The U.S. Department of Labor rule says that if work is integral—"critical, necessary or central”—to a company's principal business, then the person doing it is likely an employee. As if companies routinely pay independent contractors for unnecessary work. #WhatTheHellDOL #FightForFreelancers

How about a round of applause for our pro bono attorneys, who have litigated 19 cases up to the U.S. Supreme Court--and won 17 of them. 👏👏👏 #WhatTheHellDOL #FightForFreelancers

Do New Antiobesity Meds Still Require Lifestyle Management? Important point - "Dietary counseling should be introduced when patients start pharmacotherapy, and if needed, referral to a registered dietitian nutritionist may be helpful..." medscape.com/viewarticle/10…

“#AB5 isn't the victim of Congress or industry—but of massive, angry blowback from California freelancers, many of them Democrats—in multiple professions who didn't appreciate losing their jobs.” reason.com/2024/04/05/wha…

“When I started working from home in the late 1980s as a freelance technical writer, I was clearly an outlier … that slowly changed, and the pandemic — along with generationally shifting views on work-life balance — accelerated worker sentiment…” techcrunch.com/2024/04/07/wor…

“They simply do not have the talent they need in-house, and they’re unable to persuade highly skilled professionals to come on board full-time. As a result, companies are embracing the freelance model more than ever before.” hbr.org/2024/05/highly…

On an assignment: As the shortages of Wegovy and Zepbound continue, looking to talk to a few patients by phone (15-20 minutes) who have managed to fill a prescription, and to obtain it for a reasonable co-pay. Please message me & I'll respond. Thank you.

It's a little harder for Harrison Butker to use his Catholic faith as a shield for bigotry when the Benedictine Sisters of Mt. St. Scholastica hated his commencement speech as much as I did sbnation.com/2024/5/17/2415…

Neurological conditions....1 in 3...Mayo Clinic VCU medcentral.com/neurology/more…

In it together: Looking to interview a few more physician-patient pairs who are both on GLP-1 medicines for obesity; how that affects the relationship, progress, etc. [email protected] ASAP, thanks.

Need to talk to a few more parents of teens about how they handle social media at their house (and what the teens think of the policy)...do they like or dislike the SG idea of a social media warning? By WEDNESDAY, for WebMD. Thanks. 818.209-0464.

Thank you to all who talked to me. webmd.com/vaccines/covid…

@theDemocrats Vice President JD Vance Governor Tim Walz State Senator Andrew Gounardes Governor Kathy Hochul Bernie Sanders Elizabeth Warren Jessica Ramos Acting Secretary Julie Su Time to acknowledge that freelancers are the new economic structure. Forcing us into old unions w/ the PRO Act & ABC Test is the opposite of evolution. Senate HELP Committee GOP

Daniel is 18 years old Sunday. A gentler soul you will never meet. He has no friends as he won’t leave home and can’t work. Autism does that to you. Please wish him a happy birthday and RT everywhere . ❤️#happybirthdaydaniel

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Looking for a physician in recovery from compulsive gambling to talk about how physicians in family practice should be screening patients for this potential addiction; what questions to ask, what signs to look for. [email protected] Prefer using real name.

On an assignment about microdosing of GLP-1s and need to interview someone who has done this for weight loss. [email protected] Why, results, pros, cons.