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Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 13h

Political publication The Hill calls it: Social media could become the "Next Tobacco." The contention is that social media, like tobacco, is addictive. Algorithms unleash anger and that rage releases dopamine which hooks us.
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Social Media - Next Tobacco, Lead Paint, Oxycodone as Public Nuisance?

It's in the public interest. That could be how the plaintiff bar, lawmakers and activists move the needle in activating or threatening to ...

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Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 15h

BoomerVille: Smug shifting to a mindset of what's-going-on ...
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BoomerVille - Dow on a Downer

Dow Jones Industrial Average DJI: ^DJI 45,861.70 -496.72 (-1.07%) As of Fri. Oct 10, 2025 12:15 PM EDT · Free Realtime Quote (USD) · Mark...

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Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 1d

Why so much drama? The decision of nine law firms to negotiate with the White House is even being sized up a Greek tragedy.

What could be keeping the current show going is this: fear of embracing what business is really all about.

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Executive Orders as Greek Tragedy? But If You Cut Through the Drama, Like the NY Supreme Court Did ...

There's a stunner of a long shelf life for the controversy surrounding law firms' decisions about how to navigate the spring 2025 White Hous...

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Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 1d

Unforgiveable is cruelty to dogs, right. They're the most vulnerable creatures in our society.

Well, the Toledo Humane Society is establishing a full-service rehab centers for those dogs who have been abused or neglected.

Unsupported client – Canva

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Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 1d

"Davos" used to be shorthand for the pricey prestigious annual meeting in Switzerland sponsored by WEF.
Now, reputational damage is setting in. The latest is the FT positioning what comes from Davos is form of "soft dictatorship."
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Do Investors Want the C-Suite to Skip Davos in 2026?

"Davos" used to be shorthand for the pricey prestigious global networking winter event in Switzerland. Sponsored by the World Economic Foru...

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Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 2d

Profile in Courage: Gov. JB Pritzker. You bet, I would vote for him for US President in 2028.

Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 2d

Traditionally the largest law firm in the world Kirkland & Ellis gushed about the size of its partner class.

This year it is totally silent, contending that lack of transparency is part of a strategic shift.

So, what could be going on?

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Paul, Weiss Rival Kirkland & Ellis - Partner Troubles?

With so much turmoil in Big Law during 2025 we should be beyond being stunned. Those earlier shocks, ranging from Executive Orders to a US...

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Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 2d

There's still The Great Divide between the college-educated and those who didn't complete that degree.

Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 2d

Joan Bennett Kennedy, The Good Wife, enters a dimension which hopefully is beyond the suffering she experienced in this dimension.

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Joan Bennett Kennedy: The Good Wife

Her suffering. much like Silda Spitzer's, had been palpable as she remained loyal in broadcasts to her political spouse. Joan Bennett Ken...

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Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 2d

US Government Shutdown. Which will be the winners and losers in Big Law?
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US Government Shutdown: So, What Are the Opportunities and Fresh Challenges for Big Law

How long will the shutdown go on? How broadly will its internal moving parts be affected and how? What are the law firm's major practices? A...

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Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 2d

October 8, 2025. All those moving parts of business/government and how they're grinding against each other. Here's a snapshot at 10:45 AM ET.
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So, Here We Are: Government Shutdown Guidance, Social Security, Disability , Dow Jones

The pain is already settling in for some businesses as the government shutdown continues. Startups are not immune. Many of their strate...

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Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 2d

Verizon & customer retention. When I signed up for AT&T it provided promos for me to switch my mobile account. But I am satisfied with Verizon. Many sites available for resolving phone issues.

Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 2d

The world might be collapsing. But in many parts of BoomerVille things are going our way.

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BoomerVille - All Is Well

Despite the government shutdown, our Social Security checks were deposited in our banks today. The Dow opened in positive territory. And ...

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Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 2d

Bari Weiss at CBS and Chloe Malle at Vogue: Essentially they landed a plum job on the Titanic.

Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 3d

The trade media covers your firm. How flattering. But does that really move the needle in developing new business and preventing client churn?

I asked ChatGPT to look at that in the legal sector. The answers were, well, predictable.

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Legal Trade Media Gush about Your Law Firm - So?

Is positive coverage in legal trade media, like most sector awards and a well-done website, mere "window dressing?" That is, it doesn't mo...

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Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 3d

So over is the need for law firms to be concerned about understanding Generation Z associates. AI is ensuring there'll be a lot fewer of those.

The issue for law firms about Gen Zers is that they'll be the clients.

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Law Firms Have "To Get" Gen Z - As Clients

In 2022, in a BusinessInsider interview chair of Paul, Weiss Brad Karp alluded to the generation gap with some Generation Z associates. Th...

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Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 3d

Here in BoomerVille our concern is 2026. The WTO just came out with a whopper of a downbeat forecast for the global economy next year.

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BoomerVille: Starting Out Tuesday Okay, It's 2026 We're Worried About

The concern is 2026. The World Trade Organization just came out with a downbeat forecast for the global economy in 2026. Yes, predicted is...

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Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 3d

In a Las Vegas which had seen better days a man sells plasma to pay the rent. That’s not a whole lot different from what we in immigrant NYC neighborhoods did in the late 1940s and 1950s. But there’s one big difference: We had hope.
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When We Didn't Know We Were Poor

But We Were Heading Toward

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Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 3d

Lack of an even playing field: Those who can afford top lawyers and those who can't. archive.is/iPATO

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Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 4d

The Sacred Pause. That gives you time to consider being a solopreneur. Instead of chasing after jobs which no longer exist. At least not for you if you're over-50.

Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 4d

It's too late to tsk-tsk. Relationships with AI companions, including the erotic kind, have already become commonplace.
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Like Build-a-Bear, Build-An-Erotic-Partner

Interacting with AI simulations of humans is becoming standard. Those include encounters of the erotic kind. The Institute for Family Studi...

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Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 4d

There's that very old joke: Notice those Ivy League seniors who apply to law school. Not to Wall Street. They're high verbal. Likely lousy in math.

And down the road as they begin practicing law there'll be another great divide based on talk.

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Lawyer Talk -The Avenue of the Americas and Main Street

There's that very old joke: Notice those Ivy League seniors who apply to law school. Not to Wall Street. They're high verbal. Likely lousy i...

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Making a Good Living, No Matter What @janegenova.bsky.social · 5d

In BoomerVille, we're starting the watch on futures optimistically this Sunday.

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BoomerVille: Futures

It's almost 7 PM ET. Futures ticked just a bit higher. But there's a long night still ahead and anything can happen to influence the movem...

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