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Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium The Weaponization of Loneliness - The Atlantic    To defend America against those who would exploit our social disconnection, we need to rebuild our communities. The question that preoccupied me and many others over much of the past eight years is how our democracy became so susceptible to a would-be strongman and demagogue. The question that keeps me up at night now—with increasing urgency as 2024 approaches—is whether we have done enough to rebuild our defenses or whether our democracy is still highly vulnerable to attack and subversion. There’s reason for concern: the influence of dark money and corporate power, right-wing propaganda and misinformation, malign foreign interference in our elections, and the vociferous backlash against social progress. The “vast right-wing conspiracy” has been of compelling interest to me for many years. But I’ve long thought something important was missing from our national conversation about threats to our democracy. Now recent findings from a perhaps unexpected source—America’s top doctor—offer a new perspective on our problems and valuable insights into how we can begin healing our ailing nation. Continued here Improve Your Résumé by Turning Bullet Points into Stories - Harvard Business Review    There’s nothing wrong with listing your definitive actions and quantifiable results on your resume — this is standard advice. The problem is, however, that you may not be telling an employer what they really need to know. Details are important, but what’s your story? By telling a story in your resume, employers will be able to see what you can do for them based on what you’ve been able to do in the past. You’re searching for a new job. Updating your LinkedIn profile and résumé. Describing your accomplishments in two- to three-line bullet points that start with powerful action verbs and end with quantifiable results. You know the standard advice. But for the most part, recruiters aren’t calling. And on the rare occasions when you do land an interview, you stumble over questions about what you’d bring to the hiring company and why you’re the perfect fit. So how can you make your résumé, profile, and interview more effective? Continued here Major retailers say shoplifting is a huge problem. So at least one is now considering removing brand names from its shelves altogether. - Business Insider    Some retailers say shoplifting has gotten so bad that they are removing name brands from their shelves, instead offering store brands that have lower resale values. At Giant Food, a supermarket chain with 165 stores in the DC area and surrounding states, at least one struggling store has decided to put products at higher risk of theft — things like Tide detergent, Dove soap, and Pantene shampoo — in locked boxes or pulling them from the shelves altogether, The Washington Post reported. As an alternative, it will offer cheaper store brands. "I don't want to do this," Giant president Ira Kress told the Post. Kress previously referred to shrink (product losses due to theft, damages, or losses) as a "spiraling problem," saying in July that theft at Giant stores had increased 5 to 10 times what it was in the last few years. Continued here

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