my latest investigation for @ConsumerReports is based on months of reporting and 120+ lab tests of popular snacks
we found over a third of grocery products had more additives or contaminants in one serving than what health agencies have identified as safe to consume daily (🧵)
Both Instacart and Uber are sending misleading scare emails to their customers to try to get them to oppose New York legislation that limits personalized pricing.
The way we torture pigs is a sin. We can afford to pay a little more for one kind of food in order to not torture hundreds of millions of these poor animals.
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FTC to require Cox Media Group, two other firms to pay nearly $1 million to settle charges they deceived customers about “active listening” AI-powered marketing service: https://t.co/i8MDDkLbBH
This is frustratingly stupid. ATE cameras save lives. And DC’s are not placed inequitably.
I really wish this campaign was less hellbent on undoing the progress DC has made on street safety to satisfy a few reactionary drivers.
@neil_chilson@CharlieBull0ck@austinc3301 Consumer Reports certainly does not support this bill! We alerted some of our IL members about a different bill at the hearing; this one member weighed in on a bunch of other bills, including this one.
the DC urbanist kerfuffle in the mayoral race is reaching unimaginable heights of tedium. as a disinterested party (or at least one primarily interested in expressing his despair over it) please indulge my diagnosis
Progressives on ride share.
2012-2024: Gig economy jobs are fake and the firms that provide them should be regulated out of existence, even if it means job losses.
2025 >: We must protect ride share jobs from the threat of robo taxis, even if it means more traffic deaths.
In the Retail category, large division, the 2025 Best in Business Award winner is @ConsumerReports in collaboration with @Food & Environment Reporting Network, @Groundwork, @moreperfectus and @Guardian for “Investigating Pricing at Nation’s Largest Grocers.” #BIB25
KYMORA JOHNSON
⚔️ First Four W vs ASU: 17 PTS, 10 REB
⚔️ Rd of 64 W vs Georgia: 28 PTS
⚔️ Rd of 32 W vs Iowa: 28 PTS
@UVAWomensHoops is headed to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2000 🔥
Final 2OT: (10) @UVAWomensHoops 83, (2) Iowa 75
The Hoos are the first women’s team to make a run from the First Four to the Sweet 16.
Unreal effort to overcome a nine-point Hawkeyes lead in the 4th quarter.
Kymora played all 50 minutes, scored 14 points in OT/2OT.
#GoHoos
Just announced: We’re accepting applications for the CalPrivacy Honors Fellow. If you’re a 3L/LLM/recent law grad, this is a great opportunity to get hands-on experience and work on cutting-edge issues in privacy! Find out more and apply by 4/10: https://t.co/6Da2t7mAlV
Would it be fair to charge you more than someone else? What if I knew you were desperate or wealthier or just a sucker for a (fake) discount? Today we discuss surveillance pricing with @ericgardner0 (@MorePerfectUS) and @JustinBrookman (@ConsumerReports).
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Tune in Monday when I'll be speaking with @ericgardner0 and @justinbrookman about their fascinating study of surveillance pricing - why different people pay different prices for the same things.
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Walmart agrees to $100 million judgment to settle FTC, states’ charges over deceptive earnings claims related to the company’s Spark Driver delivery service: https://t.co/pbkT3uxFMO /1