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Are 'Career Catfishers' Justified In Not Showing Up for Work?
Fortune reports 18% of workers have engaged in "career catfishing" — getting a job offer, but then refusing to show up on the first day of work.
And when someone posted Fortune's article to Reddit's antiwork subreddit, it drew 2,100 upvotes -- and another 84 comments. ("I love doing this......
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Scientists Probe Mysterious Oxygen Source Possibly Discovered on the Sea Floor
CNN has the latest on "a startling discovery made public in July that metallic rocks were apparently producing oxygen on the Pacific Ocean's seabed, where no light can penetrate.
"Initial research suggested potato-size nodules rich in metals, predominantly found 4,000 meters (13,100 feet) below th...
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A 'Hubble Crisis'? New Measurement Confirms Universe is Expanding Too Fast for Current Models
"The universe is expanding faster than predicted by theoretical models," writes Phys.org, "and faster than can be explained by our current understanding of physics." There's now been new confirmation of this (published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters) by a team led by Dan Scolnic, an associate ...
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After PFAS Contamination on English Channel Island, Government Panel Recommends Bloodletting for Those Affected
Jersey is an island in the English channel, "a self-governing British Crown Dependency near the coast of northwest France," according to Wikipedia — population: 103,267.
But now some residents of Jersey "have been recommended bloodletting to reduce high concentrations of 'forever chemicals' ...
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On Eve of TikTok Ban, Chinese App RedNote Surges in Popularity, Delighting Chinese State Media
Chinese social-networking site RedNote became the #1 most-downloaded app in America, reports the Associated Press, with some new users considering it a way to protest America's possible TikTok ban.
So what happened next?
They were met with surprise, curiosity and in-jokes on Xiaohongshu — li...
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