warehouse-diaries:-the-automated-ghost-of-christmas-peak

It was October, at the beginning of Amazon’s “peak season”— the long run-up to the holidays when package volume begins to swell. It was my second night working as a “jam breaker” in a facility known as PIT9, an automated sortation center located in the woods near Pittsburgh International Airport.Continue Reading

haiti’s-youth-face-impossible-psychological-dilemma

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — “I don’t see a future for myself in this country. If I leave Haiti, it’s to save my life and plan for the future. Otherwise, I wouldn’t leave,” says Maximilien Duclair, one of many young people struggling to find an income in Haiti’s capital, where gang violenceContinue Reading

childbirth-epidural-kit-shortage-could-last-until-march,-officials-say

Sharon Barbour Health correspondent A shortage of epidural kits in the UK is expected to last until at least March, officials have warned. Healthcare providers received a patient safety alert earlier this month that the shortage followed manufacturing issues concerning epidural bags. Hospitals are being sent substitutes bags for theContinue Reading

elementary-os-8.1-is-out-–-now-uses-wayland-by-default

A new version of the Ubuntu-based Linux distribution elementary OS is available to download. The elementary OS 8.1 ‘Circe’ release is built atop a Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS base and runs the Linux 6.14 kernel by default. A raft of improvements to the Pantheon desktop environment, core apps, and the wider user experienceContinue Reading