throwawaylalala (u/throwawaylalala)

throwawaylalala commented on Facebook takes down Trump ads 'for violating our policy against organized hate' ctvnews.ca/world/facebook... · Posted by u/thrusong

taurath · 6 years ago

POTUS campaign absolutely knows its history. They intentionally walk right up to the line of outright white supremacy, and go over it to test the boundaries like right now. When the response isn't that strong it emboldens them that they can go further. This is boiling the frog so they can get fascism into the mainstream.

That Facebook policymakers still try to pretend a neutral both-sides-ism exists and that people aren't bad actors (just like reddit with /r/the_donald) makes me think they're either idiots or in league with them.

throwawaylalala · 6 years ago

Yes, it's how they move the overton window.

throwawaylalala commented on Shopify goes after Amazon with new Walmart deal axios.com/shopify-amazon-... · Posted by u/elsewhen

hef19898 · 6 years ago

As a fun fact, a former Directo of ine from Amazon, ops side, joined Shopify a while ago. A couple of years ago, I started to wonder what an ideal Amazon-"killer" would look like. And came to the conclusion it would something with aPOS-system, a rudimentary inventory management for bric and mortar shops, a webshop solution, the possibility to interface with fulfillment software and other marketplaces. That would transform every single brick-and-mortar shop using that POS software into a fulfillment center. It would create abasically global dropshipping network. Withou any real fix costs, while Amazon is building fulfillment centers by the dozens.

Amazon could have done so, but they didn't. Shopify can do so building upon there Webshop and POS environment. And they seem to do.

throwawaylalala · 6 years ago

Shopify is building fulfillment centers.

throwawaylalala commented on I'm Married to an ER Doc in NYC superorganizers.substack.... · Posted by u/smalera

el_nahual · 6 years ago

> When Alex finally gets home, he takes his scrubs off outside our front door and stuffs them into a plastic bag that he ties off tightly. He takes his hospital clogs off and leaves them outside, along with his backpack and coat.

Why do doctors and nurses walk around outside in their hospital scrubs? It was unsanitary even before COVID and I just don't get it. How hard can it be to change into street clothes before leaving the hospital?

I see nurses and doctors in scrubs on public transit, in coffee shops, cafeterias... they are either taking whatever illnesses were in the hospital outside, or taking the dirt and grime of the outside world into the hospital. It's baffling that this behavior is so normalized that it's described as heroic in TFA.

throwawaylalala · 6 years ago

It's actually not easy; not every place has facilities for that. Wife is a nurse, and we went through this discussion of the best process when she was an ICU nurse during the Ebola scare five years ago.

Remember too, sometimes folks are on the way to work in their scrubs, not necessarily leaving work.

throwawaylalala commented on If you see the cops, start recording theverge.com/2020/6/5/212... · Posted by u/Tomte

throwawaylalala · 6 years ago

I disagree with record; you should STREAM. Get it off the device so it can't be conveniently destroyed and deleted.

throwawaylalala commented on Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence” twitter.com/bjoewolf/stat... · Posted by u/danso

javagram · 6 years ago

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/02/trump-jokes-rigg...

> Since assuming office in January 2017, Trump has made at least 27 references to staying in office beyond the constitutional limit of two terms. He often follows up with a remark indicating he is “joking,” “kidding,” or saying it to drive the “fake” news media “crazy.” Even if Trump thinks that he’s only “joking,” the comments fit a broader pattern that raises the prospect that Trump may not leave office quietly in the event he’s on the losing end of a very close election.

throwawaylalala · 6 years ago

This is how he uses the Overton window to change the conversation. He's very good at this sort of thing.

throwawaylalala commented on Opendoor is cutting 35% of its employees techcrunch.com/2020/04/15... · Posted by u/MLEnthusiast

throwaway55554 · 6 years ago

We get a lot of grief down here in Florida, but what people don't get is that we are the way we are because the worst people from every other state retire here.

throwawaylalala · 6 years ago

It's also because we have open laws (sunshine laws) that require things to be published publicly.

throwawaylalala commented on Mysterious heart damage, not just lung troubles, befalling Covid-19 patients khn.org/news/mysterious-h... · Posted by u/branko_d

throwawaylalala · 6 years ago

Scroll down to figure 1. Non survivors end up with cardiac and kidney injury. Interesting that this might shine light on the cause.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...

throwawaylalala commented on Health care professionals are being punished for protecting themselves, and us nytimes.com/2020/04/01/op... · Posted by u/partingshots

throwawaylalala · 6 years ago

They should report these unsafe working conditions to OSHA. Hospitals are required to have a plan for this, and certain actions are specifically called out as potentially riskier. Seems like if you've notified the administration of the risk, and notified OSHA you can stop work until the dangerous work environment is resolved. Findlaw and OHSA article on respiratory programs below.

Under federal and state laws, employers must provide a safe workplace. If unsafe working conditions are present, a worker may report the violation to the employer, to the federal and/or state Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and in some cases, the worker may refuse to work. The following is a summary of OSHA protection and guidelines for dealing with dangerous conditions in the workplace. What to Do When a Safety Hazard Poses an Imminent Danger When unsafe working conditions place the life of a worker in imminent danger, the worker should report the dangerous condition to OSHA. The worker also has the right to refuse to work if: There is a reasonable and good faith belief that a condition in the workplace poses an immediate and substantial risk of serious physical injury or death;

https://employment.findlaw.com/workplace-safety/protecting-y...

https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3767.pdf?fbclid=IwAR0r...

throwawaylalala commented on Hospitals Tell Doctors They’ll Be Fired If They Speak Out About Lack of Gear bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/Reedx

throwawaylalala · 6 years ago

Isn't this a violation of OSHA safe workplace conditions?

It's a known, lethal, virus, and they're not letting people protect themselves, especially if they aren't providing that protection themselves.

They must "Provide a workplace free of health and safety hazards that can cause death or serious injury;"

https://employment.findlaw.com/workplace-safety/protecting-y...

Perhaps they'd rather get a call from OSHA? Would they perhaps prefer their nurses call OSHA first?

In Florida, there's a law for whistle blower healthcare workers. https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/whistleblower-protectio...

If the choice is be fired or die (or have a better chance of dying), they should file an OSHA violation and call out.

throwawaylalala commented on Hospitals Tell Doctors They’ll Be Fired If They Speak Out About Lack of Gear bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/Reedx

save_ferris · 6 years ago

I don't see a solution that puts a swift end to this. The power asymmetry between employers and workers is so vast that situations like these are inevitable.

We can't continue to live in this fantasy where companies have so much power over workers and their futures. But changing this involves organizing labor, which is deeply stigmatized in the US.

throwawaylalala · 6 years ago

They can call in sick.