Homestyle’s Garden Photo Contest gearing up for 2025 https://www.allforgardening.com/1305188/homestyles-garden-photo-contest-gearing-up-for-2025/ #affiliate #Bryan #contest #CONTESTS #decor #detroit #garden #gardening #home #HomeU0026Garden #HomeU0026InteriorDecor #improvement #interior #local #LocalAffiliateHomeImprovement #Luke #LukeBryan #Marimo. #Merit #MeritPrizesU0026Contests #MI #news #Overall #OverallPositive #photo #positive #prizes #the #TheDetroitNewsGardenPhotoContest #u0026
#merit : in a good sense: the quality or state of deserving well
- French: mérite
- Italian: merito
- Portuguese: mérito
- Spanish: mérito
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On #organizations:
Here "Sociopaths" is a shorthand for the Protestant-Ethic will-to-power types who drive an organization to function despite itself.
"Among the Sociopaths, status is irrelevant. Table stakes and skill at using them is what matters. Sociopaths pay attention to what you have, and how well you bargain with it. Not who you are."
https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2010/10/14/the-gervais-principle-iv-wonderful-human-beings/
The full DC Circuit in a 7-4 decision set aside a 3-judge panel's March ruling that paused lower court decisions blocking Trump from removing Gwynne Wilcox from the National #Labor Relations Board #NLRB & Cathy Harris from the #Merit Systems Protection Board #MSPB.
Monday's decision puts back in place 2 judges' decisions that upheld federal laws barring #Trump from removing members of the labor boards at will.
"You don’t get what you deserve; you get what you negotiate." 
"What distinguishes #Powertalk is that with every word uttered, the power equation between the two speakers shifts just a little. Sometimes both gain slightly, at the expense of some poor schmuck. Sometimes one yields ground to the other. Powertalk in other words, is a consequential language."
Venkatesh Rao: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/11/11/the-gervais-principle-ii-posturetalk-powertalk-babytalk-and-gametalk/
Early #RetiredPresident has been playing golf 26% of his first 69 days in his 2nd term spending $56 million tax dollars on his trips.
https://krigskunst.social/@VikingChieftain/114252783508065361
Die #Merit-Order, das verkorkste #Energiesystem in Deutschland und die untauglichen Versuche von Union und SPD, es zu korrigieren -
https://hans-josef-fell.de/2025/03/28/die-merit-order-das-verkorkste-energiesystem-in-deutschland/
6 fired federal workers will be temporarily reinstated after a decision this week by the #Merit Systems Protection Board, the first step toward what lawyers representing fired employees hope will be the restoration of thousands of jobs cut by the #Trump admin, #ElonMusk & #DOGE.
The board, an independent agency that considers appeals from #FederalWorkers about #employment actions, announced its decision late Tues.
The order appeared limited to the 6 #FederalWorkers in the case, but offered a measure of hope for thousands of government workers seeking to be reinstated. Lawyers for the workers said in a statement that they would now work to expand the order “to cover all probationary federal employees who were unlawfully terminated.” The #Merit Systems Protection Board ordered that the employees be reinstated for 45 days while the Office of #SpecialCounsel investigates their cases.
An independent government agency that reviews personnel actions in the #FederalWorkForce has ordered 6 government employees to be temporarily reinstated after the #Trump admin carried out #MassFirings of probationary employees earlier this month. The independent agency, the #Merit Systems Protection Board, ruled that the unspecificed #FederalAgencies involved had violated #DueProcess rights in the #firings.
#law #labor #Musk #DOGE #chaos #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/25/us/president-trump-news/c3058066-3cce-51a8-b248-e94316acea91?smid=url-share
Dear person who was picked by the Clown Prince of #MAGA for a cabinet position or other leadership spot in this traitorous administration:
If you haven't guessed, you didn't get the job on your individual merits. If you're honest, you will already know you weren't the best possible choice for the position. On the contrary, you got the job because someone in this administration determined you would, if called upon, be sufficiently Deferential, Extralegal and Immoral for them in a real or manufactured crisis.
That's right, you're nothing but a #DEI hire. But hey, feel free to prove me wrong.
Show us your #merit. I dare you.
SC Republicans ask every college and university president, "Do you have DEI in your schools"? Rep Gilda Cobb Hunter has had enough.
#SouthCarolina #SCPol #SCPolitics #DEI #HigherEducation #Merit
“President #Trump campaigned on ending the scourge of #DEI from our federal government and returning America to a #merit based society where people are hired based on their #skills, not for the color of their skin,” said a White House press secretary.
What better examples are there of "merit based society where people are hired based on their skills, not for the color of their skin,” than Trump's cabinet and appointments? 
Woods Hole Historical Museum cookbook wins two Readable Feast awards. https://www.diningandcooking.com/1822960/woods-hole-historical-museum-cookbook-wins-two-readable-feast-awards/ #Awards #books #BooksU0026Literature #channel #Contests #cookbooks #Cooking #CookingU0026Recipes #england #literature #MA_Hyannis_CapeREWeekly #Merit #MeritPrizesU0026Contests #Neutral #new #NewEngland #Overall #OverallNeutral #Print #PrintChannelMA_Hyannis_CapeREWeekly #Prizes #RecipeTopics #Recipes #u0026
@augieray Hiring has never been a #merit based process. The operative question is “can this person do this job profitably?” Not are they the “best” for this job. Once you understand this you can’t be suckered with merit marketing talk. This explains outsourcing when there an ample supply of local talent. This explains layoffs and rehires at lower wages. This explains keeping people on payroll and not giving them assignments or work hoping they will leave through attrition.
#merit : in a good sense: the quality or state of deserving well
- French: mérite
- Italian: merito
- Portuguese: mérito
- Spanish: mérito
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Thank you so much for being a member of our community!
In theory, capitalism rewards merit and those who excel are rewarded with financial success.
Meritocracy in Practice: factors like privilege, luck, and systemic inequalities can play a significant role in determining economic outcomes. Like individuals from wealthy families may have access to better education, networking opportunities, and financial resources, giving them a head start in life. #greed #merit #fraud #education #business #corruption #crime #grifter #reel #politics #humor #musk
