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Apple Store workers in Oklahoma vote to unionize

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Kristen Radtke / The Verge Workers at Apple’s Penn Square store in Oklahoma City have voted to unionize with the Communications Workers of America, with 56 yeses, and 32 nos. According to the National Labor Relations Board, which oversaw the election, all regular full-time and part-time employees at the store were eligible to vote, 95 … Read more

A tweet about hair relaxer kits connected models from the boxes with women who grew up seeing them

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A burst of tweets from women who, as children, modeled for relaxer brands is one of the latest instances of the Black Twitter community finding an unexpected connection and reminiscing over a shared experience. where are these girls today? show yourselves. https://t.co/WHSaNHL6Me — ́ (@AshTheDonLeon) October 2, 2022 The discussion kicked off after @prettiestluxury tweeted … Read more

Former Everyrealm execs sue company for sexual harassment, race discrimination

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Everyrealm, a metaverse real estate company that spun out of Republic’s crypto arm in February, is facing two lawsuits first filed in August from former directors at the company who allege they each faced numerous, separate instances of discrimination and harassment while working there. In addition to the company itself, multiple Everyrealm executives are also … Read more

The Shure MV7 is a nearly perfect USB microphone

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Around late-September/early-October each year, I get a Slack message from Greg asking whether I’m interested in writing a gift guide (or two). “Sure,” I say, never anticipating just how much of a slog the next two months are going to be for hardware news/reviews. Putting together a roundup like that has the decided benefit of … Read more