Mayukh Datta

Ole Miss looks Playoff-bound after Egg Bowl win, but Lane Kiffin decision looms

Everything Thanksgiving, I give thanks for being a Msstate alum and a Dawg, and every Egg Bowl, and my gratitude and resolve are tested. www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social shows if you stand on principle from a deep place, the world including Trump will move to you.

Slow news day today, huh?

And the major story tomorrow will be “Democrats are the problem and they are losing the messaging war.” Come on folks 😒

Trump at the site of the Texas floods: "Now we have the hottest country in the world. That's why I'm so saddened by this."

this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake

This is the type of hard hitting journalism this country needs right now. And no, I’m not being sarcastic

Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

Republican Mississippi Senator Retires as District Lines Change Sen. John Polk, a Republican from Hattiesburg, Miss., is retiring from the Mississippi Senate after court-ordered redistricting.

Sen. John Polk, a Republican from Hattiesburg who has served the residents of Mississippi Senate District 44 since 2012, is retiring from the Mississippi Senate after lawmakers redrew his district following a court order requiring more Black voting power.

I, for one, welcome the “abundance” fight. It shows the left can fight Trumpism while wrestling with how we can be better than we’ve been.

I have no interest in “actually the government has been doing great” liberalism.

Mississippi plant closed after getting millions in incentives Mississippi plant closed after getting millions in incentives.

Finally, a bit of good news for the climate!

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<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library Electric utilities, challenged by a rapidly unfolding energy transition, use many informal institutions to bridge across technologies and sectors. Little is known, however, about how electric utilit...

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Explore this PSJ article on redesigning institutional feedback pathways for energy transitions.

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Bedrock Energy wants geothermal to make data centers cooler and offices more comfortable | TechCrunch To cut costs and minimize geothermal’s footprint, Bedrock drills deeper.

Bedrock Energy wants geothermal (boreholes and heat pumps that is) to make data centers cooler (and more efficient and flexible consumers of electricity).

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I just got back from two days at NREL to kick off a project modeling exactly this proposition! Stay tuned...

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This!

I do think we agree on the fundamentals for sure! Cheers!

(2) slowly start limit hiring from abroad while building up the domestic STEM workforce.

When in reality, H1Bs serve a purpose - for example, filling teacher shortages in rural counties as is the case for my parents who are public school teachers. So a real fix to the H1B challenge would be to (1) slowly lift the cap for green card allotments and…

I think many firms do act in good faith, but I think my problem with this whole discussion is that Elon, Bernie, et al are focusing on the wrong thing regarding H1Bs (the availability of the visa itself.

Oh wholeheartedly agree with that! I’m Indian, and I hate it - HATE it - when some Indians compare H1B to slavery. It’s an injustice but not that, and language like the ones we have used in the past alienates people and makes us seem dramatic and out of touch. Trust me, agree with you on this one!

And finally, petitions approved for initial employment is significantly lower (Table 9a-10b, pg 50-56)

This is important because many smaller private firms sometimes keep H1B workers for a short time period and fire them after project completion. I have anecdotal data on this but I would think actual data on this would be hard to report.

Additionally, page 15 (including the footnote 15) mentions that the wages reported on figure 10 are those that are reported at the time of the initial offer and “not verified after hiring”.

I don’t see a mention of $60K minimum on page 15. I may have missed it. Could you please point out what you’re referring to? A screenshot would be helpful.

My friend, H1B visas do not make a distinction in whether you’re working for a for-profit company (Amazon) or a public school. Trust me, I wish they did. It’d make the my life and the lives of my parents a lot easier.

Now this is only transferring jobs from non-cap exempt employer to another non-cap exempt employer. And like I said, cap exempt employers are hard to find.

Prevailing wage determination alone takes 90 days, and if there is a 60 day + gap between ending your employment with employer A and finding a new job at employer B, then you have to leave the country. There both direct and indirect costs related to this on the applicant’s end.

Even then, the reality is that transferring your H1B to a new employer is super complex and requires additional cost on both the applicant’s end (filing fee) and new employer’s end (eg, PW determination).

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Fact Sheet #66E: The Davis-Bacon and Related Acts – Compliance with Fringe Benefit Requirements Wage and Hour Division Fact Sheet - U.S. Department of Labor

Huh? Prevailing wage? Bud, prevailing wages only apply for workers who are working on federally funding contracts. Vast majority of H1B workers are on privately funded projects (e.g., Amazon or Google). Priv companies should pay wrkrs a competitive wage but many don’t.

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Sure but employers who are cap exempt are very rare. And even if you find an employer with cap exemption status, those jobs are pretty hard to get.

How do I know this? I am a product of this system. My parents (teachers on a H1B) have been waiting for their green cards since *checks notes* 2010 with no end in sight. 14 years sure sounds like a lot closer to forever.