Five years ago today… what a special time… excited for Philly! Fly Eagles Fly!
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Storyteller | Cybersecurity | Enterprise Technology | Currently Minneapolis, ex- Bucks County #FlyEaglesFly #RingTheBell #FightForFreelancers 
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Feb 3 1971 I was left for dead. One police car arrived to investigate a tenant’s call. The 2 cops didn’t know it was me. Later one stated if he knew it was me he would have left me there to bleed to death.
Stay tuned for pod cast for what really happened.
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Do you know what's more annoying than receiving email pitches that are not related to one’s beat?
It’s the follow-up emails asking if one is interested in covering that email pitch that's way off the coverage area and was already ignored.
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Bad clients, early warning signs:
41% of small business owners said “making unreasonable demands”
Women were twice as likely as men to say their worst client was “skeptical of their abilities” early on in the relationship.
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Deal with it, people, it’s flurries.
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The former CA legislator responsible for AB5 bragged about a recent visit to Trenton NJ cannot allow a similar job-killing, anti-women, anti-minority business owner bill to come here
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"State and federal laws prohibiting the independent contractor model represent an 'assault' on the trucking industry’s labor pool, ATA President and CEO Chris Spear said."
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Sen. Durenburger was a friend, a mentor, and a gentleman. His service to Minnesota and our country was a blessing to us all. May his memory be for a blessing, and may his legacy of decency inspire future generations of public servants.
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BREAKING: Former MN Republican US Senator Dave Durenberger has died, according to his family. He was 88.
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Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
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70,000 independent truck drivers have been forced to surrender their companies in California. foxnews.com/media/mike-row #FoxNews
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4: The pay being offered for this freelance work is crap. So we have unions that say freelancing is exploitation, now using a middleman to pay exploitative rates for freelance work.
The level of scumbaggery is truly astonishing.
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Tonight on Jeopardy 🤔
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FSI Chief Vows to Keep Fighting DOL Indie Contractor Rule at.law.com/Az1Nru?cmp=sha #FightforFreelancers
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Much as the DOJ hammered Microsoft on its IE monopoly at that company’s zenith, I wonder if today’s announcement regarding DOJ action against Google’s advertising practices marks the same for Google.
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I just explained to a Millennial that most GenXers moved out before we could afford furniture, so we stacked plastic milk crates to make our furniture and then just replaced each thing with used or cheap, as we could. Back me up, fam. This was a thing, right?
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Great interview touching on all impacts of AB5 & nat'l anti-independent-contractor legislation #PROAct on #freelance business models.
Thank you and for bringing this critical issue to a wider audience.
#FightForFreelancers
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It’s tough to be a California trucker.
My convo with @mikeroweworks, Dirty Jobs’ host and hero of working people.
@TheRadioFreeCA @CalPolicyCenter @NRO podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the
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Amen! A strong defender of independent contractors on the committee that’s expected to expose the madness we’ve all been enduring!
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I've been named to the House Education & Workforce Committee. We will fight for the rights of parents and protect the freedom to work.
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“Around 83% of drivers in Massachusetts are wanting to remain independent contractors, but labor unions and politicians … are trying to force them in becoming employees.”
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The UK government has had more than a year to revise its #OnlineSafetyBill so that it did not affect users' rights online. It has failed to do so. During today's report stage, EFF calls on Members of Parliament to protect privacy and free expression.
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Token stealing to bypass MFA by getting malware on a developer’s laptop.
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Over in the U.K., the #FightForFreelancers is on:
"The right for people to freelance and be their own boss is a vital principle of any democratic country that values freedom and autonomy."
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Or, you know, you could simply put your time and money into organizing employees who actually want to join unions, instead of spending hundreds of millions of dollars on political campaigns and legislative attempts to destroy the lives of thriving independent contractors...
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We are getting reports that George Santos is claiming to have worked at Blockbuster. We can not confirm or deny as our HR dept has been gone for awhile.
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BREAKING: Flight delays reported across the US after failure of key pilot notification system, the Federal Aviation Administration says trib.al/bF8gjlH
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disastrous situation this evening in the Los Angeles area...
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Flash Flood Warning including Los Angeles CA, Glendale CA and Santa Clarita CA until 12:00 AM PST
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But who will trust them now?
“A top Chinese official said authorities have wrapped up investigations into the financial businesses of several internet companies”
Tech companies’ new wave of layoffs signals a pivot from a growth-above-all mindset to protecting the bottom line
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Watching your parents have a dysfunctional relationship is a traumatic experience most people call "normal."
Let's talk about the impact:
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FROSTYSSSSSSSS
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BREAKING: Employee info stolen from Catholic school board servers elliotlaketoday.com/local-news/bre via
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