It's called at-will employment. Unless you have some kind of contract or are protected by anti-discrimination laws, you can be fired at any time for any reason.
BTW, whenever you laugh at Biden's screw-ups, the MAGA-heads get angry at you, too. Because Trump. So at least you're an equal-opportunity offender. Much like Taylor Lorenz. Who, having conquered the Features section, is now moving on to Tech, which she will no doubt dominate with her typical Courage and Brilliance. And, she DESTROYED Matt Yglesias with One Weird Trick! The Taylor Lorenz Decade is back, baby!!
OH MY GAWD, bike related content. My moment to shine.
*ahem*
I think the funniest thing was when the NY Post said that Biden's TRICKED OUT BIKE was responsible for his fall. See? The tech on that special, crazy-hi-tech machine that is ridden by riders in the Tour De France made it just so damn difficult for Joe! Bikes today?!?! Can you blame him?
I'ma tell you all right now: there was nothing special or tricked out about that bike. Was the writer talking about clips and straps on the pedals? Like the ones in common use for over 100 years? Because that is what caused his fall. He took one foot out of the strapped pedal, putting it on the ground, leaving the other foot in. He then proceeded to put all his weight on the still strapped on foot, and fell. Pretty simple stuff.
But that bike! TRICKED OUT and loaded with EXTRAS!! Look, this duck knows a thing or two about bicycles, and lemme tell you what a tricked out bike looks like.
Full carbon, electronic shifting, disc brakes, 15 pounds. There is no way Joe Shits-his-pants could ride that bike. Too twitchy, too responsive. Instead, he was riding a garden variety bike that was just too gosh darn tricked out and loaded with stuff, like pedals.
But what do I know? I'm just a duck that has been riding and racing bikes for over 30 years, almost half as long as this doofus has been bilking the people in DC.
Jim’s post about Taylor Lorenz made me think of the word “scold,” as in “she’s a scold.” But then a better word occurred to me: harpy. I had to look it up. Harpy: a cruel, grasping woman. I think harpy fits better.
I had no idea that subscribing would improve my vocabulary! I mean, how often do we get to accurately use “harpy?”
"Rehoboth Beach to Biden Falls" Dammit Jim, I'm a tech writer, not a comedian! I can't keep up with this kind of crap. I might need to dox someone. *Looks around*
I'm glad it's a joke for u Taylor but for all the students of color (including ones with "funny" last names like Yglesias) who have been mocked and shunned by white girls named Taylor and had their faith in humanity shattered it's not funny. Hope you can have a little more empathy, especially in your position of racial privilege.
The Jane Whitefield series has an interesting twist: first she rescues people, then gives them new identities -- sort of a one-woman witness protection program.
It's called at-will employment. Unless you have some kind of contract or are protected by anti-discrimination laws, you can be fired at any time for any reason.
Taylor Lorenz writing about tech would be like me writing about women.
BTW, whenever you laugh at Biden's screw-ups, the MAGA-heads get angry at you, too. Because Trump. So at least you're an equal-opportunity offender. Much like Taylor Lorenz. Who, having conquered the Features section, is now moving on to Tech, which she will no doubt dominate with her typical Courage and Brilliance. And, she DESTROYED Matt Yglesias with One Weird Trick! The Taylor Lorenz Decade is back, baby!!
OH MY GAWD, bike related content. My moment to shine.
*ahem*
I think the funniest thing was when the NY Post said that Biden's TRICKED OUT BIKE was responsible for his fall. See? The tech on that special, crazy-hi-tech machine that is ridden by riders in the Tour De France made it just so damn difficult for Joe! Bikes today?!?! Can you blame him?
https://nypost.com/2022/06/18/president-bidens-tricked-out-bike-loaded-with-extras-and-one-caused-his-fall/
I'ma tell you all right now: there was nothing special or tricked out about that bike. Was the writer talking about clips and straps on the pedals? Like the ones in common use for over 100 years? Because that is what caused his fall. He took one foot out of the strapped pedal, putting it on the ground, leaving the other foot in. He then proceeded to put all his weight on the still strapped on foot, and fell. Pretty simple stuff.
But that bike! TRICKED OUT and loaded with EXTRAS!! Look, this duck knows a thing or two about bicycles, and lemme tell you what a tricked out bike looks like.
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/new-pinarello-bolide-time-trial-bike-breaks-cover-at-tour-de-suisse/
Full carbon, electronic shifting, disc brakes, 15 pounds. There is no way Joe Shits-his-pants could ride that bike. Too twitchy, too responsive. Instead, he was riding a garden variety bike that was just too gosh darn tricked out and loaded with stuff, like pedals.
But what do I know? I'm just a duck that has been riding and racing bikes for over 30 years, almost half as long as this doofus has been bilking the people in DC.
Jim’s post about Taylor Lorenz made me think of the word “scold,” as in “she’s a scold.” But then a better word occurred to me: harpy. I had to look it up. Harpy: a cruel, grasping woman. I think harpy fits better.
I had no idea that subscribing would improve my vocabulary! I mean, how often do we get to accurately use “harpy?”
"Rehoboth Beach to Biden Falls" Dammit Jim, I'm a tech writer, not a comedian! I can't keep up with this kind of crap. I might need to dox someone. *Looks around*
You read an entire novel in a day? I already know I'm a slow reader but now I feel like a real dumbass.
"The Boys" seems to be taking a turn to woke, or PC as we said back in my day.
Thomas Perry is a writing fiend and has some terrific books out there. Try the "Butcher's Boy" series as well as the "Jane Whitefield" series.
Nail biters.
Let’s start calling canceling what it is, blacklisting. The Dems are the new McCarthyites.
One reason I don't read as much anymore is that it's hardly worth the effort to sort the (Sturgeon's Law) 90% crap from the good stuff.
I'm glad it's a joke for u Taylor but for all the students of color (including ones with "funny" last names like Yglesias) who have been mocked and shunned by white girls named Taylor and had their faith in humanity shattered it's not funny. Hope you can have a little more empathy, especially in your position of racial privilege.
The Jane Whitefield series has an interesting twist: first she rescues people, then gives them new identities -- sort of a one-woman witness protection program.
Will definitely get The Old Man.
Getting old way better than the alternative.
Important update: Taylor Lorenz is GOD!!!
https://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2022/06/20/dad-who-barely-survived-covid-makes-taylor-lorenz-look-like-even-more-of-a-jackas-for-shaming-matt-yglesias-for-joking-about-catching-covid/
A man who was in a covid-induced coma for SIX WEEKS told her to lighten up, and she bitch-slapped him but good!
YASSSS QUEEEEN!!!!!
(sarcasm, in case that wasn't obvious.)
2nd the recommendation of the Old Man (show). Enjoying immensely.