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Re:National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff wri... by datavirtue on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @11:18PM (#36515926)
The owners just want the journalists gone. Rather, the want them licking their hands. Mission accomplished. The proletariate was getting uppity.
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Re:National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff wri... by Y_Y on Thursday June 29, 2023 @01:56AM (#36516864)
Is "licking their hands" an idiom? It's not familiar to me and useless Google only finds dog behaviour articles.
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