexism
reuters.com/world/us/us-court-