Alec MacGillis

this is so dystopian

An informative read.

Some remarkably candid quotes, a bit of history, a broken system, congressional negligence, and lobbyists.

Thanks, Mike.

The Tech Recruitment Ruse That Has Avoided Trump’s Crackdown on Immigration Every Sunday, newspapers are full of ads for tech jobs that aren't really looking for applicants. They reveal an aspect of U.S. immigration law that hurts both domestic and foreign workers — yet has e...

Great @alecmac.bsky.social story on the weird pretend job listings (and classified ads) that keep the H1B visa system running www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Used to work for a company that did this—they kept ALL their positions open on their website to “fill the bench” just in case someone left, and regularly interviewed for roles they weren’t actually hiring for. When I questioned the tactic, I was told I wasn’t being a “team player.” 🙃

Propublica's reporting, as always, is exceptional. I hope it leads to further discussion of the harm H1-B visas cause hundreds of thousands of young Indians—mostly men—trapping them in underpaid, exploitive positions, at a time recent (mostly male) college tech grads experience high unemployment.

The Tech Recruitment Ruse That Has Avoided Trump’s Crackdown on Immigration Every Sunday, newspapers are full of ads for tech jobs that aren't really looking for applicants. They reveal an aspect of U.S. immigration law that hurts both domestic and foreign workers — yet has e...

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Every Sunday, the print classifieds in metro newspapers are full of listings for tech jobs that aren't actually open. It's a window into a deeply flawed corner of US immigration law that hurts both US and foreign workers, yet has endured for decades. I decided to explore further:

Some more examples of disappearing data, via @alecmac.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

They’re obeying in advance is what they’re doing.

Group Dining on Ozempic? It’s Complicated.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/d...

Fascinating: Ozempic has totally disrupted the dynamic of group dinners out, when many people in the group barely feel like eating.

The Firm Running Georgia’s Struggling Medicaid Experiment Was Also Paid Millions to Sell It to the Public Deloitte Consulting is taking in tens of millions in tax dollars to build, manage and market Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program. Yet only 3% of eligible residents have enrolled.

As Congressional Republicans push for Medicaid work requirements, here’s how it’s going in Georgia:

Deloitte Consulting is taking in tens of millions in tax dollars to manage the country’s only Medicaid work requirement program — and sell it to the public.

Only 3% of those eligible have enrolled.

Musk Adviser May Make as Much as $1 Million a Year While Helping to Dismantle Agency that Regulates Tesla and X Records show that Chris Young is simultaneously working as a political adviser to Musk while serving in the Department of Government Efficiency, helping to gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...

NEW from @propublica.org: Records show that Chris Young is simultaneously working as a political adviser to Elon Musk while helping DOGE gut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which regulates Musk's businesses. www.propublica.org/article/doge...