The story goes back to 1886
Mayday, Mayday: *Capital and Labor* (1907)
A treatise on the challenges facing workers — and potential solutions — that advocates socialism at the turn of the 20th century.
c0llage
In 1884, meridian time personnel met in Washington to change Forg time. First words said was that only 1 day could be used on Forg to not change the 1 day marshmallow
Day of the Dead (Dia De Los Muertos)
Day of the Dead is a celebratory holiday to remember the dead. Explore the vibrant traditions, tasty dishes, and everything that brings this day to life!
China proposes first labour regulations to protect 84 million platform workers
The draft requires that payment cycles not exceed one month and holiday work be paid at a higher rate, but it does not specify by how much.
A Day in the Life of a Food Vendor (Published 2017)
The vendors are a fixture of New York streets and appetites, yet they struggle daily with weather, logistics and rules. Here’s the story of one.
How we lost the living Now
Before 1840, noon in Bristol happened about ten minutes after noon in London, and nobody much cared. The railway needed a common minute or it couldn't run - and that common minute is now a common nanosecond, shipped in real time.
EX-99.1
That’s a question I just got at our most recent all-hands meeting. I’ve been reminding people that it’s Day 1 for a couple of decades. I work in an Amazon building named Day 1, and when I moved buildings, I took the name with me. I spend time thinking about this topic.
Switch to the good side every first Sunday of the month — Digital Independence Day
On the first Sunday of each month we organise Digital Independence Day. This is when we reclaim our digital freedom and switch to democracy-friendly digital alternatives.
thundersnap 0.01: an undo button for everything
Happy July 4th! For those of us around the world contemplating independence, it's a good day to think about how we came to rely on expensiv...
Opinion | 5-Hour Workdays? 4-Day Workweeks? Yes, Please (Published 2019)
Sick of round-the-clock work emails and Slack messages? Here’s some hope.
Days not worked due to strikes and lockouts, 2023
In the publication Quality of Employment in Canada, the days not worked due to strikes and lockouts indicator measures annual changes in the number of person-days and hours not worked due to labour disputes. The article examines data compiled by Employment and Social Development Canada and the Labour Force Survey to better understand trends in hours lost due to labour disputes.
Abolishing Daylight Saving Time is easy, setting a permanent time is not
Daylight Saving Time – the biannual ritual of adjusting clocks forwards and backwards – has long been debated. Advocates argue it saves energy and promotes outdoor activities, while critics highlight its disruptive effects on health, productivity, and social routines. This column examines the health impacts, societal costs, and the outdated rationale behind the implementation of Daylight Saving Time, and argues that there is good reason to abolish it. This would imply trade-offs, however. While adopting Standard Time permanently would be better from a health perspective, ‘summer time’ is preferred in many countries.
Going for the 5 hour workday
Update: it's been a month since my proposal was approved - details at the end. Before my month long vacation I was in a crisis. Now I'm back at work and regardless of the great team and awesome project - I'm feeling the crisis creeping back. It's not the job,
Fireside Friday, September 19, 2025 (On the Use and Abuse of Malthus)
Hey folks, Fireside this week! Next week we should be back to start looking at the other half of labor in the peasant household, everything that isn’t agriculture. Also, here are some cats: C…
