Work
Fig. 1. Yeah, this is me. The sign says, “If you’re whining about a labor shortage, STOP ignoring my job applications!” And the QR-code leads here. Photograph by author, January 16, 2023.
I had moved to Pittsburgh in part because if, even with a Ph.D., Uber driving was my sole career option, I needed to be in a place where I could afford to live.
That appears to have been mistaken. Pittsburgh ranks on the list of cities with the lowest real minimum wage. It’s not as bad as Philadelphia, let alone Honolulu, but it’s bad. (San Francisco doesn’t even rank, probably because California has a relatively high state minimum wage, with Sacramento and Stockton appearing on the list with the highest real minimum wage.)[1] Though the Digg story[2] is dated on the 17th, it appears to have been based on the SmartAsset story.[3]
Darcy Jimenez, “US Cities Where Minimum Wage Goes The Furthest, Visualized,” Digg, January 17, 2023, https://digg.com/finance/link/minimum-wage-us-cities-visualized-4GpKmRQhZa
Patrick Villanova, “Cities Where Minimum Wage Goes Furthest – 2023 Edition,” SmartAsset, January 18, 2023, https://smartasset.com/data-studies/cities-with-the-highest-and-lowest-real-minimum-wage-2023
Illiberalism
Fig. 1. Photograph by Joachim F. Thurn, August 1991, Bundesarchiv, B 145 Bild-F089030-0003, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE.
Isabel Kershner, “Israel’s Supreme Court Orders Removal of Netanyahu Minister,” New York Times, January 18, 2023, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/world/middleeast/israel-aryeh-deri-netanyahu.html
Gilead
Donald Trump
Coup attempt
Fig. 1. “Jake Angeli (Qanon Shaman), seen holding a Qanon sign at the intersection of Bell Rd and 75th Ave in Peoria, Arizona, on 2020 October 15.” Photography by TheUnseen011101 [pseud.], October 15, 2020, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Philip Bump, “Under oath, Trump is confronted with his ‘hoax’ hyperbole,” Washington Post, January 19, 2023, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/19/trump-defamation-suit-hoax/
Right-wing militias
Military
Fig. 1. Image of unstated origin and unknown date posted to Quora by Karl Burkhalter,[4] fair use.
Konstantin Toropin, “3 Active-Duty Marines Who Work in Intelligence Arrested for Alleged Participation in Jan. 6 Riot,” Military.com, January 19, 2023, https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/01/19/3-active-duty-marines-who-work-intelligence-arrested-alleged-participation-jan-6-riot.html
- [1]Patrick Villanova, “Cities Where Minimum Wage Goes Furthest – 2023 Edition,” SmartAsset, January 18, 2023, https://smartasset.com/data-studies/cities-with-the-highest-and-lowest-real-minimum-wage-2023↩
- [2]Darcy Jimenez, “US Cities Where Minimum Wage Goes The Furthest, Visualized,” Digg, January 17, 2023, https://digg.com/finance/link/minimum-wage-us-cities-visualized-4GpKmRQhZa↩
- [3]Patrick Villanova, “Cities Where Minimum Wage Goes Furthest – 2023 Edition,” SmartAsset, January 18, 2023, https://smartasset.com/data-studies/cities-with-the-highest-and-lowest-real-minimum-wage-2023↩
- [4]Quora, “Do you agree with the Marine Corps’ decision to ban the public display of the Confederate flag?” n.d., https://www.quora.com/Do-you-agree-with-the-Marine-Corps-decision-to-ban-the-public-display-of-the-Confederate-flag↩