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Taking Back the Vegan Movement from Grifters
Taking Back the Vegan Movement from Grifters

Don't let narcissistic con artists take over what activists started

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Women, Workplace, Plant-Washing, Money, GriftersMichele SimonApril 17, 2024
Myths About Employment Lawyers
Myths About Employment Lawyers

Don't let these excuses interfere with getting advice

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WorkplaceMichele SimonApril 9, 2024
Know Your Legal Rights Upon Termination
Know Your Legal Rights Upon Termination

5 examples of employer BS with severance agreements

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Women, Workplace, NDAsMichele SimonApril 2, 2024
What Woman CEO Wears a Baseball Cap?
What Woman CEO Wears a Baseball Cap?

Double standards for men and women’s appearance

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Women, Workplace, MoneyMichele SimonMarch 26, 2024
Workplace Trauma Lawyer
Workplace Trauma Lawyer

Now offering employment law services in California

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Women, Workplace, NDAsMichele SimonFebruary 7, 2024
What to Look for in 2024
What to Look for in 2024

Certain signs are pointing to several trends to expect, none of which bode well for employees.

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Biotech, WorkplaceMichele SimonJanuary 25, 2024
2023: A Terrible Year for BS Peddlers
2023: A Terrible Year for BS Peddlers

A look-back at the fall of biotech meat, effective altruism, and other cons

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Biotech, Plant-Washing, MoneyMichele SimonDecember 30, 2023
Did Upside Foods Deceive FDA to Gain Approval?
Did Upside Foods Deceive FDA to Gain Approval?

It’s been a rough few months for Upside Foods, as reporters are finally asking deeper questions about the BS technology of cell cultured meat.

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Biotech, Money, PolicyMichele SimonDecember 19, 2023
WTF is Going on at Eat Just?
WTF is Going on at Eat Just?

Wired exposes CEO Josh Tetrick's irresponsible spending and troubling mismanagement

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Biotech, Money, WorkplaceMichele SimonNovember 29, 2023
Miyoko's Creamery to Close Plant in California
Miyoko's Creamery to Close Plant in California

I have a few questions that I would love curious reporters to investigate

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Workplace, WomenMichele SimonNovember 20, 2023
Effective Altruism is No Excuse for Fraud
Effective Altruism is No Excuse for Fraud

I have been following the trial and verdict closely for how the media is picking up on the connections to EA and its highly questionable tenets.

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Biotech, WorkplaceMichele SimonNovember 14, 2023
"Effective Altruism is an Intellectual Scam"
"Effective Altruism is an Intellectual Scam"

In the wake of the news of Bankman-Fried’s arrest, many in the EA world have maintained that we should not “throw the baby out with the bathwater”.

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Workplace, BiotechMichele SimonNovember 7, 2023
Effective Altruist Tortured by Excess at FTX
Effective Altruist Tortured by Excess at FTX

Effective altruism at FTX created an incubator of gaslighting and moral injury.

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Workplace, MoneyMichele SimonOctober 18, 2023
How to Support Employees at Your Food Company or Nonprofit
How to Support Employees at Your Food Company or Nonprofit

Every food company or advocacy non-profit should have an ombuds on its team. So, what’s an ombuds? Glad you asked.

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Women, WorkplaceMichele SimonOctober 11, 2023
Sam Bankman-Fried, Effective Altruism, and Food Tech BS
Sam Bankman-Fried, Effective Altruism, and Food Tech BS

With crypto's golden boy on trial, time to question the cult of effective altruism.

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Money, BiotechMichele SimonOctober 10, 2023
Eat Just Layoffs After $16 Million Influx
Eat Just Layoffs After $16 Million Influx

Eat Just lays off 40 employees right after receiving $16 million and I have questions. Instead I get annoying emails from the company’s head of PR.

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Biotech, Media, WorkplaceMichele SimonSeptember 26, 2023
Is Upside Foods Lying About its Biotech Chicken?
Is Upside Foods Lying About its Biotech Chicken?

New investigation reveals employees joke the company is the next Theranos.

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Big-Meat, MoneyMichele SimonSeptember 19, 2023
Why Is A Major Animal Rights Donor Giving Eat Just $16 Million?
Why Is A Major Animal Rights Donor Giving Eat Just $16 Million?

The plant-based egg and biotech meat company’s history of unethical practices, endless pivots, and lack of financial viability all call into question this decision.

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Biotech, Money, Plant-WashingMichele SimonSeptember 13, 2023 Comment
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