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Heather Long

@byheatherlong
11 posts
2026-02-22
Friday night news: the White House just reinstated the ban on people importing small goods (worth up the $800) duty free. You do have the pay the new 10% tariff... The “de minimis” exemption was popular among middle class and moderate income Americans who bought cheap items [image]
2026-02-22 View on X
Wired

President Trump signs an EO to continue the suspension of the de minimis exemption, despite the SCOTUS' ruling that overturned most of Trump's 2025 tariffs

2026-02-21
Friday night news: the White House just reinstated the ban on people importing small goods (worth up the $800) duty free. You do have the pay the new 10% tariff... The “de minimis” exemption was popular among middle class and moderate income Americans who bought cheap items [image]
2026-02-21 View on X
Wired

President Trump signs an EO to continue the suspension of the de minimis exemption, despite the SCOTUS' ruling that overturned most of Trump's 2025 tariffs

The president signed an executive order implementing 10 percent global tariffs after calling the justices who struck down his signature trade policy a “disgrace.”

2025-03-11
Wall Street is souring on the Trump economic agenda. The Dow fell 890 points today and is now below where it was on election day. —>This is the worst stock market performance in a president's first 50 days since 2009. Market moves today: Nasdaq -4% (worst day since 2022) S&P
2025-03-11 View on X
Yahoo Finance

Tech stocks led a broad sell-off: the Nasdaq fell 4%, its sharpest one-day decline since Sept. 2022, with NVDA down 5%, AAPL down 5%, META down 4%, GOOG down 4%

https://www.cnbc.com/... Threads: Vishwanath Sarang Keller / @vishwanathsarangkeller : So much winning! Esther Crawford / @esthercrawford : Looking at the stock market today David ...

2025-02-04
A US sovereign wealth fund is a “gimmick” We don't have $$ to fund this It's not going to be very big (or influential) There's a real danger it will be used as a Trump slush fund Lastly, there are so many other priorities for whatever $$ is used to fund this.
2025-02-04 View on X
Bloomberg

Donald Trump signs an executive action to direct officials to create a US sovereign wealth fund and says that it could be used to facilitate a sale of TikTok US

- Fund could be used as US facilitates TikTok sale, Lutnick says  — Bessent says fund will be created in the next 12 months

2023-02-21
AI is starting to pick who gets laid off HR departments have become increasingly data driven. 70% of HR managers say performance is the No. 1 factor in layoffs. But they are also using AI to figure out who is most likely to quit (aka “flight risk") https://t.co/...
2023-02-21 View on X
Washington Post

A survey in January 2023 of 300 HR leaders at US companies found 98% say software and algorithms will help them make layoff decisions in the coming year

Pranshu Verma / Washington Post : Tweets: @byheatherlong and @wbm312 Tweets: Heather Long / @byheatherlong : AI is starting to pick who gets laid off HR departments have become in...

2021-08-27
El Salvador will make Bitcoin its official currency on September 7 (alongside the US dollar). Salvadorans who sign up for a new e-wallet will get $30 The nation hopes to: 1) Attract more foreign investment 2) Attract more remittances https://www.wsj.com/...
2021-08-27 View on X
Wall Street Journal

A look at El Salvador's adoption of bitcoin as a national currency on Sept. 7, by giving citizens $30 to sign up for its Chivo wallet, and potential issues

Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @tunkuv , @chris2pherchase , @byheatherlong , @scottlincicome , and @ceostroff Tweets: Tunku Varadarajan / @tunkuv : “Adopting bitcoin as legal tend...

2020-10-02
Some will never go back to the office (esp. introverts) Twitter is leading the way on how to do permanent WFH: -Hand signals on Zoom when someone wants to talk, leave early, etc -Re-worked performance reviews -Virtual watercoolers https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @lizzadwoskin
2020-10-02 View on X
Washington Post

A look at Twitter's plans for work from home, two years in the making, that created a wave of copycats, and the lessons it learned

Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post : Tweets: @lizzadwoskin , @mccanner , @djthehrlady , @byheatherlong , @hellojesslasher , @heyjoshua , @apartovi , @gleesonmg214 , @vinnyeng , @...

2020-04-28
Tech giants are profiting — and getting even more powerful — even as the global economy tanks Amazon Facebook Google Apple Microsoft https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... via @lizzadwoskin
2020-04-28 View on X
Washington Post

As COVID-19 decimates the global economy, tech giants have a unique opportunity to expand their power, crush rivals, and improve their political fortunes

and getting more powerful — even as the global economy tanks. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Lots of good reporting from @lizzadwoskin @robmaxim @profgalloway James Pethokouki...

2020-03-25
Amazon workers at 6 US warehouses have tested positive for COVID-19. On top of that, 36 US postal service workers have also tested positive. Do we really need all of these deliveries? It's a question the US might have to start asking. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... via @greene
2020-03-25 View on X
Washington Post

Six US Amazon warehouses have at least one worker testing positive for COVID-19, with some facilities temporarily shut for cleaning and some workers quarantined

The spike in positive tests for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus comes as the ecommerce giant races to hire 100,000 workers to meet massive shopper demand.

2019-11-08
'Don't game my paycheck': Drivers for @Instacart, @Postmates, etc. say they're being squeezed by ever-changing algorithms Instacart driver Ulysses Galves typically made $700/week last year. Now he says he's lucky to make $400 https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... via @abhabhattarai
2019-11-08 View on X
Washington Post

Postmates workers say they are making 30% less than they did before the company changed its algorithms and eliminated a $4-per-job guarantee in May

and after a while you realize you're making half of what you used to.” How computers essentially decide what people in the gig economy get paid. via @abhabhattarai https://www.wash...

2019-09-27
This is jaw dropping. 3 different riders flagged an Uber driver who made inappropriate sexual advances. Uber kept the driver...until a 4th person accused the driver of rape. @GregBensinger uncovers deep problems in Uber's Special Investigation Unit https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
2019-09-27 View on X
The Verge

Uber overhauls its app to become “the OS for everyday life”, merging ride-hailing and food delivery, boosting alternate modes of travel, and new safety features

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge :