It’s Monday, Memorial Day. Enjoy the long weekend.
When the cure is worse than the disease: Cookie consent pop-ups are destroying the Internet.
In the 50 cities with the best work/life balance, Boston comes in at #31. Not too bad. (But that’s down from #22 the previous year.) Helsinki has the best ranking. Hong Kong the worst. Among cities in the US, Boston comes in at #5, just after Seattle.
Web design, dark patterns and the New York Times. Nir Eyal has some thoughts.
Kroger is offering people the chance to win a million dollars and free groceries if they come in to get vaccinated. They also give their employees a $100 dollar bonus to get the shot. That’s in contrast to some local grocery chains that won’t even give their workers time off to get vaccinated (I’m looking at you, Stop and Shop.)
And a rap-war shooting at a concert in Miami left 2 dead and 20 wounded. That’s a problem.