Mark Zuckerberg caricature by DonkeyHotey
The Baffler,  June 30, 2014

Daily Bafflements

Mark Zuckerberg caricature by DonkeyHotey
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• Wow, Googling “Facebook apologizes for . . .” sure brings up a lot of results! Here’s the latest, about secret mood-altering experiments conducted on Facebook users. We wonder if they have a full-time CAO (chief apology officer) on staff?

• We’re watching SCOTUS today for the outcome of Harris v. Quinn to see whether the United States is about to become a right-to-work nation. [UPDATE: And here’s the ruling.]

• A new minimum wage law went into effect in Massachusetts last week, increasing the minimum from $8 to $11 an hour over the next few years. Katie Johnston at the Boston Globe shows all the ways in which the new wage is, for many families, “still not enough to survive.”

• Today in Billionaires: Adolf Hitler.

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