137 - What’s Kraken?

This week we’re back with a nice smattering of weird and disturbing stories. The number of workers who believe their boss cares about them has plummeted in the last year, which is pretty obvious given that an Applebee’s franchising executive recently expounded the virtues of worker suffering for his bottom line. Saudi Arabia is considering accepting Chinese yuan for oil, which, like, hello? We’ve been backing you up for years, and this is how you treat us? Wow. In related news, Antarctica saw an unexplainable spike in temperature that has climate scientists confused and very, very concerned. Ginni Thomas’ unhinged texts to Mark Meadows reveal the degree of the elites’ disconnection from reality. Biden shouldn’t have said that, and Boston is making its busses free for the next two years.   Finding out your boss isn’t your family: https://www.gallup.com/workplace/390776/percent-feel-employer-cares-wellbeing-plummets.aspx   Ginni Thomas calls for the release of The Kraken: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/26/us/politics/ginni-thomas-donald-trump.html?referringSource=articleShare    Free busses in Boston: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/14/boston-free-public-transit/    Franchise executive things serfdom is great for business: https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/article259689425.html   Saudi Arabia is a fake friend: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/598257-saudi-arabia-considers-accepting-yuan-instead-of-dollar-for-oil    Antarctica is on fire: https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2022/03/18/antarctica-heat-wave-climate-change/   Biden accidentally calls for Putin’s overthrow: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/03/26/world/ukraine-russia-war/russia-ukraine-biden  Support the show on Patreon!