06.03.25

Is it summer yet?

• Since tourists won’t stop visiting Hawaii, state legislation will add an extra tax on hotels and vacation rentals to help fight climate change.

• Did you know that the federal minimum wage would be $24 an hour if it had continued to match worker productivity levels? The federal minimum wage is currently at $7.25 an hour.

  • In the NYC mayoral race, Zohran Mamdani is proposing $30 an hour, and Andrew Cuomo is proposing $20 an hour.

• Yes, AI is coming for all of our jobs, but let’s not forget that it is also constantly wrong and always requires additional review!

• Canadian wildfires mean one thing for the people in the Midwest: make sure to invest in air purifiers, face masks, and don’t forget to close your windows.

• We might lose a literal second on our clocks by 2029 because climate change is causing the Earth to rotate faster.