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  1. Rasta @[email protected] ·

    Confessions of the Working Poor

    I work hard, buy quality clothes and fake my way through dinner-party conversations. I'm also part of a fast-growing Canadian underclass.

    #Working #Poverty #HandToMouth #MakingEndsMeet

    macleans.ca/society/confession

    #working #poverty #handtomouth #makingendsmeet
  2. Longreads @[email protected] ·

    "The technicians came to check on us periodically, whispering, 'Doing OK?' For the first time in years, I got the sense there was someone in charge who cared about me, who was looking over me. It was not perfect, but it was more tender than the world outside." —Krista Diamond for Slate

    slate.com/technology/2024/05/d

    #Longreads #EditorsPicks #Plasma #PlasmaDonation #Blood #MakingEndsMeet

    #longreads #editorspicks #plasma #plasmadonation #blood #makingendsmeet