April 2 is International Fact-Checking Day, a “global initiative recognizing accurate information’s important role in an interconnected world.” The fact-checking and media-ethics kingpins at Poynter are behind the initiative, and they mark the occasion by releasing an annual State of the Fact-Checkers Report, a survey of 137 organizations across at least 69 countries that are devoted to making sure the media is accurate. Below are some of the most interesting findings from 2023’s report.
Working from home has become one of the key battlegrounds in the culture wars - and now almost one in four people believe they should even be allowed to WFA (work from abroad).
In this column I try not to cover things that any normal person knows are fake—like chemtrails. But just this week, Tennessee legislators passed a state law that bans “the intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals substances, or apparatus with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight. In other words: chemtrails.
This week America witnessed a total solar eclipse. While most of us were like, “hey, that’s kind of cool I guess,” some Americans were expecting something more than just the shadow of the moon blotting out the sun and day turning into night. People wanted action. So in the days leading up to the solar eclipse, some people frantically spread eclipse predictions to all their friends on social media. Now that the dust has settled, let’s take a look at whether their predictions came true, and...
It's those little annoying things that leave you saying, "That would never happen in real life."View Entire Post ›
Managers are 11 per cent less likely to give a promotion to staff who work entirely from home than to those who are completely office-based, a study by the University of Warwaw reveals.
People who work from home all or part of the time are less likely to get pay rises and promotions, the first post-COVID research project into the WFH phenomenon has found.
London law firm admits to error but judge says final order cannot be overturnedA couple were divorced by mistake after solicitors at a leading law firm made a computer error but a senior judge has said it cannot be overturned.The couple, referred to as Mr and Mrs Williams by the high court, were married for 21 years until they separated in 2023. Continue reading
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Experience may matter more than innate ability when it comes to sense of direction.
Rebecca Gordon If you work for a living, or if you know and love people who do, there’s a lot on the line in this year’s election.
Recently, you may have noticed that the hot weather is getting ever hotter. Every year the United States swelters under warmer temperatures and longer periods of sustained heat. In fact, each of the last nine months — May 2023 through February 2024 — set a world record for heat. As I’m writing this, March still has a More