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Iceland Embraced a 4-Day Workweek in 2019 – Now, Nearly Six Years On, All Gen Z Forecasts Have Materialized (www.wecb.fm)

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

Written by Sarah Jensen

Meet Sarah Jensen, a dynamic 30-year-old American web content writer, whose expertise shines in the realms of entertainment including film, TV series, technology, and logic games. Based in the creative hub of Austin, Texas, Sarah’s passion for all things entertainment and tech is matched only by her skill in conveying that enthusiasm through her writing.

"Creative hub." Not really in 2025. Austin is a gentrified techbro hub that's priced creatives out of the city (unless you're willing to build out a van). Honestly, the whole bio is like "maybe put down the Kool-Aid" (dynamic? really?). It's also off register for a story about social issues, which is not among the listed interests.

We're also the 11th-largest metro area in the U.S. AP really needs to get with the times and make us a dateline city.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Does tearing her bio apart contribute meaningfully to the discussion her article is facilitating?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not really, but it does highlight it's written for views.

The article had no citations or links to sources. It only links to other articles in the site.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

Lack of sources definitely is a valid criticism. Just feels like maybe that should be the criticism instead of a bio critique, but hey-ho.

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