Sleep And Clauses

How Do You Sleep At Night?

Nick Cave | The Red Hand Files | 13th May 2026 | U

The musician explains his somewhat complicated, bifurcated nighttime sleep schedule. "This podcast generally amounts to one person who doesn’t know what they’re talking about, talking to another person who doesn’t know what they’re talking about, about something I know absolutely nothing about, and this triumvirate of stupidity generally lulls me into some approximation of sleep" (400 words)

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Ban Non-Compete Clauses

Tim Wu | Democracy Journal | 14th May 2026 | U

Non-compete clauses, which limit an employee's ability to leave their job and work elsewhere, are both more common and more harmful that people realise. They have proliferated to the point where the system begins to resemble "indentured servitude", it is argued here. Moving jobs is the main way workers can increase their earnings over time. Allowing these clauses is only to the benefit of employers (1,500 words)