Rebecca Garcia
@beckyg71.bsky.social
Chapter 12 & 13 Trustee. Bankruptcy rules nerd. 4-H alumna. Lover of all Wisconsin sports.
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Wrangling with customer service is grinding us down, Chris Colin writes. What if that’s the plan?
That Dropped Call With Customer Service? It Was on Purpose.
Endless wait times and excessive procedural fuss—it’s all part of a tactic called “sludge.”
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June 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Wrangling with customer service is grinding us down, Chris Colin writes. What if that’s the plan?
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It’s a positive economic indicator when people are taking out micro loans for clothes and food and not repaying back 50 dollars right
Klarna’s net loss more than doubled in the first quarter as more consumers failed to repay loans
Klarna’s losses widen after more consumers fail to repay loans
‘Buy now, pay later’ group’s weaker results come as concerns rise about the financial health of US consumers
www.ft.com
May 20, 2025 at 11:55 AM
It’s a positive economic indicator when people are taking out micro loans for clothes and food and not repaying back 50 dollars right
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- on.ft.com/40TiKFR via @financialtimes.com
"According to a survey carried out by the National Council of Agricultural Employers in 2020, just 337 US-born workers applied for the 97,691 season agricultural jobs advertised between March and May that year"
"According to a survey carried out by the National Council of Agricultural Employers in 2020, just 337 US-born workers applied for the 97,691 season agricultural jobs advertised between March and May that year"
‘We’ll all have to go vegan’: Wisconsin dairy farmers fret over immigration crackdown
Business groups warn agriculture sector will collapse without foreign labour
on.ft.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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"According to a survey carried out by the National Council of Agricultural Employers in 2020, just 337 US-born workers applied for the 97,691 season agricultural jobs advertised between March and May that year"
"According to a survey carried out by the National Council of Agricultural Employers in 2020, just 337 US-born workers applied for the 97,691 season agricultural jobs advertised between March and May that year"
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January 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Winter in the park in January in Wisconsin at sunrise.
January 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Winter in the park in January in Wisconsin at sunrise.
Typical winter in Wisconsin, snow and sunshine at the same time.
December 4, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Typical winter in Wisconsin, snow and sunshine at the same time.
Great show last night in Calgary. #Springsteen never disappoints. Just the emotional lift I needed after the last couple weeks.
November 17, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Great show last night in Calgary. #Springsteen never disappoints. Just the emotional lift I needed after the last couple weeks.
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How Elderly Dementia Patients are Unwittingly Fueling Political Campaigns
One dementia patient gave nearly half a million dollars to Trump and others.
Messages arrive at an unrelenting pace directing them to automated donation sign-ups. Money is drained from bank accounts without them realizing.
One dementia patient gave nearly half a million dollars to Trump and others.
Messages arrive at an unrelenting pace directing them to automated donation sign-ups. Money is drained from bank accounts without them realizing.
How elderly dementia patients are unwittingly fueling political campaigns
A CNN investigation reveals how deceptive political fundraising has misled hundreds of elderly Americans.
www.cnn.com
October 22, 2024 at 1:00 PM
How Elderly Dementia Patients are Unwittingly Fueling Political Campaigns
One dementia patient gave nearly half a million dollars to Trump and others.
Messages arrive at an unrelenting pace directing them to automated donation sign-ups. Money is drained from bank accounts without them realizing.
One dementia patient gave nearly half a million dollars to Trump and others.
Messages arrive at an unrelenting pace directing them to automated donation sign-ups. Money is drained from bank accounts without them realizing.
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Cory Doctorow got scammed. You should read how and why—and what we can all learn from it.
Including what big banks won't learn, because a shit "AI" that sucks at doing people's jobs is cheaper than paying humans and big corporate managers wouldn't know human decency if it smacked them in the face.
Including what big banks won't learn, because a shit "AI" that sucks at doing people's jobs is cheaper than paying humans and big corporate managers wouldn't know human decency if it smacked them in the face.
Cory Doctorow writes about his latest experience of being scammed, and how bank outsourcing practices are effectively grooming their customers for phishers pluralistic.net/2024/02/05/c...
Pluralistic: How I got scammed (05 Feb 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
February 6, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Cory Doctorow got scammed. You should read how and why—and what we can all learn from it.
Including what big banks won't learn, because a shit "AI" that sucks at doing people's jobs is cheaper than paying humans and big corporate managers wouldn't know human decency if it smacked them in the face.
Including what big banks won't learn, because a shit "AI" that sucks at doing people's jobs is cheaper than paying humans and big corporate managers wouldn't know human decency if it smacked them in the face.
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Just a reminder about how fair Wisconsin’s elections have been. Outer circle is vote share; inner circle is subsequent legislative majority.
December 22, 2023 at 10:27 PM
Just a reminder about how fair Wisconsin’s elections have been. Outer circle is vote share; inner circle is subsequent legislative majority.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court holds that the state’s current legislative maps violate the state constitution’s requirement that all districts be “contiguous.” A 4–3 split, as expected, with Judge Janet Protasiewicz casting the key vote. New maps required for 2024. www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/D...
December 22, 2023 at 9:15 PM
Wisconsin Supreme Court holds that the state’s current legislative maps violate the state constitution’s requirement that all districts be “contiguous.” A 4–3 split, as expected, with Judge Janet Protasiewicz casting the key vote. New maps required for 2024. www.wicourts.gov/sc/opinion/D...
@badlawyerpod.bsky.social please tell me this podcast episode is in the works 🤣
The Ohio Supreme Court of Ohio today suspended a criminal defense attorney for one year, with six months stayed, for throwing a poop-filled Pringles potato chip can into the parking lot of a crime-victim advocacy center. www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf...
November 29, 2023 at 11:27 PM
@badlawyerpod.bsky.social please tell me this podcast episode is in the works 🤣
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I shared a few thoughts on the growing partnership between Microsoft and Epic to develop & deploy AI across Epic's electronic health record (EHR) ecosystem
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Epic and Microsoft partner up
Epic and Microsoft are focused on a huge challenge in healthcare: the ‘inordinate amount’ of time consumed documenting physician-patient interactions. Cost savings, improved productivity and highe...
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November 3, 2023 at 3:29 PM
I shared a few thoughts on the growing partnership between Microsoft and Epic to develop & deploy AI across Epic's electronic health record (EHR) ecosystem
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Ugh.
October 29, 2023 at 1:12 AM
Ugh.
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A new free iPhone and Android app from Consumer Reports called Permission Slip makes it easy to order companies (Ticketmaster, United, AT&T, CVS, etc.) to delete your personal information. After using Permission Slip, most people notice a decrease in creepy targeted ads.
Analysis | Delete your digital history from dozens of companies with this app
Americans finally have some privacy rights. Permission Slip makes telling companies to delete or not sell your data simple. Really.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 4, 2023 at 12:52 AM
A new free iPhone and Android app from Consumer Reports called Permission Slip makes it easy to order companies (Ticketmaster, United, AT&T, CVS, etc.) to delete your personal information. After using Permission Slip, most people notice a decrease in creepy targeted ads.